Beastmaster of the Ages

”Die!” Bai Ye had also feared the cosmic gods that stopped by just now, but with them gone, it acted boldly once more. ”Even if I can’t beat you, I can beat up your descendants!” The white cloud flew away from Tianming’s body.

He doesn’t look as strong as the legends say! Xing Hui thought. Though surprised, he quickly decided to leave the sphere and tell everyone that Tianming was here! That was a surefire way to kill him. He didn’t need to engage Tianming himself.

The nine bane-rings in the middle of his brow flashed as his totems manifested. Nine grand totems manifested at that moment. Then, Tianming watched as a tenth one manifested, though it was larger and looked completely different from the rest, seeming even more threatening.

”A vital origin totem?” He didn’t think that House Suishen’s unique trait would also be shared by the Starfall Pantheon, though it wasn’t surprising if he had put some thought into it. House Suishen was a faction that had only recently fallen to one of the Lower Star Ruins.

The ten totems that emerged from the nine bane-rings were called eternabright blazestars, each one a burning fireball of gold like their namesake. The type of the totem was only a foundation, whereas their simulacra were far more important. The totems began to burn brightly as they channeled totem ki before turning into ten golden swords. This was his 23-fold simulacrum, Tenstar Blazeswords!

Having a 23-fold simulacrum easily put Xing Hui among the ranks of the most talented geniuses. If he managed to absorb the simulacra tide, he was bound to soar even higher! His combat capability as a fifth-level overflower was augmented by the imperial-class sword he wielded, Taifu Slaughter. Altogether, he pointed eleven swords at Tianming. Clearly, he was more powerful than the likes of Xing Baizhan and Luori Guiyang, both in level and arsenal, despite being younger!

Without another word, Xing Hui formed a sword formation with his eleven swords and locked his attacks on Tianming in a probing manner. However, he had severely underestimated Tianming’s killing intent. Xing Hui was used to sparring among his friends from the Eightpart Pantheons, whereas Tianming was always going all out to kill his opponents. He would not let up, especially in a moment like this where he risked being discovered if he took too long.

”Go!” Tianming and his lifebound beasts flashed blindingly with lightning. In an instant, his tiny body appeared before Xing Hui.

”A vital origin totem, huh?” Tianming opened the Sky Plundering Eye and used Vitasteal!

”What?!” Xing Hui’s vital origin totem eternabright blazestar had been the main driver of his sword formation, yet the wave of nausea that Tianming had unleashed made his totem feel hollow and go out of control! His whole sword formation was affected!

”Bai Ye!” Tianming had Bai Ye go in to soften the opponent up as he swung his sword in a flurry. Countless Phantasmic Bubbles launched not towards Xing Hui himself, but his vital origin totem! After all, it was made up of a good portion of his vita! The instant the vital origin totem sword clashed with the bubbles, it burned up into white mist!

”Ugggh!” Xing Hui groaned when a part of his vita took a hit. His expression contorted immediately from the agonizing pain! It was a perfect counter! That’s right! He had a soul-type lifebound beast! He hurriedly retracted the vital origin totem that he had almost completely lost control of, having understood that it was suicidal to leave a part of his soul exposed when fighting against a beast like that. However, the spiritual flames on the burning totem began to spread in his body, causing him to twitch in pain! He had suffered a huge setback in the first exchange alone!

”Curses!” He hurriedly turned and tried to escape, completely ignoring whatever was behind him. He focused all of his totems on the Skydome Prison, channeling all his cosmoforce to build up enough sword intent to break out of the sphere! When he struck, the whole Skydome Prison shook heavily.

”Trying to run, I see?” Tianming’s voice sounded nightmarishly from behind his head.

”You!” Xing Hui turned around abruptly and slashed with Taifu Slaughter, only for it to be caught on a much smaller blade!

Yet, Tianming didn’t take the slightest step back. Instead, Monorigin Infernal Blaze and Biritual Chaos Thunder spread through Xing Hui’s sword and struck his face! The crackle of blaze and blitz formed cracks all over his face.

Tianming followed up his assault with even more slashes and kicks. Given Xing Hui’s age, he lacked combat experience. The fact that he had dared to turn his back on Tianming had cost him so dearly that he could barely take a breath! Though the commotion rang loudly within the Skydome Prison, not much of it could be heard from the outside.

”Just die!” Xing Hui gathered his totem swords once more and used the Eternabright Kilothread Sword Formation, sending a storm of golden flying swords toward Tianming. It took all that for him to just barely force Tianming away and wound him slightly, but it was useless! The next instant, Bai Ye came crashing down from above on Xing Hui’s body once more.

Tianming split the Grand-Orient Sword into two, gathered all his totems’ power in them, and went wild on Xing Hui’s head!

”My totems can’t quite compare to yours just yet.” Even so, Tianming and Bai Ye’s combination strike allowed him to finally cut off Xing Hui’s head. Then, the rest of the beasts came out for a rampage to tear up Xing Hui’s body into eight pieces, forcing the astral energy within to scatter and crumble! Yet, that still wasn’t enough to kill a fifth-level overflower.

”Kill me if you dare!” Xing Hui’s disembodied head said, glaring angrily at Tianming.

”Do you think I’m a fool? If you die, your seniors will find out! I won’t be able to get the loot!” Tianming laughed and used the Skydome Prison to keep Xing Hui’s body separated so that they wouldn’t be able to fuse back together, allowing him to keep Xing Hui in a severely injured state without outright killing him. Tianming still had a use for his life, and he was helpless to do anything about it.

”Loot? What are you talking about?” Xing Hui laughed mockingly. ”This is the divine tomb of the Starfall Pantheon! How dare a slave like you talk about getting something from it? Our ancestors have built this place in their infinite wisdom! Without the ancestral heart, you can’t even gain insight from their caeli, let alone access the cosmic tribulation sea and battle techniques!”

”Ancestral heart?” Tianming grabbed a little star with ’Cangyue’ spelled on it. Shrugging, he said, ”Are you talking about this?”

”So what if I am?! Can you even use it? Are you even worthy? The ancestral heart has already acknowledged me as its sole user! Do you think our ancestors hadn’t considered the possibility of it being taken by someone else?!”