This time, Ye Yunfei had devoured the Soul Bodies of four to five Eighth Level Sovereign Gods, obtaining all their cultivation techniques and secret arts.
He had also absorbed their Soul Power energy, leading to a significant improvement in his proficiency with the Great Netherworld's techniques and secret arts.
Ye Yunfei believed that the Great Netherworld techniques and secret arts he could now deploy would allow him to truly battle against the Sovereign Gods from the Great Netherworld.
Moreover, having acquired so many Sovereign Gods' memories, Ye Yunfei now had a much more comprehensive understanding of the Underworld and the Great Netherworld.
"Let's end this seclusion here," Ye Yunfei concluded his training, stood up, and gazed in the direction of the Fourth Void's Underworld with a cold smile. He then walked out of his cultivation chamber to bid farewell to Elder Dongfang.
Elder Dongfang and the other core senior leaders of Hunyuan Sect knew Ye Yunfei couldn't stay there forever, so they didn't press for details.
After leaving the Hunyuan Sect headquarters, Ye Yunfei immediately activated his movement technique and sped towards the direction of the Fourth Void's Underworld.
Before long, Ye Yunfei arrived in an ordinary world within an ordinary world cluster, standing above a vast, dense forest.
In the middle of this forest stood a palace, housing a Teleportation Altar that provided direct passage to the Underworld.
"We pay our respects to our Master."
As Ye Yunfei entered the palace at the heart of the forest, over a dozen shadowy figures radiating a sinister aura bowed respectfully to him.
These beings, suffused with a baleful presence, were originally Underworld disciples tasked with guarding this Teleportation Altar.
However, the last time Ye Yunfei came here, he used the Puppet Soul String secret art to subdue these dozen or so creatures, making them his slaves.
Ye Yunfei had ordered them to remain here and continue guarding the Teleportation Altar.
Slaves subdued by the Puppet Soul String secret art showed no tell-tale signs of their condition to outsiders. Therefore, Ye Yunfei's slaves had been staying in this palace all this time, faithfully carrying out their duty of guarding the Teleportation Altar.
Ye Yunfei nodded, his figure flickering as he appeared on the Teleportation Altar at the center of the palace.
Several slaves then reverently stepped forward, allowing Ye Yunfei to activate the altar.
With a resounding boom, Ye Yunfei teleported away, vanishing from within the palace.
Shortly after, he arrived at the other end of the Teleportation Altar.
This was the Underworld!
It was a space shrouded everywhere in gray haziness, cold, desolate, and sinister, seemingly devoid of any warmth or vitality. The only thing one could sense was a dense aura of death.
Since Ye Yunfei had previously devoured the Soul Bodies of many Great Netherworld Sovereign Gods and absorbed their memories, he was already intimately familiar with this Underworld.
Indeed, the Sovereign Gods he captured previously had been sent out by the Underworld Lord of this domain.
Last time, Ye Yunfei invaded this Underworld and captured a large batch of Sovereign Gods. Later, the Great Netherworld headquarters dispatched even more Sovereign Gods to replenish its ranks and restore its strength.
"The strongest in this Underworld is its Lord," the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm said to Ye Yunfei. "The Underworld Lord is a Ninth Level Sovereign God, meaning there's not a single Chaos God in this entire Underworld.
With your current strength, you can enter this Underworld without any reservations.
Just take action directly and kill everyone you encounter."
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm then added, "You handle the fighting. I'll focus on searching this Underworld for all sorts of valuables."
"Sounds good," Ye Yunfei smiled and nodded.
He then directly released his energy aura and strode forward.
Although Ye Yunfei was only a Fifth Level Sovereign God, the energy aura he radiated was close to that of Eighth Level, even Ninth Level Sovereign Gods.
Soon, the entire Underworld was in an uproar. All the high-ranking members sensed that an outsider expert had broken in.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
Figures radiating sharp, menacing auras swarmed towards Ye Yunfei one after another.
Ye Yunfei smirked coldly and simply planted himself there, waiting. Before long, a large group of Sovereign Gods rushed over from all directions, surrounding Ye Yunfei tightly.
Standing motionless, Ye Yunfei merely wore a cold smile on his face.
"It's him!
It's that little bastard Ye Yunfei! He's here again.
Last time, he broke into our Underworld and captured many of our high-ranking members!"
Someone recognized Ye Yunfei very quickly.
Having caused major havoc here last time, Ye Yunfei was thoroughly familiar to the Underworld's members.
"Little bastard Ye Yunfei! To think you would dare to come back," a furious roar emanated from the depths of the Underworld, followed by a wave of terrifyingly powerful energy aura that came rolling forth.
Ye Yunfei looked over, his cold smile widening.
The Underworld Lord was rushing over.
"I've been waiting for you," Ye Yunfei said coldly, watching the Underworld Lord approach.
Soon, the Underworld Lord arrived, cutting through the air to land not far from Ye Yunfei.
"It really is you, Ye Yunfei!" the Underworld Lord glared at Ye Yunfei with rage-filled eyes.
Last time, Ye Yunfei's intrusion and capture of a large portion of the Underworld's high-ranking members had left this Underworld Lord virtually alone, a commander without an army.
Fortunately, the Great Netherworld headquarters later sent more Sovereign Gods, not only restoring the Underworld's strength but enhancing it further.
"Little bastard Ye Yunfei, you actually dared to come back here!" the Underworld Lord declared venomously, his words dripping with spite. "Since you're here, you shall not leave. This is like leaving the open road to paradise to walk into hell; you had safe passage but chose to barge through the very gates of damnation.
Since you're seeking death, I will oblige you."
The Underworld Lord stared fixedly at Ye Yunfei as he spat out his words.
Ye Yunfei's brazen return here was a clear declaration that he held this Underworld Lord in utter contempt. Coupled with his previous actions, how could the Underworld Lord not be furious?
"Set the formation! Now!" the Underworld Lord waved his hand and shouted loudly.
Immediately, the surrounding Sovereign Gods conjured their magic treasures and gathered together, swiftly arranging a combat formation.
Rumble...
A massive ghostly claw materialized above the formation, radiating a sinister energy aura as it slowly descended towards Ye Yunfei.
Clatter, clatter...
Numerous dark, freezing iron chains rattled incessantly, snaking out from all directions to coil towards Ye Yunfei.
"Little bastard Ye Yunfei, I will definitely kill you today!" the Underworld Lord roared.
Boom!
A violent energy pressure erupted from the depths of the Underworld, causing the entire domain to shake violently, as if unable to withstand the force.
"Be careful! This fellow is trying to use a Chaos God-Grade Treasure against you again," Hun Lao quickly sent a voice transmission to warn Ye Yunfei.
"Don't worry, I have Chaos God-Grade Treasures too," Ye Yunfei replied with a smile.
"And I estimate mine is likely even more powerful," he added.
At that moment, the massive ghostly claw condensed by the combat formation had already stretched out directly above Ye Yunfei's head, descending from a commanding height to seize him.
Ye Yunfei didn't dodge or evade. With a casual wave of his hand, he sent a streak of sword light soaring skyward.
Crack!
The sword flash sliced clean through the black ghost claw, severing it into two halves on the spot.