At this moment, Ye Yunfei noticed that the two major forces, the Blade Realm and the Guardian Faction, were casting hostile glances toward the spot where his group stood. Some of them even wore cold smiles on their faces.
"I never expected people from your Wanmu Ancestral Land to make it here safely as well," a powerhouse from the Guardian Faction spoke up.
"Since people from your Guardian Faction can get here, it's only natural that our Wanmu Ancestral Land forces can also make it," a powerhouse from Wanmu Ancestral Land immediately retorted icily, meeting their tone head-on.
"Pay them no mind. They're just trying to provoke us on purpose," Elder Ruan transmitted her voice to the one who had just spoken.
"Is that young fellow Ye Yunfei by any chance?" a middle-aged man from the Guardian Faction suddenly fixed his gaze on Ye Yunfei and spoke coldly.
The attention of even more members of the Guardian Faction soon fell upon Ye Yunfei.
"So, your Wanmu Ancestral Land is walking alongside this Ye brat now. Splendid," an elderly man from the Guardian Faction said with frosty eyes and a grim expression.
The feud between Ye Yunfei and the Guardian Faction ran too deep and wide. Ye Yunfei had led the destruction of the Guardian Faction's branch bases in the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Voids. Long ago, the headquarters of the Guardian Faction had designated Ye Yunfei as an enemy who must be killed.
"Why is this brat still alive? Headquarters has dispatched several batches of powerhouses to deal with him. Why hasn't he been killed yet?" frowned a Guardian Faction powerhouse as he looked at Ye Yunfei.
"I received news that every time headquarters sent people to deal with this kid, they were intercepted by mysterious, unidentified powerhouses. It seems there's a group of formidable yet obscure experts secretly protecting him," an elder from the Guardian Faction transmitted beside him.
"He is that heir of the Sword Realm?" By now, members of the Blade Realm had also noticed Ye Yunfei standing amidst the Wanmu Ancestral Land's ranks. Sharply fierce gazes all turned toward him.
"Let me go and behead him. Those the Blade Realm wishes dead have never survived for this long," a middle-aged man from the Blade Realm's ranks suddenly soared into the air and charged toward Ye Yunfei astride a thick blade radiance.
"You will not harm anyone in front of me," Elder Ruan's face darkened as she moved to shield Ye Yunfei, preparing to act.
"Senior, allow me," Ye Yunfei said calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Yunfei had already stepped forward, moving past Elder Ruan to stand in the forefront.
The blade cultivator was extremely fast, arriving before Ye Yunfei in an instant.
With a thought, Ye Yunfei activated two different energy-based martial techniques: Mind Reading Art and Heart Sword, simultaneously striking into the blade cultivator's body.
The blade cultivator immediately found himself plagued by all sorts of strange thoughts and notions, while the Heart Sword instantly breached all his defenses and wreaked havoc within his physical body.
The blade cultivator couldn't cope with just the Mind Reading Art and Heart Sword. His attack movements instantly slowed, and a horrified expression appeared on his face.
Ye Yunfei's eyes shone like torches. With one glance, he saw through the blade technique the cultivator was executing. He casually slapped out with a backhand.
*Clang!*
He directly smashed that thick blade radiance into an explosive shower.
Having just recently devoured the memories of so many blade cultivators, Ye Yunfei was already quite familiar with the Blade Realm's blade arts. He recognized this one at a glance.
"How can this be?" The blade cultivator was straining to resist the Mind Reading Art and Heart Sword. He had hoped his attack would force Ye Yunfei back, but seeing Ye Yunfei casually slap it away with such ease, he was both shocked and pale.
In the next instant, Ye Yunfei's hand shot out, grabbing the blade cultivator and clenching hard, directly shattering his physical body into a cloud of blood mist.
Facing enemies, Ye Yunfei never showed mercy.
"Brat, you actually destroyed my physical body! You deserve death!" The blade cultivator's Soul Body appeared not far away, full of fear but glaring at Ye Yunfei with venomous hatred as he roared.
"Why aren't you directly devouring that fellow's Soul Body? This guy is too despicable. Don't hold back with him," the Golden Horned Dragon Silkworm couldn't help but ask, seeing Ye Yunfei refrain from further action against the blade cultivator's Soul Body.
"There are several frighteningly powerful blade cultivators from the Blade Realm here whose strength we cannot match. If I were to devour his Soul Body right in front of them, these Blade Realm cultivators might go berserk and immediately attack me recklessly," Ye Yunfei replied.
"Indeed. There are a few old fellows from the Blade Realm here whose strength we cannot contend with for now. It's best to hold back a little," Hun Lao also nodded in agreement.
"When our strength is sufficient in the future, that will be the time to act freely and slay these Blade Realm individuals," Ye Yunfei transmitted, his gaze sweeping over the Blade Realm blade cultivators.
"No wonder he is so arrogant. To possess such strength at such a young age is indeed no small feat. But that still isn't enough to deal with our Guardian Faction," an elder from the Guardian Faction who saw Ye Yunfei destroy a blade cultivator's body with just one move spoke out.
"Brat, you dare kill someone from our Blade Realm? Pay with your life!" Right then, another blade cultivator charged forward amid torrential blade energy, roaring furiously.
Ye Yunfei simply gave a cold smile, standing there with his hands clasped behind his back, not moving an inch.
"Do you truly regard our Wanmu Ancestral Land as non-existent? Young Master Ye came here with our Wanmu Ancestral Land's party. To target Young Master Ye before my very eyes means you are showing no respect for our Wanmu Ancestral Land," Elder Ruan took a step forward and gave her dragon-head cane a solid thump against the void.
*BOOM!*
A towering, heaven-reaching giant tree directly manifested above her head, growing from illusory to solidly substantial.
Tens of thousands upon thousands of jade-green branches grew wildly through the void, hanging down from on high like a giant, green umbrella.
*Rumble...*
As the giant, sky-scraping tree became increasingly solid, the entire space shook violently in tandem with it.
Terrifying green energy, vast as an ocean, surged out in all directions from the center where the colossal tree stood.
Everyone felt the intimidating aura emanating from the colossal tree and couldn't help but shudder.
"Leave that Ye brat aside for now. Our primary task at this moment is to cross this white river and enter the core region of Tianmu Shenjun's cultivation cave dwelling," an elderly man from the Blade Realm who witnessed the colossal tree behind Elder Ruan frowned. He recognized this as one of Wanmu Ancestral Land's core inheritance secret arts, possessing extraordinary power.
Those who cultivated this core inheritance secret art had combat strength that was difficult to measure, often possessing the fearsome ability to challenge those of higher levels.
Furthermore, cultivators of this inheritance art were extremely tenacious in life force. Even if their Soul Body were shattered, as long as some of their origin remained, they could reconstitute their physical body and Soul Body and revive once more.
In short, every powerhouse from the Wanmu Ancestral Land who cultivated this inheritance art was notoriously troublesome to deal with.
"Wanmu Ancestral Land... very well. I shall remember this," an elderly man among the Guardian Faction's ranks stared at Elder Ruan and spoke coldly.
Then, both the Blade Realm and the Guardian Faction stopped concerning themselves with Ye Yunfei, turning their attention back towards the white river ahead.