"You... fine, very well."
The Qingxuan Holy Son's eyes bore into Ye Yunfei, his expression flickering uncertainly several times before he finally restrained his aura, snorted coldly, and turned away.
"Let's go," Ye Yunfei said to Da Di Daozhang.
Since the host was unwelcoming, there was no point in staying.
Ye Yunfei and Da Di Daozhang walked out of the City Lord's Manor.
Watching Ye Yunfei's receding figure, a glint of sinister ferocity flashed in Ouyang Feng's gaze.
After leaving the City Lord's Manor, Ye Yunfei and Da Di Daozhang headed back towards the Houtu Sect branch outpost.
Halfway there, Ye Yunfei suddenly halted his steps, his gaze sharpening as he looked ahead.
The surroundings had become a sea of white, utterly shrouded in dense, impenetrable fog that blocked off the entire area.
"Master, this is an illusion! You've fallen into an Illusion Formation!" Hu Miao's voice rang out within Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea.
Both Hu Miao and Huang Shang had followed Ye Yunfei from Tianxuan Continent to the Xuanhuang Star Domain. However, they had been in seclusion, training relentlessly after being stimulated by Ye Yunfei's rapidly growing strength.
"I know. There's an Illusion Formation here," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Seems a bit dangerous," Da Di Daozhang muttered, eyeing the all-encompassing white fog with unease.
At that moment.
*Swoosh, swoosh...*
Over a dozen figures emerged from the swirling mist, surrounding Ye Yunfei and Da Di Daozhang, wreathed in baleful auras.
The leader was an elder in gray robes. This gray-robed elder was an early-stage Great Core Formation Realm expert! The rest were all at the Minor Mystic Pill Realm!
"Who are you people!" Da Di Daozhang demanded warily.
"Two dead men walking don't need to know that much," the gray-robed elder sneered.
"Master, I've already cracked this Illusion Formation! You can leave at any time," Hu Miao said to Ye Yunfei then. As a member of the Ancient Sky Fox race, she possessed an innate talent for illusions. An array like this was child's play for her.
"Attack! Kill them both!" The gray-robed elder waved his hand.
*Swoosh, swoosh…*
The dozen or so Minor Mystic Pill Realm experts instantly moved, launching an encirclement attack towards Ye Yunfei and Da Di Daozhang.
Ye Yunfei released his spatial energy. Immediately, the space around his body began to ripple and distort. Then, his sleeve swept out, catching Da Di Daozhang as he took a single step forward, vanished into the distorted space, and disappeared.
Having cultivated spatial energy twice within the spatial rift on Tianxuan Continent, Ye Yunfei had long been capable of traversing space freely.
"Where'd they go?"
The gray-robed elder and the dozen Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivators were dumbfounded.
"They were clearly trapped within the Illusion Formation. How could they escape?" The gray-robed elder's face darkened. He released his Soul Power, probing in all directions. Yet, he found nothing.
"They must still be nearby, probably hiding! Search!" the gray-robed elder snarled.
The Minor Mystic Pill Realm experts scattered to search the area.
A moment later.
One of the Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivators walked into a narrow alley, looking around cautiously.
Suddenly, the space behind him rippled gently, and a figure stepped out from within it.
The Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivator immediately grew alert, whipping around. Then he saw Ye Yunfei.
"So you're here!" the cultivator cried out in surprise.
"Ah!"
A small sword attacked his Soul Sea, causing excruciating pain and a cry of agony.
*Boom!*
A colossal fist, carrying terrifying power, struck his body like lightning.
*Pfft!*
The Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivator's body exploded on the spot. At only early-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm, he was no match for Ye Yunfei.
"A disturbance!"
In the distance, the gray-robed elder and the other Minor Mystic Pill Realm experts charged towards the alley at high speed.
But after punching the Small Core Realm cultivator to death, Ye Yunfei immediately slipped back into space and vanished once more.
*Swoosh!*
The gray-robed elder, being the fastest, was the first to charge into the alley.
"That brat did this!" The elder's face turned exceedingly grim as he surveyed the bloody bone fragments scattered across the ground.
By then, the other Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivators had also rushed into the alley one after another.
"You're next."
Ye Yunfei suddenly appeared behind another early-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivator, first unleashing the Heavenly Soul Sword, followed by a punch.
The cultivator was focused on rushing towards the alley ahead; how could he have expected an ambush from behind?
His body was pulverized by the fist, blood and flesh splattering.
Hearing the commotion within the alley, the gray-robed elder's expression changed. He charged out at full power, only to find Ye Yunfei had disappeared again. All he saw were the bloody remnants on the ground.
"Find them! Bring them to me!" The gray-robed elder roared furiously, enraged to the extreme.
Seeing two companions killed in such a bizarre manner, the remaining Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivators were also incensed. They immediately dispersed to search everywhere.
"There are still five at the early-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm. I'll eliminate the weaker ones first."
Hidden within space, Ye Yunfei could see the gray-robed elder and the others perfectly clearly.
From then on.
Ye Yunfei became a ghostly, elusive hunter, launching constant sneak attacks.
"Ah... Ahh..."
Several agonized screams rang out in succession.
Ye Yunfei had killed five early-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm experts!
Of the dozen-odd Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivators the gray-robed elder had brought, seven were at the early stage. Ye Yunfei had killed them all! Five middle-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivators remained.
"Roar... Su Ye! Come out here and face me!"
The gray-robed elder bellowed in absolute fury.
*Swoosh!*
Ye Yunfei abruptly materialized behind one of the middle-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivators, unleashing the Heavenly Soul Sword first.
"Argh!"
The middle-stage cultivator cried out in pain, staggering back.
*Boom, rumble...*
The ground suddenly trembled. Copious amounts of yellow earth energy surged up from beneath the earth.
Then, this earth energy coalesced into nine yellow dragons that swarmed towards the middle-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivator.
If any member of the Houtu Sect were present, they would have been utterly shocked. This move, the Dragon Summoning Art, even when performed by the Houtu Sect Leader himself, could at most summon nine dragons. Yet Ye Yunfei's mastery of this art was already on par with the Sect Leader's!
"Roar..."
Besieged by the nine yellow dragons, the middle-stage cultivator roared furiously.
Ye Yunfei pointed a finger.
*Hum…*
Five spirit swords formed a Five-Elements Slaying Immortal Sword Array and shot forward.
Then.
Ye Yunfei activated his Shadowgale Robe and stepped forward, instantly appearing behind the middle-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivator.
*Boom...*
Ye Yunfei unleashed the True Fiend Soul-Sundering Fist from the first form to the eighth, one after another. A devastating impact of nearly eighty million jin of pure physical force poured forth, bearing down upon the cultivator.
"Aaah..."
Under Ye Yunfei's onslaught of horrifying techniques, the middle-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivator managed to block a few moves before crumbling with a final scream. One of Ye Yunfei's fists shattered half of his body.
Ye Yunfei's hand shot out like lightning, grabbing the cultivator's remaining half-corpse.
"Speak. Who are you people?"
Ye Yunfei's cold, indifferent gaze fixed on the bloody, mangled middle-stage Minor Mystic Pill Realm cultivator as he asked.