Bang, bang, bang...
One thick blade light after another continuously chopped at Ye Yunfei’s palm.
Instantly, Ye Yunfei’s palm and even his arm were cleaved with deep, bone-visible wounds.
Fortunately, due to the joint suppression from everyone, the offensive power of this long blade had already been weakened considerably. Otherwise, these terrifying blade lights would have cleanly severed Ye Yunfei’s arm right off.
But this long blade seemed unwilling to be subdued; the blade lights it hacked out grew increasingly ferocious and more potent in power.
Ye Yunfei hardened his heart and simply grasped the hilt.
Bang, bang, bang...
This time, the blade lights slashed out by the long blade grew even more terrifying; they nearly cut his entire arm off with one swing, leaving only some flesh and skin connected.
However, Ye Yunfei was well prepared. While swallowing large quantities of divine pills specially used for physical recovery, he wielded his own blood-red long blade, slashing again and again at this seized long blade.
Then, under everyone’s gazes, Ye Yunfei gripped that long blade, employed his movement art, and dashed toward the distance.
Bang, bang, bang...
One powerful attack after another slammed frenziedly onto Ye Yunfei’s back, quickly riddling his body full of holes.
Luckily, Ye Yunfei incessantly used his longsword to unleash wave after wave of thick sword lights, blocking over half of the assaults; otherwise, Ye Yunfei estimated his bodily injuries would have been far more severe.
“Stop him, no matter the cost!”
At this moment, those Sovereign Gods had completely descended into a furious, enraged state.
Several Sovereign Gods even began to burn their divine bodies; raging flames erupted from within them, causing their energy auras to soar continuously, making their strikes even more terrifying.
Grasping that long blade, Ye Yunfei charged heedlessly toward the distance.
“Go faster! If this goes on, your body will be turned into a sieve,” the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said to Ye Yunfei.
“My Corpse Army and Ghost Army have been decimated by more than half, a heavy loss!”
At this point, Huang Shang looked at the Ghost Army and Corpse Army he had just unleashed, which had already been casually obliterated by over half by those Sovereign Gods, and felt immense heartache.
“No choice about it—grasping for treasures comes with a price. When you have a chance in the future, rebuild your Corpse Army and Ghost Army,” Ye Yunfei spoke.
“Let me handle it!”
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm saw Ye Yunfei had already put some distance between himself and the pursuing Sovereign Gods and directly appeared beside Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei quickly entered the Phantom Tower, and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, carrying the Phantom Tower, transformed into a golden radiance, directly vanished into space.
Earlier, when Ye Yunfei was besieged, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm hadn't made an appearance. The Sovereign Gods attacking Ye Yunfei were too fearsome; if the Dragon Silkworm had appeared beside Ye Yunfei then, it would have been easily caught in the crossfire.
With the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm’s current strength, if struck by those Sovereign Gods, it could suffer severely serious damage.
Because his physical quality and lineage couldn't match Ye Yunfei’s, nor could his recovery ability, so he dared not risk it.
“My body is gravely injured, but fortunately, I've seized this long blade,” Ye Yunfei said with a wry smile, glancing at his heavily battered frame.
“Fortunately, you possess a robust physical quality, and your bloodline quality is also exceptionally high-grade, granting you that monstrous recovery capability. That’s why you dared snatch that long blade under the siege of so many Sovereign Gods. Were another Sovereign God in such a situation, they would have been smashed to smithereens, utterly perished in body and soul.
Because that was the concerted assault of over a dozen Sovereign Gods,” Hun Lao remarked to Ye Yunfei.
“Indeed. Not only did I have to withstand attacks from those dozen-plus Sovereign Gods, I also had to split my attention subduing this long blade. That moment was indeed perilous,” Ye Yunfei nodded.
Now, Ye Yunfei began stuffing large handfuls of divine pills into his mouth while circulating his cultivation art to heal.
Carrying the Phantom Tower, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm transformed into a faint, shimmering golden gleam, fleeing all around this ancient battlefield.
“Why don’t we just leave this place?” the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm abruptly suggested.
“Wait a bit more. If there’s a chance, I still want to gain some insight into the blade art inheritance,” Ye Yunfei thought a moment and spoke.
Earlier, Ye Yunfei focused mainly on comprehending sword arts; now he intended to properly apprehend blade techniques.
“If you show yourself again, those fellows will surely go all-out against you,” said the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
“All-out is all-out. They can’t do anything to me,” Ye Yunfei declared confidently.
Next, Ye Yunfei started concentrating on suppressing that long blade, for even now it desperately resisted, trying to break free from his hold.
Inside the Phantom Tower, Ye Yunfei, Hun Lao, Huang Shang, and Hu Miao, along with several others, united to jointly suppress the long blade.
While evading pursuit from those Sovereign Gods across the battlefield, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm also pitched in to help suppress the blade.
Ye Yunfei swung his own blood-red long blade and longsword incessantly to hack at the seized long blade.
Within the Phantom Tower, some unknown amount of time passed.
At last, Ye Yunfei successfully subdued the long blade, and he began refining it and apprehending the blade path inheritance concealed within.
“Over there, it seems another Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacle has appeared!”
Right as Ye Yunfei was comprehending the blade art inheritance within the long blade, he suddenly received the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm’s sound transmission.
Upon receiving it, Ye Yunfei immediately emerged from the Phantom Tower and indeed spotted a Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacle manifesting in a distant location.
Without hesitation, Ye Yunfei’s figure flashed as he dashed over, found a spot beside it to sit down, and started meditating for insights.
A multitude of living beings flocked in continuously from all directions.
“It’s that brat! He’s still here, and daring to show himself!”
A Sovereign God who had just arrived saw Ye Yunfei seated beside the Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacle, exclaimed with shock and anger.
At this moment, other Sovereign Gods hurried over, too, all fixing their gazes on Ye Yunfei.
They hesitated on whether or not to make a move against him.
After a brief hesitation, these Sovereign Gods finally took places around, sitting down to meditate on the Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacle before them.
Throughout, Ye Yunfei never once looked at these Sovereign Gods.
“It was that brat who earlier snatched away two artifacts that appeared in Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacles in a row!”
A Initial Sovereign God pointed at Ye Yunfei and spoke.
Beside him stood a newly arrived middle-aged man, arms crossed behind his back, sizing Ye Yunfei up with an assessing gaze.
This was a Intermediate Sovereign God.
Actually, the Sovereign Gods who had entered this ancient battlefield weren’t only Initial Sovereign Gods; there were also Mid-stage Deities.
However, those who’d previously clashed with Ye Yunfei were all Initial Sovereign Gods, because this ancient battlefield spanned vast area; at that time, those Mid-stage Deities had gone to other regions to meditate on Blade Light Sword Shadow phenomena. It was only now that these Mid-stage Deities were starting to flock in.
Having heard rumors that some young man had successively snatched two artifacts appearing in Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacles, they began rushing here seeking Ye Yunfei.
At this moment, from another direction, yet another Intermediate Sovereign God came sweeping through the air, trailed by a following crowd.
Upon arriving, someone immediately finger-pointed at Ye Yunfei.
“He’s merely a Heavenly God; how could he consecutively seize two artifacts?”
That Intermediate Sovereign God wasn’t fully convinced, frowning as he spoke.
Then, several more Mid-stage Deities arrived in succession, each aiming their gaze at Ye Yunfei the instant they arrived. Clearly, they were all after him.
“Looks like these Mid-stage Deities are specifically targeting you,” Hun Lao conveyed via sound transmission.
“Ignore them for now.”
Ye Yunfei was certainly aware that several Mid-stage Deities had come and were aiming at him, but his highest priority now was meditating on the blade path inheritance from the Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacle.
Earlier, while secluding himself inside the Phantom Tower, Ye Yunfei had obtained part of the blade path inheritance hidden within that long blade, thereby raising his blade path attainment.
Now, with most of his focus on comprehending the blade path inheritance, Ye Yunfei soon started receiving relatively complete blade path transmissions.
An unknowable stretch of time later, the Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacle before them at last began to thin out.
“What a shame; this time no artifact appeared.”
While comprehending the Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacle, everyone paid attention, watching for any artifact appearance, but in the end detected nothing.
As the Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacle gradually vanished, the Sovereign Gods immediately turned their full attention upon Ye Yunfei; all swivelled their heads, their gazes coldly smirking.
“Excellent, I have grasped some refined blade path inheritance.”
Ye Yunfei sorted through the blade path inheritance he’d acquired during this spectacle and announced.
“Those guys are preparing to make a move on you. Several Mid-stage Deities are present now,” the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm reminded him.
“Worry not.”
Ye Yunfei slowly rose to his feet, his gaze sweeping across the Sovereign Gods around him, his expression utterly serene.
“Young man, I must say, your mental fortitude is exceptional—to remain this calm under such circumstances.”
A Intermediate Sovereign God, watching Ye Yunfei’s calmness, appeared quite interested and spoke.
Speaking, this Intermediate Sovereign God took two steps toward Ye Yunfei, while the other Sovereign Gods also closed in around Ye Yunfei.
All understood that Ye Yunfei possessed two artifacts that emerged from the Blade Light Sword Shadow spectacles, and earlier during combat he had displayed their might, making everyone covet them.
“Alright then, young man, I see a cultivable talent in you. Hand over those two artifacts you’ve obtained as a tribute to me, and I can take you as my disciple, give you focused nurture. From now on, traveling abroad, you can proclaim my name.
Believe me, within this void, those who would dare bully you would become exceedingly few.”
A tall, lean man in a cyan robe looked Ye Yunfei over with an appreciative gaze, then slowly declared.
This green-robed man was not only a Intermediate Sovereign God, but came from a most formidable power, hence his confidence.
“Young man, I too can give you a chance.
Given your talent and observed performance, you qualify to join our Heavenly Treasure Association.
If you join the Heavenly Treasure Association, I pledge to nurture you henceforth, allowing you to become a Sovereign God soon. Then, you can become a pillar, a leader for our association.
For youths like you, this is a rare opportunity.
Naturally, you must also yield those two artifacts you’ve gained and hand them over to our association for handling.”
A corpulent man so rotund his neck seemed almost absent squinted a pair of beady eyes at Ye Yunfei, then spoke.
The Heavenly Treasure Association!
Hearing this corpulent man’s words, those around grew rather startled, for the Heavenly Treasure Association counted among one of the wealthiest factions in this void.