Beastmaster of the Ages

The three of them left in a hurry. Nobody else in the capital apart from Imperator Ji and Imperator Tu noticed them running off. While Imperator Ji hadn’t really fought for real as she was only trying to hold Imperator Feng back, Imperator Tu had fought quite harshly against Zi Zhen in her state with six ninehall eyes open. It was quite a savage physical battle. While Imperator Tu didn’t really fare too badly thanks to her Net of the Enlightened, but it sure did feel like she was being given a humiliating beating by a savage woman of questionable origin.

”They got away,” Imperator Ji said as the three vanished from their sight.

”They must’ve gone to get the dazzling radiance,” Imperator Tu said, gritting her teeth with displeasure, the anger making her look even more domineering. ”Should we give chase to stop them from obtaining it?”

”No,” Imperator Ji said, shaking her head. ”You won’t necessarily be able to take on that woman by his side. I don’t think I’ll be able to defeat Li Tianzi either. Our presence there would hardly change the outcome.”

Though this didn’t sit right with Imperator Tu, she recalled Li Tianzi’s Skylightsteal and wondered how she would even defend against that powerful golden beam. Perhaps she would struggle just as Lin Tianjian had.

”Let’s go back to Nullity,” Imperator Ji said. ”The events that transpired here will no doubt enrage the Adjudicator. No matter what excuses Nullity has lined up, it wouldn’t change the fact that they took part in the battle here. They’re in big trouble now and the Adjudicator won’t let them get off scot free. As for Li Yanfeng, he wouldn’t be able to rule this place for long either. Let’s go back and await the Adjudicator’s orders.”

Imperator Tu nodded. ”It seems that this is all we can do for now.”

She knew that there was no point in staying at Violetblitz with the whole cuckold charade ruined. As for Long Xuanzhao and Lin Xiaoting whom Tianming had killed, the imperatores never cared about them in the first place. They were merely tools meant to lure Tianming over. He did fall for the bait, but the outcome turned out completely different from what they had planned.

”Fine. At the very least, we have ascertained that Li Muyang can’t leave Nullity.”

The two sisters swiftly flew off. They turned back to look at the capital one last time, seeing Li Yanfeng looking down at it proudly with the Violetblitz starsource in hand. His eyes blazed powerfully like two suns. Violetblitz Starcage had changed forever and Li Yanfeng hadn’t talked to Tianming or Li Tianzi even one bit throughout the whole ordeal. He merely looked in the direction they left in and thought, thanks for the cooperation.

The firemaples had dreamed of conquering their world for many generations. Finally, that dream had come true during Li Yanfeng’s reign, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of the sky plunderers.

Still, I can’t let my guard down. Many violetblitzians are still resisting, and the Adjudicator will put more pressure on me in the future. I have to end this quickly! Killing Lin Tianjian only caused a minority of the violetblitzians to surrender.

Most of them wanted to fight to the death and the death of their late imperator only inspired them more to martyr themselves. Alas, with them being surprise attacked and beaten down time and again, it was basically impossible for them to reclaim their territory. While it seemed like the battle was chaotic beyond measure, the firemaples on the whole were slowly gaining the edge.

Outside the capital were the torchdragonoids and aquamars. Granny Long Ya, Cang Shanyuan and the rest were stunned to witness the death of Imperator Jian, a key figure in their alliance, at the hands of Li Yanfeng.

”The sky plunderers are doomed for sure!”

”They will not survive the Adjudicator’s rage.”

Naturally, Granny Long ya and Cang Shanyuan wouldn’t personally try to avenge Imperator Jian. They knew that the time of the violetblitzians had passed. Even if the Adjudicator stepped in, there was no longer any way for the violetblitzians to rule.

”Let’s go!”

They didn’t remain in Violetblitz Starcage for long and immediately left to report it to their home territories. They could already imagine the kinds of waves the news they brought back would cause.

***

Outside the capital were the desolate wilds that stretched on endlessly. Tianming, Li Tianzi and Zi Zhen rapidly flew across the violet firmament, heading towards a place called the Skyflash Boltdepths.

”Big Brother, what was that Skylightsteal move you used earlier?” Tianming couldn’t take his mind off the brilliant golden beam. It contained an interesting power that piqued his curiosity.

”That beam of light is something we have stolen from a mysterious being. It’s the sky plunderers’ trump card!”

”Skylightsteal, a universal beam of destruction. How overpowering.” Tianming’s own Sky Plundering Hand had unlocked Constellationsteal recently. He was only seven unlocks away from reaching Li Tianzi and eight from Li Muyang, but he was growing at a rate much faster than they did. There was still quite a long path for him to reach the peak of sky plundererhood. Fortunately for him, his next opportunity for another breakthrough was near.

***

Soon, they reached a vast ocean of violet lightning, at the center of which was an endlessly deep abyss-like canyon. Down below was a fortress surrounded by lightning. It had a thousand stories and an innumerable number of dazzling radiances according to Yin Chen, much more than what Tianming had managed to obtain from Vermillion Bird.

”It seems that word of Imperator Jian’s death has reached here,” Tianming said, furrowing his brow.

Li Tianzi said, ”Time is running out. Let’s work fast and take them all!”