"There are indeed many herbs; we've already picked over a hundred Dao herbs. However, the highest grade we've found so far is only fourth-grade.
I hope to find some herbs of an even higher grade,"
Ye Yunfei said.
Right at that moment.
"Huh?
Master, look! In that valley ahead, there seems to be a patch of strange herbs interwoven with lightning!"
Hu Miao suddenly pointed towards a valley ahead and exclaimed.
"Let's go take a look!"
Ye Yunfei's gaze shifted there, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao moved swiftly, instantly darting into the valley.
Within the valley grew a large patch of Dao herbs that were constantly spurting arcs of lightning.These herbs were of the vine type; each old vine was roughly the thickness of an adult's arm, clinging to the ground, lush with branches and leaves.
Moreover, they bore clusters of red fruits, from which streaks of lightning energy continuously crackled and sparked.
The number of these fruits was astounding—no less than a thousand!
"Thunderstruck Fruit!
A very rare fifth-grade Dao fruit!
If sold in the outside world, its price would likely be equivalent to a sixth-grade Dao herb,"
Ye Yunfei remarked with some surprise.
He hadn't expected to discover so many Thunderstruck Fruits all at once!
"Fifth-grade Dao fruit!
Excellent!
The Divine Fall Land truly is filled with treasures everywhere!"
Hu Miao was also very excited and was about to rush forward to pick the Thunderstruck Fruits.
"Be careful!"
Ye Yunfei suddenly shouted.
Swoosh!
From the forest not far away, a small red bird suddenly shot out like a crimson bolt of lightning.
This small bird was crimson all over, only as big as an adult's palm, but its momentum was ferocious. The energy aura it released was, at the very least, equivalent to the early stage of the Primordial Soul Realm!
Most frighteningly, this bird's speed was truly astounding!
Before Ye Yunfei's shout had even finished echoing, it had already reached Hu Miao and spat out a red lightning bolt to strike her.
Whoosh!
Ye Yunfei stirred his thoughts, unleashing Dark Thorn. The black spike appeared abruptly and silently in front of the red bird, instantly piercing through its body!
"So scary!"
Hu Miao was startled.
"That's a Swift Thunder Bird. The most troublesome thing is, these birds prefer to travel in large flocks,"
Ye Yunfei said with a frown.
Rustle, rustle...
Before Ye Yunfei's words had fully faded, the nearby forests seemed to explode into chaos. In an instant, hundreds upon hundreds of red birds took flight with a flapping of wings, screeching continuously as they densely swarmed towards Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao like raindrops.
It was as if thousands of Primordial Soul Realm cultivators were attacking simultaneously.
Each Swift Thunder Bird spat lightning relentlessly. In moments, the space crackled and sparked, filled with dazzling flashes of light.
"There really is a huge flock of them!"
Hu Miao couldn't help but exclaim, her scalp tingling.
"Hu Miao, you and Huang Shang pick the Thunderstruck Fruits. I'll handle these Swift Thunder Birds,"
Ye Yunfei said.
Whoosh!
Dark Thorn transformed into a streak of black light, shooting towards the flock of Swift Thunder Birds.
Buzz...
Five spirit swords also shot out, forming the Five Elements Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, spinning and slicing outwards.
Thud, thud, thud...
Although the Swift Thunder Birds were numerous and fast, Ye Yunfei's Dark Thorn and the Five Elements Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation were even faster and far more powerful. Swift Thunder Birds were continuously slain, completely unable to get close.
Huang Shang manifested his form and, together with Hu Miao, began swiftly picking the Thunderstruck Fruits.
Boom...
At that very moment, distant forests also seemed to boil over. Streaks of red light continuously surged out from the dense woods.
All of these red lights were Swift Thunder Birds!
For a while, the flapping of wings and piercing shrieks of the Swift Thunder Birds were deafening. Like crimson clouds, they blotted out the sky as they sped towards this area.
There had to be at least tens of thousands!
Even more terrifyingly, from the distant expanses of forest, more and more Swift Thunder Birds kept emerging without end.
"Hurry up!
We need to leave this place!"
Seeing such an enormous number of Swift Thunder Birds, even Ye Yunfei felt his eyelids twitch as he shouted.
"Master, quick, run! We've picked them all!"
Finally, Hu Miao and Huang Shang had harvested all the Thunderstruck Fruits in the valley.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei swept his sleeve, scooping up Hu Miao and Huang Shang. He activated the Heavenly Shadow Robe and charged out of the valley, fleeing towards the distance.
Behind them, batch after batch of Swift Thunder Birds swiftly pursued.
Fortunately, with the tenfold acceleration provided by the Heavenly Shadow Robe, Ye Yunfei's speed surpassed that of the Swift Thunder Birds!
After about half an hour, they finally completely shook off the pursuing flock.
"That was too close,"
Hu Miao said, her heart still seeming to pound.
"The number of these Swift Thunder Birds is overwhelming; they truly are difficult to deal with.
But harvesting over a thousand Thunderstruck Fruits is a good reward."
Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Let's go.
We'll continue forward."
Ye Yunfei said.
Moving forward, they gradually harvested more and more herbs, accumulating quite a substantial haul.
Moreover, they occasionally encountered other martial artists.
Several martial artists, seeing Hu Miao's peerless beauty and noting that the cultivation realms of both Ye Yunfei and Hu Miao were not high, grew malicious and thought to make a move against them.
In the end, these martial artists were all instantly slain by a single sword from Ye Yunfei.
"You five from Heavenly Dao Academy! Don't bother running, you can't escape!
Just submit to your deaths!"
"Haha! The three men can kneel and commit suicide. The two women can be spared to serve us properly.
If they serve us happily, they can stay by our sides as slaves!"
Suddenly, up ahead, wild laughter erupted.
Hearing this, Ye Yunfei's face darkened.
Scanning with his soul power, Ye Yunfei discovered a dozen or so Ancient Demon Race members chasing five young individuals.
Those five youths were precisely elite students of the Heavenly Dao Academy.
"Finally ran into some of them,"
Ye Yunfei said.
He could see that the five students were covered in blood, clearly already injured and exhausted to the point where their running speed was slowing further and further.
The dozen Ancient Demon Race members behind them were chasing closely while roaring with laughter.
"You Ancient Demon Race scum just wait! Even if you kill us, Senior Brother Ye Yunfei will not let you go!"
one of the students angrily shouted.
Currently, nearly all students within the Heavenly Dao Academy addressed Ye Yunfei as Senior Brother.
Such was the world of martial artists: the strong were respected.
Given Ye Yunfei's current strength, only those students particularly familiar with him dared to call him Junior Brother to his face.
All other students uniformly revered him as Senior Brother!
"Haha! The Wu Clan's people have already set their sights on Ye Yunfei. He'll be lucky to save himself, doomed to die for sure! Don't fantasize about him avenging you!"
the Ancient Demon Race members chasing behind laughed and mocked.
As they spoke, the distance between both sides shrank.
Finally, the dozen or so Ancient Demon Race members completely caught up. In a flash, they surrounded the five Heavenly Dao Academy students, wearing mocking smiles.
The five students all looked utterly despairing.
They knew there was absolutely no way they could defeat these dozen or so Ancient Demon Race members.
"Alright, you three men can die now.
The two women can serve as our slaves.
We quite like your human females—fair and tender-skinned, truly not bad."
The dozen or so Ancient Demon Race members revealed ferocious grins, one by one.
However.
At that moment.
"Those who deserve to die should be you."
A cold voice spoke up.
The next moment.
A figure flashed, and one more person now stood beside the five students.
It was Ye Yunfei.
"Senior Brother Ye!"
Overjoyed, the five students cried out.
"Oh no!
Ye Yunfei is here!
Run!"
Seeing Ye Yunfei, the dozen or so Ancient Demon Race members paled with terror. How would they dare to stay? They immediately turned tail and fled as fast as they could.
Ye Yunfei had carved out a fearsome reputation in the Ancient Demon Realm. Even the higher-ups of the Ancient Demon Race dared not act rashly upon seeing him, let alone these young members of the Ancient Demon Race.