Moments later, the Divine Sword Cliff was surrounded by a multitude of cultivators.
However, even with their number, no one dared to get closer to the cliff.
It was because the space in front of it had been swallowed up by a mighty sword-light.
An enormous sword light, which emitted extremely terrifying sword intent, rushed to a specific spot on the threshold of the cliff.
Since Austin was wrapped in the dazzling radiant sword light, no cultivator saw him.
The sword intent was so formidable that cultivators couldn't perceive him even with the aid of their spiritual senses.
Among the crowd, however, was an old man with gray hair who had spotted him inside the sword-light.
"It's him!"
the old man thought as he stared at Austin in shock.
"It seems like he had figured out the secret of the Divine Sword Cliff.
A few hundred thousand years have passed, and such blazing sword-light appeared once again.
Looks like this young man is as talented as that man in swordsmanship!"
The old man was extremely shocked that he could hardly calm himself down.
"The sword light is too terrifying. | can't even get close to it!"
"So do I. Only those top cultivators from the holy lands or prominent clans could approach it.
Ordinary ones like us will be dead once the sword-light hits us!"
"Looks like we have to wait until it depletes if we want to find out what's going on."
A thousand cultivators gathered around the cliff as they talked, and discussed the intensified sword light.
As Austin was surrounded by the radiant light, he didn't notice the cultivators that flocked nearby.
Streaks of sword-light integrated with the five beaming light around him.
Meanwhile, Austin concentrated on comprehending how the five elements worked.
The sword lights from the cliff contained very profound rules of five elements.
It would be evidently arduous to understand how it functioned.
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Twent by slowly, and the number of cultivators gathered around the cliff increased.
Their loud voices filled the entire cliff as they waited patiently.
No one dared to leave, obviously anticipating to see what was to happen.
The sword cliff was known to be connected to an ancient cultivator who had reached the Immortal Transforming Realm.
Several precious treasures must have been left there by that powerful great master. None of them would miss the opportunity of
getting hold of it.
As they waited long, none of them realized that more than half a day had passed.
Gradually, the number of sword-light bursting out from the cliff decreased.
Most of the sword-light that erupted from the cliff had been absorbed by the five-element sword-light around Austin.
"Look!
| can't believe a person is sitting by the cliff!" a cultivator exclaimed.
With the sword-light around Austin slowly becoming evanescent, people had started sighting him.
"It's Austin!"
a cultivator uttered in a low voice.
"Yes, it's the Holy Heritor of the FlHoly Land—Austin Lin."
Almost everyone recognized him, exclaiming his nas they finally sighted him by the cliff.
"He seems to be practicing ssword skill.
Did the frightening and fierce sword-lights have something to do with him? Perhaps the sword-light appeared because he was
practicing a sword skill."
"Austin is really powerful, but | have never heard that he is also excellent at swordplay.
If he really created the terrifying sword-light, then he was utilizing a powerful sword skill."
"Yes, the sword intent contained in those sword-light was too frightening.
If he indeed employed it, then he must be really an outstanding swordsman."
The cultivators nearby all looked at Austin as they whispered to one another.
Although highly fascinated, no one dared to cforward and disturb him.
Austin had long been famous for being ruthless and evil in the East Mainland. He was even dubbed as a little monster.
Many disciples of the holy lands, prominent clans, and top-ranked sects had been killed by him.
It was said that up to now, the two Holy Sons and one Holy Daughter from the holy lands as well as two Holy Heritors from the
prominent clans were still trapped in his hands.
No cultivator would be stupid enough to provoke Austin unless he didn't want to live.
As they all marveled at the sight of Austin, a dozen ghostly figures silently approached the latter.
They had activated their bodily movement skills to make them invisible, so no one could notice them.
'Who are they?’
Austin thought in his head.
'I smell killers."
He was suspicious of the figures that were slowly nearing him.
After cultivating the Infernal Scripture, Austin had a wide array of knowledge on all kinds of assassinations.
Aside from that, he also developed a more sensitive sense of perception on prospective killers and the way they fought.
‘They must be from the Slaughtering Sect, *
Austin speculated, growing alert by every second.
‘They used profound bodily movement skills so people couldn't see them. This is how they plan to assassinate me, huh.’
A defiant smile cracked on his lips as he sensed them approaching further.
He was just calmly sitting there, waiting for them to make the first move.
A few seconds later, as he patiently waited, more than ten rays of cold light beamed and emitted a murderous will.
A dozen shadows popped out beside Austin and thrust their swords at him instantly.
They attacked him from different directions, making it impossible for him to flee. As they trapped Austin on his tracks, they
prepared to boldly stab him.
All this happened so fast that the crowd had no idea what was going on.
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Everyone around them was stunned, narrowing their eyes as they thought there was no escape for Austin.
At that moment, all of them thought that Austin was doomed to die.
'If I were in Austin's shoes, | would definitely die, ' they thought.
Whoosh!
In a split second, Austin employed a kind of mysterious bodily movement skill recorded in the Infernal Scripture.
Instantly, he faded away and disappeared into thin air.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Many dozen sharp, cold swords pierced through the place where Austin had just sat on.
As those sharp blades hit the ground, they knew they failed to hit their target.
Austin had thoroughly vanished from their sight.
Much to their irritation, those men in black robes finally decided to show themselves.
"How could this be? It's impossible!"
one of them exclaimed in disbelief.
He and his companions looked quite appalled to see no signs of Austin.
Their combined efforts in executing their brilliant secret skills to assassinate Austin had been put in vain.
They made sure to exhaustively plan everything to make sure that they could finish off Austin with just a single blow. However,
Austin unexpectedly disappeared in an instant.
As those men glanced around, still dumbfounded, Austin's figure suddenly loomed in the void.
He moved at an incredibly fast speed, making him appear like a streak of light.
His white Infernal Sword rested in his hand as he rapidly dashed forward.
Swish!
In just a swift motion of his hands, his sword pierced through one of the assassins.
Because Austin's movement was as fast as a strike of lightning, the assassin in black cloak could not dodge the attack.
As a result, he was cut in half, much like a freshly butchered meat.
His bones and flesh were thrown into the air as his blood splashed, creating a small red river on the ground.