Beastmaster of the Ages

The sudden twist made all eyes turn toward the direction the golden-black light had originated from, to find two colossal cosmic gods each a hundred thousand meters tall.

“Li Tianzi!”

“Li Yanfeng!”

The entire battlefield exploded in uproar as the two descended from the heavens.

Jiang Qingluan was already in tears. She had never imagined that Li Tianzi and Li Yanfeng would arrive together at this most hopeless moment.

Li Tianzi descended from the sky, looking toward the Adjudicator and Tianming’s confrontation. The area was inundated with blood-tribulation power like a scarlet hell.

“Adjudicator!” Li Tianzi had a playful smile. “Unfortunately, we anticipated your every move.”

Li Tianzi’s confidence made him the most striking figure present.

“So what?” The crimson silhouette was clearly shocked by their arrival, but his tone remained cold.

Even these two couldn’t stop him from suppressing Li Tianming. Li Tianming was his one and only target.

“You... broke through?” Imperator Ji, Imperator Tu, and Imperator Tong all retreated in astonishment. Previously, Li Tianzi had stood at over ninety thousand meters tall, just shy of the imperator realm. Now, he stood beside Li Yanfeng at equal height!

“He already possessed an imperator’s power before.”

“Now, none of us alone may be his match.”

Imperator Tu and Imperator Tong stood to both sides of their elder sister with wary expressions.

“Well, brother, you’re looking miserable.” Li Yanfeng laughed as he approached Imperator Cheng’s cosmic-god essence. It sounded like teasing, but it was protection.

“You came at just the right time. Don’t tell me you were watching us make fools of ourselves, while waiting to make a dramatic entry?” Imperator Cheng laughed back.

“Not at all. We only just arrived,” Li Yanfeng replied with a smile.

With Li Tianzi and Li Yanfeng holding off the three Yueling imperatores, Jiang Qingluan, Sage Chen, and Sage Xing quickly stepped forward to escort Imperator Cheng away from the battlefield.

“Father, you’re safe!” Jiang Qingluan wept. “I thought you were about to...”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. Don’t cry,” Imperator Cheng said, though his mood remained heavy. “This side should hold for now. But Tianming... the gap between him and the Adjudicator is simply too vast...”

“I believe in Tianming. He can do it!” Jiang Qingluan’s faith in the young man was unwavering.

She glanced at Li Tianzi and Li Yanfeng. Moreover, those two had arrived at the perfect moment, but had chosen to save her father rather than aid Tianming.

There had to be deeper meaning. She had always known that the sky plunderers had hidden depths.

Soon, they withdrew from the battlefield with Imperator Cheng.

Imperator Zhu, likewise in his cosmic-god essence form, received no aid. The Yueling imperatores made no move to rescue him.

“Die.” The black chain in Li Tianzi’s hand lashed out at Imperator Zhu.

“Ahhh! Sky plunderers—!” His shrill scream echoed across the starry sky as he shattered.

Another imperator had fallen today.

The torchdragonoids cried out in anguish as they lost their leader like the aquamars.

“It’s over. Our Torch Dragon Starcage is finished!”

“Who would have thought our imperator would fall like Imperator Lan?”

“Violetblitz, Aquamarine, Torch Dragon... three great imperatores have died to the sky plunderers!”

“Now... we can only rely on the Adjudicator!”

If the Adjudicator slew Li Tianming, today’s battle would still count as a victory. Despite their losses, there was no turning back. The deaths of their imperial sons and imperatores bound them to his camp.

They could only fight to the bitter end, wherever that took them.

“Stop them.” The Adjudicator’s cold voice reached Imperator Ji and the other two, his patience clearly exhausted. Four more blood tombstones condensed, bringing the total to eight as they descended to annihilate Tianming.

The surging blood-tribulation power swept forth like the end of worlds, completely engulfing him.

Imperator Ji and Imperator Tu exchanged a glance and steeled themselves, charging toward Li Tianzi, while Imperator Tong confronted Li Yanfeng alone. Imperator Ji and Imperator Tu were confident they could stall Li Tianzi in a two-against-one.

Yet, a realization struck Imperator Ji. Li Tianzi was staring coldly at the two of them, showing zero intention whatsoever of helping Li Tianming.