Beastmaster of the Ages

”You’re all just frogs at the bottom of a well, only capable of looking down!” Qingyu said in disgust.

The three of them officially stepped into the Cosmic God Palace.

At the entrance was an illusionary barrier. When passing through, if they didn’t want to go alone, they could hold the hands of those beside them. For now, Tianming definitely wouldn’t separate from the other two.

A storm engulfed the three of them, dragging them completely inside.

When they landed, they were deep within the Cosmic God Palace. The black walls around them were covered with divine patterns, while the corridor was wide enough for a hundred-meter-tall giant to fight within it.

”Go! Find every single one of them for me!” Tianming immediately released a vast number of Yin Chens and Bai Yes. Yin Chen hadn’t had a chance to consume ores yet, so most of its bodies were still at their pre-evolution level.

”Someone’s coming!” As soon as they were released, Yin Chen reported back.

Tianming’s head snapped up as a figure emerged from the darkness, locking on to the three of them.

The moment he saw them, the newcomer burst into laughter. ”What a coincidence. It’s the bugs from the Lower Star Ruins piloting a fortuna-class astralship.”

He was a golden-haired man whose entire body radiated golden light. His eyes were like blazing suns, staring at the three of them with predatory amusement, like a lion toying with a rabbit.

”Do you know me? My name’s Jiang Zhen. My mother is the Scorchmoon Popess. That makes me a direct descendant of the Sundown Pantheon.” Jiang Zhen condescendingly looked down at Tianming.

”Never heard of you,” Tianming bluntly replied.

Jiang Zhen was momentarily stunned. Then he laughed, ”Are all people from the Lower Star Ruins underdeveloped in the brain? Is that a common issue? I’m really curious!”

”You don’t look all that smart yourself. You still don’t realize you should be running?” Ying Huo disdainfully interjected.

”Run?” Jiang Zhen sneered at Ying Huo. ”Some people actually have chickens as lifebound beasts?”

Tianming was wordless.

”Feeling insecure? Getting mad? Hahaha.... Alright, no more teasing. You’re just bugs. I’ll crush you and extract whatever’s useful from your corpses!”

Jiang Zhen had barely arrived in front of Tianming when a black shadow appeared before him, to his surprise. The bug from the Lower Star Ruins is attacking first?

”Hah—” he instinctively sneered.

At that moment, a shield manifested on the white-haired youth’s right leg! The shield had three layers, shaped like three overlapping worlds, a heaven, an earth, and countless human figures! Inconceivable force erupted from the young man’s body and tore through the air with a thunderous roar!

Lan Huang’s new divine ability: Triflair Primordial World!

Tianming’s leg, enhanced by his lifebound beast’s blood and flesh, along with his entire cosmoforce, launched the divine ability straight at Jiang Zhen’s face!

”A mosquito is trying to sting me—AARGH!!”

Jiang Zhen hadn’t even finished his sentence when Tianming’s kick landed and the Triflair Primordial World violently exploded. It was Lan Huang’s most powerful divine ability ever!

Heaven, Earth, and Humanity! The three worlds’ explosions overlapped as mountains crumbled, seas churned, and countless human forms shattered. The sheer impact felt like an entire world was collapsing. The destructive shockwave of the divine ability, combined with Tianming’s physical strength, landed directly on Jiang Zhen’s face!

Jiang Zhen’s skull immediately caved in and countless spiritform astrons sprayed out.

A deafening, bloodcurdling scream echoed throughout the entire Heavenly Dao Arena.

”A mere second-level overflower beastmaster dared to get this close to me?” Tianming laughed. What a joke! He dared to underestimate him? With just one move, he had used his new divine ability to cripple the fellow’s fighting ability.

Then he threw a punch that crackled with lightning. The man screamed again as his chest burst open, his body folding in half as he crashed to his knees before Tianming.

The hundreds of thousands of spectators outside were in an uproar.

Tianming couldn’t help but laugh, ”In this Heavenly Dao Arena, you can’t touch me. Outside, my Ninedragon Imperial Tomb can soar through the skies and burrow underground. So I killed your son. What can you do about it?”

Jiang Zhen screamed in agony, completely bewildered. He still hadn’t processed what was happening. But his lifebound beast, a ferocious black-and-gold tiger, leaped out of his lifebound space.

”Hell-suppressing kunwu, kill him!” Jiang Zhen roared in desperation.

”Hell-suppressing kunwu?” The name was definitely bold.

Tianming’s eyes locked on to it. The massive tiger, over thirty meters long, was a 15-crest cosmic crest beast. It possessed a pair of saberteeth that looked incredibly menacing. Its eyes contained over thirty million stars, which was an astronomical amount when multiplied by fifteen!

Cosmic crest beasts always had an imposing presence. The moment it appeared, it illuminated the entire corridor with starlight, its murderous aura spreading. Its strength was at least ten times that of its beastmaster, Jiang Zhen.

In the Upper Star Ruins, beastmasters were typically the weak points, so they employed tactics similar to the ebons, relying on various support strategies. Normally, Jiang Zhen would protect himself well.

But today was an exception!

He hadn’t even thought of summoning his beast before he had already been beaten to a pulp. ”Kill him!” Jiang Zhen had full confidence in his hell-suppressing kunwu. It was his real trump card!

The hell-suppressing kunwu let out a deep growl, its power immense.

”Beastmasters like you are actually most afraid of specters. Specters are strong in close combat and can get to the beastmaster to kill the leader first!” Tianming wasn’t a specter, but he was stronger than one! And he was much smaller than a second-level overflower specter. Being both small and strong had a frightening synergy.

”You depend on your beast, eh?” Tianming kicked the twenty-meter-tall beastmaster over a hundred meters away. Then, without hesitation, he charged straight at the hell-suppressing kunwu!

The two crashed head-on in midair, flesh against flesh. The result was that the thirty-meter-long tiger was sent crashing into the walls, blood spilling from its mouth. It was utterly stunned. Is this really a human?!

It no longer dared to be careless and finally displayed its true strength. It radiated a dazzling golden light as its golden tiger stripes condensed into a pair of massive wings. With a thunderous roar, it charged straight at Tianming while its giant wings transformed into countless razor-sharp claws that it sent slashing toward him.

”So this is a cosmic crest beast?” Tianming sneered and dashed forward to meet it!

His decapath era godswords merged with his Grand-Orient Sword. His totems, the classic mark of the slave race, were on full display. The spectators finally realized he was from the slave race as well, but he was a slave who could harness the flesh and blood power of his lifebound beasts.

Tianming gripped his sword with both hands and slashed forward in a violent assault as he used the Greatsun Suishen Art’s Flood stance. Simultaneously, Ying Huo and Meow Meow unleashed two divine abilities, clearing the path for him!

The Monorigin Infernal Blaze and Biritual Chaos Thunder, one a world-destroying infernal flame and the other a black-and-white chaotic thunderstorm, shredded the cosmic crest beast’s divine ability and blasted into its body.

Tianming stepped through the fire and lightning, bringing his sword down!

A massive tiger head crashed to the ground, while the lingering power of the two divine abilities continued obliterating its body.

Tianming had once again effortlessly slain an enemy six levels above him.

After finishing, he turned around. Jiang Zhen had just regenerated his head, only to be met with a scene so overwhelming that it made him question his very existence.

”Wow, you really are useless. A mere Lower Star Ruins bug beat you up this badly?” Tianming strolled forward, Grand-Orient Sword in one hand and a massive tiger head in the other.

Jiang Zhen was dumbfounded. ”You insect! This is the territory of my Scorchmoon Cult! I’m—”

Before he could finish his sentence, a figure suddenly appeared above him and a relentless barrage of fists and kicks rained down. Jiang Zhen let out a miserable scream before being completely smashed into a pulp!

His twenty-meter-tall body and the tiger’s head were utterly shattered.

”What’re you? Nothing but trash!” After killing him, Tianming casually dusted his hands.

”Not bad, you’ve got a bit of my style!” Bai Ye chuckled, feeling satisfied as well.

”The real fun’s just getting started! This Cosmic God Palace is quite entertaining!” Tianming grinned. After all, the people outside couldn’t interfere with what happened there. So why not have some fun? A slave race member? Let’s see who’ll be the one kneeling and begging for mercy in the end!

”Big Brother.” Qingyu and Moran stared at him in a daze, surprised at how angry he had become.

”Let’s go find our next prey.” Tianming smiled as if nothing had happened.

However, the entire Heavenly Dao Arena outside had already exploded into chaos!