Beastmaster of the Ages

”Dao Feng... Don’t mess this up and wait for the good news.” Qin Yan took a deep breath as she looked at Dao Feng intensely.

He looked back at her before glaring at Yueling Xi. ”Even after the contract is signed, we can still switch someone out to fight. I’m your real target, right? I’ll fight you.” He turned back to Qin Yan and said, ”You’re still fine and can live for a hundred thousand more years! Stop being reckless and come down!”

Qin Yan bit her lip and shook her head.

”I’m sorry, you’re overthinking this.” Yueling Xi laughed and turned to look at his opponent. ”I only want to spar with Qin Yan a bit to make her aware of how different I can be from a sickly man like you. If you fight, you’ll die for sure, so what’s the point? Hehehe...”

The crowd laughed when he did, knowing that Yueling Xi was doing this over a personal grudge against Qin Yan for refusing his advances. He would violate her in the duel before her very man and bring them all to despair! Those in the Dongshen Arena only feared the ruthless. ”Dao Feng, the duel is about to start. If you dare to cause trouble, Godly Sands can rightfully kill you!”

”The contract is signed, so accept it!”

”You’re a joke, Dao Feng! Hahahaha!” Cruel laughter erupted all over. At that moment, a white-haired youth moved forward, attracting attention before he said a single word. The laughter around them began to quiet down.

Tianming looked at Yueling Xi, a ten-thousand-meter-tall cosmic gods about Mushan Feng’s size, and knew that he was powerful. Even though he wouldn’t be able to defeat Mushan Feng in the Realm of Order, he was already close to him in power. These two were probably of similar age.

”Welcome, Skyplunder Imperial Son. Apologies for our lacking hospitality,” Yueling Xi said after a brief pause.

”Even though the contract is signed, as long as both sides agree, the combatants can be swapped out, right?” Tianming went straight to the point. ”I will fight in her stead. Let’s fight man-to-man.”

”Huh?” Yueling Xi blanked out like the rest of them who turned to stare at him. He couldn’t hold his laughter and pointed at the skypole stars. ”Skyplunder Imperial Son, stop joking around. Your skypole stars can’t be turned off. Nobody can defeat you in a battle.”

”That’s simple.” Tianming scanned the others and made the laughter stop. ”You’re a tenth-level heavencosmic god, right? Let’s change the win conditions instead. If I can kill you in a specified timeframe, I win. If I fail, it’s my loss. You’re free to come up with how much time you want to give me. If I win I want the Flame Universal Root. You may also demand me to bet something.”

Everyone fell silent, knowing that this was yet another one of the Skyplunder imperial son’s wild gambits. His status was nothing to scoff at. If it had been Li Tianzi, the Skyplunder imperial first son, he could stomp the whole place flat and nobody would be able to do anything about it. If anyone got a chance to get into a betting duel with the Skyplunder imperial son, they’d hit the jackpot! He could offer something that Dao Feng never could.

Yueling Xi’s mouth was wide agape for a good while. He was ten thousand meters in height while Tianming was only six thousand, which showed a clear gap in their power. ”Are you serious, Skyplunder Imperial Son?”

He wasn’t worried at all since he got to set the conditions. He had heard of Tianming’s recent exploits, but he had also heard about his new personality flaws that made him easy to manipulate.

”I am,” Tianming said.

Not in a hurry to agree, Yueling smiled and said, ”Then, I have a small request.”

”Out with it.”

”I heard you can summon a massive ghoul army, which doesn’t work well with the rules of a duel. You may use your lifebound beasts, but not the army across the whole of the Dongshen Arena,” Yueling Xi said.

Tianming pondered a moment in silence before looking up furiously. ”Fine!”

”You have fifteen minutes. If you can’t kill me within that timeframe, it’ll be your loss!”

”That’s too short. Make it forty-five minutes!”

Yueling Xi smirked and shrugged. ”Didn’t you say it was up to me? Are you going back on your word, Skyplunder Imperial Son?”

Tianming glared at him, but seeing Dao Feng’s pitiful look, he took a deep breath and nodded. ”Fine, fifteen minutes it is.” He immediately wanted to step on the platform.

”Wait!” Yueling Xi smiled coldly, looking down at Tianming. ”What’s the rush? I haven’t told you the most important condition. You want me to bet my void-class Flame Universal Root, so shouldn’t you offer something just as good?”

Everyone looked forward to Tianming’s answer. ”Fine, ask away!”

”How generous.” Yueling Xi stole a final glance at him before shifting his gaze to Mu Qingqing. ”This beauty is your wife, is she not? The clone of Princess Qing from Nullity, right?”

Everyone froze. Why did he bring up Mu Qingqing? The person in question hissed, ”What are you going to say?”

Yueling Xi smiled, still looking at her intensely. ”This junior here has admired beauties since birth, and Princess Qing, you are one of the fairest of them all! I often fantasize about how lucky I would be to spend a night to be remembered with Princess Qing.”

Everyone’s eyes widened, thinking that Yueling Xi was insane. He lusted after married women so badly that he would even go after the hundred-thousand-year-old princess of Nullity! If he really managed to do it, it’d be a scandal that would forever plague Nullity. Everyone from there would no longer be able to raise their heads high and the dignity that Tianming had helped win back would be destroyed in an instant! If the legend that had returned lost his wife in a bet, he would become a legendary joke. What Yueling Xi was attempting was nothing short of insanity.

”Yueling Xi, what kind of beautiful memories will you be making?” some rabblerouser asked.

Yueling Xi blushed shyly and said, ”Let’s not think of anything too unhealthy. All I want is for Princess Qing to give me a sweet wet kiss in public. That way, I’d have the courage to face the heavy pressure the Skyplunder imperial son is putting on me. If I were to die by attempting to reach for a beautiful flower, it would have been worth it!”

The others broke into a round of laughter, knowing that Yueling Xi wasn’t seriously trying to fight. Instead, he was just using this chance to tease Tianming. Being the scion of the ones who managed the Godly Sands, he knew better than anyone that those who dared to issue challenges were confident to some degree. He would never fall for such a provocation. Even if Tianming wasn’t really his match, he wouldn’t joke around with his life. Tianming was still a legend, after all, no matter his current form.

”Yueling Xi is only messing with the imperial son by stipulating conditions he would never accept.”

”Damn, he’s a bold one, that Yueling Xi. Even uttering those words is scandalous!”

Yueling Xi earned the respect of the crowd, which wasn’t the least bit disappointed that they wouldn’t get to see Tianming fight at all. It wasn’t likely to happen in the first place. Yet, Tianming suddenly jumped on the platform while Yueling Xi was still relishing in the spotlight. ”What are you doing?”

Tianming calmly said, ”I’m betting my wife, that’s what!”