"What do you mean by that?! Do you intend to betray Young Master Ye?!"
Ren Xuantang flew into a rage upon hearing those words.
Elder Wu's sharp gaze also fixed on the Divine Medicine Valley's leader.
The simultaneous fury of two Yuan Foundation Realm experts sent surging waves of spiritual energy pressure crashing through the main hall like an angry tide.
All the high-ranking members of Luohai Trading Company had Soul Power restrictions planted within their soul seas by Ye Yunfei, making them absolutely loyal to him.
"I'll tell you this, Young Master Ye is not dead! Once he returns, I'd like to see how you explain those words to him," Ren Xuantang sneered.
The Divine Medicine Valley's leader's face paled slightly, and he dared not speak further. He didn't dare provoke the wrath of two Yuan Foundation Realm experts lightly.
"Young Master Ye has done great kindness to our Divine Medicine Valley. Such words should no longer be spoken," said the Divine Medicine Valley's ancestor.
Silence fell upon the hall.
The Tianyuan Sect and Ye Family elders all wore gloomy expressions, sighing repeatedly.
To the Tianyuan Sect and the Ye Family, Ye Yunfei was their pillar. Without him, both were too weak; their words were useless.
"Ancestor, then what should we do?" the Divine Medicine Valley's leader asked the ancestor after a moment.
"We have no choice but to fight," the ancestor replied with a sigh.
The atmosphere was dead still, every heart heavy with despair.
Everyone knew that fighting the forces of those powerful sects and clans was tantamount to suicide. There would be no luck in it!
After all, even just the Chen Clan alone boasted six Yuan Foundation Realm experts.
***
"Chen Clan forces have arrived! All those inside, come out and meet your death!"
At that moment, a thunderous roar erupted from outside the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters. Amplified by spiritual power, the voice rumbled outwards for dozens of miles.
The crowd then saw, on the distant horizon, over a dozen warships lining up in a row, advancing through the air, blotting out the sun.
These dozen-plus ships, thundering and roaring with a deafening clamor, arrived outside the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters and halted, hovering there like massive beasts, emanating boundless pressure.
"Xiao Clan forces have arrived! All members of the Tianyuan Sect and the Ye Family, come out and face your death!"
Another bellow shook heaven and earth.
Then, from another direction, over a dozen formidable warships surged forth mightily, arriving directly outside the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters.
"Lei Clan forces have arrived!"
"Huangtian Sect forces have arrived!"
From two different directions came two more separate fleets of flying ships, filling the sky.
"Heavenly Emperor Sacred Land forces have arrived!"
Next came another roar from afar.
A fleet then sped into view, instantly arriving outside the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters.
Even the forces of the Heavenly Emperor Sacred Land were here!
Looking around, flying ships hovered densely around the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters, surrounding it impenetrably.
"This is it. The Tianyuan Sect and Ye Family clansmen are utterly finished," someone remarked with emotion.
With such a formation, annihilating the Tianyuan Sect and the Ye Family was like deploying an army of elephants to crush a single ant!
"It seems these great sects and clans hold a deep grudge against Ye Yunfei! Instead of simply obliterating the Tianyuan Sect, they're using this method to make the Tianyuan Sect and Ye Family clansmen slowly taste the agony of approaching death in extreme despair and terror!"
"These great sects and clans might also be seizing this opportunity to showcase their terrifying power, warning the world not to provoke them."
Many martial artists observing from nearby areas discussed amongst themselves.
***
"What are the people of Tianyuan Sect, the Ye Family clansmen, and those of the Divine Medicine Valley and Luohai Trading Company waiting for? Come out, all of you. Kneel before us and commit suicide. That way, you can still die with dignity. If you force us to act ourselves, we guarantee not a whole corpse would remain," a tall, lean old man who stepped out from one of the Chen Clan's flying ships stated coldly.
His voice was like rolling thunder, shaking heaven and earth, causing everyone's ears to ring.
He was a Yuan Foundation Realm expert!
Following him, a medium-built elder emerged from the same warship. Another Yuan Foundation Realm expert!
Two Yuan Foundation Realm experts from the Chen Clan had arrived.
Next, from the camps of the Xiao Clan, Lei Clan, Huangtian Sect, and Heavenly Emperor Sacred Land, two Yuan Foundation Realm experts from each faction revealed themselves.
Combined, the five great powers had sent ten Yuan Foundation Realm experts!
As the ten experts appeared, overwhelming waves of powerful spiritual pressure bore down upon the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters.
The great formation enveloping the headquarters shook and swayed, seemingly unable to withstand the pressure.
This Tianxuan Five Elements Divine Mountain Formation was passable against Spirit Accumulation Realm opponents, but it was utterly inadequate against Yuan Foundation Realm experts.
***
"Disaster! So many enemies are here!"
"Ten Yuan Foundation Realm experts... How could we ever be a match?"
"We're done for. Doomed this time!"
Panicked cries rose within the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters.
***
"Heh, to think that a mere small-sect headquarters in a backwater empire actually has a protective sect formation. Fine. Let me break it," an old man, tall, portly, with a ruddy face and a voice like rumbling thunder, took a step forward and sneered.
He produced a huge red iron hammer and raised it high.
*Rumble...*
The massive hammer immediately erupted with arcs of lightning and snaking electricity, unleashing a destructive aura that spread in all directions. Clearly, this elder was an expert from the Lei Clan, and the great hammer was a Low-Grade Flood Artifact!
The great sects and clans of the Eastern Region nearly all possessed a Flood Artifact; it was part of their foundational strength.
*Boom! Boom...*
The old man held the great hammer high, relentlessly smashing it against the formation above the Tianyuan Sect Headquarters. The hammer grew larger with the wind, constantly expanding until it resembled a mountain, crashing again and again upon the formation's shimmering barrier.
*Crack! Crack...*
Within moments, tiny fissures began to web across the formation, emitting crisp snapping sounds.
***
"Stop right there!"
Suddenly, three fierce figures charged out from within the formation. They were Ren Xuantang, Elder Wu, and the Divine Medicine Valley's ancestor.
"Heh, you three have only just broken through to the Yuan Foundation Realm. How dare you yell in my presence? Die!" sneered the Lei Clan elder. He attacked directly.
*Boom! Boom...*
The warhammer in his hand swept forward, unleashing wave after wave of lightning arcs and electric snakes. Thunderclaps erupted across the heavens, deafeningly loud.
Ren Xuantang and the other two felt the immense power radiating from the hammer, their expressions changing drastically as they were forced to retreat repeatedly.
Though the Lei Clan elder's own strength was also at the initial stage of Yuan Foundation Realm, his possession of a Flood Artifact nearly doubled his combat power!