Beastmaster of the Ages

The girl looked incredibly beautiful with long, flowing hair, radiating a sacred aura. Her galactic robes were adorned with many golden sunflowers, giving her a really neat look that made her out to be a porcelain doll.

As Tianming observed her, the little girl eyed this legendary youth with her silver eyes. Before he said anything, Luo Li broke the silence. ”What a sharp nose you have. I didn’t think you’d find me when I hid myself like that.”

”It must be fate that gave us a chance to meet one-on-one in the imperial capital,” Tianming said, hovering in the air, white hair fluttering. Coupled with his fractured irises, he conveyed an unconventional sense of beauty.

Luo Li shrugged. ”As the successor of the Flameyellow legacy, you should act befitting of your station. I am a married woman, so do not joke about it.”

”That’s true. But I did hear that you have yet to consummate your marriage with the imperator because of your tender age. You’re too small in size compared to him,” Tianming said.

The girl’s face tightened with some rage. ”Where have you heard this scandalous rumor from?!”

”You know better than anyone whether there’s any truth to it.”

”It doesn’t seem to be any of your fucking business!” It didn’t take much to shake her and get her to drop her serene act.

”Oh?” Tianming didn’t press on. ”Alright, I couldn’t care less. Just inform your husband that you’ve been taken hostage and are about to lose your chastity. Get him to call back his troops.”

Luo Li couldn’t believe her ears and glared incredibly coldly at Tianming. ”Is the future hope of the Flameyellow and ruler of the Tianming Dynasty nothing but a lowly thug? If you are willing to stoop so low to do such a thing, it doesn’t reflect well on what you’re trying to build.”

”Enough with the nonsense. So you’re telling me you’re not going to send the message?”

”Do it! The imperial lineage of the Sundown Pantheon would rather die than submit.” Her eyes burned with resolute flames. As she spoke, the underground palace rumbled. Countless silver thorny vines shot out of it, each one bearing a golden sunflower ten thousand meters wide!

There were ninety-six of those flowers in total, a unique feature of her lifebound beast that showed it was a 96-crest beast. She ranked pretty high in terms of talent! This was the reason she was taken in as a concubine of the imperator despite her young age. She had a reputation as a legendary beastmaster in the Upper Star Ruin.

Tianming watched as the fifty-thousand-meter-tall empress and the sundown sunflower behind her. The empress was backing away while keeping an eye on him. Her beast shielded her protectively, which was a classic method of fighting for beastmasters of the Upper Star Ruin.

”I have to show her how terrifying it is to be dominated by the Flameyellow,” Tianming said. Then, he launched all his lifebound beasts towards the sundown sunflower. ”Go!”

Tianming himself also charged. He had only one target: the little empress. Ying Huo and the rest would hold down her beast for him. Xian Xian, especially, had her own sunflower to use against it! Just as things were getting messy, the sundown sunflower launched a few beams of sunlight at Tianming.

”Die!” The little empress seemed rather excited about it, only to be disappointed to see Tianming’s skypole stars easily swat away the attacks.

Tianming took only an instant to close the distance and used his 200-fold simulacrum. He didn’t even bother to draw the Grand-Orient Sword!

”Your totems--” She seemed utterly stunned when she sensed the depth of the simulacra.

”That’s what it means to have a dual-cultivation bloodline. My lifebound beasts can take on yours and I’ll always have the edge of totems over you. Do you know what this means?” Tianming said, swords revolving around him. ”This is proof that the Sundown Pantheon would only ever amount to being the Flameyellow’s favorite little servants.”

”Shut up!” she snapped. She turned to her beast, hoping that it was making good work out of Tianming’s beast, only for the opposite to be the case. The vine creature shrieked in pain as Tianming’s beasts piled down on it.

”Heh.” Tianming didn’t waste words and struck with the decapath era godswords. They pierced through her head, throat, four limbs and belly, turning her into a mangled skewer.

”Aaaagh!” Her body shuddered in pain, gold-silver blood trickling out of her wounds. The totems had formed a sword formation that kept her locked in place. She couldn’t even turn her head.

Tianming looked at this little beauty and said, ”Do you know why my sword avoided your three important spots?”

”Insolent!” Her body shook and struggled while she glared death at Tianming.

”Because those spots are for my hands. Also...” Tianming waved his Sky Plundering Hand and snickered. ”I’ll give you one last chance. If you don’t tell your husband to retreat with his troops, I’ll fulfill his duties as a groom in his stead.”

She teared up in shame before closing her eyes and biting her lip. ”Do your worst!”

Tianming was just about to laugh before he processed her reply. He almost coughed out blood. ”What did you say?”

”If sacrificing my womanhood will lead to the Flameyellow’s extermination, it’d be worth it! You may be able to violate me, but I’ll be hailed as the hero of the Eightpart Pantheons!”

”Fuck... I didn’t think my own dashing handsomeness would backfire on me. Just tell me if you fell for my charms. You don’t need to make up weird excuses.” Tianming felt that if he really went through with the threat, it’d be his loss somehow. Then, he suddenly had a bright idea. ”Stubborn, aren’t you? Alright, then. I’ll take you back and let you experience the warmth of forty-nine old insect-head men.”