The Supreme God of Martial Arts

After both the excitement and dismay ended, everyone left the field and returned to their residences.

Austin sat cross-legged in his room as he digested all the events that transpired in the past few hours.

'If I want to reach the Immortal Realm, | need to have over fifty grottoes."

Austin frowned as he tried to recall what Elder Kevin told him.

‘Great! | must work hard to develop more than fifty grottoes!"

Austin nodded as he thought about his plans. Determination shone fiercely in his expression as he sat back with a plan in mind.

For the next two days, Austin gave his mind and body tto recuperate. He held off from cultivation and instead spent the time

resting quietly.

It would not be a big loss anyway since two days weren't long enough to actually make a difference.

It would be better to take the opportunity to relax, and the result could be better.

These thoughts led him inside his secret cultivation chamber, where Austin spent his tin a state of complete mindlessness.

Two days passed swiftly.

On the appointed time, the people started to gather in the arena at the top of the mountain.

"Everyone, today we will begin the second part of the competition for the Protector.

The main task of the second part is to check the number of grottoes developed when one reaches the Heavenly Grotto Realm,"

Elder Kevin announced to the people that had patiently gathered.

He held his hands aloft where a formula was written in a piece of paper. In the blink of an eye, he shot it into the void nearby.

Bang!

A deafening explosion echoed from the void.

After that, a huge space crack was formed in the void where countless space fragments flew out.

Amidst all the debris that were flying out, a nine-tiered pagoda slowly emerged. It filled almost the whole mouth of the gap in its

entirety.

The nine-layered grand pagoda floated over to the arena. It enlarged even more and turned into a giant tower that reached into

the sky. The crowd stared in astonishment at the spectacle it made.

"That is the Cultivation Tower which has been hidden in the Dusk Mountain since ancient times.

There are many secret practicing rooms in the tower, and each of them has been equipped with the top-grade spiritual energy

gathering array by the ancient immortal king.

It will be good for cultivation.

This time, the second part of the competition will be held in the secret cultivation rooms of the tower.

No matter what the result, rejoice! For breaking through in the Cultivation Tower is a rare opportunity for you, no matter what the

final result might be,"

Elder Kevin said.

"Let's start now!"

With a wave of his sleeve, an enormous vital energy force was released. It boiled and engulfed all the competitors at once.

As the vital energy covered them, the contestants lost control of their bodies. They moved like puppets as they were flown

involuntarily to the Cultivation Tower above the arena.

Austin was one of them.

He watched as his body moved with a mind of its own and rushed into one of the cultivation rooms in the Cultivation Tower.

He looked around curiously. The decorations of the secret room were stark in its simplicity.

There was only one cushion in the middle of the room. It was probably designed with function rather than aesthetics in mind.

Nevertheless, it would suffice.

"Everyone, get ready to break through.

The seal | put on you when you beca candidate for the Protector has been removed.

You can make the breakthrough to the Heavenly Grotto Realm now."

Each contestant perked up when they heard Elder Kevin's announcement. They eagerly started, all fired up by the victory that was

in their sights.

Austin hurried to start as well. He sat comfortably on the cushion in the middle of the secret room.

As his breathing slowed and relaxation crawled through his limbs, he began to practice his martial arts.

In the arena, the spectators stayed huddled together quietly. They looked up expectantly at the tower after the candidates had

entered.

Just then, Elder Kevin waved his hand with a flourish.

Bang!

As their ears rang from the loud sound, dense mist swirled in the center of the arena.

Three thousand pieces of crystal screens suddenly appeared from thin air.

Each crystal screen stayed aloft like clouds. They were big with a height of two meters and over one meter wide.

'What? What are those?"

Everyone in the arena raised their heads curiously and stared at the crystal screens with a confused expression on their faces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, each crystal screen is connected to a secret rooms inside the Cultivation Tower. It can send the images

from the room through the connection and display them clearly.

This way, we can see the contestants in the Cultivation Tower through the crystal screen,"

Elder Kevin explained as the people's eyes widened in amazement.

As expected, multiple images began to appear on the crystal screen. Amazingly, even the sound from inside could be heard.

Through this set-up, all the onlookers would know what was going on inside the Cultivation Tower.

They would even know how many grottoes had been developed instantly.

As the audience absorbed the convenient use of the screens, they searched for their favored contestants. Their eyes flitted over

the screen with hunger, desperately curious to know the situation inside.

Soon, Anderson spotted Austin on one of the crystal screens.

"Young man, | believe in you!

| know you will amaze us again this time,"

Anderson said as he chuckled. He fondly watched as Austin settled down inside the room.

Like Anderson, Elder Kevin's eyes also settled on Austin.

'I really want to know this guy's real potential.

| hope he will surprise us again, *

Elder Kevin thought to himself. He smiled when he saw that Austin had started his cultivation with no trouble.

"Our Wang Clan has made many preparations for this breakthrough.

I'm sure Fabian will be victorious this time,"

Grandmaster Canelo said with a smile.

"That's right.

He has accumulated a lot of strength and energy for this.

The number of grottoes developed by him must be astonishing!"

the middle-aged man beside him agreed. Pride emanated from them as they watched Fabian start his cultivation.

However, the fondness in Grandmaster Canelo's eyes was quickly shadowed by anger when he saw the feed from Austin's room.

His eyes shuttered quickly as all positive emotions were wiped away from his face. A deep menacing frown formed in place of the

pleased smile he had earlier.

"You just wait, Austin!

Now that you have angered me, you will surely die!"

The eyes of Grandmaster Canelo burned with killing intent.

Meanwhile, Austin was still sitting cross-legged in the secret cultivation room.

He practiced the Golden Sun Scripture silently, unaware of the people who were watching him.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

After Austin had practiced for a while, he sensed a huge amount of spiritual energy that was pouring into the secret room.

He could tell that it was no ordinary spiritual energy. On the contrary, it was of excellent quality.

The strong spiritual energy flowed like a river into the room. It never slowed down, stopped, or wavered. Instead, it flowed

constantly until the secret room soon had reached an astonishing level.

Since there was too much spiritual energy, it seemed that the spiritual energy would soon been condensed into immortal energy.

‘Elder Kevin is right!

The secret room has been set up with a powerful Spiritual Energy Gathering Array. Once someone cultivated inside, the spiritual

energy in the surrounding heaven and earth would be absorbed into the room in tremendous amounts.

This could form an environment of high concentration of spiritual energy, '

Austin thought in wonderment as he felt the dense spiritual energy in the room. It was almost condensed into immortal energy.

He pondered this realization for a short while but soon focused on his cultivation again.

He sat with the stillness of the dead, his mind centered.

Austin could feel innately that he had accumulated enough energy.

The restriction on his body had also been removed so that he could make the breakthrough to the Heavenly Grotto Realm.

All that he had to do was practice. He was confident that sooner or later, an opportunity for a breakthrough would come.

Across the towers, in different rooms, all the competitors faced the ssituation as Austin.

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