Beastmaster of the Ages

y weren't as strong as the main black dragon, the wargodeans were able to hold on even against ten thousand of them for a short time with their lifebound beasts.
However, many disciples who were just watching also thought this was their chance.
Those from second-rate sects also had their own sense of pride.
Having been completely oppressed for so long, they immediately spotted the chance to rebel together.

“Charge!”

“Everyone deserves the right to fight for that treasure!”

“Let's go together!”

This time was completely different from the time with Lan Feilin.
It was hard to suppress others' desires in obtaining a treasure of this caliber with threats alone.
When the status quo tipped, the crowd immediately erupted all at once.
Putting aside the wargodeans, even the dreamless celestials couldn't hold on.
There were nearly ten thousand others beside them.

“Perfect.” Tianming hid himself in the crowd and charged in with them.
No matter how elite those that tried to stop them were, they immediately crumbled from the sheer numbers.
Fortunately, the dragon golems saw new people entering their range and diverted some of their own to take them on.
It was a complete free for all within the Blackdragon Palace.
Most disciples had their eyes on the divine pill and desperately swarmed toward the huge dragon.

There were so many beasts and people in the surroundings that Tianming could barely make out what he saw; he couldn’t even tell where the nine-headed dragon was.
All kinds of roars and sounds of weapons clashing could be heard.
Ying Huo and Meow Meow were shocked back into the lifebound space from the sheer chaos.

“It's there!” Tianming finally saw the black dragon's tail amidst a cacophony of totemic calamities.
Immediately, he swung the Lifesteal Silverdragon thousands of meters away to wrap around the tail.
Then he pulled, causing the chain to shrink and quickly closing the distance.
Just like before, far too many people were gathered near the dragon, though many of them were flung away, the force from the impact destroying their imperial star formations.
When Tianming gripped the blades on the dragon, his hand was immediately cut.
Then, black flames from the dragon enveloped him whole.

“Trying to escape, huh?” Tianming grabbed the dragon's body with his black arm.
As it was flinging other people off of itself, Tianming secured himself by wrapping his chain around its body.
Attacks were fired off nonstop amidst the chaos, with some having seen Tianming and trying to take the chain from him, only to be killed.

“Head toward its heart!”

That was the spot most people were looking at, as it was where the pill was located.
Tianming knew that the advantage he had over so many others was that he could simply bypass formations.

“Scram!”

No matter how much the dragon struggled, the person that worried it the most was still there: Zhan Yuance.
He already had a winning strategy to use against the dragon golem, but the sudden inclusion of all those disciples and smaller dragon golems had ruined it.
His current mood was far from pleasant, though the wargodeans still managed to hold on somewhat as the dragon golems also targeted some of the other participants.

“Make way! Let's end it quickly!” he roared.
Any wargodean that could afford to back off did so and protected him.
They had been battling for half an hour and so far, and the black dragon was battered and had even lost two heads.
It was on its last proverbial legs.
Even the divine patterns on its golem formation were messed up.
Zhan Yuance and the rest were on the brink of victory.

“As long as I get another grade-seven divine pill, nobody will stop me from entering the Sky Palace! Quick!”

The wargodeans' blood boiled, as victory was within their grasp.

“Even if we give our lives away, we have to take the divine pill for the Nine-five Prince!”

“Drop everything and stop the black dragon with our bodies if we need to!”

They fearlessly charged in with their beasts.
The strongest fighters near Zhan Yuance were none other than his five beasts.
They all had really high levels and around four thousand and eight hundred stars.
One of the savage beasts was even past five thousand.
They were all called goldenmane skyapes.

The apes were humanoid in build and covered in golden muscles, much like Zhan Yuance himself.
However, they had an extra layer of golden fur that burned with a kind of flame and their limbs had curved talons as sharp as divine artifacts.
Each claw strike they unleashed on the black dragon created blinding sparks.