"That's a doppelganger?!"
Lord Lieyang cried out in shock.
At that moment, his movements stiffened and began to slow.
Boom!
A long blade swept across the sky, unleashing a blade light that was a mixture of black and white.
Boom!
The long sword attacked, employing the Myriad Swords Return to One Great Art, converging into a single, enormous beam of sword radiance.
The blade light and sword radiance simultaneously launched themselves at Lord Lieyang.
Even as he unleashed his attacks, Ye Yunfei activated the Mind Reading Art, forcefully interfering with Lord Lieyang's thoughts and will, making his movements slower still.
Ye Yunfei's combat experience was profound, his battle techniques superb; such a fleeting opportunity would never be wasted.
The black-and-white blade light shot like lightning across Lord Lieyang's left rib.
Crack!
The sword arrived next, directly severing Lord Lieyang's right arm.
"Agh! Damn you, boy!"
Lord Lieyang screamed in pain and rage.
Seizing the moment his enemy was reeling in shock, Ye Yunfei pushed both his Ice Mirage Step and Nine Dragons Supreme Step to their absolute limits. His form transformed into a stream of light, difficult to tell between the real and illusory, wreathed in coiling dragon silhouettes and ice shards, instantly closing the distance!
One Thought Ice World!
The Law of Extreme Cold descended once more, enveloping Lord Lieyang.
Agh...
Lord Lieyang roared. Dazzling, more intense golden light erupted from his body, and an illusory domain image, entirely constructed from flames and laws of light, instantly expanded around him!
Within the domain, temperatures soared, space itself seeming to transform into a furnace. The biting cold of the One Thought Ice World was rapidly dispersed and melted away, and even the interference of the Samsara Technique was weakened considerably by that searing, dominating will.
The image projected by a Minor Perfection Sovereign God was indeed formidable!
"Imperial Dao Divine Fist!"
Ye Yunfei uttered a low shout. The majestic qi and blood within his body fused with the divine power of the Nine-Yang Ancient Scripture, unleashing the supreme fist art of the Golden Wheel Dynasty!
His fist shot forth like a dragon, carrying the imperial majesty and domineering presence fit for a ruler. Wherever the fist's momentum passed, even Lord Lieyang's domain image dented and distorted!
"Golden Wheel Armor!"
Upon Ye Yunfei's body, a divine garment materialized, composed of countless faintly flickering golden wheel projections. It spun rapidly, continuously deflecting and eroding the scorching flames and law-based forces assailing him.
"Myriad Swords Return to One Great Art!"
Ye Yunfei roared within his heart. His sword swept out, striking directly upon Lord Lieyang's divine physique and sending his golden blood flying.
Lord Lieyang was both shocked and enraged. The young man's arsenal of attacks was alarmingly diverse and unpredictable, each one possessing astonishing power!
He swung both palms, invoking a golden divine domain image while simultaneously manifesting countless colossal flaming palms and chains of blazing light, clashing frantically against Ye Yunfei's fist force, blade light, and sword radiance.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two figures moved at high speeds through the void, locked in intense combat.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei was bringing all his learned skills into play with consummate mastery.
The Five Suns Traverse the Sky projection from the Nine-Yang Ancient Scripture opposed Lord Lieyang's golden divine domain projection.
His sword and blade techniques focused on the offense, lethally sharp. His Soul Power-based arts continuously interfered, seeking openings. His ice-based secret arts repeatedly sealed and froze the space. His physical martial arts engaged in close-quarters combat, unyielding in their force. His movement skills were elusive and unpredictable, seizing the initiative. Formations and earth arrays manifested occasionally, encircling Lord Lieyang, compressing his maneuvering room, distracting his mind, and disrupting his rhythm.
Lord Lieyang grew more and more alarmed the longer they fought. He realized his proud Lieyang Divine Domain image was becoming somewhat sluggish and resistant under the alternating onslaught of his opponent's five-sun projection and that strange ice-based technique!
Moreover, the enemy's Soul Power attacks were fiendishly difficult to guard against, and had several times nearly plunged him into confusion.
"Solar Detonation!"
Frustrated by the prolonged stalemate, Lord Lieyang finally unleashed a killer move!
He violently compressed his divine domain image, then detonated it abruptly!
A terrifying wave of energy instantly swept out in all directions, threatening to utterly annihilate Ye Yunfei within its range!
Five Suns as Shield!
Dark-Ice Heart-Guard Mirror!
Dark-Ice Battle Armor!
Golden Wheel Armor!
One Thought Ice World!
...
In an instant, Ye Yunfei mobilized multiple advanced defensive secret arts, supplemented by a batch of formations and earth arrays, layering countless protections upon his physical body.
Thud!
The cataclysmic shockwave sent Ye Yunfei, together with the five scorching suns guarding him, flying back. The Golden Wheel Armor outside his body shattered instantly, and a trickle of golden blood seeped from the corner of his mouth as his internal organs trembled from the impact. Had his physique not far exceeded those of his rank, and had he lacked those multiple protective layers, that single blow could have inflicted serious injury.
But he withstood it in the end!
And precisely at that fleeting moment when Lord Lieyang's former energy was spent and new power hadn't yet formed—the instant of vulnerability—a fierce glint flashed in Ye Yunfei's eyes.
"Now!"
His gaze hardened as his sword swept out, channeling every ounce of Sword Dao energy and Sword Dao law within him, augmented by the power of the blade in his hand, all concentrated into one focused strike.
"Myriad Swords Bow to the Throne!"
Ye Yunfei bellowed.
Clang! Clang! Clang...
In that moment, a dense and overwhelming river of long swords surged forward, coalescing into a massive, divine sword in an extremely short time that descended towards Lord Lieyang.
This sword strike represented the pinnacle of Ye Yunfei's current Sword Dao prowess.
It directly tore through Lord Lieyang's golden divine domain image, slamming viciously onto his chest!
Rip!
His protective divine light was shredded like fragile silk. An immense wound, deep enough to expose bone and nearly cleave him in two, tore open! His golden divine blood poured out like a cascading waterfall!
Within the wound, endless sword energy ran rampant, grinding away at his life force and preventing it from healing.
Lord Lieyang let out a cry filled with bitter unwillingness and despair. His aura crumbled like an avalanche, his entire form thrown back into the distant void like a kite with its string cut, his fighting power completely lost.
That one strike by Ye Yunfei had wounded him grievously, even harming his Soul Body.
Ye Yunfei's cold gaze fell upon the wretched Lord Lieyang. Though he himself bore injuries, his face slightly pale, his eyes remained as sharp as ever, and his fighting spirit only seemed to burn brighter.
In this battle, Ye Yunfei had deployed multiple trump cards and had even suffered considerable injury, yet in the end, he had publicly and squarely defeated a Minor Perfection Sovereign God!
This signified that from this day forth, he officially possessed the power to contend with, and even defeat, a Fourth-Level Sovereign God!
Ye Yunfei swiftly retrieved a few divine healing pills he had personally refined and consumed them. The pure medicinal energy flowed like a sweet spring through his limbs and bones, rapidly repairing his internal injuries and replenishing the Divine Power consumed in the fierce battle.
"How is this possible?
Even Lord Lieyang is wounded!"
Witnessing this scene, those of the Guardian Faction could hardly believe their eyes, their morale plummeting instantly.
Especially the Sovereign Gods—each looked towards Ye Yunfei with growing apprehension.
With Lord Lieyang's crushing defeat, the Guardian Faction's morale utterly collapsed, and their troops began to break in disorder.
The Alliance Army, however, let loose deafening cheers and launched into a full-scale pursuit and purge!
The decisive battle in the Sixth Void had its victor!
"Now, prepare to die."
Using his Mind Reading Art, Ye Yunfei sensed Lord Lieyang's intention to flee. His figure flickered as he strode forward, immediately launching a furious onslaught.
Thus the fierce combat ignited once more.
During the battle, Lord Lieyang attempted to escape multiple times, but Ye Yunfei was faster, intercepting him every single instance.
Agh...
Moments later, Ye Yunfei's fist pierced through Lord Lieyang's heart.
Simultaneously, he activated the Soul Force Star Method. Dozens of soul power planets surged into Lord Lieyang's Soul Sea, advancing to devour his Soul Body.
"Boy! Wishing to destroy my Soul Body won't be so easy!"
Lord Lieyang let out a piercing shriek. Then, within his Soul Sea, seven bizarre runes appeared, emanating a violently chaotic energy.
Alerted, Ye Yunfei instantly withdrew his dozens of soul power planets.
The next moment.
Boom!
Six of those bizarre runes directly exploded, detonating Lord Lieyang's Soul Sea utterly. His head burst apart like a smashed watermelon.
"That fellow's Soul Body split into hundreds of fragments. A single rune protected the largest remnant of his main Soul Body and managed to escape," Hun Lao told Ye Yunfei.
"Yes, I perceived it too.
The trajectory of that one rune was incredibly profound, possessing highly advanced spacetime properties. I barely even had time to attempt an interception before it fled," Ye Yunfei replied, somewhat regretful.