"Retreat quickly! This golden ox is extremely terrifying!"
Just as Ye Yunfei departed, the Princess of Jiuli's face turned pale. She led the forces of the Jiuli Imperial Dynasty and turned to flee.
She was at the late stage of the Soul Formation Realm, and her Soul Power was much stronger than others at the same level. She was the first to sense a great crisis.
"Run!"
The experts from the other forces also began to shout hoarsely.
That golden ox emitted an aura that made people tremble, chilling them to the bone.
As more and more experts sounded the alarm, this group of martial artists all turned and began to flee.
But it was already too late.
The dozens of Venerable-Grade Treasures Ye Yunfei had blasted out all smashed onto the body of the golden ox before shattering, erupting with a torrential surge of energy and pressure.
Even though these Venerable-Grade Treasures couldn't harm the golden ox at all, they completely enraged it!
Mooo!
The golden ox let out a thunderous roar, like the fury of the heavens, domineering and terrifying.
Its pair of brass bell-like ox eyes had turned blood red.
Boom…
The golden ox charged forward violently, its three-meter-tall body erupting with terror-inducing energy pressure.
Directly in front, a young martial artist bore the brunt. Without even time to scream, he was smashed into a cloud of blood mist.
Next, the enraged ox charged recklessly. As fast as a bolt of golden lightning, wherever it went, martial artists were smashed apart on the spot.
The ox's speed was too fast, slaughtering hundreds of martial artists in a matter of moments.
Not a single martial artist could withstand the impact of this golden ox!
Mooo!
As the golden ox wreaked bloody havoc, it let out heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roars that traveled dozens of miles.
The surviving martial artists, their souls practically leaving their bodies, fled for their lives using every ounce of their strength.
"It's Ye Yunfei! He definitely did this on purpose, luring this golden ox to deal with us!"
"Of course that bastard did it on purpose, no need to guess!"
Many martial artists cursed as they fled.
"Beast, get lost!"
Suddenly, the man in crimson armor from the Tongtian Sect screamed in fright.
The golden ox had set its sights on him and came charging over with earth-shaking force.
Boom!
The crimson-armored man directly activated his Innate Treasure. A three-layered black pagoda shot forth, radiating billowing energy as it blasted toward the golden ox.
Clang!
The ox's pair of horns violently collided with the black pagoda, producing a deafening metallic clang.
Then, to the man's shocked gaze, the black pagoda was knocked flying backward.
"Impossible! Even an Innate Treasure can be knocked away?!"
The man instantly felt ice-cold all over. The strength of this golden ox was even more terrifying than he imagined, utterly impossible to fight.
"Escape now!"
The other martial artists witnessed this scene, their bowels loosening in fear as they fled even more desperately and disgracefully.
If even an Innate Treasure couldn't deal with this golden ox, who would have the courage to confront it?
At the same time.
Ye Yunfei traveled at full speed and returned to the top-grade crystal vein where he had encountered the golden ox just moments ago.
"Everyone, quick! Mine this vein before that ox returns!"
Ye Yunfei transmitted everyone out from within the Phantom Tower and roared.
Thus, Hu Miao, Huang Shang, Du Fan, and over twenty students rushed forward, channeling their spiritual power to start excavating the crystal vein.
Everyone exerted every effort, digging at their fastest possible speed.
"Huh? Master, there's a cavern down here!"
Suddenly, Hu Miao cried out.
Ye Yunfei looked down. Deep underground within the crystal vein, there was a cavern spewing golden light.
Inside, the cavern shimmered brilliantly with dazzling golden radiance.
"Could it be…"
A thought stirred in Ye Yunfei's mind.
"I'll go in and take a look!"
With a flash of his figure, Ye Yunfei rushed into the cavern.
The cavern was filled with thick golden mist that even tinted the cave walls a pale gold, appearing sacred and transcendent.
Even with his strength, it took Ye Yunfei several breaths to gradually see through the dense golden light and discern the interior of the cavern.
Lying within the cavern were a full six lumps of Yellow Path True Gold.
These six lumps were one meter high and two meters wide, as solid as a mountain. They exuded an imposing aura that rushed toward him, forcing Ye Yunfei to retreat several steps.
"Yellow Path True Gold is a rare supreme treasure! If I could melt and refine these six lumps into the Five Elements Spirit Swords, they could pierce through even Innate Treasures in an instant in the future!"
Ye Yunfei practically salivated at the sight.
He then attempted to approach the six lumps of Yellow Path True Gold, intending to collect them.
Boom…
Suddenly, all six lumps moved simultaneously, rushing at high speed toward the depths of the cavern.
"That is?"
Ye Yunfei suddenly halted his steps and stopped.
Deep in the cavern, an elder sat cross-legged.
The elder's skin emitted a pale golden light. His head was bowed, and on his chest, at the location of his heart, was a bloody hole, pierced clean through. Pale golden blood still flowed, seemingly not yet dry.
There was no trace of life remaining!
However, even though dead, this elder's body still retained terrifying energy pressure, secretly startling Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei understood that many powerful beings in the world tempered their physical bodies to terrifying degrees. Even after perishing for endless years, the energy within their flesh could remain astonishing.
The six lumps of Yellow Path True Gold seemed to have developed a trace of sentience and hid behind the corpse of the elder.
"It seems these six lumps of Yellow Path True Gold are unreachable. What a pity."
Ye Yunfei couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei's gaze turned toward another corner of the cavern.
There, a small golden pool lay.
Within the small pool, a pool of golden liquid brimmed.
"This is… the essence of Yellow Path True Gold! Most likely, over a long period, those six lumps of Yellow Path True Gold and that golden ox normally cultivated inside this small pool, gradually secreting this pool of liquid."
Ye Yunfei's gaze instantly became burning hot.
This was a priceless treasure!
That pool of golden liquid emitted soft rays of golden light, serene and warm, brimming with boundless vitality.
Faced with such a treasure, how could Ye Yunfei hesitate? His figure flashed. He took out over a hundred jade vials and tossed them toward the golden pool to collect the golden liquid.
Boom boom…
The six lumps of Yellow Path True Gold hiding behind the elder's corpse immediately emitted a series of angry roars.
However, these six lumps had only developed a slight amount of sentience and didn't possess combat ability, so they didn't dare charge forward to stop Ye Yunfei.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, something stirred in Ye Yunfei's mind. He noticed that in several places beneath the dirt on the ground, golden light seemed to be shining.
Due to the intense golden radiance in the cavern, he had overlooked it earlier, only noticing it now.
With a flick of his sleeve, Ye Yunfei brushed away a layer of earth from the ground.
Four golden weapons were revealed.
A half-length golden short sword.
A golden nine-section whip, broken link by link into nine pieces.
A small golden drum that was only half intact.
A pale golden pearl about the size of an adult's thumb, dull and unlit.
"Weapons forged from Yellow Path True Gold!"
Ye Yunfei was somewhat pleasantly surprised. He stretched out a hand and used telekinesis to bring these four clearly damaged weapons into his grasp.
"Although broken, they still have some potency. With further refining, they should be usable again. Their power might even surpass that of Innate Treasures."
Ye Yunfei examined them briefly and stored all four weapons.
Mooo!
Right at that moment, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar suddenly came from afar, causing the entire land to tremble.
"Not good! That golden ox is back! If it knows I broke into its nest, it will surely go berserk."
Ye Yunfei's heart clenched. Without the slightest hesitation, he flew out of the cavern at his fastest speed.
"Master, bad news! That ox is back!"
Hu Miao and the others had already turned ashen with fear.
"Let's go!"
With a sweep of his sleeve, Ye Yunfei gathered everyone up and transmitted them into the Phantom Tower. Then, he activated his Heavenly Shadow Robe's tenfold acceleration and instantly shot into the distance.
After flying several thousand meters away, Ye Yunfei utilized his spatial energy and took a single step, disappearing deep into space.
Mooo… Mooo…
Behind him, from the location of the cavern, roars of maddened rage erupted one after another, causing this stretch of heaven and earth to boil completely.