"All right!
For my last couple days, I want to reinforce my energy and absorb the great cosmos force all while
comprehending the sword intent.
I can gain a lot in both aspects!"
Austin decided.
For ordinary people, progressing two skills all at once was unthinkable. Cultivation took intense focus
and if they were to get distracted, it could end badly.
However, Austin wasn't worried.
After all, he had the spiritual tree, the spiritual heart, the spiritual dragon, and the Chaotic Ice Lotus in
his possession. They were four well-known spiritual soul treasures. In addition, he had mastered many
smart spiritual skills of the spiritual race. He could probably get away with practicing ten skills at the
same time.
"Time is running out before Ronnie's return.
I have to hurry if I want to comprehend the sword intent left behind by Master Sword. After that, I must
go back to the Sea of Chaos as soon as possible!"
Just thinking about his time limit sent anxiety piercing through his heart.
After all, Ronnie was a very powerful opponent.
No one really knew too much about his stories.
Therefore, Austin held Ronnie as his greatest enemy.
In fact, all the super forces in the Sea of Chaos saw Ronnie this way.
It was speculated that all the super forces in the Sea of Chaos were preparing for Ronnie's return.
As Austin sat cross-legged in the palace,
cultivating and absorbing the great cosmos force while comprehending the sword intent, something
was happening.
Boom!
As Austin deepened his comprehension of the sword intent, tremendous sword auras erupted from his
body like volcano.
The sword aura rose like a wave and fell in the form of wind, raindrops, hail, thunder, fog, and bolts of
lightning.
All kinds of weathers and abnormal visions that were simulated by Austin's sword-light repeatedly
showered down. They converged and shrouded Austin. It looked like a magic show.
"Wow! Because I cultivated the swordsmanship to the extreme, I now have a vague understanding of
all the other energies and laws in the universe.
All the laws are actually connected!"
As he rode out his epiphany, the sword aura became stronger.
After a long time,
the sword aura coming from Austin's body became more solid.
This time, tremendous sword auras all over the sky turned into a vast world, which was full of
mountains, rivers, plains, villages, towns, cities, imperial palaces, and all kinds of people. There were
common people like traders and traffickers and noble people like aristocrats and royals. There were
humans, demons, and diabolic beasts present.
To Austin's greatest surprise, he even spotted divine gods walking among everything.
The fact that all these peculiar creatures and images were created by the sword aura was mind-
blowing.
"I didn't know I could do this with my swordsmanship."
It seemed like swordsmanship could push boundaries and take him places he never imagined.
Suddenly,
a noise came from the sky.
"All types of swordsmanship eventually return to the original form of swordsmanship!"
After the noise finished, the sword aura lessened and returned to its original plain state. The streaks of
sword-light burned like bolts of lightning, cleansing the area with their brilliant flames.
"Burn everything for me!"
Austin still sat cross-legged, drawing a formula with his hands. Wisps of sword aura constantly came
out of his body and burned everything in sight.
In mere seconds, the whole palace was turned into a sea of fire.
Gradually, each streak of Austin's sword aura grew stronger and its quality became higher.
Somehow the atmosphere in the air had changed. A sense of oldness, desolation and majesty could be
felt at the same time.
As the sword-lights continued to emerge, Austin looked like a dazzling hedgehog. Sacredness exuded
from Austin and he glowed like the sun. Nothing like this had been seen for many, many years.
After practicing for a while,
Austin noticed the sword aura become more intense.
He stopped focusing for a moment
and shouted,
"Merge!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Immediately, streaks of sword aura combined in front of his eyes.
In the end, all the sword auras in the palace had become one.
This streak of sword aura floated in front of Austin like a feather.
This single sword aura contained more than what met the eye. There might be billions of streaks of
sword aura in it.
It was the essence of all the sword skills that Austin had practiced in the past,
and also the essence of sword intent that Master Sword had left in the palace!
All the essences had condensed into this sword aura!
The sword aura was crawling with runes. The runes quivered, telling the story of the creation, evolution,
and prosperity of the swordsmanship before the universe came into being, as well as all the stories
concerning the achievements, glories, civilizations, and histories created by various smart sword
cultivators of different generations.
The scene showed as if a world was coming into existence, perishing, and being reborn again.
Its greatness was all beyond words.
"Great!
I have made a qualitative leap in my swordsmanship.
It is at least a million times stronger than before. No, it's even stronger than that!"
Austin closed his eyes and allowed himself to feel the full effects of his sword aura.
It was so advanced that he couldn't estimate how strong he was.
"If only I could find a master of swordsmanship. We can have a fight, then I will know the answer,"
Austin murmured to himself.
Whoosh!
As he spoke, an old sword appeared in his hand all of a sudden. It leapt out and slashed the air
aggressively.
"Split the positive and negative energies!"
Austin ordered.
Austin had come up with this skill when he participated the five sword spirits' tests.
The long sword flew forward, splitting the positive and negative energies along the way. Sword intent
rolled and sword-lights shone.
The sword-light on one side of the sword was bright like a blazing sun and emitted heat waves. The
sword-light on the other side of the sword, however, was as freezing like ice.
The fiery sword-light and the cold sword-light began spinning into white whirlpools and black whirlpools
respectively without stopping. They traveled out of control and devoured the surroundings.
The space and time were destroyed, and everything was turned into nothingness in the blink of an eye!
"They could be more powerful!"
As Austin shouted, the sword aura in his body was constantly being transmitted to the long sword in his
hand.
All of a sudden,
a big bang filled the sky!
In an explosion, the long sword in Austin's hand blew up. The power of the sword aura was beyond the
sword's ability to bear.
"No way!"
Austin felt a loss for words as he witnessed it happen.
The sword aura released from Austin's body was so high-quality that the long sword couldn't handle it.
"Even a chaotic magic treasure can't withstand my sword aura.
My swordsmanship has indeed reached a very high level."
The idea blew Austin's mind.
"I'm proud of myself, but does that mean there won't be any more swords I can use?
Well, never mind. My current sword aura is more powerful than a chaotic magic treasure.
It doesn't matter if I can't have a suitable long sword to use."
Austin shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Usually, if a cultivator had a high-level magic treasure, it would add to his combat power.
But Austin had reached a high level in strength now, so it was very difficult for him to find a magic
treasure that matched his power.
"Wait a minute!
I've got tens of millions of famous swords left behind by Master Sword.
Sword Son Curry once said that he would help me melt these famous swords into a flying sword!
Once I do that, I will have a magic treasure of an unimaginably high level!"
At the thought, Austin became elated.
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