"Everyone, activate your Soul Talismans!"
An Intermediate Void God from the Guardian Faction shouted loudly.
Then, yellow talisman papers appeared within the Soul Seas of all the Deities belonging to the Guardian Faction, emanating rays of special Soul Dao runes.
"Soul Talismans?"
Watching those yellow talisman papers, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but frown slightly.
He then unleashed a Moon Soul Slash, attacking the Soul Sea of a Primary Void God.
With a thunderous *boom*, the three Soul Power artifacts and that Soul Talisman within this Primary Void God's Soul Sea simultaneously exploded, releasing powerful Soul Power energy to resist Ye Yunfei's Moon Soul Slash.
Immediately, the Primary Void God's face paled drastically as he retreated repeatedly, blood starting to seep from the corner of his mouth.
"That Soul Talisman actually possesses such powerful defensive power?" Hun Lao was somewhat surprised.
Hun Lao knew that at Ye Yunfei's current Soul Power level, the Moon Soul Slashes he unleashed could instantly kill or grievously wound Primary Void Gods. But this Primary Void God before them had only sustained some injuries after being struck by the Moon Soul Slash, indicating that the defensive capability of that Soul Talisman was exceptionally potent.
"It seems the Guardian Faction was thoroughly frightened by your Moon Soul Slashes last time, so they came prepared this time. Moreover, those Soul Talismans were engraved using ancient talisman-making techniques. I suspect these techniques might still be circulating in other voids outside. Otherwise, how could the Guardian Faction possess so many of these talisman papers?" Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei had originally planned to use the Moon Soul Slashes to kill a large number of the Guardian Faction's Deities in a short time. But now that these Deities had prepared Soul Power artifacts and Soul Talismans in advance, Ye Yunfei could no longer easily eliminate them using Soul Power.
"So what if they are prepared?"
Ye Yunfei's expression turned cold. He executed his movement technique and instantly rushed before that Primary Void God, throwing a punch. A giant dragon materialized and surged forward.
Simultaneously, the phantom of an ancient emperor appeared behind Ye Yunfei, alongside nine immense dragon shadows. Activating the Emperor Heart Method and Nine Dragons Imperial Tread together instantly created an Emperor energy domain around Ye Yunfei.
The Primary Void God tried to resist, but before Ye Yunfei, he seemed far too weak.
With a *bang*, Ye Yunfei's fist swept through, directly causing this Primary Void God's body to explode. Ye Yunfei grabbed his Soul Body and forcibly stuffed it into his own Soul Sea, immediately devouring it.
Next, with astonishing speed, Ye Yunfei charged towards the other Deities. The Emperor Phantom and the nine colossal dragon shadows behind him all roared heavenward together, while four huge golden spheres rushed out from his dantian, floating and sinking above his head, radiating heaven-scorching golden light.
Although Ye Yunfei had not yet reached the Deity realm, the energy within his body was already very close to that of a Void God. Coupled with the fourth level of the Nine Solar Ancient Sutra, he could form a fairly powerful energy domain.
Ye Yunfei took several steps in succession, each step carrying him before a Deity of the Guardian Faction, before he unleashed a punch.
While Ye Yunfei attacked, Hu Miao also coordinated with her Illusion Art, even directly engaging herself. Nine thick fox tails behind her, like nine pillars holding up the heavens, lashed forward. Ordinary Primary Void Gods were simply unable to withstand Hu Miao's assault.
With Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao cooperating, they rapidly slew one Guardian Faction Primary or Intermediate Void God after another.
For Ye Yunfei, as long as he didn't encounter an Advanced Void God, he could easily defeat his enemies.
In just a brief moment, Ye Yunfei had killed another six or seven Deities in total, all in swift succession.
Wherever Ye Yunfei went, be it Primary or Intermediate Void Gods, they all fled at the mere sight of him.
However, Ye Yunfei's movement speed was too fast; those Deities of the Guardian Faction who wanted to flee found escape impossible.
At this moment, the Guardian Faction side had roughly sixty-plus Deities remaining, while the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds' side, counting both their original Deities and the puppets, had around a hundred. On the level of Deity-tier experts, the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds side had completely gained the upper hand.
Very quickly, the Guardian Faction's great army was forced into a fighting retreat, as a single Deity could easily deal with a large number of regular combatants. The Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds side now had thirty to forty more Deities, so holding the advantage was only natural.
However, on the battlefield among Advanced Void Gods, the Guardian Faction side held absolute superiority. Seven Advanced Void Gods surrounded and attacked the Great Leader, the Flower Goddess Palace Master, and Cui Hong, pressing them step by step.
The Great Leader, Flower Goddess Palace Master, and Cui Hong were pushed back steadily, with little ability to fight back.
Seeing this, Ye Yunfei's figure flashed, rushing towards the location where those Advanced Void Gods were battling. Together with Hu Miao, he began to assault the Guardian Faction's seven Advanced Void Gods with Moon Soul Slashes and illusion techniques respectively.
Though the Moon Soul Slashes and Illusion Arts unleashed by Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao couldn't pose a major threat to these Advanced Void Gods, they could at least create disruptions.
"Damn it, this little bastard has killed so many of our Deities!" The seven Advanced Void Gods were all exceedingly furious.
At this point, due to the interference from Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao, they held the upper hand but couldn't quickly defeat the Great Leader, Flower Goddess Palace Master, and Cui Hong. For a time, the battle reached a stalemate.
"Who would have imagined!
That a mere place like the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds could fight us to this extent!" a Guardian Faction Advanced Void God said through gritted teeth, enunciating each word as he surveyed the situation before him.
This was a white-haired old man, the very one who had attacked Ye Yunfei back in the Restorer base.
"It seems we truly underestimated the Restorationist Faction before," another Advanced Void God by his side said.
Initially, these seven Guardian Faction Advanced Void Gods had led their army here with menacing momentum, believing they could easily deal with the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds. What they had truly deemed worthy of their attention was the Colorless Abyss.
Who would have thought things would develop to this point? Apart from their seven Advanced Void Gods holding the advantage, the other Guardian Faction forces were already at a disadvantage.
"It's all because of that youngster, Ye Yunfei! The seven of us should jointly use our Soul Force Martial Arts to deal with him. If we injure him, he won't be able to control so many puppets anymore," one Advanced Void God proposed.
Immediately, the seven Advanced Void Gods simultaneously unleashed their Soul Force Martial Arts, attacking Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea and Soul Body.
At a mere thought from Ye Yunfei, the Soul-nourishing Tree and the Soul Sword erupted with powerful Soul Force energy, countering the Soul Force assaults from the seven Advanced Void Gods.
The Soul-nourishing Tree cast out thousands upon thousands of green branches, resembling so many slender green arrows, continuously colliding with the Soul Force attacks from those Advanced Void Gods.
Simultaneously, over a dozen Soul Power artifacts appeared within Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea, while more than thirty Soul Power stars also erupted with potent Soul Power energy.
The Soul-nourishing Tree, the Soul Sword, over a dozen Soul Power artifacts, and the more than thirty Soul Power stars jointly protected Ye Yunfei's two Soul Bodies.
Although the Soul Power energy attacks from the seven Advanced Void Gods caused significant interference to Ye Yunfei, for the time being, they couldn't harm him. The Soul-nourishing Tree, in particular, actually began to refine and absorb the Soul Power energy from the seven Advanced Void Gods' attacks that had entered Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea. This was one of the Soul-nourishing Tree's characteristics—it could refine and absorb anything that contained Soul Power energy.
Then, Ye Yunfei continuously employed Moon Soul Slashes to attack the seven Advanced Void Gods. Seeing Ye Yunfei under assault, Hu Miao also desperately activated her Illusion Art, creating vast illusory realms that endlessly flooded towards the seven Advanced Void Gods.
Since the seven Advanced Void Gods were distracted with attacking Ye Yunfei, the pressure on the Great Leader, the Flower Goddess Palace Master, and Cui Hong lessened considerably, and the battle remained in a stalemate.
"Damn it, we Guardian Faction had the advantage at the outset of this battle. But this damned kid Ye Yunfei has actually changed the tide of the fight!" The white-haired old man glared at Ye Yunfei with furious eyes.
"We cannot let the situation continue to develop like this. Otherwise, our Guardian Faction will suffer even more casualties. Even if we eventually annihilate the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds in the end, it would be a Pyrrhic victory."
The white-haired old man suddenly sent a voice transmission to the other six Advanced Void Gods.
"I suggest we deploy the Dao Soldier," he added.
Upon hearing the white-haired old man's words, the expressions of the other six Advanced Void Gods turned extremely grim.
They had indeed prepared a Dao Soldier for this venture, but that Dao Soldier was intended for entering the Colorless Abyss. Never did they anticipate that battling against the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds' forces would also necessitate deploying the Dao Soldier. This slightly exceeded their expectations. However, they also knew the white-haired old man's words were not wrong.
Currently, the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds' side had a total of fifty Deity-level puppets. Combined with the Deities they originally had, the number of Deities had already surpassed that of the Guardian Faction's side.
Moreover, the Guardian Faction's Deities had lost over ten at the very start of the battle to Ye Yunfei, and had suffered further losses in the subsequent fighting. Now, only roughly fifty-plus remained. As a result, the Guardian Faction's forces were virtually being beaten back.
"Fine then. Deploy the Dao Soldier. There's no need to waste more time here," a middle-aged man clad in pale-gold robes swept his gaze across the entire battlefield before speaking decisively.
This middle-aged man had come from another external void. Not long ago, he and another Advanced Void God had led a large contingent of Guardian Faction forces to the Eighth Void to support their counterparts there, but their more crucial objective was to enter the Colorless Abyss.
The very next moment.
With a *rumble*, an artifact flew out from within this middle-aged man's body.
It was a precious vase. The body of this vase was densely engraved with floating seal script, possessing an ancient and desolate aura.
The ancient vase seemed to contain a vast world within it; one after another, faint images of worlds continuously projected from its mouth, playing out repeatedly within the surrounding space, looking exceedingly divine and mysterious.
The moment this precious vase appeared, it sprayed forth a vast amount of dazzling talismanic runes, scattering in all directions like a radiant shower of light.