Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 7000

Chapter 6810: Little Nine Possessing Him!

A gentle force slowly pushed Li Tianming back down the step he was standing on.

This barrier, while seemingly unremarkable in its rank, was actually incredibly strong!

Li Tianming could feel that the force of his impact was negligible to it!

At this moment, Li Tianming, positioned on the edge of the ninety-ninth step, was essentially atop a high wall compared to the one hundredth step. At the base of this wall below him stood a disciple who was clearly a member of the Wuxiang Jade Clan.

For Li Tianming, it was difficult to discern the gender or age of a Wuxiang Jade Clan member from a faceless head.

However, the other party spoke up, revealing herself to be a female disciple.

Upon recognizing Li Tianming, she trembled and exclaimed in astonishment, “Are you the recently rising star, Li Tianming? You’ve already reached ninety-ninth place on the Myriad Emperors Ranking so quickly?”

Li Tianming smiled calmly, “It’s all thanks to my senior brothers from the Living Spirit Emperor Clan who gave me the opportunity and did their utmost to lift me up.”

If it weren’t for Wei Wuming being countered by Li Tianming and being offered a large amount of Emperor Points as a lucrative target, he wouldn’t have had such a smooth journey.

Most of the disciples in the top 100 of the Emperor Ranking spend their time listening to the Dao atop the Heavenly Emperor Pillar. This senior sister from the Wuxiang Jade Clan had heard of Li Tianming during the few times she was away, but hadn’t followed him closely.

However, the last time she heard of Li Tianming was when he successfully and quickly conquered the Young Emperor Tower, and now he seemed to have suddenly appeared before her—how could she not be shocked?

Since there was a senior sister already there, atop the Heavenly Emperor Pillar, Li Tianming simply asked her about the Lingxiao Imperial Palace and these steps.

“This… Senior Sister Yu?” Li Tianming asked tentatively.

“My name is Yu Shang. You can call me Senior Sister. What do you want to know? Just ask. I can tell you what I know,” said the figure dressed like jade. She was quite easy to talk to.

Li Tianming nodded and said, “Thank you very much, Senior Sister. I’d like to know if there’s any way to get past this golden barrier?”

Yu Shang was surprised and said, “That’s what you want to know. I advise you not to waste your energy. It’s useless. No one has ever been able to do it, and it’s also what restricts us from crossing the steps. Even if someone were to succeed one day, they would be severely punished.”

She added, “This severe punishment isn’t just physical pain, but death! The only way is to obediently improve your ranking on the Myriad Emperors Ranking, so as to get closer to the divine power and Dao sound of the Eternal Heavenly Emperor.”

Yu Shang thought that Li Tianming had this idea in order to better hear the Dao, but no one could know what Li Tianming really thought.

“Between this barrier, at most people can see who the other person is when they get close to the barrier, and they can chat with each other. Of course, generally everyone is busy cultivating and doesn’t have time to chat. As for wanting to cross this barrier, it’s absolutely wishful thinking.” Yu Shang continued, as if trying to persuade Li Tianming to let go of his obsession.

“I understand, Senior Sister Yu. Thank you for your explanation,” Li Tianming said politely.

Hearing this, Li Tianming stopped worrying. The barrier was incredibly strong; if one had the ability to break it, they could probably climb to the top of the Emperor Ranking.

From his current position, Li Tianming had a wider field of vision and could see more.

At this moment, at the edge of his vision, on the other side of the Lingxiao Imperial Palace, there was a black vortex!

This black vortex was filled with strange dark energy, and Li Tianming vaguely saw a beastly figure within it!

This beastly figure was somewhat similar to Meow Meow’s Chaotic Emperor Demon state, presenting a form like a giant beast combining a lion, tiger, and leopard. Of course, it was only a rough outline and not completely identical to Meow Meow.

This beastly figure was currently fast asleep, and its sleeping posture was also very similar to Meow Meow’s.

This should be Li Tianming’s ninth companion beast, the Dark Matter Demon!

Its current size was extremely terrifying, its body already reaching the light-year level, truly terrifying!

“This is… Little Nine? It’s been so long, it has grown to this extent?” Li Tianming exclaimed in shock.

However, Li Tianming was powerless against this immense distance. “I can’t cross the steps right now. I can only choose to leave the Heavenly Emperor Pillar through the Line Source Walkway in the middle of this step, or I can just stay here. There’s no way to get close to Xiao Jiu.”

Helpless, he could only try telepathic communication to call out to Xiao Jiu, but after calling for a long time, there was still no response.

“Can’t call her? It seems I have to keep trying and climb to the top of the Ten Thousand Emperors Ranking.”

Li Tianming almost gave up on this contact with Xiao Jiu. It seemed that simply climbing the Heavenly Emperor Pillar wasn’t enough.

Just as he was worrying, Meow Meow, who was fast asleep in his companion space just like Xiao Jiu, suddenly changed his temperament.

“Meow!!!”

It suddenly bristled, letting out a shrill cry, its expression becoming fierce and tyrannical. It jumped up and down in its companion space, a stark contrast to its usual lazy demeanor!

“Oh my god! What’s wrong with you, Meow Meow?” Yinghuo, who was not far from Meow Meow, was startled by the sudden outburst of Meow Meow.

Bai Feng’s soul drifted, stroking his chin in thought, “This feeling… is Xiao Jiu’s aura?”

“What? Xiao Jiu is back?” Lan Huang’s two dragon heads suddenly rose, somewhat excited.

“Little brother is here? Where is he?” Xi Xi asked in surprise.

However, after figuring out the situation, the companion beasts were all somewhat at a loss.

“Why is Brother Meow acting like this again? Is Xiao Jiu starting to torment it again…”

Now, Meow Meow, whose state was very abnormal, seemed very impatient and agitated.

“This is… Xiao Jiu?” Li Tianming asked in surprise.

But he rejected this idea as soon as it came to mind. First of all, Xiao Jiu’s true form had already absorbed a large amount of dark matter.

Within the entire Heavenly Emperor Sect, the one with the most dark matter energy was the beast shadow next to the Lingxiao Imperial Palace.

So that huge beast shadow was undoubtedly Xiao Jiu’s true form.

However, Meow Meow’s changes were definitely related to Xiao Jiu!

“This is Xiao Jiu, who is a dark matter demon, using the dark energy remaining on Meow Meow to communicate with me. It sensed my arrival!” Li Tianming guessed.

This discovery pleased him greatly. Firstly, his opportunity to ascend the Heavenly Emperor’s Pillar hadn’t been wasted; secondly, Xiao Jiu remained conscious and not easily swayed, making his situation safer.

Xiao Jiu, using Miao Miao’s body, finally calmed down a bit. Although it wasn’t jumping around, it seemed restless, pacing back and forth, its paws constantly scratching.

Its eyes were cold and piercing. Miao Miao, not in its fighting state, slightly raised its chin.

Then, something utterly shocking happened to Li Tianming!

“Why have you been chasing me?”

“Xiao Jiu?” Li Tianming exclaimed in surprise.

Meow Meow’s body spoke!

If Meow Meow herself were speaking, it wouldn’t be strange, but this expression, tone, so different from Meow Meow’s, and the distance between her and Li Tianming—all these indicated that Xiao Jiu was currently controlling this body!

Li Tianming was thrilled; this was the best communication they had ever had.

There was no imminent danger, and Xiao Jiu could speak; there were no communication barriers.

Li Tianming took a deep breath, his tension at that moment extremely high.