"Everyone, save me! Quickly!" The severe attack on his Soul Body had thrown the blade cultivator into utter panic. He retreated incessantly, shouting loudly for help.
However, the situation for the other four Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods was not optimistic either. In fact, for these five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods to withstand the suppression of three gravity spheres and the combined assault of the five Hunyuan Sect experts and Ye Yunfei was already a tremendous feat.
Of course, they were finding it more and more difficult, finally reaching a critical point of endurance before their situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
The three Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods of the Guardian Faction and the two from the Blade Realm began to lose their ability to fight back, being completely pressed down and attacked.
A short while later, one of the Blade Realm's Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods let out a resentful, unwilling scream before his Soul Body was completely devoured by Ye Yunfei.
"Ye brat, you are too ruthless! You deserve to die!" Another Blade Realm Seventh-Level Sovereign God cried out in a mix of shock and fury.
"Now it's your turn." Ye Yunfei sneered, his figure flashing as he charged towards that Blade Realm Sovereign God, unleashing a furious assault.
This Blade Realm Sovereign God soon lost his ability to resist as well, and not long after, his Soul Body was forcibly devoured by Ye Yunfei.
After the demise of the two most powerful Blade Realm Sovereign Gods, the remaining three Guardian Faction Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods were even less capable of resistance.
Soon, the Soul Body of one Seventh-Level Sovereign God was devoured by Ye Yunfei, while Ye Yunfei relinquished the final two to Huang Shang.
Seventh-Level Sovereign God Soul Bodies were precious cultivation resources for Huang Shang.
Ye Yunfei had his Blood Clan Clone extract and refine all the bloodline essence from these five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods before handing their corpses over to Huang Shang.
Seventh-Level Sovereign God corpses were considered high-grade divine corpses, extremely valuable to Huang Shang.
Not wanting to be left behind, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had already acted, separately looting all the valuables left behind by these five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods, its mouth grinning so wide it couldn't close.
"We actually killed five of their Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods..." After the battle concluded, the five Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods stood there, faces full of agitation, even feeling it was somewhat unreal, doubting if they were in a dream.
"Young Master Ye, we really did kill those five! This is a heavy blow to both the Guardian Faction and the Blade Realm!" Elder Gan said to Ye Yunfei in an excited tone.
"This is the first time a Seventh-Level Sovereign God of the Guardian Faction has fallen in this war. The significance is tremendous!" Elder Feng couldn't help but exclaim loudly.
"Young Master Ye, you are truly formidable! With those five killed, our Hunyuan Sect army on this battlefield will achieve complete victory." The other three Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods were also trembling with excitement.
"Now we can exterminate the Guardian Faction forces remaining on this battlefield," Ye Yunfei said, glancing at the ongoing battle.
Although the Guardian Faction army on the battlefield had already begun to rout, due to their sheer numbers, they could still organize some effective resistance.
"Right. Next, we must eliminate all the remaining Guardian Faction forces on this battlefield, along with all Blade Realm personnel," the five Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods said upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, their gazes also turning towards the Guardian Faction's remnant troops.
Immediately after, these five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods simultaneously moved, personally taking command of the fight.
Led by these five, the Hunyuan Sect army erupted with even greater combat prowess, sweeping across the battlefield like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, beginning the complete encirclement and annihilation of the Guardian Faction's remaining forces.
The Guardian Faction's five Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods had already fallen. Approximately half of their other Sovereign Gods had perished as well. The surviving Sovereign Gods were simply incapable of leading the remnants in resistance.
A short while later, the Guardian Faction army finally collapsed completely, all its members beginning to flee madly.
"Annihilate them! The more we kill, the better!" one of the Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods waved his hand, leading the army to pursue and slaughter the fleeing Guardian Faction troops.
Huang Shang, meanwhile, led his ghost army and corpse army to collect the Soul Body fragments scattered across the battlefield, along with the intact corpses.
"Young Master Ye, our Hunyuan Sect side has achieved complete victory on this battlefield. This is primarily your accomplishment," Elder Gan came to Ye Yunfei's side and said excitedly.
"Indeed, Young Master Ye, this is your credit," the other Sovereign Gods also gathered around Ye Yunfei and spoke.
By this time, most of the Guardian Faction's remnant forces had been eradicated, with only a small portion managing to escape by luck.
The battle had formally ended, and across the entire battlefield, countless Hunyuan Sect soldiers cheered.
The five Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods clustered around Ye Yunfei, each looking at him with respectful, admiring gazes as if they had become juniors.
Reverence for the strong applied everywhere.
"Young Master Ye, what should our next move be?" Elder Pan asked Ye Yunfei.
"Continue to support other battlefields, striving to thoroughly defeat the Guardian Faction army across the entire Fifth Void," Ye Yunfei slowly replied.
"Correct. We should immediately support other battlefields. Young Master Ye, from now on, we five old fellows, including this entire Hunyuan Sect army, will be under your command. We will all act according to your orders," Elder Gan said. The other four Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods also voiced their agreement.
"Good. We'll rest briefly, then set off to support other battlefields. Also, distribute the spoils from this battlefield according to need, for the use of the entire army," Ye Yunfei declared, then took out a large batch of spatial rings and handed them to Elder Gan and the others.
These spatial rings contained all the spoils from this battlefield.
Although most of the spoils had been collected by the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, it hadn't monopolized them, instead giving over half to Ye Yunfei.
Following Ye Yunfei's orders, the army began to rest and recuperate on the spot.
"I need to enter seclusion cultivation myself for a while," Ye Yunfei said, setting up a small spatial formation and entering it, then proceeded into the Phantom Tower to begin closed-door cultivation.
For this cultivation session, Ye Yunfei intended to digest the accumulations from the several recent battles.
"Old Huang, let's split these Sovereign Gods' Soul Bodies between us," Ye Yunfei said to Huang Shang.
Ye Yunfei had traversed several battlefields during this period, and on each battlefield, he had suppressed and sealed many Sovereign Gods.
Those Sovereign Gods were all currently imprisoned within the Phantom Tower. Ye Yunfei now planned to refine and absorb all their Soul Bodies.
They were all Sovereign Gods from the Guardian Faction or the Blade Realm, so Ye Yunfei naturally had no scruples about them and had never entertained the thought of letting them live on.
In the following period, Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang began devouring the Soul Bodies of the imprisoned Sovereign Gods within the Phantom Tower.
Ye Yunfei first devoured the Soul Bodies of the Blade Realm Sovereign Gods. With each Blade Realm Sovereign God Soul Body he consumed, his blade dao level increased somewhat.
The life's accumulation of blade technique cultivation of one blade cultivator after another all became Ye Yunfei's. His blade dao cultivation began to skyrocket.
Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei's Soul Force Energy continuously grew stronger, and the quality of his Soul Body continuously improved.
Devouring so many Sovereign God Soul Bodies brought immense benefits to Ye Yunfei's Soul Body and Soul Force Energy.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei finished devouring all the Blade Realm Sovereign Gods' Soul Bodies. His body now emanated strands of terrifying blade qi that swirled in the space around him like schools of deep-sea fish, moving back and forth.
"My blade dao level seems to have ascended another tier," Ye Yunfei remarked, sensing the blade qi around his body and nodding in satisfaction.
"My Soul Force Energy level has also increased significantly. Now, the Soul Artifact Great Law I execute can probably condense over ninety Soul Force weapons, perhaps even a hundred." Ye Yunfei sensed his Soul Force Energy level, then, with a thought, caused a stream of Soul Force weapons to continuously appear in the surrounding space. Each weapon radiated a powerful aura of Soul Force energy.
With another thought, these Soul Force weapons whistled simultaneously as they slashed forward, causing the space ahead to continuously collapse.
"After devouring those two Blade Realm Seventh-Level Sovereign God Soul Bodies, has your blade technique cultivation reached the Seventh-Level Sovereign God tier?" Hun Lao couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I'm not sure if my current blade dao cultivation can match a Seventh-Level Sovereign God in battle. I devoured the Soul Bodies of those two Blade Realm Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods, but only gained most of their memories, not all. So, my current blade dao level likely hasn't reached the level of those two Blade Realm Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods yet," Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before speaking.
"However, I have already acquired many of the Blade Realm's core inheritances. In the future, as long as I diligently cultivate, my blade dao level will certainly reach the level of those two Blade Realm Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods from earlier," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
In the following time, Ye Yunfei continued his seclusion cultivation. He took out a batch of divine pills he had refined for himself, cultivating while refining and absorbing them.
He also extracted a large amount of cultivation resources, allowing the nine divine beasts of the Nine Palaces Totem Wheel to emerge and devour them.
"These nine divine beasts of yours... their current combat prowess should at least be equivalent to that of a Fifth or Sixth-Level Sovereign God, right?" Hun Lao asked curiously, observing the nine divine beasts.