Whatever their impression of him, Tianming knew full well how powerful his beasts and totems really were. Ying Huo and Meow Meow alone had sent two of the proud female contestants out of the ring. As for Lan Huang, Xian Xian, and Yin Chen, they weren’t fighting alone and had supported Tianming against the seven remaining ones. Tianming's totems were his ultimate move. They immediately terrified the other contestants there. Even as people who stood at the top of their respective worlds, they’d never seen a nonabane totemancer that also had lifebound beasts. Not to mention, Tianming had only used his beasts in the beginning, greatly misleading them.

"Heavens...." One of them, a beastmaster called Qu Fu, had charged to the very front. Before she could react, Tianming's...