"Aah! Save us, Lord Wu!"
At this moment, the dozen or so True Gods following Lord Wu were besieged by a large crowd of True Gods. Caught off guard, several were immediately wounded and cried out in panic for help.
These True Gods from the Guardian Faction headquarters were indeed quite powerful, but there were only a dozen of them. Ye Yunfei, on the other hand, had brought over a hundred True Gods, giving him an absolute numerical advantage.
Moreover, each True God brought by Ye Yunfei possessed many powerful True God-level magical treasures and had excellent combat prowess.
More importantly, the majority of these hundred-plus True Gods were Ye Yunfei's clones. In battle, they fought with almost no regard for their own safety, employing tactics that risked mutual destruction.
Therefore, the dozen or so True Gods following Lord Wu soon found themselves at a disadvantage, hard-pressed and in a wretched state under the concentrated assault.
"We must finish this quickly," Ye Yunfei thought, glancing at Lord Wu. Despite being pressured by him into a flurry of activity, Lord Wu was actually managing to defend against Ye Yunfei's various fierce attacks one by one.
"What are you waiting for?!" Lord Wu suddenly bellowed, noticing that the thirty-plus True Gods he had berated earlier in the palace, though charging forward, were fighting half-heartedly. Some weren't even launching attacks but were merely defending passively. "Start killing the enemy! They may be numerous, but with me here, you have nothing to fear!"
"Lord Wu has ordered us to slay the foe; we must not slacken! Charge! Everyone, join forces and slaughter the enemy!" a Perfect True God immediately shouted upon hearing Lord Wu's command. With a wave of his hand, he led the thirty-plus True Gods rolling forward in a charge.
Among these thirty-plus True Gods were four Perfect True Gods. These four shifted their forms and instantly appeared around Lord Wu, making a show of attacking Ye Yunfei.
The other thirty-plus True Gods rushed to the side of the dozen beleaguered True Gods behind Lord Wu. Then, the situation changed abruptly. The four Perfect True Gods who had rushed to Lord Wu's side simultaneously launched a sneak attack against him, each employing suicidal tactics. Every one of them summoned two or three True God-level magical treasures, which howled as they were hurled at Lord Wu.
"So you *are* treacherous!" Lord Wu cried out, both shocked and furious, hastily raising his defenses.
At the same time, the other thirty-plus True Gods also suddenly attacked Lord Wu's dozen followers in a sneak assault, instantly seriously wounding several more True Gods.
"Traitors! You've all betrayed our Guardian Faction! Despicable! You all deserve death!" Lord Wu, witnessing this scene, was shocked and enraged to the extreme.
"Do you think you can kill me with your paltry skills? It won't be so easy!" Lord Wu roared.
As his voice fell, Ye Yunfei sensed all the laws existing in the space around the palace converging rapidly. Then, the entire space of the headquarters began to tremble. Multicolored law chains continuously emerged from the void, dense and numerous, like countless different rainbows spanning the headquarters.
Once these law chains appeared, they converged incessantly towards the palace's location, attempting to enter its interior.
"As expected, this fellow intends to use his mastery of the Great Dao's laws against you," Hun Lao communicated to Ye Yunfei.
"No need to worry, I've already made preparations." Ye Yunfei smiled slightly and stamped his foot.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
One after another, Earth Formations and Formations surfaced continuously around the palace. All these Earth Formations and Formations served the purpose of isolating space.
Upon appearing, they formed an isolation barrier, severing the connection between the external space and the palace. Following this, one golden prohibition after another continuously manifested—these were laid by the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
Then, a series of spatial Formations arranged by Hun Lao materialized one by one. Consequently, the multitude of Great Dao law chains outside were temporarily prevented from entering the palace.
"Damnation! This palace has been isolated from the external space. I can't deploy the Great Dao's laws to deal with these scoundrels!" Inside the palace, Lord Wu, who had maintained a composed expression despite being besieged, now lost his cool. As a clone of a Heavenly God, he could normally command all the Great Dao laws in the surrounding space with a mere gesture, employing them against foes.
He had mastered several secret techniques utilizing the Great Dao laws, incredibly powerful ones that even Perfect True Gods could not withstand.
But now, with those external laws isolated and unable to reach him, it was like a tiger having its teeth pulled. He could not employ his most formidable techniques and secret arts.
Inside the palace, Ye Yunfei, leading over a hundred and thirty True Gods, besieged Lord Wu and his dozen followers, having completely gained the upper hand.
After all, this Lord Wu was merely a clone. His Soul Body was just a Soul Clone, far inferior to Ye Yunfei's level of Soul Power energy. Furthermore, the secret arts Ye Yunfei employed—the Samsara Ghost Secret Technique, the Soul Force Star Method, Soul Swords, and Mental Force martial arts—were all exceptionally potent. Meanwhile, Huang Shang, as a ghost cultivator, possessed an innate restraining effect on the Soul Bodies of living beings. The various sophisticated ghost cultivation techniques he unleashed specifically targeted Lord Wu's Soul Clone.
Under the combined assault of Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang, Lord Wu's Soul Clone soon began to gradually fall into a state of confusion.
Ye Yunfei attempted to purify Lord Wu's Soul Body, but he quickly realized that this Soul Body was merely a Soul Clone. Even if he purified this Soul Clone, it would be difficult to imprint it with his own Soul Power mark.
"Forget it, just devour it directly." Ye Yunfei abandoned the idea of purifying Lord Wu's Soul Body and began to circulate the Soul Force Star Method, preparing to devour this Soul Clone.
"Brat, just you wait! I will not let you off!" Utterly suppressed by the combined forces of Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang, Lord Wu had lost all ability to fight back. At this moment, the dense multitude of Great Dao law chains in the space around the palace still could not penetrate the palace. Unable to unleash his true strength and in despair, Lord Wu glared at Ye Yunfei with venomous hatred, gnashing his teeth as he spoke.
"Be careful! He intends to self-destruct his Soul Body!" Hun Lao immediately warned Ye Yunfei.
In the next instant, Lord Wu's Soul Body directly exploded.
"What a pity," Ye Yunfei shook his head and sighed.
After all, this was the Soul Clone of a Heavenly God. Not only was its Soul Power energy far superior to that of an ordinary Perfect True God, but it also held mastery over various highly sophisticated soul techniques. Therefore, Ye Yunfei was simply unable to prevent its Soul Body from self-destructing.
"Brat, just you wait. I will definitely seek revenge!" After Lord Wu's Soul Body exploded, a voice echoed before scattering with the wind. Ye Yunfei didn't even have a chance to devour the Soul Power energy it left behind.
"Now, it's your turn." Ye Yunfei turned and looked lightly at the dozen True Gods desperately holding on.
By this time, these dozen True Gods were completely surrounded by over a hundred and thirty True Gods, utterly suppressed with little means to retaliate.
Ye Yunfei hadn't slain them yet because he intended to claim them as his clones.
In the following moments, Ye Yunfei employed his soul techniques, dealing with the dozen True Gods one by one. First, he purified their Soul Bodies, then imprinted them with his own Soul Power mark, reclaiming them as his clones.
These dozen True Gods all came from the Guardian Faction headquarters and were quite strong. The quality of their Soul Bodies and their Soul Force Energy were quite decent.
However, Ye Yunfei's current Soul Power energy level was equivalent to that of a Heavenly God, far surpassing theirs. Thus, not long after, Ye Yunfei had subdued the majority of these dozen True Gods, claiming them as his clones.
Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei devoured the Soul Bodies of three of these True Gods, acquiring their memories.
"So the true headquarters of the Guardian Faction is not within the eight Void Fragments of the Chaotic Void Sea, but resides in another void..." After reading the memories of those three True Gods, Ye Yunfei learned much about the Guardian Faction headquarters.
Previously, Ye Yunfei had always assumed the Guardian Faction headquarters must be located within one of the eight Void Fragments. Now, he knew the Guardian Faction headquarters was not in any of the eight Void Fragments at all.
"After the Chaotic Void Sea was shattered back then, it split into eight Void Fragments. The most powerful among them is the First Time-Space. Our Eighth Void could be considered the weakest." From the memories of these few True Gods, Ye Yunfei also gleaned some information regarding the eight Void Fragments.