"Young man, you cannot escape."
Elder Kang employed a secret technique of time and space. A moment later, he faintly captured a wisp of the aura left behind by Ye Yunfei and roughly determined the direction he had departed.
This secret technique of time and space used by Elder Kang originated from the Reincarnation Palace; it was one of the core legacies of the palace. Although he had betrayed the Reincarnation Palace, all of his abilities stemmed from it.
Whoosh!
Elder Kang took out a jade slip, sent several messages, then flashed through the air, pursuing Ye Yunfei in the direction he had gone.
However, even though Elder Kang had captured a faint trace of Ye Yunfei's aura, it wasn't very precise, so his speed in tracking Ye Yunfei was relatively slow.
After killing those pursuers, Ye Yunfei knew that powerful experts from those major forces in the Main World would likely come to investigate. Thus, he continuously used the Hidden Shadow Secret Art to conceal his aura.
Worried that further complications might arise, Yan Xiaoquan led the members of their team onward at full speed, hardly stopping for a moment.
Her primary concern, of course, was Ye Yunfei. During this time spent with him, she had discovered that this fellow seemed to love stirring up trouble!
The scale of this Main World was truly vast—a boundless starry expanse. Reaching their destination within a day or two was simply impossible.
"Based on my calculations, we'll need about ten days to reach that ancient battlefield. Let's pick up the pace!" Yan Xiaoquan said.
While Ye Yunfei and his group of five sped through the starry void of the Main World, the Reincarnation Palace members he had rescued finally returned to the sect's headquarters. They reported the events they had encountered to the higher-ups.
A Reincarnation Palace elder reported the matter directly to Su Qingluo.
"What?
Someone secretly used arrows to save our Reincarnation Palace members!"
Upon hearing the elder's report, Su Qingluo's expression changed slightly.
She immediately realized who had been shooting arrows from the shadows!
"Who else could it be but that fellow!
How did he get to the Main World? He's being completely reckless!
With his strength, coming to the Main World is far too dangerous. When would I ever have time to protect him!"
Su Qingluo felt extremely displeased.
The Reincarnation Palace had been in a rather precarious situation lately. As the palace master, she had to handle various matters and was exceedingly busy.
After returning from the Ancient God Ruins to the Reincarnation Palace last time, she had immediately begun investigating internal traitors, using iron-fisted methods to purge a group of spies lurking within the palace.
Then, with the support of Reincarnation Ancestor, she began consolidating the Reincarnation Palace to prepare for confronting the other major forces of the Main World.
Those other major forces of the Main World had also begun collectively making things difficult for the Reincarnation Palace, uniting to use various means to ostracize and attack them.
Especially recently, branch outposts of the Reincarnation Palace across various stars and realms of the Main World had been successively attacked, resulting in somewhat serious casualties.
The higher-ups of the Reincarnation Palace naturally knew it was undoubtedly the work of those major forces.
It could be said that the Reincarnation Palace and those major forces were on the brink of all-out war!
Thus, Su Qingluo was truly very busy these days!
At a time like this, Ye Yunfei's sudden arrival annoyed her somewhat, because she simply had no time to protect him!
After spending that period with Ye Yunfei in the Ancient God Ruins, her feelings towards him had already undergone a change.
They were just short of directly clarifying their relationship, returning to the previous intimate closeness they once shared!
Therefore, if she were to ignore Ye Yunfei's safety, she definitely couldn't do it.
"Unless I find that fellow immediately and confine him within the Reincarnation Palace, only then can his safety be guaranteed. If I let him run around the Main World, he'll be discovered by those major forces sooner or later," Su Qingluo thought to herself.
She clearly understood Ye Yunfei's temperament—a fellow who feared neither heaven nor earth, and showed no mercy to enemies. He would definitely kill anyone he could. Once he encountered members of those forces, he wouldn't let them off easily.
Su Qingluo knew that letting Ye Yunfei roam about the Main World would inevitably lead to major incidents!
After pondering for a moment, Su Qingluo summoned two trusted aides. She ordered these two aides to take several Reincarnation Palace experts and secretly leave headquarters to search for Ye Yunfei. Once they found him, they were to immediately bring him back to the Reincarnation Palace headquarters. If Ye Yunfei refused to return, they were to capture him and bring him back by force!
The Main World was truly immense. It wasn't until ten days later that Ye Yunfei and his party of five finally reached their destination.
"According to the map Elder Liu gave me, the ancient battlefield should be located straight ahead!" Yan Xiaoquan said excitedly as she surveyed the starry expanse ahead.
"Now I don't have to worry about this fellow stirring up trouble," Yan Xiaoquan thought, her beautiful eyes glancing at Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei could roughly guess what Yan Xiaoquan was thinking, but he remained expressionless.
"Everyone, according to the map Elder Liu gave me, the space where that ancient battlefield is located is extremely complex—a realm of utter chaos.
That spatial region has experienced a total of three world-destroying wars in succession. The structure of space has been completely shattered, giving birth to many bizarre spatial laws and temporal laws.
Furthermore, within this battlefield remain a large number of war remnant souls. These war remnant souls will attack anyone who ventures inside.
Therefore, we must be extremely careful when we enter," Yan Xiaoquan said with a solemn expression.
Upon hearing her words, Wu Wang, Zhou Ye, and Wu Tianyu all changed expressions.
"Why would our base have us explore such a dangerous battlefield?
With such a perilous battlefield, can we, a few juniors like us, handle it?" Wu Tianyu couldn't help but complain.
"This battlefield is indeed dangerous.
Back at the base, after I saw the data on this battlefield, I once asked Elder Liu about it.
According to Elder Liu, there were two seniors who specifically designated that our team should come to explore this ancient battlefield," Yan Xiaoquan said. As she spoke, she glanced at Ye Yunfei meaningfully.
She was beginning to suspect that the reason those two seniors had designated their team to explore this ancient battlefield was because of Ye Yunfei.
Within this team, Ye Yunfei's strength was the greatest, and by a vast margin!
"Two seniors specifically designated our team to explore this ancient battlefield?
Which two seniors hold us in such high regard!" Wu Wang, Zhou Ye, and Wu Tianyu all muttered with some resentment.
"Alright, we're already here. There's absolutely no possibility of turning back. Let's go," Yan Xiaoquan said. After speaking, she strode forward towards their destination.
Wu Wang and the other two had no choice but to follow.
"Two seniors specifically designated our team to explore this ancient battlefield... Could it be those two seniors?"
Upon hearing Yan Xiaoquan's words, Ye Yunfei suddenly thought of Old Man Chu and Chan Master Tianwu, musing inwardly.
Gradually, Ye Yunfei's party of five noticed that the starry void ahead began to grow desolate and withered, like a stretch of cosmos that had been utterly abandoned, completely devoid of any vitality.
Looking into the distance, they could only occasionally catch sight of one or two broken, dead stars.
Moreover, the laws here were clearly incomplete and fractured, utterly discordant with the starry void elsewhere in the Main World.
After advancing through the desolate, withered starry expanse for the better part of a day, a dark region suddenly appeared ahead.
This dark region extended to both sides, seemingly without end, completely blocking their forward path.
To continue onward, they would have to pass through this dark region.
"What is this place? My Soul Force Energy cannot perceive anything inside it," Zhou Ye couldn't help but voice.
"Mine either. That dark region seems extremely terrifying," Wu Wang also nodded in agreement.