Thus, the Restorers faction found itself with one fewer Deity.
Ye Yunfei glanced at the number of deities from both sides within the Restorers headquarters, and a feeling of unease crept into his heart.
The numbers had originally been equal, but the arrival of this Dark Faction Deity had broken the balance.
"Hahaha… Now that you're here, hurry up and get to work. Kill every single Restorer in this space—leave none alive," a deity from the Guardian Faction said with great satisfaction, laughing loudly upon seeing the Dark Faction Deity's arrival.
The Dark Faction Deity didn't hesitate. With a direct strike, he backhandedly slapped out, causing over a dozen Restorers to explode on the spot, turning into puffs of bloody mist.
Then, with a flash of movement, the Dark Faction Deity shifted to a new position and slapped out again. Surging divine radiance blossomed from his palm, blasting another dozen or so Restorer members into bloody explosions, meeting a miserable end right then and there.
In the face of this deity, those Restorers seemed far too weak, utterly incapable of resistance.
"With one more deity on the other side, this battle can't be fought. Now, we can only flee as many as possible," Hun Lao couldn't help but sigh, witnessing this scene.
"Halt your arrogance!"
At that moment, the leader of the Restorer Faction—the mysterious old man Ye Yunfei had seen twice before—suddenly flashed into motion. He forced the deity he was fighting back a few steps, then swiftly charged in front of the Dark Faction Deity and threw a punch.
A massive fist imprint materialized, immediately punching the Dark Faction Deity back dozens of paces.
The Dark Faction Deity paled in shock, for he had discovered that his opponent's strength far surpassed his own.
"You of the Dark Faction have actually pledged allegiance to the Guardian Faction as well? You court your own destruction," the old man said coldly.
While speaking, he threw another punch. The Dark Faction Deity didn't dare to face it head-on, scared into retreating repeatedly.
The previous punch had already roiled the blood and energy within his body, and he hadn't yet recovered from it.
"We're both deities, yet he's this much stronger than me?" The Dark Faction Deity was inwardly indignant even as he was forced back.
"Your opponent is me."
At this moment, the deity who had previously been fighting the old man caught up.
This deity was a white-robed middle-aged man with an extraordinary appearance, a robust physique, and a body radiating rolling waves of divine radiance that made it difficult to look directly at him.
Boom!
The white-robed middle-aged man slapped out with a palm, blocking the old man's fist.
"You are responsible for killing every single Restorer member in this space. Let me handle this guy," the white-robed man said indifferently, positioning himself between the old man and the Dark Faction Deity.
The Dark Faction Deity had been thoroughly frightened by the old man's two punches. He immediately turned and left, beginning to hunt other Restorers once more.
"Look, what is that fellow doing?"
Right then, Hun Lao suddenly spoke to Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei looked in the direction Hun Lao pointed and saw a black-clothed man in the distance continuously collecting the more intact corpses from the battlefield.
The man in black kept placing one lifeless corpse after another into a black cloth sack.
That black sack emitted dense corpse energy—likely a spatial treasure.
This black-clothed man was collecting not only the corpses of Restorer members but also those of Guardian Faction members.
In short, whenever he saw a corpse, he would stealthily appear, stuff the body into the black sack, and then vanish immediately.
If not for Hun Lao's powerful spatial perception, he might not have been discovered.
Everyone else on the battlefield was engaged in fierce combat, completely unaware that such a peculiar black-clothed man had appeared amidst the fray.
"Look over there, there are a few more there too."
Hun Lao suddenly pointed in another direction, informing Ye Yunfei.
"Indeed, there are three more over there."
Ye Yunfei looked over and immediately spotted three other black-clothed men in that direction, also stealthily collecting intact corpses from the battlefield.
"What are these guys collecting corpses for?" Ye Yunfei couldn't help but frown.
"Kid Ye Yunfei, now it's your turn."
Just at that moment, that Dark Faction Deity suddenly looked towards Ye Yunfei's position.
"Ye Yunfei, you have some gall! That Yin Seed I painstakingly had my people cultivate in the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds was actually plucked by you right before harvest, snatched away with undue force. It almost caused me to fail in achieving godhood. Fortunately, my blessings ran deep, and I ultimately succeeded in deification. Today, we should properly settle the account between us," the Dark Faction Deity stared at Ye Yunfei as he strode over, his voice cold.
"So he was the one who sent people to cultivate that Yin Seed all those years ago. Truly, enemies always meet on a narrow path!" The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm couldn't help but say with a bitter laugh.
"So it was you who killed so many innocent lives in the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds back then. You deserve ten thousand deaths!" Ye Yunfei stared at the Dark Faction Deity, grinding his teeth.
"Haha… Those creatures in the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds aren't even worth as much as ants. What does it matter if I kill them all? The weak existing in this world is a sorrow in itself. It's better for them to be dead," the Dark Faction Deity said impassively.
"You just wait. A debt of blood will be repaid in blood one day. You will pay the price!" Ye Yunfei said coldly.
However, Ye Yunfei knew he was no match for a deity. So, the moment the Dark Faction Deity looked his way, he had already activated the Space Teleportation Token in his hand, teleporting into the distance.
But the Dark Faction Deity reached out and gave a distant grab. A powerful wave of spatial energy rolled forth, forcibly interrupting Ye Yunfei's teleportation across space. In an instant, it sealed off the entire swath of space Ye Yunfei occupied.
"Deities are truly terrifying! At such a distance, with just a wave of the hand, they can seal an entire area of space." Ye Yunfei couldn't help but inwardly marvel, while also feeling immensely anxious.
Naturally, the deities on the Restorers' side wouldn't just stand by and watch Ye Yunfei come to harm. Their leader, the old man, made a grasping motion towards Ye Yunfei's direction, immediately dispelling all the sealing energy around Ye Yunfei's body.
However, the Dark Faction Deity was now getting closer and closer to Ye Yunfei.
"Kid, you can't escape."
The Dark Faction Deity sneered.
After speaking, he pointed a finger towards Ye Yunfei. Immediately, dense black fog surged forth from the space around Ye Yunfei's body.
Clattering black chains of law extended out from the space. These black chains were condensed from dark energy and dark laws, emitting a sinister divine radiance as they sealed off the space Ye Yunfei occupied.
This was energy and law at the deity level—immensely powerful. Ye Yunfei had no means to fight back.
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared beside Ye Yunfei. With a single punch, it shattered all the black law chains surrounding Ye Yunfei's body.
"Do not worry. I will handle him."
The figure spoke, then clarified. It was the leader of the Restorer Faction—the old man.
"Hah. Although you are strong, sending a mere clone to deal with me is far too belittling of me, don't you think?" The Dark Faction Deity's face darkened upon seeing the old man.
This was actually a clone of the Restorer leader's old man, whose true body was still far away, locked in intense combat with a deity from the Guardian Faction.
"Although it is only a clone, it is more than enough to deal with a personage such as yourself," the old man's clone said indifferently, seemingly not placing this Dark Faction deity in his eyes at all.
"Then put it to the test!"
The Dark Faction Deity was furious. He knew this old man was very strong, but as for a mere clone, he didn't fear it at all.
The old man's clone took a step forward, preemptively launching an aggressive attack.
The Dark Faction Deity, seeing the old man treat him so lightly, grew even angrier and charged forward to engage the clone.
Of course, Ye Yunfei didn't dare get involved in a battle between two deities. He had long since activated his Space Teleportation Token and fled into the distance.
"That senior is truly formidable. With just a clone, he is fighting evenly with a deity," Ye Yunfei looked back, feeling both shocked and delighted. Even as just a clone, the old man's replica was fighting the Dark Faction Deity to a standstill.
"Young man, I never imagined you've actually tempered your physical body to such durability! Moreover, you are so young, brimming with vigorous life force. This is precisely the superior physical vessel I've been painstakingly seeking for many years! Wonderful! Just when I've searched far and wide without success, here you are falling right into my lap!"
Just at that moment, an incredibly sinister, icy laugh suddenly sounded beside Ye Yunfei. Immediately after, a black-clothed man appeared next to Ye Yunfei, appraising Ye Yunfei's body up and down.
"This fellow was collecting corpses on the battlefield just now. I wonder if he is a member of the Guardian Faction. Be careful; this fellow's aura is a bit peculiar," Hun Lao immediately sent a voice transmission to warn Ye Yunfei.
Before Hun Lao's words had even finished, Ye Yunfei felt an overwhelming, bone-chilling aura rolling in to envelop him.
Ye Yunfei immediately felt his entire body go cold, as if plummeting into boundless icy depths.
Ye Yunfei was greatly alarmed. With his current strength, he shouldn't feel such cold!
"This fellow really is extremely odd!"
Ye Yunfei immediately executed the Nine Yang Ancient Sutra. Three massive golden spheres of light rushed out from his dantian, soared into the air, and suspended themselves above his head, releasing waves of golden radiance. Instantly, they dispersed all the chilling aura in the surroundings.
"I never expected you to have cultivated that fellow's inheritance." The man in black showed a surprised expression as he looked at the three massive golden spheres above Ye Yunfei's head.
"Could you be that fellow's disciple? Impossible. That fellow perished who-knows how many long epochs ago. I suppose you just stumbled upon dog-shit luck and accidentally obtained a bit of his legacy."
Soon, the man in black's expression returned to calmness as he spoke with a cold sneer.
In the distance, the old man's clone who was fighting the Dark Faction Deity also suddenly turned his head to look at the three massive golden spheres above Ye Yunfei's head, revealing a surprised expression.
"I never imagined he would obtain such a legacy."
The old man's clone murmured softly.
"After I devour your Soul Body, the inheritance you've cultivated will be mine."
The man in black stared greedily at Ye Yunfei. As soon as his voice faded, he transformed into a black dot and shot towards Ye Yunfei's head at an astonishing speed.
"Be careful! It looks like this guy wants to seize your body!"
Hun Lao was greatly alarmed. He immediately activated a spatial secret art. Rows of green branches shook and rustled, continuously extending out to protect Ye Yunfei's body.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm also immediately used his race's spatial secret art, producing a large amount of golden runes.
These golden runes gushed forth, spinning around Ye Yunfei's body, imposing a strict seal on the surrounding space.
Ye Yunfei, for his part, immediately mobilized all of his Soul Power energy and Heart Force energy, tightly guarding his Soul Sea. The Soul Nourishment Tree and the Soul Sword were poised, ready to meet the enemy.
Additionally, several dozen soul-attributed magic treasures activated simultaneously, floating within the Soul Sea, encircling and protecting the two Soul Bodies.
"Flimsy tricks and trivial skills think they can cope with me?"
The man in black's voice sounded. Then, with a crash, a black figure forcibly barged into Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea and broke into wild laughter.
Ye Yunfei couldn't help but be greatly astonished. Under his own meticulous defenses, this black-clothed man had still forcibly invaded his Soul Sea. From this, one could imagine his strength was truly terrifying.
"It's actually a Soul Body!"
When the man in black barged into Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea, Ye Yunfei discovered it was actually a Soul Body that had invaded.
With a thought from Ye Yunfei, the Soul Nourishment Tree, the Soul Sword, twenty Soul Power planets, and all those soul-attributed magic treasures simultaneously launched a furious assault. The surging tide of Soul Power energy, like raging waves and torrential floods, attacked the man in black from all directions.
"How can this kid's Soul Power energy be so strong? It seems he has even cultivated a few high-level Soul Power Martial Skills."
The man in black was startled.
"But unfortunately for you, meeting me counts as bad luck, kid. Don't bother struggling pointlessly."
The man in black sneered, then began searching for Ye Yunfei's Soul Body.
Ye Yunfei had a total of two Soul Bodies. They had already merged into the Soul Nourishment Tree and the Soul Sword respectively. Thus, for the moment, the man in black hadn't discovered them.
"Kid, you think hiding your Soul Body means I can't find it? Useless. At worst, I'll destroy your entire Soul Sea. Then tell me, where will you hide?"
The man in black sneered.
As his voice fell, an immense quantity of terrifyingly powerful Soul Power energy surged forth from the man's form, swelling and churning as it madly impacted Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea.
A fierce, large-scale battle had erupted within Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea.
Ye Yunfei employed nearly all his methods, trying to expel this black-clothed man.
The Soul Sea was a person's most fragile place. If the Soul Sea was injured, that was true injury—very difficult to repair.
Now, this black-clothed man was treating Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea as a battlefield, which placed Ye Yunfei at a significant disadvantage.
"Kid, you actually do have some skill. You've actually merged your Soul Body into this long sword."
A moment later, the man in black discovered one of Ye Yunfei's Soul Bodies.
Because he had already successively blocked the Soul Sword's five or six attacks, his keen senses detected that Ye Yunfei's Soul Body had already fused with this sword.
"As long as I subdue this treasured sword, I can then control your Soul Body."
The man in black sneered, then flexed his body, charging towards the Soul Sword.
During the recent battle, this man in black had actually confronted the Soul Sword bare-handed. Such strength shocked Ye Yunfei greatly, so Ye Yunfei dared not be the slightest bit negligent and poured his full effort into resisting.