At this moment, nearly two-thirds of the Guardian Faction's forces were turning back to attack their own comrades. The remaining one-third quickly crumbled and fell into disarray.
Added to the combined siege of the Alliance Army, the Guardian Faction's forces were beyond salvation, being chased down and scattered in all directions on the battlefield, their morale utterly shattered.
“It’s over, our Seventh Void Guardian Faction is finished.” The Prison Master saw this scene and immediately sank into despair. He had worked tirelessly for so many years in the Seventh Void to grow the Guardian Faction to its current scale, yet now it seemed on the verge of being destroyed in an instant.
The Guardian Faction’s over two hundred Heavenly Gods began to panic one by one as well. These Heavenly Gods desperately tried to intercept those Guardian Faction members who were attacking their own comrades.
Yet even when they killed a portion of them, it remained futile.
“Archmage, just what is going on? Why have so many of our Guardian Faction members betrayed us?” The Prison Master, gripped by utter despair, turned his bloodshot eyes to the Archmage who was continuously performing divinations, rasping the question.
“Prison Master, according to my deductions, these traitors in our Guardian Faction have already been subjugated by someone else. But why they fell under external control, and how so many members ended up this way—I have yet to deduce the specific reason.” The Archmage let out a light sigh and spoke.
“Subjugated by others?” Hearing the Archmage’s words, the Prison Master couldn’t help but freeze in astonishment.
“Huang Shang, let’s join forces to deal with these Heavenly Gods first,” Ye Yunfei suddenly transmitted to Huang Shang. Then, his figure flashed as he dashed toward a nearby Heavenly God from the Guardian Faction.
Seeing a figure charging at him at high speed, that Heavenly God was startled and immediately thought to launch an attack.
But suddenly, an intense thought arose in his mind: stand still without moving, and do not undertake any offensive measures.
“What’s happening? Why do I think like this? I should strike out at the enemy now!” Not understanding why such a bizarre notion had suddenly occurred to him, he hesitated over whether to attack. By then, a gigantic fist had already reached his front.
“Not good!” Only at this moment did the Heavenly God react. He tried to counter, but it was already too late.
How fast was Ye Yunfei’s movement! How abundant his combat experience! How masterful his fighting techniques! With a loud crack, the colossal fist smashed down on the Heavenly God’s body, cleaving it in two.
Had it not been for the need to preserve the corpse for Huang Shang, Ye Yunfei’s punch would have pulverized him completely.
This was merely an Intermediate Heavenly God—far too weak before Ye Yunfei.
Feeling the terrifying energy emanating from Ye Yunfei, how dare he press on? Reassembling his fleshly body, he thought to flee at once.
But Ye Yunfei employed the secret art inherited from a Samsara Ghost, instantly plunging him into a drowsy state. Then, with a hand, Ye Yunfei yanked the Soul Body out from his Soul Sea, sealed it directly, and tossed the corpse to Huang Shang.
Huang Shang had already rushed over to support; he knew that fighting side by side with Ye Yunfei made an undefeatable pair.
Boom! Ye Yunfei swept his hand, unleashing a blood-red saber glow that instantly sliced another Heavenly God not far away in half.
That Heavenly God witnessed the space between him and Ye Yunfei transform instantly into two distinct realms of Yin and Yang, then sensed the overwhelmingly frightening saber energy sweeping over—he simply didn’t know how to resist.
Ye Yunfei’s form flashed; he suppressed and sealed both the Heavenly God’s Soul Body and physical body.
“Not good! This youngster’s strength is too terrifying. We must keep away from him.” Heavenly Gods from the Guardian Faction nearby saw Ye Yunfei defeat two Heavenly Gods in seconds with simple movements. Their faces paled in fright, and they all employed movement techniques to flee as far from Ye Yunfei as possible.
But one Intermediate Heavenly God who wanted to retreat suddenly found a powerful thought surge up in his heart: stand here without retreating. Then he watched Ye Yunfei rushing at him with shocking speed.
“Escape! Quickly! Why am I still standing here?” This Intermediate Heavenly God knew something was wrong and screamed internally.
Yet the abruptly appearing thought fought him for control of his body, leaving him frozen on the spot for a fleeting instant.
When he recovered enough to try reclaiming control and fleeing, it was already too late—Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang had already encircled him from left and right.
Against the combined assault of Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang, a mere Intermediate Heavenly God couldn’t last even a single move. Ye Yunfei reached out and forcibly dragged the Soul Body out from his Soul Sea, sealed it directly, and passed the corpse to Huang Shang.
Through the process, Huang Shang also deployed his ghost cultivation arts and corpse refinement techniques to assist in suppressing this Heavenly God.
“Damned brat, stop right now!” Seeing Ye Yunfei subduing three Heavenly Gods in rapid succession, the Guardian Faction’s Prison Master was both shocked and furious. He roared and soared into the air, chasing after Ye Yunfei.
The Silver-Robed Elder and the Middle-Aged Daoist Nun simultaneously turned and blocked the Prison Master from both sides.
“Get out of my way!” The Prison Master struck out with both fists simultaneously. Two immense fist projections instantly appeared, dense chains of laws coiled around each fist, clattering and vibrating with terrifying energy as they flew toward the Silver-Robed Elder and Middle-Aged Daoist Nun.
The Silver-Robed Elder held a colossal precious cauldron in his right hand; the Middle-Aged Daoist Nun wielded her horsetail whisk. Together they engaged the Prison Master in battle.
Not long after, the Archmage also charged over and joined the fray. The Silver-Robed Elder thus fought the Prison Master alone, while the Middle-Aged Daoist Nun took on the Archmage.
Meanwhile, in a short span, Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang slew six or seven more Guardian Faction Heavenly Gods, each defeated in seconds with blinding speed.
Regardless of their level, any Heavenly God approached by Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang proved completely helpless.
Boom! A turtle shell hurtled through the air, expanding continuously as it erupted with billowing violet radiance and densely adorned with uncanny runes. It instantly caused space-time nearby to warp drastically.
Without even turning his head, Ye Yunfei slashed out a saber strike. A loud clang rang out, and the turtle shell was forcibly repelled, flying backward.
“Your opponent is me!” The Middle-Aged Daoist Nun sneered as a huge lotus bloomed and shot upward from above her head, descending to suppress the Archmage.
That turtle shell had been hurled by the Archmage to ambush Ye Yunfei.
Then, Ye Yunfei launched another saber slash, cleaving an Intermediate Heavenly God who was frantically fleeing into two halves.
Before that Intermediate Heavenly God could even rebuild his fleshly body, Huang Shang had already appeared at his side, accompanied by a thick swarm of ghosts that pounced on him and seized his Soul Body.
“Attack together!” Although Ye Yunfei had finished off more than twenty Guardian Faction Heavenly Gods in a short time, the Guardian Faction had well over two hundred. Seeing their comrades continuously suppressed and slain like poultry being slaughtered, the remaining Heavenly Gods of the Guardian Faction felt not only panic but also explosive fury. Several dozens of them, the hot-headed among them, roared in unison and charged back toward Ye Yunfei.
Boom! Among them, over a dozen Heavenly Gods formed a battle formation, jointly releasing a colossal divine mountain that rumbled toward Ye Yunfei.
The dozen-plus Heavenly Gods poured their energy continuously into the divine mountain, using it to suppress Ye Yunfei.
“Come on! Saves me the trouble of hunting each of you down!” Ye Yunfei bellowed, unleashing the Imperial Dao Divine Fist. A massive imperial phantom manifested, suppressing the eight directions. With one punch, he struck back the divine mountain.
“How is this possible? Our combined strike of over a dozen Heavenly Gods was repelled.” Those more than ten Guardian Faction Heavenly Gods could hardly believe it.
Boom! Before they could react, a blood-hued saber aura tore across space, sweeping past and directly slicing five or six of them in half.
In the next instant, dense swarms of ghosts and corpses surged forth, boundless like an ocean.
“Hand over all your treasures!” The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm suddenly materialized behind a Guardian Faction Heavenly God. It roared majestically, landing a punch that blasted apart nearly half of the Heavenly God’s torso.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had been darting about the battlefield all along, gathering spoils.
But now that the battle was practically over—the Guardian Faction’s scattered remnants were fewer and fewer, each fleeing desperately—the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm set its eyes on the Heavenly Gods, charging straight in and striking.
Expert in spatial cultivation, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm’s movements contained profoundly sophisticated spatial laws, creating no spatial disturbances whatsoever, making them nearly impossible to detect.
Thus, for its rear ambush, that Heavenly God had no forewarning. Not until the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm’s fist landed on his back spine did he realize someone was attacking him—meaning of course he couldn’t dodge.
Hu Miao also came charging, accompanied by vast hordes of illusions.
These illusions resembled transparent air bubbles clustered in the surrounding space; any Guardian Faction member caught in them became instantly bewildered, lamely awaiting slaughter.
Rumble...
The Nine Divine Beasts, pushing that colossal round wheel, kept chasing down Guardian Faction Heavenly Gods.
Initially, five or six Heavenly Gods were slain or severely injured by the combined force of the Nine Divine Beasts.
Then Guardian Faction Heavenly Gods grew vicious; over a dozen of them swarmed together and encircled the Nine Divine Beasts, launching attacks—only then did they barely stop the round wheel the beasts were pushing.
Nevertheless, the nine beasts pushing the wheel constituted the Nine Palaces Totem Wheel’s strongest battle mode. Even though those dozen-plus Heavenly Gods were quite formidable, after a prolonged combat, the stalemate persisted.
Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang combined strength at a breathtaking pace to surround and kill Guardian Faction Heavenly Gods, crushing each Heavenly God in seconds.
One Advanced Heavenly God initially wanted to flee, but Ye Yunfei, using the Mind Reading Art, slowed him down, enabling Huang Shang and himself to trap him.
“Don’t run anymore, everyone! We’ll fight them to the death. If we keep retreating, we’ll just give them the chance to pick us off one by one.”
In his shock and fury, that Advanced Heavenly God sent nine flying swords soaring from within him, transforming into nine sword rays piercing through the void toward Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei punched out with his left fist.
Clang clang clang…
All nine flying swords were knocked flying.
As he punched, Ye Yunfei’s right hand simultaneously swept out a saber slash. A crimson saber radiance manifested, instantly cutting that Advanced Heavenly God in two.
Huang Shang, leading a ghost army and corpse horde, pounced forth and engulfed the Advanced Heavenly God’s Soul Body, while Ye Yunfei was already charging toward another Heavenly God.
During the time that followed, Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang continuously eliminated one Guardian Faction Heavenly God after another—even those at the Perfection stage of Heavenly God couldn’t withstand their combined assault.