The Supreme God of Martial Arts

It was Austin's second tto see the Crystal Mine Mountain. As it reminded him of the past days, in a reminiscent mood, Austin heaved a sign to express his nostalgias.

After a while, he arrived at the Crystal Mine Mountain, and he was astonished at the sight of the place.

It seemed much different from what he remembered last time.

For once, it was a scenic and unpolluted mountain enveloped by spiritual energy and covered with exuberant vegetation However, as he got close to the mountain, it totally changed--its height had shortened to almost three-fifth.

The vegetation was wiped out, and fissures spread over its surface as if it had been through an earthquake.

Unbelievable! The mountain was no longer as beautiful as it once was.

The others, much like Austin, were all unwilling to accept the horrible sight before them.

Austin pondered for a while. Soon, he figured out the reason why the Crystal Mine Mountain was inflicted with such severe damage. Those fissures must be caused by cultivators who had to dig holes in search for crystal mines.

Spreading spiritual sense to the desolate mountain top of the Crystal Mine Mountain, Austin detected that there was a handful of people on it.

He further found out that five men were excavating at the center of a vast pit.

It was evident that those men was taking a chance on whether this area had any vital energy crystals left.

Judging from the fluctuation in their vital energy force, Austin speculated that three of them were at the medium stage of Imperial Realm, while the other two were at the premium stage of Imperial Realm.

"These greedy cultivators could not resist the temptation of vital energy crystals. You see, just to get those crystals, they even went as far as flattening a mountain peak." Austin shook his head with a bitter smile.

He then decided to bypass the Crystal Mine Mountain and headed towards the direction of outside the Sunset Mountain.

"Wait! There must be something valuable that we haven't discovered on the Crystal Mine Mountain." The gnsuddenly paused and sent a message to Austin through spiritual sense.

To prove his intuition, the gnreleased beast soul energy to further perceive the existence of rare treasures in the mountain.

Seeing the gnome's strange action, Austin--in full of expectation--instantly knew that he must have discovered something.

'In addition to vital energy crystal, is there something valuable that we didn't know?" In Austin's mind, the gnwas a born scout equipped with high probing sensation and quick perception.

Furthermore, not long ago, the gnome's ability of perception had reached a higher level So, Austin was not skeptical of the gnome's ability anymore.

The others, seeing Austin and the gnnot moving, stopped as well.

Moments later, the gnome's face beamed with joy. He had surely discovered something.

"Boy, on the foot of this mountain are sunusual thing buried deeply.

Do you want to take a look?" The gntelepathically connected with his fellows.

"Really? Something unusual?" Gnome's words aroused Austin's curiosity. As the gndidn't have any interest in common treasures, Austin knew whatever he found was something very valuable.

Since gnpaid special attention to it, it must be a rare treasure indeed.

At the thought of this, the beating of Austin's heart grew quicker.

"Okay, | am gonna take a look.

After all, I'm really not in a hurry to get out of here," Austin replied.

Knowing that Austin was a person who was always eagerly to get results, the gnrushed to the Crystal Mine Mountain as swift as lightning before Austin finished his words.

Austin followed suit, obviously earnest to find out what the treasure was.

"It's down here." The gnpointed to a chasm when they arrived at an open field.

"In there?" Austin asked puzzled.

The place was the deep pit where he had gotten the statue of the Sword Emperor before.

The pit, however, was dug bigger and deeper by cultivators who struggled to look for vital energy crystals.

Glancing over the place, one would be astonished by that pit--it was hundreds of meters wide and deep.

'What is down there?" Austin wondered.

He looked somewhat confused as to what could still be possibly hidden in a pit that was already dug.

The debris showed the traces of many excavations. It was obvious this place had been rummaged many times So, anything valuable in there should have already been taken away.

However, as the gninsisted on his intuition, they decided to stay.

The moment Austin was about to jump into the deep pit, a squad of strangers burst in.

"Who are you? Why do you chere? Don't you know that the Sky Sect is now in charge of this mountain? We are the disciples of Sky Sect. Without our superiors’ permission, no one can step into this place." Suddenly, someone shouted loudly to Austin and his fellows from the mountain top.

Five black shadows swept past the ridges, like a flock of birds.

They were none other than the cultivators whom Austin had spotted on mountain top excavating in search for vital energy crystals.

'Oh? It turns out that they are from the Sky Sect." Knowing their background, Austin slightly furrowed his brows.

Because he had slaughtered fifty to sixty disciples of Sky Sect on the Sunset Mountain not long ago, he was deemed as their archenemy. He knew that it was inevitable for him to have a bruising encounter with them in the future.

A moment later, the five men appeared in front of Austin and his fellows.

The first one that showed up in front of them was a well-built and tall man, aged about thirty, who had a pair of big eyes beaming with light. He was definitely a powerful cultivator whose cultivation base reached the premium stage of Imperial Realm. He stood there motionless, eyes fixed on Austin and his fellows.

When he swept his gaze through the group of strangers, one of them attracted his attraction-- the one was no other than Austin.

Soon, the man's face and eyes were wrought into an expression of fury at the mere sight of Austin. He touched the Space Ring on his finger and then took out a portrait.

To further confirm if the man standing in front of him was really Austin, the man took a close look on Austin's face and compared it with portrait.

"It is you, Austin!" Shocked and agitated, the tall man could not help but exclaim.

"What?! Really? This bastard is Austin whom we have been pursuing for a long time. He is the mortal enemy of our Sky Sect." "Are you sure?" another man gingerly asked.

He was comparatively short and thin but still looked shrewd. His cultivation base was at the premium stage of Imperial Realm as well.

"Believe it or not, that is really him. Here, look at this portrait." The man handed over the portrait to the other four.

"It is really him!" they shouted, gasping in utter surprise.

After comparing the image, the other four were sure that this young intruder was indeed Austin.

"Do not let him get away!" The five men hollered and immediately made a lunge, surrounding Austin closely.

"You bastard! How unlucky of you to meet us here. Do you remember what you did to the disciples of Sky Sect? Today, | will take revenge for my fellow brothers! If we could catch him and take him back to our sect, not only would we be praised but we would also definitely receive a generous reward." The five cultivators at the premium stage of Imperial Realm grew excited.

"Really, huh? Do you think you can capture me?" Austin remarked.

A sly smirk appeared on his face as he mocked the five men.

To locate Austin's whereabouts, the Sky Sect went to the extent of painting his image. The sect handed it to its disciples, which they used in the search for Austin.

"Hhmm! What a naive young man! Today, you will pay for your crimes.

By the way, the only advantage you have is that you are physically stronger than us. In other aspects, you are just a rookie not even worth mentioning.

How dare you, such a cocky guy, to provoke our Sky Sect! Today marks the end of your freedom and arrogance! The Sky Sect's Elder will decide upon your destiny.

Don't ever think that you could escape under our escort. You have a minimal chance of fleeing under our surveillance." The man who was tall and well-built warned Austin.

He was sure that the combined strength of their cultivators--two at the premium stage of Imperial Realm and three at the medium stage of Imperial Realm--was enough to triumph over Austin in a fight.

Slight impatience registered on Austin's face as he saw how serious the man looked.

Fighting against any cultivator at the stage of Master Realm was not a big deal to him--if there would be an inevitable fight.

However, currently, he was facing five cultivators who were all at the Imperial Realm. Judging from their tone, they were very confident and determined to defeat him.

At the thought of this, Austin got a little impatient.

"Forget it. | don't have tto quarrel with you all." Having finished these words, Austin sent a beam of spiritual sense to connect with the City.

The five cultivators--who closely surrounded Austin no more than three hundred meters away--happened to be standing at the coverage area of the wave of strength. That area could transfer everything to the City.

A sudden power appeared out of nowhere and enveloped the five cultivators from the Sky Sect.

Lost and frightened, they found themselves shrieking and screaming as they were being transported into the City.

Meanwhile, Tessa, Dahlia, and Faye--who were exerting bodily movement skill--arrived at the hill where Austin and his fellows were.

As the three girls' cultivation bases and bodily movement skills were respectively far lower and inferior than that of Austin, Violet, and the gnome's, they took a long while to get there.

Austin advised Tessa and the other two girls to find a concealed location at the edge of the hill to hide themselves.

To ensure their safety, he released five corpse demons to escort them on the way.

Austin, Violet, and the gnjumped into the deep pit after seeing the girls hide for their safety.