Ye Yunfei's figure flashed repeatedly, each movement resulting in him seizing a high-ranking member of the Netherworld and locking them away within the Phantom Tower.
"Ye brat, you stop right there!" The Underworld Lord, watching his Netherworld's experts being continuously snatched away by Ye Yunfei, was both shocked and furious. With a furious roar, he charged towards Ye Yunfei.
However, Ye Yunfei's movement speed was simply too fast. He kept flashing around, capturing and sealing a Netherworld official with each movement before imprisoning them in the Phantom Tower.
The Underworld Lord, his fury reaching the heavens, gave chase but couldn't even keep up with Ye Yunfei.
Besides the Underworld Lord, the old man with unbound hair and gleaming green eyes also let out an angry roar and charged at Ye Yunfei. This elder's strength seemed to be on par with that of the Underworld Lord.
A moment later, with the exception of the Underworld Lord and the disheveled old man, all the other high-ranking members of the Netherworld had been captured and imprisoned by Ye Yunfei.
"Ye scum, release them all at once! Otherwise, I'll make you die without even a grave to bury your body!" The Underworld Lord's eyes nearly bulged from their sockets at the sight, and he roared at Ye Yunfei in fury.
"Now it's your turn." Ye Yunfei slowly turned, his gaze landing on the Underworld Lord as he spoke.
As Ye Yunfei's words fell, over twenty towering tornadoes smashed in from different directions, rumbling as they surrounded the Underworld Lord.
"Ye brat, this is my domain! I won't tolerate your insolence here!" The Underworld Lord stared at the more than twenty massive cyclones churning through heaven and earth as they advanced to besiege him, his anger reaching its absolute peak.
In the next moment.
*BOOM BOOM BOOM...*
Suddenly, all eighteen Hells within the Netherworld trembled violently together, and an immensely powerful aura undulated like a boundless ocean, resembling a sky-reaching tsunami. The entire Netherworld shuddered as with a thunderous boom.
"This is energy at the Chaos God level!" Hun Lao immediately spoke up to warn.
*BOOM BOOM BOOM...*
At this moment, from each Hell in the Netherworld, a strange-colored pillar of light shot up. Some were as dark as ink, some verdantly green, some crimson like blood, some as brilliant as the sunset clouds in the western sky, some dazzling white...
Each light pillar was incredibly thick, and their different colors represented different meanings—dark coldness, slaughter, death, terror, and so on. Eighteen thick pillars of varying colors soared towards the sky, and all of them locked onto Ye Yunfei and blasted towards him.
"It really is a treasure at the Chaos God level." Ye Yunfei's brow furrowed slightly. He knew that his current strength made battling a Ninth Level Sovereign God quite easy, but encountering Chaos God level energy was a bit more troublesome.
'It seems the goal of destroying this Netherworld can't be achieved.' Sensing the energy contained within those thick pillars of light, Ye Yunfei secretly concluded.
Therefore, without hesitation, Ye Yunfei turned and fled. Escorted by raging gales, he instantly charged out of the Small World where the Underworld Lord resided.
"Brat, where do you think you're escaping to?" The Underworld Lord and the disheveled old man were horrified to see Ye Yunfei trying to flee. They had to consider that most of the Netherworld's high-ranking members were already in Ye Yunfei's hands. If he really managed to escape, the loss to the Netherworld would be devastating.
The Underworld Lord pointed a finger, and the eighteen thick energy pillars erupting from the eighteen Hells thundered after Ye Yunfei. The powerful energy pressure they emitted made the entire Netherworld tremble.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei pushed his movement speed to its absolute limit, moving so fast that even the Underworld Lord, chasing from behind, could only vaguely see a few afterimages of Ye Yunfei.
"How is this possible? This kid's speed is actually this terrifying, that's just too exaggerated!" The Underworld Lord and the disheveled old man couldn't believe it.
Soon, Ye Yunfei arrived before the Teleportation Altar he had used to originally enter the Netherworld. Over a dozen Netherworld experts were guarding this Teleportation Altar.
These guardians had long noticed the massive commotion originating from within the Netherworld and were already standing alert, releasing their Soul Power energy to sense the source of the disturbance. However, Ye Yunfei's speed was simply too fast—their perception abilities couldn't lock onto his figure. It was only when Ye Yunfei came to a stop right before the Teleportation Altar that these guardians noticed someone had appeared before it.
"Everyone, I've just received an order from the Underworld Lord. Seal off this Teleportation Altar immediately; no members are allowed to enter or exit." A leading elder among them, having just received a transmitted message, immediately called out.
But before he could finish speaking, Ye Yunfei flashed and was already upon the Teleportation Altar. He tossed out over a dozen Formation Flags, embedding them into different positions on the altar.
*BOOM BOOM BOOM...*
The Teleportation Altar began to tremble violently. With Ye Yunfei's level of expertise in Formations, activating such a Teleportation Altar was, of course, an easy task.
"Stop him, quick!" Seeing the Teleportation Altar being activated, the leading elder was both shocked and furious. He flashed, charging towards Ye Yunfei.
With a roar, this elder manifested a massive ghostly claw, radiating thick deathly aura, which immediately descended to grab Ye Yunfei's head.
At the same time this elder struck, the other Netherworld experts around the Teleportation Altar also acted in unison. Some summoned magical treasures, while others unleashed cultivation arts passed down within the Netherworld.
However, in the very next instant, Ye Yunfei activated his Mind Reading Art. Immediately, all the Netherworld experts nearby suffered severe interference from the art, spawning all sorts of complicated, bizarre thoughts and ideas. They all stood there, bewildered and unsure what to do.
*BOOM!*
The Teleportation Altar erupted with powerful teleportation energy, enveloping Ye Yunfei before tearing open a teleportation channel and instantly initiating the teleportation.
*BOOM BOOM BOOM...*
The eighteen thick pillars of energy came rolling in, aiming for and ferociously bombarding the Teleportation Altar.
Although Ye Yunfei was already within the teleportation channel, he perceived everything happening behind him extremely clearly. Seeing those eighteen thick energy pillars about to destroy the Teleportation Altar, he immediately waved his sleeve. Countless Formation barriers of light continuously popped up all around the Teleportation Altar.
These Formation barriers had been hurriedly laid down by Ye Yunfei when he was making his departure earlier. He knew that if the Underworld Lord saw him attempting to use that Teleportation Altar to escape, he would undoubtedly try to destroy it at all costs. Therefore, Ye Yunfei had hastily set up a series of Formations around the altar as a temporary defense.
Though these Formations were quickly destroyed by the eighteen thick energy pillars, they still managed to hold out for a fleeting moment.
And in that very moment, Ye Yunfei had already traversed a great distance through the teleportation channel.
This way, even if the Teleportation Altar behind him was destroyed, it wouldn't immediately affect Ye Yunfei.
*BOOM BOOM BOOM...*
Ye Yunfei sensed the teleportation altar behind him being struck by those eighteen thick energy pillars simultaneously, resulting in a violent explosion in an instant. The ferocious explosive energy invaded the teleportation channel Ye Yunfei was in, chasing after him. Wherever this explosive energy passed, the teleportation channel also exploded.
Fortunately, Ye Yunfei was already a very great spatial distance away.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei materialized atop a Teleportation Altar.
"That was close! We finally got out. It's obvious that Netherworld possesses a Chaos God level treasure. At our current strength, encountering a Chaos God level treasure is still a bit difficult to handle." Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei.
"A single, random Netherworld actually possesses a Chaos God level treasure. It seems the Great Netherworld's foundations are truly profound—they're in no way inferior to the Hunyuan Sect and the Guardian Faction's forces." Ye Yunfei spoke up.
"We pay our respects to Master." Seeing Ye Yunfei appear on the Teleportation Altar, over a dozen figures clad in black robes rose to their feet simultaneously, bowing respectfully to Ye Yunfei.
Before entering the Netherworld, Ye Yunfei had already subjugated all the members of this Netherworld stationed as guardians of this Teleportation Altar, turning them into slaves.
"Let them stay here; they might be useful in the future." Ye Yunfei gave a slight nod towards those slaves, then with a flash of his figure, left the palace. He soon departed from this world.
"I've already subdued many minor guards and soul-summoning envoys within that Netherworld. It won't be difficult for me to enter again in the future. Just wait. I'll return one day and destroy that Netherworld." Ye Yunfei glanced back and said coldly.
"Master, originally when we entered that Netherworld this time, it was to search for clues regarding Huang Lao. But it seems we haven't found any traces related to him." Hu Miao spoke, somewhat dejected.
"That's not necessarily true. Most of the high-ranking members of that Netherworld are now in my hands. If there are any clues about Huang Lao within that Netherworld, then these higher-ups would surely know about them." Ye Yunfei countered.
"Master, that's a good point. That Underworld Lord has probably been secluded in his cave mansion for secluded cultivation most of the time; it's those high-ranking officials who are truly managing the Netherworld. You can search their memories to see if there's any information regarding Huang Lao." Hu Miao, hearing Ye Yunfei's words, couldn't help but have her eyes brighten as she immediately said with delight.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei entered another ordinary world cluster. Finding a secluded spot, he set up a small dimensional Formation, entered its space, then entered the Phantom Tower.
Within the Netherworld, Ye Yunfei had captured many high-ranking Netherworld officials, all of them Sovereign Gods. Of course, Ye Yunfei wasn't going to waste them.
Sitting cross-legged, Ye Yunfei reached out and grabbed a Seventh Level Sovereign God of the Netherworld. He immediately began activating his Soul Force Stars Technique to devour this Netherworld Sovereign God.
Faced with dozens of massive Soul Force stars, this Seventh Level Netherworld Sovereign God's soul nearly fled his body from terror, his face utterly horrified. Then, plucking up his courage, he attempted to intimidate Ye Yunfei by invoking the name of the Great Netherworld, but Ye Yunfei paid him no mind. Controlling those enormous Soul Force stars, he continuously gnawed and devoured the man's Soul Body.
It wasn't long before the soul body of this Seventh Level Sovereign God was completely devoured.
"Most members of the Great Netherworld cultivate Yin, dark-attribute energies. And these Sovereign Gods dispatched to manage the Netherworld all cultivate Death Energy—one of these dark energies. Because the Netherworld is primarily inhabited by spirits and souls, the Sovereign Gods of the Great Netherworld can extract death energy and death-related laws from them. In other words, for these Netherworld high-ranking officials who cultivate Death Energy, these spirits are their cultivation resources."
Having devoured this Seventh Level Sovereign God's Soul Body and obtained most of his memories, Ye Yunfei immediately came to know this and spoke up.
"Those spirits and souls taken into the eighteen Hells for punishment, if they can't endure the torment of those tortures, are ultimately directly refined and absorbed by these Netherworld officials, becoming the source of their Death Energy and Death Laws," Ye Yunfei continued.