Beastmaster of the Ages

he was still clearheaded and her dragons were still at their peak.
Under Long Youyou’s orders, the evernight netherflame dragons surrounded Xiaoxiao and the Archaionfiend. 

“Capture the ringleader and the rest will follow.
Wu You, I’ll hand the little ones over to you.” Xiaoxiao jumped off its back. 

“How can you be so shameless!” the Archaionfiend shouted.
How could these evernight netherflame dragons be considered little ones? For a beastmaster like Long Youyou, the strength of her lifebound beasts accounted for at least seventy percent of her power. 

As the Archaionfiend angrily cursed, the five bone dragons charged toward it, spewing green flames.
Surrounded and beaten, the Archaionfiend let out a scream.
Meanwhile, one of the dragons went after Xiaoxiao. 

Using the branches and leaves as cover, Xiaoxiao nimbly moved around the battlefield.
It wasn’t as easy for the dragon.
Countless attacks and green flames collapsed and burned the surrounding greenery, almost engulfing Xiaoxiao several times.
After a while, she completely disappeared in a flicker of red lightning. 

“Over here!” 

Dragging her injured body, Long Youyou attempted another attack.
To her surprise, Xiaoxiao turned around and intently stared at her.
Hair fluttering in the wind, Xiaoxiao released three blood arrows again. 

“What?” In that moment, Long Youyou understood.
Xiaoxiao had separated from the Archaionfiend just to seek her out.
But the realization came too late.
Despite fleeing and dodging, a blood arrow pierced her thigh, bringing her to her knees.
Another heart-wrenching scream split the air.
Watching a delicate beauty being tortured like this had the audience close to tears. 

Two other dragons turned around and chased after Xiaoxiao, their abilities leaving wounds and sharp claws digging into her flesh.
She was almost roasted by the sea of fire several times, but she singlemindedly stared at Long Youyou, aiming and releasing arrow after arrow. 

Long Youyou’s severe injuries had given Xiaoxiao an opportunity.
Thus, the battlefield was divided into two; on one side, the Archaionfiend fought three dragons alone, and on the other side two dragons chased after Xiaoxiao while she closely followed Long Youyou, shooting arrows. 

Long Youyou screamed as she bled more and more.
Every hit of the Dragonblood Desecration was lethal. 

Xiaoxiao's control of the Dragonblood Desecration wasn’t what it used to be.
Long Youyou was pinned to the tree again.
This time, the arrow pierced through her chest and two more nailed her hands to the tree, giving her no chance to even struggle. 

Her shrill screams made the watchers’ scalps tingle. 

“If you don't admit defeat, you’ll die.” Slammed into the ground by the dragons, Xiaoxiao spat a mouthful of blood.
Despite her sorry state, her words crushed Long Youyou. 

“Stop! Don’t shoot! I surrender!” she cried. 

The first duel had come to an end.
The beginning, middle, and end was a huge contrast from what the spectators expected.
Everyone blankly looked at Xiaoxiao.
The entire scene was silent except for Long Youyou's tragic cries.
Even Tianming was sluggish with shock.
With this opening battle, Xiaoxiao had directly knocked the celestial orderians and Veildragon Palace to the ground and trampled on their faces. 

“It looks like I won’t have to fight.” Tianming couldn't help laughing. 

Lingfeng was confident that he could defeat an eighth-level constellier, as long as they were a totemancer.
Even if Li Ruoshi hadn’t belittled Lingfeng, her strength was definitely not on par with his.
Therefore, two wins out of three were guaranteed; Tianming was destined to take a back seat. 

……

Amid the silence, Xiaoxiao put away the Dragonblood Desecration and left with the Archaionfiend.

“My apologies.
The sword is blind.
Thank goodness you were only hurt, not killed.
With your resources, you’ll recover soon.” Xiaoxiao paused and turned to Long Youyou.
“If we’re given the chance to fight again, I hope you’ll consider me a real opponent.” 

Xiaoxiao’s words hit Long Youyou where it hurt.
The Veildragon Palace disciple had just climbed to her feet when she heard Xiaoxiao’s mockery and spat another mouthful of blood, her anger resulting in loss of consciousness.
In fact, she was lucky she fainted.
The five dragons looked dumbfounded.
If she had taken her opponent seriously, Xiaoxiao might not have defeated her, and even if she succeeded, it would have at least been a narrowly-decided life and death battle. 

Instead, the outcome was unbelievable.
Almost no one spoke for several minutes.
The Azuresoul Palace and their allies were naturally pleasantly surprised.
They finally had an outlet for all the anger they had repressed. 

“What’re you doing? Celebrate!” Yan Nuxia shouted. 

The swordpupils finally responded.

“Lin Xiaoxiao!” Her name shook the earth. 

That made Xiaoxiao extremely nervous and she immediately hid behind Tianming.
In this situation, all he could do was burst out in laughter.
The situation was the embodiment of courting humiliation.
The people across from them were smoldering beneath their stony expressions. 

“Does it feel good?” Tianming asked. 

“Well I feel great! Every shot felt so satisfying,” said Long Wanying.