Beastmaster of the Ages

Tianming smiled at Yueling Xi and said, ”Your dad personally came to beg for your mercy. How pathetic of a son you are... I thought you were capable, but you’re just trash.”

Yueling Xi’s feathers were immediately ruffled. Tianming’s ruffian-like behavior made him subconsciously forget that he was actually someone with the same seniority as people who were hundred thousand years old. What kind of imperial son would actually behave so lowly like that?

”Let’s fight then!” Yueling Xi roared, drowning out all other discussion in the arena. His massive ten-thousand-meter body surged with chaotic cosmoforce. The middlekin astrons within him sparked with energies of flame, lightning and metal, the signature elemental aspects of Yueling Starcage. There was a corresponding imperator for each type of energy they wielded. It was clear from that that Yueling Xi was rather talented among geniuses ten thousand years of age, close to Mushan Feng in talent. His body glowed brightly like a galactic wargod. Two swords appeared in his hands, one crackling with lightning and the other searing with flames.

”A high godshaker-class relic! The Worldshaker Goldflame Twinswords!” The crowd immediately cheered in envy. Fights in the Realm of Chaos were rather simplistic, with most of it focusing on the weapons and arts. Yet, that very simplicity was what allowed them to hone their cosmic arts to much higher levels, packing in every bit of skill they could muster.

”Imperial Son, fifteen minutes!” Though Yueling Xi was driven mad, his mind was still clear. There wasn’t any need for him to attack Tianming and risk being countered by the skypole stars. Instead, all he needed to do was to put up a strong defense. Fifteen minutes was very short and he was prepared to evade and block anything that may come.

”That’s right, fifteen minutes.” Tianming’s arrogant and unreasonable aura shifted as he said that. His black-gold eyes shone with imperial radiance. The two final Primordial Chaos Beasts that resided within them gave him an otherworldly aura. Apart from Xi Xi, all his other beasts were there, fusing their cosmoforce with his. Tianming was eleven whole levels inferior to his current opponent, so all that energy combined, including the power from the chaos swordmaidens, still put his energy capacity far below Yueling Xi’s, which was the main reason he even accepted the bet in the first place. This wasn’t a gap that could be made up by any means.

”You all should fight first. If you can’t handle it, I’ll wrap things up,” Ji Ji said, rolling its eyes before returning to the lifebound space. Apart from that, Tianming needed all his beasts and their different abilities to make up for the difference in energy.

Tianming made his move, and Yueling Xi immediately began to evade, only to find that words appeared all around him. The hundred thousand words seemed to form an essay with no repetition, forming a large net with their many different attributes before plastering onto his arms, legs, head and torso! All of a sudden, Yueling Xi felt as heavy as a mountain as well as a force that was pulling him apart from all directions.

”What kind of trick is this?!” Shocked, his attempt at fleeing was completely neutered by the grand lexicon wonder.

”With my skypole stars and being eleven levels lower, this duel was never going to be standard to begin with.” Normally, the gap was so large that there was no point in fighting anyway. But with the skypole stars, all Tianming had to focus on was his destructive power, which happened to be his strongest suit!

Bai Ye made its move, turning into a cloud and then into Phantasmic Bubbles that shot towards Yueling Xi’s head. Still trapped, his soul was being bombarded nonstop. That and the divine wonder alone had completely shattered Yueling Xi’s expectations! Though the spectators couldn’t quite make out what was going on, he knew better than anyone that he was in deep trouble and had no choice but to use brute cosmoforce to expel the grand lexicon wonder and regain some mobility! He felt shackled, and Bai Ye’s bombardment clouded his mind. That instant, he saw Tianming’s noble, imperial form wielding his Grand-Orient Sword with both hands, channeling all sorts of different energies from totems, beasts and other sources, all of which Yueling Xi had never encountered before.

”Yueling Xi, all I’m doing is giving you a taste of your own medicine.” Tianming had baited Yueling Xi to agree to the deal before robbing them dry just like he had done to countless others! The arrogant behavior he had used as a front to tempt Yueling Xi to fall for it was nowhere to be seen. Tianming was nothing but cold and calm as he concentrated all his destructive power into his sword.

”Die!” He rose and gave Yueling Xi a powerful slash using a new cosmic art for the very first time, the void-class one that the five imperial-star elders had given him before he left. He was planning to practice his swordsmanship in the Dongshen Arena in the first place, and what better opportunity there was than actual combat?

The totem ki of Tianming’s decapath era godswords, blended with Bai Ling’s terra sword ki, fueled this mighty strike. It looked like a simple slash, yet the profound intent behind it surpassed everything else, seemingly containing the force of trillions of troops, their war cries shaking the soul. It was a strike that was utterly domineering and unrelenting, capable of smashing through anything! The spectators’ impression of Tianming as a thug evaporated completely at the sight of this ruler that reigned absolutely over all sentient life. The Worldsplitter Thrice Divine rended the universe and firmament apart.

”Huh?” Yueling Xi’s eyes widened as he lost control of his bladder from the fear. ”Daddy, save me!”

He had played the role of snake for his whole life, only to be bitten by one as was his karmic deserts! Yueling Momo rose slightly, but he didn’t act; if he interfered with the duel, nobody would bother coming to the Godly Sands ever again! That moment of hesitation was enough for Tianming’s slash to shatter Yueling Xi’s head into astral shards, causing it to explode like fireworks. His cries of pain ceased when his soul was wiped out by Bai Ling. It was a clean kill that took only one strike.

Tianming landed on the ground and clapped. ”Fifteen minutes was a bit too much, it seems. He couldn’t even last ten seconds.”