After killing all the members of the Yuanyi Sect, Ye Yunfei turned around and slowly directed his gaze towards the Grand Elder.
At this moment, his Lightning Tribulation was nearing its end, about to conclude.
"Dammit!
How can this guy's power be so terrifying?
He must have unleashed some extremely fearsome Soul Power martial technique just now, actually killing everyone from our Yuanyi Sect."
The Grand Elder's Lightning Tribulation had reached its final juncture. Seeing Ye Yunfei annihilate the Yuanyi Sect, though waves of fury surged within his heart, he had no choice but to continue the final phase of his tribulation. Stopping now would mean all his efforts for this deity ascension tribulation would be wasted.
Ye Yunfei stood there, his gaze icy as he stared at the Grand Elder, not making a move immediately.
"What exactly does this brat want?
If he strikes now, he could definitely interrupt my deity ascension tribulation, causing it to fail.
But why hasn't he acted yet?
What kind of trick is he trying to pull?"
Seeing that Ye Yunfei did not immediately attack him after finishing off the other Yuanyi Sect members, the Grand Elder was filled with doubt and suspicion.
"Never mind!
Since he hasn't interrupted my tribulation now, I'll complete my deity ascension and break through to become a Deity.
Once I become a Deity, I won't need to fear him."
The Grand Elder steeled his heart and stopped paying attention to Ye Yunfei, continuing the final part of his tribulation. Ye Yunfei, on the other hand, stood there motionless, quietly waiting.
A moment later.
"Hahaha...
Excellent, my Lightning Tribulation is finally over. I've successfully become a Deity!
From now on, I am one of the top experts in this void!"
The Grand Elder's Lightning Tribulation finally concluded. Feeling the surging Deity-level energy within his body, he burst into wild laughter, brimming with satisfaction.
Though all the other Yuanyi Sect members had been killed by Ye Yunfei, he believed that as a Deity, he could certainly rebuild the Yuanyi Sect, and in the future, develop it even more successfully.
"You little beast, though I don't know why you didn't interrupt my tribulation just now, whatever tricks you're trying to play are useless before absolute power.
Now I am a Deity, while you are merely a complete Demigod. Killing you will be as easy as turning over my hand.
You have destroyed my Yuanyi Sect. Now prepare to pay the price.
I won't let you die so easily. I will shatter your physical body, then subject your Soul Body to the cruelest torment, making you wish to live you will have no hope, wish to die you will have no rest, utterly regretful for ever provoking my Yuanyi Sect!"
After his wild laughter, the Grand Elder slowly turned around, looking at Ye Yunfei with murderous intent.
"Well? Are you regretting it now?
If you had stopped my tribulation in time, you wouldn't have to die now. But regret is useless," the Grand Elder said in a tone dripping with sarcasm.
"A character like you is not qualified to make me regret anything. And it seems you haven't heard my name, nor do you know who I am," Ye Yunfei said coldly.
This Grand Elder of the Yuanyi Sect had spent a vast amount of time in secluded cultivation to break through to the Deity realm, so he actually hadn't heard of Ye Yunfei or his deeds.
If he had heard of Ye Yunfei's deeds from the battle in the Fire Realm, he wouldn't be so arrogantly complacent facing Ye Yunfei now; he would turn and flee.
"Brat, who you are doesn't matter anymore. No matter what backing you have behind you, it can't protect you today. You've annihilated my Yuanyi Sect; the enmity between us runs deep as the sea. You will definitely die.
Enough talk. Prepare to die."
The Grand Elder of the Yuanyi Sect strode towards Ye Yunfei.
Boom!
Vast Deity-level energy surged from his body, causing the surrounding space to warp and distort.
In the blink of an eye, he had arrived before Ye Yunfei and reached out to grab him. An energy hand materialized and swept forward.
Ye Yunfei looked coldly at this Grand Elder, standing perfectly still and letting him do as he pleased. A newly broken-through initial-level Void Deity was far too weak for Ye Yunfei.
Soon, the Grand Elder's energy hand reached Ye Yunfei, blotting out the sky as it sought to grasp him in its palm.
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei moved. He punched forward. Terrifying physical strength poured from his fist, coalescing into the phantom of a divine dragon that roared mightily.
"Ah...
No!"
At this moment, the Grand Elder finally sensed something was wrong. He found himself utterly suppressed by Ye Yunfei's fearsome physical strength, unable to move.
Then he saw his energy hand shattered by the punch. Next, Ye Yunfei's fist reached his chest. Layer upon layer of boundless physical strength left his physical body and Soul Body in a state of complete paralysis. In terror and despair, he couldn't help but scream.
With a dull thud, Ye Yunfei's fist swept through, directly blasting the Grand Elder apart with a single punch.
"Wasting so much of my time waiting for you to break through and become a Deity," Ye Yunfei shook his head. He then activated his Soul Force Planets technique. Over twenty Soul Force Planets swarmed up and began forcibly devouring the Grand Elder's Soul Body. Simultaneously, his Blood Clan avatar appeared and started refining and absorbing the bloodline essence left by the Grand Elder.
The reason Ye Yunfei hadn't interrupted the Grand Elder's tribulation and had patiently waited for him to break through was precisely because the Soul Body and bloodline essence of a Deity were very useful to him.
Before his breakthrough, the Grand Elder was merely a complete Demigod. The Soul Body and bloodline essence of a Demigod held little value for Ye Yunfei.
After completely absorbing the Grand Elder's Soul Body and bloodline essence, Ye Yunfei turned and left this world.
After emerging from this cluster of worlds, Ye Yunfei detected a faintly concealed marker. He followed the direction indicated by this marker.
At the same time, in a distant part of the void, two Deities from the Restorer Faction were traveling with a large contingent of Restorer forces.
"Brother Tang, did you really contact those friends of yours?
They've really joined this operation?" one of the Deities asked.
"Yes, Brother Qi, rest assured. I have indeed contacted a few of my friends. I just reached out to them using a special communication method. Let's go meet up with them now," the Deity surnamed Tang nodded and replied.
"That's great, Brother Tang. Then let's hurry and increase our speed.
I believe our operation this time has definitely been betrayed by the traitor. Now, a large number of Guardian Faction Deities are mobilizing to deal with us. We must gather our Restorer Faction members, especially those at the Deity level, to have a chance of resisting the Guardian Faction.
Concentrating everyone is the most crucial matter. Otherwise, we risk being defeated one by one by the Guardians," the Deity surnamed Qi stated.
A considerable distance behind these two Restorer Deities, three Guardian Faction Deities were secretly following. At regular intervals, the Restorer Deity surnamed Qi ahead would leave a special marker. With these markers, the three trailing Guardian Deities could follow accurately.
"I've just sent a message, requesting headquarters to dispatch a group of Deities. Once we find the other Restorer Deities, we'll capture them all in one net.
According to intelligence, the Restorer Faction doesn't currently possess many Deities. If we can eliminate all the Restorer Deities on this mission, it will certainly be a massive blow to the Restorer Faction, severely weakening them.
Then, when we find their current hiding place, we can round them up completely and thoroughly wipe out the Restorer Faction," the three Guardian Deities discussed via sound transmission as they trailed behind.
"There's also news that Ye Yunfei, that brat, may have participated in this Restorer Faction operation," one of the Deities suddenly said, his expression grave.
"Ye Yunfei!"
The other two Deities' expressions changed slightly.
Many Guardians had already been killed by Ye Yunfei, so many members of the Guardian Faction were quite wary of him.
And behind these three Guardian Deities, Ye Yunfei had already quietly followed.
The Restorer Deity surnamed Tang ahead left a faint marker at regular intervals. It was precisely by following these markers that Ye Yunfei secretly trailed behind.
"It seems that fellow surnamed Qi plans to find more Restorer Faction Deities and then notify Guardian Faction experts to come for a surrounding kill.
Originally, the Restorer Faction's strength was quite decent, with great development potential. But because of the traitor, they've suffered heavy setbacks several times in a row, leading to their current weakened state. It's a real shame," Hun Lao conveyed to Ye Yunfei.
"Yes, the core reason the Restorer Faction's strength has diminished is the presence of a traitor," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"So, only by completely eliminating the traitor can the Restorer Faction develop anew. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable," Ye Yunfei added.
"Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, you take over leading the Phantom Tower. I will use this time to enter seclusion for cultivation."
Ye Yunfei said to the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
During this period, Ye Yunfei had consecutively devoured the Soul Bodies of several Deities. Feeling that his Soul Power energy and Soul Body quality had improved significantly, he decided to advance his Soul Force Planets technique realm and cultivate a few more Soul Force Planets.
The Soul Force Planets technique could cultivate a total of eighty-one planets. The more planets cultivated, naturally, the greater the power.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm appeared beside Ye Yunfei, transforming into a golden streak of light as it carried the Phantom Tower and began pursuing the Deities ahead.
Ye Yunfei then entered the Phantom Tower to begin closed-door cultivation of the Soul Force Planets technique.
During this time, Ye Yunfei's Soul Power energy had been continuously rising, and his Soul Body's quality was constantly climbing.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei cultivated several more Soul Force Planets.
"The number of Soul Force Planets I possess now has reached thirty-one. In times of necessity, these thirty-one Soul Force Planets can be used as thirty-one separate Soul Bodies.
Together with my original two Soul Bodies, I can utilize the equivalent of thirty-three Soul Bodies simultaneously. Whether used in combat or cultivation, the effect is utterly extraordinary."
Ye Yunfei thought to himself as he looked at the thirty-one Soul Force Planets rising and falling within his soul sea. After cultivating thirty-one Soul Force Planets, Ye Yunfei found that his Soul Power energy had increased significantly.