"Enough nonsense. I do have a history with them, so knowing they're in trouble, I'll lend a hand. That's all there is to it."
Ye Yunfei said.
"Master, you're still so conservative. With your strength, what's wrong with having a few more women?"
Hu Miao pressed on relentlessly.
"Still talking nonsense!"
Ye Yunfei glared at Hu Miao.
"Kid, you have good talent, but you're clueless about romance."
The Remnant Soul shook his head and sighed.
"Hey! Kid, are you deaf? Didn't you hear me talking to you? Come here immediately and tell us how you got here."
At that moment, the burly middle-aged man in the distance, seeing Ye Yunfei completely ignore him, grew somewhat angry and shouted at Ye Yunfei.
The other people on the street also looked at Ye Yunfei with unfriendly gazes. After all, Ye Yunfei was being hunted under two separate bounties. Killing him could potentially yield two substantial rewards.
"Let's go check out other places."
Ye Yunfei completely ignored the people on the street, turned, and prepared to leave, intending to explore other streets.
Ye Yunfei was now a little worried about Xiao Huanhuan and Xiao Yueyue, wondering if they had fallen into Zhan Yuan's hands.
If they had, they might be suffering harm right now, so finding them sooner was better.
"Kid, you stand right there!"
Seeing Ye Yunfei completely disregard him, the burly middle-aged man flew into a rage, his figure flashing as he charged towards Ye Yunfei.
This middle-aged man was a Perfected Golden Immortal. Most of those around him were Advanced and Perfected Golden Immortals, each quite strong, so they didn't think much of Ye Yunfei.
"How dare he ignore us? We must teach this kid a lesson."
The others also sneered as they looked at Ye Yunfei.
"Take everything he has. He must have gained something after entering this secret realm. Now, everything on him will belong to us."
Someone shouted loudly.
"Don't kill him yet. It's strange that this kid managed to reach our street. Maybe he knows how to move around in this city?
Make him tell us honestly!"
Another voice cried out.
The dozen or so beings on this street had been trapped here for several days. No matter which direction they walked, they always ended up back on this street. Seeing Ye Yunfei's arrival suddenly gave them a glimmer of hope.
Hearing those words, Ye Yunfei's expression darkened slightly.
"Did you just say you want to rob me?"
Ye Yunfei slowly turned his head, his gaze falling on a sleazy-looking man, and spoke coldly.
As his strength continued to increase, Golden Immortal-level beings no longer mattered much to Ye Yunfei.
"Kid, you dare act tough with us?
Let me test your mettle right now!"
By this time, the burly middle-aged man had already charged in front of Ye Yunfei, barking loudly.
Following that, a thick, large spear appeared in the middle-aged man's hands. It continuously enlarged, rushing towards Ye Yunfei like a great dragon, unleashing a sky full of spear shadows.
Ye Yunfei's expression remained placid. With a thought, he directly activated his Formless Heart Sword.
Over the past few days, Ye Yunfei's Mental Force energy level had increased dramatically, and the power of his Formless Heart Sword was now formidable.
The middle-aged man suddenly felt an intangible, bizarre long sword rush into his body, frantically cutting and destroying his internal organs, causing intense pain. His face changed dramatically, and he let out a cry of shock.
"You are not qualified to test my strength."
Ye Yunfei said coldly.
"You want to rob me? Then I'll rob you."
Ye Yunfei's gaze shifted to the sleazy-looking man, and he spoke coldly before stepping towards him.
"Kid, what dark art did you just use?"
The burly middle-aged man gripped his spear tightly, aiming its tip at Ye Yunfei, his face full of wariness as he demanded loudly.
Ye Yunfei simply ignored him and walked towards the sleazy-looking man.
"Kid! How dare you disregard me again and again!"
The burly middle-aged man was furious, feeling deeply humiliated. Gritting his teeth, he thrust his spear and attacked Ye Yunfei once more.
Ye Yunfei activated his Formless Heart Sword, launching it into the man's body.
The man let out a blood-curdling scream, blood streaming from his mouth and nose. Overwhelmed by pain, he retreated repeatedly.
"What kind of dark art is this?
I've never encountered such a bizarre, formless, hard-to-defend energy before!"
The middle-aged man had little understanding of Mental Force energy and for the moment couldn't fathom what technique Ye Yunfei was using.
"Everyone, be careful! This kid is strange!"
By now, the others on the street also sensed something was amiss.
They hadn't seen Ye Yunfei make a move, nor had they felt him release any Soul Power energy, yet the burly, spear-wielding middle-aged man had been forced back twice and was screaming as if in agony.
"If you don't want to die, hand over everything you have."
Ye Yunfei's gaze coldly fixed on the sleazy-looking man, an Advanced Golden Immortal.
"Kid! What do you think you're doing!"
The man's face was full of apprehension as he took a step back, then shouted angrily.
With a thought, Ye Yunfei activated his Formless Heart Sword, sending it directly into the man's body.
Mental Force energy was a completely formless, fluctuation-less type of esoteric energy, extremely difficult to perceive.
It was hard to sense an attack from Mental Force energy beforehand; one only knew they were under attack upon being hit. Thus, Mental Force energy was nearly impossible to defend against; a reaction could only be made after being struck.
Struck by the Formless Heart Sword, the sleazy-looking man screamed. His internal organs were directly pulverized, and blood flowed from all seven orifices.
His cultivation was one minor realm lower than the middle-aged man's, so the injuries inflicted by the Formless Heart Sword were even more severe.
Ye Yunfei slapped out, instantly blowing the man's body apart, leaving only a Soul Body floating amidst a mist of blood, his face filled with terror.
Having just been hit by the Formless Heart Sword and already severely wounded, the man was utterly incapable of resisting Ye Yunfei's attack.
Ye Yunfei waved a hand, drawing all of the man's possessions towards himself.
"Hehe, leave this fellow to me."
Huang Shang appeared, releasing surging ghost mist that instantly enveloped the man's Soul Body.
Ah...
The man's Soul Body immediately let out a piercing, agonized scream.
In less than two breaths, the ghost mist dissipated. The man's Soul Body had vanished. Huang Shang, shrouded in sinister ghostly haze, returned to Ye Yunfei's side and then disappeared.
"Who else?"
Ye Yunfei slowly turned, his gaze sweeping over the others.
"Damn it! How is this kid so terrifying?
What dark art did he just use?"
The others were all extremely wary. For the moment, no one dared to make a move.
"What should we do?
How about we all attack him together!"
The other beings exchanged messages via Sound Transmission.
"This kid is too bizarre. I was watching him the whole time, but I couldn't sense how he injured anyone at all!
Such an esoteric art is incredibly hard to defend against!
Let's not provoke him for now."
"But he killed one of ours. If we just let it go, where does that leave our face?"
"Do you think you can handle that kind of strange attack?"
...
The remaining dozen or so beings conferred via Sound Transmission. In the end, none dared to act.
Ye Yunfei's cold gaze swept over these beings. Seeing no one dared to step forward, he turned and slowly walked away.
With his current strength, Ye Yunfei no longer regarded ordinary Golden Immortals as significant. Killing or sparing them made no difference; it was entirely up to his mood.
"I finally understand why someone is willing to pay a high price to have this kid hunted. His strength is indeed worth it."
Someone among the beings on the street said softly as they watched Ye Yunfei's receding figure.
Soon, Ye Yunfei left that street and entered others.
For a while afterwards, Ye Yunfei passed through several consecutive streets, all of them empty.
As he walked, Ye Yunfei released his Heart-Refining Pearl, letting it hover above his head. It continuously absorbed and refined the Mental Force energy in the surrounding space, then transferred this energy to him.
The entire city was saturated with vast amounts of high-level Mental Force energy, virtually limitless.
As he absorbed more and more Mental Force energy, Ye Yunfei's Mental Force energy level continued to rise. This city was an excellent place for Ye Yunfei to cultivate Mental Force.
Now, the Mental Force energy in the city could no longer interfere with Ye Yunfei's sense of direction; he could move freely within the city.
"Luckily, those hordes of beings that kept appearing before haven't shown up again."
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm spoke up.
"Those beings weren't actually real; they were illusions, conjured by high-level Mental Force energy and Mental Force Laws.
They cannot be exterminated because they are fundamentally manifestations of Mental Force energy.
When they are destroyed, they revert into Mental Force energy and can then be reformed into various beings."
Ye Yunfei answered with a smile.
"So that's it. We fought so hard earlier against a bunch of illusions, purely wasting our energy."
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm exclaimed.
"Master, you should hurry and find Xiao Huanhuan and Xiao Yueyue. If they've really fallen into Zhan Yuan's hands, their purity might already be compromised. The sooner you find them, the less likely they are to be violated."
Hu Miao said to Ye Yunfei.
"Yes, it seems I need to speed up and find them quickly."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Both of them possess the bloodline of the Divine Maiden of Celestial Jiao within them. If that Zhan Yuan gets it by defiling them, you'd be losing out big."
The Remnant Soul said with a laugh.
"Senior, don't joke. My heart already belongs to someone."
Ye Yunfei replied.
"So what if your heart belongs to someone? Back in the day, after I became a Demigod and traveled through the Primordial Void Sea, I married three beautiful wives in succession."
The Remnant Soul retorted with a smirk.
Ye Yunfei didn't want to pursue this topic any further. Increasing his speed, he walked towards the distance.
With his Time Boots activated, Ye Yunfei's speed was extreme as he continuously traversed one street after another.
The city was enormous in scale, with countless densely packed, crisscrossing streets like a giant labyrinth, seemingly endless.
"All who have entered the Heart Palace, listen. The Heart Palace is my cultivation abode from ages past.
Entering the Heart Palace is easy; leaving is difficult.
If you wish to leave the Heart Palace, you must follow my rules."
At that moment, a booming voice suddenly rang out, echoing throughout the entire city, creating reverberations that rumbled as they spread.
"Heart Palace?"
Hearing this voice, Ye Yunfei was somewhat surprised.
It seemed this city was likely arranged here by an ancient expert skilled in Mental Force energy.
"All beings who have entered the Heart Palace must find three Heartforce Tokens within this palace. Only by working together to activate them simultaneously can you teleport away from this Heart Palace.
Otherwise, you will be trapped here forever.
Furthermore, if anyone can find thirty Heartforce Tokens, they can obtain some treasures I left here in the past.
In summary, for you, the Heart Palace is a place full of danger but also containing immense resources.
If you can gather thirty Heartforce Tokens, even if you've never cultivated Mental Force energy before, obtaining the treasures I left behind may allow you to become an expert skilled in Mental Force energy."
The booming voice sounded once more.
"Heartforce Tokens?
Just by finding thirty Heartforce Tokens, one might obtain treasures left by the master of this palace? Obtaining these treasures could possibly make one an expert skilled in Mental Force energy!"
After listening, Ye Yunfei's eyes immediately burned with fervor.
The master of this palace was certainly an ancient expert skilled in Mental Force energy. The treasures they left behind must be related to Mental Force energy.
This was precisely what Ye Yunfei needed most!
One must know, treasures related to Mental Force energy were exceedingly rare in the world!
They were truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
"Very well. From now on, search for Heartforce Tokens until I find thirty!"
Ye Yunfei declared.
"It seems the master of this palace is quite an eccentric character, setting up such a city with rules that trap those who enter, forcing them to find tokens to leave."
The Remnant Soul said with a laugh.
"Since we've entered, we must abide by the rules here. At the very least, we must find three Heartforce Tokens, otherwise we can't leave and will be trapped here forever."
Ye Yunfei said.