The Supreme God of Martial Arts

Austin sat behind the pile of superior vital energy crystals, constantly healing himself for three to four days.

He found that during the process, the Earthly Mother Essence mostly helped him.

It had a feature of admitting everything like the earth, which not only mended his injured energy meridians, but also reformed, broaden, and thicken them.

After the reconstruction of his energy meridians, the amount of vital energy it could hold had now been expanded ten times more.

Before they were like small streams, however, now, they were like great rivers with strong currents! Five days later, Austin waved his sleeve, and the leftovers of the pile of superior vital energy crystals were swept away.

Then with his mind control, a new pile of superior vital energy crystals appeared from his Space Ring.

In just ten days, Austin used up three piles of superior vital energy crystals in total.

Even though it was quite a number, it had greatly helped in his recovery. And now, he was fully healed.

Not just healed, but his body was even stronger than before.

The most fascinating change was the expanded holding capacity of his energy meridians.

While Austin was healing himself, he also cclose to a breakthrough.

Actually, when he was on the platform and tried to comprehend the Fire Stela, he had noticed that he seemed able to break through the next level of cultivation base.

Now, that feeling was even stronger after his recovery.

In fact, Austin was even more determined to advance and progress to the Imperial Realm than ever before.

A vital energy force was released and the residue of the superior vital energy crystals, from which the spiritual energy had been absorbed by Austin, was swept aside.

Then Austin took out another pile of superior vital energy crystals and put them around himself like a massive tall wall.

He activated the Golden Sun Scripture inside his body and tried to break the blocks that prevented him from improving his cultivation base.

The vital energy in his body smoothly ran within the energy meridians, billowing with immense power.

The wall of the superior vital energy crystals was effected instantly, and the spiritual energy contained inside it gushed out, covering Austin's body.

Two days passed, and Austin changed the superior vital energy crystals with new ones twice.

Another two days later, Austin, who had been patiently sitting, suddenly felt his body quivered tically. In just seconds, a surge of powerful force cout of his body.

The vital energy contained in the wall of superior spiritual energy crystals had been totally consumed, and the remains of the crystals were spread in all direction.

Specks of white dust flew everywhere like clouds scattered in the sky.

Austin suddenly opened his eyes; his gaze was intense and sharp as blades.

He had finally reached the preliminary stage of Imperial Realm! Sensing his stronger vital energy, Austin was highly satisfied. His efforts were definitely not in vain.

He successfully made a breakthrough within just two days! As he was straightening up, Austin noticed the dusty remains of the superior vital energy crystals.

He felt a little pity about them turning into mere tiny particles in the air.

Fortunately, he still had fifty or sixty divine vital energy crystals left out of the one hundred pieces he had prepared.

After he was done arranging and tidying up, he placed the divine vital energy crystals back into his Space Ring.

This time, he had consumed nearly three million superior vital energy crystals to heal himself and break through the Imperial Realm.

'l can't believe it takes so many great vital energy crystals to improve my cultivation base!" Although he felt a slight reluctant, he admitted that those millions of crystals were definitely worth it. . . .

Few days went by, and Austin decided to visit Tessa and the members of the Meng clan, respectively.

It had been a while, and they wanted to see if, like him, they made significant improvements in their own cultivation too.

When Austin cto the building where Tessa was cultivating, he sensed that she shut herself alone and was still busy training. So he did not interrupt her and left quietly.

Then he cto the street where the members of the Meng clan were staying.

All the members of the Meng clan were focused on their cultivation. They apparently made great use of all the martial arts skills and resources Austin gave them.

Apparently, what they had suffered not long ago reminded them that power and strength were the most important things.

Austin did not want to interrupt them, so he left shortly after making sure they were all doing well.

Finally, he checked any circumstance within the whole City with his spiritual sense.

Inside the Illusory Palace, which was at the center of the City, dozens of cultivators were still trapped inside.

Austin had almost totally forgotten that situation.

Among those cultivators were the three castellans, Malick, and more than thirty warriors at the premium stage of Imperial Realm.

Austin counted carefully and found that they had been trapped in the Illusory Palace for nearly twenty days.

It was quite a long time, and now all of them were depressed and eager to get out more than ever.

One good point for them was that the illusion arrays inside the palace did not hurt them as no one was around to activate those.

Besides them, there were another five cultivators stuck in another part of the City.

And like Malick's group, they too tried so hard to find a way to escape. They kept going around the City, back and forth the streets, almost at the last straw of their sanity.

The five cultivators, all at the Imperial Realm, were from the Sky Sect.

All of them had been sent to stay on the Crystal Mine Mountain of the Sunset Mountain. And Austin had controlled the City to transmit all of them into it.

He manipulated the rest of the soul-consuming fog inside the City to trap them in a fixed area. They continuously walked in circles--much like they were in a bizarre maze and never really seeing the light at the end of a tunnel.

As per all those people inside the City, Austin had not found an excellent way to deal with them. Perhaps, for now, he would just trap them inside until he could find out what he should do with them. . .

After a prolonged rest, Austin grew bored.

It had been more than ten days since he cinto the City and now he was eager to know what was going on outside it.

In his mind, those people who were chasing him were not willing to stop and give up even after he had disappeared in that valley.

Especially those Ten Prominent Disciples of Punishment Branch! He believed that they would not simply leave that valley and stop hunting him down.

Violet and the gnunderstood him clearly and wanted to help him feed his curiosity.

"I can go outside to have a look," the gnsuggested.

Austin was somehow shocked and worried about the proposal.

"Isn't it too dangerous for you?" Austin asked.

A slight worry could be extracted from his voice.

"Have you forgotten my teleportation ability? If something dangerous happens, at least | can hide in the void, and no one can hurt me," the gnreplied calmly.

Somehow, what he said sounded rational and therefore reassured Austin.

Although still quite hesitant, Austin finally agreed after thinking for a while.

Then, he controlled the City to send the gnoutside.

As soon as he got out, the gnfirstly found out that the City was staying in a pit, more than ten meters deep. The valley where it used to be had completely gone now.

The gnthen released his beast soul energy to perceive the surrounding.

More than ten figures were about one thousand meters away.

The Ten Prominent Disciples of Punishment Branch, the Holy Son of the Ghost Puppet Sect, the Holy Daughter of the New Moon Sect, and Isis were still there lurking around.

All of them seemed to notice something.

Their spiritual sense forces started to give off the presence and location of the gnome.

Aware of the situation, the gnimmediately hid into the void.

A surge of spiritual sense forces swept the place all at the stime, trying to detect what entity could be present around.

The gncommunicated with Austin, and he was transmitted back into the City at once.

Outside the City, three of the Ten Prominent Disciples of Punishment Branch arrived at the place where the gnwas.

They searched carefully but was instead left confused when they found nothing. . .

Meanwhile, Austin was quite frustrated as he paced back and forth.

He did not expect that there were still people outside who kept looking for him after more than ten days.

Especially those Ten Prominent Disciples of Punishment Branch! As per Isis and the Holy Daughter of the New Moon Sect, Austin knew clearly that they were after the Fire Stela not to learn something, but to find him and defeat him.

He was aware that going outside would be too reckless and dangerous, so he decided to stay a bit longer in the City until the rest of his enemies gave up on chasing after him.

Now that he had so much tto spare, Austin decided to learn the sword skills left by the Sword Emperor.

The gnand Violet were busy cultivating themselves as well.

Violet, who was a mere level nine demonic beast, was serious about making a breakthrough.

As a nine-tailed demon fox, she was quite a unique species who inherited the noble bloodline.

So she felt enormous pressure and was eager to improve her cultivation base, as her level was relatively low.

As such, she spent most of her tfocusing on her cultivation training.

At the stime, while everyone was busy with their own business, Austin found an empty street and sat down to start his own practice.

Inside his Soul Sea, the Sword Emperor's sword skills and experience were flowing smoothly.

Immediately, Austin collected his thoughts and started learning the sword skills.