Beastmaster of the Ages

Tianming’s lifebound beasts, aside from Yin Chen, were ready. He quickly charged toward Yumo Hongyi with Fiveway Blitzrun. His sword energy had already locked on to her and she sensed the impending danger as soon as he approached her.

”Who?” She quickly reacted, transforming into a specter on the spot, darting forward with incredible agility. Her entire body grew several meters tall, sprouting red and black scales and spikes.

The most peculiar thing about her was her tongue; it extended over ten meters from her mouth. It was also the most formidable and terrifying weapon on her body, resembling a spiked whip with a sharp, spear-like tip at the end. The soulreaver tongue, along with her sharp fangs and claws, completely erased any trace of her seductive appearance from Tianming’s mind, leaving only disgust.

”A redtongue variant specter!” Yumo Hongyi was also a specter with a special bloodline of the brutal sort. The soulreaver tongue aggressively snaked toward Tianming like a venomous serpent from her mouth.

She spotted Tianming within the dark storm and venomously hissed, ”Who dares to play tricks before me, Yumo Hongyi?”

Tianming coldly gazed at her, easily discerning the countless vengeful spirits that cloaked her. They were far more concentrated than Yumo Yuanni, her body containing at least thirteen drops, each holding a trillion souls. She intended to use her malevolent aura to intimidate him, inciting the spirits to emit countless ghostly wails that filled his mind with the cries of the damned as if he was in hell.

Yumo Hongyi didn’t know that that was already the most dangerous trigger for Tianming. His blood boiled with rage and he had no intention of exchanging words with her. Black and gold sword light answered her unasked question, berserk sword ki churning within.

”No matter who you are, you’re dead.” Yumo Hongyi’s anger exploded. She transformed into a scarlet blood shadow and pounced at Tianming.

Divine ability, Bloody Cube! She extracted some of her blood to create a blood-colored cube in her hand, inscribed with the sigils of House Yumo. The Bloody Cube paved the way, smashing toward Tianming and exploding into countless cubes.

However, she was met with a storm of Tianming’s own divine abilities! Lightning, fire, and all kinds of abilities rained down on her. He pulled out all the stops, as there was no need to hide his identity anymore.

Skyscorch Wrathloti and Pearlight Sacredeyes shattered the cubes, allowing his sword to move unobstructed with the Pentagram Suishen Art. The sword seemed to transform into a five-pointed gear that descended upon the specter, but its true form was obscured by purple mist.

The sword strike, much like the first fold of the Greatsun Suishen Art, appeared simple. But in truth, such high-level techniques had returned to simplicity. The spinning star-like sword intent emphasized a relentless momentum, perfectly matching Tianming’s state of mind! It was perhaps the most satisfying execution of the Pentagram Suishen Art that he had ever performed.

”What the hell is that?” Her opponent was clearly attacking, yet she couldn’t see anything with any clarity. Yumo Hongyi was annoyed, but felt no fear. Her soulreaver tongue shot out with deadly speed. The soulreaver tongue was a signature killing move of the redtongue variant specters.

But Yumo Hongyi wasn’t just using a simple tongue thrust. Her tongue was more flexible than an arm, executing battle techniques with countless forms. She was using her tongue to unleash the Mourning Wails Scripture, with the blood-soaked tongue tearing through space while accompanied by vengeful spirits that shrieked with terrifying wails that struck at Tianming’s soul.

The Skysoul Tower shook and Tianming’s scalp tingled. Ying Huo and the others lacked soul protection and cried out in pain. Tianming’s Pentagram Suishen Art faltered and the other divine abilities were also shattered, showing just how tough Yumo Hongyi was.

However, the Skysoul Tower was the Skysoul Tower. Once Tianming withstood the first wave of the soul assault, he immediately recovered.

”You’re good at soul attacks, too?” With the soulreaver tongue almost at his face, Tianming opened his Plundering Eye to use Vitasteal. Simultaneously, his grand lexicon wonder manifested, nine hundred words forming a dragon that coiled around the tongue.

Tianming’s sudden wonder and Vitasteal interrupted her attack, causing her soul to momentarily disconnect from her body for a split second that proved fatal. The mournful cries of trillions of spirits were almost simultaneously silenced as Vitasteal targeted them, showing how thoroughly Tianming had countered her.

It was his moment to turn the tide. He seized the opportunity and launched the Pentagram Suishen Art to hack at Yumo Hongyi’s soulreaver tongue. That one slash severed the tongue that seemed capable of damaging even the Hellfiend. The screeching friction was so piercing that it almost punctured his eardrums.

Yumo Hongyi was stunned for a moment, her face changing color. Despite the pain, she didn’t forget to try to retrieve the severed tongue, wanting to reattach it. But Tianming wasn’t about to give her that chance.

This time, the Greatsun Suishen Art fell while the grand lexicon wonder transferred to Yumo Hongyi’s body.

Vitasteal, the wonder, and those familiar sword strikes.... Yumo Hongyi’s downfall occurred the moment her spirit wavered.

”You’re Li Tianming!!!” she shrieked in horror, her ferocious face twisted in disbelief. She recognized him by his wonder, which was unmistakably clear once it was far from his body.

Tianming had decided to use his wonder to kill her and didn’t hesitate for a second, like a cold-blooded assassin. His slash cleaved down, and Yumo Hongyi’s specter body shattered on the spot.

Yumo Hongyi screamed in agony. She remained in a state of utter disbelief through her death throes even as her cosmic charts were mercilessly destroyed by Tianming.

”Why....” Her lingering soul looked at Tianming in despair, trembling with fear.

”No reason. It’s just to free the vengeful spirits on your body and to take your baleflame. You aren’t the first Yumo to die by my hand, and you won’t be the last.” Tianming took her spatial ring with well-practiced movements.

”Oh! Just to let you know, I’m the murderer of those twenty eminents in the Infinitum Mundus.” With these words, Tianming slashed his sword again, completely obliterating her lingering soul!

Yumo Hongyi perished in utter despair, overwhelmed by terror.

Tianming felt elated. After everything was done, he felt much better. ”From now on, I’m House Yumo’s predator!”