Chapter 4009 - Weak Link
Everyone had their own methods, so some shot ahead while others backed away. For instance, the ashura, Dugu Yao, and Yu Hui of the Sundown Pantheon released their warbeasts and lifebound beasts before disappearing from the battlefield altogether. The wonderian sisters, like Moran, didn't need to be at the frontlines of battle. They were far more effective behind the vanguard, which was composed of the deva, Jin Mo, and Man Yueling of the Virtue Pantheon, both specters. Following right behind them were Yushen Gui, a primalwinger of the Sin Pantheon, and the totemancer of the Starfall Pantheon, Shao Xingru.
Their formation, to describe it crudely, was two, two, one, two, whereas Tianming's was just a single line. He was sandwiched between Zi Zhen and Moran. Even though Dugu Yao and Yu Hui were at the very back of the formation, the souleater starbeasts and doomsday forbidden beast flanked the vanguard. Tianming immediately felt like they were more like an entire army than a motley group of seven!
Dugu Yao had forty souleater starbeasts in total, with twenty other warbeasts of different types, though they were soulbeasts all the same. Even though warbeasts only had beastsouls, they were still able to use soul attacks just fine. Sixth, even in its past life, didn't have a tripartite soul either but was a soul-type Primordial Chaos Beast all the same.
Soulbeasts are impressive, but the ones who benefited the most from my recent breakthrough are Bai Ye and Bai Ling!
Zi Zhen clashed with the two specters in front. Jin Mo had turned into a golden specter with three heads and six arms and looked somewhat like a flameyellow fiend, albeit much uglier. His sixfold hell-ring summoned a goldtongue ghoul, powerful and armed with a lance-like tongue. In comparison, Man Yueling looked much better, despite being covered in beastface tattoos. The two specters managed to push Zi Zhen to the ground in their first clash.
"Is that all you’ve got?" Ji Mo smirked.
The next moment, Zi Zhen looked up and opened two more ninehall eyes, making six in total. The color of blood spread across her body as audible snaps cracked in the air around her. The hellfiend continued expanding even more. She rose all of a sudden with a powerful roar, a stark contrast compared to the tiny girl that Tianming remembered her as.
It was the specters' turn to be sent smashing into the ground, turned into a bloody mush! All the spectators shook at the sight, especially the three specter worlds among the Ten Desolate Starforges, including the Ninefold Hellstar.
"That fifth-level cosmic god specter just pushed back two sixth-level cosmic gods from the top twenty of the ranking! Is her bloodline comparable to an imperial lineage?"
The chaos of the battle continued throughout the discussions. Moran and Zi Zhen were dutifully doing their parts, giving Tianming a perfect opportunity. Using Thousandway Blitzrun, he had absolute speed and could shake off pursuers or charge through enemy ranks alike! He could definitely play the role of an assassin in a party.
Naturally, he had to make sure he had an escape route after charging into enemy ranks, which was Moran's role. Just as he locked on to Dugu Yao and Yu Hui, the wonderian sisters and Shao Xingru glared at Moran. The primalwinger, totemancer, souleater starbeasts, and doomsday forbidden beast charged toward her. She was facing even more of a threat than Tianming! The first wave of soul attacks came from the souleater starbeasts, forty sphere-like creatures that formed a black wave that slammed into her.
"Ughh!" She was enveloped in a soulstorm, a hallmark signature move of the ashuras!