“That kid has escaped underground!”
“I sensed earlier that the lad’s body was emitting some Earth Qi Energy — could it be that he has cultivated the Geomancy Technique?
No wonder his speed while moving through the earth is so fast!”
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At this moment, the five Earth Immortal experts who had just prepared to attack Ye Yunfei were all extremely furious, roaring one after another.
Despite five Earth Immortal experts acting together, a junior had still managed to escape right from under their noses.
Besides these five Earth Immortal experts, a large number of Qiantang Empire forces had also arrived. Looking up at the sky and down at the ground, troops could be seen everywhere, thick with murderous intent.
“Seal off this entire area completely!”
A Great General clad in golden armor shouted.
This Great General was the Nation-Pacifying Grand General of the Qiantang Empire — an Advanced Earth Immortal!
“Let’s go, we’re heading down to chase that kid!”
Leading the way, this Nation-Pacifying Grand General dove into the ground, entering the earth to pursue Ye Yunfei.
The other four Earth Immortal experts also flickered and vanished, diving into the earth one after another, then releasing their Soul Force Energy to search for traces of Ye Yunfei.
Although these Earth Immortal experts hadn’t cultivated the Geomancy Technique, their strength was formidable, and they were proficient in various energies and laws. Their speed while moving through the earth was still very fast, swiftly traversing the underground while their Soul Force Energy was released far outward, sensing the space beneath the entire landmass.
Besides these five Earth Immortal experts, a group of True Immortals from the Qiantang Empire also burrowed underground to assist in the search for Ye Yunfei, primarily Peak and Advanced True Immortals.
“They’re chasing us down!”
Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said to Ye Yunfei.
“This is their territory; they will definitely pursue me relentlessly.
From now on, I will use the Geomancy Technique and various stealth techniques to conceal my aura. Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Hun Lao, you two must help me as well, together conceal my aura.
The area we’re in now is roughly underground near the Imperial Capital of the Qiantang Empire. The Earth Qi Energy in this area is exceptionally abundant — for me, it’s essentially my home ground!”
Ye Yunfei nodded, then spoke.
While speaking, Ye Yunfei directly used the Earth Dragons around him to arrange five large Earth Formations based on the Five Elements. These five grand arrays then combined into an Earth Formation called the Five Elements Confounding Formation, completely shrouding his current location.
At the same time, Ye Yunfei also activated Shadow Concealment and several other profound stealth secret arts, thoroughly concealing his own aura.
Hun Lao and Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm also coordinated with Ye Yunfei, employing their races’ spatial secret arts to seal off the space where Ye Yunfei was located!
In this manner, Ye Yunfei’s aura was concealed beneath layers of cloaking.
Ye Yunfei then activated the Five Elements Confounding Formation to move swiftly underground, doing so quietly.
Although the sensing abilities of the Qiantang Empire’s five Earth Immortal experts were powerful, for the moment, they could not detect Ye Yunfei’s aura.
“Up ahead are nine Earth Dragons. This should be underneath one of the mountain peaks near the Qiantang Empire’s Imperial Capital. Every mountain peak of the Imperial Capital is actually a foundation node of the Supreme Son of Heaven Terrain; these nine Earth Dragons are the core of that foundation node!”
Not long after, Ye Yunfei saw nine Earth Dragons coiling ahead, their dragon bodies faintly radiating golden light while releasing golden mist in waves.
All nine of these Earth Dragons were of the Golden Dragon rank!
In the classification of Earth Dragons, Golden Dragons already belong to a very high-quality grade and are relatively rare.
“Good, I’ll start with these nine Golden Dragons then!”
Staring at the nine Golden Dragons ahead, Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
“First, I’ll set up a confinement formation to trap these nine Golden Dragons, then subdue them!”
Ye Yunfei formed hand seals, gathering Earth Dragons, once again employing a batch of Earth Dragons to arrange several large confinement formations, sealing off a section of the underground region near the nine Golden Dragons and trapping them within.
Then Ye Yunfei began his attempt to subdue these nine Golden Dragons.
“The energy within these nine Golden Dragons far surpasses that of ordinary Golden Dragons!”
Very quickly, Ye Yunfei discovered the extraordinary nature of these nine Golden Dragons — the energy they contained far exceeded that of ordinary Golden Dragons.
Rumble…
Ye Yunfei employed the Dragon Binding Secret Art from the Geomancy Technique, attempting to forcibly seize control of one of the Golden Dragons. But that Golden Dragon resisted fiercely, letting out roars as a powerful aura of suppression rose from its dragon body.
Rumble…
The Earth Qi Energy present in this stretch of underground space began to riot, actually streaming ceaselessly toward Ye Yunfei’s location to batter against him.
“Halt!”
Ye Yunfei was somewhat startled and immediately commanded all the Earth Dragons beside him to rush out and oppose the oncoming torrent of Earth Qi Energy.
Fortunately, Ye Yunfei had previously sealed this section of the underground region with confinement formations, otherwise such a commotion would immediately draw the attention of the Qiantang Empire’s stronger experts!
“It’s not that these Golden Dragons themselves are particularly powerful, but because the Supreme Son of Heaven Terrain is too profound. The nearby foundation nodes are connected, forming a single whole. When one foundation node is attacked or damaged, the energy of other nearby foundation nodes will transmit over to jointly resist.
Thankfully, I am proficient in the Geomancy Technique. If someone who had not cultivated this art were here, once they attacked a foundation node, all nearby foundation nodes would likely riot simultaneously and launch a joint counterattack!”
After carefully analyzing the situation, Ye Yunfei couldn’t help but inwardly marvel at the profoundness of this Supreme Son of Heaven Terrain.
“Very well, then I shall engage this Supreme Son of Heaven Terrain in battle. Let’s see if I can truly break this formation!”
Ye Yunfei’s fighting spirit was also roused. He spoke coldly.
After that, Ye Yunfei exerted himself to the utmost, unleashing every aspect of the Geomancy Technique he had cultivated. He consecutively switched through several variations of the Dragon Binding Secret Art, attempting to control those nine Golden Dragons.
At the same time, Ye Yunfei also ordered all the Golden Dragons he had subdued before to charge forth and deal with those nine Golden Dragons.
At the same moment.
The experts of the Qiantang Empire were also searching all over the underground for traces of Ye Yunfei.
By now, these Qiantang Empire experts had expanded their search to the entire continent’s underground.
Because they believed that after diving underground, Ye Yunfei would undoubtedly be fleeing everywhere and was unlikely to stay in one fixed spot.
Not long after, even on the ground and high in the air, experts could be seen moving about, searching for Ye Yunfei.
The Qiantang Empire’s experts reasoned that Ye Yunfei might not necessarily stay underground forever — he could very likely return to the surface or even venture into the sky at any moment.
Because they guessed that escaping this world was Ye Yunfei’s current top priority, so he shouldn’t hide underground for long.
Those experts of the Qiantang Empire never imagined that Ye Yunfei had already set his sights on the Imperial Family’s very fortune!
At this time, at the base of an especially tall mountain near the Qiantang Empire Imperial Capital sat an indistinct, illusory figure. This figure was ethereal, nearly impossible to sense.
“Hmm?
It seems there’s a lad trying to disrupt one of the foundation nodes of this Supreme Son of Heaven Terrain. By the looks of it, this lad’s mastery of the Geomancy Technique isn’t bad — he’s quite the capable Earth Master!
At such a tender age, to have cultivated the Geomancy Technique to this level… interesting. Let’s go take a look!”
This figure spoke.
If observed closely, one would discover this illusory figure was a white-bearded elder!
Then this elder transformed into a streak of flowing light, merging into a nearby Earth Dragon. This Earth Dragon then began quietly swimming through the earth toward Ye Yunfei’s location.
At the same moment.
In the palace where Jinlun Great Master resided, at the center of the Qiantang Empire Imperial Capital.
“Jinlun Great Master, during this period, we have searched nearly the entire world — underground, on the surface, even high in the sky — yet we have been unable to find any trace of that lad.
Jinlun Great Master, it seems we must ask you to act once more and deduce that lad’s whereabouts.”
An elder in official robes entered the palace and addressed Jinlun Great Master.