The blade-shadow carried an exceedingly terrifying energy of blade force, rolling in from the distance, cleaving through space wherever it passed as easily as cutting through bean curd. Before anyone could react, the shadow had already sliced to the border of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds and then plunged inside, aiming directly at Xiaoyao Banshen, who was undergoing the heavenly tribulation.
Instantly, Xiaoyao Banshen felt his entire body stiffen. Rooted to the spot, he couldn't move. The terrifying, rolling blade force pressed down on him with such might that he felt compelled to kneel directly.
"Not good, I cannot block this strike at all," Xiaoyao Banshen felt at this moment, a thick sense of death threat washing over him.
"Save me!" Xiaoyao Banshen couldn't help but cry out loudly.
"Bad news, Wu Tao is here!" Ding Qianjie immediately recognized Wu Tao's laughter and shouted.
Simultaneously, the six elders of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds soared into the air. They combined their strength to activate that huge banner, pushing it forward to block the blade strike Wu Tao had unleashed.
With a *clang*!, a tremendous noise instantly echoed through the void inside and out of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds.
By this time, Wu Tao had already appeared in the distant void, striding over with shocking speed, arriving instantly before the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds.
"Wu Tao, our last fight wasn't satisfying enough. This time, let us battle to our heart's content!" Ding Qianjie was the first to charge at Wu Tao, followed closely by the other five elders who all rushed to attack.
"You six old fools again," Wu Tao's expression turned somewhat ugly upon seeing Ding Qianjie and the others.
His purpose for coming was to stop Xiaoyao Banshen's tribulation, not to tangle with these elders, but now he had no choice.
As Ding Qianjie and his group charged over, they attacked immediately with violent ferocity.
Having gained experience from their previous fight with Wu Tao, the six were much calmer this time, each eagerly launching their attacks, surrounding and assaulting Wu Tao.
Of course, Wu Tao's combat prowess was fearsome. Even one against six, he still seemed to have ease to spare.
However, he was temporarily unable to free his hands to stop Xiaoyao Banshen's tribulation.
"Young Master Ye, leave those ten fellows to you. You don't need to clash with them head-on, just disrupt and stop them from continuing to transmit energy into that black cloth," Ding Qianjie transmitted to Ye Yunfei.
"Senior, rest assured, I know what to do," Ye Yunfei replied.
"Everyone, let's split into two groups," one of the ten Deities from the Guardian Faction spoke up. "One group will deal with Ye Yunfei, and the other will continue transmitting energy into the Severance Cloth. As long as the Severance Cloth functions and drains all the Laws of the Dao from within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, that fellow's Deity Ascension Tribulation will end in failure."
Immediately, five Deities charged towards Ye Yunfei, while the other five took out large quantities of energy crystals and pills. As they refined and absorbed them, they channeled energy into that pitch-black cloth.
Ye Yunfei and the five Deities erupted into an intense battle.
Previously, these Guardian Faction Deities couldn't focus on dealing with Ye Yunfei because they needed to constantly feed energy to the black cloth. But now it was different; they could concentrate on fighting him.
Those five Deities, who had been constantly harassed by Ye Yunfei and the six elders, were already seething with anger. Now that they had surrounded him, they unleashed violent attacks on Ye Yunfei immediately.
Ye Yunfei's greatest confidence against these Deities lay in the quality and power of his physical body. Therefore, his fighting style primarily utilized his physical strength and martial arts. At the same time, he employed techniques like the Imperial Dao Divine Fist, Nine Dragons Supreme Step, Emperor Heart Method, and Golden Wheel Dharma Robe.
These legacies from the Golden Wheel Imperial Dynasty were all god-level techniques and martial skills with extraordinary might. Even when executed with the energy of a Perfect Demigod, Ye Yunfei could produce a certain effect, not to mention that the energy within his body far surpassed that of a normal Perfect Demigod.
Thus, Ye Yunfei battled those five Deities on his own. For a time, the fight was evenly matched and hard to separate. Meanwhile, the other five Deities of the Guardian Faction dedicated themselves to channeling energy into the black Severance Cloth.
Soon, the Severance Cloth began to function again, starting to affect Xiaoyao Banshen's tribulation and beginning to once more extract the various Laws of the Dao from within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds.
"Not good. If this continues, Xiaoyao Banshen's Ascension Tribulation will be aborted midway," Ye Yunfei felt anxious seeing this.
"I shouldn't keep fighting them. My main goal is still to disrupt and stop those guys from channeling energy into that black cloth," Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei unleashed several dozen punches in one breath, then turned and fled, disengaging from the five Deities he was fighting to charge towards the other five.
*Boom rumble rumble…* With a thought from Ye Yunfei, a flying sword shot out from his head, erupting with rolling divine light as it slashed towards the head of one Deity. Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei used the Great Strength Divine Fist, striking at the head of another Deity.
These two Deities, disrupted, immediately moved to block.
Though Ye Yunfei's attacks didn't injure them, they successfully created an interference.
Ye Yunfei waved a hand and retrieved a huge number of formation flags, tossing them out in a continuous stream, instantly setting up formation after formation.
Dense formations crazily surged towards the five Deities like massive boulders.
Of course, these formations couldn't hurt the five Deities, but they still caused interference.
Enraged and startled, the five Deities waved their sleeves, shattering the formations Ye Yunfei had thrown.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei focused on one Deity, launching his most ferocious attack.
This Deity was forced to retreat repeatedly, compelled to cease transmitting energy to the black Severance Cloth.
In this manner, Ye Yunfei targeted Deity after Deity in turns, attacking each a few times before rushing towards another.
"Damn it! This guy is too cunning!" Seeing Ye Yunfei's tactics, the ten Deities of the Guardian Faction were infuriated.
"Master, I will help you!" Hu Miao called out.
She then used illusion techniques to conjure one illusionary realm after another, a dense mass of them, which she hurled towards the ten Deities.
Hu Miao's strength had been continuously increasing recently; she had broken through her bloodline several times in succession. Naturally, the power of the illusions she could produce was even greater. Although she couldn't fully bewitch Deities, she could certainly create some interference.
Due to Ye Yunfei's mastery of the Nine Dragons Supreme Step, the ten Deities were, for a time, unable to encircle and trap him. He attacked them one by one, throwing them into disarray.
Under these circumstances, they naturally couldn't focus exclusively on transmitting energy to the Severance Cloth either.
"Hmph! So young, yet already so audacious to challenge my Guardian Faction. Have you tired of living?"
Just then, a cold snort, like a sudden clap of thunder on a clear day, rolled in.
Following it, Ye Yunfei saw a gigantic divine palm smashing towards him.
Startled, Ye Yunfei hastily threw out both fists, all the energy within his body surging forth. Behind him, an ancient and majestic Emperor Phantom also threw a punch forward to block that colossal palm.
*BOOM!* A deafening explosion occurred as Ye Yunfei's attack collided with the divine palm.
Ye Yunfei felt endless and terrifying god-level energy crashing towards him. Then his body was hurled high into the air, sent flying backwards.
Next, he saw a burly, powerfully built man striding over from the distance, his entire body radiating rolling divine light. Clearly, this was a Deity, and definitely not an entry-level one.
This was because the pressure of energy the man released was frightening. Even before he fully entered this space, his terrifying energy had already compressed and destabilized the surrounding void, causing it to shimmer and sway like water ripples.
"Be careful! This guy's strength is at least as strong as Wu Tao, if not stronger!"
At this moment, Ye Yunfei received simultaneous transmissions from the six elders, who had also sensed the horror of this newly arrived brawny man.
"Kid, I'll kill you first!" The man locked onto Ye Yunfei's aura and charged over with great strides.
"Young Master Ye, be careful! You are not his match! Flee immediately!" Seeing this, Kang Wan and the other five elders paled and called out to Ye Yunfei through mental transmission.
Ye Yunfei also felt the terrifying divine energy radiating from the man and understood that this man's strength likely surpassed even that of Wu Tao. Given his current power, Ye Yunfei indeed was no match for him.
Without hesitation, Ye Yunfei immediately used the Nine Dragons Supreme Step, turned, and fled.
With each step, a giant dragon appeared behind him. Nine dragons merged into one, causing Ye Yunfei's movement speed to become even faster.
"Kid, you won't escape." The man gave a great roar, then stretched out his hand and grabbed at the air. Powerful spatial energy erupted.
Ye Yunfei immediately felt the space around him contract abruptly, solidifying like a sheet of iron. He discovered his body could no longer move.
"This guy's strength is truly too high!" Ye Yunfei was inwardly shocked. Then, he released all the energy within his body in an instant, like a volcanic eruption, trying to break free from the spatial restraints.
However, Ye Yunfei found that besides being heavily oppressed by terrifying spatial energy, countless Laws of the Dao also appeared continuously around him, transforming into visible, criss-crossing law chains that thoroughly sealed this space.
"This man has cultivated far too many types of Dao Laws. I have cultivated fewer than ten. I cannot possibly be his opponent!" Looking at the differently colored law chains around his body, Ye Yunfei felt enormous pressure.
"Stop! Why does your Guardian Faction always bully the weaker?" At this point, Kang Wan threw caution to the wind and flew up, rushing towards Ye Yunfei's location.
The other five elders also turned and charged towards Ye Yunfei, intending to help.
"Your opponent is me!" How could Wu Tao let the six elders help Ye Yunfei? With a roar, he immediately moved to intercept.
"Wu Tao, I'll fight you!" Seeing Wu Tao intervene, Ding Qianjie stopped, then turned and charged at Wu Tao.
"Ding Qianjie, you are currently just a remnant soul. In a one-on-one fight, you are no match for me," Wu Tao sneered.
"We'll know if I am your match after we fight!" Ding Qianjie roared back.
He fought with all his might from the first move, releasing all his energy and making the surrounding space seethe with power.
The combat power Ding Qianjie currently possessed roughly equaled an initial-level Void Deity. However, his battle experience, will, and skills far surpassed those of a normal initial-level Void Deity. Thus, fighting all-out, he immediately held Wu Tao back.
The other five elders of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds sped towards Ye Yunfei at full velocity.
"Kid, die now!" Seeing five elders rushing towards him, the burly man's expression darkened. He clenched his fist and threw a punch directly at Ye Yunfei.
*Boom rumble rumble…*
A huge fist imprint materialized. Ye Yunfei's body, already immobilized, had no way to evade this attack. Gritting his teeth, he released all the physical power within his body, channeling it into his own fist.
*Pah!* Their fists collided.
Ye Yunfei's body was shaken and sent flying, a mouthful of blood spraying out.
"Master, are you okay?!" Seeing this, Hu Miao exclaimed in alarm.
"Not dead for now!" Ye Yunfei replied.
The brawny man's power was immense; this punch caused cracks to immediately appear all over Ye Yunfei's body. However, because Ye Yunfei's body had refined and fused with so many divine-level treasures, it was extremely tenacious, so this blow didn't damage his foundation.
Ye Yunfei took out a divine pill and swallowed it. Vast medicinal potency began spreading within his body, repairing his injuries.
"Kid, let's see how many of my punches you can withstand." The man was slightly surprised that his punch hadn't blown Ye Yunfei to pieces. He had thought that with his strength, even an initial-level Void Deity would be shattered. Yet Ye Yunfei only had a few surface cracks, something he could hardly believe.
*Boom!* He swung his arm and threw another punch towards Ye Yunfei.
Suppressed by the spatial energy and numerous Dao Laws the man had deployed, Ye Yunfei couldn't move, let alone dodge. He could only lift his arm with difficulty to block.
*BAM!* This punch snapped Ye Yunfei's arm, and the massive fist imprint struck Ye Yunfei's torso, creating a blood hole straight through his chest. Blood gushed out continuously.
"Kid, you've got some guts! Taking two of my punches and only ending up with a few wounds. But I wonder if you'll withstand the third one!" Seeing his strike merely puncture Ye Yunfei's body, the man was dissatisfied. With a roar, his third punch struck out.
The five elders of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds were already charging over at their fastest speed. However, this burly man's attacks were simply too swift; three punches were completed almost instantly. Before the five elders could intervene, another punch smashed solidly into Ye Yunfei's body.
This blow sent Ye Yunfei soaring high into the air, immediately crashing into the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds.
Then the burly man withdrew a long spear and swept it towards the five elders, forcing them all to a stop.
Next, the man took one step and entered the void of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds.
"Kid, I will definitely kill you today," the man said coldly, a frigid expression on his face.
He then thrust his spear towards Ye Yunfei's head.
"Stop!" Seeing this, the five elders were horrified and rushed toward the brawny man, launching various powerful attacks to prevent him from striking Ye Yunfei.
"Ye Yunfei, flee quickly! This guy is even stronger than we imagined!" the six elders of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds transmitted to Ye Yunfei simultaneously.
Meanwhile, the other ten Deities from the Guardian Faction had already resumed channeling energy into the black Severance Cloth.
Immediately, Xiaoyao Banshen's Ascension Tribulation began to be interfered with and suppressed, becoming abnormal once more. Moreover, the Dao Laws within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds began to be forcefully extracted.
"No way? My lightning tribulation is being disrupted again? Could it be that my Ascension Tribulation is destined to end in failure once more?" Xiaoyao Banshen looked helplessly at the situation, also feeling a touch of despair.
He could see that Ye Yunfei was currently being suppressed as well, with no ability to help him.
*Boom rumble rumble…*
The man's spear thrust straight at Ye Yunfei's head. Simultaneously, his other hand punched towards the five elders, fending off all their incoming attacks.
Ye Yunfei watched the spear laden with fearsome energy coming straight for him. He felt the space around him, oppressed by boundless and terrifying spatial energy.
It must be said, this man's strength was truly too overwhelming! With every gesture, he could mobilize all the Dao Laws within the surrounding space for his own use.
Ye Yunfei desperately wanted to dodge or resist but found he lacked the capability.
He inwardly groaned, knowing that if struck head-on, his body would likely simply explode.
"Hahaha… Ye Yunfei, now you understand the might of our Guardian Faction, don't you? Today is your day to die!"
Witnessing this scene, the ten Deities of the Guardian Faction roared with laughter.
In their previous battle with Ye Yunfei, these Deities had been filled with anger; several even had their bodies exploded by Ye Yunfei. Now, seeing Ye Yunfei about to be struck in the head by the brawny man, they all felt immense satisfaction and broke into loud laughter.
However, at this very moment, suddenly, from within Ye Yunfei's body, one figure after another began to emerge.
Each figure radiated rolling divine light, appearing utterly extraordinary and divine.
"What is this?" Seeing figures continuously walk out one by one from Ye Yunfei's body, a dense throng of them, everyone present was stunned.