Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 7171

Chapter 7082: You said it yourself!

The moment the young emperor and Li Tianming finished speaking, their life-or-death battle was sealed!

With so many witnesses, there was no room for reversal.

All the Shenzang clan members and the Tianming army were tense upon seeing the young emperor agree.

Seeing this, Li Muyun worriedly said, “Isn’t Tianming’s decision too impulsive? Aside from the difference in their cultivation levels, the Li clan’s racial abilities have barely been revealed to the world; it’s still an unknown situation…”

While tense, the Shenzang clan members were also somewhat moved.

Because Li Tianming’s proposal for a life-or-death battle with the young emperor was, in fact, revenge for their people.

After all, the Shenzang clan’s calamity stemmed from the young emperor.

They couldn’t let the current victory diminish their hatred; the Shenzang clan had lost hundreds of millions of their compatriots because of the young emperor—a racial hatred etched into their souls!

“Governor Li has chosen to risk everything to help us avenge ourselves against an opponent whose background we don’t even know!” a Shenzang clan member said, moved.

“Actually, Governor Li has already won a great victory in this invasion by the young emperor. Even if the young emperor were to live, we would understand, we wouldn’t blame him, and we have no right to blame Governor Li for not sparing him…” a member of the Divine Treasury Clan said tearfully.

However, regarding Li Tianming’s decision, the Divine Treasury Clan and the Heavenly Mandate Army, besides being shocked, still chose to support him.

“Since this is Governor Li’s choice, then we have only one battle left, to fight alongside Governor Li with our spiritual power!”

At this moment, they had all established the Path of All Beings with Li Tianming, their hearts connected in the unseen realm. They knew they could provide Li Tianming with power, and they could feel Li Tianming’s conviction in the life-or-death battle against the young emperor.

However, none of them had ever put it into practice, and they didn’t know what the effect of the Path of All Beings’ power would be when truly applied to battle.

Therefore, everyone had a little confidence, but not much!

At this moment, only one battle remained!

The Divine Treasury Clan Emperor, outside the old capital, also took in all of this, and on the spot, tears welled up in his eyes.

“Actually, I still don’t want Governor Li to take this risk…” the Divine Treasure Clan Emperor said with a deep gaze. “The young Emperor’s future is almost ruined, and it’s nearly impossible for him to rise again and launch a counterattack on the Little Divine Treasure Star System. But if Governor Li really dies, it will be a huge loss for our Divine Treasure Clan.”

Beside him, Consort Yan said softly, “Don’t worry, Your Majesty. Governor Li is a lucky man, and he’s never been a reckless person. He must have been absolutely certain of victory before proposing a life-or-death battle.”

However, judging from her furrowed brows, she was only putting on a brave face.

In truth, the existence of the young Emperor had brought so much suffering to the entire Divine Treasure Clan. The Divine Treasure Clan Emperor’s hatred for the young Emperor was unimaginable; he hated him more than anyone else.

But there was no other way. Li Tianming needed to establish himself as the Governor of the Heavenly Emperor Sect and become the Divine Treasure Clan’s protector, so he had to follow the rules.

This was the premise for ensuring that the Little Divine Treasure Star System wouldn’t be attacked by other governors in the future!

And within the rules, proposing a life-or-death battle was almost the only way to keep the young Emperor alive.

The news of the young emperor’s acceptance of a life-or-death duel quickly swept through the Heavenly Emperor Sect, causing a great shock!

Within the Myriad Emperors Palace!

Countless Heavenly Emperor Sect disciples, watching the image, felt a sense of unreality, and discussions erupted…

“Are the young emperors really going to fight to the death?” someone exclaimed in shock.

“Impossible! Leaving aside the victory or defeat in the imperial path, no one from the Li clan has ever lost to someone of the same age in terms of individual strength. Within the Heavenly Emperor’s territory, there has never been such a race or such a person!” another said.

“If Li Tianming truly doesn’t allow others to intervene, he will undoubtedly die!”

Many disciples were pessimistic about Li Tianming, a sentiment deeply ingrained in their minds about the Li clan’s power.

Seeing Li Tianming’s promise of an absolute one-on-one duel, Jiang Beichen felt somewhat helpless.

He sighed, “I hope Governor Li is truly prepared. Now, with so many witnesses, there’s no turning back…”

Fu Yi and Fu Ling sneered at this.

“Li Tianming has indeed proven himself in strategy, but now he dares to presume to surpass the Emperor in personal strength—he’s truly overestimating himself!” Fu Yi said with a smile.

“It seems the clan won’t need to avenge Huan-di; Li Tianming will die at the Emperor’s hands today.” Fu Ling said with a slight smirk.

Inside the Emperor’s Pavilion!

Seeing Li Tianming’s decisiveness, Jiu Huang became somewhat suspicious. She said, “Could this kid really have some hidden tricks up his sleeve, with absolute confidence in defeating the young emperor?”

“Impossible!” Wei Shendao immediately denied. “If Li Tianming could defeat the young emperor in terms of individual strength, wouldn’t that mean that Li Tianming has completely surpassed a member of the Li imperial clan so far?”

Hearing this, Jiu Huang’s eyes widened, and her red lips parted slightly. “Perhaps, he really came for this purpose. It seems his ambition is even greater than I thought…”

Wei Shendao spoke unconsciously, but after hearing what Jiu Huang said, his mind seemed to explode, and his face turned extremely ugly.

“Such arrogance will definitely backfire. Challenging the young emperor today will surely lead to his death. Even if he doesn’t die today, daring to challenge the authority of the Li imperial clan will ultimately lead to his demise!” Wei Shendao said coldly.

…

Meanwhile, in the old capital!

Facing the young emperor’s venomous gaze, Li Tianming smiled and said, “Let’s fight, but I have two conditions I must emphasize. If you can’t accept them, then this fight is off.”

The young emperor said coldly, “If you need to be restricted to have the confidence to fight me, then you are not worthy to be my opponent at all.”

Li Tianming smiled slightly and said, “Don’t worry, this life-or-death duel will definitely be without rules. This is an off-field condition, not a rule of the battle.”

“Speak then,” the young emperor said, his gaze slightly narrowed.

Li Tianming’s smile faded, and he said seriously, “First, this is an absolute one-on-one duel. No third life of any kind will participate. Second, you are responsible for your own life and death. After whoever dies, the elders of each family will swear to the entire Heavenly Emperor Sect that they will not hold the victor accountable, otherwise…”

“No problem, let’s fight.” Before Li Tianming could finish speaking, the young emperor said arrogantly, “As long as it’s a one-on-one duel without rules, everything else is meaningless. You can’t win anyway.”

This was the young emperor’s only chance to turn the tables. He could say he couldn’t have asked for such a life-or-death battle, so he readily agreed.

Meanwhile, Wei Tianqiong was still beside the young emperor. He secretly glanced at Jiang Feiling and whispered in her ear, “Your Majesty, I believe this battle is probably meaningless. The light-year-old powerhouse behind Li Tianming would never stand by and watch him die. The so-called absolute one-on-one duel is probably just a pretext to trick you into fighting him. While he makes his demands, we can still refuse unreasonable ones…”

However, the young emperor glanced at him coldly and said indifferently, “Of course I understand, you don’t need to remind me of this, but this battle is not meaningless.”

“Think it over, Your Majesty, don’t be provoked by him. If there’s an opportunity later, you can settle things with him later. There’s no need to rush today…” Wei Tianqiong said anxiously.

The young emperor’s expression remained unchanged, and he said leisurely,

“Whether someone protects him or not, it’s all beneficial to me.”

“Even if this light-year expert chooses to make a move in the end, it shows that he’s someone who can’t afford to lose. I can make up for the part of my reputation that I lost.”

“And if things continue like this, Li Tianming will completely solidify his reputation as a coward hiding behind a woman.”

“And if I win, and this light-year expert wants to attack me, I’ll be facing the entire Heavenly Emperor Sect…”

The young emperor’s gaze was deep, and he said meaningfully at the end.

“But…” Wei Tianqiong hesitated.

“There are no buts. Step down!” the young emperor said indifferently.

Wei Tianqiong remained silent, retreating quietly. He was actually quite nervous in the face of this scene.

Wei Tianqiong wanted to say that Li Tianming had protection while the young emperor had none. If the young emperor won, he might be cheated, but if he lost, he would truly die.

However, he could never say such things to the young emperor in his current state of anger; it would definitely affect his mentality.

Therefore, he couldn’t persuade the young emperor of his decision and could only hope that Li Tianming wasn’t so rebellious.

“Where shall we begin our battle?”

the young emperor asked coldly, facing Li Tianming.

“I said, in a life-or-death battle, there are no restrictions except for not seeking help. It’s all up to you, each to face fate,” Li Tianming said, his gaze sharpening. “However, we can start the battle from here, but it can go anywhere, as long as my people aren’t harmed. There’s no specific area. Furthermore, I’m letting you make the first move; that’s also the signal to start the battle. Do whatever you want,”

the young emperor said in a low, sinister voice. “You said it!”

“Of course,” Li Tianming said calmly.

At this moment, Li Tianming turned to Jiang Feiling and Zizhen with a smile and said, “You two go down and wait. This will all be over soon.”

Jiang Feiling nodded and smiled sweetly, “Good luck, brother!”

Zizhen pouted and said, “Be careful yourself.”

Without waiting for Li Tianming’s reaction, Jiang Feiling’s ten clones, and the twelve wives of the governor in the eyes of outsiders, descended from above the governor’s mansion like goddesses.

Seeing Li Tianming interacting with them at the last minute, the young emperor was even more furious, gritting his teeth.

He glanced at Jiu Yuan beside him, his eyes filled with disdain. Compared to Jiang Feiling and the others, Jiu Yuan was far inferior!

Jiu Yuan, seemingly oblivious, glared fiercely at Li Tianming before sweetly saying to the young emperor, “Emperor, after this battle, you will still be the ultimate winner. After we win, let’s go back and get married, okay?” The

young emperor, however, ignored Jiu Yuan’s enthusiastic pleading and coldly replied, “Get out of here, don’t stay and get in the way.”

Jiu Yuan was stunned, a wave of immense grievance washing over her, almost bringing tears to her eyes.

But before she could say anything, Jiu Ding pulled her away, whispering, “Let’s go quickly. Let’s wait until the emperor kills Li Tianming. He’s holding back his anger right now…”

Seeing that he couldn’t persuade the young emperor, Wei Tianqiong had already arrived in the old capital and was by Wei Wuji’s side.