"It's not your fault. The problem is in me. | am not strong enough to protect you."
Austin's voice was full of regret.
"But from now on, | promise you Caroline, | will cultivate myself hard. | will make myself the strongest. When that day comes, no
one can ever take you away from me. | will never let anyone touch you. | promise to protect you with all my life," said Austin in a
gentle tone.
He then rested his chin on her head. The fragrance of her hair filled his nose.
"I believe you," replied Caroline in a sweet voice.
She felt like she was the happiest woman in the world. Any woman in her shoes would definitely feel the same.
"By the way, the man who just cby was Will Fang. He is not a simple person. It would be best if you stay away from him,"
warned Caroline.
As much as possible, she didn't want Austin to get into any trouble again.
"What do you know about him?" asked Austin.
He was not scared at all. But it would also be useful if he knew sinformation about that man.
"He is one of the five talents at the base. Although he is just twenty-four years old, he is already at the preliminary stage of Divine
Bridge Realm," explained Caroline.
"It is said that he is one of the most important disciples for the senior members there," she added.
Caroline wanted Austin to be aware of Will Fang's background so he would also know how to deal with him the next tthey
would meet.
She knew that the possibility of Will Fang and Austin to cross paths again was very high.
"lI don't care who he is. If he dares to make undesirable actions on you again, | will never let him go," said Austin coldly.
A hint of fury flashed through his eyes.
However, Austin was also aware that he was too weak in comparison with the strong cultivators as of the moment.
He still needed to train and cultivate himself harder.
'If Elder Brendan didn't stop us, | might have been defeated by Will. He is at the preliminary stage of Divine Bridge Realm and his
martial skills are extremely powerful. | am really no match for him, ' brooded Austin.
He recalled everything that happened in his mind.
'He created a livid sea to break the seas of fire. Those were three kinds of Unearthly Fire and Black Hell Fire. They were supposed
to be incredibly powerful. But Will withstood the blow in a heartbeat. Meaning, he is really a formidable opponent.’
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Austin couldn't deny the fact that he was impressed with Will's talents.
He wished to be as strong as him or even stronger.
When he was still in the PrMartial World, he was one of the best cultivators there. Almost everyone admired him.
But when he cto the Divine Continent, he realized that he was just a weak cultivator.
Being an ambitious person, Austin didn't want to remain a loser. He also wanted to prove to everyone that he could also be a
match for those strong cultivators. Hence, he was so anxious to improve his own strength.
On the days that followed, Austin kept on cultivating himself on the hill.
He spent most of his ton the Golden Sun Scripture.
As he was working on enhancing his spiritual sense, Austin released the spiritual tree and took out a great number of spiritual and
superior herbs from his Space Ring. Through this, the spiritual tree could absorb the energy from the herbs and convert it into his
spiritual sense.
Furthermore, he spent stpracticing the Mysterious Dragon Fist, the Dragon Lightness and the Magic Archery.
Austin tried to form more and more vital energy dragons because the more vital energy dragons he got, the more powerful the
Mysterious Dragon Fist would be.
Meanwhile, the more he cultivated the Dragon Lightness, the more shocking and mysterious he found it be.
Now he finally understood why Roc King who was a great master in the beast race cherished this bodily movement skill so much
and gave it to him as a present.
The deeper understanding he had of this skill, the higher the potential he could master it.
He actually had improved a lot already. Now, each the took a stride, he seemed to becinvisible to everyone, for his moves
actually involved the rule of heaven and earth.
Austin was extremely glad to have learned this bodily movement skill.
The Dragon Lightness would becone of his best skills in battling with his enemies.
He also didn't forget the Magic Archery.
He knew that using the Invincible Bow to perform the Magic Archery would be lethal.
If he would master this skill, he could take out his opponents even their cultivation base was higher than his.
‘Practice makes perfect, ' thought Austin.
‘Once | break into a higher vital energy realm, | can break more restrictions on the Invincible Bow. If that happens, the combination
of the Invincible Blow and the Magic Archery will be more powerful.'
A month had passed.
Austin decided to stop practicing the Golden Sun Scripture for the tbeing.
"It's tto enter a new realm. | need to cultivate in the Vital Energy Refining Palace to improve my vital energy realm," he
murmured while getting out of his hovel.
After a month's cultivation, Austin felt that he now had a solid foundation of his current cultivation base.
He believed that he could already try to enter the premium stage of Semi-emperor Realm.
That was why he decided to go to the Vital Energy Refining Palace.
Austin stepped out of his hut.
Using her spiritual sense, Caroline spotted Austin's presence outside his hut so she also went out of her hut.
"lI am planning to cultivate in the Vital Energy Refining Palace for stime," said Austin when he saw Caroline coming out of her
hovel.
He then pulled her into his arms.
"I see," replied Caroline with a nod as she wrapped her arms around Austin.
She knew that cultivation was always Austin's top priority.
That was actually one of the reasons why she got attracted to him.
Generally, women wanted their lovers to be powerful. Caroline was also like those women.
"If that guy comes back, immediately letknow through the Contact Jade Slip," reminded Austin.
Will hadn't showed up in the past month.
However, Austin had the intuition that he would chere any moment. After all, he basically told Austin that he would never give
up pursuing Caroline.
"I will," assured Caroline.
"Don't worry. I'm sure he will not do anything tohere."
Austin felt a little relieved after hearing Caroline's words.
When he was done talking with Caroline, he immediately activated his bodily movement skill. After a while, he arrived at the valley
where the Vital Energy Refining Palace was located. He then entered the innermost vital energy refining hall.
Another month went by.
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Austin had finally reached the premium stage of Semi-emperor Realm.
Aside from that, he had also stored a lot of vital energy in the vital energy stone.
As a matter of fact, it was not a good idea for Austin to cultivate in the Vital Energy Refining Palace because his vital energy realm
was too low.
Only cultivators whose cultivation bases were at Bitter Sea Realm and above would be safe practicing there.
But Austin had the vital energy stone which could store infinite spiritual energy.
Because of it, he was able to cultivate in the innermost vital energy refining room without exploding.
That room was the best place to enter a new level so Austin chose to stay there.
The violent spiritual energy from the natural vessel contributed a lot to his successful breakthrough.
Since Austin had already achieved his goal to be at the premium stage of Semi-emperor Realm, he prepared to go back to the hill.
Caroline was so delighted to see him again. It had been one month so she missed him a lot.
"You are now at the premium stage of Semi-emperor Realm," exclaimed Caroline in delight.
She was so proud that Austin had successfully made it to the premium stage of Semi-emperor Realm. If he could make another
breakthrough, he would then enter the Emperor Realm.
"What about you, Caroline? What's your cultivation base?" inquired Austin.
Being at the premium stage of Holy Realm, Caroline was a weak cultivator in the Divine Continent.
Austin cared much about her cultivation as well.
If possible, Austin wanted to help her make a breakthrough to improve her cultivation base.
"I took a Green Evil Pill the other day. | have the feeling that my breakthrough is coming along," replied Caroline.
Elder Brendan had given her a total of three Green Evil Pills.
Those pills would help a lot in her cultivation.
"I'm glad to hear that. It seems the Green Evil Pill is really helpful in your cultivation," commented Austin.
Then he thought of something.
"I need to hurry and improve my pill refining skill. In that way, | can make more Green Evil Pills for you and your people."
Austin really wanted Caroline to becstronger as well as her people.
"That's great!" said Caroline in a sweet voice.
"And by the way, | need you to protectwhen I'm going to make a breakthrough."