"Seniors, you're both here as well!"
Seeing the two figures, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
"Ye Yunfei, your strength has progressed tremendously. Your talent is even better than we imagined! Excellent. Keep up the effort."
Old Man Chu carefully sensed Ye Yunfei's energy aura, then nodded approvingly.
"Ye Yunfei, you are now capable of facing an Initial-Level Earth Immortal head-on, aren't you?"
Chan Master Tianwu scrutinized Ye Yunfei before asking.
"Senior, with my current overall combat power, I believe I can now face an Initial-Level Earth Immortal directly," Ye Yunfei replied confidently.
"Very good. You have grown into an expert capable of holding your own for our Light Faction," Chan Master Tianwu said with a pleased nod.
"Seniors, these fellows deliberately provoked the Ancient Covenant. Their goal is likely to destroy it. What do you two think? Can they actually destroy the Ancient Covenant?"
Ye Yunfei asked. He had always harbored goodwill towards the Ancient Covenant and naturally didn't wish to see it destroyed by those Earth Immortals outside.
"We don't know either. If this were the Ancient Covenant in its prime, there would be no way they could destroy it. But after this vast stretch of time, the Covenant's strength must have declined somewhat. No one truly knows how much power it retains now."
Old Man Chu shook his head in response to Ye Yunfei's question.
"Then we should hurry and stop them!"
Ye Yunfei urged.
"Wait for a moment. We also wish to see precisely how much power the Ancient Covenant still possesses. We shall act after we have a clearer measure of its strength."
Chan Master Tianwu stated.
"I understand," Ye Yunfei said with a nod.
"As soon as the Ancient Covenant arrived, the Clones of those three guys fled out there. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let them off so easily."
Ye Yunfei thought of the three Earth Immortals' Clones and gritted his teeth. While he wasn't overly confident about facing their true bodies directly, dealing with their Clones was well within his capabilities. He simply hadn't gotten the chance to attack before the Ancient Covenant appeared and the three Clones retreated.
To confront the Ancient Covenant, those three Earth Immortals dared not take any chances and recalled their Clones to merge with their main bodies, ensuring they remained at their peak condition.
"Violators of the Ancient Covenant… die!"
Suddenly, outside the Small World, the gigantic golden palm locked onto one particular Advanced Earth Immortal—the very one who had also sent a Clone into the Small World earlier—and launched a thunderous attack.
"Come on, then!"
The targeted Advanced Earth Immortal roared, stepping forward to meet the assault head-on.
"Let's stop it together!"
At the same moment, the other Earth Immortals, who had anticipated this move, surged forward in unison, joining the Advanced Earth Immortal. They had all deduced the Ancient Covenant would attack him next.
*Boom!*
The golden palm slammed forward, carrying force sufficient to topple mountains and drain seas. Over twenty Earth Immortals simultaneously unleashed their strongest, most lethal attacks, uniting to counter the colossal palm.
The collision of energies exploded in an unfathomable torrent of destructive power, causing tremors that began cracking the boundaries of some nearby Small Worlds.
"Seniors! The barrier of this Small World… it seems damaged!"
Ye Yunfei suddenly noticed that the spatial barrier of the Small World they occupied was slowly fracturing.
"Nothing to be done. More than twenty Earth Immortals and the Ancient Covenant fighting together here releases a level of battle energy too terrifying to withstand," Old Man Chu said clearly, his voice resonating. "This Small World is about to be destroyed. Our Light Faction base here cannot be preserved. Send the order! All members within this base are to gather their belongings immediately and prepare to depart with me."
"All members of this base have already packed. We are ready to leave at any moment," Elder Cai reported promptly.
"Excellent. Have every single member within this base enter the spatial treasure I carry immediately. This Small World is at the epicenter of the battle. I fear it cannot last much longer."
Following Old Man Chu's words, Elder Cai promptly led all the base's members into a spatial treasure carried by the old senior.
"Seniors, since the members of this base are no longer in danger, I must now go find my people,"
Ye Yunfei stated after a moment's thought. He then explained to Old Man Chu and Chan Master Tianwu that his companions and family had been evacuated by three stewards of the base and that their current whereabouts were unknown.
The only reason Ye Yunfei had remained in this Small World was because the three Earth Immortals' Clones had suddenly intruded, forcing him to stay to protect the Light Faction members here.
He found a sliver of relief in the likelihood that the three base stewards hadn't encountered those powerful Earth Immortals. Otherwise, those Earth Immortals would surely have used his loved ones, especially his family members, to threaten him. Right now, all he wanted was to find the three stewards quickly.
"Ah, I see. Very well. Go find them," Old Man Chu said, nodding in understanding.
"Seniors, I take my leave then," Ye Yunfei said. He produced a space teleportation token, activated it, and with a *shoo* sound, teleported away from the crumbling Small World.
At that moment, the spatial barrier of the Small World continued to fracture relentlessly. The cataclysmic battle energy from outside transformed into raging tempests that poured in unceasingly, causing massive internal spatial collapses. It was clear this Small World was on the verge of complete destruction—a consequence of having over twenty Earth Immortals and the Ancient Covenant clashing right outside its boundaries.
"Excellent. We weren't wrong about him."
Chan Master Tianwu gazed in the direction Ye Yunfei had departed, a gratified expression on his face.
In the next instant, Ye Yunfei materialized within the chaotic void some distance away. Glancing back, he saw an Advanced Earth Immortal—the very one who had dispatched a Clone into the Small World—being sent flying backward by a blow from the golden palm, blood spraying continuously from his mouth.
"The Ancient Covenant is incredible!"
Ye Yunfei exclaimed with exhilaration. Even under the combined assault of over twenty Earth Immortals, the Ancient Covenant had still managed to successively wound all three Earth Immortals who had violated its laws with Clones. Such power was awe-inspiring, truly astonishing to behold!
"Now I finally understand how the Ancient Covenant managed to govern and suppress the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds for such an endless stretch of time!"
Ye Yunfei couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
Then, he turned and began his search for the three base stewards. Elder Cai had already transmitted images of their appearances and auras of their Soul Bodies. Employing a highly advanced tracking secret technique, Ye Yunfei began tracing their whereabouts.
As for the Ancient Covenant, Ye Yunfei wasn't overly worried. Experts from the Light Faction had already arrived, prepared to intervene and protect it. He believed that with the Light Faction's protection, coupled with the Ancient Covenant's own formidable power, it would not be destroyed so easily.