"Young Master Ye, don't worry. With us here, these five fellows certainly cannot harm you."
Elder Gan and the other four Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods closely protected Ye Yunfei in their center, prepared to fiercely engage the opposing Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods as one.
"Five Seniors, let them approach. The closer, the better," Ye Yunfei sent via Sound Transmission.
"What? Young Master Ye, you mean we should let those five from the enemy side approach?" Elder Gan and the other four Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods were stunned by these words.
"Young Master Ye, if we let them get close and the battle descends into a chaotic melee, the situation becomes a bit uncontrollable. You could be accidentally injured at any moment," one of the Hunyuan Sect elders told Ye Yunfei.
"No matter. Five Seniors, let them approach. The closer, the better," Ye Yunfei insisted.
"Alright then, we will act according to Young Master Ye's wishes," Elder Feng said.
He knew Ye Yunfei probably planned to utilize gravity energy again to suppress those five opposing Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods.
"Good, we will follow Young Master Ye's intention," Elder Feng also declared.
With that, the five Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods began withdrawing step by step, drawing ever closer to Ye Yunfei and shrinking the scope of the battle.
The five opposing Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods, meanwhile, pressed forward, especially the two blade cultivators from the Blade Realm. They brandished the longswords in their hands frantically, slashing out one thick blade light after another, tyrannical and sharp.
Every beam of blade light tore through the space ahead, creating dark spatial fissures one after another.
These two blade cultivators possessed the strongest combat power, and their attacks placed immense pressure on the five Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods.
The five Hunyuan Sect cultivators retreated while defending.
"Now you know how fierce we are, don't you?" the two Blade Realm Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods sneered.
"Five Seniors, let them get even closer," Ye Yunfei transmitted to the five Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods at that moment.
"Very well."
Upon receiving Ye Yunfei's transmission, the five Hunyuan Sect experts immediately took action, continuing to withdraw and further contracting the battlefield.
"It seems these five are starting to lose steam."
Seeing this, the five opposing Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods were greatly delighted and attacked with even more vigor.
"Young Master Ye, is it time?" Elder Gan asked Ye Yunfei.
"The moment has come."
Ye Yunfei nodded. After speaking, he abruptly threw out several formation flags, instantly activating all the formations he had laid out earlier in the surrounding space.
Dense, glowing formation screens, dazzlingly bright, erupted outwards one after another like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
Huang Shang and Hu Miao also simultaneously activated the Ghost Formations and Illusion Formations they had laid down earlier. Arrays of varying attributes superimposed upon one another, cooperating seamlessly, instantly causing the scenery of that space to become spectral and bizarre.
Earlier, Ye Yunfei had deployed many Isolation Grand Arrays and Concealment Grand Arrays to suppress Soul Power energy perception within that space.
Given Ye Yunfei's current formation skill level, the formations he created were capable of affecting Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm also immediately activated all the spatial restrictions he had set up, aiming to suppress those five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods.
Following this, Hun Lao himself made a move, employing his clan's spatial secret art to construct a massive world projection, suppressing it over that particular space.
Huang Shang also released numerous Ghost Blocking Walls. Dense Ghost Walls oozed copious amounts of strange blood that gushed and flowed noisily throughout the space.
On every Ghost Wall appeared densely packed, horrifying ghost faces that writhed ceaselessly.
"Attack!" Ye Yunfei transmitted to the five Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods.
The five Hunyuan Sect experts had long been prepared. Upon receiving Ye Yunfei's command, they immediately struck out, each unleashing a fierce assault with their full power.
"Everyone, help conceal the aura of the Gravity Spheres, try to prevent them from sensing the Gravity Spheres' existence," Ye Yunfei transmitted to Huang Shang, Hu Miao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, and Hun Lao.
The group promptly utilized their most proficient methods, conjuring a great deal of bizarre imagery and forcibly twisting and deforming that region of space.
Layer upon layer of various types of illusions and Ghost Formations overlapped, making it exceedingly difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood.
Ye Yunfei also produced over a dozen talismans and hurled them outwards, activating them simultaneously.
These dozen-plus talismans possessed formidable spatial attack capabilities. They instantly harnessed all the spatial energy and spatial laws within that space, directing assaults and suppression against the five opposing Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods.
Then, Ye Yunfei took out the three Gravity Spheres and directly activated them.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three Gravity Spheres unleashed a surging tide of gravity energy, suppressing and barreling towards those five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods.
The joint suppression of three Gravity Spheres was frightfully powerful. Instantly, both that region of space and those five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods became incomparably heavy.
"Such terrifying gravity energy!"
All ten Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods felt the terror of the gravity energy flooding the surrounding space. However, the five from the Hunyuan Sect were completely unaffected and could still move freely.
"Young Master Ye's methods truly are too terrifying! I finally understand how he managed to lead everyone to eliminate over one hundred and fifty Sovereign Gods in such a short time earlier.
Such dreadful suppression energy – even us Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods are feeling its severe weight."
The five Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods were extremely shocked, raising their estimation of Ye Yunfei yet another notch.
"Sirs, attack quickly. See if we can completely eliminate all five of these fellows."
After throwing out the Gravity Spheres, Ye Yunfei immediately transmitted this command to the five Hunyuan Sect experts.
Simultaneously with the transmission, Ye Yunfei held his sword in his right hand and swung a fist with his left, supplementing it with heart energy martial techniques and Soul Power martial techniques. He charged directly towards one of the Blade Realm Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods.
"Master, I'll help you too."
Hu Miao appeared at Ye Yunfei's side. The Primordial Vixen Stele materialized above her head, releasing rolling waves of illusion path energy. Nine pink fox tails manifested behind her, swaying unceasingly, then lashed forward towards one of the Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods.
"Surnamed Ye bastard! Even if your tricks are impressive, this one isn't afraid of you!"
The Blade Realm Sovereign God directly attacked by Ye Yunfei was furious to the extreme. Holding his sword with both hands, he slashed savagely at Ye Yunfei.
The sword in Ye Yunfei's hand also swept out forcefully, clashing with that longsword.
Clang!
When blade and sword met, a clear metallic ring erupted. Dreadful sword path energy and blade path energy surged wildly, attacking each other.
"How is this possible? Your sword technique level has already reached such heights?"
The Blade Realm Sovereign God was greatly startled and somewhat unwilling to believe that Ye Yunfei had actually used sword arts to face his attack head-on.
Although he knew Ye Yunfei was the Blade Realm's inheritor, being so young yet cultivating sword technique to a level where he could face a Seventh-Level Sovereign God like himself in direct combat – such sword path attainment was truly terrifying.
It must be understood that Ye Yunfei was merely a Second Level Sovereign God, while he himself was Seventh Level – their cultivation realms were worlds apart.
"Let's see how many of my strikes you can block!"
Startled and enraged, this Blade Realm Sovereign God held his sword with both hands and attacked frenziedly, unleashing over a dozen fierce slashes in a single breath. Over a dozen thick beams of blade light appeared almost simultaneously, weaving into a dazzling web of light intent on obliterating Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei responded with a cold smile. The sword in his right hand accelerated as well, continuously hacking out one sword beam after another. A dozen thick sword beams interwove, also forming a sword net that whistled forward in a grinding, crushing advance.
Rumble…
The attacks from both sides clashed once more. Sword path energy and blade path energy of terrifying extremity surged like cosmic deluges rampaging everywhere. In an instant, that entire spatial region trembled and underwent large-scale collapse, with endless fragments of time and space wildly swirling.
Just as that Blade Realm Sovereign God wanted to attack again, he finally began struggling to withstand the terrible gravity energy being applied to his body. His movements became increasingly sluggish.
The gravity energy released by the three Gravity Spheres did not dissipate but persisted in weighing down the bodies of those five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods, making them endure greater and greater strain.
Moments later, a critical point was finally reached; their actions became arduous.
Throughout the fight, these five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods realized the situation was turning against them. They attempted to break out numerous times, but their surroundings were filled with layer upon layer of various formations that tightly hemmed them in.
Added to that, the incessant attacks from Ye Yunfei and the Hunyuan Sect's five experts made any chance of escape even more remote.
"Your end has come!"
Ye Yunfei sneered, then unleashed the Heart Sword, Mind Reading, the Soul Force Star Method, and also employed Soul Artifacts Grand Art to attack the Soul Body of one of the Blade Realm Sovereign Gods.
Since those two Blade Realm Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods possessed the strongest combat power, they naturally became Ye Yunfei's priority targets.
While unleashing his various heart energy and Soul Power martial techniques, Ye Yunfei, sword in right hand and fist in left, attacked that blade cultivator.
At this moment, his Blood Clan Clone also appeared. Its entire form seeped with roiling crimson mist, gripping a scarlet longsword. With a savage stroke, it cleaved towards that blade expert.
Every action of the Blood Clan Clone was completely governed by Ye Yunfei's will; even the secret techniques the clone employed were manipulated by Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei had already devoured many Soul Bodies of Blade Realm blade cultivators, and his blade path comprehension had been continuously improving.
Especially lately, having devoured quite a few Soul Bodies from Blade Realm Sovereign Gods, his blade path cultivation had surged tremendously.
The sword arts the Blood Clan Clone was currently employing were precisely those mastered by Ye Yunfei.
A thick, blood-red beam of blade light manifested, diffusing a powerful blade path energy that rolled forth.
Even as he deployed his blade arts, the Blood Clan Clone also activated the Blood Control Secret Art.
This Blood Control Secret Art was an innate ability inscribed deep within the clone's physical flesh and bloodline. Once activated, it could be employed at will.
The Blood Clan Clone had refined and absorbed far too many Sovereign Gods' bloodline essences; its true strength had already reached a rather astonishing level. The Blood Control Secret Art it unleashed immediately caused the blood within that blade cultivator to begin boiling and gurgling.
"How… how is this possible? This is the legendary art of the Blood Clan!
That evil Blood Clan, didn't they go extinct in ancient times? Why is there such a frighteningly powerful member of the Blood Clan here?"
Feeling his internal blood beginning to churn uncontrollably, that blade cultivator wore an expression of utter shock.
According to Chaotic Void Sea legends, the Blood Clan had gone extinct in ancient times for some reason. Nowadays, within the Chaotic Void Sea, they were thought to have vanished, only surviving in sporadic legends in some extremely remote Small Worlds.
In truth, the Blood Clan race was practically unknown in the current-day Chaotic Void Sea; only some ancient races with lengthy legacies held any awareness of their existence.
This Seventh-Level Sovereign God from the Blade Realm, being a powerful figure in his realm, was of course privy to the existence of the Blood Clan.
"The Blood Clan is indeed terrifying!"
At this moment, that Blade Realm Sovereign God was beginning to feel his entire body growing weak and limp. At least twenty or thirty percent of his combat power had simply vanished. In this condition, resisting the gravity energy suppression grew even more impossible.
After a few more exchanges, dozens of Soul Force stars swarmed upon this Sovereign God's Soul Body, starting to forcibly bite and tear at it. Meanwhile, Heart Swords continued chopping at his Soul Body in an endless stream.