"Who goes there?
Halt!
This is a restricted area of the Song Clan. No outsider is permitted to trespass without authorization."
Ye Yunfei had just arrived at the entrance of this world when a patrol squad immediately appeared, blocking his path. The leader, a True God from the Song Clan, scrutinized Ye Yunfei with a stern gaze and spoke harshly.
Without another word, Ye Yunfei instantly activated Soul Purification Art, rendering the Song Clan's True God completely immobile on the spot, his face contorted in agony.
"What happened?"
The surrounding members of the Song Clan were greatly alarmed.
"Kid, was it your doing?"
Someone looked at Ye Yunfei and questioned him.
But by this time, the soul body of that Song Clan True God had been completely purified and even imprinted with a Soul Power mark from Ye Yunfei, turning him into Ye Yunfei's clone.
"Nothing's the matter. There's no need for wild speculations. I know this young man. Let him pass," the Song Clan True God said.
"You know this kid?"
The other Song Clan members were stunned for a moment before someone asked.
"Yes, is there a problem?" Ye Yunfei's clone replied.
He was the leader of this small patrol squad.
"Since you know him, then do as you say."
The other Song Clan members said nothing more, allowing Ye Yunfei to swagger openly into the heart of this world.
Once inside, Ye Yunfei waved his hand and teleported out all the personnel of the Guhai Sect from within the Phantom Tower.
"This is the Song Clan's headquarters!"
Looking at the world before them, the Guhai Sect members were utterly shocked.
They never imagined Ye Yunfei would just waltz them into the Song Clan's innermost core world like this.
"Now, begin the attack!"
Ye Yunfei spoke lightly.
As his words faded, Ye Yunfei directly teleported out tens of thousands of puppets.
Once these tens of thousands of puppets appeared, they immediately began charging outward in all directions.
Most of these puppets possessed strength at the Void God level, with a few True Gods among them. Each puppet was incredibly resilient and fought without any thought of retreat. When the battles intensified, they resorted to mutual annihilation tactics, their lethality absolutely terrifying.
"Move out!"
The Ancestor of the Guhai Sect waved his hand, leading the sect's forces to begin a rampant assault throughout this world.
"Finally, I have the chance to reorganize my Ghost and Corpse Armies."
Huang Shang, his darkly luminous ghost body, appeared beside Ye Yunfei, a chillingly sinister grin spreading across his face as he looked at the world before him. After speaking, he immediately conjured roiling waves of ghostly fog and began hunting down members of the Song Clan within this world.
Those Huang Shang targeted were always the relatively stronger members of the Song Clan. Now possessing the combat strength of a Sovereign God, and being a ghost cultivator whose arts and secret techniques were exceedingly strange, these Song Clan members were simply no match for him.
Releasing his Soul Power energy, Ye Yunfei swiftly located the two Sovereign Gods within this world. His figure flickered as he moved toward the direction where those two Sovereign Gods were secluded in cultivation.
Ye Yunfei's movement speed was incredibly swift. In just two steps, he arrived before a towering mountain peak.
This mountain was located deep within the world, shrouded in clouds and mist, occasionally erupting with dazzling divine light.
Atop this mountain peak, there were two cultivation caverns, each housing a Sovereign God in seclusion. However, these two Sovereign Gods had already heard the commotion outside. Sensing that a mysterious army had suddenly appeared within their world and was slaughtering their Song Clan kin, they instantly flew into a rage, immediately stopped their cultivation, and rushed out from their caverns.
No sooner had they rushed out the doors of their cultivation caves than they saw a young man standing mid-air not far away, hands clasped behind his back, sneering at them coldly.
"Who is this fellow?"
The two Sovereign Gods paled slightly, for they hadn't detected a person appearing before their cultivation caves moments earlier.
"Be cautious. This young man may not be simple," one Sovereign God transmitted mentally to the other.
"I know who he is. He's that kid who snatched the two artifacts in Huan Jian Gu earlier," one Sovereign God suddenly recognized Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei's appearance and the aura of his soul body had long been relayed back to the Song Clan.
"So it's him!"
Upon recognizing Ye Yunfei, the two Song Clan Sovereign Gods were both shocked and furious.
Not long ago, over a dozen Sovereign Gods leading armies went to the Guhai Sect, only to be defeated single-handedly by Ye Yunfei, who forced them into a complete rout. This incident had already spread widely.
Therefore, when these two Sovereign Gods recognized Ye Yunfei, they instinctively took a step back, expressions filled with wariness.
"Kid, why have you come to our Song Clan's headquarters?
Are these people with you? Why are you attacking our Song Clan?"
One of the Sovereign Gods took a deep breath, then asked Ye Yunfei in an angry voice.
"Why?
Do I need so many reasons?
Then why did you go to deal with the Guhai Sect?"
Ye Yunfei clasped his hands behind his back, looking coldly at the two Song Clan Sovereign Gods as he spoke.
"So he's here to back the Guhai Sect."
Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the two Song Clan Sovereign Gods exchanged glances.
"Young man, our Song Clan and the Guhai Sect only have a misunderstanding. We're not sworn enemies that need a life-or-death struggle. There's no need for this.
I think we can sit down and talk properly. We should be able to clear up the misunderstanding. Perhaps our Song Clan can offer compensation."
Watching their Song Clan kin being hunted down and fleeing everywhere, wailing cries rising to the heavens, the two Song Clan Sovereign Gods felt extremely anxious. However, intimidated by Ye Yunfei's fearsome reputation, they dared not directly attack him. Instead, they wanted to try if they could settle this peacefully with Ye Yunfei.
"Hahaha…
Can sitting down and having a nice talk really clear up misunderstandings?
Your Song Clan people have gone to our Guhai Sect's headquarters twice now, vowing loudly both times to wipe us out.
So what? Are you afraid now? Wanting to sit down and have a nice talk with us?"
At this moment, an old man laughed loudly and came directly to Ye Yunfei's side. It was the Ancestor of the Guhai Sect.
"You…"
Hearing the Guhai Sect Ancestor's words, the two Song Clan Sovereign Gods found themselves tongue-tied, not knowing what to say.
Because during this period, the Song Clan had indeed been broadcasting messages, preparing to join forces with several other powers to exterminate the Guhai Sect. This was a widely known fact they couldn't possibly deny.
"There's really no need for our two sects to escalate to this extent. If we sit down and talk properly, it's still possible to clear up the misunderstanding and shake hands in peace."
One Song Clan Sovereign God suppressed the fury in his heart and spoke.
In reality, before this, they had always looked down on the Guhai Sect, nursing the ambition to ally with several other powers to destroy the Guhai Sect and carve up their territory. But they never imagined the Guhai Sect now had a terrifying young man backing them, who actually dared to storm the Song Clan's headquarters. This caught them completely off guard, and for the moment, they couldn't devise any countermeasures. So, they were only pretending to lower their heads and soften.
"Your hearts are still filled with killing intent. So, there's nothing more to discuss. Time to fight!"
Ye Yunfei, having cultivated Mind Reading Art, could see through the thoughts in the minds of these two Song Clan Sovereign Gods.
Although these two Sovereign Gods were ostensibly lowering their heads and yielding on the surface, deep in their hearts, murderous intent raged like a frenzied tide. Gritting their teeth, they were already planning that once the Song Clan survived this current crisis, they would immediately ally with the other major powers to form a united force to launch a punitive expedition against the Guhai Sect and deal with Ye Yunfei.
"Young man, I believe matters should still be discussed with proper words."
Seeing Ye Yunfei taking such an aggressive posture, the two Song Clan Sovereign Gods were already furious to the extreme, but they had no choice. The situation in the Song Clan headquarters was now dire—their personnel were being hunted down, suffering heavy casualties.
Huang Shang, in particular, was unleashing astonishing killing power. Wherever he went, he continuously employed the Ghost Wall secret technique, surrounding group after group of Song Clan forces within ghost walls, devouring all their soul bodies, and then collecting their corpses.
Now possessing combat strength at the Sovereign God level, those average-strength Song Clan members were far too weak in front of Huang Shang, being hunted down almost wholesale in batches.
"Enough talk. Prepare to die!"
Ye Yunfei's voice was icy-cold. These two Song Clan Sovereign Gods were merely Early Stage Sovereign Gods. Ye Yunfei didn't consider them worthy opponents at all.
As his words fell, Ye Yunfei directly unleashed Mind Reading Art to interfere with their thoughts.
Then, holding a saber in his left hand and a sword in his right, Ye Yunfei took a step forward, the blade and sword unleashing their power simultaneously, slashing out a sword light and a saber light that surged forward.
The two Sovereign Gods, sensing the terrifying might contained within Ye Yunfei's attack, instantly turned pale with fright and retreated together.
Being merely Early Stage Sovereign Gods, they possessed little ability to resist Ye Yunfei's displayed saber and sword arts. After just a few exchanges, they were already forced into chaotic disarray by Ye Yunfei, constantly retreating.
"This young man's combat power is truly terrifying. No wonder the rumors say he fought over a dozen Sovereign Gods simultaneously at the Guhai Sect's headquarters not long ago. It seems it's true."
At this point, these two Song Clan Sovereign Gods finally understood that all the previous legends about Ye Yunfei were true.
"We're not his match. We must find a way to escape, or we might perish here."
These two Song Clan Sovereign Gods had already conceived thoughts of fleeing. Although this was the Song Clan's headquarters, if these two Sovereign Gods escaped, the Song Clan's headquarters would be completely annihilated.
However, having cultivated so arduously to become Sovereign Gods, they were absolutely unwilling to stay here and die for the sake of the Song Clan.
In their hearts, as long as they, the two of them, survived, the Song Clan would still exist. In the future, if they wanted to rebuild the Song Clan, it would be relatively easy.
In short, they valued their own lives far more than the Song Clan's headquarters.
Having conceived thoughts of retreat, these two Song Clan Sovereign Gods began constantly falling back.
"Thinking of escaping now is too late."
Ye Yunfei saw through the intentions of these two Song Clan Sovereign Gods with a single glance and couldn't help but give a cold smile.