The Supreme God of Martial Arts

At a hidden valley over twenty miles away from the Peace Town, A large metal barrel was lying on the ground. Fire burnt vehemently beneath it as the liquid within the barrel bubbled and boiled away. The strong herbal scent spread far away and attracted bees and butterflies. They flew in swarms to the valley and danced around the barrel.

Beside the barrel stood a handsyoung man who was gazing intently at the boiling liquid medicine inside.

"Okay, it's the right tto start.” The man who stood beside the metal barrel was none other than Austin.

"Violet, you have to keep guard. Make sure no one walks in to interrupt me," Austin told Violet through his mind power. It was extremely important for him to remain undisturbed.

Austin had learned a lesson from his last experience. To prevent the sthing from happening again, Austin summoned Violet and told her to be vigilant.

Fortunately, the last twhen the inner disciples found him, he had already successfully completed the cultivation of the stage two of the Overlord Body-refining Formula. But if they had arrived in the middle of his cultivation, he would have been in great trouble.

Violet jumped out from the Illusion Bead after Austin's order. She walked sdistance away from the metal barrel to guard against any intruders.

Seeing that everything was in place and he was protected well, Austin immediately took all his clothes off and jumped into the metal barrel. Then he got into the posture required for cultivating the third stage of the Overlord Body-refining Formula.

As soon as he immersed himself in the liquid medicine, he felt comfortable and relaxed. It was as if a spring breeze stroked his face while he was bathing in sunshine. He closed his eyes and imagined the cool breeze softened his skin while the warm sun rays made him feel joyous inside. He felt indescribable comfort and was overwhelmed with the great bliss he was experiencing.

However, at a certain point, the liquid medicine began swirling vigorously and soon a powerful vortex was formed. The magical power of the medicine flocked together from various directions, plunging into Austin’s body. It soon got into Austin's pores, skins, bones and viscera. It was as if the medicine was forcefully entering into every inch of Austin's body.

The liquid medicine in the metal barrel rapidly swirled around Austin. He felt trapped inside. The force of the medicine was one like a whirlpool.

Austin then found that the efficacy of the liquid medicine in the Overlord Body-refining Formula arriving aggressively, rushing inside of him with a force greater than he ever felt, as he advanced to a higher stage of the formula.

The efficacy of the liquid medicine in stage three was ten times more powerful than that in the first or the second stage.

At that moment, Austin lost control over his body and couldn't keep a check on absorbing the medicinal power. His brain had let gone of trying to fight back against the liquid medicine's irresistible force.

The endless medicinal power wildly surged towards his body and penetrated his every pore and cell.

In an instant, Austin felt great pain. He felt like he was being tortured. The medicinal power entered his body endlessly without giving him a respite. He was drowning in the pain and desperately wanted to get out.

He felt that he was about be torn apart by the unbearable pain. His soul was on the verge of a collapse.

The pain he suffered this twas fiercer than what he had experienced in cultivating the stage two of the Overlord Body- refining Formula.

"ARI" Austin let out a miserable cry as he could no longer bear the great pain that was tearing his soul apart. The pain sent him into a spasm. His whole body convulsed and trembled inside the barrel.

At one point, the pain becso unbearable that it made Austin want to stop. Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything now. The cultivation process couldn't be paused midway.

"Ah.

This is killing me!" Austin groaned.

The medicinal power that rushed into every inch of Austin's body constantly kept remolding it. It tore apart his blood, flesh and bones and reassembled them. Then, it repeated the process. It seemed that there was no end to it. The reassembling carried on and on and Austin couldn't bear it.

During the process, Austin felt as if his body was undergoing tortures unheard-of. It was like constantly traveling through all the levels of hell.

Hearing the horrible cries, Violet who was keeping guard a few feet away, turned to the metal barrel—the source of such hideous noises. She gazed intently at the big metal barrel and the smoke constantly exiting the barrel. She didn't know the cultivation method had such consequences. She couldn't bear hearing them and was extremely worried about her master.

"What kind of cultivation method is the master practicing? It sounds awful," Violet thought worriedly.

The anguished screams sent shivers down her spine.

‘No, | can't bear it. If this continues, I'm afraid | will die, ' Austin thought as the pain seared through his body.

His felt as if thousands of knives were slicing him bit by bit. Every part of him becacutely sensitive. And his soul had never been so sober and clear. He felt everything intensely.

'l can't do anything with the pain anyway. But now that my body is highly sensitive and my mind soberer than ever, maybe | can distract myself and take this opportunity to cultivate the sword intent," Austin thought. He was trying to find a little bit of rationality inside his brain while he consciously fought against the agony.

Austin suddenly remembered the experience he had the last twhen he cultivated the stage two of the Overlord Body-refining Formula. It was as similar as this one, albeit drastically milder in terms of suffering.

At the thought, he immediately summoned his sword intent. In no time, three rays of sword radiance popped out from his soul.

Streams of sword aura and sword intent carried by the sword-lights cto help the soul to maintain sobriety and protect it from being disturbed or harmed. They could prevent the soul from suffering a breakdown that the great pain in the corporal body might cause. The three rays of sword radiance continuously hacked at the various distracting thoughts that attacked his soul, and also cleared the pain that traumatized it.

While the three rays of sword radiance fought, they were also empowered in this process.

As Austin had expected, in a state when his corporal body was extremely anguished and sensitive and his soul was extremely clear, the cultivation of the sword intent went ahead with great effect than ever. It was at least dozens of times more effective than the cultivation in a normal state.

As the three rays of sword radiance were being empowered through the process, Austin got a more thorough understanding of swordsmanship. A lot of enigmas and riddles that he had encountered before were immediately solved. He could see through the nebulous shape that these puzzles previously had.