How could this be?
This is bad. There must be a master lurking in the shadows, sabotaging us, and one with particularly terrifying Soul Power."
The Perfect True God presiding over the battle formation grew even more panicked upon seeing this scene.
Because he saw that the True Gods within the battle formation he was leading had already begun attacking each other, all accusing their companions of being traitors.
"What are you all doing?"
"We are currently engaged with the Lingxiao Sect's main force. We are all comrades. Everyone, stop this at once! If you anger the Heavenly God masters, you will all die!"
The Perfect True God roared furiously.
However, at that moment, his Soul Sea and his Soul Body were subjected to an even more terrifying attack.
"What's happening? Why have so many bizarre little insects suddenly appeared in my Soul Sea?"
"This is bad!"
"These little bugs are actually devouring my Soul Power!"
All of a sudden, this Perfect True God discovered that over fifty to sixty strange little insects had actually appeared within his Soul Sea. These little insects were continuously consuming his Soul Power.
What was even more terrifying was that he discovered these insects were rapidly reproducing within his Soul Sea. In an extremely short span of time, over a dozen more Soul Insects had appeared.
This Perfect True God was both shocked and infuriated. One must know that the Soul Sea and Soul Body were the most critical parts of a living being, especially for True Gods like himself. Physical injuries weren't truly fatal; even if his physical body were completely destroyed, he would still have a chance to rebuild it. But if there were problems with his Soul Sea or Soul Body, then serious trouble lay ahead.
"The reproduction speed of these Soul Insects is indeed astonishing. In just a few moments, over fifty more have appeared."
Ye Yunfei watched the insects within this Perfect True God's Soul Sea continuously multiplying and rapidly increasing in number, feeling pleasantly surprised.
"I must drive these terrifying bugs out of my Soul Sea! Otherwise, disaster awaits!"
The Perfect True God was utterly shocked and furious. He was now in a completely panicked state, with no spare attention left for presiding over the battle formation. He began mobilizing all the Soul Power within his Soul Sea, attempting to expel those strange little insects.
But Ye Yunfei, Huang Shang, Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Hu Miao, and Hun Lao were all currently launching a full-force assault on his Soul Body, leaving him with absolutely no remaining capacity to drive the Soul Insects out of his Soul Sea.
In just a few moments, over a hundred Soul Insects were already flying about and moving around within his Soul Sea.
These Soul Insects possessed remarkably strong stealth abilities. They would suddenly vanish, only to reappear just as suddenly, making it somewhat difficult to pin down their movement patterns. Consequently, the Perfect True God himself couldn't even be sure exactly how many Soul Insects were currently in his Soul Sea.
"This is bad. I must immediately seek help from the Heavenly God masters, or I'm finished."
At this point, the Perfect True God's Soul Sea and Soul Body had been completely suppressed, and he had no strength left to resist. In his panic, he wanted to cry out for help to the other Heavenly Gods on the battlefield.
But suddenly, an intense drowsiness enveloped his Soul Body. Immediately afterwards, he fell unconscious.
Swiftly, this Perfect True God's Soul Body was purified by Ye Yunfei, becoming one of Ye Yunfei's Clones.
"Everyone, cease! It was all a misunderstanding. Now, we must regroup the formation together and face our enemies as one."
The Perfect True God suddenly became energetic and shouted loudly.
Within the battle formation, Ye Yunfei's Clones immediately stopped their attacks. The other True Gods also one by one ceased fighting.
Soon, the battle formation was redeployed, but now it was presided over by Ye Yunfei's Clone.
For the remainder of the battle, this battle formation began behaving passively. Although it continued to participate, it focused on defense and did not actively seek to injure opponents.
Ye Yunfei continued within this battle formation, subduing one True God after another, making them all his own Clones. Thus, this battle formation was utterly transformed into one under Ye Yunfei's control.
Next, Ye Yunfei stealthily moved towards another Guardian Faction battle formation nearby.
"The one presiding over this battle formation... is one of my Divided Spirits."
Ye Yunfei glanced at the battle formation and couldn't help but smile.
Earlier, Ye Yunfei had already subdued quite a few Guardian Faction Perfect True Gods, making them his Clones. Currently, all the Guardian Faction's battle formations on this battlefield were presided over by Perfect True Gods, and the formation he was now eyeing happened to be led by one of his own Clones.
Therefore, Ye Yunfei entered the interior of this battle formation without the slightest effort and began successively turning the True Gods within it into his Clones.
Within this formation, apart from the presiding Perfect True God, over a dozen other True Gods were also Ye Yunfei's Clones.
With the cooperation of these Clones, Ye Yunfei very easily turned one True God after another into his Clones. Not long after, this battle formation had also become one entirely controlled by Ye Yunfei.
"Hahaha…"
"Master, this feeling is absolutely fantastic! We don't even need to fight the Guardian Faction's main force head-on; we just need to keep turning these fellows into your Clones. This way, in the end, all the True Gods and Void Gods on the battlefield will be on our side. There will be no need to fight at all! This is what you call subduing the enemy without fighting."
Hu Miao felt that what Ye Yunfei was doing was extremely interesting and couldn't help but laugh and remark.
"Yes, this is indeed subduing the enemy without fighting," Ye Yunfei nodded with a smile.
In the time that followed, Ye Yunfei continued moving stealthily across the battlefield, turning even more True Gods and Void Gods from the Guardian Faction's main force into his Clones.
While subjugating these Clones, Ye Yunfei also sent Sound Transmissions to the high-ranking members of the Alliance Army on the battlefield, instructing them that if they encountered his Clones, they should just go through the motions and avoid genuine combat.
And whenever Ye Yunfei's Clones encountered members of the Guardian Faction, they would immediately send a Sound Transmission for identity confirmation.
The agreed-upon coded phrase in the Sound Transmission was four words: "Alliance Army."
Every member of the Guardian Faction had already received orders from their superiors: upon receiving this four-word phrase via Sound Transmission from Ye Yunfei's Clones, they were to confirm that the sender was a comrade.
Therefore, members of the Alliance Army had a rather easy time on the battlefield because they kept running into their own side. They even encountered several battle formations that were also manned by their own people.
"Young Master Ye truly possesses immense divine abilities!"
"To think he has placed so many of his own people within the Guardian Faction's main force."
The high-ranking members of the Alliance Army were each filled with amazement and admiration.
"Those Heavenly God level experts are fighting quite fiercely," Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei.
"However, so far, no casualties have appeared.
Every Heavenly God has cultivated for an immense span of time and possesses formidable vitality. Killing a Heavenly God is truly extremely difficult. So even if a battle at the Heavenly God level produces a victor, actually slaying the opponent is hard."
"In battles at the Heavenly God level, unless there's a vast disparity in strength, it's difficult to determine victory or defeat quickly."
Ye Yunfei spoke.
"Forget it. Let's not worry about those Heavenly Gods for now. My plan is to turn the vast majority of the True Gods and Void Gods from the Guardian Faction on this battlefield into my Clones."
In the following time, Ye Yunfei quietly roamed the battlefield, subduing even more Clones.
Ye Yunfei's main targets were the enemy's True Gods, but he did not let Void Gods slip by either.
Given Ye Yunfei's current level of Soul Power, dealing with Void Gods was too easy. He could almost instantly render an opponent's Void God unconscious, then purify their Soul Body and subjugate them as Clones.
Thus, although Ye Yunfei didn't specifically target the Void Gods within the Guardian Faction, the number of Void God Clones he subdued on the battlefield was, in fact, greater than his True God Clones.
As time passed, on this battlefield, over half of the True Gods on the Guardian Faction side already belonged to Ye Yunfei as Clones. Among the Guardian Faction's battle formations, six had already fallen completely under Ye Yunfei's control. And even within those formations not yet fully controlled by Ye Yunfei, quite a few True Gods belonged to him.
"I estimate that now, about two-thirds of the True Gods on the Guardian Faction side are your Clones. As for Void Gods, there are even more."
Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei with a smile.
"If you give the order, this battle will have to end."
"This battle can't end yet," Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and then spoke.
"I still need to subdue more Clones."
Far away, the battle between those Heavenly Gods was still ongoing, and it was growing increasingly fierce.
Both sides of Heavenly Gods intentionally kept their distance from their respective ordinary troops during combat.
These Heavenly Gods understood that battles at their level posed a destructive danger to ordinary personnel. Getting too close could result in instant obliteration.
Precisely because these Heavenly Gods deliberately distanced themselves from the ordinary troops, Ye Yunfei's various activities on the battlefield became even less likely to be detected by them.
"I think you should communicate with the Sect Leader of Lingxiao," Hun Lao suddenly transmitted a sound message to Ye Yunfei.
"Because I've noticed that many of your Clones have actually been killed by the Lingxiao Sect's side earlier."
"Yes, many of my Clones have already been destroyed in battle," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Although my Clones won't actively attack people from the Lingxiao Sect's side, their troops don't know this and attack my Clones with full force when encountered," Ye Yunfei acknowledged.
"But this is my secret. Apart from the few of us who know, no one else can be allowed to learn of it."
"Once the Lingxiao Sect people know there are so many of my people within the Guardian Faction, they'll definitely become curious. At that time, they might secretly investigate."
"Moreover, there might quite a few Guardian Faction spies within the Lingxiao Sect. If they found out, they would report this matter to the Guardian Faction's superiors, which would hinder my Clones' continued infiltration within the Guardian Faction."
"As for my Clones being destroyed on the battlefield, there's no helping it. Let things take their natural course."
"In any case, I can subdue more Clones later."
"I'll simply instruct my Clones to go through the motions in combat, actively retreating whenever possible. They should try to preserve as many as they can."
After considering the matter, Ye Yunfei shook his head and then spoke.