Beastmaster of the Ages

Three cosmic gods were left, one pitch black, two pale white. The cosmic gods of Starmooon Haven hadn’t made a move yet, otherwise Tianming would have already retreated. No doubt, the deva and wonderian pair before him really wanted to take him down. The three astral giants exchanged glances before charging toward Tianming.

Hei Xuan’s six arms wielded blades, all of which were mid-imperial-class artifacts. Together, they were called the Sixhell Moonsong and they contained cosmic impulses from imperial-class worlds. Dark storms flowed along the blades’ curves, giving them a sharp glint that was visible from far away. The blades filled the area with piercing blade ki. Devas often had custom weapons crafted for them as a set to complement their six-armed forms, and her blades were one such set.

She approached Tianming with a speed far exceeding Fentian He’s, nearing that of the grand scorchpath suanni. Space itself seemed to twist in her wake. She had far fewer words to say than Fentian He and coldly focused only on the fight.

On the other side, the two wonderians didn’t leave their wonders idle either. They turned into white phantoms and flanked Tianming from both sides, raining down the hydroflame starchess wonder all over him. The flurry of attacks created a monochrome astral explosion; the abilities that blasted off made for quite a sight.

”Amazing!” Even though Tianming had already taken down one cosmic god, he still felt pressure when ganged up on like this. The maneuverability from Meow Meow’s Fiveway Blitzrun gave him a slight advantage still, and Lan Huang’s Triflair Primordial World also helped blunt many of the attacks. When it exploded from the first barrage, Tianming appeared behind Hei Xuan in a flash of monochrome lightning.

She struck the Triflair Primordial World with her blades and snakes, breaching layer after layer and pushing the masses of blue and brown energies apart. It was a terrifying display of astral giant violence that would give even astral gods pause. Some uninhabited stellunar source worlds near Starmoon Haven had their weak fusion formations collapse as a result of the Triflair Primoridial World exploding!

”You seem like you can take a beating!” Hei Xuan smirked as she rapidly moved, snapping toward Tianming in an instant. The snakes all over her hissed as they stretched thousands of meters to bite at him, but before they arrived chess pieces began pressing down on him! Each of them seemed to contain the power of a world.

Tianming used all his battle techniques and abilities, yet he wasn’t able to fully neutralize all the snakes and chess attacks. Within a few short moments, he had been battered quite a number of times, suffering fractured bones and bruises all over and losing quite a number of astrons in the process. There was even a bloody hole in his abdomen from snake bites!

I can’t keep this up! He was being fiercely pushed back! Hei Xuan and the Mos surrounded him once more, refusing to give him any distance.

”Li Tianming, you’ve created enough miracles to be remembered in the history of the Upper Star Ruin! Your life has already demonstrated its worth, so it’s about time it came to an end!” Hei Xuan’s body shot toward Tianming like a sharp blade. The crescent blades in her arms unleashed a flurry of large, crescent strikes that were densely packed together. It was clearly an imperial-class battle technique. While it wasn’t comparable to the Desolation Stargate Sword Formation, it still contained immense destructive power!

Tianming was forced to use Bai Ye to deal with the fatal strike, blasting a wave of Phantasmic Bubbles toward Hei Xuan and causing her and her snakes to shriek in pain, affecting her battle technique. Then he used Fiveway Blitzrun in quick succession, finally managing to escape the group assault.

”Dammit, they’re unrelenting!” He would be able to hold his own against a single opponent, but a group of cosmic gods was too much. With Yin Chen having been mostly wiped out, Tianming would scarcely be able to get any good hits in with the wonderians constantly pushing him around. Meanwhile, the deva could completely focus on annihilating him. Even if he could wipe one of them out, the rest would be able to do the same to him right away!

”You’re dead for sure.” The wonderian pair coldly moved their astral chess pieces, continuing to mount pressure on Tianming.

Man, that divine wonder’s convenient! Tianming was envious of them for that. His Grand Lexicon Wonder had reached another bottleneck and hadn’t evolved into a maniverse-class divine wonder yet, so there wasn’t much use for it—especially against cosmic gods. It was an overwhelming inherent advantage that he could scarcely bridge.

The wonderian couple’s killing intent only grew.

”At the end of the day, you’re nothing but a filthy alley rat,” Male Mo said.

”There’s nothing you can do but perish under the rule of the Eightpart Pantheons,” Female Mo said.

”Let’s save the speech for later. If we let this rat escape, we’ll be humiliated to no end,” Hei Xuan said as she charged back.

The three-pronged assault began once more! They could tell that if it wasn’t for Tianming being so good at running, he would have died long ago, but his agility was of limited utility against cosmic gods like them.

Faced with such unfair circumstances, Tianming’s rage surged. ”Is it here yet?!”

”Yes!” said a girly voice.

Tianming turned back and saw that a pink infinitum-class middlekin star had appeared behind him. It was a hundred thousand meters wide, greatly dwarfing the astral giants.

”Let’s go!” Tianming charged toward the middlekin star without another word. Before Hei Xuan and Mo noticed anything, Yin Chen snuck the essences of Fentian He and his beast next to the middlekin star.

”Watch out!” They had all heard Fentian He talk about the middlekin-star explosions and hesitated to give chase.

”Fentian He!” Hei Xuan spotted the two essences being escorted away. Soon, she discovered that Tianming had only retreated to the side of the middlekin star without any intention of using it to retreat.

Instead, he turned and looked down on the three cosmic gods from above, his chin arrogantly raised. ”Where’s that arrogant bravado of yours? Come here and fight! Let’s see if you dare!”

Hei Xuan and Mo exchanged glances. Female Mo asked, ”Is he trying to take us down with him with a double-edged attack?”

”You’re overthinking it. If the middlekin star explodes, he’ll turn to ash, while cosmic gods like us won’t!” Though Hei Xuan said that, she still didn’t dare to approach.

At that moment, Tianming received the essences of Fentian He and his beast.

”Li Tianming, you seem to be running out of tricks,” Fentian He angrily chuckled.

”Is that what you think?” Tianming swung the Grand-Orient Sword against the essence, letting out an ear-piercing clang that reverberated all over the place for every mound city in Starmoon Haven to hear. It was far too tough, but Fentian He cried out in pain all the same! A hole had appeared on his cosmic god essence, which quickly regenerated. Cosmic gods were truly far too hard to kill.

Even so, Tianming didn’t stop hacking away at the essence, causing Fentian He to constantly cry and curse in pain. Eventually, a much larger crack appeared! It was still a far cry from wiping out Fentian He, but it was the best Tianming could do now. A black root grew out of his plant-like left leg and wrapped around the new crack.