Next, Ye Yunfei took out the Golden Immortal artifact that had been sent flying by the pitch-black child earlier and began fusing it once more.
With a rumble... powerful energy pressure erupted from the artifact, putting up resistance.
Ye Yunfei exerted his full power to suppress it while simultaneously performing the Incarnate as Artifact Secret Art for fusion.
"Don't disturb me!"
At that moment, the pitch-black child stirred again. It fixed its gaze on the Golden Immortal artifact, releasing a formidable surge of energy pressure that rolled forth and directly suppressed the artifact.
Ye Yunfei immediately felt much more at ease and couldn't help but feel overjoyed, quickly speeding up the fusion process.
Perhaps because of the suppression provided by the pitch-black child, Ye Yunfei's fusion of this artifact proceeded extremely smoothly and rapidly.
Before long, Ye Yunfei successfully fused this Golden Immortal artifact.
"This thing actually ended up helping me a bit," Ye Yunfei said, pleasantly surprised.
Next, Ye Yunfei began fusing a second Golden Immortal artifact.
This artifact also erupted with vast, surging energy initially, resisting fiercely. But the pitch-black child was unwilling to tolerate it once more, directly releasing its fearsome energy to suppress this Golden Immortal artifact.
With the help of the pitch-black child, Ye Yunfei found it remarkably easy to fuse this second artifact as well.
"Not bad at all. I never expected this Yin Seed to have such a function. Your previous fusion of those Golden Immortal artifacts relied mainly on the aid of Mr. Liu's sealing formation, while this time, it's thanks to the help of this Yin Seed.
Looking at it this way, the Yin Seed entering your body isn't entirely a bad thing. This could be considered a serendipitous success," Hun Lao couldn't help but comment.
"While it offers some assistance, the fact remains that having this Yin Seed inside my body is more harmful than beneficial.
It simply refuses to leave my body now," Ye Yunfei replied with a bitter smile.
"This Yin Seed has developed a rudimentary consciousness. It has resided within the Nurturing Yin Land all along; this is probably its first time leaving that place. It's unfamiliar with the outside world and fears the Dark Ancestor capturing it, so it simply refuses to leave, hiding inside your body," Hun Lao mused after a moment's thought.
"That's likely the case," Ye Yunfei nodded, somewhat resigned.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei successfully fused the second Golden Immortal artifact, feeling his physical strength increase by a significant margin.
In the following time, Ye Yunfei continued fusing the other Golden Immortal artifacts. Over ten artifacts now hovered before him.
Ye Yunfei planned to fuse all these Golden Immortal artifacts!
Whenever these artifacts resisted upon being fused into Ye Yunfei's body, they would immediately provoke the anger of the pitch-black child, which would directly suppress them.
This was effectively assisting Ye Yunfei in his cultivation!
Therefore, even though these ten-plus Golden Immortal artifacts were of a higher grade than the six artifacts Ye Yunfei had fused previously, the difficulty of fusion was much lower.
Roughly a month later, inside the Phantom Tower, Ye Yunfei successfully fused all ten-plus Golden Immortal artifacts!
After fusing these over ten artifacts, Ye Yunfei felt his physical body had reached a bottleneck state; he couldn't fuse any more Golden Immortal artifacts for the time being.
The Incarnate as Artifact secret technique couldn't be rushed; it emphasized gradual, step-by-step progress.
Forcibly fusing too many high-grade artifacts at once would overload a body that couldn't withstand it, potentially causing harm. It could easily lead one to deviate from proper cultivation, even causing the physical body to explode outright.
The elders of the Tianjin Clan had repeatedly emphasized this crucial cultivation point to Ye Yunfei in the past.
"The biggest credit for me being able to fuse these ten-plus Golden Immortal artifacts so smoothly this time still belongs to it," Ye Yunfei's gaze turned inward towards the pitch-black child within his body as he murmured.
"Now that your body has fused with nearly twenty Golden Immortal artifacts, how is your current physical strength?
It must have increased substantially," Hun Lao asked curiously.
"My current physical strength is roughly twenty thousand Jiao!"
Ye Yunfei clenched his fists, his physical strength pouring forth from within, causing the surrounding space to distort and warp continuously. After a brief assessment, he spoke up.
"Good, that's directly doubled.
The cultivation of physical strength is extremely difficult; the higher the level, the more challenging it becomes to improve. For you to double your strength this time is quite impressive," Hun Lao said with a smile.
"Time to return to the Beast Realm."
Ye Yunfei emerged from the Phantom Tower, took out a Space Teleportation Token, and declared.
"Surely there's already a large group of experts waiting for you to show up in the Beast Realm. The moment you return, you'll face a siege," Hun Lao voiced his concern.
"I know, but I have no choice. We'll just have to play it by ear when we get there," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"You absolutely must be smart and adaptable, or else we'll all suffer together," the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm chimed in.
Ye Yunfei directly activated the Space Teleportation Token and vanished instantly from that patch of chaotic void.
Shortly after, Ye Yunfei arrived just outside the entrance to the Beast Realm.
Ye Yunfei's Soul Power energy immediately swept out, and sure enough, he detected numerous powerful experts lying in ambush both inside and outside the Beast Realm.
"Heh heh, kid, you really are a man who values loyalty, eh? Come on in, we're waiting for you inside!
Hand that Yin Seed over to us, and we'll spare the lives of all the beings in this world.
Otherwise, every living creature in this world shall die!"
A sinister, chilling laugh echoed from within the Beast Realm.
It was one of the Netherworld Five Elders speaking.
"I will not let these five old bastards get away with this!"
Ye Yunfei's face darkened as he strode into the Beast Realm.
There, the Netherworld Five Elders stood in a row, suspended in the air, waiting for him.
On the ground below, the entire Alliance Army that had been stationed here was sealed, each figure immobilized like a statue.
As Golden Immortal experts, sealing these ordinary-strength beings was a simple matter for the Netherworld Five Elders.
Ye Yunfei sensed the situation and found that the Alliance Army members were merely sealed, unable to move, but had not sustained any visible harm for now. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the Alliance Army was still alive, there was hope of rescuing them.
"If you want the Yin Seed, come after me directly. Why harm the innocent?" Ye Yunfei stared coldly at the Netherworld Five Elders.
"Ant-like beings like these are just wasting resources even if they live. Killing them all is no great loss; there's no such thing as innocence here.
Enough talk, kid! Hand over the Yin Seed to us immediately!" one of the elders sneered.
Boom! Boom!
Simultaneously, the Netherworld Five Elders took a step forward, closing in on Ye Yunfei with murderous intent emanating from their forms.