Beastmaster of the Ages

rself?” Lin Xiaoxiao said while she caught her breath.

“It’s not time yet,” said Tianming.

“There you go acting tough again.
If you can fight thousands of them by yourself, I’ll take your surname,” said Lin Xiaoxiao.

“Li Xiaoxiao?” Tianming laughed.
“Wait for it then.”

“Are you done practicing your sword art? What’s next?” Lin Xiaoxiao asked.
She knew Tianming’s plan.
He wanted to go to the Heaven Cauldron, and there was nothing she could do to stop him aside from chasing right behind his tail.

“Continue? After all, I’ve taken down 10% of them over the past ten days, and I can do another 10% in the next five days.
Taking 20% of them down by myself is already my limit,” said Tianming.

“You want to take down another ten thousand people?” Lin Xiaoxiao was dumbfounded.

“What, are you afraid? Then you don’t have to follow me.”

“I’ll come along!”

“You’re pretty determined.”

……

Back in the Dragonmight Faction.

“Faction lord, out of four hall lords, two were killed, and two surrendered.
Xuanyuan Ganggang was insta-killed by Li Tianming….”

“Just how powerful is he? Did he conceal his strength, or has he progressed so much in just a few days?”

“How can he conceal your strength? Can he conceal an empyrean body’s aura?”

“Who knows.” 

The person they once chased away was now causing such a headache for them.

“Faction lord?” Everyone turned to look at Xuanyuan Yufeng, waiting for his decision.
However, Xuanyuan Yufeng was just looking into the distance.

“That Li Tianming is simply a lingering dog!” someone blabbered.
They hoped that Xuanyuan Yufeng could take him down.
Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable to have someone right on their tail all the time.

As for how they were going to take Tianming down, that would be up to Xuanyuan Yufeng.
After all, he was the faction lord and it was his job to command the army and turn the tables around.
To put it bluntly, even an idiot could get the Dragonmight Faction to first place with their numbers.

However, Xuanyuan Yufeng only remained silent, his eyes gloomy. 

The army continued pressing forth, and they heard people screaming out from time to time.
Then Xuanyuan Yufeng smiled when he saw a green light shooting into the sky.

“Finally! Everyone from the Dragonmight Faction, listen up! Prepare for battle!” Xuanyuan Yufeng’s voice sounded out.
Everyone was still at a loss.
The scouting team hadn’t found anyone, so who were they going to fight?

“Faction lord, we’re not going to target Tianming?” asked a hall lord.

“Why do I need to care about him after defeating the Swordking Faction?” Xuanyuan Yufeng asked.

“What do you mean? The Swordking Faction is up ahead?” Everyone was confused because no one had seen the Swordking Faction’s tracks.

About fifteen minutes later, a scout came in to report. 

“Faction leader, we’ve found the Swordking Faction and Azureriver Faction’s coalition army up ahead.
There’s ninety thousand people in total, and we’re evenly matched!”

“What? They joined together?”

“It’s troublesome now that they’ve joined together.
Let’s not confront them for the time being and let them fight among themselves as time passes.
After all, they have to decide who’ll be first and second on the ranking.”

“Faction lord, are we going to withdraw?” Everyone was nervous.

“Withdraw?” Xuanyuan Yufeng grinned.
“Everyone from the Dragonmight Faction, listen up! Ignore the Azureriver Faction and target the Swordking Faction! This is the final battle, so follow me and kill!”

Despite many people having doubts in their hearts, they didn’t question his authority.
After all, he was the faction lord and he never made a mistake.

……

The Silverriver Valley was a hidden place in Taiji Peak.
It was a silver river that passed through the valley toward Taiji Peak Lake.

The Swordking Faction and Azureriver Faction had arrived there a day ago and decided to work together to fight the Dragonmight Faction.
The higher hierarchy of both factions had spent the last day discussing how they should proceed.
There wasn’t any news passed around on the battlefield, so they had no idea how Tianming had placed the Dragonmight Faction in an awkward position.

On a high slope, Jian Xueyi, Zhao Yijue, and five other hall lords met up with the Azureriver Faction’s Fang Hongxuan and Fang Bihan.
Fang Hongxuan was dressed in black, with a tall and skinny frame.
His younger twin sister, Fang Bihan, also had a slender figure, with a faint azure glow in her eyes and a cold air around her.

They were both juniors of the Sterling House of Fang, and they had a high position in the Human Branch.
The Azureriver Faction wasn’t inferior to the Swordking Faction at all.

“That’s weird.
Judging from the ranking, the Dragonmight Faction seems to have faced some sort of obstruction that made them stop at ninth place.
There’s only five days left, and they’ll surely do whatever they can to catch up.” Jian Xueyi stood on the mountain, looking down at the Silverriver Valley.

Her brothers from the Swordking Faction were hiding in the valley, while the Azureriver Faction was outside, since they had come from afar.

“That’s right.
It’ll be more stable if we take them down,” said Fang Hongxuan.