The Supreme God of Martial Arts

As soon as Austin activated the Primary Teleportation Rune, he was sucked into the transportation channel.

Hardly a minute had passed when a figure suddenly fell from the sky to the side of a crystal-clear lake. It was a few dozen kilometers away from the valley where Austin had been.

"The Holy Son of a great sect really lives up to his name. He is indeed a strong man and carries the reputation of the family and the sect on his shoulders.

The Holy Son of the Ghost Puppet Sect can simultaneously control five puppets of the Master Realm. His fighting power is really formidable!" Austin sighed with a wry smile on his face.

He had believed that his spiritual sense and physical strength were strong enough. It had made him fearless and confident to confront the youth of the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom.

But to his disappointment, he had been wrong totally. He had to run away when it was tto confront the Holy Sons of the big sects.

Soon after landing at the lake, Austin quickly took out the Appearance-transforming Clothes. This was the only way he could avoid being caught or getting into any further troubles.

The moment he put it on, the process began. His appearance began to change drastically.

Seconds later, the real frand physique of Austin disappeared. He now looked like any other tall, rough young man with bushy eyebrows and big eyes. His present look had nothing like the real Austin.

The lake near which Austin stood was as clear as glass. Austin used it as a mirror to check his looks and give himself the final touches. He couldn't help but marvel at the magic of the Appearance-transforming Clothes. It had completely transformed him. He was certain that his identity was concealed now.

He had been into troubles many a times. But being tracked down by the Holy Son of the Ghost Puppet Sect made him more apprehensive.

He had been covering his tracks since he had left the Daylight City. So he thought it wasn't easy for anyone to find him, and hoped now it was further difficult for anyone to follow his trail.

His whereabouts had soon been exposed although he had been extremely cautious all along.

'I have to be more careful from now on." Checking that the disguise was in place, Austin set out. He had to leave the area of the lake.

Four hours later, ten figures appeared in the distant sky. They were flying swiftly towards the lake and left trails in the sky like rainbows.

In the blink of an eye, all of them descended. They got near the edge of the lake. The currents of air were so strong that they made the whole lake turbulent. The waves rose and fell as if smonsters were playing in the water violently.

They were the Ten Prominent Disciples of Punishment Branch in the Sky Sect.

The leader of the group, a tall, thin young man, took out the jade slip. He fiddled with it by the lake, and then told the other nine people what he had found.

"Austin was here moments ago," he announced.

"He's going this way," the tall, thin young man spoke as he pointed in one direction.

"Is he going to the Fire City? Well, that's interesting because five days later the Fire Stela will show up in the Fire City.

Does Austin want to gain insight into it?" speculated a man dressed in white, who had extremely handsfeatures.

"Great. Let's go to the Fire City. We can also try to gain insights into the Fire Stela," suggested a fat man in the group.

He was amusing to look at with his face round as a big moon cake, and his waist as thick as an old tree trunk.

"Indeed! It is interesting! Legend has it that there is an unrivaled cultivation method hidden in the Fire Stela. Over the years, almost all the youth of our Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom have tried to understand it but in vain.

| have not heard of anyone comprehending the cultivation method in the Fire Stela so far.

In my opinion, this Fire Stela might be a complete hoax!" another man in white spoke with his lips curling into a sneer.

"No, that's not true.

Five years ago, | went to the Fire Stela to understand it. Although | did not get the legendary unrivaled cultivation method, | was able to understand a little about the intent of the scorching sun.

This helpedto improve my practice of the Sun Formula to a new level," uttered another man.

While they kept talking, the Ten Prominent Disciples of Punishment Branch launched their bodily movement skill to fly rapidly in the direction of the Fire City.

Moments later, an extremely large bird glided over the lake and landed on the side of the lake.

The bird was huge, about several times larger than a house, and its wings were hundreds of meters long and wide.

Its back was flat and broad, and there stood four men. One of them was the Holy Son of the Ghost Puppet Sect and the other three were the principal disciples of the sect.

The Holy Son of the Ghost Puppet Sect stretched out his arm and waved. Suddenly a dozen black dots which were even smaller than mosquitoes, rose up from that lake, and fell in his palm.

Those dots turned out to be midget puppets. They were about five times smaller than normal mosquitos, and extremely hard to recognize with the naked eye.

The Holy Son of the Ghost Puppet Sect released his spiritual sense to communicate with those midge puppets.

"That guy is heading for the Fire City," he stated what he learned from them.

"Well! In that case, as | haven't attempted to understand the Fire Stela from a long time, let's go to the Fire City and try to understand the Fire Stela. Perhaps good fortune will befalland | will get the unrivaled cultivation method of the Fire Stela." The Holy Son of the Ghost Puppet Sect gave an order to the giant bird on whom he was riding. The bird spread its wings and darted like an arrow towards the Fire City. . . .

Completely disguised by the Appearance-transforming Clothes, Austin headed in the direction of the headquarters of the Magic Hand Sect.

To others, Austin looked like a strong, rough, young man with a deep, gruff voice. Nobody seemed to be bothered about him or his presence.

He was totally impressed by his features after he had used the Appearance-transforming Clothes. It made him look like any other commoner.

Being in this disguise, Austin no longer needed to pick the desolate and remote paths to avoid being seen by anyone. He could choose the wide road.

Two days later, he reached a small town.

This town was called the Well Town. It was located near the main road and had a steady influx of traffic. It was a busy town, with cultivators from various sects passing by from tto time. Thus all kinds of accents could be heard here.

Owing to his powerful cultivation base, Austin was indefatigable in spite of being busy traveling these couple of days. But deep down he wanted to have srest.

He quietly walked into the Well Town and looked around. There was an extraordinary tavern on the street, and on the plaque of the tavern, words were engraved—Phoenix Tavern.

Bursts of smell of various flavors floated out of the tavern. They reached the nostrils and made people's mouth water.

Austin suddenly felt the desire to eat, so he entered the tavern.

A smart waiter greeted him immediately.

"Welcome, sir... Are you going to have a meal here? Our Phoenix Tavern has a minimum consumption. After coming in, a guest has to pay five hundred vital energy crystals for a seat, even if he doesn't eat." There was a touch of disdain in the waiter's voice when he saw Austin dressed so modestly.

"What? Do you mean that you will chargeeven if | don't eat anything?" Austin was stunned. He had never heard such unreasonable rules.

"Yes. Well, it is not too late for you to leave if you are not willing to pay.

But if you find a seat and sit down, it doesn't matter whether you order or not. In any case, you have to pay five hundred vital energy crystals." Watching Austin's puzzled expression, the waiter becmore disdainful towards him, and decided that the guy in front of him couldn't afford this tavern.

The waiter would have kicked Austin out if it hadn't been for basic courtesy.

Austin knew exactly what the waiter was thinking.

With a wave of his hand, Austin brought out four to five thousand ordinary vital energy crystals in front of the waiter.

"Finda seat now," Austin said blandly.

It was amazing to see what money could do. After receiving the money, the waiter immediately becenthusiastic to serve Austin and trotted him to a comfortable seat by the window.

"Bring up the best wine and dishes, and all the specialties of your tavern.

Here are two thousand vital energy crystals as your tip." Austin waved again, and another two thousand ordinary vital energy crystals fell in front of the waiter.

There were a mountain of ordinary vital energy crystals in Austin's Space Ring. These thousands of vital energy crystals were nothing. They were like rubbish for him.

Looking at the money, the waiter got very excited.

‘Wow, | guess | have met the 'God of wealth' today! Oh, God, | almost drove him away just now, ' the waiter thought, looking thrilled and pleased.

He rushed in to get the food for Austin.

Most of the guests in the tavern were cultivators, so they mainly talked about different stories about other cultivators or cultivation while they were eating and drinking.

Austin drank alone while listening to those cultivators talk about the things happened in the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom. He found them quite interesting.

One of the most talked-about topic was, Austin.

The stories making rounds were many, like how he killed dozens of disciples from the Sky Sect, and shred the clothes of Isis, the Magic Harp Player of the New Moon Sect, making her flee naked in the Sunset Mountain. There were stories about how he obtained the Sword Emperor's great treasure, and destroyed the Sky Sect's stronghold in the Daylight City. They spoke about how he slayed hundreds of disciples and two masters at the Master Realm of this sect.

Austin couldn't help laughing as he listened to the other cultivators endlessly talking about his exploits.

The stories that they narrated indeed were quite exaggerated. There were various embellishments added in so many places.

They portrayed Austin as a malevolent, devilish man who was a few meters tall and killed people when he wasn't happy.

'What? Are you serious? Am | just a bloodthirsty killer in your eyes?’ Austin thought to himself and quietly laughed at their conceptions about him.

"In five days, the Fire Stela will reappear.

Sawyer, since you cfrom the Western Grand all the way up here, you would like to go check the Fire Stela and gain insight into it, wouldn't you?" said a horse-faced man at the next table.

This attracted Austin's attention.

‘The Fire Stela? What is that?" Austin wondered and was intrigued by it. He was curious to know more about it!