After a short while,
The ground finally stopped shaking.
The earth became quiet once more, restoring its silence.
Stretching as far as the eye could see for dozens of miles, the ground was now utterly devastated, a scene of utter devastation as if a typhoon had just swept through.
Ye Yunfei activated his movement technique and, in moments, was far away from that devastated ground.
Next,
Ye Yunfei found a remote mountain cave and entered the Phantom Tower.
Inside the Phantom Tower, coffins were arranged in rows.
Ye Yunfei counted them and discovered a total of two hundred stone coffins!
Each stone coffin contained the corpse of a member of the Ancient Demon Race.
In other words, Ye Yunfei had obtained a total of two hundred Ancient Demon Race corpses.
“Not a bad haul.”
Ye Yunfei nodded in approval.
Then,
Ye Yunfei waved a hand, and a huge pile of black stones began tumbling out from his spatial ring.
These were all Soul Stones!
They were obtained from the high platform where that Ancient Demon Race expert had placed the stone coffins.
“Master, I have some too.”
Hu Miao appeared beside Ye Yunfei and also withdrew a large quantity of Soul Stones from her spatial ring.
Within moments,
There were four or five piles of Soul Stones stacked in front of Ye Yunfei, each pile four or five meters tall, like small hills.
At the very least, there were tens of thousands of Soul Stones!
“That's way too many!”
Hu Miao couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
“Yes.
Truly a great many.”
Ye Yunfei was also very satisfied, nodding with a smile.
These Soul Stones had been arranged within that high platform by that Ancient Demon Race expert to preserve his remnant soul. Now, they all belonged to Ye Yunfei.
“We'll split these Soul Stones three ways.”
Ye Yunfei said to Hu Miao and Huang Shang.
After saying this, Ye Yunfei waved his hand and divided the pile of Soul Stones into three equal parts.
“Master, you should keep them for yourself. You need to increase your strength far more than we do.”
Hu Miao said.
“What good is me being strong alone.
You two should also become more powerful.
Only then can you help me in the future.
Otherwise, always requiring my protection, what good is that.”
Ye Yunfei said.
“Alright then.”
Hu Miao could only nod.
It was true. With their current strength, whenever they encountered formidable enemies, Hu Miao and Huang Shang really couldn't be of much help to Ye Yunfei.
“Ye Yunfei, you're right.
I must strive to improve my strength.
Otherwise, sooner or later, I'll become a burden to you.”
Huang Shang said.
Thus, Hu Miao and Huang Shang each took one third of the Soul Stones.
Next, Ye Yunfei sat cross-legged, waved a hand, and dozens of Soul Stones flew before him.
Ye Yunfei opened his mouth and inhaled.
Whoosh…
Streams of Soul Power were extracted from those Soul Stones and sucked into Ye Yunfei's mouth.
Time slowly passed.
More than half a month later.
Finally, the massive pile of Soul Stones had all been completely absorbed by Ye Yunfei, turning into piles of discarded stone dust.
“My Soul Power has nearly doubled!”
Ye Yunfei opened his eyes and murmured to himself.
Now, the range of perception for Ye Yunfei's Soul Power was roughly four hundred thousand meters!
*Shh!*
With a thought from Ye Yunfei, a small sword shot out from his soul sea, suspending itself before him.
This small sword was the Heavenly Soul Sword.
The Heavenly Soul Sword was formed through the compression and condensation of Sword Intent and Soul Power, controlled by the soul, moving with astonishing speed; a single thought could strike its target.
Moreover, the Heavenly Soul Sword had another wondrous use: it could not only attack an opponent's Soul Body but also attack their physical body.
It could even attack all tangible matter!
“The power of this Heavenly Soul Sword should be quite impressive now.”
Ye Yunfei mused to himself.
*Rumble…*
With a thought from Ye Yunfei, a towering giant tree outside the cave instantly exploded, turning into fine powder.
That giant tree was shattered by the Heavenly Soul Sword. However, to the naked eye, the Heavenly Soul Sword seemed to have remained suspended before Ye Yunfei the entire time, never moving.
That was because the speed of the Heavenly Soul Sword was simply too fast.
Wherever the thought went, the Heavenly Soul Sword would immediately strike the target, as if no time had passed at all!
“A satisfactory effect.”
Ye Yunfei nodded in satisfaction.
Now, this Heavenly Soul Sword possessed truly terrifying lethal power.
There is no defense against speed.
Once this Heavenly Soul Sword was deployed, it could probably instantly kill any expert at the Foundation Establishment realm's late stage.
Even if he encountered a powerhouse with the strength of the Profound Liquid realm, it could still impose a certain degree of pressure on them.
Then,
Ye Yunfei's gaze turned towards those Ancient Demon Race corpses.
“Two hundred Ancient Demon Race corpses, plus part of the Bloodline Essence from Jiao Prince, is already quite substantial.
However, wanting to cultivate the sixth layer of the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art probably still falls a little short.”
Ye Yunfei muttered.
“Ideally, I should also collect a large number of Beast Emperors to refine their Bloodline Essence.
Then, refine a batch of precious pills specifically for body tempering. Then perhaps I could just barely manage to cultivate the sixth layer.”
Ye Yunfei secretly pondered.
The Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art became more difficult to cultivate with each successive layer.
The higher the level, the more terrifying the requirements—both in quality and quantity—for the needed Bloodline Essence became.
Of course, once successfully cultivated, its power grew increasingly formidable.
“Master, there are large numbers of demonic beasts with Beast Emperor strength in this Crystal Mine Minor World.
We can just go hunt them directly.”
Hu Miao said to Ye Yunfei.
“Right.
I do need to hunt a large batch of demonic beasts with Beast Emperor strength.”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Then,
Ye Yunfei left the Phantom Tower and walked out of the cave.
Standing outside the cave, Ye Yunfei released his Soul Power, sending it sweeping and vast in all directions.
Immediately, an area spanning four hundred thousand meters around him became entirely encompassed within his perception.
“There's a group of Flaming Wolves!”
Ye Yunfei's figure shot away, flying towards one direction.
Moments later,
On a stretch of grassy plain, there was a huge pack of Flaming Wolves—several hundred of them.
*Shoom!*
Ye Yunfei's figure descended like a streak of light from the distance and came to a stop before this pack of wolves.
*Roar…*
Upon spotting Ye Yunfei, these several hundred Flaming Wolves immediately became frenzied, fixing their dangerous beastial eyes upon him.
*Shh!*
A small sword shot out from Ye Yunfei's forehead.
*Thud thud…*
Before those Flaming Wolves could even comprehend what was happening, that small sword pierced their heads one by one.
One Flaming Wolf after another silently collapsed, becoming one corpse after another.
Wherever Ye Yunfei's thought arrived, the Heavenly Soul Sword would immediately be there, completing the process instantaneously!
Those Flaming Wolves didn't understand what had occurred at all.
They were utterly incapable of defending against it!
In just one second, all several hundred Flaming Wolves were slain!
These several hundred Flaming Wolves were all of Fourth-tier, Fifth-tier, and Sixth-tier Beast Emperor strength.
Equivalent to human warriors at the Early-stage, Mid-stage, and Late-stage True Condensation realm.
Yet they were all exterminated in a single second!