The opponent was clearly only a Void God, yet in an instant, he had been injured by means as swift and ruthless as a thunderclap. This terrifying offensive power was something he himself wasn't sure he could achieve.
"Die now!"
Not letting up while he had the advantage, Ye Yunfei pressed the attack before the other could recover, charging forward once more.
The Great Extinction Divine Fist, World-Breaking Fist, Battle-Spirit War-Spear, Time Sun Palm, Heart Force Martial Skill, Soul Power Martial Skills... all sorts of attack methods flowed out from him without end. In just a few moves, half of the True God from the Guardian Faction's body exploded, turning to nothingness.
"Aahhh..."
The True God from the Guardian Faction screamed madly, stifled to the extreme and enraged to the extreme.
What infuriated him even more was that after Ye Yunfei shattered his physical body, he was actually employing a secret art to refine and absorb his Bloodline Essence.
Bloodline Essence was one of the energies needed to reconstitute his flesh. Having it refined and absorbed by another was a tremendous loss.
He even felt that the dozens of gigantic planets that had charged into his sea of consciousness were refining and absorbing the energy of his Soul Body.
"This kid is too terrifying!"
Feeling his Bloodline Essence and Soul Body energy constantly draining away, the True God panicked completely.
Having wounded him, Ye Yunfei clearly had no intention of letting him go. Instead, he launched an even more frenzied and rapid assault.
Ye Yunfei possessed two Soul Bodies and dozens of Soul Power planets. Simultaneously executing five or six types of cultivation arts and martial skills created no conflict between them; they coordinated flawlessly. The might of the various arts and skills stacked upon each other, battering that True God from the Guardian Faction into a state of extreme disarray, leaving him no chance to fight back.
If he hadn't been so careless at the start and injured by Ye Yunfei first, perhaps he wouldn't be in such dire straits. But now, both his physical body and Soul Body were wounded, his combat power diminished. He was simply no match for Ye Yunfei. The more he fought, the more frightened he became, until finally, he actually turned and fled.
"Another True God driven off by Young Master Ye."
Witnessing this scene, the Patriarch of the Liu Family felt pleasantly surprised, yet he couldn't help but recall the scene at the Liu Family headquarters where Ye Yunfei had chased off the three True Gods of the Guardian Faction. He couldn't suppress a sigh of amazement within his heart.
"How is this possible?"
Seeing Ye Yunfei batter a True God of the Guardian Faction into fleeing in such a short time, all those watching were deeply shocked, unable to believe their eyes.
"Young Master Ye's combat power is actually this strong. His true strength doesn't seem to be much less than ours," one of the Earth Demon Clan's patriarchs couldn't help but speak out.
"Young Master Ye's Earth Gate backing hasn't even made a move yet, and he's already defeated a True God. Moreover, the combat power, combat awareness, and combat skills he displayed are all first-rate. It's truly astonishing! In the earlier fight, Young Master Ye didn't even utilize Earth Gate's Xiangdi Art. Who could have imagined that Young Master Ye, as a member of Earth Gate, could also cultivate other techniques and secret arts to such a powerful degree?" The three patriarchs of the Earth Demon Clan sent each other covert messages.
"How could this happen?"
The other five True Gods of the Guardian Faction saw one of their companions utterly defeated by a young junior in the Void God realm and simply couldn't believe it.
"Where do you think you're escaping to?"
Seeing that True God trying to flee, Ye Yunfei let out a great roar. He immediately executed the Nine Dragons Sovereign Steps. With each step he took, a giant dragon materialized behind him, issuing earth-shaking roars.
"That looks like the inheritance of the ancient Golden Wheel Imperial Dynasty!" someone suddenly cried out in shock upon seeing the nine giant dragons manifest one by one behind Ye Yunfei.
While giving chase with the Nine Dragons Sovereign Steps, Ye Yunfei also used Heart Force Martial Skills and Soul Power Martial Skills, continuously attacking the Soul Body of the fleeing True God from a distance. The most powerful among them was Moon Soul Severance.
Ye Yunfei's current level of Soul Power was fully equivalent to the True God realm. A lone, chilly, full moon spun rapidly as it attacked that True God's Soul Body, forcing him to scramble desperately to deal with it.
"What are you still watching for? Hurry and help me! This kid is freakishly strong!"
The fleeing True God cried out for help from the other five True Gods of the Guardian Faction even as he ran.
"Kid, cease your arrogance! Stop!"
Another nearby True God crossed the sky, rushing over with a fierce, angry roar.
"Act together to seal him!" Hun Lao suddenly shouted.
Then, Hun Lao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Hu Miao, and Huang Shang simultaneously executed their own techniques and secret arts. A vast and mighty torrent of various types of energy surged towards and engulfed the space where that True God was.
Hun Lao, in particular, employed a forbidden spatial secret art of the Chaos World Tree, forcibly sealing the space. Hu Miao conjured vast numbers of illusions, which floated towards the True God like bubbles one after another. Huang Shang just produced a sky-filled ghostly mist, along with dense thickets of Ghost Walls, instantly arranging a large number of Ghost Walls in the space around Ye Yunfei.
"Old Huang, you're finally out of seclusion!"
Discovering Huang Shang was also taking action, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but be overjoyed, as Huang Shang had been in closed-door cultivation for a long period.
"Yes, I just ended my seclusion," Huang Shang replied.
"Old Huang, did you achieve a breakthrough during this round of closed-door cultivation? What's your current level of strength?" Ye Yunfei, burning with curiosity, asked immediately.
"The cultivation over the past period allowed my overall strength to break through one level. As for my current power, just watch the effects of my attack, won't you know?" Huang Shang answered.
While speaking, Huang Shang created even more Ghost Walls. One black, shimmering Ghost Wall after another radiated black ghostly energy, chilling to the bone. Moreover, shocking amounts of blood seeped out from each wall, trickling noisily down. Dense clusters of faces belonging to vengeful spirits and malevolent ghosts surfaced on those pitch-black Ghost Walls.
"Playing ghostly games!"
The True God charging towards Ye Yunfei snorted coldly and threw a punch. True God-level energy bloomed from his fist.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!...*
Wall after wall of black Ghost Walls shattered instantly under his assault.
"Old Huang, your current strength has indeed increased by quite a lot."
Ye Yunfei saw that although those Ghost Walls were continuously being broken by that True God, the Ghost Walls Huang Shang was now deploying could actually hold back a True God for a short while. That level of potency was already quite impressive.
It meant that from now on, in battles against True Gods, Huang Shang could also provide some meaningful assistance.
Right at that moment, amidst the surging ghostly fog, an earth-scraping evil spirit suddenly manifested. Its features were ferocious—its face was greenish, its fangs were bared, and its whole body radiated billowing, icy ghostly energy. In its hand, it grasped a black, three-pronged steel trident as it shrieked, pouncing and attacking that True God.
"Not bad!"
Sensing the ghost path energy emanating from that evil spirit, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but praise it.
In the short moment Huang Shang was holding back that True God, Ye Yunfei had already caught up to the previously injured True God and once again blasted his body to pieces.
This time, all the parts of the True God's body below the head were shattered, leaving only a head behind, its face full of terror. It executed a remarkably sophisticated escaping technique, even going so far as to recklessly deplete some of its Bloodline Essence to forcefully traverse a large distance through space.
"Kid, just you wait! I will definitely avenge today's humiliation!"
That True God, far away now, instantly reconstituted his physical body, though his aura was far weaker than before. He turned back and glared fiercely at Ye Yunfei with venomous, resentful eyes, grinding his teeth as he spoke.
Then he saw Ye Yunfei closing in on him with startling speed. The True God jumped in fright, and consuming more of his Bloodline Essence, executed that same high-level escape technique once more to flee far away, vanishing from sight in an instant.
"Now it's your turn."
Without the slightest pause, Ye Yunfei spun around and charged towards the True God that Huang Shang had held back for a short moment.
By now, Huang Shang had managed to break all the various ghostly secret arts Huang Shang had deployed.
Although Huang Shang's strength had greatly increased, facing a True God was still insufficient after all. He was forced into continuous retreat, but Ye Yunfei arrived in that same instant.
"Old Huang, let's deal with this guy together," Ye Yunfei said.
"Good!"
Seeing Ye Yunfei arrive, Huang Shang's spirits lifted. He directly pulled out a bottle of Divine Pills and swallowed them all.
The energy he'd consumed during the fight instantly recovered, and he then unleashed a flurry of ghostly secret arts, joining Ye Yunfei in fighting that True God.
During the fight, Hun Lao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, and Hu Miao also attacked continuously.
The more they fought, the more fearful that True God became. During the battle, he not only had to deal with Ye Yunfei's wild, ferocious attacks, but also cope with interference from Huang Shang, Hun Lao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, and Hu Miao as they executed their various refined cultivation arts and secret arts against him. He found himself fighting with increasing difficulty.
In this way, of the six True Gods of the Guardian Faction, one had been chased off by Ye Yunfei, one was currently locked in battle with Ye Yunfei, and the other four were respectively being held at bay by the three patriarchs of the Earth Demon Clan and the Patriarch of the Liu Family.
Therefore, the numbers of True Gods were now roughly balanced between the two sides.
Besides these True God-level clashes, the other troops on both sides were also fighting fiercely across the battlefield.
On the field, Ye Yunfei's several hundred Deity-level puppets played an enormous role. Although these Deity-level puppets were constantly sent flying, their bodies were incredibly sturdy. Every time they were knocked back, they immediately rushed back to rejoin the fight.
However, if the Void Gods of the Guardian Faction were struck by these puppets, the outcome was either severe injury or outright death.
This manner of fighting made the Guardian Faction's Void Gods suffer bitterly.
Additionally, before the battle began, the Earth Demon Clan's Void Gods had consumed the Divine Pills given by Ye Yunfei which temporarily boosted their potential. Each one now erupted with combat power far exceeding their usual level.
The battle had now progressed to the point where the Earth Demon Clan's army had completely seized the upper hand, driving the Guardian Faction's forces back repeatedly, inflicting heavy casualties.
"Dammit! How did the situation become like this?"
The five True Gods of the Guardian Faction, observing the situation on the battlefield, each wore extremely grim expressions. This was the complete opposite of the result they had anticipated beforehand.
Originally, they believed the Earth Demon Clan only had three True God experts, while their side had a total of six True Gods, and the scale of their army exceeded the Earth Demon Clan's troops. In their prediction, this battle was supposed to be a guaranteed victory.
"It's all because of this kid. Where on earth did he pop out from? If not for him, we of the Guardian Faction would not have lost this battle."
The five True Gods of the Guardian Faction all gazed at Ye Yunfei with furious eyes.
Then, the five True Gods communicated covertly for a moment, and one of them issued the command to retreat.
Upon receiving the retreat order, the Guardian Faction's army instantly withdrew like a receding tide.
"Where do you think you're running?!"
The Earth Demon Clan's forces, battle-lust blazing, refused to let them go. They roared fiercely, each striving to be the first in pursuit.
"The addition of Young Master Ye has changed the outcome of this battle. Young Master Ye's methods are truly god-like!"
Seeing the situation before his eyes, the Patriarch of the Liu Family couldn't help but sigh in amazement.