At this moment.
Another group of Hudao Academy students charged out from the exit portal of the Small World.
There were about a hundred of them.
"Haha, good, very good!"
Elder Fang was now completely relieved.
Originally, about five hundred students had entered. Now, over three hundred had already come out.
In exploration and treasure-hunting missions, a certain degree of mortality was normal.
Therefore, having over three hundred survivors was already within an acceptable range.
"Ye Yunfei!
You deserve to die!"
Suddenly, a student with a deathly pale face, reeking of blood, and wrapped in thick bandages fixed Ye Yunfei with a venomous glare and roared furiously.
This student had just emerged and was trembling all over with rage the moment he laid eyes on Ye Yunfei.
"Ye Yunfei, even as fellow Hudao Academy students, you were so brutal, actually attacking us!"
"Ye Yunfei, this is outright treason. The Academy will never let you get away with this!"
...
A dozen or so other equally battered students also began shouting at Ye Yunfei.
"What happened?
You... are you Pang Yuyang?
How did you end up in such a state?"
Elder Fang scrutinized the figure for a moment before finally recognizing the student leading the charge against Ye Yunfei. It was indeed Pang Yuyang.
The other dozen or so students were naturally Pang Yuyang's loyal followers.
They had been grievously wounded by Ye Yunfei and stripped of everything. Their hatred for him was profound.
"Elder Fang, after entering the Crystal Mine Minor World, Ye Yunfei repeatedly disobeyed my orders. Moreover, he acted with cruelty and lawlessness! For the sake of plunder, he resorted to violence, seriously injuring us dozen-odd disciples!
Elder Fang, this matter must be reported to the Academy! Ye Yunfei must be severely punished to uphold justice for us!"
Pang Yuyang ground his teeth as he accused Ye Yunfei before Elder Fang.
"Elder Fang, you must uphold justice for us!"
The other dozen students also cried out one after another, weeping bitter tears.
"Elder Fang, Ye Yunfei also deliberately pushed me into a pack of Fiendflame Wolves, trying to use their claws to kill me!"
Another student pointed an angry finger at Ye Yunfei and shouted.
This student possessed late Yuan Foundation Realm strength and was the very captain of Ye Yunfei's original squad.
Faced with the accusations from Pang Yuyang and the others, Ye Yunfei responded only with a cold sneer, remaining silent.
"Ye Yunfei, what exactly is going on here?"
Elder Fang turned his gaze towards Ye Yunfei and inquired.
"Ahem... Elder Fang, I think we should leave first, return to the Academy, and discuss things slowly there," Wen Zi said to Elder Fang. "If we don't go now, trouble will be immense.
We might not even be able to leave if we delay.
If you don't believe me, just look over there."
Wen Zi addressed Elder Fang and pointed towards the direction of the Shenfeng Sect and the other three factions.
At that moment.
Disciples from the four factions—the Shenfeng Sect, the Fengyun Family, the Xiao Clan, and the Tianyan Sect—were streaming out continuously from the Crystal Mine Minor World's exit.
However, the situation was largely similar.
Most of the disciples from these four factions were either injured or had their cultivation crippled.
Furthermore, they didn't have a single Spirit Crystal Stone on them; everything had long been plundered.
Also, the faction with the most survivors among them had only slightly over two hundred people emerge.
The Shenfeng Sect had fewer than two hundred disciples coming out!
Out of five to six hundred who entered, only over a hundred returned. Over half were missing.
"What happened?!
How did you all end up like this?!"
Elder Xi stared at the disheveled, injured, or crippled Shenfeng Sect disciples. His face was ashen, as he demanded in a low growl.
"Elder Xi, you must avenge us!
All of this is because of Hudao Academy's Ye Yunfei!
He's the one who did this to us!"
"Elder Xi, I toiled diligently for over twenty years in cultivation, finally managing a breakthrough to the mid Yuan Foundation Realm! And yet, that bastard Ye Yunfei crippled my cultivation!
I hate it!"
"Elder Xi, Ye Yunfei also robbed all our gains inside the Crystal Mine Minor World!
We are penniless now!"
...
Upon hearing Elder Xi's questions, the Shenfeng Sect disciples could no longer hold back. One after another, they wept bitterly, each vying to voice their grievances.
"What?!
Is what you're saying true?!"
Elder Xi looked at the disciples weeping uncontrollably before him. His body trembled violently with fury.
The disciples of the Fengyun Family, the Xiao Clan, and the Tianyan Sect were the same, pouring out their grievances to their respective elders, either gnashing their teeth or weeping and sniveling as they detailed Ye Yunfei's atrocities.
Thus, the scene became one of wailing lamentations—a scene of utter despair.
Immediately afterward, Xi Junchang of the Shenfeng Sect, Fengyun Wan of the Fengyun Family, Xiao Mingguo of the Xiao Clan, and Wu Fangxuan of the Tianyan Sect—four Mystic Liquid Realm experts—simultaneously spun around. Their eyes, filled with an extremity of fury, locked onto Ye Yunfei from across the distance.
"You little bastard Ye Yunfei!"
All four Mystic Liquid Realm experts were in a state of complete rage. Their roars were nearly simultaneous, shaking the very earth beneath them.
Boom…
A vast, overwhelming aura of spiritual pressure erupted from the bodies of these four Mystic Liquid Realm experts, causing violent gales of energy to sweep across the land.
Wind and clouds transformed, the heavens thundered!
"Let's go!"
At this moment, Elder Fang finally realized something was amiss. Hastily, he produced a flying ship, swept his sleeve, and gathered all the Hudao Academy students onto the vessel, preparing to leave.
However.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The four Mystic Liquid Realm experts, like four streaks of lightning, had already charged through the air, surrounding the ship.
"Fang Nanjie! Hand over that little bastard Ye Yunfei immediately! Otherwise, every single one of you from Hudao Academy will be buried with him!"
Elder Xi's eyes were bloodshot as he glared fixedly at Ye Yunfei, enunciating each word clearly.
Fengyun Wan, Xiao Mingguo, and Wu Fangxuan also stared at Ye Yunfei, their fury reaching the heavens.
All four Mystic Liquid Realm experts had locked onto Ye Yunfei's aura.
And all four possessed Mid Stage Mystic Liquid Realm strength!
"Ye Yunfei, did we perhaps play things a bit too big?"
Wen Zi's little face finally changed slightly as she whispered to Ye Yunfei.
"Hmph, only realizing fear now? Too bad, it's too late! Ye Yunfei, a person bears responsibility for their own actions! Don't you drag us innocent students down with you!"
At this moment, Pang Yuyang sneered, his face filled with a gloating expression.
"Ye Yunfei! You actually dared to lay hands on my Fengyun Family's people!"
Inside the flying ship, Fengyun Ao's venomous gaze was locked onto Ye Yunfei.
"What do you think you are doing! Didn't you all say earlier that among the various factions inside the Crystal Mine Minor World, conflicts would be unavoidable when competing for crystal veins, and that casualties couldn't be blamed on others?"
Elder Fang bellowed angrily.
"Hehehe, Fang Nanjie, no amount of talking will help you now. If you don't hand over that little bastard Ye Yunfei, then you can all go die!
That little bastard schemed to harm so many of my Shenfeng Sect disciples. I must take him back to face death by a thousand cuts," Elder Xi seethed, killing intent roiling as he spoke through clenched teeth.
"Besides that little bastard Ye Yunfei, there were several dozen other students who participated. You must hand them all over to face our judgment," Wu Fangxuan added coldly.
"Correct.
You there, come forward. Identify every single person who participated in harming the disciples of my Fengyun Family.
Do not let a single one slip," Fengyun Wan also declared.
Immediately, several dozen Fengyun Family disciples rushed forward, pointing out Ye Yunfei, Wen Zi, and the several dozen students who had participated in the looting spree alongside Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei merely responded with a cold sneer, remaining silent.
Although four Mystic Liquid Realm experts surrounded him, Ye Yunfei was confident that with his current strength and methods, he could still make a clean getaway.