"First, release Elder Zhang. Otherwise, I'll kill until your Luohai Trading Company has no one left. You seize my people, I kill yours." Ye Yunfei replied with a calm indifference.
"Ye Yunfei, with your strength, why must you slaughter the innocent!" Ren Xuantang shouted fiercely. He had absolutely no countermeasure against Ye Yunfei's bizarre, space-traversing movement technique. Unless Ye Yunfei agreed to fight him head-on, he couldn't even touch a corner of Ye Yunfei's robe.
"In my eyes, no one is innocent. Your Luohai Trading Company has a heritage of two hundred years. The people you've killed must be countless. Could it be that all of them deserved their fate?" Ye Yunfei sneered.
"You..." Ren Xuantang was left speechless by these words. Indeed, as martial artists, those within the Luohai Trading Company had all killed people, more or less. The world of martial artists was a world of slaughter. Who could really claim to be innocent?
"Chief Manager, why waste words with this little thief! Let's attack together and kill him!" roared an elder with a ruddy face, glaring angrily at Ye Yunfei.
The moment his words fell, Ye Yunfei's gaze immediately locked onto him. A murderous intent that pierced heaven and earth surged towards the elder like a deluge.
The elder felt as though he had plunged into an ice cellar; terrifying scenes of endless mountains of corpses, oceans of blood, and Asura hells appeared before his eyes.
"Why are his eyes so terrifying?!" For a moment, the elder retreated four or five steps in fright, his heart trembling. A trace of a Heavenly Emperor's remnant soul suddenly being released—how could a mere True Manifestation Realm practitioner resist it?
"Your turn." Ye Yunfei said coldly.
As his words faded, Ye Yunfei directly activated Single Thought Births Demon.
Roar!
A blue-faced, fanged demon appeared within the elder's Soul Sea, howling and roaring as it lunged towards his Soul Body.
"What devilry is this?! Get out!" The elder felt as if his head was splitting apart, his face contorting as he let out a miserable shriek.
Swish!
Ye Yunfei took a single step, leaving a blurry afterimage in place while his true form already stood before the elder. Ye Yunfei's original movement speed was already extremely profound; after increasing tenfold, he truly came without shadow and departed without trace.
"Elder Chen, dodge quickly!" Ren Xuantang and the other high-level members shouted in unison, dashing forward at full speed like bolts of lightning in an attempt to rush over and rescue him.
After all, this elder's strength was also at the Early Stage True Manifestation Realm!
Ye Yunfei's strategy was to kill the weak ones first, then deal with the strong.
"Little thief, I'll fight you to the death!" The elder roared ferociously in panic and fury.
He saw the elder extend both hands, making a violent, empty embracing motion before his chest.
Rumble...
Nine illusory millstones materialized before the elder, slowly rotating. Nine formless waves of spiritual power pressure, mighty as a torrential tide, crashed towards Ye Yunfei.
However, at this moment, the demon within his Soul Sea was still there, making it impossible for him to launch a full-force attack against Ye Yunfei.
"Hmph! A petty trick." Ye Yunfei sneered and threw a punch.
Boom...
As Ye Yunfei's fist pushed forward, the space ahead seemed to writhe violently like a piece of cloth, the roar deafening.
Boom... Boom...
All nine illusory millstones before the elder shattered.
Agh!
Even with his desperate attempt to dodge, the elder's left side was utterly pulverized by the punch—left arm, left chest, left abdomen—all vanished.
The remaining half of his ruined body was flung away like a tattered scarecrow, crashing to the ground far off, unknown if he was alive or dead. This outcome was only because he had deployed a very profound secret art that marginally blocked the force of Ye Yunfei's punch. Otherwise, faced with the power of 1.8 million jin, his physical body would likely have been obliterated on the spot.
"Little thief, prepare to die!" By now, Ren Xuantang and the other high-level members had charged over, all unleashing attacks against Ye Yunfei.
But Ye Yunfei's figure flickered and directly vanished.
The next moment, Ye Yunfei appeared behind another high-level member at the Early Stage True Manifestation Realm and activated Single Thought Births Demon. Then, with a single punch, he turned this high-level member into dust.
The Luohai Trading Company had already lost four True Manifestation Realm masters!
"Ah... Ye Yunfei, you little thief, stop dodging!" Ren Xuantang, now almost on the verge of a breakdown, roared furiously like a madman.
"Roar... roar..." The other high-level members were also roaring repeatedly in rage, each filled with boundless fury yet with nowhere to vent it.
"From now on, stick close together. Don't give that little thief any more chances to pick us off one by one." After roaring for a moment, Ren Xuantang's emotions began to calm down, and he spoke up.
"Right! Everyone stay close!" The remaining eleven True Manifestation Realm masters formed a circle, standing back-to-back. They released their Soul Power, vigilantly sensing their surroundings, ready to strike at any moment.
Among these eleven masters, five were at the Early Stage True Manifestation Realm, four at the Middle Stage, and two at the Late Stage.
The terrifying combat prowess Ye Yunfei had just displayed made them doubt their ability to face him—not only the Early Stage True Manifestation Realm members, but even the four at the Middle Stage lacked confidence. Because they themselves were incapable of instantly killing an Early Stage True Manifestation Realm opponent.
"Heh heh..." Ye Yunfei appeared high in the air in the distance, his hands clasped behind his back, sneering coldly as he looked at the eleven high-level members of the Luohai Trading Company.
Looking at the sneering Ye Yunfei now, all eleven of them felt utterly desolate. They were True Manifestation Realm masters! In the Eastern Region, masters of the Yuan Foundation Realm generally did not make public appearances. True Manifestation Realm masters were the strongest group of experts. Usually, when these True Manifestation Realm masters traveled through the Eastern Region, wherever they went, it was like royalty on a procession, revered and awed. Furthermore, these eleven masters were all high-ranking members of the Luohai Trading Company, holding lofty positions, issuing orders, their status exalted. Who would dare show disrespect?
But now, they had been publicly forced to this state by a mere junior. Within Luohai City, countless onlookers watched this scene in disbelief.
"Why do I feel like those Luohai Trading Company executives seem... afraid of Ye Yunfei?"
"Duh, they lost four True Manifestation Realm masters in moments. Who wouldn't be afraid?"
"But Ye Yunfei... he's just a junior!"
...
Many couldn't help but whisper in low voices, discussing with astonishment.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei stood with his hands clasped behind his back, staring coldly at the eleven Luohai Trading Company executives. The eleven also glared at Ye Yunfei with furious gazes. The two sides were in a stalemate. However, these high-level members, amidst their rage, also secretly felt a chill run down their spines. Especially the five at the Early Stage True Manifestation Realm, who were quietly shifting backwards, clearly quite fearful of Ye Yunfei.
"Don't be afraid. I've already sent a message to the Chen Clan. I believe their forces are rushing here at full speed. We just need to hold out until the Chen Clan's people arrive," Ren Xuantang communicated via Soul Power to the other high-level members.
Hearing this, their spirits lifted slightly.
"Now, will you release him?" Ye Yunfei swept his gaze over them and asked indifferently.