Beastmaster of the Ages

Chapter 4007 - Fearful Tortoise

"Once we retreat into the Ninelives Cave, we'll be giving up on the sword cave and handing it to the enemy on a silver platter. Convincing the others to retreat with you without fighting won't be an easy task. While some of us want to retreat, it's those that wish to stay here who pose the problem," Jiang Feifei said.

"The enemy’s too powerful, so it's only natural to take a step back," Tianming said.

"That's true, but we’re young and impulsive. Some of us aren’t afraid of death and wish to go all out. There's nothing we can do about them."

"Well, that's simple. Tell them that the flameyellow remnants can guarantee that the Eightpart Pantheons won't be able to claim the sword cave. Instead, if they enter the Ninelives Cave and fight them with much better terrain, you'd be able to cause enough chaos for us to sneak into the sword cave. It's ours to begin with, so you can trust that we'll be able to reclaim it."

Hearing that, Lin Chaoge and Jiang Feifei exchanged looks. She asked, "Can you really represent all the natives of the Ancestral World, Mister Lin?"

"What do you think?" Tianming shrugged. "We were the ones that killed the Skyfiendling, Shiming Shengshi, Yu Qing, and You You. On the other hand, the Primordial Sands' disciples haven't achieved much in all your time here. Why don't you use this chance to render some merit?"

"Since when did rendering merit mean helping you claim that cosmic relic?" Jiang Feifei asked.

"I'll emphasize again that it’s ours to begin with. Your factions only came here coincidentally once it’d been unsealed. Even then, the Eightpart Pantheons have worked on it for so long with no results. It's fruitless. Fighting them here is also pointless. Try to trust me just this once." At that point, Yin Chen told him that the Eightpart Pantheons' forces had begun deploying. "Alright, we're running out of time. You can choose to take our offer of friendship or you can perish here in vain. At the very least, I can say that we hate the Eightpart Pantheons, but not you. Isn't an enemy of an enemy a friend?"

He knew that the folks from the Primordial Sands had designs on the super cosmic relic as well. Some of them were also brave enough to stubbornly defend their indefensible positions. The thing that could tip the scales now was how rational they would be. Naturally, it was important that they trust Tianming, too. It seemed like the one with the power to make that decision was Jiang Feifei, the descendant of the ancient ancestor.

"Mister Lin, I pray that your trip to the sword cave will be a success. We’ll hole up in the Ninelives Cave and keep the Eightpart Pantheons occupied while we wait for your news," she said.

"You've just made a smart choice," Tianming said.

"Thanks."

The forces of the Primordial Sands immediately turned and left for the Ninelives Cave. As for those that couldn't be convinced, they were out of Tianming's hands. So far, things had progressed well enough.

Eventually, the leaders humiliated the stubborn folks enough that they managed to all evacuate before the Eightpart Pantheons were halfway to reaching them.

"They all ran off!"

"What a bunch of useless trash!"

"And they said the Primordial Sands would be trouble for us!"

Members of the Eightpart Pantheons didn't let the chance to mock them go.

"Thanks to the Heavenly Dao Arena, running’s pointless."

"Give chase!"

The seven armies were like massive beasts that slowly stalked their prey without the slightest bit of haste. They chased them down like cats toying with mice. Eventually, the seniors sent word to them.

"They're planning on going to the Ninelives Cave!"

"The rats are going back into their hole!"

"What’d the seniors say?"

They gave chase while they waited for more orders to come from their seniors.

"Those at Skyfiend Hall said that we should force them into the Ninelives Cave and keep them stuck there! Then some of us can go back to the sword cave on the peak to keep working at it."

"Alright! I thought they’d ask us to fight our way into the cave to wipe them out."

"There's no rush. As long as we get the super cosmic relic, they'll eventually perish."

The Eightpart Pantheons' forces obeyed their orders and didn't do anything rash, focusing on minimizing their casualties. Eventually, they began setting up formations outside the cave to keep them sealed in.

"As long as they stay inside, we'll keep laying more formations!"

"Those fellows can take their time to crack the secrets of the sword cave."

It was a rather relaxing offensive for the Eightpart Pantheons. However, they needed to keep most of their forces there as they laid the formations to prevent being overwhelmed by the Primordial Sands' forces.

"They've completely lost their inertia after the pursuit. Even though we didn't wipe them out, it'll be much easier to do so in time."

The seniors kept reminding the juniors to stick to the plan. It was all too easy for things to go out of control in war. But not even the seniors could have predicted that the flameyellow remnants would ignore the defenders outside the Ninelives Cave and come out in the open. There were three of them, all masked, going up against seven genius cosmic gods of the Eightpart Pantheons, one from each of the factions. Every single one of them was ranked in the top twenty. Though they hadn't had a chance to fight, they had incredibly high statuses and backgrounds.