Ye Yunfei activated his Greenwood Emperor Body. Immediately, vast and mighty azure wood-attribute energy converged toward his form.
Ye Yunfei's physical body also began to emit a dazzling azure radiance, like a piece of flawless green jade, incredibly mystical.
Just as Ye Yunfei was cultivating within the chamber...
In a certain remote desert in the Central Continent.
Inside a massive underground palace, within a dimly lit hall.
"Tomb Master, we have just received news. Ye Yunfei is still alive."
A black-clad middle-aged man entered the hall and spoke respectfully to a figure entirely shrouded in black mist.
This figure was the Tomb Master of the Tianyou Tomb, one of the most supreme and also one of the most mysterious experts in the entire Tianxuan Continent!
"Oh? He's actually still not dead? This Ye Yunfei truly has nine lives. Even that couldn't kill him."
The Tomb Master was momentarily stunned.
"Send people again. Kill him. No one our Tianyou Tomb wishes dead can remain alive. Otherwise, it would be tantamount to smashing our own prestige."
The Tomb Master said slowly.
"I understand."
The black-clad middle-aged man replied.
"By the way, Tomb Master. Headquarters has issued a decree ordering our Tianxuan Continent branch to fully assist the Ancient Demon Race in invading Tianxuan Continent. The Ancient Demon Race has paid an enormous price."
The black-clad middle-aged man reported.
"Hmm. Fine. I have long grown weary of staying in this remote and backward continent. Helping the Ancient Demon Race destroy Tianxuan Continent will allow us to leave and return to our headquarters in the Xuanhuang Starfield. Pass down the order: immediately dispatch people to contact the Ancient Demon Race. We are to assist their invasion of Tianxuan Continent with every effort."
The Tomb Master instructed.
At the same time.
Within the headquarters of the Fengyun Family in the Central Continent.
"What? Ye Yunfei is still alive? Good! This is excellent news! That means we still have a chance to obtain the cultivation techniques and combat skills on his person!"
"Pass down the order: seek opportunities to capture Ye Yunfei!"
The Clan Leader of the Fengyun Family personally issued the command.
Simultaneously, within the headquarters of the three other top forces—the Xiao Clan, the Divine Wind Sect, and the Heavenly Flame Sect—high-ranking members also received the news of Ye Yunfei's survival and issued orders to continue targeting him.
These top forces had always coveted the techniques and skills Ye Yunfei possessed!
Moreover, the enmity between them and Ye Yunfei was almost irreconcilable!
Tianxuan Continent, within the Western Sea.
The area of the Western Sea was extremely vast, equal to the combined total of the Eastern Region, the Western Plains, the Northern Wilderness, the Southern Frontier, and the Central Continent!
Deep under the sea in a certain location within the Western Sea, there was an underwater palace.
Inside the palace stood an Altar.
Over ten thousand members of the Ancient Demon Race were prostrating around this Altar, collectively chanting some ancient demonic incantations.
At the forefront of this group, more than ten particularly tall Ancient Demons sat cross-legged, forming hand seals, continuously channeling streams of ancient and profound demonic runes into the Altar.
These ten-plus tall Ancient Demons were all Demon Generals.
Each was equivalent to a human cultivator of the Grotto-Heaven Realm!
The Altar trembled slightly, emanating a rich aura of space and time.
At a certain moment...
*Rumble…*
Suddenly, the space above the Altar erupted with dense demonic energy.
Then, a tall figure gradually solidified from being illusory.
Finally, a five-meter-tall Ancient Demon, radiating astonishing demonic power and pressure, appeared upon the Altar.
The body of this Ancient Demon seemed to sway and distort gently, as if made of flowing water.
This was a projection!
An image projected from another world through some secret art!
"We pay our respects to Lord Soro!"
Immediately, the over ten thousand Ancient Demons around the Altar all shouted in unison.
"Hmm, very good. More than ten thousand clansmen have revived."
The figure of Lord Soro on the Altar scanned the surroundings and nodded.
"This Altar has lost more than half its energy. Now, I shall impart a secret method to you all. You will need to take turns at regular intervals, offering your demonic power and blood essence to this Altar. Roughly three months from now, this Altar can be completely repaired. By then, our clan's army can use this Teleportation Altar to return to the Tianxuan Continent. Tianxuan Continent will become a paradise for our Ancient Demon Race! The vengeance for your deaths can also be achieved!"
Lord Soro proclaimed loudly.
As his words fell, he extended a single demonic finger. A strand of Soul Power information shot from it and entered the head of one of the Demon Generals.
"Reporting to Lord Soro, we have received intelligence that human experts from Tianxuan Continent have already entered the Western Sea, intending to stop us from repairing the Altar!"
A Demon General stepped forward to report.
"Immediately dispatch half of our forces to various different locations throughout the Western Sea to construct a batch of fake Teleportation Altars. Use them to attract and confuse the attention of those human experts."
Lord Soro commanded.
"Also, the headquarters of the Tianyou Tomb from the Xuanhuang Starfield has already agreed to have its Tianxuan Continent branch provide full support and coordination for the actions of our Ancient Demon Race. You must immediately make contact with the Tianyou Tomb branch on Tianxuan Continent. Have them send people to the Western Sea to deal with those human experts. Furthermore, the army of our Ancient Demon Race is about to launch a powerful assault on Hujie City on Tianxuan Continent. By then, the attention of all human warriors on Tianxuan Continent will be drawn to Hujie City. You will not have to worry about human experts coming to hinder you."
Lord Soro continued.
"That is fantastic!"
The dozen or so Demon Generals, upon hearing Lord Soro's words, grew extremely excited.
"Everyone, work hard! This time, our Ancient Demon Race has a thorough plan. We are certain to return to the Tianxuan Continent!"
Lord Soro declared loudly.
"Return to Tianxuan Continent!"
"Kill all those damned humans!"
"When the time comes, I will drain the brain marrow and blood essence of those lowly humans and refine them into demonic essence!"
…
All the Ancient Demons excitedly roared together.
At this moment, the figure of Lord Soro on the Altar slowly faded and disappeared.
Back at Hudao Academy, on the peak where Ye Yunfei resided.
Inside the chamber, within the Phantom Tower.
Finally, all the wood-attribute Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures piled around Ye Yunfei's body had turned into heaps of waste dregs.
Ye Yunfei slowly opened his eyes and stood up.
At this moment, every single part of Ye Yunfei's body—including his hair, fine body hairs, and even his fingernails—was a radiant, brilliant shade of azure.
The whole person looked like a statue carved from flawless green jade.
Moreover, his body was enveloped in a layer of azure radiance, dyeing the surrounding space of over a thousand meters into a sea of azure.
This was an overflowing of life force energy concentrated to its extreme.
"Finally, I have cultivated the Greenwood Emperor Body to the Intermediate Stage. With the current toughness of my physical body, even if I am struck by a Sixth-Level Grotto-Heaven Realm expert, it might not necessarily be enough to kill me. It can be said that, at present, there are very few people left on the Tianxuan Continent capable of killing me."
Ye Yunfei declared with confidence.