Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 6858

Chapter 6267: Gravity Trap!

“It’s not just for dealing with static dangers; when encountering a Void Hunter’s ambush, it can also quickly ‘dive’ the surrounding Shadow Star Patrolmen towards the center of the formation, using the sharp ‘horns’ of the Stardust Guards to form a protective circle around them. Essentially, while the Shadow Star Patrolmen move towards the center, the Stardust Guards move outwards, escorting the Shadow Star Patrolmen into the formation, avoiding losses.”

An Ning examined the formation, considering its feasibility, and said, “Not bad, Little Li, not a bad idea.”

“So-so, third in the whole village!” Li Tianming waved his hand.

Inside the Young Emperor Tower, Li Tianming was leading this ‘U-shaped’ formation forward. Before even entering the ‘colored bubble,’ the ‘Imperial Puppet Military Order’ in his hand vibrated.

Curious, Li Tianming looked at it and saw some text slowly appearing on the order, segment by segment.

“Tianming, I am Li Muyun. To make a long story short, you are in danger.”

“Imperial Tutor Li?” Li Tianming asked, slightly surprised.

The text continued, “Li Tianyang, along with three Imperial Tutors and over thirty disciples, entered the second trial of the Young Emperor Tower after you, not to pass the trial, but solely to search for you!”

“Among them are Mo Minghan of the Ghost God Clan, Kong Qianling, the Illusion God cultivator, Li Chuang, the Infinite Beast Tamer, and another brought by Imperial Tutor Li. I don’t know his identity, but these four are probably all eighth-tier Star Ancestors, and there are also thirty seventh-tier Star Ancestors.”

“Now that we can communicate with you, my suggestion is to give up searching for the tower’s core, find a remote place to hide, and wait to be cleared out at the trial.”

“Eighth-tier Star Ancestors…” Li Tianming murmured, a strange smile appearing on his face.

From the information Li Tianming received from Yin Chen, he knew that the other party could transmit information to him through the Imperial Puppet Army Order, meaning they had already entered the Young Emperor Palace and could see his every move.

He looked up, nodded in a direction, gave Li Muyun a confident smile, and mouthed, “Don’t worry.”

“This kid… he’s really confident.” Mo Huan could tell from his expression that this wasn’t a sign of wanting to back down, but rather a determination to fight to the end. “No wonder he’s the ‘Sole Emperor,’ he certainly has guts!”

Li Muyun was still worried. “But he’s not facing the two sixth-tier Star Ancestors from before, and there are so many of them.”

“Don’t worry, judging from the trials at the Heavenly Gate, he would never do anything he’s not confident about. So, let’s see what surprises he’ll bring us.”

Although they had never met, Mo Huan had great confidence in Li Tianming.

Li Tianming led a hundred Emperor Puppet formations, advancing steadily. As they approached the source of the death line, the Emperor Puppet military token in his hand flashed, revealing a map-like pattern.

This was the safe route detected by the Shadow Star Patrol.

After slightly adjusting their positions, this Emperor Puppet formation slowly disappeared into the colored foam.

The exterior was a kaleidoscope of colors, composed of destructive super cosmic rays and distorted space, but inside the Death Line Source, nothing was real.

*Whoosh*—Li

Tianming successfully entered the Death Line Source.

Inside, the scene was chaotic, as space and light were refracted.

So what appeared to be an empty space could become a trap or spatial rift if approached too closely.

Due to the countless spatial rifts, the multicolored Death Line Source was filled with ripples of space, like waves on water.

“All Emperor Puppet Formation, heed my command, advance slowly!” Li Tianming ordered. *

Boom!

* The formation of a hundred Emperor Puppets cautiously advanced, under the reconnaissance of the Shadow Star Patrols.

Normally, having Shadow Star Patrols clearing the way was sufficient to ensure their safety.

The Shadow Star Patrols stationed on the flanks and rear were primarily for protection against ‘dynamic’ dangers,

such as Void Hunters!

They possess both stealth and combat capabilities, and can ignore gravity traps, essentially a combination of the characteristics of Stardust Guardians and Shadow Star Patrolmen, with an additional unique ability.

“This ‘回’ formation is only for exploration; we’ll definitely need to change formations for actual combat,” Li Tianming pondered.

After all, this level tests the ability to coordinate information and flexibly adapt formations; it’s not something that can be easily cleared in one go.

During the explorers’ journey, a sudden situation arose!

Without any warning.

*Buzz*

—only the Imperial Puppet Commander vibrated.

The numbers on the Imperial Puppet Commander in Li Tianming’s hand suddenly changed.

He stared in disbelief.

“Only nineteen Shadow Star Patrolmen left? This is just the beginning!”

Li Tianming felt a pang of heartache.

Each lost Imperial Puppet used for reconnaissance meant a loss of vision.

In this level, vision determined the casualty rate and the efficiency of clearing the level.

And now, at the very beginning, Li Tianming had already lost a Shadow Star Patrolman.

The Shadow Star Patrol disappeared without a sound, revealing the terrifying nature of the Death Line Source.

The five senses were extremely compressed; those even a short distance away could only see a chaotic scene, unable to hear even the sound of the outermost Emperor Puppet vanishing.

Of course, the vanished Shadow Star Patrol also provided Li Tianming with crucial information.

He immediately ordered the Emperor Puppets to halt, moving from the spiral formation to the edge. According to the information relayed by the Emperor Puppets’ military orders, it was a gravity trap.

Li Tianming cautiously approached the vicinity of the vanished Shadow Star Patrol, where he saw a black, vortex-like object emitting a faint glow.

It swirled the surrounding Dao clouds, star rocks, and Dao minerals into a vortex. Anything accidentally caught in it was flung out at incredible speed upon contact, almost disappearing from sight, its destination unknown.

It was even possible that the instant it was flung away broke through the limitations of space.

Li Tianming casually took a Dao treasure sword from his Sumeru Ring and tossed it inside.

Whoosh!

The sword was flung away, its whereabouts unknown.

Inside the Young Emperor Tower, in another level, a black-clad youth had just pulled off the Emperor Puppet that had suddenly slammed onto him when another Dao Treasure sword crashed down near his seventh star organ.

This startled him.

“Who is it?!” the youth roared to the sky. The

empty starry sky offered no response.

Li Tianming pondered, “It seems we still need to proceed more cautiously and adjust our formation from time to time according to the actual situation in order to save the Emperor Puppet to the greatest extent.”

Next, Li Tianming changed formations within the area he had already scouted and had a view of, trying out several formations to help minimize losses in the future.