At this moment, Ye Yunfei had already left Xiaodan City.
This trip to Xiaodan City had granted him the Three Crow Dark Fire and the Small Alchemy Tower, so Ye Yunfei was in rather good spirits.
"Hmph! When I return next time, I will definitely get revenge on those three traitorous disciples!" Huang Shang, however, was gnashing his teeth.
Seeing Huangfu Sheng and Long Hai had reignited the flames of hatred Huang Shang had been nursing for many years.
"Don't worry. When you come back next time, you'll undoubtedly have the strength to exact your vengeance," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Master, what are your plans next?" Hu Miao asked.
"To cause trouble for the Chen Clan and the Tianyou Tomb! I, Ye Yunfei, am not one to be trifled with. Since they have provoked me, they should be prepared to pay the price." A ruthless glint flashed in Ye Yunfei's eyes.
Back in Luohai City, the three hundred knights of the Chen Clan and over a dozen assassins from the Tianyou Tomb had ambushed him, their intent clearly being to take his life!
Especially the three hundred Chen Clan knights, who had seriously injured him.
Given Ye Yunfei's temperament, he would not simply let such a grudge go.
In his past life, when Ye Yunfei was the Heavenly Emperor, the Patriarchs of countless super sects and the Lords of ancient clans throughout the land treated him with utmost reverence. Who would dare to provoke him even slightly?
Once, the Patriarch of a certain super sect clashed with Ye Yunfei, acting dismissively towards him in his speech. In the end, Ye Yunfei merely struck a palm across the distance, reducing the headquarters of that sect into rubble, utterly annihilating it.
Witnessing Ye Yunfei's terrifying might, that Patriarch was scared witless.
He knelt outside Ye Yunfei's palace for a full month and compensated with vast quantities of treasure before Ye Yunfei's wrath was appeased.
The wrath of the Heavenly Emperor begets a mountain of corpses and rivers of blood!
"The assassins of the Tianyou Tomb are too elusive. Finding them will be very difficult," Huang Shang remarked.
"Then we'll lure the snake out. We'll let them come and kill me," Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and said.
"Now that's a good idea," Hu Miao nodded.
A day later...
The Eastern Region branch of the Tianyou Tomb received a contract.
Assassinate a young man named Xiao Fei.
The bounty was exceedingly high — three billion Spirit Stones!
White Cloud City...
White Cloud City was a medium-sized city within the Eastern Region.
At this moment, the streets were bustling with people, full of noise and activity.
A young man of ordinary appearance, accompanied by a beautiful maidservant, was idly strolling along the main street.
Suddenly...
*Swoosh!*
A sharp sword emerged from space behind this young man, slithering out like a venomous snake and aiming to silently and swiftly pierce the young man's heart.
"They've finally come, huh." The young man smiled coldly.
Naturally, this young man was Ye Yunfei.
By now, Ye Yunfei had used the Heavenly Secret Transformation to assume the appearance of a stranger and adopted the alias Xiao Fei.
Ye Yunfei's Soul Power was supremely profound, and having prepared in advance, he gently tilted his body to evade the sword's strike.
*Swoosh! Swoosh!*
The next instant, six sharp swords appeared simultaneously, flashing with chilling killing intent as they darted toward various vital points on Ye Yunfei's body.
The offensive of these swords was extremely direct, with no frills whatsoever. Their goal upon emerging was to take a life.
Six figures in black appeared simultaneously, grasping those six swords.
Six assassins of the Tianyou Tomb!
"Hu Miao, use your Illusion Art." As Ye Yunfei deftly dodged the onslaught of the six swords, he instructed Hu Miao.
"Got it." Hu Miao immediately activated her Illusion Art.
Immediately, the six Tianyou Tomb assassins' movements halted, their eyes instantly turning dull and vacant.
Hu Miao's strength was equivalent to a late-stage Body Consolidation Realm human warrior, and the illusions she cast were incredibly potent.
These assassins were simply unable to resist.
*Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!*
In a flash, Ye Yunfei struck each of the six Tianyou Tomb assassins with a palm, knocking them unconscious and teleporting them directly into the Phantom Tower.
Then, Ye Yunfei's figure shifted as he merged into space and vanished without a trace.
"Eh? What just happened? I think I saw six or seven people fighting. But, in the blink of an eye, they were gone. Was I seeing things?"
"I think I saw them too. But before I could get a clear look, they disappeared."
...
Many people around had witnessed the six Tianyou Tomb assassins and Ye Yunfei, but it had all happened too fast. The entire incident, from start to finish, had lasted a mere two to three seconds.
A short while later, inside the Phantom Tower...
The six Tianyou Tomb assassins regained consciousness simultaneously.
"What is this place?!" The six assassins warily surveyed this unfamiliar space.
"Speak. Where is the Tianyou Tomb's lair?" Ye Yunfei stood before the six assassins, his hands clasped behind his back, speaking with an indifferent tone.
By now, Ye Yunfei had resumed his original appearance.
"You... you're Ye Yunfei?! You're not dead?!" The six assassins quickly recognized Ye Yunfei, and shock overwhelmed them.
In the Eastern Region, everyone believed Ye Yunfei was already dead.
"Xiao Fei is you too! You lured us out on purpose!" one of the assassins suddenly came to a realization and exclaimed.
"Correct. I am also Xiao Fei. Now, answer my question. Where is the Tianyou Tomb's lair?" Ye Yunfei demanded.
"Go to hell!" The six Tianyou Tomb assassins exchanged a glance, drew their swords, and charged at Ye Yunfei simultaneously.
During their advance, they activated the Tianyou Tomb's signature strange movement technique, attempting to merge into space.
"What's going on?! I can't vanish!"
"I can't vanish either!"
...
The faces of the six assassins paled drastically as they discovered their secret vanishing technique had failed!
The space within the Phantom Tower was self-contained; its laws of time and space differed from the outside world.
Moreover, the Phantom Tower had already been refined by Ye Yunfei and belonged to him.
Ye Yunfei could control everything within the tower.
Without Ye Yunfei's consent, these assassins trying to vanish was harder than ascending to heaven.
*Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!*
Ye Yunfei swept out his palm, sending out six powerful palm forces across the distance that sent the assassins flying.
For these Tianyou Tomb assassins, losing their vanishing technique was akin to having half their strength shaved off!
The six assassins scrambled back to their feet, gripping their swords, their gazes fixed intently on Ye Yunfei.
They knew they were no match for him.
"Let's go!" one of them softly commanded.
*Whoosh! Whoosh!*
The six assassins simultaneously retreated at tremendous speed, leaving behind numerous afterimages as they fled into the distance in an instant.
"Ha! Trying to run? Is that possible?" Ye Yunfei burst out laughing.
How pitiful these six assassins were; they still hadn't grasped where they truly were.
Having entered the Phantom Tower, there was no escape without Ye Yunfei's permission.
"Roll back here!" Ye Yunfei flicked his fingers repeatedly, sending six powerful bolts of energy hurtling outward like six cannonballs, each striking one of the fleeing assassins.
*Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!*
The six assassins were blasted backwards, spitting out mouthfuls of blood, severely wounded.
With two hundred and fifty thousand catties of physical strength, every gesture and movement Ye Yunfei made unleashed terrifying destructive force.