As soon as the Doppelganger Statue entered the space of the Restorer Headquarters, it detected a magic treasure radiating terrifying energy hurtling toward it from a distance. Fortunately, this statue possessed more than half of Ye Yunfei's strength and managed to dodge with a sudden jerk.
"He's a Restorer, kill him!"
Immediately, five or six blurry figures rushed over from afar to pursue and slay this Doppelganger Statue.
"As expected, the Watchers have entered here!"
The statue was primarily guided by Ye Yunfei's consciousness, allowing him to relay information to his true body at any time. Seeing this scene, Ye Yunfei knew the forces of the Guardian Faction had indeed invaded this place.
"That's...
Two Deities are fighting!"
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei turned deathly pale as he saw in the distance that there were, in fact, two Deities locked in combat—both were living Deities.
It went without saying that these two Deities undoubtedly belonged to the Guardian and Restorer factions respectively. So it turned out both the Guardians and Restorers possessed Deities within their ranks.
This revelation shocked Ye Yunfei deeply, though it was something he had vaguely guessed before.
"That is a deity corpse..."
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei's sight fell upon a deity corpse currently battling over a dozen powerful Watchers.
Subsequently, Ye Yunfei discovered that within this space housing the Restorer headquarters, all those motionless, floating deity corpses from before seemed to have fully awakened and were now engaging the powerful Watchers in combat.
"These deity corpses should also be part of the Restorer Faction's hidden reserves," Ye Yunfei thought inwardly as he watched corpse after corpse fighting the enemy.
Ye Yunfei then proceeded to move deeper into the void containing the Restorer headquarters, discovering even more Deities engaged in fierce combat. Besides those Deities, numerous combatants from both the Restorer and Guardian factions were also locked in intense battles within this void.
Ye Yunfei gave a rough count and found that each side had five living Deities in battle, making ten in total. Apart from these ten Deities, the Restorer side also had quite a few deity corpses, while the Guardian side had no deity corpses participating. Instead, several particularly powerful Guardian experts were controlling mighty deity-level magic treasures to combat those deity corpses.
Ye Yunfei assessed the state of the battle and found the two sides were evenly matched for the moment, with no clear advantage. However, this was the Restorers' headquarters. The very fact that Guardian forces had managed to fight their way here inherently meant the Restorers were at a disadvantage.
"That senior is also facing the enemy!"
Ye Yunfei spotted an elderly man fiercely battling a Deity. This elder was one of the leaders of the Restorer faction; it was he who had previously dispatched people to the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds to bring Ye Yunfei here and recruit him. He usually resided atop a lofty mountain peak at the center of that shattered continent—though by now, that shattered continent had been blasted to smithereens. This elder had now transformed into a gigantic figure and was fighting a Deity from the Guardian faction.
"So this senior is a Deity!" Ye Yunfei silently marveled, his gaze upon the elder radiating fearsome divine power. He had met this elder face-to-face twice before, and both times had quietly probed his cultivation realm and strength with Soul Power, yet sensed absolutely nothing. It was only now he discovered this elder was actually a Deity!
Standing outside the entrance, Ye Yunfei's true body observed the situation within the Restorer headquarters through the Doppelganger Statue. Hesitating no further, he flashed and rushed into the headquarters.
"Let's start fighting," Ye Yunfei said to Hun Lao and the others.
"We shouldn't split up, or casualties will likely occur. How about this—you handle the primary offense, and we'll assist you. We'll aim to kill swiftly; that approach may yield better results," Hun Lao proposed to Ye Yunfei.
"Good!" Ye Yunfei nodded, as everyone was accustomed to cooperating with one another. This battle style indeed seemed more effective.
With a single step, Ye Yunfei appeared behind a Watcher who was, along with several other Watchers, besieging a Restorer.
Ye Yunfei's movement speed was incredibly fast, and his aura was perfectly concealed. By the time the Watcher realized someone had suddenly appeared behind him, Ye Yunfei's fist had already shattered his skull.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Once he began, Ye Yunfei showed no mercy, unleashing heart force martial techniques, soul force martial techniques, and coordinating with the Sky-Piercing Divine Vine, continuously attacking the Watchers nearby. The vast majority of those targeted by Ye Yunfei were instantly killed. Only a handful of particularly powerful or quick-reacting Watchers got the chance to offer some semblance of resistance.
Under the combined assault of Ye Yunfei, Hun Lao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, and the others, even experts of Guardian Captain level couldn't hold out for long.
"Let's do this—we'll work together to wipe out a batch of Watchers, focusing on quantity first. We'll start with the weaker ones, then deal with the stronger ones," Ye Yunfei suggested after surveying the battlefield, noting both sides were still roughly matched. Breaking the numerical balance by first culling the weaker Watchers made sense.
"Alright, we'll do that. Take out the weaker ones first," Hun Lao nodded, agreeing.
"That guy is strong, kill him first!" At that moment, five or six Guardian Captain-level experts moved to surround and kill Ye Yunfei. Of course, some powerful allies from the Restorers also tried to rush over to assist, but Ye Yunfei directly activated the Seamless Phantasm Technique, producing three identical copies of himself.
Meanwhile, his true body had already relocated to another spot and unleashed three consecutive punches, shattering the skulls of three Watchers.
These ordinary Watchers were simply too weak before Ye Yunfei—all doomed to instant death, especially with the aid of Hun Lao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Hu Miao, Huang Shang, and the others.
Over the next while, Ye Yunfei constantly moved around, appearing wherever weaker Watchers were and specializing in eliminating them. Nearly every Watcher he targeted was instantly slain. Sometimes, a single swing of his sword could kill two or three Watchers simultaneously.
In just a short time, Ye Yunfei had slain fifty to sixty Watchers.
"Kill that bastard!" By now, more than ten Guardian Captains had locked onto Ye Yunfei, shouting as they closed in to surround him. However, Ye Yunfei only needed to use the Seamless Phantasm Technique to easily escape their encirclement.
A little while later, Ye Yunfei had already killed over a hundred Watchers in total. Each of these Watchers possessed formidable strength, painstakingly cultivated by the Guardian faction, yet against Ye Yunfei, they had no chance to fight back. They fell like harvested wheat.
"Continue," Ye Yunfei didn't stop after killing over a hundred Watchers. Instead, he pressed on, charging toward those weaker ones again. By now, Ye Yunfei's actions had drawn the attention of the Guardian Captains within the Guardian faction. An increasing number of Guardian Captain-level experts angrily converged toward him.
"That guy has killed many of our members. We must focus our forces to eliminate him, or we'll suffer even greater losses!" a Guardian Captain roared, swiftly approaching Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei willed it, and a dazzling flying sword shot into the sky, then slashed toward that Guardian Captain.
"Ye Yunfei! I know who he is now—he must be Ye Yunfei from the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds! He has already joined the Restorer faction!"
"Yes, it's Ye Yunfei. The movement technique he uses is indeed Ye Yunfei's technique!" Watching Ye Yunfei's flying sword, many Watchers immediately recognized his identity, with some having previously seen him employ the Seamless Phantasm Technique.
"This kid again! Didn't he go to the Zhongheng World Cluster? How is he still alive and back?" roared the Guardian Captain attacked by Ye Yunfei's flying sword. From within his body shot out a golden imperial seal that soared upward, blocking Ye Yunfei's flying sword.
Then, this Guardian Captain, brandishing that golden seal high, continued to press down upon Ye Yunfei, unleashing a vast and mighty torrent of magic treasure energy. Guardian Captains from other directions also quickly charged at Ye Yunfei.
"Let's attack together!" Hun Lao cried softly.
Immediately, Hun Lao and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm unleashed spatial martial techniques, Hu Miao utilized illusion arts, Huang Shang employed ghost cultivation methods, and the Blood Clan Clone activated Blood Control Great Art. Instantly, this area of space overflowed with various forms of energy and laws.
The Guardian Captains converging on Ye Yunfei were startled, instantly slowing their charge.
Seizing this opportunity, Ye Yunfei had long since executed his movement technique to leave his original position, appearing at another spot far away. He punched a nearby Watcher, blasting them to pieces. Then, using the Sky-Piercing Divine Vine, he ensnared another unsuspecting Watcher, tightly binding and dragging them before him. Ye Yunfei sliced with his sword, cleaving the Watcher into four segments.
"He's over there!" The Guardian Captains who had moments ago surrounded him grew both enraged and alarmed, turning to charge at him again.
Of course, Ye Yunfei wouldn't let them trap him. He retrieved his Spatial Teleportation Plate, activated it instantly, and vanished, reappearing at yet another distant location. There, he executed the Myriad Swords Return to One Great Art, his sword transforming a nearby Watcher into a bloody mist.
"Dammit! That kid's movement technique is too bizarre!" Those Guardian Captains in pursuit saw this, each growing furious.
Yet Ye Yunfei paid them no heed, continuously using his movements to swiftly slay Watcher after Watcher. Some Watchers, seeing how fearsome Ye Yunfei was, simply dared not engage him. Once they detected Ye Yunfei charging toward their position, they immediately turned and fled.
But combined with his Spatial Teleportation Plate and his own movement skills, Ye Yunfei's speed was simply too great. Those fleeing Watchers had no chance to escape. Once targeted, death was the only outcome.
"We've killed a hundred thirty-some Watchers in total now," Hun Lao announced.
"Excellent! We're absolutely venting our rage today! Back in the Zhongheng World Cluster, we were chased and attacked by the Watchers. Now we're finally repaying them with interest!" the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm exclaimed excitedly.
However, just as the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm's words ended...
Ye Yunfei sensed a terrifying energy descending from the sky, instantly pinning him firmly in place. He couldn't move a muscle.
"Bad news! A Deity is attacking us!" Hun Lao immediately cried out in panic.
"Young man, you are very good. Pity you are not of our Guardian Faction," an icy voice spoke. A figure radiating rolling waves of divine light appeared not far from Ye Yunfei.
Then, an enormous hand materialized above Ye Yunfei's head, releasing torrential divine power as it descended to smite him.
Ye Yunfei felt endless, terrifying divine power cascading down, imposing upon his body. This divine energy was far too dreadful, imprisoning the space where he stood, his physical form, and even all the energy inside him—rendering him completely immobile.
He sensed everything within him, including his Chaos God Veins, being sealed, inaccessible.
"Deities are truly too terrifying... In front of a Deity, I'm nothing more than an ant," Ye Yunfei thought bitterly, watching the giant hand slowly descend from above.
Mere use of divine power had forcefully suppressed him—there was simply no way to fight back.
"Ye Yunfei is finished! He should now understand the consequences of opposing us Guardians!" Watching this unfold, the Guardian Captains who had been pursuing Ye Yunfei from afar all sneered. Someone voiced this sentiment aloud.
"A proper Deity actually striking at a junior? Truly shameless," a voice cut in at that moment. Then, a middle-aged man appeared beside Ye Yunfei, thrusting a punch upward toward the heavens.
Boom! He blocked the descending giant hand.
"Senior, it's you!" Ye Yunfei stared at the man who had suddenly appeared beside him, both shocked and delighted.
Because this middle-aged man was precisely the one who had personally traveled to the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds to bring Ye Yunfei to the Restorer Headquarters.
"So he's also a Deity? Heavens! We've interacted with two Deities all along!" Watching this middle-aged man act, Hun Lao couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
First, the elder of the Restorer faction was a Deity. Now, this middle-aged man was also a Deity!
Ye Yunfei had met this man multiple times before, yet never knew he was actually a Deity.
"Doesn't that mean a Deity personally went to the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds to invite you to join the Restorer faction? Your prestige is immense!" The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm cried in shock.
"No, we likely interacted with this senior's doppelganger before," Ye Yunfei pondered, then transmitted his thought. After all, a Deity's true body wouldn't likely personally journey to the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds just to receive him.
"It's very possible it was one of his doppelgangers," Hun Lao nodded.
"I'll handle this fellow," the middle-aged man said to Ye Yunfei with a slight smile, flicking his sleeve and directly pushing Ye Yunfei far away.
"So this is your Restorer headquarters. Excellent. Today, we shall annihilate the Restorer headquarters!" Right then, a maniacal laugh echoed. An old man stormed into the Restorer headquarters from outside.
"It's the Ancestor of the Source Fire Sect! He's here too!"
Seeing this old man, Ye Yunfei immediately recognized him as the very one who had undergone his Deity tribulation not long ago within the Zhongheng World Cluster, at the Source Fire Sect headquarters.
"To think he arrived here so quickly... That Source Fire Sect Ancestor indeed succeeded in his tribulation and became a Deity!" Hun Lao stared at the Source Fire Sect Ancestor, bathed in torrents of divine radiance, his voice filled with astonishment.