Surrounding this elder stood four or five men, each radiating a powerful aura of energy—all were Heavenly Gods.
Suddenly, a tortoise shell before the old man shot into the air, bursting with dazzling divine light. Then, a white needle appeared on the surface of the shell, pointing in a direction.
"It's over there. There's no mistake this time.
I've accurately captured that guy's aura and his current location.
Let's give chase immediately!"
A delighted expression appeared on the elder's face. As he spoke, the altar beneath him suddenly rose into the air and rapidly sped off in the direction indicated by the white needle. The other four or five Heavenly Gods around him immediately activated their movement techniques, landing on the altar.
And so, the altar, carrying the robed elder and the four or five Heavenly Gods, traversed through the void.
"Kid, I won't let you escape this time!"
On the altar, the black-robed elder's eyes shot out a terrifying, piercing gleam.
"Send a message immediately to mobilize more experts to deal with that guy."
After a moment's thought, the black-robed elder added this instruction to the Heavenly Gods beside him.
"Old Wizard, the few of us should be enough, right?
Didn't you say before that the target is likely a relatively young kid? We are all Heavenly Gods; dealing with a young kid should be a trivial matter. There's no need to make such a big commotion, is there?"
One of the Heavenly Gods beside him spoke up.
"We must call more experts!
That guy is far too cunning. I've been tracking him for a long time, and only now have I truly locked onto him. I don't want him to have any chance to escape. Just do as I say."
The black-robed elder spoke sternly.
"Very well, we'll send the messages now."
The Heavenly God could only nod and agree. Then, these Heavenly Gods all took out communication jade slips and began contacting more experts.
At the same time, within the headquarters of the Lu Family, Ye Yunfei had already subdued most of the Yin Corpse Hall True Gods stationed there, turning them into his own Clones. He had also devoured the Soul Bodies of a portion of those True Gods. Through their memories, Ye Yunfei learned everything that had happened here previously.
To deal with the Lu Family, the Yin Corpse Hall had dispatched a total of four Heavenly Gods. Within the Lu Family headquarters, there were only two Heavenly Gods who were already extremely advanced in age.
These two Lu Family Heavenly Gods were nearly out of life force, their auras weak and their strength severely diminished. They were no match at all, only holding out for a short while before the Yin Corpse Hall's forces broke into the headquarters.
Over half of the Lu Family personnel were brutally slaughtered. Those who escaped the headquarters were then pursued and hunted by the combined forces of the Yin Corpse Hall and the Guardian Faction.
However, from the memories of these Yin Corpse Hall True Gods, Ye Yunfei found no information regarding Lu Shi.
It was possible that Lu Shi was merely a junior of the Lu Family, not exceptionally outstanding in strength, so these Yin Corpse Hall True Gods might not have paid any attention to him and had no idea whether he was alive or dead.
Next, Ye Yunfei reclaimed the majority of the Yin Corpse Hall's Virtual Gods in this world cluster as his own Clones. At the same time, he devoured the Soul Bodies of a small number of these Virtual Gods to obtain their memories.
Through this, Ye Yunfei had effectively taken full control of this world cluster.
He also finally received information about Lu Shi.
It turned out that a few Yin Corpse Hall Virtual Gods had once battled Lu Shi, so they remembered him.
According to the memories of these Virtual Gods, Lu Shi had successfully fled the headquarters at the time, escaping alongside a Lu Family Elder and a group of other Lu Family young disciples.
"So Brother Lu managed to escape safely. That's good."
After reading the information about Lu Shi in the memories of these Virtual Gods, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Ye Yunfei then dispatched over a dozen Clones back to Xuanhuang Continent to inform the high-ranking members of the alliance's forces to immediately send people to search for the fleeing Lu Family members, paying special attention to Lu Shi's whereabouts.
"The Lu Family headquarters has become a secondary stronghold of the Yin Corpse Hall, but now it's in my hands. There's no need for me to stay here any longer."
Ye Yunfei glanced at the Lu Family headquarters and thought to himself.
When the Yin Corpse Hall forces invaded, they had long since looted most of the valuable items in this world cluster. Now, there were only the stationed Yin Corpse Hall personnel and a large number of corpses left here.
Huang Shang then took action, taking control of most of the corpses in this world cluster, stuffing them into corpse bags to claim as his own.
"Now, both the Lingxiao Sect and the Guardian Faction are preparing for the upcoming decisive battle. Perhaps I should also do something during this time."
After some thought, Ye Yunfei said softly.
"Very well, let's keep moving."
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm became eager immediately.
He knew Ye Yunfei wanted to reclaim more Clones and take control of more secondary strongholds of forces like the Guardian Faction and Yin Corpse Hall.
"Alright."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Because Ye Yunfei indeed had such intentions. Subduing more Clones would not only strengthen his own power but also weaken the enemy's forces, achieving two goals at once.
Ye Yunfei walked out of the Lu Family headquarters and headed towards a nearby world cluster, as there was a Guardian Faction secondary stronghold within that cluster.
However, right at this moment...
"It seems someone is attempting to divine your location."
Hun Lao suddenly spoke.
"That's right. I also have that feeling.
I just sensed numerous symbols related to divination slowly permeating from the distant space towards our location. They're likely targeting you."
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm also spoke up.
Both Hun Lao and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm were highly sensitive to space.
Not long ago, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had achieved another bloodline breakthrough, awakening several new racial talents. His current mastery over spatial principles was naturally even more formidable.
"I can sense it now too. My aura seems to have been locked. A highly skilled master of divination is tracking me through divination, and it appears he's already found me."
Upon hearing Hun Lao and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Ye Yunfei immediately activated the Chaos Heavenly Divination Art to perform his own deductions and released his Soul Power and heart energy to begin sensing. He discovered that indeed, a certain will was subtly locking onto and tracking him, indicating that a master of divination was performing divinations on him.
"It should be that old Wizard from the Guardian Faction. He's been looking for me all along."
Ye Yunfei said.
Not long ago, Ye Yunfei had devoured the Soul Body of that Initial Heavenly God from the Guardian Faction. Moreover, he had devoured many Guardian Faction True God Soul Bodies before, so he had some understanding of matters within the Guardian Faction. He knew there was a very senior old Wizard in the Sixth Void Guardian Faction who excelled at divination.
Furthermore, ever since Ye Yunfei began killing Guardian Faction True Gods, that old Wizard seemed to have set his sights on him and had been continuously attempting to locate him.
Just then, Ye Yunfei's expression suddenly changed slightly, because he discovered two figures rapidly approaching his location from the distant void. Clearly, they were two Heavenly Gods.
Without hesitation, Ye Yunfei took out a flying vessel, boarded it, and quickly departed in another direction.
"The Guardian Faction has finally come for me."
Ye Yunfei said.
Just moments ago, Ye Yunfei had received several messages from his Clones. They reported that a group of Heavenly Gods from the Guardian Faction was mobilizing to surround and hunt down a young man.
It was obvious this young man referred to Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei's several Clones were all Perfect True Gods. One of them was within the Guardian Faction headquarters, so it was able to gather intelligence about Heavenly God-level movements.
If it were just one or two Initial Heavenly Gods, Ye Yunfei certainly wouldn't fear them. But if a large group of Guardian Faction Heavenly Gods mobilized to deal with him, it would be somewhat difficult to handle. Therefore, Ye Yunfei chose to retreat without hesitation.
This flying vessel was obtained from that Initial Heavenly God; its speed was incredibly fast. In mere moments, he had already left far behind the previous spatial location.
Not long after Ye Yunfei left, two men surged forth, landing precisely where Ye Yunfei had just been.
"Indeed, the guy we're looking for was just here. But he's already left, heading in that direction. Let's pursue."
These two men released their Soul Power, sensing the area, and immediately discovered the direction Ye Yunfei had fled. Then, they gave chase.
Another moment later, space suddenly tore open at a certain location, revealing a spatial passage. An Altar rushed out from the passage with a rumbling sound, landing where Ye Yunfei had just been.
On that Altar, an elderly figure completely shrouded in a black robe surveyed this patch of void with piercing eyes.
"No mistake, the person we're after just left his aura here."
While sensing the space around him and performing divinations, the black-robed elder spoke.
"We're getting closer and closer to him. This time, he definitely won't escape my grasp."
After performing divinations for several breaths, the black-robed elder's gaze suddenly shifted to the direction Ye Yunfei had fled, and he chuckled coldly.
Then, the Altar beneath him trembled violently and shot forward, crashing open a spatial gap ahead before vanishing into it.
Before long, even more Heavenly Gods arrived in a steady stream at the location where Ye Yunfei had just been, then continued their pursuit.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei sat within the flying vessel, employing a concealment technique and using the Jade Ruyi to meticulously mask his aura.
However, Ye Yunfei discovered that behind the vessel, a large number of symbols related to divination were constantly piercing through space, chasing after him at an astonishing speed.
Subtly, a certain will followed him like his own shadow, persistently locked onto his Soul Body.
"That old Wizard's skill in divination is truly formidable. He can accurately lock onto me across such vast spatial distances."
Ye Yunfei couldn't help but feel secretly alarmed.
"It's also possible he has been tracking you for a very long time and has become extremely familiar with you.
Moreover, you've left behind plenty of traces during your recent continuous actions, so him being able to track you isn't strange. After all, that fellow is the most skilled in divination within the Sixth Void Guardian Faction."
Hun Lao said.
"That guy has locked onto you now. He'll definitely dispatch even more Heavenly Gods from the Guardian Faction to encircle, pursue, and intercept you.
With your current strength, trying to deal with so many Heavenly Gods simultaneously would be very taxing. It's best if you quickly call for help."
Hun Lao advised Ye Yunfei.
"Alright."
Ye Yunfei nodded, immediately taking out a communication jade slip to send a message.
"I'll employ our clan's spatial secret arts to hinder that fellow's locking mechanism on you."
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm suddenly spoke up.
He then sat down cross-legged, forming hand seals. A torrent of golden light erupted from his entire body, and then mysterious restrictive seal symbols continuously floated out from between his hands.
These were all symbols related to space, with the primary purpose of sealing and isolating space. Centered around the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm's body, these spatial symbols continuously spread outwards, finally attaching to the surface of the flying vessel and emitting a mysterious spatial energy.
"It does have an effect."
Hun Lao sensed for a moment and said happily.
He discovered that the spatial symbols conjured by the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm were isolating the vessel from the surrounding space.
"Of course it's effective. This is one of our clan's more core spatial inheritances. Our Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm clan excels in spatial energy and spatial laws; we don't brag idly."
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said smugly.
"The intensity of his locking on your aura seems to have weakened a bit."
Hun Lao said again.
"It has indeed weakened some, but he is still locked onto me."
Ye Yunfei nodded. After carefully sensing, he found that although that subtle will had weakened somewhat, it was still locked onto him.
"That kid truly has skill. It seems he is employing some spatial secret art to obstruct my divinations targeting him.
This shows he has already sensed that I am performing divinations to track him. He really is an exceptionally troublesome youngster!
Where did he even come from? How does someone so young possess such strength and methods?"
From a certain position behind, the Altar was rapidly traversing through space, chasing after Ye Yunfei.
Sitting cross-legged on the Altar, the black-robed elder suddenly frowned slightly and spoke.
"Old Wizard, you're saying that guy has already discovered we are tracking him?
How is that possible?
At such a great distance...
Moreover, the Old Wizard's skill in divination is so powerful. How could some junior kid possibly detect it?"
The Heavenly Gods standing around the Old Wizard were all somewhat surprised upon hearing his words. One of them spoke up.
"We absolutely must not underestimate this kid. The longer I divine his fate, the more I can sense his extraordinariness.
He is a terrifying existence in this era who holds the potential to bring destruction to our Guardian Faction in the future."
The Old Wizard said gravely, his tone extremely solemn.
"What?!
A mere junior bringing destruction to our Guardian Faction? Old Wizard, you think far too highly of him!"
Upon hearing the Old Wizard's words, the surrounding Heavenly Gods were even more astonished. Of course, none of them believed it.