Beastmaster of the Ages

Chapter 3961 - A Bloody Profit

This hostage situation was, in reality, a farce staged between Tianming and You You. Naturally, she wasn't actually betraying the Eightpart Pantheons. She simply couldn't swallow her anger.

Although Tianming hadn’t taken control of her, every move she made was under his surveillance.

“I heard you killed the Skyfiendling?” Princess You You’s eyes sparkled, and her voice sounded slightly hoarse.

“His reputation was inflated,” Tianming replied calmly.

“A pseudo cosmic god capable of this.... You’re of great research value. It seems impossible that you’re a descendant of orbiter races.” Princess You You voiced the same suspicion as Yushen Hua.

“Why, you want to study me?” Tianming looked down and asked.

“I’m not capable of that yet,” Princess You You pouted. “After all, I’m just a baby.”

“A hundred years old and still calling yourself a baby....” Tianming sighed inwardly. As expected, although all were human, lifespans differed vastly. Their infancy lasted five hundred years, while in his homeland of Vermillion Bird, people were buried before reaching the age of a hundred.

How was this different from the mayfly that lived and died in a single day?

“Step aside and take your people with you,” Tianming said. After listening to Yin Chen’s report on the surroundings, he had no intention of wasting time talking to her.

“We helped you. Don’t you plan to share some of the ninelives fruits with us?” Princess You You pouted.

“Share with you? If you dared take the ninelives fruits, you’d truly become a traitor to the Eightpart Pantheons.” Tianming chuckled. She was supposed to be the hostage! When did hostages get a share of the loot?

“Fine! Then I hope you, you stingy little miser, successfully get them all. Next time we meet, you’d better secretly give me some. Don’t be so ungracious.” Princess You You angrily huffed.

“I’m an enemy of the Eightpart Pantheons. Don’t you hate me?” Tianming caught the tone in her voice. Not only did she not hate him, but she even sounded somewhat friendly.

“What’s there to hate? The Eightpart Pantheons are vast, and the uncontested masters of the Upper Star Ruin. What can a mere speck of dust like you do against them?” Precisely because of this, You You saw no point in taking his ideals seriously. She didn’t want to represent the Eightpart Pantheons or even the devas. She only spoke for herself.

“We’ll see,” Tianming said, brushing past her and entering the hidden cave.

“You'd better hurry. A lot of people will definitely head this way. I don’t think you have the ability to break through that vine formation quickly. Careful you don’t end up like the mantis stalking the cicada while the oriole watches from behind,” Princess You You said with a mocking laugh.

“I know you called for reinforcements too!” Tianming turned and sneered. “But by the time they arrive, there won’t be any fruits left to pick.”

Princess You You was stunned. This man knew everything, and yet he was still so confident? Where did this guy come from?

While she was still in shock, Tianming had already vanished from her sight.

“Devas, retreat for now!” Now that Princess You You had “regained” her freedom, she immediately ordered the retreat from the hidden cave.

The devas had long vented and stopped fighting. They had no idea things were going so peacefully between Tianming and Princess You You. Hearing her command, they quickly fled. They finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw she was unharmed.

“Princess, we....” Zhan Xiao turned back coldly toward the hidden cave. His meaning was clear: this round of vengeance had finally let the brothers vent some of their anger, but that didn’t mean they’d let the Primordial Sands people off.

Now that the princess was safe, should they try one last time?

“Hold on! Wait for my brother!” Princess You You said.

“Yes! We’ll wait nearby!”

***

The devas’ little schemes couldn’t escape Tianming’s notice.

They had indeed called for reinforcements. But those reinforcements were still a bit far off, so Tianming wasn’t concerned. He had time.

He would take the ninelives fruits first.

“Brother Lin Feng!” Jiang Lincheng approached, his eyes filled with respect as he looked at Tianming. “What should we do with these cosmic god essences?”

At present, the warbeasts were either dead, fighting each other, or had fled.

Most of the ashura and Sin Pantheon had been turned into cosmic god essence. They hadn’t yet realized the gravity of the situation and were still making threats.

“Kill them,” Tianming said, tossing out the two words before heading toward the ninelives fruit area.

“Kill them?” Jiang Datou froze. “That’s a bit aggressive!”

“Then we’ll kill them,” Jiang Lincheng agreed without hesitation. He immediately began the executions as per Tianming’s orders. Though he had originally been the leader of this group, he now followed Tianming’s direction, showing that Tianming had completely earned their trust through his actions.

“You dare?!” The ashuras and Sin Pantheon panicked when they heard those words. But all they could do was scream in vain before death.

“Lots of people will be coming here soon. He asked us to stay and kill while he went alone to collect ninelives fruits and break the formations. Can he handle it?” Jiang Xiaobai nervously asked.

“We have to hurry....” Jiang Datou added with concern.

Just as dozens of elite cosmic gods felt their hearts pounding with anxiety, they saw Tianming extend one hand and smoothly pass through the barrier as if there was nothing there.

The cosmic god essences, whose tracking rings had already been shattered, looked as if they’d been struck by lightning when they saw this. They all went mad. What kind of monster was this?

The ashura and Sin Pantheon had bombarded that formation for ages to no avail, and he just walked in?

Jiang Lincheng and Jiang Datou exchanged glances.

“Datou, this boy is a freak. Since he clearly dislikes the Eightpart Pantheons, we need to recruit him,” Jiang Lincheng seriously said.

“Brother Cheng,” Jiang Datou whispered, “You’ve offended Jiang Yulian’s clan. If you want to avoid punishment when you return, Lin Feng is your chance! Referring such a genius would be a huge merit.”

“Mm....” Jiang Lincheng nodded deeply.

***

Tianming passed through layer after layer of formations to arrive in the deepest part. The formations remained intact in his wake, which made him even safer inside.

Once inside, his vision was no longer impeded. The glow from Tianming’s body lit up the area. He realized this wasn’t the roots of the Ninelives Ancestral Tree but a single small branch that was lush and covered with countless leaves.

Tianming went bug-eyed. “This is way too much!”

Up to now, Tianming had only obtained one golden ninelives fruit and three ordinary fruits.

But here, he could already see over a thousand golden ninelives fruits! As for the ordinary ones, they hung like clusters of grapes, and there had to be at least a hundred thousand of those!

Seeing this, his lifebound beasts all emerged to personally witness the sight.

Finally, they all said in unison, “Hot damn!”