"Young master, are you truly willing to help our Guhai Sect?" The Intermediate Heavenly God spoke.
Under normal circumstances, these two Heavenly Gods would not easily trust a stranger. But now, the Guhai Sect was indeed facing a grave crisis. Several major powers had joined forces to deal with the Guhai Sect, clamoring to annihilate them. In this situation, every member of the Guhai Sect, from top to bottom, felt immense pressure. Suddenly having an Advanced Heavenly God step forward and offer help—the Guhai Sect naturally would not refuse.
"If you believe in me, then I will help your Guhai Sect," Ye Yunfei replied.
"Since that is the case, then we thank the young master.
Young master, we must hurry back to our headquarters immediately. Our Guhai Sect headquarters is already tightly besieged by those enemy forces. A great battle is imminent, and we must race against time," the Intermediate Heavenly God said to Ye Yunfei.
"Very well. Let's depart now, then. We must hurry," Ye Yunfei also nodded.
In the next moment, the flying ship began racing through the void, speeding back towards the Guhai Sect headquarters.
"By the way, tell me the specific locations of all Branch Strongholds belonging to the Guardian Faction in this Third Void," Ye Yunfei said to the two Heavenly Gods.
Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the two Heavenly Gods were taken aback for a moment. They exchanged a quick Sound Transmission to discuss privately, then proceeded to inform Ye Yunfei of all the specific locations of the Guardian Faction's Branch Strongholds they knew of in the Third Void.
While these two Heavenly Gods of the Guhai Sect were not among the top-tier powerhouses of the Third Void, they were ordinary high-ranking members within their sect. They roamed and operated across the Third Void regularly, making them very familiar with its state of affairs. Naturally, they knew the locations of many of the Guardian Faction's Branch Strongholds.
"With these locations, you'll soon be able to recruit a batch of Clones," Hun Lao said with a laugh.
Hun Lao, of course, knew what Ye Yunfei intended to do—to reuse his old trick, just like he had in the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Voids, to subdue and recruit a group of True Gods and Void Gods from the Guardian Faction to become his Clones.
Not long after, the flying ship arrived before a world cluster.
"Not good! We are a step too late! Our headquarters has already been surrounded by powerful enemies!" the Initial Heavenly God cried out in alarm.
The world cluster ahead was indeed already completely encircled by a vast, densely packed army.
"Young master, up ahead is our Guhai Sect headquarters, but it has been surrounded by the enemy," the Intermediate Heavenly God said to Ye Yunfei.
"I can see that," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"I will contact several Elders of our Guhai Sect immediately to ask about the situation," the Intermediate Heavenly God said, quickly taking out a communication jade slip and sending a message.
"Young master, four forces' troops have formed a coalition army and have come to besiege our Guhai Sect. The battle has not started yet. These troops from the four forces intend to forcefully assault our Guhai Sect headquarters. Many members of our Guhai Sect are continuously rushing back to headquarters to assemble an army. Once the battle begins, they will launch attacks from inside and outside simultaneously. We are tasked with attacking the enemy from behind," the Intermediate Heavenly God reported to Ye Yunfei after a while.
"Also, young master, I have informed several Elders about your assistance in helping our Guhai Sect resist these strong enemies. The Elders have asked me to convey our Guhai Sect's gratitude to you. Furthermore, after repelling these enemies, our Guhai Sect will surely offer a generous reward."
Ye Yunfei gave a faint smile.
His reason for helping this Guhai Sect was not for any generous reward. It was to develop future forces to oppose the Guardian Faction in the Third Void.
"Young master, let us wait here for now. Many more members of our Guhai Sect are continuously rushing back to headquarters. Once everyone gathers, our strength will be greater with more people. We will wait for the battle to begin," the Intermediate Heavenly God added.
"You all can wait here. I will go first to meet these powerful enemies of your Guhai Sect," Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before speaking.
"What?
Young master, do you mean to take action now?
The timing is still not right. We should wait until the Sect Leader and those Elders issue the order to engage before making our move.
If we act now, it might disrupt the overall situation." Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, both Heavenly Gods were greatly astonished.
"No need to worry. I know what I'm doing," Ye Yunfei said plainly.
With that, Ye Yunfei's figure suddenly vanished.
He then transformed into an almost invisible silhouette and walked towards the densely packed army ahead.
"Young master...
Young master...
Please do not act recklessly!" The two Heavenly Gods of the Guhai Sect in the flying ship were greatly alarmed.
"Why is he so rash? If he charges over and attacks now, he'll immediately provoke the enemy. If the enemy's army moves ahead of schedule and directly attacks our headquarters, won't that ruin everything?
If we'd known this, we shouldn't have brought him back," the two Heavenly Gods fretted anxiously.
Their orders were to lie in wait nearby, gathering more Guhai Sect members who were rushing back. They were to wait for the battle command from inside headquarters, then launch a combined attack from both inside and outside.
Ye Yunfei suddenly deciding to act in advance disrupted the Guhai Sect leadership's battle plan and could potentially cause significant harm.
"We must stop him," the Intermediate Heavenly God spoke with both urgency and anger.
"But I can't sense his figure or aura anymore," the Initial Heavenly God exclaimed in surprise at that moment.
"Indeed, I can't sense his figure or aura either. What exactly does he intend to do?" the Intermediate Heavenly God realized he also couldn't detect Ye Yunfei.
At this time, Ye Yunfei had quietly infiltrated the army formation ahead.
Ye Yunfei activated the Jade Ruyi and utilized an extremely advanced stealth secret technique, thoroughly concealing his figure and aura so that no one detected him.
Among the massive army filled with dense crowds of living beings, no one would pay attention to any one individual moving within it.
Ye Yunfei quickly determined that the army surrounding the Guhai Sect headquarters consisted of four Sovereign Gods—all four were Primary Sovereign Gods.
Apart from these four Sovereign Gods, there were over two hundred Heavenly Gods, with the numbers of True Gods and Void Gods being even greater.
Ye Yunfei quietly moved to the front half of the army, as most of the Deities were positioned there.
Concealed within the densely packed ranks, Ye Yunfei began covertly using his Mind Reading Art to read the thoughts and intentions of those Heavenly Gods, True Gods, and Void Gods, focusing particularly on the over two hundred Heavenly Gods.
Before long, Ye Yunfei confirmed that the Guhai Sect being jointly besieged by the four major powers was indeed influenced and instigated by the Guardian Faction from behind the scenes.
All four major powers had the backing of the Guardian Faction and were, in fact, effectively affiliated forces of the Guardian Faction.
"In that case, I won't hold back," Ye Yunfei said with a cold laugh.
He then began using Soul Arts to start subduing and recruiting the True Gods and Void Gods before him to become his Clones.
Ye Yunfei first targeted the weakest—the Void Gods.
"What's going on? Why do I suddenly feel so sleepy?
I want to just fall into a deep sleep!" About half a dozen Void Gods not far from Ye Yunfei simultaneously felt an overwhelming wave of drowsiness, yawning repeatedly, wishing they could just sleep deeply right then.
Subsequently, they knew nothing more. Their memories, emotions, and so forth began to vanish, and soon after, they became Ye Yunfei's Clones.
With Ye Yunfei's current level of Soul Power, using it against Void Gods was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut—overkill.
Thus, Ye Yunfei lurked within the army, utilizing the Soul Arts and purification techniques acquired from the Ghost Race, turning Deities into his Clones.
Gradually, the number of Void Gods Ye Yunfei recruited grew.
As Ye Yunfei moved among these Void Gods, no one noticed his presence even more.
Approximately half an hour later, Ye Yunfei had already subjugated several thousand Void Gods to become his Clones.
"Now it's time to start recruiting some True Gods," Ye Yunfei's gaze shifted towards those True Gods, and he began using Soul Arts to subjugate them as Clones.
While recruiting these Void Gods and True Gods, Ye Yunfei continuously used his Mind Reading Art to probe their thoughts. Before long, he roughly grasped the situation of these four major powers.
The names of the four major powers were the Shadow Pavilion, the Purplish Profound Sect, the Moon Yin Sect, and the Song Family.
The Song Family was a major clan, while the other three were sects. These four powers had formed a coalition army to jointly come and wage war on the Guhai Sect.
"These four powers have all secretly acted on behalf of the Guardian Faction before. Therefore, me not being merciful with them is perfectly justified," Ye Yunfei revealed a cold smile.
Approximately one hour later, most of the True Gods had already been subdued by Ye Yunfei and become his Clones.
Thus, the majority of the Void Gods and True Gods within this army had now become Ye Yunfei's Clones.
Only the Heavenly Gods in front and the few Sovereign Gods—Ye Yunfei had yet to deal with them for the time being.
Ye Yunfei stood amidst those True Gods and Void Gods, quietly waiting.
"What exactly is that fellow doing? He seems to have completely vanished!"
At this moment, in the distance, the two Heavenly Gods of the Guhai Sect were still constantly searching and trying to sense Ye Yunfei's whereabouts. But with their strength, they simply couldn't sense Ye Yunfei's figure or aura.
"I think it's possible that lad has slipped away quietly.
Maybe his earlier boastful talk about helping our Guhai Sect deal with enemies was just youthful arrogance wanting to show off.
But after arriving here and seeing such a powerful enemy force, he got scared and ran away," the Initial Heavenly God spoke.
"That really is a possibility. He is merely an Advanced Heavenly God. Seeing four Sovereign Gods must have scared him witless, shivering in his boots. Where would he find the courage to help our Guhai Sect now?
I mistakenly thought earlier that he was quite formidable. Turns out he's a coward," the Intermediate Heavenly God also nodded in immediate agreement.
"Never mind. Even though that fellow's strength was quite good, he has no ties to our Guhai Sect. Why would he risk so much to help our Guhai Sect face enemies together?
Him choosing to flee on the eve of battle is perfectly normal," this Intermediate Heavenly God shook his head, then continued.
"Yes, his fleeing is normal. I hope our Guhai Sect can survive this crisis safely," the Initial Heavenly God sighed and spoke.