"Even if you gather together, it is useless."
Ye Yunfei sneered.
In the next moment, Ye Yunfei unleashed the Heart Force Lock. Two invisible shackles directly clamped onto the bodies of the two Shen Family Intermediate Heavenly Immortals he had just injured.
Then, Ye Yunfei unleashed the Formless Mental Swords.
"Ah! Ah!"
Two screams rang out as those two Shen Family Intermediate Heavenly Immortals were struck by the Formless Mental Swords and Heart Force Lock attacks. Unable to withstand it, they looked as if struck by lightning, their bodies flying out once more before tumbling onto the ground in the distance. They vomited blood repeatedly and couldn't get up, clearly grievously wounded.
Not long ago, Ye Yunfei had entered the Heart Refinement Tower. While cultivating the Heavenly Dao Palm, he also trained his Mental Force, greatly elevating his Mental Force level upon mastering the palm art.
The Formless Mental Swords and Heart Force Lock Ye Yunfei could now unleash could easily deal with Intermediate Heavenly Immortals.
Moreover, Mental Force attacks were difficult to perceive, so the other Shen Family Heavenly Immortals simply couldn't assist these two.
"Everyone, be careful! They say this brat obtained a Mental Force-type treasure in the Xuwu Secret Realm. It seems it is true!" Shen Jie cried out loudly.
Although just half of Shen Jie's body had been shattered by Ye Yunfei and he was now within a spatial treasure of the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal, he was constantly observing the situation.
Upon hearing his words, the remaining Shen Family Heavenly Immortals all slightly paled. It was well-known that Mental Force attacks were among the hardest to perceive and defend against! Experts in Mental Force were typically extremely troublesome!
"Being careful is useless!"
Ye Yunfei laughed loudly.
"Your turn!" Ye Yunfei's gaze turned to a Initial Heavenly Immortal of the Shen Family as he spoke coldly.
The Shen Family had eight Heavenly Immortals here: one Perfected Heavenly Immortal, two Intermediate Heavenly Immortals, and five Initial Heavenly Immortals. After Shen Jie was crippled, four Initial Heavenly Immortals remained. In Ye Yunfei's eyes, these four could only be considered weaklings.
"Everyone, attack together!" shouted the targeted Initial Heavenly Immortal, his heart chilling despite his brave front.
"Little beast, die!" At this moment, the Perfected Heavenly Immortal urged nine silver pagodas to come rolling forth, their immense energy pressing down towards Ye Yunfei.
Each of these nine pagodas was a Perfected Heavenly Immortal treasure. Forming a battle formation together, their power was undeniably terrifying. Even Ye Yunfei was secretly shocked.
Ye Yunfei had long mastered the method of inscribing formation patterns on treasures and then coordinating multiple treasures to form battle formations. However, he currently lacked a Perfected Heavenly Immortal-level battle formation comprised of treasures.
Swish!
Ye Yunfei vibrated his body, unleashing horrific physical strength to resist the energy of the nine silver pagodas. Then, his figure flashed, easily dodging their attack.
Being able to battle eight alone and dare to fight eight Heavenly Immortal experts simultaneously was partly due to his movement speed!
"Ah!" The recently targeted Shen Family Initial Heavenly Immortal suddenly let out a scream. Blood flowed from his seven orifices as his body flew high up before being flung backward and tumbling onto the ground in the distance. His head lolled and he became still; it was unclear if he was alive or dead!
"Damn it!" Witnessing another Shen Family expert being wounded by Ye Yunfei, the Perfected Heavenly Immortal was both shocked and furious, letting out a mad roar.
Boom...
Amidst his angry roar, he threw a punch. A massive fist imprint immediately appeared, seemingly condensing the energy and laws of the heavens. Terrifying fist winds swept through this region of void.
'That should be the Fist Great Dao law,' Ye Yunfei mused inwardly. Experts at the Perfected Heavenly Immortal level had already begun to comprehend Great Dao laws!
Rumble!
Ye Yunfei swung his arm and slashed with his sword, unleashing the Sword Great Dao law to counter.
Boom!
The colossal fist imprint and sword radiance collided. Surging collision energy exploded outwards in all directions like raging waves.
"How is this possible?! Brat, you're only at the Golden Immortal realm, yet you've also begun to comprehend Great Dao laws?!" Sensing the Sword Dao Great Law contained within Ye Yunfei's sword technique, the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal was somewhat unable to believe it.
'It seems our Shen Family has provoked a terrifying freak! A Golden Immortal has already started comprehending Great Dao laws! If he is allowed to mature, our family will have gained a fearsome foe! No matter what, this little beast must be killed!' Killing intent swelled within the Perfected Heavenly Immortal's heart, wishing he could slay Ye Yunfei immediately. But Ye Yunfei was too slippery; he had failed to harm him the slightest despite multiple attacks.
The Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal secretly took out a communication jade slip and sent out several messages.
"Brat, I refuse to believe I can't handle you!" the Shen Family Perfected Heavenly Immortal roared.
Boom...
The nine silver pagodas flew over together, gathering above his head. They merged into one colossal pagoda, radiating dazzling, seemingly eternal silver light that shimmered brilliantly as if aflame.
Rumble!
After merging, the energy released was even more terrifying, causing this region of void to continuously shatter. The sound of explosions filled the surroundings as massive swathes of time and space were pulverized and countless space-time dust billowed.
An overwhelmingly domineering energy pressure enveloped this space, layering and pressing down upon Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei hadn't expected the nine pagodas could transform like this, his gaze growing slightly more serious.
Swish...
Ye Yunfei used his movement technique to evade.
Rumble...
The colossal pagoda scattered massive clouds of silver energy rain, its terrifying power suffocating.
Boom!
Ye Yunfei, refusing to accept it, threw a punch. His fist continuously enlarged, colliding with the colossal pagoda.
The might of 180,000 flood dragons poured out from his physical strength.
Boom...
Ye Yunfei threw a barrage of punches, repeatedly smashing against the silver pagoda.
After roughly seven punches, Ye Yunfei's body suddenly staggered back several steps.
'This pagoda can endlessly absorb various energies and laws from this void region to replenish itself. Fighting like this, I probably can't prevail with physical strength alone,' Ye Yunfei inwardly pondered with surprise.
"Kid, no matter how strong your physical strength is, it cannot stay at its peak forever. You are definitely no match for my Nine Mysteries Pagoda! My pagoda contains Great Dao laws and can continuously absorb energy and laws from the Chaotic Void, endlessly replenishing its consumption. Its energy will never run dry!" Seeing Ye Yunfei being forced back, the Shen Family Perfected Heavenly Immortal shouted.
Rumble...
The massive pagoda emanated cold, silvery radiance, advancing step by step.
Ye Yunfei knew that employing the Ten Thousand Swords Merge Great Dao law would probably not be enough to fight this pagoda.
"Little beast, your time has come!" Flushed with superiority, the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal relentlessly enlarged his body. Coordinating with the pagoda, he threw a punch towards Ye Yunfei.
A massive fist imprint materialized, its horrifying fist power instantly draining all energy and laws from the forward direction.
'Fine, then let's try the Heavenly Dao Palm!' Ye Yunfei mused inwardly.
He had long wanted to test the power of the Heavenly Dao Palm cultivated using three Great Dao laws.
The Heavenly Dao Palm was a highly sophisticated palm technique that could be continuously upgraded. The specific method was by comprehending and cultivating more and more Great Dao laws. Each additional law integrated enhanced its power accordingly! The three-law Heavenly Dao Palm was the most basic form.
Rumble...
Ye Yunfei executed the Heavenly Dao Palm.
A colossal palm imprint instantly appeared, its palm and each finger emanating surging divine radiance. It felt immensely heavy, with shadows of what seemed like worlds floating within the palm and galaxies cascading down amidst its boundless, expansive aura. Truly a myriad of mystical phenomena!
Boom!
The Heavenly Dao Palm imprint pushed forward, colliding with the massive pagoda.
Rumble...
The Shen Family Perfected Heavenly Immortal's fist also arrived, striking the palm imprint.
Rumble...
Though attacked by both pagoda and fist, the Heavenly Dao Palm imprint yielded not an inch, hovering in place as its terrifying energy surged forth.
Boom...
At the center of their clash, endless energies continuously detonated. Destructive energy spread out like an ocean.
"Impossible!" The Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal couldn't accept this. This was already his strongest attack method, yet he simply couldn't overcome Ye Yunfei. The palm art Ye Yunfei employed was too masterful; they were evenly matched.
"Ah! Ah!" After unleashing the Heavenly Dao Palm, Ye Yunfei targeted the Shen Family's remaining three Initial Heavenly Immortals. Using Heart Force Lock and Formless Mental Swords, he attacked, causing the three to simultaneously scream before being flung out like broken kites.
Boom!
Ye Yunfei waved his hand, a brilliant, thick sword radiance slashing over.
"You dare!" roared the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal. Darting forward, he positioned himself before the three Initial Heavenly Immortals, blocking the sword radiance Ye Yunfei had launched.
"Let's see how many you can save!" Ye Yunfei sneered, activating his Space Teleportation Medallion. In a flash, he teleported before the two Shen Family Intermediate Heavenly Immortals who had fallen earlier.
These two, grievously injured by Ye Yunfei earlier, had barely managed to stand. Their faces were pale, their auras weak. While consuming pills, they had been watching the fierce battle between the family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal and Ye Yunfei. How could they have imagined Ye Yunfei would suddenly target them?
Startled, they turned to flee.
"Too late!" Ye Yunfei barked, unleashing Heart Force Lock to suppress both simultaneously, then threw a punch.
"Help!" Suppressed by the Heart Force Lock and momentarily immobile, feeling Ye Yunfei's terrifying physical strength, the two Intermediate Heavenly Immortals were terrified out of their wits and screamed.
"Stop!" the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal roared, utterly vexed by Ye Yunfei's unpredictable, here-and-gone fighting style.
Thump! Thump!
Ye Yunfei's fists swept through, directly exploding the two Shen Family Intermediate Heavenly Immortals into two bloody mists.
"Ah… Ah..." Two Soul Bodies, covered in cracks indicating severe injuries, materialized and fled into the distance, screaming.
"Hehe… You can't escape!" A pitch-black, glossy ghostly shadow appeared. With a wave of its hand, it conjured towering ghost mist, enveloping the Soul Bodies of the two Shen Family Intermediate Heavenly Immortals.
"No! You're a ghost cultivator!" Seeing Huang Shang approaching them with ill intent within the dense ghost mist, the two Shen Family Intermediate Heavenly Immortals screamed in terror.
"Correct. I am a ghost cultivator. Now, you two belong to me." Huang Shang let out a sinister chuckle before pouncing.
"Save us…" Their Souls already severely injured, the two Shen Family Intermediate Heavenly Immortals were no match for Huang Shang, screaming in fright.
"Brat, stop!" Roaring angrily, the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal finally arrived. For safety, he had already stored all four Shen Family Initial Heavenly Immortals wounded by Ye Yunfei within his spatial treasure. Now he rushed over to save those two.
Boom…
Ye Yunfei unleashed the Heavenly Dao Palm once more, striking forward.
"That technique again!" His pupils constricting with wariness, the Perfected Heavenly Immortal, having experienced the palm's power and not daring to underestimate it, hurriedly urged the colossal pagoda formed from the nine to counter.
"Hahaha! Perfect! Obtaining the Soul Bodies of two Heavenly Immortal experts, my ghost body can advance again!" Huang Shang suddenly laughed triumphantly.
He had already subdued the two Shen Family Intermediate Heavenly Immortals and was currently refining and absorbing them. Heavenly Immortal Soul Bodies contained powerful soul energy beneficial for upgrading his ghost body!
Swish!
Huang Shang entered the Phantom Tower and began secluded cultivation.
"Brat, where are the members of my Shen Family?! Release them immediately!" Suddenly realizing he could no longer sense the two Intermediate Heavenly Immortals, the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal was shocked and roared at Ye Yunfei.
"Hehe, they're done for. Don't worry about them anymore." Ye Yunfei sneered. Any Soul Body falling into Huang Shang's hands would become his cultivation energy, with no chance of survival.
"Roar... Brat, you've killed so many of our Shen Family members. From now on, it's you or us!" Furious to the extreme, the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal charged towards Ye Yunfei like a madman. Visible, towering killing intent emanated from him.
Earlier, he had led a large group of Shen Family experts, at least over a hundred. Now, all their Golden Immortals were dead. Two Heavenly Immortals were slain, the other five all injured. Only he remained unharmed! He couldn't accept such an outcome.
The Shen Family was a powerful clan within the Qiancang World Group, one of the Seven Great Core World Clusters, usually little challenged by outsiders. Yet now they suffered such a great loss at the hands of a junior from a remote world cluster!
"Even if I didn't kill these members of your Shen Family, would your family spare me?" Ye Yunfei coldly retorted, unconcerned. He knew he had offended Shen Jie because of Peng Rou. Even if he didn't provoke the Shen Family, Shen Jie wouldn't have let him go. Since that was the case, striking first and killing freely was the better option.
"Brother Shen, we are here!"
At this moment, several figures rushed over from the distance.
"Brother Mei, you're finally here! Hurry, help me kill this little beast!" Seeing them, the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal was overjoyed.
"Four more Perfected Heavenly Immortals?" Ye Yunfei was a bit surprised.
'Forget it. I won't fight anymore.' Ye Yunfei pondered and decided.
A Perfected Heavenly Immortal's combat prowess was indeed formidable. Facing four simultaneously, Ye Yunfei was unsure if he could manage. Moreover, there was no need to risk his life.
"Brat, you are dead!" Seeing the change in Ye Yunfei's expression, the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal realized Ye Yunfei intended to leave. Unwilling to let him go, he roared and launched a furious attack.
Boom...
The colossal pagoda shattered the void as it barreled forth.
Rumble...
Fierce flames erupted from the Perfected Heavenly Immortal's body—he was actually burning his origin essence blood!
Boom!
An ancient Deity phantom materialized behind him.
"Primogenitor, aid me in slaying the enemy!" bellowed the Perfected Heavenly Immortal.
The Deity phantom behind him was the primogenitor of the Shen Family, an ancient Deity. When cultivating Shen Family techniques to a profound level, one could simulate this ancestor's manifestation, enhancing the technique's power.
Rumble...
The Shen Family primogenitor phantom raised its arm, throwing a punch at Ye Yunfei.
Boom...
The four Perfected Heavenly Immortals rushing over from a distance also unleashed their energies across the void, pressing down towards Ye Yunfei.
"What a guy!" Ye Yunfei exclaimed, no longer in the mood to fight.
Boom...
With a wave of his hand, over a thousand Golden Immortal treasures materialized simultaneously. All were activated, forming one battle formation after another as they whistled towards the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal.
Boom...
Ye Yunfei waved his hand again, tossing out several hundred formation flags that assembled multiple large formations, creating barriers between himself and the Shen expert.
Rumble...
Ye Yunfei unleashed the Heavenly Dao Palm, striking out once more.
Roar...!
The Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal bellowed in rage, attacking desperately to prevent Ye Yunfei's escape.
But Ye Yunfei's methods were simply too varied. After executing several attacks in succession, he unleashed Heart Force Lock again, an invisible shackle latching onto the Shen Family Perfected Heavenly Immortal.
"We'll fight another time!"
Ye Yunfei turned and left.
Swish!
Ye Yunfei activated his Time Boots, leaving successive afterimages. Then, activating his Space Teleportation Medallion, he vanished in an instant.
"Brother Shen, we'll help!" By now, the four distant Perfected Heavenly Immortals arrived. They attacked together to deal with the thousand-plus Golden Immortal treasures and over a hundred formations Ye Yunfei had just thrown out.
While such treasures and formations were hardly significant to Perfected Golden Immortals like them—easily broken—their sheer quantity served as an obstruction.
"Pursue!"
Shortly after, the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal and the four newly-arrived Perfected Immortals chased down the direction Ye Yunfei had fled.
"They're catching up!" Hun Lao informed Ye Yunfei.
"No need to fear. They won't catch me. And even if they do, I can likely hold my ground. If I can't win, at least my life shouldn't be in danger." Full of confidence, Ye Yunfei answered laughingly while advancing at full speed.
Having fought eight Heavenly Immortals alone earlier, killing two and injuring five, his self-perception had risen a level.
Thinking back to when he first left the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds for the Chaotic Void Sea, encountering Heavenly Immortals often left him bound, preferring to flee if possible. Now, he could face Heavenly Immortals with ease!
And so, within the vast Chaotic Void Sea, Ye Yunfei fled ahead while five Perfected Heavenly Immortals chased behind for days.
Approximately five days later.
"Not good! I can no longer sense that brat's aura!"
"Same here. We seem to have lost our quarry."
...
All five Perfected Heavenly Immortals lost track of Ye Yunfei's aura. Stupefied, they didn't know which direction to pursue.
"Damn it!" Standing within the boundless Chaotic Void, the Shen Family's Perfected Heavenly Immortal recalled the scene of Ye Yunfei slaughtering Shen Family members, endless rage filling his heart with nowhere to vent.
"Ah... You surnamed Ye brat, just you wait! I *will* kill you!" The Shen Family Perfected Heavenly Immortal suddenly threw his head back and roared at the sky, his voice waves spreading far and wide, shaking the endless Chaotic Void.