The Supreme God of Martial Arts

In particular, as a dark horse of the Martial Arts Tournament, Austin attracted most of the attention from the audience. It was

surprising that his strength was only at the preliminary stage of Semi-holy Realm but he could kill the opponents at the premium

stage of Holy Realm. Most of the audience was staring intently at him. They were looking forward to witnessing how much further

improvement Austin could make in the following competitions.

Austin and Belle's performance had been great. Aside from them, there were several other contestants whose performance was

amazing. What was worth to mention was that a few young warriors had demonstrated the strength of Semi-emperor Realm.

The majority of the audience had regarded them secretly as the best candidates included in their personal top ten picks.

Even those prestigious people seated at the luxury grandstand midair on the east side of the competition venue were amazed.

They were the representatives of the major sects from the East Mainland, including the three Holy Lands. They nodded from time

to tto show how pleased they were with this year's Martial Arts Tournament held by the Solamnia Kingdom. It was truly

wonderful! What made them more delighted was that they had found quite a lot of young candidates with great potential. If they

could receive them as their disciples, they would becthe future elite of their respective sects after they were well-trained. It

was guaranteed from what they showcased earlier.

Finally, the seventh round of the competition was over. The previous rounds had already eliminated most of the contestants.

After seven rounds, only thirty players out of the three thousand contestants were left to advance further. These thirty players had

all proved themselves deserving. Thus, it was not difficult to imagine how fierce the competition had been and was going to be.

Sure, it would be fiercer in the next rounds.

Both Austin and Belle had successfully entered the top thirty. They would both advance to the next rounds.

Meanwhile, Ladd also made it to the top thirty.

‘Austin, without any doubt, you will die in the next round!"

Ladd thought irritably, staring at Austin with murderous intent in his eyes. He had wanted Austin to get eliminated in the previous

rounds.

The upcoming eighth round would further reduce the number of players who would make it to the end. It would determine the

players who would be included in the top fifteen.

The top fifteen players would be given the opportunity to join the East Mainland's top sects! No one dared to miss such a good

opportunity! Everyone would be restless until they won that round.

It didn't take long until the eighth round of the competition finally started.

Buzz!

The jade slip in Austin's hand buzzed with a flash of light, projecting the number eight. It meant that Austin's competition would

take place at the eighth battle ring.

At the stime, the jade slip in Belle's hand also lit up. It projected the number twelve. Belle puffed out a breath. She felt

relieved that her opponent was not Austin. She saw that they had different numbers.

Before they left for the battle, Belle looked at Austin with a smile on her beautiful and charming face. Her face lit up and she

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gestured to Austin.

"Fighting!" she said to Austin, with encouragement in her eyes.

Then, within a blink of an eye, she disappeared abruptly and flew towards the twelfth battle ring, leaving only a fragrant breeze

behind.

"Be careful,"

Caroline whispered worriedly to Austin.

Austin turned back and smiled warmly at her. He then flew to the eighth battle ring after he nodded at Caroline.

"It turns out that this tmy opponent is you!"

Austin was a bit surprised by the figure at first as he landed on the battle ring. However, soon his surprised look disappeared and

was replaced by a light smile.

It turned out that Ladd was his opponent and he already stood on the battle ring. He had been waiting for his arrival.

"lI won't deny that you really surpriseda lot. However, your journey at the Tournament will end here now.

This round, no matter what happens, you definitely will be killed by me,"

Ladd said slowly. His eyes reflected his murderous intent as he stared coldly and sharply at Austin. The look he gave was enough to

send shivers down somebody else's spine.

Once he finished speaking, the audience saw that his hands were gently closed together and placed in front of his chest. They

were staring at Ladd as he formed a strange handprint.

Then, in a short moment, every pore in his body was oozing out blood continuously. It soon covered all over his body, making him

completely wrapped in the blood that looked like his new skin. Never had the audience seen such a scene before. They just felt so

weird and crept out at what they had witnessed. Moments later, they all sensed a formidable, fierce and brutal vital energy that

was exuding from him.

As a result, many of them couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice. They were surprised but at the stanticipating what

would happen next.

Austin's eyes widened at that moment. He was stunned by Ladd's sudden change. The latter no longer looked human anymore.

Anyone would feel that it was a wise decision to stay far away from this dangerous opponent right now.

While Austin was staring at Ladd's transformation shockingly, there was a sudden depressing roar that burst out from Ladd's

throat. It sounded as if he was experiencing skind of excruciating pain.

Bang!

After that soft and light bang, the blood in Ladd's body began to burn. It formed a bundle of blood-red eerie flames that started

wrapping around his body.

"Ho-ho!" Ladd suddenly burst out a few shrieks of throaty laughter. His blood-shot eyes, like the eyes of a fierce beast, were now

staring intensely at Austin.

"This is the Blood Combustion Skill that had been lost for a long time. My grandfather inadvertently got it in an ancient cave. He

soon passed it to me.

As an ancient forbidden skill, once it is applied by me, my cultivation base will be completely lost for about a month.

However, it will be able to improve my strength to such an extrextent within an hour and helpkill a warrior in the Semi-

emperor Realm in an instant.

Austin, actually, | can not only easily kill you, but | can also win the championship in the final round,"

Ladd said to him with a mocking look in his scarlet eyes.

"Well, prepare to die now!"

Ladd snapped and took a deep breath. His eyes had grown sharper as he started to launch his attacks through his palms.

Boom!

His powerful attacks produced an ear-splitting sound that made the entire battle ring, at that moment, tremble violently.

All the blood-red flames on Ladd's body rushed towards his palms and soon were turned into the shape of a huge bloody palm.

With bloody and formidable waves of vital energy, the palm he formed cswooping at Austin furiously.

The moment the huge bloody palm burst out, all the air in the entire eighth battle ring disappeared instantly. It was turned to an

absolute vacuum. Meanwhile, above the entire battle ring, all the rays of light completely turned bloody too. It was like the two

contestants were fighting in a bloody ocean.

Austin felt an overwhelming pressure that was surrounding him from every direction and every angle, as if he were about to be

squeezed into pieces.

It seemed that Ladd was right. At that very moment, he did have the power to easily kill a warrior at the Semi-emperor Realm.

Whoosh!

Austin waved his sword all of a sudden. He prepared his attack with the sword domain at level six. Inmediately, the sword aura

was spreading around wildly. They intertwined with each other and finally formed the sword domain.

Whoosh!

He waved his sword again to apply the Dominant Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship. In an instant, the sword aura powered by the

Swordsmanship went dashing towards Ladd fiercely.

"Oh, the stricks again! | am afraid your tricks will make you deeply disappointed this time!" Ladd said with a sneer as he

watched Austin perform his attacks.

However, just as Austin's misty sword aura was about to sweep through Ladd, he didn't do anything to dodge and resist it. He just

stood there and watched. Even the huge and terrible bloody palm Ladd he had shown earlier did not block the sword aura. He

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simply let the misty sword aura approach his body.

Austin couldn't help but be taken aback. His brows furrowed in confusion. 'What is he doing? His body is strong enough to resist the

attacks of my sword aura?’ Austin thought.

Yet, just before the sword aura reached Ladd's body, a loud bang sounded abruptly. The audience soon found out that the sound

cfrom the light curtain wrapping around Ladd that clashed with Austin's sword aura.

The light curtain was formed by the streams of vibrant light exploding from Ladd's body. The light flashed at the last minute when

Austin's sword aura was about to reach his body.

Austin frowned involuntarily as the scene unfolded. He finally understood that Ladd also had a very powerful defense magic

treasure in his body which could even block the attacks of his Dominant Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship.

"Oh, | forget to tell you! To protectfrom any harm at this year's Martial Arts Tournament, my grandfather hired a weapon refiner

at a high price to refine this Dazzling Gold Armor for me. The armor is strong enough to easily resist any attacks from a warrior at

the Emperor Realm.

Austin, no matter how powerful your swordsmanship is, you can't hurtnow.

This time, you are doomed!" Ladd snarled coldly. His eyes matched the deadly threat he portrayed.

After he exercised that Blood Combustion Skill, his voice started to sound quite hoarse. While he was speaking, a thick bloody odor

could be smelt. It lingered in the air and made the battle ring atmosphere heavier.

At that particular moment, Austin couldn't help but have a bitter smile. He calculated the situation in his head.

'My means of attack is very limited.

My most powerful ones include only the Dominant Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship and the sword domain at level six.

As for the other martial arts that | have grasped before, most of them are no longer an option because their attacking abilities are

just too low to help me.

Now, my two most powerful attacks couldn't kill Ladd. What other means can | use now?" Austin was thinking fast and desperately.

"Go to hell!"

Ladd snapped hoarsely. As he exclaimed at Austin, the huge bloody palm slammed towards Austin. It looked like the evilest demon

that fell from the sky hit him and the thick bloody smell filled the entire battle ring.

For a moment, the audience only saw the eighth battle ring was filled with bloody lights. They could only hear the loud and

continuous whistling sounds. They were now holding their breaths and found it hard to tear their eyes off the eighth battle ring.

"Oh, no, that contestant will definitely be finished off soon.

It's such a pity. | have thought that he was a dark horse of the Tournament and could get a better rank in this round," one of the

audience said and heaved a deep sigh. Most of the audience assumed Austin would lose based on what they saw.

Before Austin's battle with Ladd, most of the audience had been paying attention to him. Due to his outstanding performance, they

had high expectations of him. But after witnessing how strong his opponent was, they soon changed their mind and even felt a

little worried about him.