"These three Golden Lotus Fruits are incomparably precious; I absolutely cannot let this Yin Seed snatch them!"
Ye Yunfei grew a bit anxious. These Golden Lotus Fruits were obtained from atop a Deity's tomb, essentially items that belonged to a Deity. Their value was beyond measure.
"Get out!"
With a loud shout, Ye Yunfei directed all the energy within his body to repel the Yin Seed, attempting to force it out.
At that moment, the experts in the distance were rushing towards Ye Yunfei one after another at high speed.
Even more so, the Dark Ancestor's face was filled with urgency. He knew the main purpose of these Light Faction experts coming here was to destroy this Yin Seed. Now that it had voluntarily delivered itself to the doorstep of these high-ranking Light Faction members, it was in extremely grave danger.
"Hahaha..."
Yet in the very next instant, the urgency on the Dark Ancestor's face transformed into pleasant surprise, and he broke into uproarious laughter.
What had happened?
Seeing the Dark Ancestor act this way, everyone present was bewildered.
"What's this old fellow laughing about? Could it be that having so many people come to steal his Yin Seed has driven him mad?" the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm couldn't help but remark.
"Nonsense. How could a powerhouse like him possibly go mad? There must be a reason," Hu Miao immediately retorted.
"I have a bad premonition. A terrifyingly powerful energy aura suddenly appeared within the Chaotic Void of the Three Thousand Worlds. And it's heading straight for our current location! Besides that particularly terrifying energy aura, it also seems like a massive contingent of Earth Immortal level experts are converging here!" Hun Lao suddenly spoke up.
"Is that so?" Hearing Hun Lao's words, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but immediately grow vigilant.
Ye Yunfei knew Hun Lao possessed astonishing perception regarding space. Even across vast spatial distances, he could sense many things.
"Everyone, I have a piece of news for you. My main body has arrived in this space-time, which means all of you are going to die. Very soon, you will learn the consequence of opposing me, the Dark Ancestor."
The Dark Ancestor stopped laughing and slowly swept his sharp, penetrating gaze over everyone as he spoke.
"The Dark Ancestor's main body has truly arrived in this space-time! And he's almost here!" a creature enveloped in dazzling light exclaimed in shock.
"The strength of the Dark Ancestor's main body is terrifying. If he arrives personally, things will become troublesome. This space-time has been sealed by him with a special forbidden technique; it's his domain. He holds the geographical advantage here, and we might not necessarily be able to defeat him," another creature also spoke up.
"So this Dark Ancestor was just a clone!" Every high-ranking member of the Light Faction, including Ye Yunfei, was shocked. If a mere clone was already this formidable, if his main body arrived, then there would probably be no creature within this space-time who could be his match.
A sense of despair began to creep into the hearts of every expert within the Light Faction.
Just one clone of the Dark Ancestor had suppressed this space-time for such a long age. If the Dark Ancestor's main body arrived, he could likely become the absolute sovereign of this space-time without anyone capable of opposing him!
"We leave here immediately!" Old Man Chu pondered for a moment before saying in a heavy tone.
"Let's return first and then discuss," Chan Master Tianwu let out a sigh and said to everyone.
All the Light Faction high-ranks began to move, retreating continuously.
At this time, within the Chaotic Void of the Three Thousand Worlds, a tall figure radiating billowing dark energy was leading a large contingent of Dark Faction experts shrouded in black mist, advancing toward the direction of the Nurturing Yin Land in a grand procession.
Leading the way was the Dark Ancestor's main body!
Although the void housing the Three Thousand Worlds had been strictly sealed off, isolated from other external space-times, the Dark Ancestor could come and go freely. After all, he was the one who sealed this space-time back then; it was essentially his domain!
The moment the Dark Ancestor's main body entered this space-time, it immediately exchanged memories with its clone, learning everything that had happened, that a large group of experts were currently competing for the Yin Seed within the Nurturing Yin Land, and also that the Yin Seed had rushed into Ye Yunfei's body.
"I cannot let that Yin Seed mature prematurely! Its value would be halved otherwise!"
The Dark Ancestor strode towards the Nurturing Yin Land, each step traversing vast spatial distances. He was closing in on the Nurturing Yin Land at an astonishing speed.
"I will now pull that Yin Seed back onto the altar and continue nurturing it using the flesh and blood essence of creatures from this void, appropriately delaying its maturation time!"
Having perceived everything, the Dark Ancestor rushed towards the Nurturing Yin Land at great speed while simultaneously forming one enigmatic seal after another with his hands, sending them flying across space-time toward the Nurturing Yin Land.
Seal after seal, emanating strange and powerful energy, whistled into the Nurturing Yin Land.
Inside Ye Yunfei's body, the pitch-black child was reaching out for the spatial ring containing the three Golden Lotus Fruits when suddenly its expression changed drastically. It turned its head to look toward a distant point in space-time, revealing a hint of fear.
Then it violently rushed out of Ye Yunfei's body, wanting to flee into the distant void.
But one seal after another, radiating powerful energy auras, whistled forth, surrounding its body in an endless stream, blocking and sealing it.
These seals contained extremely potent sealing energy. Wherever they passed, they sealed large swathes of space.
"Let's go!" Seeing the Yin Seed leave Ye Yunfei's body, Old Man Chu couldn't help but sigh in relief before exclaiming in a deep voice.
Then, Old Man Chu led the Light Faction experts in rapidly departing from this area of the Nurturing Yin Land. Everyone knew that if they waited until the Dark Ancestor's main body arrived, leaving would become difficult.
At this moment, the pitch-black child was besieged by seal after seal, panicked and scurrying about like a headless fly.
Then it spotted Ye Yunfei again. Its body moved, transforming into a dark streak as it actually tried to chase after Ye Yunfei.
"Be careful! That Yin Seed is rushing toward you again! Get moving, quick!"
The main purpose of these Light Faction experts coming here was to destroy this Yin Seed. But under the current circumstances, everyone understood they had to leave immediately, the faster the better. It was not the right time to take action against the Yin Seed here.
Old Man Chu, sensing this scene, was greatly shocked and hurriedly warned Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei had also already sensed it and hastily executed his Great Spatial Movement Body Technique. His speed reached the extreme as he continuously traversed space. In less than the time it takes to breathe, he was already far from the Nurturing Yin Land and arrived before the tall black Formation High Wall outside, rushing out through the gap.
Old Man Chu and the other Light Faction experts also utilized their movement techniques, following behind Ye Yunfei and rushing out through the black Formation High Wall one after another.
"Luckily that Yin Seed didn't chase us out. Ye Yunfei, if you got entangled with it, it would be quite troublesome!" Old Man Chu said.
Inside the Nurturing Yin Land now, the pitch-black child was surrounded by a large number of seals. Earlier, finding itself with no way out, it had wanted to rush into Ye Yunfei's body again to find a place to hide, but it was quickly surrounded by those seals.
After its body was surrounded by the many seals, the child's movements began to slow down. The eyelids of its round, strange eyes grew heavy and gradually became difficult to keep open.
"Excellent! With the Ancestor's main body personally intervening, this Yin Seed won't mature and emerge prematurely!" Hei Que Mage cried out joyfully.
"Those fools who dared provoke our Dark Faction will soon pay the price!" Hei Que Mage stared at the creatures currently departing the Nurturing Yin Land and shouted sharply.
At this moment, outside the corner of that black high wall, Ye Yunfei's clone suddenly stood up.
This was a substitute puppet.
"I have thoroughly comprehended this Formation High Wall."
Ye Yunfei's main body merged with the clone. Taking a glance at the tall Formation High Wall, he thought to himself.
Ye Yunfei had previously left this substitute puppet here precisely to comprehend the connecting patterns of the formations on this black Formation High Wall.
"I will now break this Formation High Wall!"
Ye Yunfei took out two handfuls of formation flags, speaking to himself.
"Ye Yunfei, what are you doing? The Dark Ancestor's main body will arrive here any moment. We need to leave now! If we encounter his main body, it will be troublesome!" Seeing Ye Yunfei's actions, Old Man Chu hastily called out.
"Senior, don't worry. It won't take me much time to break this Formation High Wall," Ye Yunfei replied.
He then threw out all the formation flags in his hands, embedding them into the black Formation High Wall. Following that, he formed hand seals, continuously sending them into the wall.
Approximately one breath later, Ye Yunfei stepped forward and threw a punch at the Formation High Wall. Majestic physical power poured forth from his body, empowering his fist.
Ye Yunfei's punch struck a critical node on the Formation High Wall with incredible destructive force, immediately punching a large hole through it. The surging force from the fist spread continuously. Crack after crack appeared on the black high wall, and one could see the originally tightly interlinked formations beginning to disconnect from each other one after another.
Ye Yunfei's earlier punch had destroyed the connecting nodes between these formations, severing all the densely packed arrays from one another.
Boom!
The next moment, the Light Faction experts watched in astonishment as the towering black Formation High Wall, which stood tall in the Chaotic Void, crumbled down all at once like a pile of loose sand.
Thus, the towering black wall that had stood in this void for a long time was shattered by a single punch from Ye Yunfei!
"Impressive!" Seeing this, all the Light Faction experts were both shocked and delighted.
"Although Ye Yunfei is a junior, his mastery in formations far surpasses us old-timers!" a few high-ranking members praised.
"Senior, let's leave this place now!" Ye Yunfei said to Old Man Chu.
Then, under Old Man Chu's lead, everyone utilized their movement techniques and headed into the distant Chaotic Void, disappearing from sight in moments.
As soon as the Light Faction experts departed, from another direction in the distant space-time, the Dark Ancestor's main body leading a large contingent of Dark Faction experts appeared, advancing towards the Nurturing Yin Land in a grand procession.
"Damnation! This Formation High Wall has actually been destroyed!"
The Dark Ancestor saw the pile of black sand that was once the Formation High Wall, and his face darkened.
"However, now that my main body is personally here, whether this Formation High Wall exists or not doesn't matter much! Brat Ye Yunfei, just you wait. I will come looking for you soon enough."
With just a slight sensing, the Dark Ancestor already knew this Formation High Wall had been destroyed by Ye Yunfei.
But for now, he was in a hurry to check on the Yin Seed and had no time to deal with Ye Yunfei.
The Dark Ancestor led his large contingent of Dark Faction experts into the Nurturing Yin Land.
At this time, the dozen-plus other creatures who had participated in vying for the Yin Seed earlier had also left the Nurturing Yin Land. They stood within the distant Chaotic Void, gazing far away at the Dark Ancestor's main body.
"It is indeed the Dark Ancestor's main body. This fellow's strength is impressive; among the Golden Immortal level, he likely stands at the very peak. Moreover, this space-time has been sealed by him with a secret method. He even has ways to manipulate the energy and laws of most worlds within this space-time. So within these bounds, we might not necessarily be a match for him."
Standing in the Chaotic Void, sensing the energy pressure emanating from the Dark Ancestor's main body, all dozen-plus creatures frowned lightly. Most of them showed wary gazes.
"However, men die for wealth, birds die for food. That Yin Seed is priceless. Although the Dark Ancestor's strength is great, it doesn't necessarily mean he can intimidate everyone," one creature also said with a cold laugh.
"Hahaha… Well said! The Dark Ancestor is indeed a powerhouse. But whether he can defend that Yin Seed will only be known in the end!" someone laughed loudly.
At this time, Old Man Chu had led the Light Faction experts back to a backup base.
The original Light Faction headquarters had been destroyed and turned into ruins, unsuitable for residence or cultivation. Therefore, the vast majority of the Light Faction's forces had already moved into this backup base.
"Everyone, the Dark Ancestor's clone is already extremely formidable. Now that his main body has arrived in this space-time, and he's brought a large contingent of Earth Immortal level experts, the situation is extremely grave for our Light Faction. Currently, the Dark Ancestor's main body has likely entered that Nurturing Yin Land, probably figuring out a way to delay the Yin Seed's maturation. Once the Dark Ancestor resolves this issue, the Dark Faction might immediately come looking for trouble with our Light Faction. Given our current strength, we are no match for the Dark Faction anymore."
All the high-ranking members of the Light Faction were gathered in the assembly hall. After sitting down and pondering for a moment, Old Man Chu slowly began to speak.
All the high-ranks wore solemn expressions upon hearing Old Man Chu's words.
In the previous war, the Light Faction had lost almost half of its forces. Even the Tai Gu Treaty and that golden-armored giant had been destroyed. One could say the Light Faction's overall strength had significantly declined.
Now, they had to face the Dark Ancestor's main body and a batch of newly arrived Dark Faction Earth Immortal experts. It seemed there was no chance of victory at all!
This was clear to all the Light Faction's high-ranking members!
"Is this war doomed for our Light Faction then? By then, there would be no force capable of stopping the Dark Faction from destroying this space-time. The Three Thousand Worlds might ultimately become a wasteland of ruins; all worlds, all creatures would be annihilated! But now, our Light Faction seems to have lost the ability to prevent this from happening."
One high-ranking member couldn't help but whisper a sigh, a tone of despair creeping into his voice.