However, the blade rays slashed out by this Remnant Soul now were much weaker in power compared to before.
With a wave of his hand, Ye Yunfei threw out and activated several dozen Heavenly God-level artifacts simultaneously. They erupted with powerful artifact might, beginning to block those crimson blade rays.
Meanwhile, in the shortest possible time, Ye Yunfei arrived in front of that Remnant Soul.
"Old creature, killing you now is not difficult for me."
At this moment, Ye Yunfei had transformed into a tall, golden giant, radiant divine lights rolling off his body.
After unleashing his body's divine abilities, the bodily strength Ye Yunfei could exert reached its peak state.
"Brat, you think you can kill me just like that? Not so easy."
The Remnant Soul had originally wanted to use his profound movement technique to distance himself from Ye Yunfei, but he discovered the surrounding space was already sealed by a large number of Formations, Earth Formations, spatial restrictions, and all sorts of other violent attacks. For the moment, he actually couldn't leave this spatial region.
In panic and fury, he raised the long knife in his hands with both arms and fiercely slashed it towards Ye Yunfei.
"One blade severs Yin-Yang, one blade severs life-death!"
As the knife slashed out, the Remnant Soul roared once again, employing the same blade technique he had used earlier.
Boom…
As he struck, the space in front underwent a change once more, splitting into two completely different worlds—one as dark as ink, the other sunny and bright, warm as spring.
Yin and Yang, life and death, seemed to belong to two separate realms!
Ye Yunfei sneered coldly.
Earlier, when this Remnant Soul was at the peak of his strength, Ye Yunfei hadn't evaded this blade strike. How could he now?
"The blade technique contained in this strike of yours is indeed quite profound, but it can no longer injure me."
Ye Yunfei sneered coldly again.
Then, Ye Yunfei extended a palm that continuously enlarged. By now, Ye Yunfei's entire body had turned golden, including this extended palm, which shone with dazzling golden light as if forged from pure gold.
Under the Remnant Soul's disbelieving gaze, Ye Yunfei's brilliantly golden palm firmly grasped the blood-colored long knife that the Remnant Soul, with both hands raised high, had slashed towards him—holding it securely, completely unharmed.
"How is this possible?"
The Remnant Soul couldn't believe that his full-powered slash had actually been caught bare-handed by Ye Yunfei just like that.
"Nothing is impossible.
I said, as you are now, even if you execute the most profound blade technique, it cannot harm me, because your energy is now less than one-tenth of what it was."
Ye Yunfei said with a cold laugh.
As he spoke, Ye Yunfei suddenly exerted strength in his palm, pulling that blood-colored long knife toward himself.
"Brat, don't you dare think of stealing my artifact!"
Seeing Ye Yunfei actually trying to seize his long knife, the Remnant Soul, shocked and furious, immediately roared. He then gripped the hilt with both hands, trying to pull the long knife back from Ye Yunfei's grasp.
With a boom, Ye Yunfei's other fist had already punched forward.
This punch employed the Law Divine Fist. Vast Dao Laws gathered rapidly from all directions, merging with Ye Yunfei's physical strength to transform into divine radiance-glistening law dragons, which then followed Ye Yunfei's fist forward.
The Remnant Soul immediately discovered in alarm that the space he occupied was now sealed by Ye Yunfei's terrifying power. Combined with the Formations and Earth Formations Ye Yunfei had previously laid down, along with the various spatial restrictions placed by Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, his Remnant Soul simply couldn't move.
"His Remnant Soul contains a lot of precious memories. Don't destroy him. Swallow him directly and see if you can obtain his memories," Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei.
"Alright then. I'll swallow him directly now and see if I can gain his memories," Ye Yunfei nodded immediately upon hearing Hun Lao's words.
In fact, Ye Yunfei had already been thinking along those lines.
Thus, Ye Yunfei immediately unleashed various Soul Force Martial Arts. Over forty Soul Force Planets whistled out, surrounding the Remnant Soul.
Ye Yunfei also released all his Soul Insects. With buzzing wings, they flew towards the Remnant Soul from all sides.
The number of Soul Insects Ye Yunfei now possessed had exceeded seventy thousand.
Meanwhile, Huang Shang had already summoned his ghost army. Dense crowds of various ghosts surged forth like a tide, swirling towards the Remnant Soul.
As a ghost cultivator, Huang Shang's various ghost arts were actually quite effective against this Remnant Soul. Previously, because the Remnant Soul's power was too great, Huang Shang's attacks hadn't been able to harm him. But now, having expended most of his energy, his strength had weakened significantly, so Huang Shang's current attacks were beginning to take effect.
Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm and Hun Lao, on the other hand, were responsible for continuing to seal the space, preventing the Remnant Soul from escaping.
"Ah, brat! Stop immediately!
There's no need for you to treat me like this. Let's talk properly.
Whatever demands you have, state them. Do you want cultivation methods and secret arts, artifacts, wealth, or authority? I can satisfy you all. There's no need for us to fight to the death."
The Remnant Soul finally panicked.
Even when he was at his peak earlier, he couldn't injure Ye Yunfei. Now, weakened beyond measure and facing the various violent attacks unleashed by Ye Yunfei and his companions, the more he fought, the more fearful he became. Moments later, he finally began to break down.
First, several thousand Soul Insects broke through his layers of defense and landed on his residual Soul Body, beginning to frantically gnaw at his form.
Then, Ye Yunfei's dozens of enormous Soul Force Planets also began to breach his defenses, devouring his remnant form.
Furthermore, the other Soul Force Martial Arts Ye Yunfei employed were all taking effect on him, especially the heritage secret art of the Samsara Ghost race, which made him feel drowsy.
His Remnant Soul was already very weak, needing immediate seclusion to recover. Now, under the influence of the Samsara Ghost race heritage secret art, he felt intense sleepiness, wishing he could fall into deep sleep immediately.
"Not good! What kind of Soul Force Martial Art is this?
It actually makes me want to sleep."
The Remnant Soul knew something was very wrong.
He struggled to control his drowsiness while barely resisting the various assaults.
But he could no longer execute his most powerful blade technique, because the other end of that blood-colored long knife was still held firmly in Ye Yunfei's hand.
"You're finished!"
Ye Yunfei looked at the Remnant Soul and sneered coldly as he spoke.
Ye Yunfei could sense this Remnant Soul had grown even weaker.
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei exerted force in his palm, yanking the blood-colored long knife over violently.
Discovering his artifact had been seized by Ye Yunfei, the Remnant Soul was both shocked and furious, for this long knife was his most formidable artifact.
"Brat! Give me back my artifact immediately!"
In his panic, the Remnant Soul immediately roared at Ye Yunfei.
"What are you all waiting for?
Come quickly and help me fight the enemy together!"
The Remnant Soul shouted loudly towards the Heavenly Gods of the Autumn Wind Group.
"Not good!
Leader, your Master's situation seems very wrong," a Heavenly God of the Autumn Wind Group, upon hearing the Remnant Soul's shout, said fearfully. The others were similarly terrified.
"What are you waiting for? Let's all go together immediately and join my Master in dealing with that brat.
My Master is very powerful. Although he's in a weakened period and temporarily at a disadvantage, with our help, Master can recover quickly. By then, our side will still win.
Everyone, act together now! After we defeat this brat, I will reward you handsomely.
I'll take out the few high-level Divine Pills I've collected and share them with you all," the Leader of the Autumn Wind Group, hearing his Master's cry for help, immediately addressed the other Heavenly Gods.
Worried the others might flee out of fear, he promptly offered rewards.
As the leader of a major force, he naturally understood the principle that under heavy rewards, there will always be brave men.
Sure enough, upon hearing the Leader's words, the other Heavenly Gods perked up.
"Good! Let's all attack that brat together.
With so many of us, plus the Leader's Master, we can surely defeat him."
The other Heavenly Gods gritted their teeth and agreed.
Then, led by the Leader, these Heavenly Gods of the Autumn Wind Group simultaneously used their movement techniques and charged towards Ye Yunfei. Even before reaching the spatial area where Ye Yunfei was, they began launching attacks from a distance.
They knew Ye Yunfei's physical strength was extremely formidable and excelled at close combat, so they dared not get too close.
Ye Yunfei glanced at those Autumn Wind Group Heavenly Gods, an expression of disdain flashing in his eyes.
"Don't bother with these guys. I'll block them," Ye Yunfei said to Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm and the others.
Then one of Ye Yunfei's arms suddenly elongated like a golden dragon, sweeping horizontally across space towards the charging Heavenly Gods of the Autumn Wind Group.
Rumble…
This golden arm contained utterly terrifying physical power, immediately forcing all the Autumn Wind Group Heavenly Gods to a halt.
With a boom, Ye Yunfei's golden arm threw a punch at the Leader. Numerous law dragons continuously manifested, and with a single punch, Ye Yunfei sent the Leader staggering back hundreds of steps.
Then Ye Yunfei continued swinging his fist, each punch forcing a Heavenly God back.
Meanwhile, his other fist continuously struck at the Remnant Soul.
Employing his physical strength, Ye Yunfei's two arms grew thick and long, resembling two massive divine dragons soaring across the sky, their draconic might shattering the heavens.
After fighting for a while, the Remnant Soul finally could not hold on.
His residual Soul Body had been pitted and scarred by tens of thousands of Soul Insects, and Ye Yunfei's dozens of enormous Soul Force Planets had also bitten away portions of his remnant form. This already weakened Remnant Soul appeared even more feeble. Eventually, all his defenses were breached.
Over seventy thousand Soul Insects, more than forty massive Soul Force Planets, and five ferocious-looking little ghosts swarmed forward, pressing the Remnant Soul to the ground and began to frantically tear at his remnant form.
By this point, this Remnant Soul's energy was extremely depleted. Though he possessed a body of profound cultivation methods and secret arts, he had no opportunity to execute them now—especially his most proficient blade technique, which he could no longer use, and his blood-red long knife had already fallen into Ye Yunfei's hands.
"Do not harm my Master!"
The Leader, seeing his Master rolling around and screaming in agony, knowing his Master's situation was extremely dire, immediately shouted loudly.
But Ye Yunfei paid no heed. Over seventy thousand Soul Insects and more than forty enormous Soul Force Planets gnawed away frantically, shrinking the Remnant Soul by a full size in an extremely short time.
In this current state, the Remnant Soul had completely lost all ability to resist.
"Who would have thought!
I, who once dominated the Chaotic Void Sea with none daring to provoke me, that the Remnant Soul I left behind would now fall into the hands of a junior like you!"
As his Soul Body continued to shrink, the Remnant Soul finally lost all hope and uttered a sigh.