The Supreme God of Martial Arts

Even after Austin sat down, Laird kept glaring at him viciously from tto time.

Laird was considered as a very good martial artist of the Master Realm, but despite that, he was beaten by Austin, a martial artist

at the medium stage of Imperial Realm! That made him feel so ashamed and indignant.

Other martial artists who were waiting in the resting area all saw what just happened, and they also felt incredibly shocked.

Not even once during the fight between the two warriors

did Laird have the upper hand. Hell -- he even gave up the chance to continue provoking Austin! Not one soul in that area ever

thought that this would happen.

Imagine -- martial artist, who was only at the medium stage of Imperial Realm, was able to make Laird, a warrior at the Master

Realm who always had a short temper and was good at holding a grudge, back up and give up the fight! It surely meant

something, not only to the two people who fought each other, but also to everyone who had witnessed their fight.

The ones who were so eager to see Austin lose to Laird now could only look down, or intensely glare at Austin.

Despite all eyes being on him, Austin acted like nothing had happened, silently sitting on his seat and drinking the tea.

He even had the tto pick up a spiritual fruit from the long table in front of him and eat it from tto time.

Well, after an intense battle, no one could blhim -- the spiritual tea and the spiritual fruit served were of very good quality,

and all tasted incredibly nice.

Dozens of good-looking girls with fit bodies dressed in sexy robes would cup to him to pour tea into his cup and add more

spiritual fruit at the table every now and again.

To be very honest, a large part of the martial artists who joined this recruitment were independent cultivators who were rude and

crude.

As the sexy girls walked in front of them, they all looked at their chests and legs with hungry and lustful eyes. They didn't even try

to hide how vulgar they were!

Seven whistled to the ladies in a way bordering on harassment.

A soldier would constantly bring a new martial artist to the resting area.

With that, the area soon enough becpopulated by numerous martial artists. . .

After about eight hours, recruitment through the battle ring finally ended.

The two officers who were running the recruitment, one of which looked like a civil official while the other looked like a general,

walked into the resting area with the rest of the soldiers.

"Congratulations, everyone! You have successfully joined this royal task.

We can tell that you all are very good cultivators from the fights that just happened.

The royal family needs people like you to help us get through to this challenge."

The civil official's words inspired and encouraged everyone in the area. The martial artists all felt sudden pride and started getting

excited for the journey.

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Then, the general also gave a short but inspiring speech.

He praised the martial artists who successfully got through the recruitment stage, and earnestly asked them to put in more effort

in finishing the future task.

After that, he gave every martial artist fifty superior vital energy crystals.

Then, he asked them all to be at the west yard of the imperial capital city five days later, and they would travel to the Middle World

Waters together.

The fifty superior vital energy crystals made all the martial artists incredibly excited for the task and its eventual completion. "If

they're giving us fifty of these even before the task begins," one crude warrior excitedly exclaimed, "then imagine what would be

given to us after we finish this thing! Hooray!"

As a superior vital energy crystal was equal to a thousand ordinary vital energy crystals, so the amount that they had received

meant a lot to them.

With this many crystals, they could have fun, from day to night and back again, in the imperial capital city for days.

After all the congratulatory messages and reminders, everyone left the resting area to look for a place to stay at for five days, as

they waited for the task to begin. . .

Austin left the resting area and walked on the street. He asked a passerby for directions, and he happily went on his way.

With a strange aura of determination evident on his face, he went straight to an area where pills and elixirs were sold.

It was on the west side of the city, which housed an incredible amount of shops that sold pills and elixirs.

After a good look around the area, Austin walked into one of the shops, and bought a good amount of fifth-grade elixirs.

Aside from that, he also bought ssixth-grade elixirs and sseventh-grade elixirs.

He was meticulously preparing himself and his inventory for the Middle World Waters.

As the two officers confirmed to him, in the Middle World Waters, the sea beasts there were strong and powerful. The more elixirs

he prepared, the better off he would be.

After buying the elixirs and the pills he needed, Austin strolled more around the district. He found many shops that sold weapons

nearby.

Since he was cultivating the Swift Thunder Swordsmanship, and he happened to need a good sword.

The best sword Austin had with him right now was merely a sacred weapon.

A sacred weapon, for Austin's level, was not that useful anymore.

So what he was aiming for now was a divine weapon.

With that in mind, he started looking for shops that were offering that.

Unfortunately, even after visiting various shops, he still hadn't found a sword that was suitable for his needs.

But then, comsidering that there were only a few very good divine weapons that were swords, it was somehow logical that he

couldn't find one that he liked, both in nature and form.

For example, he had found a very good sword in a weapon shop named the Celestial Treasure Workshop. It was the Jade Goddess

Sword, and it was a middle-grade divine weapon.

As much as he liked it, it was unfortunately made by materials that were of pure feminine energy. It seemed too cold for his liking

when he brandished it.

Fierce ice and snow intent was oozing from the sword. It truly was a very good divine weapon.

But then again, Austin was cultivating the Swift Thunder Swordsmanship. If he used a divine weapon like the Jade Goddess Sword,

his swordsmanship would be weird.

As it was, Austin had to give it up despite it being a very good weapon.

He visited about ten more shops that sold weapons, but unsurprisingly, he still wasn't able to find one. The failure made him feel

highly disappointed. . .

Right when Austin was about to give up, he suddenly saw a weapon shop that was grand and magnificent, located at a more

obscure part of the street.

Above its front doors, there was a silver board with the words "Thousand Weapons Pavilion’ elegantly written on it. Something

flashed through Austin's mind when he read the nof the shop.

He had been in the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom for a long tnow, and he had already heard of the Thousand Weapons

Pavilion many times.

It was a very famous weapon shop not only known in the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom, but also in other countries of the South

Continent in PrMartial World. It had branches all over the world. In fact, it was a shop with an unimaginable power. It was hard

to ignore.

Its influence reached far and wide.

With that in mind, a small smile graced Austin's lips. "Maybe this store has a sword that is suitable for me."

With sure steps, he walked towards the shop and entered it.

"Welcome, young man!

Nice to see you!

How can | help you today?"

A middle-aged man with moustache immediately said as he walked up to Austin the exact moment he entered the shop. There was

a polite and professional smile on his face.

Though Austin was dressed in normal clothing, the shop owner still treated him politely.

This man had seen and gone through a lot, considering his age. Because of that, he had learned that he shouldn't judge people just

by their appearance. There were a lot of good martial artists who liked to stay low-key.

"lI want to buy a sword," Austin replied politely and with a smile. "But | don't know if you have any sword that's suitable for me."

His eyebrows furrowed as he said this, looking around the store. As he did, he realized that it was bigger than he had expected.

"Well, what kind of sword do you want? A sacred weapon? Or a divine weapon?"

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The middle-aged man asked.

"Of course | want a divine weapon,"

Austin answered.

"l see.

But you have to know, young man, a divine weapon is expensive.

The divine weapons in my store are all of very good quality. Because of that, they are even more expensive than the divine

weapons you would see in other places,"

the man replied, a mysterious glint in his eyes.

"You don't need to worry about that," Austin assured the man, his smile widening. "Money is not a problem here.

| don't care about the price as long as the sword is suitable."

Intelligent as he was, of course he knew what the seller was trying to say.

"Oh, that's good to know," the man replied back, looking visibly relieved. "Please wait here for a short moment. | will go bring a few

swords so you can take your pick."

And with that, the man led Austin to a table, where he asked him to sit and wait.

'Who wouldn't like the chance to earn more money?’ the man thought to himself.

The seller also asked a shop assistant to bring Austin sgood spiritual tea.

After that, he vanished into his shop's backroom, leaving Austin alone.

After a short moment, he reappeared with a very big plate in his hands.

Carefully, he put the plate on the table in front of Austin.

On the plate, there were five shining long swords with strong spiritual energy.

With just a glance, Austin immediately knew that they were all divine weapons.

Taking a deep breath, he carefully inspected the five swords presented to him meticulously.

Then, suddenly, something caught his eyes. His gaze was then drawn by one of them.

The sword was silvery white all over. Its tip was a little bit wider than its body, and there were sintricate ancient symbols

engraved on it. Looking at it more closely, Austin found that they seemed to be the symbols of lightning.

"What is this sword's name?"

Austin asked, as he held the long sword in his hand. He couldn't help but feel that this was the weapon he was looking for as it felt

so right and so comfortable in his hand.

"Young man, you are good at picking weapons! This is the Lightning Sword, and it's a middle-grade divine weapon!"