At the same time.
Within another world of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds.
This world served as a base for the Light Faction.
Both Old Man Chu and Chan Master Tianwu were at this base.
“I've just received a Sound Transmission from Ye Yunfei. He's discovered Huang Zhishi's whereabouts—the steward is at a Dark Faction stronghold. He's preparing to enter that world to rescue him,” Old Man Chu said via Sound Transmission to Chan Master Tianwu while they were summoning a group of Light Faction leaders to discuss the current situation. His expression shifted slightly as he sensed a piece of jade slip on his person.
“I've heard news that the Dark Faction and several of those major powers from the Main World all want to target Ye Yunfei. It seems we'll have to intervene and lend him a hand. We've watched that youngster grow. It would be a shame if something happened to him,” Chan Master Tianwu replied after receiving Old Man Chu's transmission.
“Very well. Let's dispatch several Earth Immortal experts, along with avatar projections of ourselves, to go assist him,” Old Man Chu nodded in agreement.
Shortly after, Old Man Chu and Chan Master Tianwu led a contingent of Light Faction forces away from the base, heading in Ye Yunfei's direction.
At this moment, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had brought Ye Yunfei to the entrance of the world up ahead.
A dozen or so Dark Faction troops were guarding the area.
“Don't worry. Given their strength, they won't be able to detect us,” the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm transmitted to Ye Yunfei.
While speaking, it released a large amount of spatial runes, tightly concealing both of their bodies and isolating their auras.
Then, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm executed his clan's secret tunneling technique, unleashing a bizarre traversing energy that carried himself and Ye Yunfei across.
The entire process proceeded without incident as they smoothly traversed and entered the world ahead.
Once inside, Ye Yunfei immediately extended his Soul Power, surveying this world from afar.
Black mist churned and billowed throughout this world; dense Dark energy and Dark laws saturated the space.
This was wholly a cultivation world of the Dark Faction.
In truth, the Dark Faction had always maintained numerous secret bases across the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, previously kept as closely guarded secrets, hidden through various methods.
Now that the Dark Faction had officially declared the start of the World-Destroying War, these secret Dark Faction bases were finally revealing themselves to the world.
“I sense Huang Zhishi's aura. That way!” the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm declared after a moment of perception, pointing in a direction.
“Master, be careful. This is most likely a trap set specifically for you,” Hu Miao reminded him.
“I understand,” Ye Yunfei nodded.
Ye Yunfei gripped his Space-Transfer Talisman in hand, ready to activate it at any moment, and was also prepared to summon substitute idols to handle any sudden dangers.
Swoosh!
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm performed his tunneling technique, descending toward a distant expanse of black continent.
Soon, they arrived before a city situated on the black continent.
Throughout this process, both Ye Yunfei and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm meticulously concealed their auras and remained undetected.
“I sense it. Huang Zhishi is most likely inside this city,” the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm stated.
“But it's far too obvious. Everywhere here, just like outside, is saturated with his aura.”
“Master, why not wait until those Light Faction experts arrive before you start the rescue?” Hu Miao voiced her concern.
“Since we've come this far, let's first go in and scout the situation,” Ye Yunfei said after a moment's thought.
“Alright. I'll follow your lead. Wherever you wish to go, I'll accompany you,” the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm nodded.
“How about this: let's enter from underground,” Ye Yunfei suggested, surveying the terrain and topography around the city before them.
Ye Yunfei intended to go underground to assess the earth energy and earth dragons beneath this stretch of black land.
As long as earth energy and earth dragons existed beneath this land, Ye Yunfei could utilize the Geomancy Technique!
Not long ago, under Lu Yuanzu's guidance, Ye Yunfei's mastery of the Geomancy Technique had increased significantly!
It could be said that the Geomancy Technique was now one of Ye Yunfei's greatest trump cards!
Since a continent was present here, Ye Yunfei naturally intended to make full use of it!
“Let's go, down we go!”
Ye Yunfei took the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm and dove straight into the earth.
At the same time, within the distant void, a group of Earth Immortal experts lay in ambush.
They stood at different positions, forming an encirclement around the city.
“Ye Yunfei has arrived. When do we strike?” transmitted an old man dressed in official robes to the other Earth Immortal experts.
This robed elder was a High-Level Earth Immortal, hailing from the Qiantang Empire.
This time, the Tang Emperor had dispatched four Earth Immortal experts specifically to deal with Ye Yunfei.
“Wait. I've laid eighteen of our Dark Faction's Heaven-Earth Encompassing Net Formations within that city. The moment he enters, all eighteen formations will activate simultaneously, creating multiple layers of encirclement. Then we immediately charge in and attack. Hehe, at that point, not only that kid, even if another dozen Earth Immortals arrived to help him, he wouldn't escape even if given wings!” a Dark Faction Earth Immortal expert chuckled coldly.
“Very well. We'll wait a little longer. It's said this Ye Yunfei possesses an exceedingly sophisticated teleportation treasure, and his movement techniques are also excellent. Add to that his cunning nature. For safety's sake, we'll wait until he's inside the city before we act,” the Five Poisons Immortal Child spoke up.
The Five Poisons Immortal Child had encountered Ye Yunfei twice and was deeply impressed by his movement speed, especially within that ancient deity's ruins where many Earth Immortal experts joined the chase to hunt down the injured Su Qingluo and Ye Yunfei, yet in the end failed to even touch a hair on their heads.
“Speaking of which, I heard this Ye Yunfei excels at Formations. He can set them up in an instant, so we need to be careful. In a crisis, if he erects a bunch of Formations, dealing with him will become far more difficult,” a burly monk from the Western Sect interjected.
“Hehe, you can rest assured about that. The internal space within our Dark Faction's Heaven-Earth Encompassing Net Formations is self-contained. Unless the Formations Ye Yunfei sets up are superior in grade to the Heaven-Earth Encompassing Net, they will be ineffective! I believe that with all eighteen Heaven-Earth Encompassing Net Formations activating simultaneously, plus the presence of us Earth Immortal experts, any Formations he erects will serve no purpose,” a Dark Faction Earth Immortal expert sneered.
“Everyone, don't worry. To deal with this Ye Yunfei, we've long made all sorts of preparations. In truth, our Dark Faction understands Ye Yunfei very well. Since he has entered our trap, don't even think about escaping!” the Dark Faction Earth Immortal expert continued.