Beastmaster of the Ages

as no more after he put the armor on.
At the last moment, he looked up and saw Long Yichen in the distance.
He had stopped chasing Tianming and was looking at him with utter fright.
It appeared that he feared the star Tianming had entered.

……

Half an hour later, Long Cangyuan found his dejected son.
”Where is he?! ”

Nonahall and Quadform ’s members had come with him.
Xue Yi stood beside Long Cangyuan and furiously looked at Long Yichen.

”Don ’t tell me he fell inside?! ” Long Cangyuan snapped.

”He did, ” he said with his head lowered.

Long Cangyuan slapped him and said, ”I only had you chase him, not force him to kill himself! He ’s someone Nonahall wants to kill, and think about all that treasure he has! ”

”Dad, I was only giving chase.
He was the one who took the initiative to dive in.
I ’m guessing he doesn ’t know that black hole stars are not to be entered no matter what. ” With his target as good as dead, not only did he not get rewarded, he even got a slap for it.

”Long Yichen, come here! ” Xue Yi yelled.

”Yes, Ghoul King. ” Long Yichen stood in front of him respectfully.

”Tell me what happened, ” the ghoul king said, his tone now calm.

”After he stole the tribulation manna, I gave chase until we reached this location.
He was probably unaware of the dangers of black hole stars and entered it to try to lose me, only to be swallowed up. ”

”Is that all? ”

”Yes. ”

Xue Yi squinted as he looked at the black hole star, then waved his hand.
”Let ’s disperse for now.
Make sure we have the black hole star surrounded so that not even a fly can get through.

”Understood! ” The hundreds of tribulation elders of Nonahall immediately left to carry out the order.
With so many of them, the perimeter would be airtight.

”Brother Xue Yi, didn ’t you say that the starmaps state that we can ’t enter black hole stars no matter what, and that we ’ll definitely die if we go in? ” Long Cangyuan asked.

”That ’s right. ”

”In other words, the imperial son is dead for good, right? If the starmap is to be believed, that is. ”

”That ’s correct. ”

”Then what’s the point of sealing off the area? ”

”We have to be extra careful.
If there ’s anything he doesn ’t obey, it ’s common sense.
It can ’t hurt to be certain. ”

”I see. ” Long Cangyuan really thought that Tianming must have a special talent, for him to even be able to make a ghoul king act so carefully.

”It ’s no big deal if he ’s dead.
It ’s just a shame that all that treasure he’s got on him will all go to waste, ” Xue Yi said with a sigh.

”That ’s right. ”

”Long Yichen, you wouldn ’t have killed him and took his treasure before tossing him inside, right? ” Xue Yi joked.

Long Yichen felt his scalp go numb and hurriedly said, ”Ghoul King, I only spoke the truth.
Feel free to inspect all my spatial gear. ”

”Haha, I was only joking around with you.
No need to be so anxious. ”

”Worry not, Brother Xue Yi.
If there ’s a flaw in this son of mine, it’s his honesty.
He’s never lied, ” Long Cangyuan said.

”Being honest is good.
Dishonest children deserve to be rendered to ash, ” Xue Yi said as he looked at the black hole star.

”Ghoul King, how long are we going to defend this area? ” a subordinate of his asked.

”Until we leave the Kilostar Domain. ”

”So, until we see his body, dead or alive? ”

”Well, preferably the former, right? ” Xue Yi said with a smile.

Now, he had more important things to deal with.
As he left, he opened up his starmap.
There were a thousand stars labeled on it, and nine of them were marked with red crosses and the text ’black hole star, certain death for trespassing ’.

”Trespassing? ” Xue Yi put the starmap away and left with the other key figures.