"It's because that wisp of remnant thought wants to stop me from continuing to study and comprehend the writing on this stele. It probably vaguely senses that if I continue contemplating this broken stele here, I could obtain the complete technique. And if I obtain the complete technique, it might become unfavorable for it."
Ye Yunfei's Divine Pupil had long since spotted the remnant thought hiding amidst the raging winds nearby and had even discerned some of its vague intentions. The Eye Techniques inheritance of Heavenly Eye Divine Lord, reputed to be capable of seeing through all things, truly lived up to its reputation. Even without resorting to mind-reading techniques, Ye Yunfei could now roughly glimpse some of an opponent's thoughts and ideas using the Divine Pupil on his forehead.
The reason that remnant thought hadn't acted before was due to its wariness of Ye Yunfei's Heart Force energy. Now, it was finally moving against Ye Yunfei and unleashing such powerful gales right from the start because it wanted to stop Ye Yunfei from continuing to study the text on the broken stele.
With a wave of his hand, Ye Yunfei threw out another large handful of Formation Flags, instantly setting up over a dozen large-scale Formations. One after another, luminous Formation barriers continuously materialized, overlapping with the previous unbroken ones, reinforcing the defense.
"These gales and tornadoes seem even more terrifying than what we encountered before," exclaimed the twelve Hunyuan Sect Seventh-Level Sovereign Gods as they felt the dreadful winds and tornadoes surrounding them, each looking pale with fright.
"Master, the more that remnant thought wants to stop you from obtaining the complete technique, the more you must seize the time to comprehend these words on the stele and quickly obtain the complete technique. Because once you have the complete technique, you might just possess a method to deal with these winds," Hu Miao said to Ye Yunfei.
"That makes sense." Ye Yunfei nodded, then waved his hand and threw out another batch of Formation Flags, setting up several more large-scale Formations.
Meanwhile, the gusts and tornadoes between heaven and earth around them grew increasingly violent, their power swelling.
Ye Yunfei willed with a thought, and a pearl shot out from within his body, hovering before him.
It was the Heart Pearl.
Ye Yunfei immediately channeled his Heart Force energy into the pearl and began unleashing various Heart Force Martial Skills, attacking the remnant thought hiding within the nearby winds.
This time, Ye Yunfei poured out all his Heart Force energy without reservation, transmitting it in a continuous stream into the Heart Pearl, while simultaneously deploying multiple Heart Force Martial Skills for attack.
He also retrieved a large batch of crystals imbued with Heart Force energy, quality items he had obtained from Heavenly Eye Divine Lord's cultivation cave-dwelling.
The power of the external winds and tornadoes grew stronger, but so did the might of the Heart Force Martial Skills unleashed by Ye Yunfei. After a short while under the assault of various Heart Force Martial Skills, the remnant thought hiding in the winds finally began to show signs of faltering, continuously retreating.
However, the power of the gales and tornadoes between heaven and earth kept intensifying. It was as if all the wind energy and wind laws in the entire world had begun converging towards this location, transforming into a billowing deluge of wind that frenziedly attacked Ye Yunfei and his group.
Throughout this process, Ye Yunfei continuously took out batches upon batches of Formation Flags, constantly setting up numerous Formations. At this point, the speed at which those winds and tornadoes broke the Formations was increasing, forcing Ye Yunfei to rapidly deploy more and more Formations.
Thus, Ye Yunfei's supply of Formation Flags and formation materials was depleting rather quickly. His clones, staying inside the Illusory Shadow Pagoda, worked non-stop forging Formation Flags, which were then immediately transmitted out for use.
"Fortunately, I had accumulated a sufficient quantity of formation materials and Formation Flags beforehand. Otherwise, I truly wouldn't have been able to handle these winds," thought Ye Yunfei as he gazed at the increasingly vast and terrifying gales and tornadoes swirling between heaven and earth around him, beginning to feel his scalp prickle a little.
"I'll help too!" The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm suddenly appeared beside Ye Yunfei. It began creating a large number of golden spatial restrictions and then pushed them out in all directions. Wherever these golden spatial restrictions came into contact with the winds, powerful spatial forces erupted, clashing with the formless gales.
"Master, I'll help too!" Hu Miao also emerged from the Illusory Shadow Pagoda, appearing beside Ye Yunfei. The Primordial Fox Stele shot out from within her body, soared into the air, and rapidly enlarged, transforming in the blink of an eye into a sky-piercing, earth-reaching stele. It released a vast expanse of illusion path energy and numerous formless illusory realms.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the Primordial Fox Stele enlarged, the churning gales and tornadoes all around swept forward with a violent roar, fiercely smashing against the Primordial Fox Stele, while also fiercely clashing with the formless illusory realms.
Hun Lao also began unleaving the spatial secret arts of his race. A massive spatial silhouette constantly manifested, rising and expanding larger and larger until it finally stretched outside the Formations, violently colliding with the onslaught of howling winds and tornadoes.
"I'll join too!" Huang Shang appeared as well. He first laid out a large number of Ghost Walls. Walls dripping with blood, one after another, constantly materialized and then expanded before rumbling outward in all directions. Once these Ghost Walls charged outside the Formations, they collided with the winds and tornadoes. Huang Shang then took out a great many ghost path magical treasures, arranging them into one large ghost formation after another, before pushing these formations outward to constantly clash with the surrounding winds and tornadoes.
And so, the four of them—the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, Hu Miao, Huang Shang, and Hun Lao—all joined the effort, helping Ye Yunfei fend off the winds and tornadoes. Although the various methods they unleashed were quickly destroyed by the terrifyingly powerful winds and tornadoes around them, the continuous streams of techniques, secret arts, and diverse means deployed by the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm and the others, combined with Ye Yunfei's Formations, did manage to play some role in mitigating the assault.
As for Ye Yunfei, apart from setting up Formations on one side, he still devoted his primary attention to studying the text on the broken stele. Because what Hu Miao had said made sense—if he truly obtained this complete technique, he might very well find a way to deal with that remnant thought and these surrounding gales.
"Look! Ahead! Those winds are right there."
Meanwhile, on the distant horizon, a party of several dozen people swept forward. Looking at the vast expanse of winds and tornadoes filling the sky and earth before them, all of them wore delighted expressions. One of them shouted loudly.
"The power of these winds is truly terrifying." Sensing the billowing winds ahead, someone couldn't help but show a change in complexion, speaking in a wary tone.
"It seems only the legendary Wind Demon God of the Ancient Era could create such terrifying winds." A blue-robed elder, his hands clasped behind his back, hovered in the air. Gazing at the churning winds and the sky-piercing tornadoes before him, his expression also turned grave as he spoke slowly.
"Finally, we encounter these winds again. This time, I'll show these winds my power." Dao Changkong, standing beside him, looked at the frantically surging winds ahead, recalling his sorry state not long ago facing them. His expression turned somewhat unpleasant as he spoke deliberately. After finishing his words, he strode forward, a pristine white pearl already appearing in his palm.
Dao Changkong strode towards the wind, holding the pure white pearl aloft in his right hand. The pearly white pearl emitted dazzling white divine radiance, bathing the surrounding space in a white sheen.
"Let's go. We should also have a look at these winds." The blue-robed elder likewise stepped forward.
"Take out the various runes our Rune Sacred Land specifically uses against wind energy and wind laws. The primary energy sources for these winds are wind energy and wind laws. If we can extract the wind energy and wind laws from these winds, we can weaken their power. Furthermore, our Rune Sacred Land possesses quite sophisticated wind-riding runes. Everyone bring out the wind-riding runes and see if we can control the winds ahead. If we can control the winds and turn them to our use instead, that would be best," an Elder of the Rune Sacred Land spoke out.
Subsequently, the experts of the three great factions—the Rune Sacred Land, the Blade Realm, and the Guardian Faction—marched forward side by side. Though the winds and tornadoes filling the sky and earth ahead were vast in scale and incredibly powerful, these powerful individuals from the three factions, each proud and confident in their own abilities and indeed possessed of considerable skill, also carried some high-grade magical treasures on them. Thus, their confidence was great as they strode boldly forward.
Booming!
Soon, Dao Changkong reached the region of winds. The vast expanse of winds immediately closed in around him. Dao Changkong promptly raised the white pearl in his palm, releasing even more dazzlingly radiant light. An extraordinary energy emanated from the pearl, actually causing a portion of the surrounding winds to stop abruptly, forming a windless space around Dao Changkong's body.