A short while later.
"Light truly is a beautiful thing!"
Ye Yunfei and the other four finally made it through the dark region, bathing in endless light. Overwhelmed with excitement, Zhou Ye immediately exclaimed.
"However, after we finish exploring that ancient battlefield and need to return, we'll have to traverse this dark region again. Who knows if we'll encounter those Dark Dream Demons once more," Wu Wang couldn't help saying.
"Enough, let's not dwell on that for now. We should focus on finding that ancient battlefield as quickly as possible," Yan Xiaoquan urged them.
She took the lead and moved forward.
Gazing ahead, a mist-shrouded void stretched before them, filled everywhere with a gloomy chaotic fog that seemed endless.
Yan Xiaoquan took out a jade slip and activated it. It released an arrow composed of glowing runes pointing straight ahead.
Following the direction indicated by the arrow, Yan Xiaoquan continued.
Along the way, the five of them saw many shattered planets floating in the desolate, bleak starry sky. None were intact; some had only a fragment left. The further they went, the more these broken celestial bodies they saw, until finally, broken planets were densely packed throughout this boundless starry expanse.
Beyond the shattered planets, there were also the remnants of ruined realms—broken, decaying worlds emitting an aura of ruin and decrepitude. Like torn sacks of burlap, they were scattered throughout the void.
Next, Ye Yunfei and his companions saw fragmented pieces of continents drifting in the starry darkness.
Shattered planets, ruined realms, fragmented continents—this desolate expanse seemed to hold nothing but wreckage, even space itself was fractured, crisscrossed with spatial rifts.
Generally speaking, in the world of martial artists, a world in the narrow sense had three most basic forms: planet, realm, and continent.
A single planet could be a world; an entire realm could be a world; or a piece of landmass could also be a world.
These were the most rudimentary forms.
"So many ruined worlds here!" Wu Wang exclaimed, sighing.
"We're at the right place! That ancient battlefield is just ahead, not far away!" Looking at the scene before her, Yan Xiaoquan said excitedly.
While at the base, she had heard Elder Liu describe the environment around that ancient battlefield.
"They say these shattered worlds were broken during previous World-Destroying Wars in the past. For some unknown reason, these fragmented worlds were slowly drawn and gathered into this space by a mysterious force," Yan Xiaoquan explained as she looked at the ruined worlds ahead.
At the base, she had won the appreciation of many base elders, so she had learned many secrets from them.
"Look! There are many corpses!" Zhou Ye suddenly pointed ahead and cried out in shock.
Ahead, countless mutilated corpses floated. Some even still dripped with vibrant blood—this was because these corpses' owners had been incredibly powerful in life, so that even after their long-ago demise, the flesh remnants still retained potent essence-blood energy.
"And many snapped magical weapons!" Wu Wang shouted.
In the space ahead, besides the floating limbs and minced flesh, there were also many broken magical weapons. Quite a number of them belonged to the Immortal Level.
*Kill!…*
Not long after, fierce sounds of clashing battles and war cries suddenly echoed from the front.
All five of them perked up.
"According to Elder Liu, the ancient battlefield we're about to enter was a high-tier battlefield during the last World-Destroying War! The combatants from both sides on this battlefield were the elites! So the War Remnant Souls left behind on this battlefield are certainly exceptionally powerful! In short, this ancient battlefield is extremely dangerous. Once we enter, we must be extremely careful!" Yan Xiaoquan said in a grave tone.
Moments later.
The five of them finally entered a vast ancient battlefield!
*BOOM!…*
Sky-scorching, murderous energy swept towards them like terrifying gale-force winds—like endless tidal waves, or ten thousand stampeding horses.
Looking ahead, countless War Remnant Souls charged, fought, and clashed madly across this ancient battlefield. The endless, scorched-black earth was piled high with limbs and flesh.
*BOOM!*
Just as Ye Yunfei and the other four were absorbing the shocking sight before them, a murderous gale, almost solidified into form, swept in. This gale was a thousand meters wide, carrying the echoes of battle cries and containing a fearsome, slaughtering aura.
"Be careful!" Sensing the incoming gale, Yan Xiaoquan's face changed drastically as she shouted.
*BOOM!…*
Yan Xiaoquan took out an ancient curved blade and unleashed dense swarms of blade energy that surged forward like tidal waves, colliding with the murderous gale.
*BOOM!…*
A vast amount of blade energy and the gale exploded simultaneously.
"Everyone, be on guard! There seem to be many such gales across this battlefield. They're likely formed by the remnant war energy left behind here. Their power is formidable!" Yan Xiaoquan's expression turned grave as she called out loudly.
*BOOM!…*
Just as her words fell, four or five more thick murderous gales blew in from all directions, resembling massive, crude blades sweeping across.
"Attack!" Yan Xiaoquan commanded.
The five of them all acted, each fending off these slashing gales.
Among them, Ye Yunfei was the most at ease; facing the murderous gales that attacked, he shattered them one by one with simple palm strikes.
Although Yan Xiaoquan and the other three were weaker than Ye Yunfei, they were, after all, young geniuses painstakingly cultivated by the Light Faction. Their actual combat prowess was no weakness, so they could handle these unceasing attacks.
"Alright, now let's begin exploring this battlefield. Ye Yunfei, your strength is the greatest, and your perception is also the strongest. You'll pave the way at the front," Yan Xiaoquan said to Ye Yunfei.
"Alright," Ye Yunfei nodded.
Thus, Ye Yunfei led the way forward. Wu Wang, Zhou Ye, and Wu Tianyu remained in the middle, with Yan Xiaoquan taking up the rear.
Among the five, Ye Yunfei was undoubtedly the strongest, followed by Yan Xiaoquan. So she deliberately took the last position, intending to protect the three in the middle.
*Not bad. A real 'older sister' demeanor, an ideal teammate indeed,* Ye Yunfei glanced at Yan Xiaoquan, smiling inwardly.
*BOOM!…*
As they advanced, thick murderous gales would attack from time to time. Displaying his over two million Jiao of physical strength, Ye Yunfei could shatter a gale with a single palm strike.
*To have cultivated physical strength to this level… he's a real freak of nature!* Yan Xiaoquan, sensing the physical power Ye Yunfei unleashed, couldn't help but feel inwardly shocked.
"Ye Yunfei, now start paying attention to which War Remnant Souls belong to our Light Faction. Use the method you employed in that ancient battlefield at the Big Dipper continent to communicate with them," Yan Xiaoquan instructed Ye Yunfei.
She was the leader of this team. Even though Ye Yunfei was stronger than her, she still took on the role of issuing commands, displaying her leadership.
"Alright," Ye Yunfei nodded.
Soon, Ye Yunfei saw a War Remnant Soul of the Light Faction not far away. Judging from its condition, its owner in life had likely been a Mid-Level True Immortal—a reasonably powerful expert.
So Ye Yunfei, along with Hun Lao and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, worked together to quietly approach this War Remnant Soul of the Light Faction. Using spatial energy, they successfully carved out the space where it was anchored.
Thus, freed from the law-like control of this ancient battlefield, this War Remnant Soul began to gain clarity.
Just like that, the five of them had connected with the first Remnant Soul left behind by a Light Faction expert.
As time passed, the five of them found one after another War Remnant Soul left behind by Light Faction experts.
At the same time.
Deep within the ancient battlefield, at a certain location amidst some already-ruined mountain ranges, there lay a vast valley.
Deep within this valley stood an ancient altar, upon which rested a transparent Crystal Coffin.
Within the Crystal Coffin lay an impeccably white skeleton.
Surrounding this altar knelt a densely-packed multitude of beings—living beings from various races, including some from the Dark Faction. Their numbers were astonishing, reaching tens of thousands!
All tens of thousands of these beings knelt devotedly; some even kowtowed!
All of these beings were alive!