"The Soul Race's core inheritance technique is truly too heaven-defying. With such an inheritance technique, the Soul Race should logically be one of the most powerful races in the world. But why are they so few in number in our Eighth Void?"
Ye Yunfei suddenly thought of this again, and the Soul Race members he had encountered previously were also relatively weak.
"It's possible the Soul Race encountered some major catastrophe, or perhaps while their numbers are few and weak in our Eighth Void, they are an extremely powerful race in other voids outside," Hun Lao said after Ye Yunfei voiced his doubts.
"Hun Lao, you make sense. Never mind, it's none of my business. I won't think about it anymore," Ye Yunfei replied.
Then Ye Yunfei emerged from the Phantom Tower, appearing beside the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
At this moment, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had arrived outside a world cluster.
"We seem to have reached the destination. Both Restorer Deities and the three Guardian Deities have already entered this world cluster. Let's go in too," the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said to Ye Yunfei, handing him the Phantom Tower.
Ye Yunfei put away the Phantom Tower and, with a flicker of his figure, quietly entered the world cluster.
Soon after, Ye Yunfei followed the marks left by that Restorer Deity surnamed Tang and entered a world.
Inside this world, a Perfected Demigod was also undergoing the deity ascension tribulation.
"As expected, the Restorer Faction is still doing these things—protecting those Perfected Demigods who attempt ascension tribulations secretly without Guardian Faction approval, thinking this will increase the overall strength of this void to oppose the Guardian Faction," Hun Lao couldn't help but say with a bitter smile, watching the rolling thunder descending in the distance.
"The Restorer Faction wants to rally more powerhouses to fight the Guardian Faction this way. Once these Perfected Demigods break through to become true Deities, if they are willing to join or ally with the Restorer Faction, they will become forces opposing the Guardian Faction," Ye Yunfei said.
"But the Guardian Faction beats them to the punch every time. These Perfected Demigods attempting ascension have long since been won over by the Guardian Faction in advance. The Restorer Faction's efforts are completely futile," Hun Lao added.
While speaking with Hun Lao, Ye Yunfei's gaze fell upon an elder undergoing the tribulation beneath the rolling thunder in the distance.
Many people were protecting this elder around the tribulation.
Simultaneously, forces from both the Restorer Faction and the Guardian Faction had revealed themselves and were engaged in intense battle.
Ye Yunfei discovered that on the Restorer side within this world, there were three Deities—aside from the two surnamed Qi and Tang, there was another.
The Guardian Faction side also had three Deities.
As all Deities from both sides were Primary Void Deities and equal in number, the two sides were currently deadlocked, evenly matched.
"Brother Qi, Brother Tang! I never thought you two would arrive so timely. This is truly excellent!" the third Restorer Deity said excitedly.
"Brother Lu, no need for formalities," the Deity surnamed Qi said.
Then these three Restorer Deities, while fighting, used sound transmission to discuss how to contact as many Restorer Deities as possible, gathering their forces to deal with the Guardian Faction together.
Through Tang Tao's retelling, Ye Yunfei learned of the conversation among the three Deities.
At this point, Ye Yunfei also learned their names: Tang Tao, Qi Guang, and Lu Xin.
The three Restorer Deities led the Restorer forces against the Guardian Faction while secretly using various methods to send messages to other Restorer Deities.
Originally, when leaving the secret base, each team member had been told not to contact other teams arbitrarily during missions. But now the situation was critical. The content of this mission had definitely been leaked by spies, and three or four teams had already suffered Guardian Faction retaliation consecutively. What was worse was that all the cultivation targets the Restorers wanted to protect might have already defected to the Guardian Faction.
Therefore, any team could potentially be surrounded and slaughtered by the Guardian Faction.
So now no one cared about the restrictions anymore, trying every possible means to desperately send messages to Restorer Deities they had good relations with, urging them to gather immediately upon receipt.
"When do you plan to make your move again?" the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm asked Ye Yunfei, unable to resist watching the fierce battle in the distance.
"It's still early. Let's wait patiently," Ye Yunfei replied.
"Good news. One of our Restorer Deities is on his way. He and I have a good relationship, so we have a special contact method."
Suddenly, Tang Tao transmitted to the other two Restorer Deities.
Ye Yunfei had previously told Tang Tao to find ways to contact any reachable Restorer Deities. Tang Tao had been doing as instructed and had indeed contacted several. Now one was rushing over.
Of course, Lu Xin was also someone Tang Tao had contacted earlier. After Tang Tao and Qi Guang learned Lu Xin's location, they immediately rushed to this world.
"Excellent!" Qi Guang exclaimed joyfully upon hearing this.
"Brother Tang, Brother Lu, please find ways to contact even more of our Restorer Deities. The more the better. Only by concentrating our forces can we resist the Guardian Faction. Otherwise, our Restorer forces deployed for this mission will suffer enormous losses," Qi Guang emphasized again.
"Brother Qi, Brother Tang, I've also contacted two good friends. They participated in this mission too, and they are now on their way here." Lu Xin suddenly spoke up.
"Good! Excellent!" Qi Guang cried out repeatedly, somewhat excited.
"This guy wants to lure even more Restorer Deities, but can he handle so many?" the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm wondered.
"There are at least a dozen Guardian Faction Deities lying in ambush in the void around this world," Ye Yunfei sneered after sensing with his Soul Power energy into the surrounding void.
Ye Yunfei could easily sense the presence of Guardians around using the Guardian Faction identity token he carried.
Originally, these identity tokens were very sophisticated magic treasures, set with ingenious and complex restrictions. They could only be recognized by one master. In other words, once these tokens were refined and recognized by a master after their creation, only that master could use them forever, with no second master possible. Only the token's owner could activate it using their Soul Body aura. Even if lost and found by others, they would be unusable.
But Ye Yunfei was different. He could perfectly simulate the Soul Body aura of the token's previous owner and use it as he pleased.
"So that's how it is. This guy's heart is too vicious. Traitors are truly despicable!" the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said, realization dawning.
"I've already discovered one spy, but there might be more than one. If I wait longer, more might emerge. To eradicate treachery completely, one must be thorough. So I need patience now."
Ye Yunfei watched the fierce battle raging in the distance, never revealing himself, concealing his aura tightly with a high-level invisibility secret technique.
Only Tang Tao knew of Ye Yunfei's presence, so Tang Tao appeared very composed.
He knew Ye Yunfei's combat prowess was terrifying. Forget the other side having only three Guardian Deities; even if a dozen more came, Ye Yunfei could likely handle it.
"Brother Tang, I'm here."
Right at that moment, a voice suddenly rang out.
Then everyone saw a Deity leading a group of people rush into this world—all from the Restorer Faction.
"Old Zhan, why does your team only have this few people left?" Tang Tao asked, noticing the newly arrived Restorer Deity, surnamed Zhan, had brought very few people—only about a hundred or so. Normally, each team on this mission had at least four to five hundred members, sometimes more.
"Don't ask. We were ambushed! We rushed eagerly to protect a clan patriarch during his deity ascension tribulation, only to find the clan had long defected to the Guardian Faction. After that patriarch successfully broke through, he immediately joined forces with Guardian Faction members to attack us Restorers. Since they were well-prepared, had more personnel, and had pre-arranged many sophisticated Formations at the battle site, plus a Guardian Faction Deity lying in ambush beforehand, the team I led was no match at all. In the end, I fought my way out with the few remaining members. After receiving your transmission, Brother Tang, I rushed here immediately," the Deity surnamed Zhan sighed and replied.
Tang Tao immediately relayed what this Deity Zhan said to Ye Yunfei.
"As expected. All ten Restorer teams have been ambushed. It seems the Guardian Faction knows the details of this Restorer operation inside out. They prepared early, wanting to capture all ten Restorer teams in one fell swoop," Ye Yunfei couldn't help but sigh, speaking to Hun Lao.
"That's why without eliminating the spies, the Restorer Faction fundamentally cannot develop, nor can they oppose the Guardian Faction. Because the harm of spies is too great!" Hun Lao said.
Since the Restorer Faction now had four Deities, the situation on the battlefield changed. The Restorer side began gaining the upper hand.
However, moments later, another Deity suddenly appeared on the Guardian Faction side. This equalized the numbers again—four each—and the two sides returned to a deadlock.
"Brother Lu, we're here!"
Not long after, two more Restorer Deities arrived, leading a group of people who hurriedly entered this world.
"It seems they were also ambushed," Ye Yunfei shook his head, glancing at those two Deities and the Restorer forces following them.
The two Deities had unstable auras and were injured, clearly having endured intense combat not long ago. The Restorer forces following them also appeared dispirited, many carrying wounds, some seriously injured.
When the Restorer side gained two more Deities, the Guardian side also suddenly gained two, making six Deities each. The battle continued.
Following that, two more Restorer Deities arrived consecutively. These two had not participated in this mission, but they were good friends of Lu Xin and, after unintentionally receiving his call for help, came to assist.
"Excellent! With everyone coming to help, strengthening our Restorer Faction's power, we will surely deal with the Guardian Faction this time," Qi Guang said excitedly, repeatedly praising as he saw so many Restorer Deities arriving.
This brought the Restorer side to eight Deities. However, soon after, two more Guardian Deities arrived, also making eight. The numbers equalized once more.
Seeing this, Ye Yunfei sneered.
"It seems this place is the main battlefield. The Guardian Faction intends to lure as many Restorer Deities as possible," Hun Lao said.
Right then, Ye Yunfei saw a man in yellow robes appear, slowly walking into this world. His movements seemed unhurried, but in fact he was very fast, instantly arriving at the site of the intense battle between the two factions and entering the combat zone.
"It's Lord Liu Feng!"
The eight Restorer Deities were somewhat pleasantly surprised to see this yellow-robed man.
Ye Yunfei's gaze also fell upon the yellow-robed man, his brows slightly furrowed.
"Lord Liu Feng is a disciple of the Second Chief, one of the core powerhouses of our Restorer Faction. He is an Intermediate Void Deity, and his combat prowess far surpasses that of ordinary Intermediate Void Deities. Lord Liu Feng rarely shows his face; it's said he spends years outside performing various tasks assigned by the Second Chief. He is also responsible for the intelligence work of our Restorer Faction," Tang Tao introduced Lord Liu Feng to Ye Yunfei via sound transmission.
"So that's how it is. He's the disciple of the Second Chief," Ye Yunfei thought inwardly, looking at Lord Liu Feng with a complex gaze.
The Second Chief Tang Tao mentioned was the middle-aged man who had brought Ye Yunfei from the Three Thousand Realms to the Restorer headquarters and had him join the Restorer Faction.
That Elder surnamed Duan was the Great Chief of the Restorer Faction. The Great Chief and the Second Chief were the two core high-level members of the Restorer Faction.
Generally, the Great Chief remained in seclusion for cultivation. Having suffered severe injuries in ancient times that still hadn't fully healed, he had to dedicate most of his time and effort to recovery.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, the various affairs of the Restorer Faction were presided over by the Second Chief, that middle-aged man.
And this Liu Feng who had just arrived was the Second Chief's disciple. It was clear his status within the Restorer Faction must be very high.
"What a pity. The Second Chief's disciple is actually a traitor," Ye Yunfei sneered, looking at Liu Feng.