As his confident aura continued to increase, Scott quickly created another shining moon using his vital
energy.
"Every one of you here today must die!" he roared.
Then Scott unleashed a howl of fury.
The moon hurtled towards his enemies with overwhelming momentum and looked unstoppable.
Seeing such a powerful demonstration of strength left Austin feeling bitter.
He initially thought Scott was just an ordinary man who had taken advantage of his relationship with
Lois to gain strength.
But now, he understood this man they were up against had exceptional talent in the martial arts.
Although Lois, Nigel, and Elton were almost at the same refining level as Scott, their fighting abilities
still could not match their opponent.
After listening to Lois' motivational analysis, Austin believed they could easily defeat Scott and Barbara
because of their 5-2 advantage.
However, watching them struggle in fighting with Scott made him realize how wrong he was.
"Boy, why the hesitation? Are you having second thoughts?"
Momentarily distracted in the middle of her fight with Barbara, Lois had to question Austin. There was
no doubt in her mind how urgent their situation was.
Her strength slightly prevailed over Barbara's, so she only felt a little pressure during the fight.
Still, she was well aware that victory for them depended on the outcome of her companions' battle with
Scott.
The only way to win this battle was for Nigel, Elton, and Lyle to kill Scott. Otherwise, not only would
they fail to get what they were aspiring for, but also they were likely to lose their lives.
And Barbara was very clear on this as well, so instead of attacking Lois, she concentrated on defense.
And this was why Lois didn't easily defeat her opponent.
Austin sighed in resignation. His plan was to remain detached throughout the battle and observe from a
safe distance while waiting for the chance to benefit from the anticipated violent ending.
However, it was becoming clear that Nigel, Elton, and Lyle were nowhere near defeating Scott, much
less killing him.
And the skillful disciple knew that if he stood around, Scott would not easily let him go once he had
disposed of the three people charging at him.
It was this thought that eventually pushed Austin to decide to step in.
Quickly, he summoned a Spiritual Sense Flying Needle and using his mind, controlled it to aim at
Scott's head.
At the same time, he dashed towards Barbara, and suddenly appeared in front of her. Then with a flash
of black, Austin conjured his Negative Shadow Blade, which he used to hack the girl's throat.
Although she noticed Austin approaching, his speed caught her off-guard.
Still, Barbara paid little attention to his attack because she resented the fact that he had the guts to
fight her when he was only at level seven of the Energy Gathering Realm.
Her neglect of Austin's abilities cost her, so she had no defense against the Negative Shadow Blade
that suddenly slashed her throat.
Overwhelmed by the sudden crisis she faced, Barbara didn't even have the chance to distinguish what
that black flash actually was.
She quickly held her sword vertically to protect the critical part of her body. At the same time, her vital
energy flowed out and formed a shield for her upper body.
Clang!
The sound of clanging escalated as weapons collided with each other. To Barbara's surprise, Austin's
attack left a deep notch in the edge of her sword.
Alarmed, she cried out, "A high-grade spiritual weapon!"
How was it possible that Austin, only at level seven of the Energy Gathering Realm, was able to
damage her sword, a level four low-grade spiritual weapon?
After analyzing the contradictory facts, Barbara subsequently theorized that Austin's sword must be a
high-grade spiritual weapon.
The power and strength of Austin's weapon also confounded Lois. Then she remembered Austin
saying he wanted a spiritual weapon.
She thought, 'But he already has a high-grade spiritual weapon. Huh, what a crafty boy. And he lied to
us!'
One brow arched, Lois threw Austin a glance filled with implications.
Meeting her eyes, Austin figured out what was going on inside Lois' mind. Nonetheless, he was in no
hurry to discuss this because he knew she couldn't spare the time to cause him trouble for the moment.
Seeing how Austin's interference put Barbara at a disadvantage outweighed her doubts about the
disciple, much to Lois' surprise. She decided to finish the fight first before grilling Austin about her
theory.
So, she pretended not to care about his keeping things a secret where his spiritual weapon was
concerned as she called out to him.
"Good job, boy! Now let's finish off this slut!
I'll return you a great favor later."
She eyed Austin before wielding her whip and boxing Barbara in.
* *
Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, the fight between Nigel, Elton, and Lyle versus Scott
was becoming more intense.
After being hit by Austin's Spiritual Sense Flying Needle, Scott felt pain spread in his brain, which made
him pause from moving and exerting vital energy.
Instantly, his three opponents felt relieved of the great pressure they were facing.
They did realize it was Austin's spiritual-sense attack that threw Scott off and made him pause.
Surprised by Austin's timely assistance, they regrouped to employ all of their skills and attack Scott
with more intensity.
A very shocked Scott tried to figure out what sort of attack he was subjected to.
The spiritual-sense attack!
And this was a symbol of the Mysterious-Realm martial master!
He thought, 'Is there a Mysterious-Realm master lurking in the shadows who poses a threat to me?'
Admittedly, the thought flustered him.
Fighting with rivals of the Earth Realm, he had absolute predominance. But he knew there was no
chance of winning against a Mysterious-Realm master.
Controlling the moon he created with his mind, Scott was able to ward off the violent attacks from his
three opponents.
Suddenly, he bowed before the bushes around the field with his hands clasped.
"Excuse me, grand master in the shadows. As far as I know, I've never offended a master of
Mysterious Realm.
What would be your reason for stepping in our fight?"
A master of Mysterious Realm?
Scott's sudden action and words confused Nigel, Elton, and Lyle.
But Lyle, who was the sharpest of the three, immediately analyzed the situation and read their
opponent's mind.
"It's amazing how quickly you managed to notice the presence of the great master, Scott.
But, it's useless for you to waste your breath now, because he's here today specially to deal with you.
Still, he isn't going to fight with you before we fail to defeat you.
So either way, you are definitely dying here today!" he scoffed.
As he finished speaking, Lyle winked at his two companions.
Fortunately, Nigel and Elton immediately understood what he meant.
"Yeah, there's no way for you to escape now, Scott. But if you surrender directly, we can grant you a
swift death.
Otherwise, you're going to regret being alive!"
* *
Although Lois could fare well in a one-on-one fight with Barbara, Austin's intervention gave her a better
advantage. Both his smooth bodily movement skill and elusive Twin Shadow Blades had helped put
Barbara's life in danger.
It was not long before Barbara's entire body was covered with wounds resulting from their attacks.
She was already sweating profusely and panting for breath. It was clear Barbara was nearly at the end
of her strength.
While assisting Lois in attacking Barbara, Austin spared some of his spiritual sense to observe the
other side of the battlefield.
He sniggered when he heard Scott mistaking him for a Mysterious-Realm master.
Gathering up his spiritual power, Austin produced another Spiritual Sense Flying Needle and controlled
it to shoot towards Scott's brain.
Sharp pain forced Scott to pause and shake the feeling off.
Nigel, Elton, and Lyle noted the pause and realized Austin was attacking him with spiritual-sense skills.
All three seized the opportunity and attacked Scott in sync. Nigel's Ghost Shadow Chop, Elton's Black
Demonic Foot, and Lyle's level three low-grade spiritual weapon charged at the enemy
simultaneously.
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