Not long after, Ye Yunfei arrived outside the headquarters of a subordinate force that had pledged allegiance to the Guardian Faction.
This subordinate force was called the Lone Wolf Gang. It was said that the gang's leader possessed the bloodline of an ancient Primal Demon Wolf and was a Fifth-Level Major Sovereign God, making it a fairly well-known power within the Fifth Void.
Ye Yunfei waited outside the Lone Wolf Gang's headquarters for a moment before encountering a few Heavenly Gods of the gang.
These Heavenly Gods had been out on a mission and were just about to return to headquarters. However, before they could enter, they suddenly fell into one illusionary realm after another, unable to free themselves.
That was because Hu Miao had cast an illusion on them.
Ye Yunfei reached out and grabbed, hauling over all these Heavenly Gods trapped in the illusions. He then began to perform the Soul Purification Art, cleansing the Soul Bodies of all these Heavenly Gods before imprinting them with his own Soul Power mark. Thus, these Heavenly Gods became Ye Yunfei's clones.
Ye Yunfei had one of the clones carry the Phantom Tower into the Lone Wolf Gang headquarters. In the time that followed, Ye Yunfei moved secretly within the headquarters, subduing more and more Heavenly Gods.
With his current strength, controlling those Heavenly Gods was far too simple.
In fact, it required no struggle at all. He only needed to hide nearby, reach out and grab, and he could firmly seize those Heavenly Gods in his palm before sealing them.
A little more than half a day later, the vast majority of Heavenly Gods within the Lone Wolf Gang headquarters had become Ye Yunfei's clones.
Of course, besides these Heavenly Gods, Ye Yunfei also subdued a large batch of True Gods and Void Gods as clones.
And so, within the Lone Wolf Gang headquarters, apart from those Sovereign Gods, most Heavenly Gods and roughly more than half of the True Gods and Void Gods had become Ye Yunfei's clones.
This Lone Wolf Gang headquarters had already become Ye Yunfei's territory. He could now move freely within it.
The strongest member of the Lone Wolf Gang was its leader, a Fifth-Level Major Sovereign God. Apart from him, there were several dozen minor Sovereign Gods.
However, all these Sovereign Gods were holed up in their cultivation grottos. Of course, a portion of the Lone Wolf Gang's Sovereign Gods had already led a group of their men to join the battles between the Guardian Faction's army and the Hunyuan Sect's forces.
"This is the cultivation grotto where the Lone Wolf Gang's leader is in seclusion," Ye Yunfei said as he arrived atop a tall mountain deep within the Lone Wolf Gang headquarters. Standing before the large gate of a cultivation grotto, he looked at the tightly shut door and let out a cold smile.
Then, one of the Lone Wolf Gang's Perfected Heavenly Gods walked up to the grotto's gate.
"It's terrible!
Leader, there's been a change in the situation!"
This Perfected Heavenly God shouted in an anxious tone.
"Luo Wu, why are you so flustered? Just tell me what's wrong," a displeased voice echoed from within the cultivation grotto.
This Luo Wu was one of the Lone Wolf Gang leader's confidants. When the leader was in seclusion, he was one of the few confidants who dared to come and disturb his cultivation.
"Leader, all the forces we sent to join the battle have been annihilated! The Watchers of the Guardian Faction are now holding our Lone Wolf Gang accountable. A Watcher lord has already arrived at our Lone Wolf Gang headquarters. Please come out immediately to receive him," the Perfected Heavenly God reported urgently.
"What?"
The voice from the cultivation grotto instantly turned alarmed.
Boom!
The door to the cultivation grotto burst open.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
The moment the grotto door opened, formation after formation erupted.
Glowing curtains from one formation after another appeared like brilliant, giant umbrellas, overlapping layers that enveloped the cultivation grotto.
"What's going on?
Luo Wu, what is happening?"
An elderly man with a stout and tall physique walked out from the cultivation grotto. Seeing the overlapping layers of formation light curtains encasing the grotto, he felt both shock and fury, immediately sensing that something was amiss.
Yet, at this moment, Luo Wu, who had urgently reported to him just moments ago, stood silently to the side without moving a muscle.
Ye Yunfei, Hu Miao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Huang Shang, and several others simultaneously appeared before the Lone Wolf Gang leader. Without a word, they launched their attack.
Ye Yunfei first tossed out three Gravitational Orbs. The gravitational energy contained within the three orbs instantly erupted, causing the space within the area to become unbearably heavy in an instant. The ground below began to collapse continuously.
The Lone Wolf Gang leader felt as if he was carrying countless divine mountains on his back. The terrifying weight firmly suppressed him in place, making it impossible for him to move even half a step.
Back in Tianmu Shenjun's cultivation grotto, Ye Yunfei had used two Gravitational Orbs against Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods, already making it difficult for them to move. Now, using them against a Fifth-Level Sovereign God was simply using a sledgehammer to crack a nut—far beyond what was needed.
Moreover, with Ye Yunfei, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Hu Miao, Huang Shang, and the others attacking together, the Lone Wolf Gang leader couldn't even last half a breath before being completely sealed by Ye Yunfei.
"What's going on?"
Even now, the Lone Wolf Gang leader still hadn't grasped what had just happened.
Ye Yunfei teleported this gang leader into the Phantom Tower, then entered his cultivation grotto to plunder it, taking away anything of value.
Next, Ye Yunfei went to deal with the other high-ranking members of the Lone Wolf Gang one by one. Moments later, he had controlled and sealed several dozen Sovereign Gods of the gang.
And so, the Lone Wolf Gang was completely under Ye Yunfei's control.
Since the vast majority of Heavenly Gods, True Gods, and Void Gods were Ye Yunfei's clones, with a single command from him, the Lone Wolf Gang's forces could set out at any moment to do Ye Yunfei's bidding.
In the time that followed, Ye Yunfei moved secretly within the Fifth Void, taking control of one subordinate force of the Guardian Faction after another.
Apart from the Guardian Faction's subordinate forces, whenever Ye Yunfei encountered a Branch Stronghold of the Guardian Faction, he also barged in without any courtesy, subduing all the Heavenly Gods, True Gods, and Void Gods inside to become his clones.
As for those Sovereign Gods, they were all suppressed, sealed, and imprisoned within the Phantom Tower.
As time passed, the number of Guardian Faction subordinate forces and Branch Strongholds under Ye Yunfei's control grew larger and larger.
Ye Yunfei had often done this sort of thing in the past, so it was second nature to him.
Moreover, whenever Ye Yunfei arrived at a force or Branch Stronghold, he would first subdue those Heavenly Gods, infiltrating secretly to carry out his operations, so the actions proceeded very smoothly.
During this process, Ye Yunfei also continuously received various pieces of news about the war between the two great powers—the Guardian Faction and the Hunyuan Sect.
Furthermore, by this time, many of the forces Ye Yunfei controlled had been dispatched to participate in the battles between these two factions.
"I have already taken control of more than half of the Guardian Faction's Branch Strongholds and subordinate forces within the Fifth Void.
At least one-third of the people in the Guardian Faction's army are now mine.
Moreover, I have suppressed and sealed many Sovereign Gods from the Guardian Faction's side.
I have greatly weakened the Guardian Faction's overall strength. Next, it's time to officially join the battle."
Ye Yunfei stood within a Guardian Faction Branch Stronghold, looking at this stronghold that had been completely taken over by him, and spoke.
"Young Master Ye, the war between the Guardian Faction and the Hunyuan Sect has now opened more than ten battlefields, with over ten fierce battles currently raging," a high-ranking Elder from the Alliance Army stepped forward to report to Ye Yunfei.
"Good. Now it's our Alliance Army's turn to take the field," Ye Yunfei nodded and said.
Then Ye Yunfei left this Guardian Faction Branch Stronghold.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei arrived before a large battlefield.
On this battlefield, the armies of the Guardian Faction and the Hunyuan Sect were locked in fierce combat.
The Hunyuan Sect side was led by a Sixth-Level Sovereign God, while the Guardian Faction side was also led by a Sixth-Level Sovereign God.
This battle had already been going on for more than ten days. Even now, it had yet to end, with no clear victor decided.
However, on the battlefield, the Guardian Faction's army was increasingly gaining the advantage, while the Hunyuan Sect's army had been split into several groups, surrounded on all sides.
The Hunyuan Sect's forces formed combat formation after combat formation, numerous battle formations sticking closely together and resisting with all their might.
Ye Yunfei led his vast army and arrived before this battlefield, watching the earth-shattering cries of slaughter coming from the battlefield ahead. His gaze began to turn icy cold.
Ye Yunfei did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, he quickly released his Soul Power energy. Not long after, he connected with a batch of his own people within the battlefield ahead.
These people of his appeared, on the surface, to be members of the Guardian Faction's army, but were actually controlled by Ye Yunfei's clones.
Those clones immediately made preparations.
In the preceding period, many of the clones Ye Yunfei had controlled within the Fifth Void had already begun participating in the battles between the Guardian Faction and the Hunyuan Sect, entering various battlefields.
This was part of Ye Yunfei's plan.
"Alright, we can move now," Ye Yunfei turned his head and said to the high-ranking officers of the Alliance Army.
Following Ye Yunfei's command, a portion of the Guardian Faction's troops on the battlefield ahead suddenly turned around and began attacking their own comrades.
Because the incident occurred so abruptly, the forces of the Guardian Faction didn't understand what was happening before they suffered frenzied attacks from their comrades beside them. Instantly, chaos broke out.
"Damn it!
What are you all doing? Why are we fighting each other?"
The Sovereign Gods of the Guardian Faction, discovering that their own forces had suddenly begun attacking one another, shouted in shock and fury.