"Hmm?
Where did that brat go?"
The dozens of Grotto-Heaven Realm experts who had been besieging Ye Yunfei immediately released their Soul Power to search for his traces.
"This is Ye Yunfei's concealment technique!
He must still be within this space!" one of the Tianyou Tomb assassins yelled.
On the Tianxuan Continent, everyone knew Ye Yunfei possessed a profound movement technique that allowed him to vanish!
In reality, Ye Yunfei had already activated his Sky Shadow Robe at this moment, fading into the space. However, no sooner had he done so than he furrowed his brows. He had discovered a problem: the flow of space and time within this Space Abyss was chaotic, and the spatial structure was extremely unstable.
Even with the Sky Shadow Robe, he couldn't remain concealed within the spatial layers for long.
As a result, after only five breaths…
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei's figure tumbled out from the spatial layers, reappearing before everyone's eyes.
"He's over there!"
Immediately, those seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts charged forward at extreme speed, aiming to surround Ye Yunfei once more.
In that instant, Ye Yunfei summoned the mythical Roc from within his Nine Palaces Totem Wheel.
BOOM…
A massive, shadowy Roc figure materialized, enveloping Ye Yunfei's body within its divine form.
Swoosh…
This Roc flapped its wings, propelling itself forward with unbelievable speed. In the blink of an eye, it opened a distance between Ye Yunfei and the seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts.
One of the Roc's innate talents was spatial manipulation.
Though the spatial structure of this Space Abyss was chaotic, it had little effect on the Roc.
"Stop him!"
The seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts unleashed wave after wave of violent energy, raining them down on Ye Yunfei like a storm.
Some experts also took out and hurled magic treasures towards Ye Yunfei from afar.
Among them was a tall monk in kasaya robes, who pressed his palms together and then thrust them forward.
Eighteen prayer beads shot from his palms, catching up to the Roc in an instant.
BOOM BOOM…
All eighteen beads exploded simultaneously, the shockwaves causing Ye Yunfei to cough up blood repeatedly.
This monk was an Eighth Level Grotto-Heaven Realm expert!
Each of those eighteen beads was equivalent to a full-force strike from such an expert!
"Let's go help Dean Ye!"
The three Guardian Elders and Dean Shangguan from Hudao Academy gritted their teeth and charged up.
However, before they could get close, over a dozen of the Extraterritorial Grotto-Heaven Realm experts simultaneously turned and struck, blasting the three elders and the Dean away.
As for Wu Heishan, Dugu Huan, and the others, despite desperately trying to charge in and assist, they couldn't even get close before the oppressive energy pressure from those Grotto-Heaven Realm experts immobilized them, their faces flushed crimson. Forget about attacking.
"Master, let me come out and help you!" Hu Miao cried.
"You coming out would be useless.
You would only become a burden to me," Ye Yunfei shook his head.
While speaking, the shadowy Roc figure gave its wings another powerful flap, sliding a great distance forward.
The seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts poured on their full speed, yet, to their collective shock, found they couldn't catch up to Ye Yunfei.
Their anger rising at this humiliation, they sent one fierce, relentless attack after another flying towards Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei was rocked and staggered by the impacts, his injuries growing more severe. Although his physical body was tough, it couldn't withstand the simultaneous assaults of seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts.
"There's only one way," Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
BOOM…
Carrying Ye Yunfei, the shadowy Roc figure slid forward another tremendous distance at astonishing speed.
Then…
Ye Yunfei's figure flickered and he teleported into the Phantom Tower, vanishing without a trace.
Then…
The Phantom Tower transformed into a speck of dust, floating within the unstable, quaking space.
The earlier battle had produced copious amounts of dust that swirled and danced everywhere.
The dust-speck that was the Phantom Tower drifted among the masses of swirling dust, bobbing up and down.
If this had been the outside world, those Grotto-Heaven Realm experts might have been able to detect this particular speck. But in this chaotic Space Abyss, it was extremely difficult.
"Hmm?
That brat is gone again!"
The seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts finally caught up.
"The spatial structure here is unstable; he can't remain hidden for long!"
"Exactly!
He will reappear soon!"
…
The seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts all released their Soul Power, sweeping the area for Ye Yunfei, ready to strike at any moment.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the Space Abyss.
"Such a wondrous concealment technique!" The ten-meter-tall Ancient Demon couldn't help but marvel.
"That young man's origins are too mysterious.
I suspect he isn't from the Tianxuan Continent at all.
Most of the cultivation techniques and martial skills circulating on the Tianxuan Continent are crude and inferior; it's impossible they could produce such profound techniques," the gaunt, black-robed elder said.
"Regardless of his origins…
I want his techniques," the Ancient Demon's eyes burned with fervor.
"Do not worry, My Lord. With so many Grotto-Heaven Realm experts hunting him, he cannot escape," the gaunt, black-robed elder chuckled.
Back within the Space Abyss, the seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts were still scouring the area where Ye Yunfei had disappeared, searching for his trail. But Ye Yunfei never reappeared.
After several moments…
"Ye Yunfei is definitely within this space. Let's attack and force him out!" a Tianyou Tomb assassin said solemnly.
Tianyou Tomb also possessed a profound concealment secret art. This assassin believed the principle behind Ye Yunfei's technique was roughly similar—even while concealed, he should physically still exist within this space-time.
"Good!
Everyone, attack! Let's force him out!"
Thus, the seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts attacked together.
BOOM BOOM BOOM…
Wave after wave of savage energy continuously pounded that stretch of space.
Mushroom clouds of energy kept erupting into the air.
The smoke of battle filled the air, dust and soil flew everywhere!
The entire Space Abyss shook violently under the bombardment, seeming ready to shatter at any moment.
The speck of dust that was the Phantom Tower was sent flying into the distance by the blasts. Soon, it entered a vast, misty tract of chaotic space-time, the dust vanished into unknown regions.
The seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts were still relentlessly attacking the space.
The combined assaults from so many experts of that level were truly terrifying.
All that could be seen within that space were infinite, churning energy hurricanes roaring like the end of the world.
Forces on both sides were forced to retreat again and again.
"Under such terrifying attacks, even if Ye Yunfei were still in that spot, I'm afraid he'd have been blasted into nothingness, leaving not even a scrap behind!"
"True!
Forget Ye Yunfei, even a Grotto-Heaven Realm expert caught in that would be absolutely dead!"
…
Looking at the horrifying barrage unleashed by the seventy-plus experts, combatants on both sides felt their courage fail and their limbs go weak.
"That brat... Could he really have been torn to shreds by our attacks?"
Even the seventy-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts began to harbor doubts.
After all, not a single one of them had any confidence they could survive such a concentrated onslaught.
At this moment, within the Phantom Tower…
Ye Yunfei sat cross-legged. All around him were piled up spirit stones, pills, and spirit herbs as he concentrated on healing his wounds.
This time, Ye Yunfei was seriously injured.
The siege by over seventy Grotto-Heaven Realm experts had been too terrifying.
It had left Ye Yunfei's physical body riddled with damage.
"If I hadn't cultivated my Verdant Imperial Wooden Body to the intermediate level already, I probably would have truly fallen here this time," Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
"This grudge must be avenged!" A sharp, killing light flashed in Ye Yunfei's eyes.
Ye Yunfei then focused entirely on healing. The Phantom Tower was incredibly durable; warriors at the Grotto-Heaven Realm level absolutely lacked the power to damage it. So, Ye Yunfei wasn't worried in the slightest.
His only concern was that the Phantom Tower, now a speck of dust, drifting aimlessly through the Space Abyss, might eventually end up who-knew-where.
After all, this was a space-time channel, chaotic and unpredictable; anything could happen.