The array constructed of consecutive fire walls immediately began exploding.
Deafening booms echoed throughout as one wall after the other exploded, turning into a sea of fumes,
seeing as they could not be destroyed. This was because they were made up of eight kinds of sacred
fire.
Once the whole array had exploded, the three Lords of Darkness all looked towards the middle. To their
great surprise, they found that the fire source beast was already long gone.
"He's over there!
He just used some sort of wicked escape skill to evade our encirclement!"
shouted one of the Lords of Darkness angrily.
The other two stared ahead intensely, noticing the huge body of the fire source beast appearing in the
distance. He was rushing to the Fiery Eye at a break-neck speed.
"After him!"
The lords were astounded by the beast's audacity.
Without hesitation, they transformed into three beams of black radiance and chased after it.
Austin then arrived on site, just in time.
He had reached the Fiery Eye.
A large amount of sacred fire was spilling out of it.
The temperature was astonishing too. Waves of heat rolled out from it, causing anyone who got
remotely close to sweat profusely.
'It seems this is the source of the eight kinds of sacred fire, just like the fire source beast said,'
Austin thought, studying the fire before him.
Dozens of demon guards of darkness followed closely behind him, and soon formed a circle,
surrounding him.
"Well, well, there seems to be a Fiery Eye right in front of us. Ha-ha, you're doomed now! There are
more sacred fires in there than outside of it.
Where could you possibly escape to now?"
The head demon guard laughed maniacally.
The aura that emitted from the Fiery Eye was far too dangerous to be underestimated.
Even the demon guards did not dare be so clumsy and reckless, as to try to break into it.
They thus drew the conclusion that it was even more impossible for Austin to break into it, based on his
strength.
As they saw it, Austin had no way out now that he was stuck between them and the Fiery Eye.
They had not expected him to possess a fire-controlling skill capable of controlling all eight sacred fires
at the same time.
Although there was much more sacred fire in the Fiery Eye than outside it, that was not a problem for
Austin.
He was powerful enough now to move freely through the Eight Fires Valley without getting hurt.
He was confident that even though there were more sacred fires near the Fiery Eye, he would handle
the situation just fine.
Despite not being afraid, Austin did not intend on entering it yet. Instead, he turned around and snarled
at the dozens of demon guards surrounding him, his eyes beaming with murderous excitement.
He had recently learned the fire-controlling skill and was able to control eight kinds of sacred fire at the
same time.
But he had not had the chance to practice what he'd mastered. He hadn't used this skill against an
enemy yet, but now seemed as good a time as any to apply his newly acquired skills.
The numerous demon guards of darkness around him were the perfect test subjects for his new
powers.
If they were somewhere else, Austin would not have dared face all these guards on his own.
Right now, however, they were smack-dab in the middle of the Eight Fires Valley.
There was an immense amount of sacred fire around; Austin clearly had the upper hand.
Most interesting was the divine fire constantly gushing from the Fiery Eye.
Austin had been absorbing a massive amount of sacred fire into the Fire Bead for quite some time.
Because of this, the Fiery Eye had been working non-stop to replenish what he'd taken.
There was a great deal of fire in this very spot they were in.
A knowing, mischievous grin stretched across his handsome face. He knew this was the best place he
could have asked for to demonstrate his fire-controlling skill.
"Hey you!
You seem awfully relaxed there, Austin. Seems like you're holding onto some sort of trump card.
I wouldn't be so cocky if I was you. Do you honestly think you can escape us?
We've already blocked your every route out of here.
Even if you were ten times stronger than you are now, you still would not be able to get away from us.
I advise you to surrender right now!"
the head demon guard of darkness sneered coldly.
"Don't waste time trying to talk with that bastard. Let's get him!
We need to try and bring him in alive, just as the Lords of Darkness ordered.
If we can't take him alive, we might as well kill him right here, right now.
In my opinion, I think catching him is too simple for us. That'd be a piece of a cake, ha-ha!
Out of my way, let me get at him first!" snarled one of the demon guards boldly.
His wild laughter penetrated the space like rumbling thunder.
With that, he stepped forward, wasting no time, and walked straight towards Austin.
He was clearly a naive guard and had not been here before. He had not seen how Austin slaughtered
those three demon guards of darkness.
Spurred on by his blind belief in himself, he had no fear for Austin.
"I'd slow down and not talk so big if I were you.
I don't think you'll be able to catch me with your strength.
If you can't take me alive like you claim you can, you're going to be the laughing stock of all your
comrades," Austin said coldly.
He did not move an inch as the arrogant demon guard approached him.
"Humph!
You're a worthless insect. I could destroy you with one finger if I wanted!
You're a mere level-five governing god. Step down off your high horse, pretending and trying to
intimidate me is not going to work!" snapped the demon guard of darkness.
He looked at Austin with disgust and disdain as he spat his smug insults.
The next second, he made his move. In the blink of an eye, he swiftly stretched out a gigantic hand
containing an astonishing energy and grabbed Austin, slamming his grip around him with a thunderous
bang.
At the same time, Austin raised his eyebrow and lifted his hand high up to summon the overwhelming
fire controlling skill.
As he did, all the sacred fires in the surrounding space began flickering and waving in a wild riot of
flames.
A large amount of sacred fire began gathering, condensing into fire walls one after another, rumbling
and bombarding the demon guard from every direction.
"What? How is this even possible?
How is a 'nobody' like you capable of controlling these sacred fires?
This is not possible.
This is the inherited talent of the fire source beast race!"
The demon guard was equal parts shocked and furious.
All he saw was wall after wall of smothering fire with a terrifying aura charging towards him from every
direction around.
Every wall was formed by a massive amount of sacred fire, and contained a simply astonishing power.
The guard was blindsided and didn't even try blocking it. He was left no option but to clumsily retreat.
But when he turned, he saw several more fire walls blocking his way.
He roared out in anger and shock as he discovered he was trapped.
He used all kinds of secret cultivation methods in his desperation, to strike the walls behind him and
save his life.
Austin sneered at this pitiful attempt. He did not allow him even a second of a break, stretching out his
hand and pointing into the distance. He summoned more and more sacred fires, sending them swirling
and flowing rapidly towards them.
There were too many sacred fires here. It was simply impossible for the demon guard of darkness to
get away untouched.
More and more walls of fire formed with every passing moment, darting towards the demon guard.
He was powerful and had a wealth of experience in battle, but being faced with so many fire walls at
once had thrown him into a panic.
They were after all made of sacred fire with a fighting power too terrifying to go up against.
Beads of sweat started forming on the guard's forehead as he, with great difficulty, gave it all he had to
hold off the barrage of attacks.
Fortunately for him, these fire walls were condensed by Austin.
If it were the fire source beast, just one single wave of attack could have easily caused serious damage
to the demon guard of darkness.
"Quickly! Help me!" cried out the demon guard to his comrades, as loud as he possibly could.
He had lost all hope of getting out of this alive by himself and squealed desperately to be rescued.
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