Watching the members of each battalion, their fighting spirit burning fiercely, Ye Yunfei nodded in satisfaction.
Morale and fighting spirit were extremely important on the battlefield; only high morale offered the possibility of victory!
"Very well, let us set out immediately!" Ye Yunfei declared loudly.
Next, Ye Yunfei teleported everyone into the Phantom Tower, directly activated the spatial teleportation token, and began teleporting towards the location of the Light Faction headquarters.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei arrived in the chaotic void surrounding the Light Faction headquarters.
Looking ahead into the distance, he saw that the world containing the Light Faction headquarters was completely encircled by the vast armies of the Dark Faction.
Like vast, dark oceans, the armies filled the entire expanse of void, stretching as far as the eye could see.
The aura of energy pressure emanating from these Dark Faction forces transformed into rolling hurricanes that swept out in all directions, howling and roaring as if to overturn this entire stretch of void.
Ye Yunfei halted in the distance, his brow furrowing slightly as he gazed at the dark, ocean-like armies of the Dark Faction ahead.
Because the number of Dark Faction troops was truly staggering.
Their numbers were possibly a hundred, even several hundred times greater than the forces of the Light Faction's twenty-eight battalions!
Furthermore, Ye Yunfei could sense a vast number of Earth Immortals among the Dark Faction!
Even if there weren't a thousand, there were certainly several hundred!
"Hundreds of Earth Immortals mobilized at once... It seems the Dark Faction truly did hide the majority of their strength in the past. Compared to the Dark Faction, the overall power of our Light Faction appears to be far inferior!"
Seeing such a formation, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but sigh softly.
Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei finally understood why the Light Faction headquarters had remained under siege for so long, and why the higher-ups and forces inside had not emerged to break the encirclement: the enemy's power was simply too overwhelming!
"The fact that the Dark Faction is revealing their true strength this time also indicates that this World-Destroying War truly is the final one! In this World-Destroying War, the Dark Faction intends to annihilate this spacetime and all the living beings within it!"
Ye Yunfei said with a grave expression.
Next, Ye Yunfei waved a hand and quietly deployed several dozen formations, all of them concealment arrays.
Ever since arriving here, Ye Yunfei had been meticulously hiding his trail using concealment secret arts. There was a seal left by Mr. Liu within Ye Yunfei's soul sea; even the Dark Ancestor would find it difficult to sense Ye Yunfei's exact location, let alone ordinary Dark Faction experts.
"Everyone, come out."
With a thought, Ye Yunfei teleported all the battalion leaders out, having them stand within the concealment formations.
"The Dark Faction's strength is terrifying!"
One by one, the battalion leaders exclaimed in shock upon seeing the Dark Faction armies in the distance.
"They are indeed powerful. But we cannot retreat. In this war, regardless of victory or defeat, we cannot retreat!"
Commander Xue said solemnly.
"Yes! We of the Light Faction can only die on the battlefield! We will never retreat!"
The other battalion leaders nodded emphatically upon hearing Commander Xue's words.
"We cannot act recklessly now. We must immediately establish contact with headquarters and await instructions," Ye Yunfei said after a moment's consideration.
"Agreed. I will send a message to several of the elders at headquarters immediately," Commander Xue said, promptly taking out a white message jade slip to begin sending the transmission.
At the same moment.
Within the Light Faction headquarters.
Inside a magnificent white palace radiating sacred light.
Several dozen core higher-ups of the Light Faction were convening within the palace to discuss the current situation.
Six old men were seated in the central positions of honor. Two of them were Old Man Chu and Chan Master Tianwu.
"Everyone, based on my deductions, the Dark Faction is about to attack our headquarters. We no longer have the chance to delay. The battle is imminent," a short, white-robed elder declared clearly.
"Everyone, have your true selves returned?" Old Man Chu suddenly asked.
"These past days, I have been constantly trying to deduce the whereabouts of my true self. It seems he has already embarked on the return journey. However, it's difficult to say exactly when he will arrive. I hope my true self can return before this battle begins. What about you, Zhen Cangzi?"
A blue-robed elder who carried an aura of transcendent grace spoke up, then turned his gaze to another elder beside him.
"Who knows where my true self has gone all these years. I have never been able to deduce any information about him. Perhaps... my true self has already perished."
That elder, Zhen Cangzi, shook his head and sighed softly.
"I also have had no news of my true self for a long time. I have tried to deduce his whereabouts many times, but to no avail," a blue-robed elder chimed in.
Hearing this, Old Man Chu couldn't help but frown slightly.
Including Old Man Chu and Chan Master Tianwu, these six elders seated in the palace's central positions were the five core higher-ups of the Light Faction, jointly responsible for managing the faction.
Although all six elders were at the Perfected Earth Immortal realm, unlike ordinary Perfected Earth Immortals, these core higher-ups possessed battle prowess far surpassing the norm, said to be infinitely close to the Golden Immortal level.
Moreover, these core higher-ups had long been seeking breakthroughs. After the previous World-Destroying War ended, knowing the Dark Faction would likely remain quiet for a period and would not launch the next World-Destroying War so quickly, these five core higher-ups had left their avatars behind to oversee headquarters while their true selves ventured out into the world to seek opportunities.
The true selves of these five core higher-ups had left headquarters mainly for two purposes: first, to seek the opportunity to break through to Golden Immortal; second, to find a passageway leading to other spacetimes outside this one.
That was because these core higher-ups of the Light Faction had long known that this spacetime had been sealed off, isolated from other spacetimes outside.
All five core higher-ups suspected that the reason they had cultivated for so long without being able to break through to Golden Immortal was primarily due to the restrictions of this spacetime.
Perhaps it was simply impossible to achieve a Golden Immortal breakthrough within this spacetime.
Now the Dark Faction had launched another World-Destroying War, proclaiming it to be the final one, yet the true selves of these five core higher-ups had still not returned.
That was why, despite the Light Faction headquarters being besieged for so long, the higher-ups and forces within had remained secluded. The five core higher-ups were awaiting the return of their true selves while also making other preparations, of course.
The reason the Light Faction had been able to withstand the Dark Faction for so many years within this spacetime naturally meant they had some trump cards of their own. Otherwise, they would have been wiped out by the Dark Faction in the previous World-Destroying Wars.
"Hm?"
At that moment, the blue-robed elder suddenly started, taking out a message jade slip.
"Everyone, among the thirty-six camps our Light Faction has scattered across the lands, eight have already been annihilated. Twenty-eight remain, and now the forces of those twenty-eight camps have all arrived near headquarters. Leading them... is Ye Yunfei."
The blue-robed elder perceived the contents of the message jade slip, then spoke aloud.