"So that's how it is."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Let's move out. The next faction."
Lü Dandan said.
Not long after, the Dark Faction army, under the leadership of Ye Yunfei and Lü Dandan, rolled towards their next target like a mobile dark cloud of death — the headquarters of the Myriad Spears Sect.
The news of the Dark Faction consecutively destroying three major powers had long since spread.
Therefore, when the Dark Faction army arrived at the world cluster housing the Myriad Spears Sect headquarters, they were met with a grim and solemn scene. The Myriad Spears Sect had thrown all its forces into battle, standing ready and waiting.
Countless disciples of the Myriad Spears Sect, clad in tight-fitting attire and holding spears of various types, were densely packed across the void before their headquarters. Spearheads bristled, their cold light reflecting the sun, converging into a forest of steel. An aura of grim slaughter soared into the heavens, stirring the clouds. Their eyes were sharp, carrying both resolve and tragic determination, clearly aware that this battle concerned their sect's survival.
Standing before the army, a tall, lean old man in a blue robe, with three long strands of beard, stood with his hands clasped behind his back.
He held no spear, yet standing there, he himself resembled a divine spear piercing the firmament—keen, straight, and embodying an indomitable, penetrating will.
He was the contemporary patriarch of the Myriad Spears Sect, a long-renowned Advanced-stage Sovereign God.
Behind him stood eight figures exuding vigorous auras—these were the Myriad Spears Sect's other eight Sovereign God Elders.
One Advanced-stage Sovereign God, two Mid-stage Sovereign Gods, six Early-stage Sovereign Gods!
This lineup represented the Myriad Spears Sect putting all its hidden strength on display, demonstrating their determination to fight to the death.
"Little Dark Faction bitch! Destroying three great powers in a row, what monstrous killing intent! However, our Myriad Spears Sect is not to be bullied!"
The Myriad Spears Sect Patriarch's gaze pierced through the void like lightning, landing on Lü Dandan at the forefront of the Dark Faction army. His voice was calm but carried a bone-chilling coldness.
"When your five great powers formed an alliance to invade our Dark Faction, did you ever think about this day? The wheel of cause and effect turns; retribution is inevitable. Today, the Myriad Spears Sect shall perish."
Lü Dandan, enveloped in swirling darkness around her, responded coolly.
Ye Yunfei remained silent, merely watching the Myriad Spears Sect Patriarch calmly.
"Arrogant bitch! The founder of our Myriad Spears Sect was the Spear Deity of ancient times, his might shaking the cosmos! How can he be profaned by you Dark Faction demons! Today, we will let you witness what it means to stand at the absolute pinnacle of spear dao!"
An Elders of the Mid-stage Sovereign God with a fiery temper beside the Patriarch roared angrily.
"Absolute pinnacle of spear dao? So what? Today, the Myriad Spears Sect will inevitably be annihilated."
Ye Yunfei finally spoke, his tone carrying a faint hint of mockery.
"You little bastard, you're courting death!"
That Elder was so enraged his beard and hair seemed to stand on end.
"Since you insist on seeking death, then let's fight! Myriad Spears Sect disciples, heed the command!"
The Myriad Spears Sect Patriarch raised a hand to stop this Elder from speaking further. His icy gaze swept over Ye Yunfei and Lü Dandan before he spoke coldly.
"YES!"
A mountainous and tidal wave of assent shook heaven and earth.
"Form the Myriad Spears God Formation immediately! Kill!"
Following the Patriarch's order, the Myriad Spears Sect army instantly sprang into motion!
They moved and assembled at astonishing speeds, forming a dozen or so colossal battle formations in the blink of an eye!
Each battle formation resembled a divine spear magnified countless times, its tip pointing directly at the Dark Faction army!
Hum!
The terrifying spear intent fused with the energy of countless Myriad Spears Sect members, and over a dozen Myriad Spears God Formations simultaneously erupted with dazzling radiance!
The next moment, countless spear phantoms, formed from pure energy and spear path laws, descended upon the Dark Faction army like a fierce storm, or a metallic waterfall flowing upstream! They carried a sharp aura that could tear through anything, pierce through all things!
They were so numerous and powerful, it seemed they would riddle the entire sky full of holes!
"Dark Faction army, form battle formations to meet the enemy!"
Lü Dandan showed no fear, gracefully waving her jade-like hand.
The Dark Faction army, having prepared for this moment, instantly formed one Dark Faction inheritance battle formation after another at her command. Rolling dark energy soared skyward, seeming to transform into massive shields that slammed viciously into the blanket of spear phantoms!
BOOM…
The tremendous roar of exploding energy continued incessantly; heaven and earth lost their color, the sun and moon their light.
Following this, dense spear phantoms and darkness constantly collided and annihilated each other, instantly turning the front lines into a meat grinder where members of both sides perished every moment.
"My turn!"
Huang Shang cackled weirdly and directly released his Ghost Army. Instantly, mournful winds howled, and spectral wails filled the air.
The massive Ghost Army deployed multiple yin energy-saturated Great Ghost Formations. Countless fierce ghostly phantoms surged forth, specializing in attacking the soul.
Then Huang Shang released his Corpse Army. Countless corpses marched forth with heavy steps, forming multiple murderous Qi-surging Corpse Formation arrays. The nearly impenetrable corpses surged forward like a steel tide, charging directly into the Myriad Spears Sect's battle formations!
Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei thought to himself, and over a hundred thousand puppets flooded out like a tide. These puppets had exceptionally sturdy bodies, and under Ye Yunfei's exquisite control, they began arranging themselves into a remarkably profound battle formation.
This formation was one that Ye Yunfei had arranged according to an incomplete diagram of an ancient formation recorded in a jade slip gifted by Elder Lu not long ago!
Although the formation diagrams recorded in that jade slip were all incomplete, the moment this battle formation, arranged according to the incomplete diagram, took shape, it violently stirred the surrounding energy of heaven and earth!
A vast, ancient, and primordial aura of array power spread out. Above the formation, indistinct images of ancient gods and demons seemed to materialize faintly!
"Kill!"
Ye Yunfei pointed towards one of the Myriad Spears God Formations.
The incomplete ancient formation, composed of over a hundred thousand puppets, rumbled forward like a giant grinding mill!
Wherever it passed, the spear phantoms unleashed by the Myriad Spears God Formation were actually ground to pieces and shattered by that array power field!
In no time at all, with a deafening BOOM, one Myriad Spears God Formation was forcibly crashed through and disintegrated by this puppet formation!
The Myriad Spears Sect disciples within suffered heavy casualties!
"What? What kind of formation is that?"
Witnessing this, the Myriad Spears Sect's higher-ups were both shocked and furious.
Ye Yunfei's eyes also flashed with pleasant surprise. Truly, the power of these incomplete ancient formation diagrams was terrifying!
"Keep going!"
Ye Yunfei commanded the puppets to charge forward, grinding away and extinguishing another of the Myriad Spears Sect's battle formations.
"Might as well kill these Sovereign Gods first!"
Ye Yunfei now noticed those Myriad Spears Sect Sovereign Gods. His gaze turned cold, his figure flickered as he used Ice Mirage Steps, transforming into several dozen ice shadows—real and fake indistinguishable—charging directly towards the area where the sect's six Early-stage Sovereign Gods were situated!
"Kill this brat!"
Having witnessed Ye Yunfei's various means just now, the Myriad Spears Sect Patriarch, who was already filled with limitless killing intent, roared harshly.
Currently, however, he was locked in place by the billowing darkness Lü Dandan had unleashed and couldn't break away.
The six Early-stage Sovereign Gods, seeing Ye Yunfei charging towards them, were both shocked and furious, yet this also roused their ferocity.
"Form the Six Harmonies Spear Formation!"
The six instantly formed a small-scale battle formation. Their speartips pointed distantly towards Ye Yunfei, their divine power interconnected and their auras linked. Six incomparably sharp spear rays shot out like poisonous dragons emerging from their caves, stabbing towards Ye Yunfei's true body and phantom shadows from different angles!
"Dormant Ice Curse Technique!"
Ye Yunfei let out a cold shout, paying no mind to the attacks on the phantoms. He thrust both palms forward fiercely!
The Mysterious Ice Ancient God Art operated at full power, and the vast ice-system origin force provided by the Primordial Chaos Ice Soul erupted explosively!
Crack…
Centered on Ye Yunfei, an ultimate chilling coldness instantly spread. Space seemed to freeze. Those six sharp spear rays, while still ten zhang away from Ye Yunfei, rapidly lost speed. A thick layer of azure ice swiftly coated the spear shafts, ultimately freezing them solidly in mid-air!
"Not good! Retreat!"
One Early-stage Sovereign God, sensing this chill that seemed capable of freezing the very soul, exclaimed in shock and horror.
"Can you escape? Ice Dragon Technique!"
Ye Yunfei's gaze was icy as he pointed a finger. Six ice crystal dragons instantly coalesced, roaring as they each charged towards those six Early-stage Sovereign Gods, whose movements had become sluggish!
"Break! Shatter it!"
The six madly burned their divine power, trying to shatter the ice encasing them and the attacking ice dragons.
However, Ye Yunfei's ice techniques were inherited from the ancient Mysterious Ice Sect. Could the Myriad Spears Sect's simple martial ways easily resist their might?
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Six explosions rang out almost simultaneously!
The six ice dragons precisely collided with the six Early-stage Sovereign Gods. The ultimate cold force instantly invaded their meridians and even their Soul Seas.
Their bodies rapidly became covered and frozen by azure, solid ice at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye, six ice sculptures with various forms, their postures frozen in terror and struggle, solidified in mid-air!
Their life auras had completely vanished!
Instant-kill!
The six Early-stage Sovereign Gods, before Ye Yunfei, had not even managed to last three breaths.
This scene profoundly shook everyone on the battlefield!
The Myriad Spears Sect disciples' morale suffered a heavy blow, while the Dark Faction side's morale soared!
"You beast! I am sworn to be your mortal enemy!"
The Myriad Spears Sect Patriarch, locked in fierce battle with Lü Dandan and seeing the six elders perish instantly, was beside himself with rage. His spear intent swelled explosively; with one thrust he repelled Lü Dandan and tried to charge towards Ye Yunfei.
"Your opponent is me."
Lü Dandan's cool voice rang out. Seven Dark Sacred Lotuses materialized out of thin air, slowly rotating, emanating even more terrifying devouring and confinement power, firmly ensnaring the Patriarch.
Having dealt with the six Early-stage Sovereign Gods, Ye Yunfei shifted his gaze to the remaining two Mid-stage Sovereign Gods, their faces pale.
"Your turn."
He took a step forward, his speed astonishing as he instantly closed in on the two Mid-stage Sovereign Gods who looked as if facing a great enemy.
"We fight him together!"
The two Mid-stage Sovereign Gods exchanged a glance, seeing each other's fury.
They simultaneously erupted with their full divine power. The long spears in their hands resembled two awakened flood dragons—one left, one right—executing the lifelong supreme techniques. Spear rays tore through the firmament, stabbing straight for Ye Yunfei's vital points!
"One Thought, Ice World."
Ye Yunfei softly uttered four words and pointed towards the two of them.
Hum!
An invisible yet mighty ice energy and Grand Ice Dao laws instantly descended. Centered on those two Mid-stage Sovereign Gods, the surrounding space of several dozen zhang seemed to be harshly cut out from the original world! A miniature realm entirely composed of transparent profound ice abruptly formed!
Snow flurried, ice shards stood like a forest, and the ultimate cold not only froze the physical body but seemed even capable of solidifying the very soul!
The two Mid-stage Sovereign Gods discovered to their horror that their connection with the external world was completely severed. Their movements, divine power circulation, even their thoughts became incredibly sluggish!
The sharp, piercing spear rays within the ice realm moved as slowly as snails!
"Break open this icy world!"
The two roared insanely, burning their vital essence, their spear rays attempting to churn the ice realm's energy and laws.
Soul Artifact Art!
Ye Yunfei willed it, and over twenty weapons condensed from Soul Power ignored physical obstacles, shooting directly into the ice realm, densely bombarding the Soul Bodies of the two men!
Aah…
Excruciating pain from their Soul Bodies being torn made the two scream, their offensive instantly crumbling.
"Myriad Swords Unify Grand Technique!"
Ye Yunfei formed a sword gesture with his fingers, unleashing a sword technique long unused.
Although he had utilized blade techniques more often recently, his attainments in the sword dao were equally not to be underestimated.
A thick sword ray materialized out of thin air, charging into the ice realm to carry out indiscriminate carnage on the two men, who were hampered by sluggishness and wounded souls.
Thump thump thump…
Under the triple assault of the Ice Realm, soul techniques, and sword energy, the defenses of the two Mid-stage Sovereign Gods melted away like snow under the sun.
Within moments, their physical bodies were suppressed and sealed by the sword energy, and their Soul Bodies were pierced through by the soul-power weapons.