"Young Master Ye, that is Elder Dongfang. Elder Dongfang is in charge of presiding over our Hunyuan Sect's branch in the Fourth Void." After arriving at the battlefield, Elder Liu pointed to a tall, ruddy-faced old man on the battlefield and said to Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei glanced over and found that the energy aura within that Elder Dongfang was exceptionally robust, estimating that his strength was far superior to that of an ordinary Ninth Heaven Godking.
"Young Master Ye, what should our course of action be now?" Elder Jiang asked, looking at Ye Yunfei.
Now, even the four Hunyuan Sect Ninth Heaven Godkings—Elders Liu, Jiang, Liao, and Chen—had grown accustomed to consulting Ye Yunfei on military tactics and deployments, even prioritizing his opinions.
"Seniors, you lead the main force in a direct charge. I will operate alone." Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before replying.
The scale of this core battlefield before them was also vast, with a large number of troops from both sides present. Seeing all those Guardian Faction Heavenly Gods and Sovereign Gods, Ye Yunfei was certainly not about to let them slip away easily.
"Very well. Be careful, Young Master Ye. We will lead the main force in a direct charge now." After hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the four Ninth Heaven Godkings, Elder Liu and the others, spoke one after another. Then, with a wave of their hands, these four Ninth Heaven Godkings led the vast army charging towards the battlefield ahead.
The size of this army was now simply too massive.
It must be understood that this army had gathered troops from over a dozen battlefields where the Hunyuan Sect was engaged, including two core battlefields.
The effect was immediate once Elder Liu and the other four Ninth Heaven Godkings led the army into the fray. The army, like a rolling cosmic deluge, seemed poised to drown everything in its path. Wherever it went, the Guardian Faction's forces were instantly smashed into disarray.
Among them, Ye Yunfei also released a large batch of puppets he had recently refined, all of them at the Heavenly God level.
These Heavenly God-level puppets formed battle formations one after another, rolling forward like one massive war chariot after another, unstoppable in their advance.
These puppets possessed exceptionally sturdy bodies and lacked any sense of fear, knowing only to charge forward relentlessly. Even if their bodies were smashed, they still retained combat capability unless they were completely shattered and destroyed.
As for Ye Yunfei himself, he silently weaved through the battlefield, directly capturing any Guardian Faction Sovereign Gods he encountered and imprisoning them within the Phantom Tower, while simultaneously subjugating all the Heavenly Gods he came across as his own Clones.
Given Ye Yunfei's current level of Soul Force Energy, he could purify the soul bodies of dozens of Heavenly Gods in an instant using his Soul Purification Art. Therefore, the speed at which Ye Yunfei was subduing those Heavenly Gods was still quite fast.
As time passed, the number of Guardian Faction Sovereign Gods Ye Yunfei captured increased, and the number of Heavenly God Clones he subjugated also grew.
"This is bad. Prison Master, our Guardian Faction army seems about to be defeated." At this moment, on the battlefield, an Eighth Level Sovereign God of the Guardian Faction reported in a panic to an old man clad in a great crimson robe.
This crimson-robed elder was the supreme commander of the Guardian Faction in the Fourth Void, known as the Fourth Prison Master.
"Why is there a Hunyuan Sect reinforcement army of such immense scale?" The Fourth Prison Master's expression was extremely grim as he sent a sound transmission to another Guardian Faction Ninth Heaven Godking to inquire.
"Prison Master, I have just received a report. Currently, within the Fourth Void, our Guardian Faction's armies have already been defeated on over a dozen battlefields. Even our forces in the other core battlefields have been defeated. Only our core battlefield here remains. This Hunyuan Sect army must have come as reinforcements from other battlefields," another Ninth Heaven Godking answered with a gloomy expression.
"Our Guardian Faction armies defeated on over a dozen battlefields... How could this happen? Are our Guardian Faction forces truly so weak? Are the Hunyuan Sect's armies really that powerful?" The Fourth Prison Master found it difficult to accept for a moment.
"Prison Master, I estimate our Guardian Faction's army on this battlefield cannot hold out for much longer. In my opinion, we should hastily retreat. If we continue fighting, the losses for our Guardian Faction army will only become more severe," yet another Guardian Faction Ninth Heaven Godking sent a sound transmission to the Fourth Prison Master.
The Guardian Faction on this battlefield had a total of three Ninth Heaven Godkings.
At this moment, the Hunyuan Sect's advantage on the battlefield became increasingly evident. In most areas, the Guardian Faction's forces were being beaten back continuously.
Ye Yunfei was still quietly moving about the battlefield, constantly making his move to capture more and more Guardian Faction Sovereign Gods while subjugating even more Heavenly God Clones.
This battlefield was not only one of the core battlegrounds, but the supreme commanders of both sides were personally presiding over it. Both sides had deployed many Sovereign Gods to participate in the battle here. It could be said that this battlefield was the primary battleground throughout the entire Fourth Void.
Ye Yunfei discovered that the number of Guardian Faction Sovereign Gods on this battlefield far exceeded the number on all the previous battlefields combined.
So far, the number of Sovereign Gods Ye Yunfei had captured on this battlefield had exceeded two hundred, and among them, about two-fifths were Sovereign Gods.
Precisely because Ye Yunfei had silently captured so many Guardian Faction Sovereign Gods, the overall strength of the Guardian Faction side on this battlefield had grown even weaker.
"Enough. We have indeed lost. Continuing to fight holds no possibility of victory." Not long after, the Fourth Prison Master finally despaired of the battle situation and spoke to the other two Ninth Heaven Godkings.
"Pass down the order! Prepare for retreat!" This Fourth Prison Master then said aloud.
"If we retreat back to the headquarters now, the Hunyuan Sect army may pursue us all the way there and besiege the headquarters," one of the Ninth Heaven Godkings said.
At this moment, the Hunyuan Sect side had seven Ninth Heaven Godkings, while the Guardian Faction side only had three.
The seven Ninth Heaven Godkings of the Hunyuan Sect grew more ferocious the longer they fought. The three Ninth Heaven Godkings of the Guardian Faction side were forced into continuous retreat, appearing utterly disheveled.
Simultaneously, the Guardian Faction's main army was also being beaten back incessantly, beginning to crumble.
As the saying goes, a routed army collapses like a landslide. On many parts of the battlefield, the Guardian Faction's forces were already powerless to fight back, able only to retreat continuously. Some had even already turned and fled.
The Hunyuan Sect's army pressed forward step by step, actively pursuing and attacking.
Because everyone knew that this battlefield was essentially the decisive battle between the two armies in the Fourth Void, the Hunyuan Sect's forces were unwilling to let the Guardian Faction's troops escape easily.
Those Sovereign Gods of the Hunyuan Sect led their respective troops forward like tigers descending a mountain, their momentum unstoppable.
As the Guardian Faction army gradually disintegrated, the situation on this battlefield grew increasingly chaotic. For Ye Yunfei, this chaotic state of battle instead made him feel more at home, like a fish in water.
From the moment he entered this battlefield until now, Ye Yunfei had been doing his utmost to suppress his aura and conceal his form. He had also affixed several high-grade Invisibility Talismans from the Inscription Sacred Land, rendering himself almost completely devoid of presence, like a transparent phantom.
Ye Yunfei knew that victory was assured for the Hunyuan Sect's army on this battlefield before him, so there was simply no need for him to personally intervene and participate in the combat. The most practical course was to seize the time to capture more Sovereign Gods while simultaneously reaping more Heavenly God Clones.