"Seniors, when you enter the fray, you must gather closely together and form a unified presence. I previously taught you some Ghost Cultivation Arts. Since you are all in the state of Remnant Souls, you can utilize those arts to merge into a single entity for combat. Only in this way can you unleash your maximum combat power! Especially techniques like Ghostly Mist and Phantom Walls."
Huang Shang hurriedly sent a message just as all the Light Faction's War Remnant Souls were rushing toward the battlefield nearby.
Back in the ancient battlefield, Huang Shang had imparted Ghost Cultivation Arts to these War Remnant Souls. Although they hadn't experienced his various fortuitous encounters, being Remnant Souls made them perfectly suited for cultivating ghostly arts, allowing them to elevate their combat prowess to the greatest extent.
*Ooooo...*
Following Huang Shang's reminder, the Light Faction's War Remnant Souls immediately activated their Ghost Cultivation Arts and gathered together. Instantly, a chilling wind swept through, and vast clouds of ghostly mist billowed. Faintly, everywhere was filled with malevolent spirits and wailing ghosts screaming and crying.
"Kill!"
More than a hundred thousand War Remnant Souls combined their forces, jointly unleashing Ghost Cultivation Arts to form a formidable power. They surged into the battlefield, turning swathes of the Dark Faction army into dust wherever they passed.
With the addition of Huang Shang's hundreds of Earth Immortal experts and hordes of venomous creatures entering the battle, alongside these Light Faction War Remnant Souls, the situation began to shift.
Previously, the Light Faction's overall strength was far inferior to the Dark Faction army, clearly at a disadvantage and even beaten to the point of being unable to fight back. But now, with the Light Faction's combat power significantly bolstered, they began to stabilize their footing, fighting the Dark Faction army to a standstill.
This was something Ye Yunfei had anticipated earlier. As long as Huang Shang returned, it was certain to greatly increase the Light Faction's fighting strength.
"Those Earth Immortals have complex origins; they don't seem to be from the Light Faction. Why are they helping them!"
"Damn it!
Those venomous beasts and poisonous insects seem to be from the Five Immortals Sect of the main world! How could they appear on this battlefield, attacking our Dark Faction army!"
"Those are the Light Faction's War Remnant Souls!
Contact the Resource Collection Envoys immediately! Have them come and harvest these Light Faction remnant souls!"
...
At this moment, the seven Sovereigns of the Dark Faction watched as so many reinforcements suddenly arrived for the Light Faction, filled with both shock and fury.
For this battle, they, the seven Sovereigns, had brought over six hundred Earth Immortals and an army nearly ten times the size of the Light Faction's forces. They had originally thought flattening the Light Faction headquarters would be an easy task. They never expected the Light Faction side to suddenly gain so many reinforcements, severely eroding the Dark Faction army's advantage.
Especially Huang Shang's three Gu Children and dozens of Poisonous Crocodiles; they charged into the battlefield as if entering unoccupied land, slaughtering Dark Faction troops in great numbers. When those three Gu Children encountered Dark Faction Earth Immortals, it was instant annihilation.
The venomous creatures under Huang Shang and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm also created billowing clouds of poisonous mist, causing the Dark Faction troops to feel weak and powerless all over.
"What is the identity of that Ghost Cultivator?
It seems these Light Faction reinforcements were brought by him!"
One of the Sovereigns pointed at Huang Shang beside Ye Yunfei, gnashing his teeth.
"Continue the operation. Hunt down Dark Faction Earth Immortals!"
Ye Yunfei commanded.
Then, he activated the Great Space Movement Technique and led Su Qingluo and the others as they charged into the distance.
"That Ghost Cultivator belongs to Ye Yunfei. All of this is Ye Yunfei's doing!"
The seven Sovereigns, seeing Ye Yunfei leading Huang Shang into the fray, immediately understood.
"The two of us will kill Ye Yunfei first!"
The Cold Flame Lord and the Heiwu Lord, who were pursuing Ye Yunfei, moved simultaneously, chasing after him.
By now, Ye Yunfei had already led his hunting squad near a dozen or so Dark Faction Earth Immortals.
"Kill!"
At Ye Yunfei's order, he first unleashed the Spatial World Grand Formation.
At the same time, he also released Soul Swords and Formless Heart Swords to attack those dozen-plus Dark Faction Earth Immortals.
The rest of the team joined the assault, each one like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, swiftly cutting down those dozen-plus Dark Faction Earth Immortals.
Ye Yunfei, his four Doppelganger Statues, Huang Shang, and the Blood Clan Clone all possessed combat power at the Perfected Earth Immortal level. This was equivalent to having seven Perfected Earth Immortals striking together. Add in Su Qingluo, Hu Miao, and the Nine Divine Beasts; the lethality of such a combination was overwhelmingly powerful. Those dozen-plus Dark Faction Earth Immortals had no chance to fight back. Some were even directly suppressed by the Spatial World Grand Formation, unable to move, killed instantly like pieces of wood.
In less than the time of a single breath, all dozen-plus Dark Faction Earth Immortals were instantly slain!
Following this, Ye Yunfei led his squad, moving across the battlefield at a shocking speed, constantly hunting and eliminating Dark Faction Earth Immortals at an astonishing rate.
Wherever they went, they annihilated batch after batch of Dark Faction Earth Immortals.
In just a short moment, Ye Yunfei's squad had slain another fifty or sixty Dark Faction Earth Immortals!
Their lethality was terrifyingly extreme!
"Stop him! This brat has already killed over a hundred of our Earth Immortals! We can't let him kill any more!"
The Cold Flame Lord roared angrily.
"I'll use the Darkness Pupil to lock him down! You go kill him!"
The Heiwu Lord shouted.
In the next instant, the space between Heiwu Lord's eyebrows, in the center of his forehead, split open, revealing a narrow, pitch-black eye that gleamed brilliantly. This eye shot out a beam of black light that traveled through the void to shine upon Ye Yunfei.
"What is that!"
Ye Yunfei's spiritual sense had been constantly monitoring these two Sovereigns. Seeing that black light, he immediately felt a immense sense of danger.
"All of you, go!"
Ye Yunfei gave a strong push, shoving Su Qingluo, Huang Shang, and the others away.
Since that black eye was primarily locking onto Ye Yunfei's main body, the others were pushed away by him in time.
*Whoosh!*
That black light disregarded time and space, arriving instantly, directly illuminating Ye Yunfei.
Streams of strange black runes continuously appeared, dense and numerous, instantly submerging the area where Ye Yunfei stood.
Ye Yunfei's body sank. Waves of invisible, terrifying black energy swept over like a tidal wave, suppressing his physical form, making it almost impossible to move.
And Ye Yunfei was instantly engulfed in boundless darkness.
"This is a pupil technique! It can imprison space. Its power is formidable!"
Hun Lao exclaimed in shock.
"Haha! Ye Yunfei, this is our Dark Faction's Darkness Pupil, a forbidden secret art of our faction! How about it? Pretty powerful, isn't it!"
Seeing Ye Yunfei pinned in place, Heiwu Lord laughed wildly in delight.
"Brat, prepare to die!"
Seeing Ye Yunfei immobilized, Cold Flame Lord flashed forward, charging toward him.
"Don't be afraid! Our mastery of spatial energy isn't bad! Let's work together to break this spatial confinement!"
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm cried out, rushing over.
*Rumble...*
In the next moment, Ye Yunfei, Hun Lao, and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm all released their spatial energy to resist that Darkness Pupil.
"Don't you stop! Keep hunting down Dark Faction Earth Immortals! The more you kill, the better!
Elder Huang, you take the lead!"
Ye Yunfei instructed Huang Shang and Su Qingluo.
"Understood! We'll go slaughter Dark Faction Earth Immortals!"
Huang Shang nodded. He knew Ye Yunfei still had trump cards and that his physical body was extremely sturdy; he wouldn't be easily taken out.
Huang Shang led Hu Miao, Su Qingluo, the Blood Clan Clone, and the four Doppelganger Statues as they pounced on the Dark Faction Earth Immortals.
As for the Nine Divine Beasts, they were cultivated from the Nine Palaces Totem Wheel. With Ye Yunfei's main body suppressed, they couldn't act independently.
Even without Ye Yunfei's main body participating, the group led by Huang Shang, gathered together, still possessed terrifying combat power. Wherever they went, it was like reaping wheat—they continuously and swiftly cut down more and more Dark Faction Earth Immortals.
*Rumble...*
Ye Yunfei, Hun Lao, and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm activated their spatial energy together. Surging and powerful, it made this stretch of space shake and tremble.
Ye Yunfei deployed the Spatial World Grand Formation, simulating an illusory world that enveloped the area, resisting the Darkness Pupil.
Hun Lao and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm also activated their spatial secret arts, joining forces against the Darkness Pupil.
*Roar...*
At this moment, the Cold Flame Lord had already charged over. A massive black dragon materialized beside him, its entire body black with green scales radiating a chilling luster. The black dragon lunged forward to attack. Its supreme draconic body contained a terrifying pressure. Its two dragon claws continuously enlarged as they grabbed forward, seeming intent on crushing this stretch of space.
"This Sovereign's combat power is extremely strong!"
Ye Yunfei was inwardly startled.
These seven Sovereigns were the Dark Ancestor's principal confidants. Originally, they weren't beings from this era's spacetime; they had followed the Dark Ancestor here in the past. Their combat power far exceeded that of other beings of the same realm within this spacetime!
"Ah...!"
At the critical moment, through the combined efforts of Ye Yunfei and the other two, they forcibly broke the suppression of the Darkness Pupil. Ye Yunfei's body suddenly became mobile again. He immediately activated the Great Space Movement Technique and rapidly fled.
But by now, Cold Flame Lord's attack had arrived. The two dragon claws of that black dragon grabbed toward Ye Yunfei, crushing the space.
*Clang...*
A black scythe also quietly slashed over, slicing the space in two as easily as cutting through tofu.
Ye Yunfei immediately unleashed Soul Swords and Formless Heart Swords to attack Cold Flame Lord's Soul Body.
Simultaneously, with a wave of his hand, he summoned and activated hundreds of Earth Immortal-level magical treasures, using them as a shield in front of him.
Ye Yunfei had no intention of engaging these two Sovereigns in direct combat for the moment. He turned and fled.
*Pop pop...*
The magical treasures Ye Yunfei had summoned were like bubbles, instantly shattered.
The Soul Swords and Formless Heart Swords Ye Yunfei deployed caused Cold Flame Lord's Soul Body to momentarily freeze, his physical body also halting briefly, preventing him from launching any other secret art attacks against Ye Yunfei.
*Rumble...*
The massive claws of the black dragon struck Ye Yunfei's body, and the black scythe also grazed his form. Immediately, Ye Yunfei was sent flying back.
"As expected, incredibly powerful!"
Ye Yunfei exclaimed.
*Whoosh!*
In the next instant, Ye Yunfei activated the Great Space Movement Technique, instantly putting distance between himself and the two Sovereigns.
"That brat actually broke free from my Darkness Pupil!"
Heiwu Lord couldn't believe it.
"This brat's physical body is actually so resilient!"
Cold Flame Lord was also greatly shocked.
The attacks of both Sovereigns had taken effect on Ye Yunfei, but they couldn't inflict significant damage on him.
"After him!"
The two Sovereigns exchanged a glance and simultaneously chased after Ye Yunfei.
"The conflict between the Dark Faction and the Light Faction has escalated to this degree!"
At this time, many beings had long since gathered outside the Light Faction headquarters, watching this great battle.
The Dark Faction and the Light Faction were publicly recognized as the two most powerful forces within this spacetime. Now that these two major forces were locked in a decisive battle, it naturally shook the entire spacetime, drawing countless watching eyes.
"I never expected the Light Faction to have some hidden foundations as well."
Suddenly, two dark figures walked into the Light Faction headquarters. One of the figures spoke lightly.
"Indeed. The Light Faction's concealment runs rather deep; they actually have hundreds of Earth Immortals.
However, with the Patriarch here, the final victor will undoubtedly be our Dark Faction."
The other figure replied.
That dark figure turned out to be the Dark Ancestor.
This great battle had drawn him here as well!
"Magistrate Hei Que, you previously stated that there would be unforeseen changes in the war between our Dark Faction and the Light Faction. What about now? Do you still foresee any changes?"
The Dark Ancestor addressed the other dark figure.
"Patriarch, I will perform a divination now."
The other dark figure replied.
This figure was Magistrate Hei Que, also one of the Dark Ancestor's principal confidants.
Thus, Magistrate Hei Que began his divination.
"We pay our respects to the Patriarch!"
At this very moment, a large group of black-robed individuals entered this world, coming before the Dark Ancestor and paying respectful obeisances.
"Hmm. Proceed. Collect all useful resources from this battlefield."
The Dark Ancestor gave a slight nod.
This team of black-robed individuals immediately entered the battlefield. Each retrieved a black cloth bag and began collecting the essence of blood, flesh, and Soul Bodies from the battlefield.
"Let's resurrect some Earth Immortals first.
If this continues, the number of our Dark Faction Earth Immortals will fall into a disadvantageous position."
The Dark Ancestor gazed at the Dark Faction Earth Immortals being continuously slaughtered on the battlefield and spoke softly.
*Rumble...*
A black altar appeared before him, covered with various Dark Faction totems, ritual banners, talismanic papers, and all kinds of magical instruments.
"Draw upon the essence of the Three Thousand Greater and Smaller Worlds! Revive the warriors of our clan!"
The Dark Ancestor stood before the altar, holding a command banner in each hand, chanting incantations under his breath.
*Rumble...*
As the Dark Ancestor performed his art, every single world among the Three Thousand Greater and Smaller Worlds trembled faintly, seemingly responding.
Then, from countless worlds large and small, vast amounts of energetic essence converged continuously toward the Light Faction headquarters. The energetic essence of each world manifested into a long dragon of energy, traversing time and space, rolling forward like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.
"What is happening?"
Within the battlefield, Ye Yunfei had already reunited with Huang Shang and the others. They continued hunting Dark Faction Earth Immortals all over the battlefield when Ye Yunfei suddenly sensed the disturbances caused by the Dark Ancestor, causing him great shock.
*Rumble...*
Soon, streams of invisible energetic essence continuously poured into the Light Faction headquarters, arriving at the altar before the Dark Ancestor.
"That's the Dark Ancestor!"
Only at this moment did Ye Yunfei finally see the Dark Ancestor standing within a distant space.
Earlier, when the Dark Ancestor and Magistrate Hei Que arrived in this world, Ye Yunfei had been completely unaware.
"This is bad! Seniors! The Dark Ancestor has arrived!"
Ye Yunfei immediately sent a transmission to the Light Faction's higher echelons.
By this time, two of the Light Faction's six core higher-ups had already been killed, leaving only four struggling bitterly to hold on.
Senior Chu was being besieged by two Sovereigns, forced into constant retreat.
Upon receiving Ye Yunfei's transmission, these Light Faction higher-ups were all greatly alarmed.
None of them had detected the Dark Ancestor's arrival either!
"Everyone, prepare to deploy our Light Faction's hidden foundations!"
Senior Chu addressed the other Light Faction higher-ups.