The three Resource Collectors were at the Perfected True Immortal level, and they were originally formidable fighters among their peers. However, these three Perfected True Immortals were trapped by the formations Ye Yunfei had deployed, and their Soul Bodies had been wounded by his Soul Sword, causing their combat strength to decline.
After Elder Yan slew one of the Resource Collectors, he charged toward another.
"I am a Resource Collector! My body is special! If you kill us Resource Collectors, you will surely face the Dark Faction's relentless pursuit!" The Dark Faction expert shouted in alarm and fury as he saw Elder Yan charging toward him.
"Enough talk! Prepare to die!" Elder Yan roared sharply, having been in a killing frenzy for some time already, and pounced on the Dark Faction expert.
The Light Faction and the Dark Faction were natural, sworn enemies. Under normal circumstances, once they encountered each other, it was always a life-or-death struggle. Therefore, Elder Yan paid no heed to the threat issued by this Dark Faction expert.
The two Perfected True Immortal experts engaged in a fierce battle. The energy released by their clash shook this entire stretch of heaven and earth.
"Elder Yan, I shall assist you!" Ye Yunfei declared.
"Good!" Elder Yan immediately nodded. He had already come to regard Ye Yunfei as an equal-level expert.
Conversely, upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the Dark Faction expert's expression changed slightly. He had already witnessed Ye Yunfei's methods, particularly the Soul Power attack that had wounded his Soul Body.
"I'll try my Mental Force energy," Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
During this period, Ye Yunfei had been using one of his Soul Bodies to contemplate the Infinite Heart Sutra, and his Mental Force had been steadily advancing.
Rumble...
Vast and mighty Mental Force energy continuously manifested and bombarded the Dark Faction expert. Mental Force energy was one of the most difficult energies to defend against. For most living beings, it was even undefendable—they could only endure it!
Although this Dark Faction expert was powerful, facing Mental Force energy, he simply had no means of defense. Rolling waves of Mental Force energy continuously struck his body, invaded his flesh, and frantically assaulted his internal organs, wracking his entire body with intense pain. The raging Mental Force energy even invaded his sea of consciousness and lashed at his Soul Body.
"This is the legendary Mental Force energy! This kid has actually cultivated Mental Force energy!" The Dark Faction expert was both shocked and enraged.
"Just what kind of monster is this kid? His formation attainments and Soul Power intensity are already astonishing enough, but I never expected he's also proficient in Mental Force energy! How has the Light Faction nurtured such a little monster!" The Dark Faction expert felt extremely unwilling and roared inwardly.
Hampered by the interference of the Mental Force energy, this Dark Faction expert's combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. Shortly after, Elder Yan's fist pierced straight through his body. The violent fist force shattered half of his frame.
Then, Elder Yan delivered a follow-up punch, directly blasting the Dark Faction expert's body into pieces.
"One remains!" With killing intent swirling around him, Elder Yan turned and pounced toward the final Resource Collector.
Seeing two of his fellow collectors slain by Elder Yan in succession, this Resource Collector had long been flustered. However, trapped within the formations Ye Yunfei had set up, he had exhausted every means without managing to break out in a short time. Now, seeing Elder Yan charge toward him, he was so frightened his heart pounded wildly.
Not long after, with Ye Yunfei's assistance, Elder Yan slew this last Resource Collector. Thus, all three Resource Collectors were killed!
From the corpses of these three Resource Collectors, Ye Yunfei retrieved several black cloth bags. These black cloth bags were the specialized artifacts used by Dark Faction Resource Collectors. They were extremely effective against remnant souls.
"The Dark Faction places great importance on these specialized artifacts for collecting Flesh and Blood Essence and Soul Essence. Once you have obtained them, you must not casually take them out. If the Dark Faction ever learns of it, they will madly come to seize them," Elder Yan cautioned Ye Yunfei when he saw him taking those black cloth bags.
"I understand, Elder Yan," Ye Yunfei nodded.
Ye Yunfei was already well aware of how much the Dark Faction valued these black cloth bags. The last time he obtained a few in that ancient battlefield in the Beidou Continent, not long after leaving the ancient battlefield, Dark Faction experts had come seeking him to seize them. So later, Ye Yunfei generally wouldn't actively use them unless necessary.
Ye Yunfei summoned his Blood Clan Clone, letting it roam the battlefield to collect Flesh and Blood Essence. Naturally, only the Flesh and Blood Essence left behind by beings at the Immortal level entered Ye Yunfei's consideration.
Whoosh...
Thick, rolling blood mist coiled around the towering frame of the Blood Clan Clone, like a blood sea moving about, its aura terrifying. The Light Faction members observed the Blood Clan Clone, inwardly marveling.
"A clone refined from a Blood Clan has actually evolved to this degree! Truly rare!" Even Elder Yan secretly marveled.
In the space-time of the Three Thousand Worlds, the Blood Clan was a relatively rare race. Occasionally, some Blood Clan members would appear in various worlds, so legends of the Blood Clan circulated throughout many worlds of the Three Thousand Worlds. Many had even seen members of the Blood Clan. However, few knew the true strength of the Blood Clan race, or the exact location of their lair, the Blood Realm, spoken of in legends.
In his previous life, Ye Yunfei had accidentally obtained a secret art of the Blood Clan. In this life, he had again obtained a Blood Clan body by chance. Honestly, both were due to exceedingly good fortune! Ye Yunfei had previously believed the Blood Clan's strongest power might be at the Heavenly Emperor Realm. But now, as his Blood Clan Clone grew increasingly powerful, Ye Yunfei understood the Blood Clan's greatest strength was definitely not the Heavenly Emperor Realm; it was at least at the Immortal Realm!
"This Blood Clan Clone of mine currently definitely has power approaching the True Immortal level. It's a decent helper." Feeling the energy aura of his Blood Clan Clone, Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Alright, everyone. The crisis at our stronghold has been resolved!" Elder Yan declared loudly from above the city.
This city was a Light Faction stronghold on this star, a place they had secretly developed for a long time. Unexpectedly, the Dark Faction had discovered it and dispatched forces to attack.
The entire city erupted in cheers.
"Brother Ye, your combat power is too formidable! You're practically my idol!" At this moment, Wu Wang, Zhou Ye, and Wu Tianyu had already gathered around Ye Yunfei. They had long admired him, but now their admiration was simply inexpressible.
"He's probably the most outstanding young genius in this space-time," thought Yan Xiaoquan, whose attention had largely remained on Ye Yunfei. Her beautiful eyes spent most of the time fixed on him.
"Haha... So satisfying! Truly satisfying! In today's battle, I slew three peers! Ye Yunfei, it's all thanks to your assistance. Otherwise, I alone couldn't have defeated the three of them!" Elder Yan arrived by Ye Yunfei's side, laughing heartily.