"Ye Yunfei, I originally intended to head to Beihuang Domain later to settle scores with you after the three great demon kings departed. I never imagined you would have the gall to dare come to our Guyao Realm! Fine, this saves me the trouble of traveling thousands of miles to find you!"
Advisor Tiangu was decisive, stepping forward as he spoke coldly.
"Attack immediately, capture him!" Advisor Tiangu commanded.
Boom! Boom! ...
Following his shout, the twenty-nine Soul Formation Realm experts of the Ancient Demon Race simultaneously unleashed the pressure of their demonic power, surging forth like towering, furious waves.
The combat prowess of these Ancient Demon Race experts was formidable, generally surpassing human martial artists of the same rank. Faced with the pressure released simultaneously by twenty-nine Soul Formation Realm experts, even Ye Yunfei was forced back dozens of steps.
"Humph! I thought you had three heads and six arms, Ye Yunfei, but it seems you're nothing special!" Advisor Tiangu sneered.
"Soul-chasing Demon Blade!"
With an explosive roar, he clenched his hands together. Billowing black demonic energy poured from between his palms, condensing into a black longsword a full three feet long.
"Slash!"
Advisor Tiangu pointed with his hand, and the black longsword swept forth with a resounding whoosh. Where it passed, it parted the very air and easily sliced through space.
As this blade was unleashed, Ye Yunfei detected a strand of Soul Power, as persistent as maggots clinging to bone, that had locked onto him. It emanated from that black demon blade. In other words, once this demon blade was launched, it would automatically lock onto its target until the target was slain!
"A mere trifle."
Ye Yunfei chuckled lightly.
Buzz...
The Five Elements Divine Slaughter Sword Array swept out, trailing immense waves of sword energy. In an instant, it violently collided with the black demon blade.
Boom, rumble, rumble...
A mighty, vast energy of impact erupted from the point of collision, forcing the nearby Ancient Demon Race troops to retreat.
The five spirit swords and the black demon blade were momentarily locked in a standoff before being flung back simultaneously.
"So, there are some oddities after all!"
Seeing this, Advisor Tiangu couldn't help but frown. His Soul-chasing Demon Blade was a signature skill; even late-stage Soul Formation Realm human experts might not dare to block it head-on. Yet Ye Yunfei had actually parried his strike head-on without showing the slightest sign of defeat!
"Advance! Deal with him together!" Advisor Tiangu roared, charging towards Ye Yunfei from all directions along with twenty-eight Ancient Demon Race experts.
"Capture them all!"
Simultaneously, the other Ancient Demon Race troops had already densely surrounded Hu Miao, Huang Shang, and the other three.
Hu Miao, Elder Feng, Tang Biao, and Tang Wu desperately resisted the onslaught of the Ancient Demon Race forces.
Meanwhile, Huang Shang was rapidly transferring the slaves into the Phantom Tower.
"Sect Uncle Huang, hurry! We can't hold on much longer!"
Faced with the terrifyingly numerous assaults of the Demon Race forces, Hu Miao and the other four could barely last a few moves before they were forced to retreat step by step. Tang Biao and Tang Wu even began to suffer injuries, horrific bloody holes blasted into their bodies. Fortunately, Ye Yunfei had given them several vials of highly effective healing dao pills beforehand. So, Tang Biao and Tang Wu immediately consumed the pills given by Ye Yunfei, sparing them mortal danger.
At this moment, led by Advisor Tiangu, all twenty-nine Soul Formation Realm experts of the Ancient Demon Race began to move simultaneously, unleashing one lethal ultimate technique after another as they attacked Ye Yunfei.
These were all old monsters, having cultivated for untold years, each possessing formidable demonic power. Now attacking together, their might was simply unimaginable.
Boom, rumble, rumble...
The entire expanse of sky and earth became filled with billowing demonic energy. It howled like a gale, thundered like ten thousand stampeding steeds, as if the gates of hell had been flung open. A vast aura of killing intent blotted out the sky and covered the earth.
Boom! Bang! ...
Wherever the attacks of these old monsters reached, space continuously exploded on a massive scale, shattering to reveal dark, gloomy spatial fissures.
Wave after wave of terrifying energy pressure rolled towards Ye Yunfei like mountainous avalanches, making him feel as if he were mired in quicksand, almost unable to move! Among them, Advisor Tiangu exerted the greatest pressure on Ye Yunfei. Otherwise, the combined efforts of the other old monsters might not have been enough to restrain Ye Yunfei.
"Impressive."
Even Ye Yunfei revealed a grave expression. He understood that, with his current strength, he definitely could not withstand a combined assault from twenty-nine old monsters. However, Ye Yunfei had no intention of meeting them head-on.
Roar! Roar! ...
Nine divine beasts simultaneously burst forth from behind Ye Yunfei, releasing waves of ancient, primordial aura to resist the crushing pressure of demonic power.
Roar...
A three-hundred-meter golden sphere shot out from Ye Yunfei's dantian, emanating rolling golden radiance, positioning itself above Ye Yunfei's head like a guardian.
At the same time, the Five Elements Divine Slaughter Sword Array also roared out in an attack.
Thus, more than half of the energy pressure imposed on Ye Yunfei by the twenty-nine old monsters was neutralized. Ye Yunfei's body could move!
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei activated his Sky Shadow Robe and retreated at extreme speed, employing spatial energy to instantly vanish into the depths of space.
Boom! Boom! ...
Multiple violent surges of demonic power attacks chased after Ye Yunfei, smashing into the spot where he had disappeared. The location was utterly shattered, and a huge swath of mountain range below continuously exploded, utterly devastated.
At that moment, Ye Yunfei had already hidden himself in the deep layers of space. However, he soon frowned. He discovered that this Guyao Realm was filled with vast amounts of demonic power laws everywhere. Even the deep layers of space were saturated with them. These demonic power laws constantly repelled Ye Yunfei, preventing him from staying within the deep space for long.
"Hmm, it seems this Ancient Demon Race is not simple. The very space of this Guyao Realm has clearly been arranged by a master proficient in spatial energy. That's why the deep layers are also permeated with demonic power laws! Could it be that within the Ancient Demon Race, there also exists a master skilled in spatial energy like me?" Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
"Everyone, rest assured! Our Guyao Realm is different from the outside world. It's filled with demonic power laws everywhere, even the deep layers of space are no exception. I will perform a technique now, activating the demonic power laws within the deep space to flush him out, leaving him with nowhere to hide!"
Advisor Tiangu, seeing Ye Yunfei dive into the deep space, immediately roared. His pair of demonic claws swiftly formed a magical seal, from which one strange rune after another flew out, penetrating into the deep space.
Afterwards...
Boom! Boom! ...
Deep within space, Ye Yunfei felt immense amounts of demonic power laws rushing towards him from all directions like tidal waves.
"I never expected this old monster to have such a trick up his sleeve. It seems I've underestimated the Ancient Demon Race!" Ye Yunfei shook his head.
"Unfortunately, this level of technique is not enough to suppress my spatial energy! Once the Roc emerges, I can move about freely!" Ye Yunfei sneered.
The next moment...
Roar...
A Roc burst forth from behind Ye Yunfei. Its massive form surged forward, enveloping Ye Yunfei within. Then, the Roc spread its enormous heaven-shrouding wings and gave a powerful flap, swiftly gliding out of the spatial depths.
"Everyone, be careful! He's about to emerge!" Advisor Tiangu outside the space shouted.
"Sect Uncle Huang, are you done yet?! We can't hold on any longer!"
At this point, Hu Miao, Elder Feng, Tang Biao, and Tang Wu were being completely surrounded and beaten by the Ancient Demon Race forces. They were covered in wounds, especially Tang Biao and Tang Wu, who were already gravely injured! Elder Feng was also covered in gashes and injuries. Only Hu Miao was in slightly better condition, but because she had to free up her hands to assist Tang Wu, Tang Biao, and Elder Feng, she was also struggling immensely.
"Done! All the slaves have been transferred into the Phantom Tower! Hurry, gather close to me now!"
At that moment, Hu Miao, Elder Feng, Tang Wu, and Tang Biao all simultaneously received Huang Shang's sound transmission.
"Alright!"
The four of them perked up immediately.
Swoosh...
All four of them instantly dashed close to Huang Shang. Huang Shang transferred them into the Phantom Tower in a flash.
Then, Huang Shang used his ghost art, transforming into a faint, almost imperceptible ghostly shadow, and dove directly into a dense forest below, vanishing without a trace.
"Eh? Where did they go? Why have they all disappeared?"
The Ancient Demon Race troops closely followed and charged into the dense forest below, searching everywhere, but could find not a single trace of anyone.
"What's going on?! Ye Yunfei's accomplices have all vanished! What is the meaning of this?! Search! Search for them!" Advisor Tiangu roared in fury.
Boom...
At that very moment, a colossal Roc burst out from the depths of space, appearing behind a Soul Formation Realm expert of the Ancient Demon Race.
"Die!"
Ye Yunfei's voice sounded.
The Five Elements Divine Slaughter Sword Array surged over, unleashing its full killing intent.
Swoosh!
A dark gleam abruptly appeared in front of the forehead of this Ancient Demon Race expert, streaking towards the spot between his eyebrows.
"Argh!"
Faced with Ye Yunfei's unleashed Five Elements Divine Slaughter Sword Array and the covert strike, a mere early-stage Soul Formation Realm expert had no way to resist. This Ancient Demon Race expert let out a bloodcurdling shriek before being ground into a bloody mist on the spot.
"Haha! Old monsters, the great slaughter has now begun!"
Ye Yunfei's mocking laughter echoed from within the Roc.
Whoosh...
The Roc spread its wings and instantly disappeared back into the depths of space.
While the special environment of this Guyao Realm prevented Ye Yunfei from staying within the depths of space for too long, staying briefly was entirely possible. Especially after Ye Yunfei unleashed the Roc, he could move about even more freely! Moreover, all the human slaves had been transferred into the Phantom Tower, and the Phantom Tower had returned to Ye Yunfei's possession. Ye Yunfei now had absolutely nothing left to worry about!
"Curse him!"
At that moment, Advisor Tiangu was absolutely incensed.