Beastmaster of the Ages

”As I said, Li Tianming, there’s no escape for you today!”

Before long, the twelve wonderian experts had caught up, and the Demonpiece Custodian sneered when they saw them stop in front of the light screen.

”Capture them!”

”Yes, sir!” Their wonders completely sealed the surroundings, trapping Zi Zhen and Tianming in a small area. At the same time, all twelve of them held cosmic artifacts, uniformly advancing toward Zi Zhen and Tianming.

Custodian Demonpiece was cunning. They ordered the ten wonders to all go after Zi Zhen while they themselves bypassed her, preparing to deal with Tianming alone. Tianming saw that they were powerful fifth-level cosmic cartographers, while he was only at the seventh astral phase, a difference of a hundred thousand miles.

Seeing their intentions, Zi Zhen knew that protecting Tianming was the top priority so she stepped back and stood back to back with him. Her long hair spiraled around him like countless ropes as she glared at the wonderian experts.

In that way, she and Tianming were almost bound together, perfectly coordinated for strong protection. Custodian Demonpiece had to get past Zi Zhen if they wanted to catch Tianming alone.

If Meng Ying wants to capture me rather than kill me, it means he wants something from me. So these people are naturally hesitating.... Thinking that, Tianming remained calm. They had no idea that he was messing with the chessboard wonder with his Plundering Arm.

”Huh?” It wasn’t until that moment that Custodian Demonpiece realized there was a problem with the wonder’s light screen.

”What?!” The two were stunned on the spot! They still hadn’t reacted by the time Tianming opened a hole in the wonder’s light screen, skillfully unlocking it and tearing it apart. Zi Zhen turned around and escaped into the depths of the sea!

”Chase!” Custodian Demonpiece’s expressions changed color, the old man and the old woman shouting in dismay.

All twelve of them hurriedly chased, but before they could look up, a silver sea fell from above.

Yin Chen couldn’t harm them, but it could at least block their vision and slow them down. The group of twelve were packed together, and for a moment, they were all blocked.

”Expand the wonders!” At that moment, expanding the wonders would be faster than chasing.

The light screen came chasing after Tianming and Zi Zhen! It was just behind them, but this time, Zi Zhen was even stronger than before and erupted with a more vigorous speed. Driven by the power of her five cosmic charts, she broke out like a forceful wind.

”We did it!” Tianming looked back and knew they wouldn’t be caught. Crisis averted!

”That was close....” Zi Zhen was sweating, not daring to be careless. She dragged Tianming far away until they broke out of the underground sea and entered the dark fog.

Finally stepping on the ground, both of them stopped to catch their breath. After a short rest, they didn’t plan to stay here and continued to move to another underground abyss.

”Zi Zhen,” Tianming called.

”What’s up?” Zi Zhen looked up.

This operation had actually improved their relationship quite a bit, and Tianming had a better understanding of her temperament. He trusted her more now.

”My strength is still a bit lacking in the capital. I don’t have much time left. This place is relatively safe. I’ll go back to the astralscape of order first, and you wait for me nearby. When I come back, we’ll plan the next move,” Tianming said.

”Okay!” She nodded.

”Stay safe.”

”I know.”

Now she was Tianming’s big bodyguard. In Antiquitas Mortis, Tianming found that without his astralship and astralguard formation, he was a low-tier combatant. For him to get through this awkward period, Zi Zhen was significant.

”Wait for me.” Tianming was decisive. He activated his dimensional line, and soon, Feiling pulled him away from the strange world.

After Tianming disappeared, Zi Zhen blankly looked in the direction he left, lowered her head slightly, and felt a bit lost. ”Don’t think too much. He isn’t from the same world.”

She took a deep breath and disappeared into the darkness.

......

On the astralship Dreamchild.

The ship was still on its way back to Wondrium, carrying Meng Ying. An ugly man and woman were currently in a heavenly locus formation placed among many small red cylinders, meaning they were currently in the wondersky realm. Of course, with their ability to traverse the Xenoworld, they could return to Wondrium at any time.

Inside the Illusory Realm, in a luxurious palace, two infants sat at the top, listening to the news of Custodian Demonpiece’s failure to capture Tianming.

”Worthless!” the male infant roared, startling the wonderian subordinates beneath his seat. ”Get out!”

”Yes!” Everyone left in panic.

”How could fifth-level cosmic cartographers fail to catch an orderan kid?! What a waste of thousands of years of life!” the male infant raged.

”Alright, don’t be angry. Even if you slaughter Demonpiece Star now, it’s useless. It’s still good for us that Li Tianming went to the Xenoabyss,” the female infant consoled. They had both been full of excitement, only to receive this bad news.

”This kid is on the Sun, heavily guarded. He’s either in the solar core or on that infinitum-class ship. There’s no chance to catch him. But he has no astralship or formations in the Xenoabyss, which makes it a good opportunity for us. However, the Xenoabyss has that white sea, which means we can’t go in. Furthermore, he was alerted this time! He may not go in again,” the male infant said.

”That may not be true. If this kid entered, he definitely had a plan. The Demonpiece Custodian said that before they arrived, Li Tianming was fighting for order fragments, right? It seems he realized that his strength was his weakness and wanted to quickly improve. Unexpectedly, he has the coordinates of the Xenoabyss. It’s a good thing that we discovered it in advance. Otherwise, if he breaks through like Yi Daiyan, we’ll be in trouble in a few years,” the female infant said.

”Yi Daiyan’s breakthrough might also be related to the order fragments...” the male infant coldly said.

”Yes!” The female infant bit her lip, squinted her eyes, and said, ”Now, everyone who can enter the xenoabyss has already gone in. The coordinate markers are limited, so we’ll send more powerful people in the next batch.”

”Alas, there’s no other way! In our Skydome, our coordinate markers only allow fifth-level cosmic cartographers to enter....” The male infant frowned.

”By the way!” The female infant’s eyes lit up. ”Isn’t Youmeng quite close to Li Fan of Myriadpath Valley? Myriadpath Valley has a direct passage to the Xenoabyss, and Li Fan is said to have trained there. Although he lost to Tianming on Skyhold Bridge, he’s two thousand years old in the real world. If he can go to Antiquitas Mortis and pull Li Tianming out....”