Beastmaster of the Ages

Even Mu Qingqing choked with emotion when she heard Dongshen Yue.

Tianming had no time to sigh in wonder. The black-and-white twin stars released a burst of light resembling a sea of stars, coalescing into layer upon layer of profound visions.

Countless cosmic gods, tens of thousands or even a hundred thousand meters tall, assembled into a grand legion framed by a backdrop of countless twinkling stars.

At this moment, an infinitely vast Plundering Arm burst from the void. A single Starplundering Claw struck out, shattering stars and disintegrating those cosmic gods!

Tianming was shaken to his core. Although he still harbored doubts about the family in the Realm of Chaos, the pride fused into his blood as a sky plunderer still burned hot.

“Starplundering Claw! A simple name, but anyone who underestimates this cosmic art does so at their own peril...” Tianming could clearly feel the terror of that claw through the vision. Although its rank was not specified, he vaguely sensed that it was even fiercer than the grand-dao-class cosmic arts he had encountered.

“Tianming, look carefully.” His grandmother’s voice continued, aged and profound, yet devoid of emotion. The starry panorama began to shift.

The Plundering Arm from the void surged with cosmoforce. Its hexagonal scales underwent a peculiar transformation, erupting with a unique energy. This energy seemed to be the bane of cosmic gods’ bodies, capable of tearing them apart.

“Constellationsteal and Starplundering Claw mutually complement each other to become the scourge of cosmic constellations and rip apart cosmic gods’ bodies!”

The essence of this cosmic art lay in mastering the power of the Plundering Arm and in the special control of its hexagonal scales.

Tianming was engrossed in the visions. The Plundering Arm was the most mysterious part of his body, and he hadn’t even excavated half of its potential. At last, he gained a deeper understanding.

“Just as the Plundering Arm can unlock formations, the Starplundering Claw can also unlock an opponent’s cosmic god body and rip it apart directly...” A seemingly simple claw contained endless profundities.

The might of this claw reminded Tianming of other arts he had once encountered: Skypierce Finger, Skyveil Palm, and Skyseal Fist.

It was said that this finger, this palm, and this fist were the three great secret arts of the sky plunderers.

So far, Tianming had only mastered that one middle-finger move. He had yet to encounter the Skyveil Palm and Skyseal Fist. He never expected that there was also a “claw,” and one no less extraordinary.

“The sky plunderers’s inheritance truly is rich and varied... The Plundering Arm can display such a variety of abilities. One can imagine just how glorious the sky plunderers once were.”

Tianming closed his eyes to comprehend the profundities of the Starplundering Claw. He guided the power within the hexagonal scales to constantly change, perfectly harmonizing the combination of Starplundering Claw and Constellationsteal.

***

Several months later, Tianming had truly mastered both new abilities. Moreover, he could fuse the two together, unleashing unprecedented might in battle.

“Thank you, Grandpa, Grandma.” Tianming looked at the black-and-white twin stars and murmured in his heart. He could feel how great the expectations those two elders had placed upon him.

“Little Li, isn’t your move kind of like that Dragon Claw technique? It’s perfect for grabbing balls.” Ying Huo popped out again, extremely interested in this move.

“Don’t grab my balls, meow!” Meow Meow jolted awake, so frightened that its fur stood on end.

“Brother Chicken, tell me more about grabbing balls?” Bai Ye popped out as well.

Bai Feng said, “Heh, low-level taste.”

“Do you even have the right to speak?” Bai Feng commented, its tone dripping with disdain.

“Die!”

Bai Ye and Bai Ling once again rushed over to gang up on Bai Feng.

Xian Xian and Ji Ji watched coldly from the side, while Xi Xi curled up in a corner, looking as if it were about to cry at any moment...

Tianming ignored the ruckus and glanced at Mu Qingqing. For these past months, she had been very quiet, simply sitting there and watching him cultivate.

For some reason, Tianming felt that she had been a little different from before, though he couldn’t put his finger on it. It seemed to have started when Imperator Long and the other women had “married” over?

“Is she really jealous?” Tianming shook his head and didn’t dwell on it. Yin Chen had notified him that Li Tianzi had arrived at the Kunruler Palace.

“These are all the dazzling radiances we’ve found recently.” Li Tianzi immediately threw out a pile of dazzling radiances, large and small, heaping them together.

“So many?” Tianming was filled with delight. He roughly estimated the total amount was probably more than ten thousand times the standard unit! This was the largest batch of dazzling radiances Li Tianzi had ever obtained for him.

“Indeed. But the entire Inverse Battlefield has basically been stripped clean,” Li Tianzi said. “Most were found at locations marked by Lord Chen, and some were intercepted from the transport teams of other starcages. So, where do we look next?”

Tianming communicated with Yin Chen for a moment, then frowned. “If we want more, we can only consider the stockpiles sealed away inside other starcages.”

This was troublesome. After all, he needed massive amounts of dazzling radiances to supply himself as well Wudi, Qingyu, and others. This was the foundation of his rapid growth in the short term!

Li Tianzi also found it thorny and frowned slightly. “Yueling, Violetblitz, Aquamarine, and Torch Dragon can be ignored for now. The firemaples are temporarily leaning toward us, but they have no capital and no stockpiled dazzling radiances.

“Looks like our last lead is the Vermilion Bird Starcage.”

Vermilion Bird Starcage? Tianming’s expression turned strange, because he knew that there was both a Jiang Qingluan there and on the Flameyellow Imperial Star.

It was really a bizarre feeling.