Beastmaster of the Ages

”Your lifebound beasts...” Suishen Yao stammered.

Tianming used the chance to address the crowd. ”They were injured back then and couldn’t leave my body. Fortunately, I had access to great manna that helped them recover. Right now, they can come and go as they please, increasing the number of ways I can fight.”

”Does that mean you can switch between beastmaster and specter modes? You also double as a totemancer?” Suishen Zhao said, flabbergasted. He really had considered Tianming as something of a specter, considering that, when fused, his physical body was even more ferocious than that of normal specters.

”More or less! Basically, I’ve recovered,” Tianming told them. He paid attention to Eminent Jiguang and Suishen Yao’s reactions. The two women exchanged confused glances, though a flash of inspiration crossed their eyes. The surprise had seemed to turn out rather useful for them and had fixed Tianming’s only flaw in their eyes.

”If you told me that manna could help, I would’ve lent you some merit!” Suishen Yao said, brightly smiling. She was in a great mood. Her marriage that was scheduled in a year had been weighing down on her, but seeing this lifted her spirits.

”That’s fine. From now on, I won’t be able to spend all of mine, so I can lend you mine as well.”

”You’d better be ready for the day I come knocking, rich man!”

The battle was still ongoing, yet the ’master and disciple’ were flirting before the public eye. As Suishen Yue’s younger brother and Tianming’s opponent, Suishen Yong couldn’t stand it. It’s one thing for him to become a normal beastmaster again, but he even withdrew two of them? Is he looking down on me?! His displeasure was clear to see on his face.

Tianming felt his rage and turned his attention back to the battlefield.

”So, you challenged me for the chance to announce that you’re not a tainted beastmaster, is that it?” Suishen Yong said in a deep voice that sounded like stones grinding together.

”Obviously.” Tianming smirked.

”Heed my advice. Don’t mess around so much, or you’ll come to regret the consequences!”

”I’m looking forward to the consequences you’ll show me.” Tianming returned to his combat form. While he didn’t have Lan Huang and Xian Xian join the fight, he summoned all the Yin Chens in his lifebound space, as well as Ji Ji.

Ji Ji’s current mass was so large that the Fortuna Arena couldn’t entirely contain it, so it came straight out as streams of energy that entered Ying Huo, Meow Meow, and Yin Chen. They glowed with bright pink rays of destruction! It was an exceedingly powerful boost to their power.

The reason Tianming used fewer beasts was to avoid the issue of star counts. Not to mention, he was already using more than enough firepower to take on his current opponent. He wasn’t trying to go easy on him at all. More importantly, he was using enough and not going for overkill. In single combat, he was at his strongest after fusing with his beasts.

Suishen Yong audibly humphed and roared, charging in with his war axes. His order’s power spread out far and wide.

”He’s going to use his sevenfold simulacrum, Onyx Peak Inversion! It’s the highest simulacrum he has!”

Tianming heard the people from the crowd and turned to look at the vital origin spell mountain. The entire thing rose into the air with Suishen Yong, having fused together with him. Then the nine desolate spell mountains surrounded and revolved around him, adopting a new simulacrum form!

Onyx Inversion Peak was a fusion of Suishen Yong, the vital origin totem, and his nine other totems. It created a sword-shaped mountain peak in the sky that seemed completely solid and pulsed with sword ki. One could clearly see Suishen Yong at the very center, wielding his axes like a gigantic sword.

He roared and waved his axes, causing the gigantic totem peak to rumble as it flew straight at Tianming. His sevenfold simulacrum had concentrated all the power in the vital origin totem and nine normal totems, along with his divine artifacts, into a single point for the use of his ultimate battle art, Star Domination!

The battle art was more flexible than it appeared, being far more agile than the abilities of lifebound beasts! Quite a lot of people in the audience were awed by the sight of the battle art being executed. Many disciples held Suishen Yong, who ranked nineteenth, to be among the best fighters of their generation.

Tianming, however, was completely calm, despite the humongous pressure. While his physical capabilities in his current form were much weaker than before, he had more combat units.

”Ying Huo, come!” The little chick leaped off Tianming’s head and instantly morphed into a flaming phoenix surrounded by infernal flames. In the next moment, it turned into a flaming vortex and rapidly spun, concentrating its ability at the center.

It was its new ability, Empyrean Flame Vortex. Like an exploding sun, the flames circled above Tianming’s head, illuminating the entire battlefield—but that was just the start! Meow Meow turned into its Regal Chaosfiend form and instantly formed a vortex of monochrome lightning that seemed just as powerful as Ying Huo’s. Its new ability, Chaossky Blitzsource, was the enhanced version of Misty Hellthunder.

Those two abilities were already incredibly powerful with Ji Ji’s support. People started acknowledging the might of Tianming’s beasts, as well. However, they couldn’t believe their eyes when the two vortices of fire and lightning fused together!

When the abilities collided, the fire and lightning didn’t reject one another at all; it was a perfectly peaceful fusion. Ying Huo’s flames embraced Meow Meow’s violent lightning. Both of them brought out each other’s strengths, forming a dual vortex that was just as potent as the sword peak that was crashing toward Tianming.

Blitzburn Origin was the name of the combined ability, and it was far more powerful than their other fusion ability, Beacon Chaosswamp!