"Mr. Liu's concealment art must be extraordinarily profound. With your level of perception, you may not necessarily be able to sense Mr. Liu's aura," Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei.
"That's a good point. Mr. Liu's strength is unfathomable. Up until now, I still can't accurately perceive what level of power Mr. Liu actually possesses. There are only two possibilities for this situation. First, Mr. Liu's ability to conceal his aura is extremely powerful. Second, Mr. Liu's cultivation realm is so high that I'm simply incapable of perceiving it," Ye Yunfei nodded.
In the time that followed, Ye Yunfei moved cautiously through the space of the Colorless Abyss, doing his best to avoid the powerful experts who had entered from the outside.
In stark contrast to Ye Yunfei, those external experts were all recklessly releasing their energy auras without any restraint. They swaggered and strutted around the Colorless Abyss, thoroughly livening up the space here. Various energies and laws were roaring and surging everywhere.
The sounds of fierce battles also rang out frequently.
One had to remember that the Colorless Abyss was home to many powerful, reclusive, and mysterious beings. The moment these external experts provoked them, a fierce fight would immediately ensue.
"Young man, have you entered the Colorless Abyss again? I can sense your aura."
Right at that moment, Ye Yunfei suddenly received a Sound Transmission.
"Senior, it's you!" Hearing the transmission, Ye Yunfei was pleasantly surprised and immediately recognized the owner of the voice. It was the Ten Thousand Laws Vine he had encountered previously within the Colorless Abyss.
Back then, Ye Yunfei had first encountered a clone of that Ten Thousand Laws Vine. Later, he met its true body atop a Divine Tomb. Ye Yunfei had only been able to obtain the Golden Lotus Fruit thanks to the help of that Ten Thousand Laws Vine.
He never expected to receive its Sound Transmission once more upon entering the Colorless Abyss this time.
"Senior, you can sense my aura from such a great distance?" Ye Yunfei said with admiration.
That Ten Thousand Laws Vine resided within one of the worlds of the Colorless Abyss, quite far from Ye Yunfei's current location. Moreover, the Colorless Abyss suppressed the Soul Power and energy of living beings, so the sensory range available to beings within it was much narrower than in the outside world. Yet, the Ten Thousand Laws Vine had managed to sense Ye Yunfei's aura across such a vast spatial distance. This perceptive ability was truly terrifying.
However, when Ye Yunfei reminded himself that the Ten Thousand Laws Vine was a thing associated with Deities, his surprise diminished somewhat.
Anything connected to Deities was extraordinary!
"Yes. I sensed your aura soon after you entered. Those Demigods rushed in to seek Deity-level opportunities, didn't they? Why are you following them in? These fellows are too crude. With all the huge commotion they're making, a great disaster will befall them very soon. You need to be careful. It's best if you hurry and leave this place," the Ten Thousand Laws Vine transmitted its voice.
"So those are Demigods!" Ye Yunfei's heart was filled with shock upon hearing the Vine's transmission.
Experts at the Demigod level were far too terrifying for Ye Yunfei's current power. Forget Demigods—he wasn't sure he could defeat even a Heavenly Immortal expert at this point.
"No wonder they're so formidable, they're actually Demigods! It's fortunate I didn't provoke them earlier," Ye Yunfei thought inwardly.
"Senior, what do you mean by 'a great disaster' befalling them? Is there some danger within the Colorless Abyss about to erupt?" Ye Yunfei asked curiously.
"Yes. Those fellows are far too rude. They barged in and are causing trouble everywhere, and they have now awoken several corpses. Just wait and see. Those corpses are now very angry, and the consequences will be severe. Eruption is imminent. Although those fellows are Demigods, they are not quite sufficient to cause trouble here in the Colorless Abyss," the Ten Thousand Laws Vine replied.
"Awakened several corpses? Senior, are those corpses exceptionally powerful? Are the Demigods no match for them either? What kind of corpses could be so terrifying?" Ye Yunfei was deeply astonished by the Vine's words and asked inquisitively.
"The corpses they awoke are all the corpses of Deities. Tell me, are they powerful or not? Though those Deities have fallen, leaving behind only their fleshly bodies, their power remains absolutely terrifying. These Demigod-level fellows simply aren't worthy to compare. Wait and see, the spectacle will begin soon. I advise you to hide yourself to one side. Absolutely do not get caught up in this excitement, or the consequences will be dire," the Ten Thousand Laws Vine said to Ye Yunfei.
"Corpses of Deities!" Ye Yunfei paled in shock.
Right at that moment...
*BOOM…*
A terrifying, extreme energy abruptly manifested within the space of the Colorless Abyss. It then began to spread outwards continuously, like invisible ripples in water.
Every single living being that had entered the Colorless Abyss from the outside sensed this terrifying energy, and all of their expressions drastically changed.
"Be careful, young man! A Divine Corpse is about to emerge! Quickly suppress your aura! Also, do you still have any of those Golden Lotus Fruits I gave you before? If so, that would be best. Immediately release the aura of those fruits. Those Golden Lotus Fruits were originally things belonging to Deity Luo Jiang here, carrying his aura. They should be able to save your life," the Ten Thousand Laws Vine transmitted its voice to Ye Yunfei with an anxious tone.
"Thank you for the warning, Senior! I still have some Golden Lotus Fruits!" Hearing the transmission, Ye Yunfei was overjoyed. He immediately retrieved a Golden Lotus Fruit and held it in his palm.
The next moment, Ye Yunfei saw a middle-aged man with an incredibly massive physique suddenly appear in the space of the Colorless Abyss.
This middle-aged man's body was truly enormous; each of his two eyes was larger than a normal star!
This colossal middle-aged man had his eyes tightly shut. His entire body exuded a thick aura of death as he stood there as if he were asleep.
"It really is just a corpse! Is this the corpse of a Deity?" Ye Yunfei watched the tall, middle-aged man with his eyes closed from a distance, his heart filled with awe.
Ye Yunfei could perceive that this middle-aged man seemed to have no trace of vitality—it was just a corpse.
"It's a Divine Corpse!" Once the middle-aged man appeared, he was soon seen by many of the beings who had entered from outside, and cries of surprise rose everywhere.
"It's the corpse of a Deity!"
"So the legends were true! This expanse of space-time really was a place where Deities were born in ancient times! This Divine Corpse is the best proof!"
"We didn't come to the wrong place. Not to mention anything else, just this single Deity corpse is a tremendous harvest for us!"
…
The powerful experts who had come from outside all gathered, looking at the massive corpse of the middle-aged man with closed eyes. Each of them grew somewhat excited.
These experts had just been searching through one different world or secret realm after another, hunting for Deity-level treasures and opportunities, but had temporarily found nothing. Now, suddenly seeing this Deity corpse, their eyes all gleamed with avarice.
Even after a Deity falls, his corpse would still contain a vast amount of divine substances, because a Deity's physical body would have been tempered thousands of times, absorbing and fusing together the most precious treasures under heaven. Furthermore, it might be engraved with the most mysterious laws and seals of the world. Obtaining a Deity's corpse for research and refinement was bound to yield immense gains.
Moreover, a Deity's corpse might possibly retain many types of Deity-level energies, such as Divine Power, Soul Power, various Law Energies, and so on. If one could obtain these Deity-level energies, the benefits for cultivation would be substantial.
Additionally, a Deity's corpse might still retain the various treasures and cultivation resources the Deity possessed in life—those would be Deity-level treasures, each unimaginably precious to ordinary beings in the world.
There was even a chance that the Deity's corpse retained some of the inheritance of that Deity from his life. Obtaining a Deity's inheritance would also bring tremendous benefits.
Therefore, all the external experts who looked upon the massive Deity corpse before them had blazingly hot gazes. They coveted the corpse, wishing they could immediately claim it for themselves.
*RUMBLE…*
Suddenly, an old man erupted with power, charging toward the Divine Corpse. From within his body, one dazzling, luminous chain after another shot forth. These chains interwove together, forming a large net that descended toward the Divine Corpse.
Seeing this old man take action, how could the other experts allow themselves to be left behind? One after another, they scrambled to act. Some summoned all sorts of magical artifacts, trying to stuff the Deity corpse into them. Others reached out with huge hands, attempting to pull the Divine Corpse towards them.
"An expert from the Dark Faction! And at the Demigod level!"
Ye Yunfei spotted one particular mover enveloped in dense, black mist and blurted out, recognizing him as a powerhouse from the Dark Faction. The energy radiating from this expert was precisely the energy of the Dark Faction! Having dealt with the Dark Faction for so long, Ye Yunfei was naturally very familiar with their energy and laws.
"So the Dark Faction is this powerful; they truly have Demigod-level experts presiding over them! It seems I underestimated their real strength before!" Ye Yunfei gazed at that Demigod expert from the Dark Faction, his expression slightly grave as he thought to himself.
"An expert from the Demon Race!" Ye Yunfei then saw a ferocious-looking old demon appear. It stretched out two powerful demonic claws that continuously expanded as they reached towards the Deity corpse.
"An expert from the Demon Race has also come!" Ye Yunfei next spotted a tall Demon Race expert whose demonic energy surged to the heavens. He held a thick iron chain, whirling it around with whistling sounds before flinging it towards the Deity corpse.
After that, Ye Yunfei saw what seemed to be an expert from the Netherworld. He wore a strange robe that was half black and half white, with a sharp, pointed white hat on his head and a black-and-white rod in his hand. His figure drifted and floated as he charged towards the Divine Corpse.
Besides the experts from the Dark Faction, the Demon Race, the Demon Race again, and the Netherworld, there were many others who must have come from other major powers in the outside worlds, each displaying fearsomely powerful strength.
"The power of these Demigod-level experts is simply too terrifying. Right now, forget fighting them, even getting close to them would be difficult!" Feeling the mighty energy pressure radiating from the distant Demigod-level experts, Ye Yunfei's face paled slightly as he keenly felt his own weakness.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You're only at the Earth Immortal realm. It's already remarkable that you possess such combat power. Don't think about comparing yourself with Demigod-level powerhouses now; that's a bit unrealistic," Hun Lao knew what Ye Yunfei was thinking and transmitted.
"Indeed. Given my current realm and strength, comparing myself to those Demigod-level experts is indeed a bit unrealistic. But someday in the future, I will certainly catch up to them and be able to compete with them!" Hearing Hun Lao's words, Ye Yunfei nodded, then spoke in a firm tone.
"With your talent, you'll definitely reach that stage someday. I have great confidence in you," Hun Lao transmitted.
Just then…
"Hahaha…
I've got hold of this Deity corpse! It belongs to me now!" A wild, excited laughter suddenly rang out from a distance. One Demigod expert had grabbed the arm of the Deity corpse.
"Don't you dare try to monopolize this Deity corpse!" The surrounding experts flew into a rage. With a Divine Corpse right before them, how could they allow anyone else to seize it?
One powerhouse after another erupted with all their power, preparing to fight for it.
"Anyone who dares fight me will bear the consequences! I will definitely show no mercy!" The Demigod expert clutching the Divine Corpse's arm shouted in a threatening tone while pulling the corpse towards himself.
"Young man, watch out! The Deity corpse is about to move!" Ye Yunfei received the Ten Thousand Laws Vine's transmission.
Right at that moment, a sudden change occurred!
The previously motionless Deity corpse suddenly stirred!
His captured arm gently flicked, easily breaking free from the Demigod expert's grip. Then, with a light palm strike, he instantly blew apart that Demigod cultivator's head. It was like smashing a large watermelon, sending juices and pulp flying.
The Demigod expert's Soul Body was also shattered. He perished completely!
When the Deity corpse moved, his eyes were still tightly shut. There was not a trace of vitality upon his body—only a dense aura of death could be sensed.
*BANG! BANG! BANG!*
The Deity corpse's movements were terrifyingly fast. Following that, he struck three more palms in a row, instantly crushing the heads of three other powerful experts beside him, killing them on the spot.
These experts were all Demigods, each possessing monstrous power. In their respective realms across space-time, they were all supreme rulers, lofty and aloof figures who commanded respect, issued orders to the world, and founded legacies.
Yet now, they were as weak as chicks!
"Too terrifying!" Witnessing this scene, Ye Yunfei was shocked.
It seemed the Ten Thousand Laws Vine was right. Even if it was just the corpse of a Deity, those Demigod-level powerhouses were far from being a match for it!
"The corpse of a Deity is this terrifying. What about a living Deity? How overwhelmingly powerful would he be?" Thinking this, Ye Yunfei felt a tingling in his scalp.
But simultaneously, an infinite yearning towards Deities also blossomed within his heart.
"How amazing it would be if, someday, I could break through and become a Deity!" Ye Yunfei thought inwardly.
"It seems my cultivation path still has a very, very long journey ahead. I must strive to cultivate even harder from now on!" Ye Yunfei internally encouraged himself.
"How could this happen?" The sudden turn of events left all the other experts around utterly stunned. It felt as if a basin of icy water had been poured over their heads, chilling them from head to toe.
None of these experts had imagined that just the corpse of a Deity could be so utterly horrifying.