The young man from the Flaming Sun Valley snapped at Austin. His eyes were fixed on his target,
while his hands were quietly pulling out a long sword from its sheath. The sword blazed with a criss-
cross of fierce sword aura. It was like the summer sunset when the sun seemed to breathe out hot air
or like the sun overhead at noon exuding unbearable heat that could burn down all things. Brandishing
it in the air, he swung his sword straight at Austin.
As soon as he made his move, the flowers and trees in the yard started to blacken and wilt by the heat
his sword released. Even before the long sword touched Austin, its sword aura, sword intent and
sword-light had become omnipresent. It tightly enveloped Austin.
Feeling the radiating power of the vital energy force accompanying the move, Austin realized that the
young man's cultivation base of vital energy was at the preliminary stage of Earth Realm.
He was able to judge from the sword intent attached to the move that his opponent had already
achieved a level two sword intent.
Moreover, according to his brilliant move with the sword, Austin comprehended that the young man's
sword skill had to be of a high-grade. He was quite a strong rival.
He belonged to the Flaming Sun Valley which was second only to the Peripatetic Sect among the five
major sects of the Violet Orchid Empire. The comprehensive strength of the disciples of this sect was
really extraordinary.
While the young man was attacking Austin with his sword from the front, another youth in red, who had
been standing behind Austin for a long time and hadn't said any word, jerked his hand at Austin. His
palm was peculiar, looking bright red like a huge drop of blood. It was glowing and spread red hue all
over the place. In the blood-red light, there were countless wronged souls desperately wailing and
crying for help.
"Tin, watch your back!"
Evan and Herbert cried out in unison.
What they didn't know was that the moment the youth in red started his action, Austin saw clearly every
move made by the youth through his spiritual sense.
The cultivation base of vital energy of the youth in red was also at the preliminary stage of Earth
Realm, but it did not seem to be very stable. 'He might have just broken through to this realm.
However, his palm technique is great, ' Austin thought in amazement. The moment the youth had
reached out and placed his hand in the upright position, the blood-red light had flooded Austin and
quickly covered a space.
Sensing the blood-red light surging at him from behind, Austin frowned. The red light seemed to be
extremely corrosive, and it was going to affect him as soon as it touched his flesh.
Faced with attacks from front and back, Austin flew into a rage. He was furious especially at the youth
in red behind him. The youth remained silent, because he thought his first attack was a deadly move.
Based on the vital energy force that was carried in his move, he was clearly trying to kill Austin as soon
as possible.
After Austin had killed the grandson of the Chief Elder of the Flaming Sun Valley, he had become the
mortal enemy of the people of that sect. None of them were going to show any mercy to him. He had to
be as ruthless as them to save his life.
Realizing the need to be swift, the very next moment Austin drew his Violet Royal Sword nimbly. He
immediately acted out the level four sword intent. The young man who was wielding the sword
suddenly felt that his level two sword intent was being greatly suppressed and was rendered immobile.
His sword intent seemed like a partridge quivering in the cold wind before it disappeared with a
mournful cry.
Austin used the level four sword intent, which made him far superior to the young man in
swordsmanship.
The young man's sword aura, sword-light and sword intent had no effect on Austin. On the contrary,
Austin had treated them like a child playing the dirt.
Austin did not hesitate to brandish the Violet Royal Sword against his opponent's flood of sword-light.
Instantly, a bloody arm flew into the air! Austin's action had caused his opponent's arm–the one that
held the sword–to be cut off from his shoulder.
While he was dealing with the man opposite him, Austin ignored the attack of the youth in red behind
him, because he was already aware of the realm of his cultivation base of vital energy. He knew how to
tackle him.
He was aware that after mastering the third step of the Overlord Body-refining Formula, he could resist
the full force of a cultivator who was at the preliminary stage of Earth Realm.
Although the blood-red light of the youth in red had a corrosive effect, Austin was confident of the
abilities he had got from the Overlord Body-refining Formula. He decided to see if his body could
withstand this attack too.
Bang!
When the young man's arm was blown away by Austin's attack, the hand of the youth in red hit Austin
on the middle of his back with a deafening sound echoing around.
It hurt!
Austin felt a tingling pain accompanied by a light numbness in the area where he had been hit.
But that was all he felt. Nothing more!
After taking the blow, Austin realized that he was physically unharmed by the attack except for the jolt
of pain at the moment of attack.
Certainly, the third step of the Overlord Body-refining Formula had enabled him to withstand the vital
energy force from a cultivator at the preliminary stage of Earth Realm.
Opposite him, with a cry of distress, the young man who lost his arm clutched the spot from where his
arm had been cut. He looked pale and miserable as he fell to the ground in an awkward manner. Blood
kept gushing out from the cut like a fountain.
On the other hand, the youth in red was horrified to see Austin behave as if nothing had happened in
spite of his attack from behind. He could not believe what he saw.
'Is this man's body made of iron?' he thought in shock.
'My Bloody Palm has killed many cultivators of the Earth Realm. How did this guy take in the attack so
easily? It looks like nothing happened after he was hit!'
It was one of his best moves, and he had thought he could bring death to Austin with that single move.
When his first blow had no effect on Austin, he ended up losing half his momentum instantly.
Austin cast an icy cold glance at his attacker. Then, with a move of his will, a Spiritual Sense Flying
Needle was unleashed.
Austin's spiritual sense could be released across a distance of 900 meters, which was more than twice
as strong as it had been earlier.
Clearly, with the enhancement of his spiritual sense, his Spiritual Sense Flying Needle had been greatly
strengthened, becoming much stronger than ever before.
The youth in red suddenly felt an unbearable and shooting pain in his head.
"Ah!"
Overwhelmed by the terrible pang that hit him, he put his hands on his head and stumbled.
Austin certainly wasn't going to let him go. He made a move and swung his fist which was loaded with
8, 000 pounds of great force. The fist landed on the chest of the youth like a cannonball.
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