The lightning before them was the best cultivation resource for Thunder Beast.
Thunder Beast violently opened its mouth and sucked in forcefully, immediately causing the surrounding lightning to surge mightily into its bloodied maw, swallowed into its belly.
Meanwhile, Ye Yunfei took out a long sword and began harvesting the Thunderstruck Wood.
"Every part of this Thunderstruck Wood, from head to tail including the roots, is a treasure. Don't damage their trunks. I think you'd better transplant the whole trees directly into the Phantom Tower," Hun Lao immediately spoke out to Ye Yunfei.
"That works," Ye Yunfei nodded. Then, instead of chopping the trees down, Ye Yunfei began pulling them out.
Putting away his sword, Ye Yunfei grasped with both hands, each seizing a thick Thunderstruck Tree. Then he exerted his physical strength and yanked mightily. The two trees immediately erupted with terrifying lightning energy, surging outward as they tried to break free from Ye Yunfei's palms.
However, Ye Yunfei's physical strength was too formidable. Moreover, Ye Yunfei's body had already undergone multiple baptisms by lightning during his prior cultivation, so his physique was completely unafraid of being struck by the thunderous energy.
Soon, those two Thunderstruck Trees were uprooted soil-and-all by Ye Yunfei.
"I'll help you," a flash of golden light appeared. Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had already materialized nearby, wearing a golden crown and draped in a golden robe, looking exceptionally handsome. With the continuous breakthroughs and upgrades in his bloodline, Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had long since transformed into a golden-robed youth.
Following Ye Yunfei's method, Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm extended his hands, his palms continuously enlarging. His two golden palms each grasped a thick Thunderstruck Tree and yanked them upward forcefully. Physical strength was one of Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm's innate talents. Though his bodily power couldn't compare with Ye Yunfei's, it was absolutely not weak.
The speed of Ye Yunfei and Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm's movements was extremely fast. They continuously uprooted one tree after another, turning and entering the Phantom Tower.
At this moment, the Liu Family members also rushed in, starting to collect the Thunderstruck Wood.
The Blade Realm blade cultivators, however, were still trapped within those three grand formations, each one beside themselves with rage.
By now, all the blade cultivators had made their move, each attacking those three formations with all their might. But up to this point, they still hadn't managed to break them.
"Dammit! How can the power of the formations laid by that kid be so strong?" a Blade Realm elder muttered, fighting with full power. After struggling for a while, he discovered he could at most cause those three formations to constantly shake, but it clearly wasn't enough to break them.
The other blade cultivators were also fuming with impatience, infuriated to the extreme. These experts would normally just swing their blades and crash through when encountering any formation, able to break most formations they came across. They never expected that now, facing these three formations, so many blade cultivators attacking for so long still couldn't break them.
Especially when these blade cultivators saw Ye Yunfei and the Liu Family collecting the Thunderstruck Wood, they grew even more anxious.
With Ye Yunfei and Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm working together, their speed grew faster and faster. After a moment, more than half of this dense forest of Thunderstruck Wood had been harvested.
Not long after, this lush cluster of Thunderstruck Wood completely vanished.
"Young Master, we bid you farewell!" the blue-shirted elder from the Liu Family said to Ye Yunfei, then led the Liu Family members rolling away into the distance.
This was the core region of the Tianmu Shenjun's Cultivation Cave Mansion. Treasures and opportunities could be everywhere, so they were in a hurry to go explore and hunt treasures in other places.
"What should we do with these guys? Should we finish them off?" Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm looked toward the blade cultivators still trapped within the three formations. "The Soul Bodies of these blade cultivators are quite good. Kill them all, and we'll harvest another batch of Soul Bodies."
Huang Chang was also itching to try. For him, the Soul Bodies of living beings were one of the best cultivation resources.
"Ignore them for now. We should hurry to other places to gather treasures. We can settle accounts with them later," Ye Yunfei glanced at the blade cultivators and said.
"That's fine too. This core region definitely still has many good things. And right now, many people from other major powers are active in this area. We really should hurry," Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm immediately nodded in agreement. "The three formations you set won't hold them for much longer. The blade techniques of these blade cultivators are truly quite overbearing. There aren't many formations in the world that can withstand their blade arts."
Hun Lao glanced at the three formations that had already begun to sway and said to Ye Yunfei, "Indeed, the blade techniques these blade cultivators wield possess extremely strong penetrating power, and they can accurately find the weakest positions of a formation to attack. Their formation-breaking power is formidable. If these were formations I laid previously, they would've already been broken by now."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Little bastard surnamed Ye, you dare to steal our Blade Realm's Thunderstruck Wood?! You're dead!" Among the formations, standing beside a Blade Realm expert, Sima Ziyang pointed at Ye Yunfei, shouting furiously.
Ever since Sima Ziyang learned Ye Yunfei had entered the Tianmu Shenjun's Cultivation Cave Mansion, he immediately kept watch for Ye Yunfei's whereabouts, intending to have the Blade Realm's experts kill Ye Yunfei to relieve the hatred in his heart. But now, having encountered Ye Yunfei, not only had he failed to kill him, he and the other blade cultivators were trapped by Ye Yunfei using formations, making him utterly furious.
"Originally, I wasn't going to settle scores with you. Since you jumped out yourself, I won't be polite," Ye Yunfei's gaze fell upon Sima Ziyang, his expression darkening as he spoke slowly.
After speaking, Ye Yunfei directly executed Heart Sword, instantly invading Sima Ziyang's Soul Sea. Over twenty Soul Weapons composed of Soul Power energy simultaneously appeared around Sima Ziyang's head, swiftly attacking his skull.
At the same time, the divine pupil in the center of Ye Yunfei's brow shot out an invisible, bizarre ray of light that instantly rushed into Sima Ziyang's two eyes.
Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei also used Mind Reading Art to interfere with his thoughts and ideas. In this split second, Ye Yunfei executed two soul-type martial techniques and one mental force technique, while also deploying his pupil technique. Under the coordinated attack of these few techniques, Sima Ziyang immediately stood there, unable to move. His consciousness had plunged into a state of bewilderment.
"What's going on? Something feels very wrong..." Deep in his heart, Sima Ziyang knew the situation was very wrong, but his Soul Body was momentarily in a confused state. Naturally, he couldn't figure out what had happened.
The next moment, with a bang, Sima Ziyang's head actually exploded.
"Save me!" His Soul Body appeared amidst a burst of blood mist, crying out in terror.
"No one can save you now," Ye Yunfei said coldly. Then, a small sword suddenly rushed before Sima Ziyang's Soul Body, emanating rich Mental Force energy.
"Kid, you stop right there!" A Blade Realm expert beside him only reacted at this moment, roaring angrily.
Ye Yunfei had just acted using Soul Power energy and Mental Force energy, the speed of which was naturally extremely fast. In just an instant, he caused Sima Ziyang's head to explode. Ye Yunfei simply ignored the roar of that Blade Realm expert, controlling the Heart Sword, which struck Sima Ziyang's Soul Body fiercely.
With a bang, Sima Ziyang's Soul Body directly exploded.
Mental Force energy was the hardest to defend against. Moreover, the level of Ye Yunfei's Mental Force energy now was terrifyingly strong, sufficient to deal with Sovereign Gods. How could someone like Sima Ziyang withstand it?
"I wasn't planning to kill you yet, but you insisted on provoking me on your own," Ye Yunfei said with a cold laugh.
"Kid, you're courting death!" Seeing the miserable fate of Sima Ziyang, the other blade cultivators were all beside themselves with rage.
Ye Yunfei gave a cold smile, waved his hand, and took out a large handful of formation flags, constantly tossing them out. Pole after pole of formation flags grew against the wind.
Soon, Ye Yunfei laid out another four formations, superimposing them outside the previous three formations.
"Not good, that little beast laid more formations!" The blade cultivators, seeing the three swaying formations, thought they were about to break free. Never did they expect there would now be several more formations outside, making them both angry and helpless.
"Take your time breaking them. I don't have time to waste on you right now," Ye Yunfei said with a cold laugh, then turned and swiftly departed.
"Damn you! Bastard surnamed Ye! You wait! I swear I will settle this with you! Only by slicing your corpse into a thousand pieces will I relieve the hatred in my heart!"
"Little bastard, I will never let you go!"
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Seeing Ye Yunfei stride away, the blade cultivators were each enraged to the extreme, roaring furiously at his retreating back.