In an extremely short period of time, all the remaining Lingxiao Sect members from the dozen or so formations scattered, fleeing far away from Ye Yunfei.
After destroying the formations, Ye Yunfei stood in place with his hands clasped behind his back, his icy gaze fixed on the people of Lingxiao Sect across from him, not uttering a single word.
Watching Ye Yunfei standing there, his hands behind his back, for a moment, everyone fell utterly silent, like stone statues.
Tap-tap...
Many ordinary members of Lingxiao Sect couldn't help but tremble, their teeth chattering.
You must understand, each of those formations contained over a hundred True Gods, some of whom were Perfect True Gods.
Combined, the dozen formations comprised more than a thousand True Gods, plus the other ordinary Lingxiao Sect members — this was an army of a hundred thousand strong!
Moreover, those formations were high-level battle arrays Lingxiao Sect had been diligently training with recently, each possessing significant power. Yet now, they had been forcibly rammed and obliterated by a single individual in such a short span of time, with over half of their personnel having their very soul and body both annihilated upon impact. Such combat prowess sent chills running through the bodies of even the Heavenly Gods present.
"How... how is this possible?
He's only a True God! How can he possess such abnormal fighting ability?
Has he... has he cultivated into a God King?"
A Heavenly God murmured to himself, his face filled with utter shock.
"No, he can't be a God King. From start to finish, he solely used his physical strength. I suspect he must have had some kind of incredible encounter, tempering his body to a monstrous degree, granting him such terrifying physical power."
Another Heavenly God nearby shook his head and reasoned.
"Young Master Ye is mighty!"
Behind Ye Yunfei, the members of the Alliance Army were, at first, also stunned speechless, hardly daring to believe the scene unfolding before their eyes. But now, they finally snapped out of it, erupting in cheers of excitement.
"Young Master Ye is truly incredible. A moment ago, I was still pondering how we could possibly confront the dozen or so formations from Lingxiao Sect. Yet in the blink of an eye, before I could even react, Young Master Ye had already destroyed them all!"
Even the high-ranking officers of the Alliance Army were deeply stirred. One of them spoke out.
"With Young Master Ye here, we need fear nothing!"
Another shouted loudly.
"You brat! You dare kill members of our Lingxiao Sect! This is a capital offense!
You're dead! No one in the entire Sixth Void will be able to protect you now."
By this time, all the Heavenly Gods of Lingxiao Sect had recovered from their initial shock. They fixed their furious gazes upon Ye Yunfei.
"Brothers, it seems we can no longer stand idly by."
One of Lingxiao Sect's Heavenly Gods stepped forward, unleashing the oppressive pressure of his energy to crush down on Ye Yunfei.
Lingxiao Sect didn't hold the Alliance Army in any regard at all. Therefore, when word arrived that the Alliance Army's forces were knocking at their door, the sect had dispatched only a modest number of Heavenly Gods.
Furthermore, after emerging, some of those Heavenly Gods merely sized up the overall strength of the opposing force before turning right back around, disinterested in bothering with them.
Thus, currently, only five or six of Lingxiao Sect's Heavenly Gods remained outside, confronting the Alliance Army.
Now, those five or six Heavenly Gods had all descended into a state of absolute fury.
"He is indeed strong, but he's still just a True God. There are limits to his strength, no matter how impressive. Let me be the one to kill him."
Among them, the Heavenly God with the most volatile temper could no longer contain himself. Seeing Ye Yunfei stand there with his hands behind his back, his gaze toward them — these Heavenly Gods — clearly brimming with contempt, he took a single stride forward. He then extended his hand and violently grabbed toward Ye Yunfei.
Boom...
His palm rapidly enlarged and began to transform, morphing into a shimmering golden dragon's claw, crackling arcs of brilliant lightning coiling around it.
Upon appearing, this dragon's claw radiated a terrifying aura capable of pressing down heaven and earth, causing the surrounding space itself to sink under its weight. Clearly, this was an extraordinarily powerful martial technique.
"Young Master Ye, be careful!"
The Alliance Army's high-ranking officers, seeing a Heavenly God move against Ye Yunfei, hurriedly called out a warning.
"Worry about what?
Have you forgotten those three Heavenly Gods who wanted to attack our Xuanhuang Continent?
Young Master Ye dispatched them all with ease. A mere Heavenly God poses no significant threat to Young Master Ye."
Another officer, brimming with confidence in Ye Yunfei, sneered in response.
"That makes sense!"
Many in the Alliance Army nodded.
By this time, the golden dragon's claw had already reached the area in front of Ye Yunfei's head, its imposing aura more terrifying than ever.
Ye Yunfei suddenly struck out, punching with his fist.
"How..."
The Heavenly God, sensing the terrifying power condensed within Ye Yunfei's fist, immediately realized something was amiss. He wanted to withdraw his attack and retreat.
But Ye Yunfei's movements were far too fast. He didn't give the Heavenly God any chance to retreat. His fist shot straight forward, colliding directly with the golden dragon's claw.
*BANG!*
The golden dragon's claw instantly exploded on impact.
"How can this be?!"
The Heavenly God let out a miserable scream as his entire arm was forcibly blasted apart. Torrents of blood sprayed from the stump, showering the void.
"How is this possible?
How can his physical strength be so overwhelming?
A single fist strike can defeat a Heavenly God?"
Everyone except the Alliance Army members was thunderstruck.
The Alliance Army had previously witnessed Ye Yunfei casually defeat three Heavenly Gods back at Xuanhuang Continent, so they weren't overly surprised now.
At that moment, Ye Yunfei's fist hadn't lost its momentum. It surged forward relentlessly, aiming for the torso of the Heavenly God.
"You brat, don't push your luck too far!"
That Heavenly God, having just lost an arm, was already at the peak of rage. Surging, heaven-scorching fury billowed from within him as a Heavenly God-grade magical treasure erupted from his body. He instantly activated it, sending it smashing towards Ye Yunfei.
The Heavenly Gods of Lingxiao Sect were clearly poorer compared to those of the Guardian Faction. Almost every Heavenly God from the Guardian Faction Ye Yunfei had encountered previously possessed multiple Heavenly God-grade treasures. However, it seemed this Lingxiao Sect Heavenly God had only this single artifact, for in such an emergency, he wouldn't have held anything back.
*Clang!*
Ye Yunfei's fist sent the Heavenly God artifact flying, before solidly connecting with the Heavenly God's shoulder.
The Heavenly God felt a torrent of terrifying power, an infinite, crushing force surging towards him. His knees gave way, and he sank directly to the ground, kneeling before Ye Yunfei.
"What are you doing?!"
The other Lingxiao Sect Heavenly Gods, seeing this, were both shocked and enraged. One of them immediately shouted at the kneeling Heavenly God.
"Do you think I can control myself? Do you think I want this?!"
The Heavenly God who had been forced to his knees was both utterly humiliated and filled with terror, for he realized his physical body was now completely immobilized under the overwhelming pressure.
"Stop right there!"
Now, the other Lingxiao Sect Heavenly Gods could no longer stay calm. They rushed forward in unison, roaring with fury as they unleashed attacks against Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei reached out and seized the kneeling Heavenly God's Soul Body, forcibly extracting it from his soul sea. He directly sealed it away, then also sealed and collected the Heavenly God's physical body.
*Bam! Bam! Bam!...*
Ye Yunfei unleashed a flurry of punches, each strike sending another Heavenly God flying backwards.
"So strong!"
At this moment, everyone present was profoundly shaken.
A Heavenly God of Lingxiao Sect had been slain, and the others sent flying — all in such an extremely short time frame. The fact that a True God could possess such combat prowess was utterly unbelievable to many.
"What?!"
Deep within Lingxiao Sect headquarters, several high-ranking figures had been observing the events outside with their senses. Upon seeing Ye Yunfei defeat five or six Heavenly Gods in an instant, even killing one of them, they were all dumbfounded, completely unable to believe their senses.
Initially, when Ye Yunfei first led the Alliance Army to their doorstep and shot the challenge into the headquarters, Lingxiao Sect's upper echelons had paid it little mind, dismissing the Alliance as overestimating their abilities, a mere joke.
But now, these leaders finally realized the situation was far from ordinary.
A dozen-plus elite battle formations and five or six Heavenly Gods — all of them had been crushed by Ye Yunfei, alone.
The combat prowess Ye Yunfei had displayed finally forced Lingxiao Sect's leadership to take him seriously.
"The Alliance Army has come with three demands.
First, all Alliance Army members must be released unharmed, immediately and unconditionally.
Second, Lingxiao Sect must compensate our Alliance Army for all casualties at a hundredfold rate. Not a single cent less.
Third, everyone within Lingxiao Sect who has harmed any member of our Alliance Army, even those indirectly involved, must all be handed over to the Alliance Army for punishment. They shall pay with blood.
If Lingxiao Sect does not comply with these demands, then the Alliance Army will storm your headquarters and seize justice for ourselves."
After repelling those several Heavenly Gods with a fist, Ye Yunfei took a breath, gathered his energy into his voice, and spoke out.
Amplified by his divine energy, Ye Yunfei's words, one by one, rang loud and clear as they entered Lingxiao Sect's headquarters. The rolling waves of sound, like towering energy hurricanes, surged through the vast compound, giving rise to layer upon layer of echoes.
His pronouncement reverberated throughout the entire headquarters, deafening to the ear.
"Is he truly just a True God?
Why is the intensity of his divine energy so terrifying?"
Both inside and outside Lingxiao Sect's headquarters, witnessing the staggering effect of Ye Yunfei's speech, all were awestruck, unable to fully accept what they were seeing and hearing.
"Not only is his physical strength abnormal, but it seems his divine energy is also incredibly formidable!"
Someone couldn't help but exclaim.
"This simply can't be a mere True God. How could a True God possess such terrifying might?
He must have concealed his true realm and power. No wonder someone so young managed to assemble an Alliance Army. Leading it, he previously destroyed so many branch strongholds of major forces like the Guardian Faction and the Corpse Palace. I didn't believe it back then, but now it seems it must have been true."
Many couldn't resist murmuring and discussing in low voices.
"Outrageous!"
"Insolence!"
"What an arrogant punk! He clearly doesn't know the meaning of death!"
After Ye Yunfei finished speaking, silence reigned momentarily inside Lingxiao Sect headquarters. Then, a multitude of figures emanating powerful auras appeared one after another, roaring with indignant shouts.