Once the Heavenly Dao Tower was mentioned, all the Ancient Demon Race high-ups were stunned.
"We… we reply to you, great one, that over these many years, we have never dared to forget the grave responsibility of searching for the Heavenly Dao Tower," Advisor Tiangu answered, stammering slightly. "It's just that, up to now, we still have not found any clue regarding its whereabouts."
"Hmph!" the demon soul sneered. "Finding a single tower—and it has taken you all this long, yet you still haven't found it? You are all useless trash! If I weren't restricted by rules preventing my true body from descending to this lower world, I would have killed the lot of you incompetents long ago and searched for the Heavenly Dao Tower myself!"
Enraged shouts that rumbled like thunder rolled out from the spatial channel, making the entire Guyao Realm tremble.
Many Ancient Demon Race members prostrated themselves on the ground, stricken with terror.
Even the Three Great Demon Kings did not dare utter half a word in rebuttal.
"Please calm your anger, great one. The Divine Fall Land will soon open." Advisor Tiangu, plucking up his courage, spoke again. "This time, our Ancient Demon Race will dispatch our most elite youths into the Divine Fall Land to seek treasures. Venerable Baiyun is the person in our star domain with the most formidable ability in divination. He once pointed out twenty locations within our star domain where the Heavenly Dao Tower is most likely hidden—and one of those places is precisely the Divine Fall Land! We hope to achieve results this time."
"Very well," the demon soul responded, his tone marginally less severe. "You must remember: spare no expense in finding the Heavenly Dao Tower. If you can locate it, our Ancestral Realm will immediately bring you back. The Ancestral Realm is the true great world, the grand stage. It is the high-level world truly suitable for residence and cultivation. Your current lower world is just a small pond—far too insignificant.
If you can return to the Ancestral Realm, your futures hold boundless developmental potential.
How you choose is up to you—act for your own good."
"Alright. Now, I shall bestow this Innate Treasure upon you," the demon soul announced. "Prepare to receive it."
"Thank you, great one!" the Ancient Demon Race high-ups in the square chorused, their voices thick with emotion. From this moment on, the Ancient Demon Race would possess an additional Innate Treasure! The significance was immense! This was a treasure weighty enough to stabilize the fortunes of an entire sect or clan!
"Our Ancient Demon Race now has hope for a resurgence!" All the high-ups were excited to the extreme.
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Inside the spatial channel…
*Boom…*
Ye Yunfei saw a demon soul slowly detaching from the Fiend Seal.
This demon soul had no intention of entering the Guyao Realm.
His mission was solely to escort the Fiend Seal here. Once his task was complete, he was prepared to return to his main body in the Demon Realm.
In his eyes, a lower world simply wasn't worth his time.
"Now!"
Ye Yunfei had been eyeing this demon soul for some time, knowing that he had to make his move now, or he would miss his chance.
So.
"Get close to him!" Ye Yunfei instructed the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
"Got it," the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm replied with eager anticipation. It immediately began creeping toward the demon soul. Its diminutive size, coupled with its mastery over spatial energy and its talent for creating wormholes, allowed it to move virtually without a sound.
How could the demon soul have anticipated that within this very spatial channel, someone was waiting in ambush, preparing to ambush him?
"Ye Yunfei, the quality of this demon soul is exceptionally high," Huang Shang suddenly spoke up. "If I can devour him, the help to me would be enormous!" He had already consumed many Soul Bodies of Ancient Demon Race members, and his ghost arts had greatly improved. But those were nothing compared to this demon soul before them!
"Alright. We'll cripple him first, then you can proceed with the devouring," Ye Yunfei nodded.
In the blink of an eye, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm finally reached a spot extremely close to the demon soul.
At this moment, the demon soul was pushing the Fiend Seal, preparing to send it to the altar outside.
"Now!" Ye Yunfei issued a low command and abruptly charged out from the Phantom Tower.
*Whoosh!*
Ye Yunfei first executed the Heavenly Soul Sword, striking at the demon soul.
At the same time, the Five Elements Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, Dark Spike, the Nine Divine Beasts, and a gigantic golden sun—all rumbled and roared, smashing toward the fiend soul in a torrent.
Huang Shang, Hu Miao, and even Feng Lao, Tang Biao, and Tang Wu also moved simultaneously.
They unleashed their most formidable attacks, wildly striking the demon soul.
"Everyone, this demon soul's essence is merely a small part of a Soul Body! Therefore, attacks with Soul Power are the most effective against him!" Ye Yunfei reminded them.
The distance was extremely close.
And Ye Yunfei and his companions had launched a surprise assault without the slightest warning.
Consequently, the demon soul was utterly bewildered. How could he have anticipated that so many people were lying in ambush within this spatial channel, intending to ambush him!
Wave after wave of savage attacks directly bombarded the demon soul.
Soul Power energy, spiritual power energy, ghostly art energy, illusion mixed with charm energy…
Streams of energy erupted and exploded incessantly upon the demon soul.
"Argh… Aah!"
Immediately, the demon soul began to shriek in agony.
Among all attacks, Ye Yunfei's Heavenly Soul Sword inflicted the most damage! Each strike from the Heavenly Soul Sword weakened the demon soul's power by a fraction!
*Whoosh!*
Even the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm began its assault.
And its attacks were remarkably potent.
With a soft *thup*, it pierced right through the demon soul, leaving a transparent, tiny hole in its ethereal form!
Witnessing this, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but silently praise its prowess.
"Who are you?!" the demon soul roared in fury, his form writhing. "How dare you ambush me!" His rolling roars now echoed outward through the spatial channel.
"What's happening? Is someone ambushing the great one from the Ancestral Realm?!" All the Ancient Demon Race members in the outer square could hear the enraged bellows coming from within the channel, and one by one, their expressions shifted from bewilderment to panic.
"Great one, what is the matter? Have you been attacked?" Advisor Tiangu shouted his question.
"You good-for-nothing fools! What are you still asking for?!" the demon soul screamed in exasperation. "Hurry up and roll yourselves in here to help me! I'm about to be annihilated!"
*Boom… Roar…*
Rolling demonic power erupted from the demon soul's form, expanding in all directions, trying to fend off the surrounding savage onslaught.
Yet, as a mere demon soul, his methods of resistance were limited!
"Die!"
Ye Yunfei desperately drove the Heavenly Soul Sword, attacking the demon soul with the fastest speed, an endless stream of strikes.
*Whoosh! Whoosh!*
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm transformed into a golden ray, continuously ramming into the demon soul. Each impact left another transparent hole in its form.
One could say that Ye Yunfei and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm inflicted the greatest, most fatal damage upon this demon soul.
Meanwhile, the attacks from Hu Miao, Huang Shang, Feng Lao, Tang Biao, and Tang Wu piled injury upon injury on the battered fiend soul.
"We should… go in and help?" Back in the square outside, the Three Great Demon Kings, Advisor Tiangu, and the other Ancient Demon Race elders all looked at one another in bewilderment.
They indeed very much wished to enter and assist. But the problem was, they knew nothing about spatial energy; how would they dare to charge into a spatial fissure?
Getting in might be easy, but finding their way out could become a serious trouble later!
"Advisor Tiangu, what should we do?" The Three Great Demon Kings focused their gazes on the strategist, anxiety filling their faces. They could clearly discern that the great one from the Ancestral Realm truly was under ambush, and his situation seemed perilously urgent!