The Supreme God of Martial Arts

The battle was on. Austin appeared in the No. 140 battle ring.

He had barely landed on the ground when a black light zoomed towards the battle ring.

The light was a young man in black. He showed up and stood opposite Austin.

Judging the ferocious expression in this man's eyes, Austin already knew he didn't cto play nice. What was worse, he had

reached the premium stage of Semi-holy Realm.

The young man in black studied Austin from head to foot, his playful yet defiant eyes squinting, and his lips making a smug smirk.

"Austin Lin, right?

| don't understand how a loser like you would cross Ladd. Ha, you even murdered Rogan!

Nothing personal, though. I'm just here for business. Ladd wantsto extract you out of the ring and finish you. In return, | got to

take ha handsreward." He even made the "money sign" as he said the last sentence, rubbing his thumb with his index

and middle fingers.

"In short, you've met your doom."

The young man in black circled Austin as he continued his intimidating remarks.

"To be honest, | feel bad about taking a life in public, especially when the representatives from top sects in the East Mainland and

the three holy lands are watching. They might not likeanymore when they see you die in utter suffering and embarrassment.

So, I'm going to give you a chance. Do it yourself, take your own life.

That way, you can do it quickly. If you refuse my kindness, you'll die a slow and painful death... in my hands!"

the young man in black scoffed, tapping his hand against the other behind his back.

He was so convinced that he could beat Austin effortlessly and quickly, since he was at the premium stage of Semi-holy Realm,

while the latter was only at the preliminary stage of Semi-holy Realm.

Austin looked at the young man in black's overbearing speech with a poker face, signifying his calm and the storm he could bring

thereafter. When the young man was done, however, Austin let out a sneer. "Are you done with your bullshit? If yes, then why don't

you make a move now and do what you claim you could do to me?"

He had pushed this young man in black's buttons for the latter's face darkened as he heard his dare.

"What a shameless idiot, refusing my offer!

Say your prayers now.

I'll make you suffer so much, you're going to begto just finish you off quickly."

The young man in black yawned in an apparent display of boredom and mockery over Austin's unwarranted verbosity.

The young man in black released a red vital energy, causing the dirt to dance in the air.

When he stretched out his right hand, a red blade materialized on it.

It was a low-grade primeval magic treasure, just like Austin's Ancient Dragon Sword.

Bolts of blade radiance pervaded the entire battle ring, demonstrating the young man in black's mastery of the level 3 blade

domain.

Then, the blood-red blade transformed into a blood-red cloud with red mist. From there, streaks of blood-red blade radiance

emerged.

Luckily the battle ring was protected by defense arrays, otherwise the streaks of blood-red radiance would destroy the ring.

This glaring crimson force was coming towards Austin.

Faced with the forthcoming blow, Austin remained composed

and released the level 5 sword domain.

Suddenly, a seemingly boundless and powerful sword aura enclosed him.

"This can't be!" the young man in black muffled. His eyes couldn't believe what they had just seen. "That's level 5 sword domain!

Impossible!"

He knew he must think on his feet because such a strong sword aura could tear him into a million pieces anytnow. The young

man in black discreetly distanced himself from Austin.

'Austin Lin isn't an easy opponent as | thought.

With his level 5 sword domain mastery going against my level 3 blade domain, ugh, he has the upper hand now, ' the young man

in black realized.

Austin was just getting started in unleashing his complete force. The sword aura encircling him formed a white dragon, which, in a

flash, pounced at the blood-red blade aura!

The blade aura ended up completely shattered.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you poor thing. What kind of a loser are you, huh? Receiving Ladd's 'reward' and trying to kill me?

To be honest, | had no problem with you.

But you tried to take my life. So in exchange, I'll give you the ugliest end you deserve right inside this battle ring," Austin declared

in a mocking tone imitating the young man in black's earlier threats.

"On second thought," Austin continued. "We can make this easier, right? Take your life. Now.

Give yourself a less painful death. Not doing that means you're refusing my kindness and you're givingpermission to tear you

into pieces."

As Austin laid down his conditions, he never removed his cold gaze from his opponent.

"You dare insult me?

| return the favor in triples, ' Austin thought, enraged inside as he was outside.

"You son of a bitch!" the young man in black cursed, his face twisting in fury.

'This is going to be a tough fight, but | must get my job done, ' he said to himself.

"Shut up! Stop bragging, you idiot!

Your level 5 sword domain is still no match for me. My cultivation base is higher than yours! Stop dreaming the impossible. You'll

only end up disappointing yourself,"

the young man in black huffed.

"Really? I'll show you nothing is impossible," Austin quipped, a huge wave of confidence penetrating his veins.

He unleashed the Dominant Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship, after which a misty sword aura materialized.

It moved so fast that cultivators had trouble spotting it even with the aid of their spiritual sense.

"Swoosh!"

The sword aura had hit the young man in black even before he could figure out what Austin had just released.

"What the hell?"

The young man gawked at Austin with an expression that was far from his arrogant stance minutes before.

He was cut in half, clean and quick, and his two halves thumped on the floor. His eyes were still wide open.

Mouths of spectators who were watching the fight fell open at the turn of events.

That a Semi-holy Realm cultivator of the preliminary stage took down one at the premium stage of Semi-holy Realm was something

they never expected to happen.

"Damn it!"

Ladd was enraged. His face turned sour and his jaws trembled as he stared at the battle ring.

The opposite could be seen in a young man in purple, who had a wicked smile as he watched Austin win the battle.

"That Austin is something. | think | just might have a good time," he said.

He was, it turned out, sitting beside Ladd and talking to him.

"Are you sure my next opponent is Austin?"

the young man in purple asked, turning to Ladd.

"Yes. Everything has been set with Peyton. Now that Austin survived this, you're up next,"

Ladd replied nonchalantly, his eyes still fixed on the ring.

"That's music to my ears! Don't worry buddy," the young man in purple said, patting Ladd's shoulder.

"That boy will die in my hands."