Throughout this process, Ye Yunfei had killed even more people from the Blade Realm, the Guardian Faction, the Blood Bandits, and two other forces.
So far, Ye Yunfei knew that five major forces had joined forces to hunt down the members of the Wanmu Ancestral Land. Three of them were the Blade Realm, the Guardian Faction, and the Blood Bandits. The other two were the Meng Family and the Skyfire Valley.
The Meng Family and Skyfire Valley were also ancient powers that had been passed down for a long time within the Chaotic Void Sea. However, they had always operated relatively low-key in the past, and their reputations were not as prominent as those of the Guardian Faction and the Blade Realm. But absolutely no one dared to look down on such ancient powers that had been passed down through countless ages.
"What are these?"
After slaying a Fifth Level Sovereign God from the Blade Realm, Ye Yunfei found five pitch-black orbs from one of the spatial rings on the body.
These five orbs were extremely heavy. Even Ye Yunfei felt their substantial weight when holding them in his hand.
Apart from their heaviness, these five black orbs possessed no other distinguishing characteristics. They emitted neither energy nor any laws.
Ye Yunfei probed them separately with his Soul Power energy and Heart Force energy, but could sense nothing.
Then, Ye Yunfei used the Divine Pupil between his brows to analyze and study them, finally discerning that these five pitch-black orbs contained terrifying mass.
However, the surfaces of all five orbs had been inscribed with extremely sophisticated seals, confining the mass within.
"Could it be that gravity energy is sealed inside these five orbs?"
Based on Ye Yunfei's description, Hun Lao immediately searched through his racial memories and eventually made a judgment.
"Gravity energy?"
Ye Yunfei was somewhat curious.
"Yes. Gravity energy is a relatively rare type of energy. Its most notable characteristic is its extreme heaviness.
In any space where gravity energy exists, the entire space becomes exceptionally heavy.
Any living being entering it would be suppressed, their bodies becoming heavy, their movements difficult. Those with weaker strength might even be crushed directly into pulp by the gravity energy.
Gravity energy often clings to some special materials. I suspect these five orbs contain exactly that—gravity energy.
However, as you described, this gravity energy has likely been sealed within. That's why we aren't suppressed by it even while standing nearby."
Hun Lao nodded as he spoke.
"I feel these five orbs might be five special artifacts.
Forget it. I'll study them slowly later. For now, let's go find the Wanmu Ancestral Land members."
Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before storing the five black orbs inside the Phantom Tower and having his five clones continue studying them.
During his research, Ye Yunfei occasionally utilized his Divine Pupil to analyze the five orbs.
As time passed, Ye Yunfei continued searching for the Wanmu Ancestral Land members.
At this point, Ye Yunfei had long since left the core region of Tianmu Shenjun's Cultivation Grotto.
Of course, apart from Ye Yunfei, all the other experts had also completely exited the core region. Everyone was already moving outwards from Tianmu Shenjun's Cultivation Grotto.
Everyone understood that most of the treasures and opportunities within Tianmu Shenjun's Cultivation Grotto had already been claimed. Whatever remained was certainly few and far between, possibly none at all.
Therefore, many more individuals began focusing on other treasure hunters. They would seize opportunities to snatch gains, resulting in bloody scenes of slaughter happening all over Tianmu Shenjun's Cultivation Grotto at this moment.
"Young Master Ye, Elder Ruan and the others should be just ahead. We were separated from them not long ago."
After Ye Yunfei rescued another six Wanmu Ancestral Land members, a middle-aged man said to him.
"Elder Ruan and another elder from our Wanmu Ancestral Land are being pursued by five or six experts. It seems Elder Ruan is already injured."
The middle-aged man spoke anxiously.
"We'll go check right away."
Ye Yunfei said.
He then teleported these Wanmu Ancestral Land members into the Phantom Tower, activated his teleportation token, and rapidly shifted toward the direction indicated by the middle-aged man.
Up to this point, Ye Yunfei had already rescued several batches of Wanmu Ancestral Land members. Most of these members were injured or had exhausted their energy from continuous combat while being hunted. Ye Yunfei provided them with a batch of Divine Pills and allowed them to rest and recover inside the Phantom Tower.
After receiving Tianmu Shenjun's alchemy inheritance, Ye Yunfei's pill-refining skills had advanced further. The Divine Pills he refined now were of higher quality and, naturally, had even better efficacy.
After consuming the Divine Pills Ye Yunfei gave them, the Wanmu Ancestral Land members began recovering in a short time.
"It turns out these five orbs truly are five special artifacts containing gravity energy.
The surface of each orb is inscribed with extremely sophisticated seals that confine the gravity energy within.
First, these seals need to be refined, then the five orbs themselves must be refined. Only then can these five artifacts be controlled.
Once the artifacts are under control, the gravity energy within can be released at will."
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei exclaimed with delight.
After some time of research and analysis, Ye Yunfei had finally begun figuring out what those five pitch-black orbs were.
"The world actually has artifacts like these? Then you should refine them quickly and test their power later!"
After hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm immediately spoke up.
"The seals on the surfaces of these five orbs are extremely sophisticated. Refining them won't be easy. However, I've already started attempting it."
Ye Yunfei replied.
"It might be difficult for others, but it shouldn't be for you.
You have so many soul bodies, and you've cultivated Tianmu Shenjun's pupil technique inheritance. I believe you can refine them."
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said.
"I hope so. I'm also very eager to see what effect the gravity energy within these five orbs possesses."
Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"It seems Elder Ruan and the others are just ahead."
Not long after, Ye Yunfei stopped teleporting because he had already sensed the auras of Elder Ruan and his group.
Within Tianmu Shenjun's Cultivation Grotto, everyone's perception abilities were more or less suppressed. However, for Ye Yunfei, his perception ability had mostly recovered.
This was because even without utilizing his Soul Power energy, the Divine Pupil between his brows could conduct long-distance sensing and analysis.
Ye Yunfei saw an intense battle underway at a location ahead. Two figures were completely surrounded by six experts.
"So Elder Ruan's cultivation is at the Seventh Level Sovereign God realm."
With a single glance, Ye Yunfei's gaze settled on one of the figures as he calmly noted.
That figure was none other than Elder Ruan. The one with Elder Ruan was another formidable expert from the Wanmu Ancestral Land, also a Seventh Level Sovereign God.
With two Seventh Level Sovereign Gods, it had to be said that the Wanmu Ancestral Land truly was a powerful ancient power.
However, the other six experts were all Seventh Level Sovereign Gods as well, each possessing formidable combat prowess.
Both sides were at the same realm. Elder Ruan's side only had two people, disadvantaged in numbers. Under the full-force attacks of the enemy, they were constantly being forced back. Moreover, the six Sovereign Gods had already formed an encirclement.
"Very well. Our Wanmu Ancestral Land remembers you and these other forces. Today's accounts will surely be settled."
Elder Ruan looked at the six experts surrounding them and spoke with fury.
"What good will remembering do?
Both of you are surely doomed today.
Not just you two, most of your Wanmu Ancestral Land members who entered won't escape death either.
It's even possible that your Wanmu Ancestral Land members will be wiped out entirely, with none escaping.
By then, your Wanmu Ancestral Land won't even know who killed you."
A red-robed elder heard Elder Ruan's words and spoke in a mocking tone.
"Wiping out all our Wanmu Ancestral Land members who entered won't be so easy."
Hearing this, Elder Ruan boiled with rage. He roared and charged toward the red-robed elder.
"Who are you trying to scare, Ruan? I know your combat power is formidable. Within the same realm, you probably rank among the top fighters. But there are six of us fighting two of you. Victory is assured.
You two are definitely destined to fall here."
The red-robed elder sneered coldly.
While speaking, the red-robed elder held a long spear, making continuous attacks. He unleashed a sky full of spear shadows, each resembling a roaring dragon charging forward to slaughter.
Within the space surrounding Elder Ruan's body, dense, thick vines covered every inch. Each vine resembled a green dragon, all surging forward together.
A towering tree stood erect above Elder Ruan's head, cascading billions of jade-green branches that radiated sky-piercing green light, transforming this entire stretch of heaven and earth into a green world.
Elder Ruan sat cross-legged, commanding massive numbers of green vines along with billions of branches to furiously attack the experts surrounding him.
The secret arts and techniques used by the other Wanmu Ancestral Land expert were similar to Elder Ruan's. Dense vines and branches coiled around him, interweaving to form a massive green shield.
Elder Ruan and this Wanmu Ancestral Land expert sat cross-legged together at the center, their hands moving with the agility of dancing fingers, swiftly forming one seal after another as they released a sea of green energy from within their bodies.
This green energy solidified into one green arrow after another. Like a green downpour, they shot toward the six opposing experts.
The six experts each unleashed their ultimate killing moves as well, constantly destroying huge numbers of green vines and dense thickets of branches.
The combat power of these six experts was terrifying. Every attack caused space to shatter, with infinite shards of time and space whistling and dancing about. It looked like a scene of world-ending destruction.
However, the Wanmu Ancestral Land's heritage was renowned for its formidable defensive properties. Although Elder Ruan and the other expert were already at a disadvantage, by deploying the various Wanmu Ancestral Land defensive techniques and martial skills, they managed to protect themselves securely. Again and again, they blocked the attacks of the six experts, having no immediate danger to their lives.