Chapter 133 When The Strong Gather (Part Two)

Three burly men of middle age stood next to the young leader. Austin noted that ever since he laid eyes on them, the three had stayed close to the young man. They were never too far from him, and their eyes were on him at all times. While the rest of the men stood apart from the leader, these three were most likely his bodyguards.

Figuring out which realm these men were in wasn't all that hard after close observation. And it was quite surprising that all three men appeared to have the cultivation base above the vital energy Earth Realm.

Considering the young man had three exceptional bodyguards of the vital energy Earth Realm to protect him, Austin assumed he couldn't be someone just wealthy, but he probably had considerably strong backers to support him.

Austin thought that this young man must be holding a lot of grudges against himself as he killed some of his men although that never was his intent.

It was all about Fanny. Austin killed his men to protect the woman from danger. He never intended to offend anyone with his wealth and power and to get himself into trouble.

But it happened, and there was no way out of it. He had added a new name to his enemy list and got another person he had to pay attention to in case of danger.

Sighing helplessly, Austin glanced at Fanny, who had again brought a new form of danger to him.

Then his attention was diverted by a group of people standing on a rather big hill.

This hill, unlike all others, was filled with some strange, cold, and dark fog. The gray air loomed everywhere, making it impossible for outsiders to distinctly see what those people looked like and how they dressed.

But what was even more peculiar was Austin felt that he could not perceive the vitality of these people in the same way he previously sensed the others' in the surrounding hills. Unlike regular people, each one seemed to have been smothered by corruption and death. They were like a walking corpse that had been manipulated by some unusual kind of force. Perhaps, it was because of fear, that no one went near them, and everyone kept them at arm's length.

Releasing his spiritual sense, Austin was able to perceive all the other fighters' strength, except for this group. They seemed to have developed some unique and dark cultivation methods, ones that Austin had never seen before

hickened further.

Nearly two hours had elapsed before the competition for the advantageous spot was finally over.

At this point, strength determined the fighter positions. The circle that enclosed the celestial energy ginseng was for the strongest warriors. Occupying the second circle was the less powerful fighters. Finally, those who were considered weak formed the outer circle.

Since Austin and Fanny stood quite a distance from the celestial energy ginseng, a not so ideal place, their position did not arouse much interest among the other fighters.

With the spot being so inferior, they hardly expected anyone would want to take over the position except for the two guys from level six of the Energy Gathering Realm.

They came to check if they stood any chance of occupying Austin and Fanny's spot. But as soon as they saw that Austin's vital energy force was level seven of the Energy Gathering Realm, they realized their inferiority and went off.

"Look! Here comes Frank of the Flaming Sun Valley," Fanny suddenly cried out, pointing to the sky.

As Austin glanced up, he saw three men gliding over the hill where he stood. One of them was good-looking, with a well-built figure. He hovered in between the two others and stared down the hill filled with fighters.

The Flaming Sun Valley was the second strongest sect in the entire Violet Orchid Empire.

And Frank was the famous and talented disciple among all disciples of the Flaming Sun Valley.

He was said to be quite powerful and experienced enough to confront Caden.