Not long after, five or six more batches of people arrived in succession. As a result, the number of people gathered in the city had reached fifty or sixty.
"Brother Ye, there are already so many. I'm afraid they won't be easy to handle," Lu Shi said, a trace of worry in his voice as he spoke to Ye Yunfei.
"Don't worry. It doesn't matter if even more of these types come," Ye Yunfei replied dismissively.
"What's going on here? Several of our Guardian Faction have suddenly gone missing; we can't contact them. Moreover, the message I received said our Guardian Faction people came here not long ago. So why are there no signs of them now?" suddenly, one of the members of the Guardian Faction said suspiciously.
"That's right. Our Tianhai Sect also had two or three batches disappear suddenly. One batch included my Junior Sister Chen. I received a transmission from her earlier saying she was heading to this city to deal with Lu Shi and that kid of unknown origins, but I can't reach her or the others now. Could something have happened to our Tianhai Sect people?" a person from Tianhai Sect next to him immediately spoke up.
"Our Heixuan Sect also has many members unreachable. Not long ago, I received a distress call saying a dozen or so of our Heixuan Sect disciples were encountering danger in this city. I rushed here immediately after getting the message, but now all of our Heixuan Sect people are gone. What's going on?" a Heixuan Sect member spoke, his expression grave.
"Everyone, I think this city is definitely strange. I can already sense many formations here, though they haven't been activated yet. Furthermore, there seems to be traces of a fight not long ago, but very little evidence remains now. It appears someone deliberately erased the signs of battle. Everyone spread out and search; see what's so strange about this place. And also, everyone should be careful," the leading person from the Guardian Faction said solemnly after thinking for a moment.
At this time in the city, aside from the Guardian Faction and Tianhai Sect, there were also people from a few other factions. Hearing the words of the Guardian Faction leader, everyone took action immediately and began moving about within the abandoned city.
Although this city was abandoned, with collapsed walls and broken debris everywhere, it was originally very large with a relatively vast area. Soon, everyone had scattered.
"There are formations here!" Suddenly, an Advanced Void God from the Guardian Faction took out several formation-breaking flags and threw them forward forcefully.
Boom!...
In front of him, several formations were activated simultaneously, revealing multiple layers of formation barriers.
"Everyone, be careful! This city is indeed strange. I suspect the missing members of our Guardian Faction might have been trapped here!" the Guardian Faction leader shouted loudly.
"You guessed wrong! The previous members of your Guardian Faction were not trapped here. They all died here!"
Right at this moment, two figures appeared in the central area of the city—they were none other than Ye Yunfei and Lu Shi.
Ye Yunfei stood with his hands clasped behind his back, looking coldly at the crowd.
"This young master is truly formidable. He plans to deal with this many people all at once," the Guanzhong Six Heroes, who had been lurking around the outskirts of the city, watched the scene unfold.
"Young Master, should we go in and help kill the enemies?" the leader of the Guanzhong Six Heroes sent a mental transmission to ask Ye Yunfei. All six of them had decided to follow Ye Yunfei, so they wanted to perform well in front of him.
"Not needed. No need for you to come in. Just watch from the side," Ye Yunfei replied.
The combat prowess of the Guanzhong Six Heroes wasn't actually that strong, and with only six of them, their numbers were too few. Having them enter wouldn't serve any real purpose.
"It's Lu Shi and that kid of unknown origins!"
Now, the gazes of the fifty or sixty people in the city fell upon Ye Yunfei and Lu Shi.
"Kid, are you saying the previously missing members of our Guardian Faction were all killed by you?" The leading man of the Guardian Faction looked at Ye Yunfei with furious eyes, demanding sharply.
"That's right. They've all been killed by me, and it happened right here," Ye Yunfei nodded, a cold smile on his lips.
"Then the missing members of our Tianhai Sect were also killed by you?" a man from Tianhai Sect spoke.
"Our missing Heixuan Sect members... they all died too?" someone from Heixuan Sect angrily shouted.
"Yes, they died here too. Some of them were killed by my own hand. Now it's your turn," Ye Yunfei said with a calm expression.
"Bastard! You're asking for death! Everyone, let's attack together! Kill these two! Our Guardian Faction will record a great merit for each of you; we won't let you down!" In his fury, the Guardian Faction leader shouted loudly.
"It is indeed time to act," Ye Yunfei said lightly.
"Aah!..."
As soon as Ye Yunfei's voice fell, five or six members of the Guardian Faction let out miserable shrieks one after another as if struck by lightning. Their bodies flew backwards, bleeding from all seven orifices.
Two of these five or six were Advanced Void Gods.
"With the intensity of your Soul Power now, unleashing Moon Soul Chop against Advanced Void Gods can crush them instantly," Hun Lao said with a laugh.
Just now, Ye Yunfei had used Moon Soul Chop. In less than a breath of time, he had sent five or six Guardian Faction members flying.
"These guys are just too weak," Ye Yunfei laughed.
As he spoke, he unleashed Moon Soul Chop once more.
"Aah!..."
Another five or six Guardian Faction members screamed, their bodies flung backwards and crashing onto the ground in the distance, their condition unknown.
"Too terrifying!"
The remaining onlookers were all greatly shocked and retreated several steps at this scene, worried they would become the next targets.
"So Brother Ye is this strong! Even without those Deity-level puppets, Brother Ye would have no trouble dealing with these people!" Standing beside Ye Yunfei, Lu Shi personally witnessed how Ye Yunfei, with his hands clasped behind his back and without moving a muscle, used his soul force martial technique to knock away over a dozen Guardian Faction members. He couldn't help but be utterly shocked.
"This young master is incredibly strong, even stronger than I imagined!" Outside the city, the Guanzhong Six Heroes felt deeply shaken seeing this.
"So this is why several batches of our Guardian Faction went missing earlier. This kid's power is so horrifying!" The leading Guardian Faction man looked at Ye Yunfei with a gaze full of fear and spoke grimly.
"Immediately send messages. Report the situation here to those Perfected Void God lords. I fear only they can deal with this kid once they arrive!" The Guardian Faction leader immediately sent mental transmissions to the other Guardian Faction members.
Almost all the Guardian Faction members took out transmission jades and frantically sent messages. The members of the other forces did the same, desperately calling for reinforcements.
Ye Yunfei watched coldly and did not try to stop them.
"Attack! Although this kid's soul force martial arts are frightening, his actual combat strength cannot compare to ours. With so many of us, if we swarm him, we can probably kill him in a few moves!" the Guardian Faction leader roared.
"Right! Let's attack together! Kill him with the swiftest, thunderous speed, then we won't have to fear him!" someone from Tianhai Sect also shouted.
"Kill!"
The next moment, all the people charged towards Ye Yunfei and Lu Shi. Treasures and waves of energy attacks rained down like a storm.
Ye Yunfei flicked his sleeve, swept up Lu Shi, and retreated in an instant.
Then began a large-scale chase throughout the city, with groups pursuing, encircling, and trying to kill Ye Yunfei and Lu Shi.
Ye Yunfei, carrying Lu Shi, moved at a stunning speed, constantly shifting his position within the city to evade pursuit.
After a short while, the fifty or sixty people had scattered into several different groups.
"It's time," Ye Yunfei said coldly as he looked at the dispersed enemies, stomping his foot once.
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
The next moment, successive rumbles of formation energy sounded. One formation after another, along with earth formations, appeared, separately trapping each group.
When Ye Yunfei had laid the formations earlier, Hu Miao had also helped by setting up some illusion arrays. So for a time, fantastically shifting scenes and bizarre landscapes appeared everywhere in the city, blurring the line between reality and illusion, making it impossible to distinguish directions or what was real.
Following that, a large number of puppets appeared and charged towards those trapped within the formations.
Meanwhile, Ye Yunfei strolled through the city with his hands clasped behind his back, killing outright anyone he encountered from the Guardian Faction, Tianhai Sect, or other major factions.
With Ye Yunfei's current strength, even meeting a Perfected Void God would allow for a relaxed kill, let alone the strongest here being merely Advanced Void Gods.
Within the city, screams rang out one after another. A terrible slaughter was underway.
At the same time...
"What?! Several batches of our Guardian Faction members—at least several dozen—might have been killed by that kid of unknown origins?!"
Within the Yangming Secret Realm, in one particular location, a Perfected Void God whose body exuded a powerful aura was searching for opportunities in a wild, primeval jungle filled with all kinds of birds and beasts. He suddenly took out a transmission jade from his person and then flew into a rage.
"Very well! A kid of unknown origins dares to provoke our Guardian Faction so brazenly! Prepare to die!"
This Perfected Void God flashed and shot into the air, a killing aura erupting from him as he sped off in a certain direction.
"Hmph! It turns out half the members our Tianhai Sect sent into the Yangming Secret Realm are missing, and it might be related to that kid of unknown origins. Very well! I'll go find him right now and wrench his head off with my own hands! I'll let Sixth Void see our Tianhai Sect is not to be trifled with!"
In another location, a Perfected Void God was exploring a large underground palace with six or seven others. Suddenly, he roared in fury, then waved his hand, leading those six or seven Advanced Void Gods out of the palace, leaving in a surge of momentum.
"Our Heixuan Sect has lost over half its people? How could this happen? I must get to the bottom of this matter! Otherwise, once I exit, I won't be able to explain things to Elder Cao who led the team!"
Within the Yangming Secret Realm, at yet another location—on an island amidst an ocean of towering waves—a man in black robes held a communication jade, his face extremely gloomy as he muttered to himself.
This black-robed man was also a Perfected Void God, one of the leading young talents of the Heixuan Sect.
Whoosh!
The black-robed man soared into the sky and, within moments, flew out over the ocean and disappeared into the distant sky.
Soon, more and more powerful individuals headed towards the abandoned city where Ye Yunfei was. And most of these powerful experts were Perfected Void Gods.
The number of missing people from major factions like the Guardian Faction, Tianhai Sect, and Heixuan Sect was too great, drawing the attention of these elite young geniuses.
"Everyone who entered the city is dead! The young master is too incredible!"
At this moment, outside the abandoned city, the Guanzhong Six Heroes discovered that the battle within the city had already concluded. All fifty or sixty people who had entered earlier were completely dead!
"Spread the news. Say that quite a few people from major factions like the Guardian Faction, Tianhai Sect, and Heixuan Sect have been killed by Lu Shi and I using underhanded schemes."
Just as the Guanzhong Six Heroes were in shock, they received Ye Yunfei's mental transmission.
"Understood! We'll go do it immediately!"
The Guanzhong Six Heroes hurriedly answered, then turned and quietly departed.
"The young master really is planning something big! Killing so many people isn't enough to satisfy him! If this continues, won't the members of these major factions—Guardian Faction, Tianhai Sect, Heixuan Sect—who entered the Yangming Secret Realm be completely wiped out?" one of the men said carefully, feeling a sense of awe and terror.
"Exactly. That is precisely what the young master intends," the leader of the Guanzhong Six Heroes nodded.