With a thought, Ye Yunfei activated One Thought Ice Realm. Instantly, the rolling blue tidal waves crashing towards him froze solid, transforming into various strangely-shaped ice sculptures suspended motionless in space.
Simultaneously, an ice world took form within the vast expanse, closing in to surround the Fourth-Level Sovereign God.
Even as he moved, Ye Yunfei employed the Mind Reading Art, beginning to disrupt the thoughts and intentions of the blue-robed obese man.
In the Sixth Void, Ye Yunfei had once slain a Fourth-Level Sovereign God, so facing another now, he felt completely at ease.
The blue-robed obese man produced a three-pronged steel trident in his hand. He rode upon towering waves, with illusory images of ancient sea beasts manifesting behind him, and charged towards Ye Yunfei.
Thus began a fierce battle between Ye Yunfei and this Fourth-Level Sovereign God.
Whoosh...
During the combat, Ye Yunfei executed a law-based technique. The two thousand Dao Laws he had cultivated and comprehended simultaneously manifested, transforming from the illusory to the real, becoming tangible chains of Dao Law visible to the naked eye. They rattled and shifted through space, interweaving to form a giant cage of law that descended towards the Fourth-Level Sovereign God.
"How is this possible?" the Fourth-Level Sovereign God exclaimed in shock as he saw the law cage blanketing down. "This kid is merely a Heavenly God. How could he have cultivated and understood so many Dao Laws? He actually has more than I do!" He could clearly see that the number of Dao Laws Ye Yunfei had mastered indeed surpassed his own.
"Let's attack together," the five Third-Level Sovereign Gods of the Hunyuan Sect exchanged glances and then rushed forward simultaneously to assist Ye Yunfei in besieging the blue-robed obese man.
In truth, the obese blue-robed man was already finding it difficult to handle Ye Yunfei alone. Now, with the five Hunyuan Sect Third-Level Sovereign Gods joining the fray, the pressure on him intensified drastically.
Throughout the battle, Ye Yunfei continuously unleashed sword techniques, saber techniques, ice-based techniques, as well as Soul Power martial skills and physical body martial skills. Various different techniques and skills were combined, delivering attacks like a violent storm, relentless and without end.
Furthermore, possessing two Soul Bodies and numerous Soul Power stars, Ye Yunfei could execute multiple techniques and secret arts simultaneously without any interference between them.
"Damn it! He's just a Heavenly God, yet he can fight me, a Fourth-Level Sovereign God, to this extent. What kind of monster is this kid?" The blue-robed obese man grew increasingly alarmed the longer the fight dragged on.
"Compared to the Fourth-Level Sovereign God you encountered in the Sixth Void, this guy's combat power is only stronger, not weaker. I didn't expect the Guardian Faction to send such a formidable expert to deal with the Eighth Void. They are truly determined to take this Void," Hun Lao remarked with a sigh, observing the fierce battle between Ye Yunfei and the Fourth-Level Sovereign God.
"Indeed, this guy is very strong," Ye Yunfei nodded in agreement even as he fought.
Mid-combat, Ye Yunfei suddenly executed the Icy Phantom Step, creating countless different afterimages. In this ice-and-snow filled space, the sudden appearance of so many copies caused the blue-robed obese man to immediately lose sight of his target. By the time he managed to lock onto Ye Yunfei again, Ye Yunfei had already arrived behind him.
With a thunderous boom, five or six massive ice dragons materialized in the surrounding space, roaring as they pounced on the obese man.
Then, Ye Yunfei employed the Serenity Ice Curse, unleashing a terrifying flow of frigid air that engulfed the blue-robed obese man.
Instantly, all the waves around the blue-robed obese man were frozen solid by this cold current.
Next, another ice world took shape, wrapping around his surroundings.
While deploying these various ice-based techniques, the Chaos Profound Ice Pith within Ye Yunfei's body operated at its peak, releasing pure ice energy and ice laws that empowered all the ice techniques he used.
The blue-robed obese man roared in fury. The illusory images of ancient sea beasts behind him shifted from illusory to solid. One by one, these ancient beasts seemed to emerge from prehistoric times, radiating terrifying energy auras. They relentlessly shattered the ice worlds conjured by Ye Yunfei, and even the several massive ice dragons were forced to retreat under their assault.
Right at this moment, Ye Yunfei waved his hand. All the longswords across the entire battlefield responded to his summons, gathering towards his location, once again forming the spectacular scene of Myriad Swords Pay Homage.
Numerous swords, like a dense rain of droplets, instantly converged beside Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei then pointed his finger. All the swords merged into one, transforming into a colossal sword.
Utilizing this massive sword, Ye Yunfei executed the Great Art of Myriad Swords Return to One. With a pointed finger and a thunderous boom, the giant sword surged forward, instantly causing all the sea beasts surrounding the blue-robed obese man to explode one after another. Then, the colossal sword slashed directly towards the blue-robed obese man himself.
Sensing the terrifying sword energy and sword laws contained within the massive blade, the blue-robed obese man's face changed dramatically. Not daring to block it head-on, he was forced into a frantic retreat.
However, the power of this giant sword was too terrifying—a fusion of two sophisticated sword techniques, Myriad Swords Pay Homage and Myriad Swords Return to One, unleashed simultaneously by Ye Yunfei. Its speed was also horrifyingly fast.
The obese blue-robed man had no room to dodge. Behind him, the five Third-Level Sovereign Gods of the Hunyuan Sect were pressing forward step by step, compressing his space for evasion.
Adding to that, the Mind Reading Art Ye Yunfei was employing also caused significant disruption, preventing him from unleashing his full combat strength.
The next moment, with a crunch, the body of the obese blue-robed man was cleaved in two.
"You're courting death, kid!" Despite being a Minor Completion Sovereign God, even though his body was shattered by Ye Yunfei's sword strike, he instantly reformed his physical form and resumed fighting Ye Yunfei.
However, mere moments later, he was cleaved in half again by Ye Yunfei's sword. Furthermore, Ye Yunfei employed Soul Tool Technique, creating a large number of Soul Power martial attacks that invaded his Soul Sea, cooperating with the Mind Reading Art to besiege his Soul Body.
Whoosh...
Suddenly, a multitude of Puppet Soul Strings appeared within the Soul Sea of the blue-robed obese man, winding towards his Soul Body.
"How is this possible? This seems like a legacy secret art of the Soul Tribe! Kid, as a human, how can you possibly cultivate a tribal legacy secret art of the Soul Tribe?" The blue-robed obese man, seeing these Puppet Soul Strings in his Soul Sea, couldn't help but reveal an expression of shock and cry out.
"Who said this is a legacy secret art of the Soul Tribe? That's utter nonsense. This is my own technique," Ye Yunfei replied with a smile.
As he spoke, he generated even more Puppet Soul Strings, casting them towards the Soul Body of the blue-robed obese man.
Simultaneously attacked by three sophisticated Soul Power martial techniques—Soul Tool Technique, Mind Reading Art, and the Puppet Soul String secret art—the blue-robed obese man's Soul Sea and Soul Body began to buckle under the strain. He felt a pain as if they were about to split apart and couldn't hold back a piercing shriek.
Ye Yunfei's combat experience was supremely rich. He had long since seized this opportunity to launch a torrent of other powerful attacks.
The five Hunyuan Sect Third-Level Sovereign Gods, seeing the blue-robed obese man shrieking in agony, knew this was the best chance to defeat him and also unleashed a storm of furious attacks.
Soon after, the Fourth-Level Sovereign God finally could no longer hold on. His head was severed by Ye Yunfei's sword.
At this point in the battle, both the physical body and Soul Body of this Fourth-Level Sovereign God were already wounded. Moreover, his will to fight was nearly depleted. He was now completely suppressed, being pummeled by Ye Yunfei and the five Hunyuan Sect Third-Level Sovereign Gods.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei unleashed his might, finally sealing both the physical body and Soul Body of the blue-robed obese man separately.
On the battlefield, the combined forces of the Alliance Army and the Hunyuan Sect army had long since pushed back the Guardian Faction army, defeating them step by step and putting them in a sorry state.
Hun Lao had already rushed out from the Phantom Tower, attacking the Sovereign Gods of the Guardian Faction while simultaneously collecting various spoils from the battlefield.
Not long ago, Huang Shang had entered seclusion to refine ghost path and corpse path magical treasures. Thanks to the abundant time within the Phantom Tower, he had successfully refined many artifacts of those two types.
Now, hovering around Huang Shang's body were over a dozen black banners. These were all the newly-refined Ten Thousand Souls Banners.
In this battle, each Ten Thousand Souls Banner had refined and absorbed a massive quantity of Soul Body fragments, and even some intact Soul Bodies.
Besides these banners, other sinister ghost path and corpse path treasures also floated around Huang Shang.
Ye Yunfei noticed that with these ghost and corpse artifacts, Huang Shang's combat power had indeed risen significantly. Moreover, Huang Shang was flanked by a massive Ghost Army and a massive Corpse Army, both large in scale and possessing formidable overall fighting strength.
Huang Shang himself already possessed power capable of battling Sovereign Gods. With the support of these two armies, he was unstoppable wherever he went on the battlefield. Any Guardian Faction Sovereign God targeted by Huang Shang met an inevitable end.
The battlefield also featured Ye Yunfei's previously-released puppet army. Over a hundred thousand puppets formed a battle formation of terrifying power, sweeping across the warzone.
Originally, the Hunyuan Sect forces and the Guardian Faction forces had been in a deadlock, locked in a stalemate. But with Ye Yunfei's arrival, that balance was quickly shattered.
The Guardian Faction army felt immense pressure and was steadily pushed back, suffering defeat after defeat.
A few moments later...
"You wait, kid! I'll never let you go!" After another brief period of fighting, while still besieged by Ye Yunfei and the five Hunyuan Sect Third-Level Sovereign Gods, the blue-robed obese man suddenly produced a blue treasure orb and hurled it forward. He stared at Ye Yunfei with venomous hatred, grinding his teeth as he spoke.
As he spoke, his body rapidly retreated. With a tremendous boom, the blue treasure orb exploded, releasing unimaginably powerful blast energy.
With a thought, Ye Yunfei directly extracted the Chaos Profound Ice Pith from within his body and placed it before him.
With a roar, the Chaos Profound Ice Pith unleashed a torrential flow of frigid air, instantly freezing one tall ice wall after another in space to shield Ye Yunfei.
At the same time, Ye Yunfei swept his sleeves, scooping up the five Hunyuan Sect Third-Level Sovereign Gods and retreating rapidly.
"What grade of treasure was that blue orb he sacrificed? The destructive power released by its explosion is terrifying," Hun Lao couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be a Grand Sovereign God-grade treasure. If not for that treasure, he absolutely could not have escaped. However, he's already severely injured. He'll need to spend a long time recuperating and won't be able to participate in any battles for quite a while," Ye Yunfei said, looking in the direction the blue-robed obese man had fled.
And so, Ye Yunfei had defeated another Fourth-Level Sovereign God. With the escape of the Guardian Faction's Fourth-Level Sovereign God, dealing with the rest of the Guardian Faction army became much easier.
Ye Yunfei stood with his hands clasped behind his back. Whenever he spotted a Guardian Faction Sovereign God, he simply attacked. In just a few moments, he had successively slain over twenty Guardian Faction Sovereign Gods.
"Young Master Ye, this battle marks the defeat of the Guardian Faction army. This means we have eliminated the main force of the Guardian Faction's invading army in the Eighth Void. The remaining Guardian Faction troops will be much easier to handle," a Third-Level Sovereign God of the Hunyuan Sect approached Ye Yunfei after the battle concluded.
"Good," Ye Yunfei nodded. "Next, let's cooperate and divide the work. We will surround and exterminate all Guardian Faction forces that have entered the Eighth Void. Then, we should seize the time to head to the Seventh Void to offer support."