"That old fellow was, after all, just a remnant soul, while my master is a God King. It's only natural that my master is stronger!" Hu Miao said with a smile.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei's gaze had already shifted to another battle formation. Although this formation was still intact, the Heavenly Gods composing it had long been trembling with fear at Ye Yunfei's overwhelming, heaven-shaking might from moments ago. Destroying a battle formation of twenty to thirty Heavenly Gods with a single slash – such combat prowess caused each of these Heavenly Gods' legs to shake with terror, their bodies gone soft.
With a boom, Ye Yunfei once again raised the blood-red long blade with both hands. The divine energy within his body surged continuously into this divine blade. Then, with one slash, a blood-red blade glow instantly took shape, rolling forward and expanding. Space was split open, Yin and Yang were cleaved apart. Two different Yin and Yang worlds materialized again: on the left, pitch-black like ink, whistling with icy winds, devoid of life; on the right, brilliant sunshine, a warm March scene, grass growing tall and orioles flying, brimming with vitality.
Facing this tyrannical blade glow that severed Yin and Yang, cut apart life and death, the Heavenly Gods ahead simply did not know how to resist it.
Because they realized that this blade technique tearing through the air didn't seem to specifically target any one of them, yet that omnipresent, tyrannical blade intent had already firmly locked onto every single one of them. It was everywhere.
They wanted to flee, but didn't know in which direction to escape.
Before they could react, the blood-red blade glow flashed past, and another battle formation was split open from the middle.
Heavenly Gods, one after another, were horrified to discover their bodies had already split open from the center, their internal organs clattering and spilling onto the ground. Their bisected bodies were simultaneously flung outward in opposite directions. For a moment, blood-red light soared to the sky; severed limbs and flesh, bloody entrails were flung in all directions.
"I wanted to dodge, but it was too late. Perhaps this slash of his simply cannot be dodged," a Mid-Level Heavenly God said bitterly, looking at Ye Yunfei who was radiating murderous intent. After saying this, his two halves split violently apart.
"What kind of blade technique is this? How tyrannical!" The onlookers stared blankly as Ye Yunfei shattered another battle formation with a single slash. Their minds were filled solely with the overwhelming blade intent released by Ye Yunfei's recent strike.
"Run! Hurry and run!" At this point, the remaining Heavenly Gods from the two battle formations saw Ye Yunfei slowly raising that blood-red long blade once more. Scared out of their wits, they screamed in terror, turned and fled.
"Escape is impossible," Ye Yunfei said coldly.
With another boom, another long, blood-red blade glow materialized once again, sweeping horizontally. The space ahead once more divided into two distinctly separate Yin and Yang worlds. Crack! Crack!
Crisp sounds rang out consecutively. One Heavenly God after another was cleaved in two by this slash.
Panicked, these Heavenly Gods all summoned their magic treasures, trying to block that blood-red blade glow, but to no avail. Regardless of their cultivation realms or what treasures they summoned, before this blade glow, both man and treasure were forcibly hacked into two pieces.
"Cease!" The Prison Master and the old Wizard watched with eyes nearly splitting from their sockets, their bodies moving simultaneously as they tried to charge forward and stop Ye Yunfei.
But the Silver-robed Elder and the Middle-Aged Daoist Nun were prepared. They timely intercepted the pair.
After Ye Yunfei consecutively unleashed his third slash, the Guardian Faction's force of sixty to seventy Heavenly Gods was all but wiped out.
Ye Yunfei put away the blood-red long blade, charged forward and subdued with a single punch each of the few Heavenly Gods fortunate enough to still be alive.
These Heavenly Gods had long been terrified beyond measure, utterly devoid of any will to fight. Their sole desire now was to flee, using all their strength, the faster the better. But Ye Yunfei's speed was far superior to theirs. Moreover, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Huang Shang, Hu Miao, Hun Lao and several others also attacked, employing their own techniques to seal off this space, preventing those Heavenly Gods from escaping.
Huang Shang went so far as to create a billowing, massive fog and then unleashed a ghost army, setting up an enormous ghost formation that firmly trapped this entire area.
Ye Yunfei's movement techniques were extremely swift. The God King Crown continuously floated above his head, emanating an oppressive aura that subdued everything in its path. Wherever he went, those Heavenly Gods immediately went weak all over under the Crown's pressure. Neither their physical bodies nor their Soul Bodies could offer any resistance. Shivering like a flock of lambs, Ye Yunfei controlled their Soul Bodies one by one, then sealed their physical bodies as well.
While over two-thirds of these Heavenly Gods had been cleaved apart by Ye Yunfei's blade, as Heavenly Gods, their bodies possessed formidable reassembly and regeneration capabilities. Even if they lost their Soul Bodies and life, their corpses still contained the energy and laws of the Heavenly God level. Reassembly was a fairly simple matter.
These Heavenly Gods' corpses and Soul Bodies were both very precious to Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang.
"If you hadn't taken a slash at their bodies, they would undoubtedly be even more powerful once I refine them into corpse soldiers. You were too ferocious just now," Huang Shang complained while gathering the Heavenly Gods' corpses.
"My main goal just now was to test the power of this blade technique," Ye Yunfei replied with a smile. "Besides, the battle formations they formed were indeed quite formidable. If I hadn't unleashed this technique, I wouldn't have had many other effective methods to deal with them."
"You are a God King. Even with those formations, they couldn't have injured you. It just would have been more laborious," Huang Shang said.
"Forget it. After all, these are Heavenly-God-level corpses. I'll gradually nurture them later; I should have a chance to restore them completely," Huang Shang added.
"It's over... All these years of painstaking effort our Guardian Faction put into the Sixth Void has been destroyed by this brat." In the distance, the Prison Master and the old Wizard saw that all sixty or seventy of their side's Heavenly Gods had been either killed or sealed by Ye Yunfei. They felt both fury and despair.
Heavenly Gods were the Guardian Faction's core combat power. Each Heavenly God was precious to the faction, requiring a long cultivation period to nurture.
One could say these seventy-plus Heavenly Gods represented the Sixth Void Guardian Faction's strongest hidden strength, yet now they were all destroyed.
"All my years of effort ruined by him. I don't know how long it'll take to restore everything. I will definitely avenge this," the Prison Master declared, looking at Ye Yunfei with boundless fury in his eyes.
"As predicted, my divination was correct. He truly has brought the crisis of annihilation upon our Guardian Faction of the Sixth Void. In fact, the Sixth Void's Guardian Faction can already be considered annihilated," the old Wizard felt utter bitterness.
"Hahaha... Young Master Ye, well done! We indeed didn't misjudge you," the Silver-robed Elder couldn't help but roar with laughter seeing the scene before him.
The Middle-Aged Daoist Nun also looked at Ye Yunfei with an expression full of admiration.
Meanwhile, back at Lingxiao Sect headquarters, the battle between the two armies was nearing its end. Only the last remaining survivors from the Guardian Faction were desperately fleeing for their lives. Ye Yunfei's forces split into two groups: over half remained to clean up the battlefield, while the other half chased down the fleeing Guardian Faction members.
During the earlier fight, Ye Yunfei's side suffered extremely few Heavenly God casualties—only two had fallen in total, and a small number were injured in combat. Therefore, Ye Yunfei's side still numbered over fifty Heavenly Gods.
With over fifty Heavenly Gods, plus Ye Yunfei, the Silver-robed Elder, and the Middle-Aged Daoist Nun, they all moved forward, tightly surrounding the Prison Master and the old Wizard.
"Who could have imagined this would be the outcome of this battle. It seems the Guardian Faction is truly finished. From now on, our Sixth Void will be ruled by that youngster surnamed Ye." At this moment, within a companion Small World attached to this realm, the Lingxiao Sect Leader and the other high-level elders watched as the Guardian Faction's Prison Master and old Wizard were encircled by over fifty Heavenly Gods. They sighed deeply. One elder couldn't resist speaking up.
"Indeed. That kid surnamed Ye not only possesses terrifying physical power, but he is also a God King. With such strength, he should be counted among the top experts in this Sixth Void," another elder said.
"Furthermore, that blade technique he demonstrated just now is the most tyrannical blade technique I have ever seen. Its power is simply horrifying. From now on, I reckon no one in our Sixth Void will dare challenge him anymore," yet another elder lamented.
"Unimaginable. Our Lingxiao Sect and the Guardian Faction both put so much painstaking effort into building our strength in this Sixth Void over so many years, each hoping to dominate this Void. Yet in the end, this youngster surnamed Ye has emerged out of nowhere, becoming the ultimate victor," the Lingxiao Sect Leader shook his head with a bitter smile.
For the longest time, the Lingxiao Sect's greatest aspiration was to one day rule the Sixth Void, to become the master of this Void. But now they knew that was impossible. The combat prowess Ye Yunfei displayed just now was far too frightening, causing these high-level members of the Lingxiao Sect to extinguish any remaining ambitions of domination.
"Then what should our Lingxiao Sect do in the future? We've offended that youngster surnamed Ye. After he eliminates the Guardian Faction, he might come looking for trouble with our Lingxiao Sect. How should we handle that when the time comes?" One elder suddenly voiced their concern.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the other Lingxiao Sect elders all changed slightly.
Everyone knew that if Ye Yunfei sought trouble with the Lingxiao Sect, none among them were his match.
"Spread the order: from now on, all members of our Lingxiao Sect will remain secluded within this Small World, isolated from the outside world. No one is permitted to step out half a pace. We absolutely cannot let that youngster surnamed Ye notice the existence of our Lingxiao Sect again." After everyone fell silent for a moment, the Lingxiao Sect Leader slowly issued his command.
"Actually, everyone needn't worry too much. Although the youngster surnamed Ye has destroyed the Guardian Faction of the Sixth Void, this Sixth Void branch is only a subsidiary division. The Guardian Faction's true headquarters lies in other Voids, and its actual power is immensely strong. I've heard that quite a few Sovereign Gods reside within the Guardian Faction's headquarters. In front of Sovereign Gods, Heavenly Gods are not even worth mentioning.
Just wait and see. Once the Guardian Faction headquarters learns of what happened here in the Sixth Void, they will definitely send experts to deal with this youngster surnamed Ye. When that happens, it will be quite a spectacle," the Lingxiao Sect Leader then added.
"Correct! Once the true headquarters of the Guardian Faction receives the news, they will certainly not let this brat off. They will definitely send someone to settle accounts with him. Although this kid surnamed Ye has decent strength, compared to the true powerhouses at the Guardian Faction headquarters, he is simply nothing.
So although this youngster surnamed Ye has won this battle, his troubles have only just begun." Hearing their Sect Leader's words, the other Lingxiao Sect elders all perked up.