Beastmaster of the Ages

”This Mistrunner’s far stronger than the last one, which indicates there must be a large group of them!” Qitian Muchen frowned.

He hadn’t made a move when Tianming had violently attacked earlier. He had realized how difficult Tianming would be to deal with, and more importantly, his strongest combat power—the ninesource beast—was still outside. Qitian Muchen was extremely cautious with his life.

”Young valley lord! Young valley lord!” The once elegant and alluring women were now covered in blood, disheveled, and hard to look at. Liu Xinyi, especially, was on the verge of death with a gaping, bloody hole in her chest that had nearly torn her entire body apart.

”Take revenge for us, kill him!” they cried in anguish.

”How dare you oppose Myriadpath Valley and challenge the young valley lord? No matter who you are, you’re bound to die without a grave!”

The women all had immense confidence in Qitian Muchen’s strength. After all, he was the man they admired and revered, the future of Myriadpath Valley.

Tianming remained indifferent to their cries. He didn’t even give Qitian Muchen a chance to make threats, instead charging straight at him.

Qitian Muchen furrowed his brow.

”Return!” His lifebound beast, tasked with escorting the lifebearer tortoise to the Lumistar Formation, had sensed the growing danger. Qitian Muchen dared not take any chances now that the Minor Lumistar Formation had been stolen and they were trapped.

Outside, Yazi violently howled to send a warning to nearby Myriadpath Valley members, including Eminent Tian Nu and others.

It would be troublesome if they blocked the entrance to the lifebearer tortoise’s belly. Fortunately, Yazi was fiercely protective of its master. After a few roars, it shrank its body and entered the palace as well.

Now free, the lifebearer tortoise let out a panicked cry and turned tail, fleeing into the depths of the Outer Yin with a belly full of people!

Inside, a fierce battle had already broken out.

As soon as Yazi entered, Tianming could sense how terrifying the ninesource beast was from its countless stars and suffocating aura. Eight beast face tattoos adorned it, making it appear as if it had nine heads, all of which stared menacingly at him.

Qitian Muchen and Yazi worked together to surround Tianming from the front and back. Qitian Muchen knew that the lifebearer tortoise was fleeing, and the longer it ran, the deeper it would go into the Outer Yin, or perhaps even the Inner Yin, which would create even more problems. Thus, he was also desperate to finish off Tianming.

The women were terrified and would be of no help. The Minor Lumistar Formation had been taken, and Qitian Muchen could only hope others would hear the commotion and come to help.

Once Yazi entered, it continued releasing earth-shattering roars with its smaller body, hoping to alert anyone outside.

Tianming wasn’t too worried, because there were still many silver eggs around the lifebearer tortoise. If anyone came, Yin Chen would warn him and he could escape before they arrived. However, doing so would mean missing out on the crystal coffin.

Thus, his only choice was to take down Qitian Muchen as quickly as possible, then leave.

Both sides were pressed for time.

”You must be a remnant of the Yin-Yang World, right? After so many years, you should’ve realized that the astralscape is Myriadpath Valley’s turf! A race on its last legs only has surrender as an option. Choose to fight against Myriadpath Valley and you’ve chosen extinction. We’ve already discovered your existence, and from now on, more people will come to hunt you down and wipe you out. Your only option is to surrender. This world can’t have two rulers!”

Qitian Muchen had a blazing fury in his heart, especially after Tianming had brutally injured his women in front of him. But since the issue of the Yin-Yang inhabitants was so critical, he took the time to speak. He wouldn’t have bothered with words if it hadn’t been such a serious matter.

However, he soon realized that his words had had no effect at all. Tianming didn’t say anything at all in response and instead began a violent assault.

”You won’t learn until you’re staring death in the face, will you?” Qitian Muchen sneered and two low-maniverse-class artifacts appeared in his hands. The originally small Mundane Brush expanded in size to match Tianming’s black-and-gold sword light, shining with light the color of stone.

A single stroke of the brush carried the power of an entire continent!

At the same time, the Profound Ocean Records floated up, transforming into two massive stone tablets bound together in the shape of a book. Oceans roiled on the surface of the tablets, crashing like waves while storms churned overhead. The cosmic impulses emitted from the book exerted an overwhelming pressure on Tianming.

Qitian Muchen stood amidst the storm, his robes billowing, exuding a divine and commanding presence. He truly lived up to the title of the valley lord’s son, a dragon among men.

His lifebound beast, however, was the complete opposite of his holy and ethereal appearance. The beast was sinister, cruel, and violent, with massive jaws that wanted to chow down on Tianming.

There was no doubt that Qitian Muchen was the most formidable opponent Tianming had ever faced. However, that didn’t frighten the new and improved foundationeer.

Four lifebound beasts’ cosmoforce and Ji Ji’s genesis ancestral nova source surged within Tianming. The black-and-gold sword light in his hand already had superior attack power to the Mundane Brush. Backed up by the decapath era godswords’s fourfold simulacrum, it was a killer weapon the likes of which was rarely seen even in Myriadpath Valley.

Tianming didn’t care about the ninesource beast behind him. His sole focus was on killing Qitian Muchen. That was because he had eyes in the back of his head!

The ninesource beast, Yazi, charged at him with terrifying speed, bloodlust filling the air. However, Tianming used the Fiveway Blitzrun to dodge it in an instant. In battle, Meow Meow took full control of dodging and adjusting their positions, allowing Tianming to focus solely on offense. The cooperation between them gave him a reactivity far superior to most fighters.

Hitting Tianming was no easy task. The kinds of combat techniques that weren’t just raw power were often overlooked, but could produce astonishing results.

Yazi tried to catch up with Tianming, preparing its divine abilities. But Tianming’s hands were already channeling the Empyrean Flame Vortex and Chaossky Blitzsource, which abruptly joined together into Blitzburn Origin and smashed into the approaching Yazi!

Divine ability, Nine Mystic Blazes!

Yazi roared in fury, its eight beast face tattoos suddenly glowing with black-and-red starlight. The nine massive mouths spewed out fire in concert, which fused into Nine Mystic Blazes. However, Tianming’s Blitzburn Origin neutralized it on the spot.