These groups of Ancient Demon Race members resting in their tents were the lowest-level, weakest beings.
Under the combined attacks of Ye Yunfei, Hu Miao, and Huang Shang, they had absolutely no ability to fight back and were instantly slain.
Moreover, the supreme commander of the Otherworldly Army had already issued an order for all forces to remain in their tents, recuperate properly, and prepare for the great decisive battle against the Tianxuan Army in two days.
Therefore, the Ancient Demon Race forces obediently stayed resting in their tents.
This also brought great convenience to Ye Yunfei's hunting.
It ensured Ye Yunfei was never discovered!
As time passed, the number of Ancient Demon Race members Ye Yunfei hunted grew larger and larger.
One day later.
The number of Ancient Demon Race corpses Ye Yunfei had harvested was already close to one hundred and fifty thousand!
Right at this moment.
Finally, an expert from the Ancient Demon Race realized something was amiss.
This Ancient Demon Race expert, on a sudden whim, decided to inspect the military camp. He entered one of the tents, only to find it completely empty of any demons.
Only scattered traces of demon blood stained the ground.
"What's going on?"
The Ancient Demon Race expert immediately sensed something wrong and roared.
Then, he checked dozens of tents in succession, discovering they were all empty!
Following this demon's roar, other members of the Otherworldly Army also began to clamor one after another.
"Over a hundred thousand troops are missing!
What on earth is happening!"
"Investigate!
Find out where those missing troops have gone!"
...
The entire military camp erupted into complete commotion, as all forces rushed out of their tents.
The Grotto-Heaven Realm experts of the Otherworldly Army also emerged one after another, releasing their Soul Power to sense everywhere, searching for traces of the missing Ancient Demon Race troops.
Yet, they found nothing.
The two hundred-plus Grotto-Heaven Realm experts of the Otherworldly Army were each filled with shock and fury.
The Otherworldly Army garrisoned here at Tianxiu City numbered approximately five hundred thousand.
To have over a hundred thousand vanish silently and without trace…
Such an event was far too bizarre, far too terrifying.
Finally, an Ancient Demon Race expert at the Grotto-Heaven Ninth Level gave the order: all members of the Otherworldly Army were forbidden to remain in their tents. Instead, they were to gather together and rest in the open air.
The two hundred-plus Otherworldly Grotto-Heaven Realm experts then dispersed around the perimeter, remaining vigilant at all times.
A short while later.
On a mountain peak roughly over ten miles away from Tianxiu City.
Ye Yunfei's figure appeared.
"Finally, I've reached the threshold of two hundred thousand Ancient Demon Race corpses."
A satisfied smile appeared on Ye Yunfei's face.
Previously, in Sanye City of the Southern Border, he had harvested over thirty thousand Ancient Demon Race corpses. In Qingzhou City, he had harvested over twenty thousand.
Adding the recent harvest of one hundred and fifty thousand, the total number of Ancient Demon Race corpses Ye Yunfei had collected had reached two hundred thousand!
"I can now cultivate the seventh layer of the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art.
And this time, besides perfecting the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art, I must also strive to develop a physical body divine ability that stands dozens of *zhang* tall!"
Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
Once tempering the physical body reaches a certain degree, one can develop physical body divine abilities.
Legends spoke of some body-refining masters who ultimately developed the power of assuming forms as vast as the cosmos, reaching heights of millions of *zhang*, becoming starry giants capable of roaming the universe and its rivers of stars.
Some could even tear through the cosmic void with their physical bodies, ascending to the Deity Realm!
At such a level, shattering a star with a single punch would be a trivial feat!
"Excellent!
I'll find a place and begin my cultivation!"
Ye Yunfei's figure vanished from sight.
The greater part of a day later.
Ye Yunfei came to a stop high above a vast, ancient mountain range.
He descended into the mountains, released his Soul Power, found a secluded cave, and entered it.
"Hu Miao, Huang Lao, stand guard for me." Ye Yunfei said.
"Understood."
Hu Miao and Huang Shang took up positions outside the cave entrance.
These mountains were rarely traversed by humans, inhabited only by some low-level demonic beasts.
With Hu Miao and Huang Shang's strength, they could handle them easily.
Inside the cave.
Ye Yunfei entered the Phantom Tower and began refining the bloodlines from those Ancient Demon Race corpses.
For safety's sake, most of the Ancient Demon Race members Ye Yunfei had hunted were relatively weak.
However, although these Ancient Demon Race members were weak, the essence of their bloodlines was of a higher grade than that of humans and most demonic beasts.
Moreover, the sheer quantity of Bloodline Essence refined from a full two hundred thousand Ancient Demon Race corpses was truly staggering!
A small portion among them belonged to Ancient Demon Race members of Grotto-Heaven Realm strength.
These Grotto-Heaven Realm Ancient Demons had been slain by Ye Yunfei during the battle at Qingzhou City.
Time flowed slowly by.
Inside the Phantom Tower, Ye Yunfei spent over ten days before finally refining all the Bloodline Essence contained within the corpses of the Ancient Demon Race.
Ye Yunfei took out a large iron cauldron and poured all the Bloodline Essence into it.
Then.
He leapt, plunging into the cauldron and began circulating the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art.
Boom! Boom! ...
Inside the large iron cauldron, deafening roars surged. Endless blood-red light, deep as an abyss and vast as the sea, churned violently.
Unnoticed.
Another day passed.
Tianxiu City.
Boom! Boom! ...
At the far edge of the sky, suddenly, a pitch-black flying vessel cut through the air, arriving above Tianxiu City in the blink of an eye.
Then.
From within the dark flying vessel, one black-robed figure after another emerged, numbering one hundred in total!
Each one was a Grotto-Heaven Realm expert!
Among them, the strongest were five Grotto-Heaven Ninth Level experts!
Most of these Tianyou Tomb Grotto-Heaven Realm experts had been dispatched from the Tianyou Tomb headquarters in the Xuanyuan Starfield and had just entered the Tianxuan Continent.
"The assassins of Tianyou Tomb are here!"
The Otherworldly Army experts inside Tianxiu City were all invigorated, soaring into the air one by one.
One of the black-robed figures stepped forward to meet them.
"Altar Master Lu, we've finally awaited your arrival!"
An Ancient Demon Race expert at the Grotto-Heaven Ninth Level strode forward to greet him.
This Ancient Demon Race expert was the leader of the garrison stationed in Tianxiu City.
"Lord Suotian, I have brought the Primordial Void-Sealing Formation with me.
We can move against Ye Yunfei now.
Your Demon King is interested in his body-refining technique, while our Tomb Master is interested in his movement skill.
I hope our cooperation this time will succeed in capturing him and bringing him back."
A Grotto-Heaven Ninth Level black-robed man said in a low voice.
He was Altar Master Lu.
"Hahaha…
Ye Yunfei's greatest reliance is that bizarre movement skill.
As long as we use the Primordial Void-Sealing Formation to lock down space, preventing him from using that strange movement, a mere Ye Yunfei will be as easy to capture as reaching out for something!
Pass the order! Set off immediately for Qingzhou City!"
The Ancient Demon Race expert addressed as Lord Suotian laughed heartily.
Moments later.
A vast, mighty Otherworldly Army marched towards Qingzhou City.
Originally, there had been over two hundred Otherworldly Grotto-Heaven Realm experts in Tianxiu City. Now, with the addition of the one hundred Grotto-Heaven Realm experts from Tianyou Tomb who had just arrived,
the number of Grotto-Heaven Realm experts within this Otherworldly Army had reached over three hundred!