Beastmaster of the Ages

p legs came chopping down like many kitchen knives.

Just as Tianming was about to fight back, the surroundings abruptly changed.
A third person was heading toward them, thanks to the summoning of the crab.
He was a youth carrying a heavy greatsword on his back that was taller than most people, marking him as a member of the Cloudmist Sword School.
They had sent three representatives in total, and this one was named Fan Wutian.
As Tianming had gotten a glance of them during the night of the banquet, he had a rough recollection of them.

As for Fan Wutian, his first reaction was to run.
As far as he was concerned, the Southsky Sect and Grand-Orient Sect were their enemies.
It would be troublesome for him to be attacked by both of them at once.
Little did he expect that Xi Menglin didn't care about him and instead charged toward Tianming.

“This is interesting.
To think that they'd fight among themselves…
they truly are bumpkins.” Fan Wutian gladly hid himself to watch their fight.
He wasn't pressured to win at all, since his sect hadn't come for the Grand-Orient Sword.
Their mission was only to humiliate the disciples of the Southsky Sect and Grand-Orient Sect.
Little did he know, Tianming had immediately noticed him.

“Want to reap the benefits after we duke it out, huh? Then I'll deal with you both at once.
Ying Huo, Meow Meow, end it quickly.”

“Hey, I'm the boss of you, not the other way round! You don’t get to order me around!” Ying Huo snapped, flapping its wings as it charged toward Fan Wutian.

Meow Meow seemed a little drowsy, but snapped out of it, since Tianming said it would be able to relax after the Realm Wars when his position as junior sect master was secure.

Fan Wutian thought of the two cute animals as pets, rather than lifebound beasts.
He didn't know better, since not even Heaven's Elysium had bothered to research the candidates the Grand-Orient Sect would be sending, since they had fallen from grace, to say no more about Cloudmist Sword School.
While Tianming's killing of Yuwen Shendu was a big deal in his sect, nobody else in the realm cared about it.

“I thought Yuwen Shendu broke through to Heavenly Will.
Why isn't he here? Why did they send three rookies here to die?”

“Too bad those Elysian Children and Senior Brother Tianchen won't even have anyone to mess with.
We’re more than enough to deal with small fries like this.” Fan Wutian immediately felt like the battle was getting boring.
He didn't even bother to draw his greatsword as the two critters charged toward him, yet he didn't think the little chick would appear before him with terrifying speed.

Given its infernalsource at the seventh level of Unity, Skyscorch Featherblast caused thousands of fiery needles to explode outward, much to Fan Wutian's dismay.
He immediately sent out his ninth-level Unity lifebound beast to block the needles using its feathers.

Yet not even this third-order saint beast, a Trihead Gale Condor, could resist the Skyscorch Featherblast after the little chick's bloodline powers had been further unlocked.
The three-headed bird shrieked in pain as its wings began burning, but that was only the start!

“You're so dead!” Fan Wutian screamed.
His lifebound beast was gravely injured, thanks to him underestimating his opponent, and he was all the madder for it.
Just as he was about to draw his sword, a thundercloud formed above him and sent nine lightning serpents swirling down toward him.
Meow Meow had used Chaos Disaster as Ying Huo took on the condor.

The poor condor was once more ordered to take the hits and was grounded by the lightning.
Just as it was about to get up again, a gigantic black beast of thunderous fury pressed it back down on the ground.
Meow Meow's red claws pierced its feathers and flesh.
All twenty of its toxic claws sank into the bird, causing it to struggle and shriek despite it being more massive than Meow Meow in its Regal Chaosfiend form.

With the toxin entering its bloodstream, it would no doubt be taken out soon.
They weren't nearly as powerful as Ying Huo and Meow Meow to begin with, yet they dared underestimate their enemies, only to be humiliated like Su Yiran.
Before Fan Wutian could understand how his condor was defeated, he yelled and came charging at Meow Meow with his greatsword, intent on taking its head.

“Hey, look here when I'm teaching you what it really means to use a sword,” said a voice all of a sudden.

Fan Wutian would never forget what he saw when he turned back.
The little chick's wings were like two flaming golden swords radiating sword ki.
With a snide smile, it struck with the Voidgod Sword Intent, Countercurrent.

“Impossible!” He could immediately tell it was a battle art above heavenly rank.