Beastmaster of the Ages

”A little snack?” Tianming squinted, and his gold and black irises locked on to the enormous eyes in front of him. Before Shi Xiao, he was as tiny as a fly.

Shi Xiao glanced at him several times and couldn’t help but chuckle. He shrugged and said, ”Beibei, is this little morsel your savior? Looks more like a mosquito without much meat on him. I’ve met quite a few outworlders, and they all have a very obvious characteristic, that is, ’run when they can’t win’. A pull of the rope on their leg, and they burrow into the ground. You expect this little mosquito to save you?” He laughed so heartily his shoulders were shaking. He was clearly amused.

Beibei became even more anxious. She hastily told Tianming, ”Tiny Big Brother, you should go. This has nothing to do with you. I can’t let you get involved.”

”It’s too late!” Shi Xiao’s face turned sinister as he said, ”He poked my finger with this toothpick and wants to leave? I’ve heard that people like him are called beastmasters. They don’t have much flesh themselves, but they carry big beasts with them, which are delicious!” He glared at Beibei and said to Tianming with a sinister grin, ”Little mosquito, release your beasts! Let me feast today, and maybe I’ll let you live? Hehe.”

”What about her?” Tianming asked.

”Her?” Shi Xiao put his hands on his hips and said, ”The whole village knows that she’ll be mine from now on. She’s the only one who doesn’t know it yet. Not everyone has the fortune to enjoy such a blessing. By following me, she won’t have to be bullied in the village anymore. Isn’t that wonderful?”

”I don’t want to.... I don’t owe you any soulstones, and neither did my dad,” Beibei said through gritted teeth.

”Say that one more time? If you annoy me, I won’t wait for you to grow up. I’ll take you today!” Shi Xiao said, relying on his ‘authority and power’ to completely toy with Beibei.

Beibei looked utterly hopeless.

”Enough! Why so much nonsense? If you don’t release your beasts, I’ll force them out!” Shi Xiao, who had become accustomed to being a village tyrant, had no patience whatsoever. He reached out to grab Tianming.

A silver phantom flashed in front of Tianming. It was the speed of an astral god, incredibly fast. Within the silver brilliance, claws flickered.

”Ah!” Shi Xiao suddenly made a move, which frightened Beibei to the point where her face turned pale. She shouted, ”Tiny Big Brother, run! He’s a tenth-astral orderan, the top talent of Silverfox Village!”

But by the time she shouted, it was already too late.

Tenth-astral orderan? Tianming watched the dense silver light, the claw like a torrent that filled his entire world. He could tell that this tenth-astral orderan specter was quite formidable.

The physical bodies of specters greatly transformed while they were astral gods. The astrons in their bodies would greatly exceed beastmasters and totemancers, thus their cosmoforce would be even thicker. Combined with their fleshly strength, their combat power as an individual unit was very high.

They could confront beastmasters in terms of battle arts! In terms of physical strength, they could wrestle with their lifebound beasts! In terms of abilities, they could rival their lifebound beasts! They were versatile!

For instance, this Shi Xiao had twelve thousand stars in his eyes, which was quite impressive at his level. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he could probably crush Tianming.

In the blink of an eye, Tianming grasped the Grand-Orient Sword and erupted with Flint Infernal Impulse and Vapor Lightning Impulse as he slashed down.

Imperator’s Mural, Carnage Imperatoris!

The power of thunder from the Xenoworld madly surged and merged with the Vapor Lightning Impulse, erupting in a dazzling display of lightning. Tianming used the sword art of the flameyellow divinities to guide the power. Countless thunderbolts converged and coalesced into the image of Imperator Carnage. A sword came crashing down, swift as lightning, and a thunderstorm exploded!

His sword collided abruptly with Shi Xiao’s silver claw.

The Grand-Orient Sword was incredibly sharp, and its ferocious force managed to slice off a piece of Shi Xiao’s hard claw. All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

”Hmm?!” Shi Xiao was momentarily stunned and immediately felt pain, letting out a sharp scream that echoed so loud that it rattled Tianming’s eardrums. Despite the fact that Shi Xiao was five levels higher than Tianming, he couldn’t crush him in a collision of power!

”You!” Shi Xiao retreated several steps, his face contorted, and he glared at Tianming with anger. ”A mere outworlder dares to invade our Silverfox Village and cause harm?”

”You can’t win, so you’re just shouting threats? How weak.” Tianming advanced with the Grand-Orient Sword in hand, sneering.

”I’ll bet you won’t cry unless you see your coffin!” Perhaps Shi Xiao had finally realized that this outworlder wasn’t easy to deal with. His eyes turned cold and cosmoforce circled throughout his entire body, finally activated in full.

”Tiny Big Brother, be careful!” Beibei, who had been initially filled with despair, saw Tianming drive back Shi Xiao with one attack. Hope rekindled in her eyes, though nervousness still dominated. She clenched her hands, her eyes trembling and her breathing rapid.

Though Tianming was younger than Shi Xiao, his combat experience far surpassed his opponent’s. This time, he didn’t summon any lifebound beasts or totems, relying solely on his own strength, including his Fiendsky Arm, Grand-Orient Sword, and other powers.

This place wasn’t the wondersky realm, and he wasn’t a caeli. His Order Relic was always active, and the hexagonal openings on his astrons were continuously absorbing power, including the oppressive force of Shi Xiao’s order field.

”You’ll die an ugly death!” Shi Xiao underwent a transformation. Silvery fur sprouted all over his body, especially on his head, which turned into that of a pure fox, complete with cold silver eyes and sharp teeth, and he grew even more vicious claws on his hands and feet.

A cosmic artifact, a long whip, appeared in his hand. It was a silver whip covered in thorns that resembled fox fur, with a power akin to a cosmic impulse flowing inside it. There were divine patterns that came together to form a formation on it and the faint image of a silver fox above the whip.

In this world, everything that could be seen was completely natural, and the only formations were constructed by divine patterns with no intervention from humans.

They had their own system!

The transformed Shi Xiao’s powers were even more formidable. Tianming could clearly see silver starlight flowing around his body, giving him the feeling of an astral giant. Fortunately, he was only at a tenth-astral orderan, which wasn’t as challenging as the last opponent team he had fought against on Skyhold Bridge!

Shi Xiao transformed into silvery light, displaying incredible agility with his immense body. He wielded the long whip to attack Tianming, the destructive sounds soon spreading throughout the entire village. He could utilize abilities!

Just then, his eyes changed, and the stars within them scattered. Silvery light converged on Tianming like a net, forming silver starlight restraints that bombarded him. ”With such limited abilities, you dare play the hero in our Silverfox Village? With your puny stature, you aren’t even enough to fit in Beibei’s gaps!”

Tianming was speechless. Facing this shameless guy, he was completely irritated. He split the Grand-Orient Sword into two, transforming it into two swords. The heavy sword had become longswords, giving him a more elegant appearance.

Grandvoid Compendium, Delayed Capture!

Shi Xiao’s abilities and battle arts continuously attacked Tianming, focusing on a small target. While they would have a massive impact if they hit, the biggest problem was their accuracy. Especially when facing Tianming’s Delayed Capture!

Like a bridge across time, he directly pierced through the Foxlight Flicker ability and leapt over the silvery whip, reappearing in front of Shi Xiao.

”Huh?!” Shi Xiao abruptly retracted his strength, shifting most of his ability against his chest. Silver light reconverged around him.

Unexpectedly, Tianming’s other sword, the golden Grand-Orient Sword in his other hand, had already been released. After Delayed Capture was blocked, the golden Grand-Orient Sword’s Unistrike Singularity stabbed upward. Even though Shi Xiao blocked it somewhat with his arm, it still left a huge, bloody hole in his jaw.

”Ah!” Shi Xiao shrieked in agony and frantically retreated. By that time, he had lost track of Tianming’s location, and for a moment, a deadly crisis loomed in his mind. As the village tyrant, such fear was indeed rare.

”Hmph!” A cold snort came from his ear. Shi Xiao suddenly turned around, only to see Tianming’s two longswords, which had already merged into a heavy sword. With his white hair flying, the gold-and-black heavy sword cleared the way!

Thunder and fire intertwined as two sword arts of the Imperator Mural were unleashed. The combined force of Carnage and Inferno Imperatores was infused into Tianming’s sword, erupting!

As the sword cleaved down, Shi Xiao was completely terrified. He screamed, and silver stars exploded in front of Tianming while the man himself escaped. Although Shi Xiao managed to escape, the power of thunder and fire burst through the silver stars, slicing into his back, leaving a deep, visible scar on his back so deep bone could be seen.

”Ah!” Shi Xiao screamed.

”Don’t harass Beibei anymore in the future. Otherwise, every time I see you, I’ll beat you up!” Tianming shouted at the fleeing figure.

The battle was over; his victory had been swift and decisive. When Shi Xiao retreated with injuries, Beibei could hardly react.

She clucked her tongue for a long time before saying, ”Tiny Big Brother, I didn’t expect you to be so powerful. When others talk about outworlders, they say they’re worthless and can easily be killed....”

”It’s just boasting, anyone can do it,” Tianming replied. He believed that those ’outworlders’ that could enter this place likely had some status. Although this mysterious continent had many incredible aspects and residents with terrifying talents, he was, after all, a super genius from the Infinitum Mundus. How difficult could it be to defeat a mere village tyrant?