Chapter 494 Reaching The Second Floor

Having observed the ten mysterious young men who were surrounded by demonic aura, Austin deduced from their weird bodily movement skills and the special vital energy force that surrounded each, that they were from the Ghost Sect. He had no idea how they had managed to gain access into the Mysterious Nether World. They might have disguised themselves by joining the Outstanding Talents Exchange Games.

There must have been a lot of plotting and scheming involved in that!

However, even if Austin had seen through them, he would not interfere in the matter. He always tried to avoid unnecessary trouble. He would not antagonize others unless he was first offended. As the saying went, "The well water does not intrude into the river water—each one minds his own business".

It was an undeniable fact that among the different cultivators scrambling for the martial skill jade slips in the palace, Austin was the fastest to react.

He used the Wind-commanding Skill to the fullest. Austin really outdid himself this time.

A single stride by him crossed a span of 250 meters!

Besides, Austin's spiritual sense power had far overtaken that of any Sky Realm warriors. With the help of his spiritual sense, he was able to keep track of the motion, curve, direction, speed of every colorful jade slip that flew around in the palace. It was as if he knew them like the palm of his hand.

Moreover, he was able to focus on the sixth grade martial skill jade slips and targeted them successfully.

His innate lightning fast speed, together with the powerful spiritual sense, allowed Austin to catch a sixth grade colorful jade slip with every stride.

In a short span, he had already gathered seventeen or eighteen sixth grade jade slips!

This was a most remarkable feat. Obviously, he was the one who managed to harvest the most treasures among all of the cultivators in the palace.

Soon Austin's outstanding performance had attracted the attention of everyone who had gathered around.

The ten intruders from the Ghost Sect had already irritated the warriors from the royal house. But now Austin had also joined the challenge, and he posed a great threat to them. The group of royal warriors couldn't restrain their anger any longer. They shouted and cursed in a blind fury at Austin, Dewey, and the others.

Bruce and Graham were the most vexed. The moment that they saw Austin grabbing so many marital skill jade slips and within such a short time, while they had only managed a measly four or five, they bristled with rage. They looked at him ferociously, their eyes glowing with killing intent, as if they would devour him immediately.

"Damn you, asshole! Now you're only courting death!"

Bruce and Graham lifted their hands in concerted effort. Within an instant, two streams of strong vital energy force surged from them, seeking to attack Austin from behind.

"Huh!" Austin sneered. He held nothing but contem

veral strides.

"Dewey, notify the others that you must get out of the palace right now, and find a place to hide.

Act quickly, or the chance will be gone.

I will get out later and join you.

The royal cultivators in the palace might intend to cause trouble for us.

And those ten mysterious guys are not good people. They seem to be dangerous!" "Oh? Tin, won't you come with us?"

Dewey was confused by Austin's words of warning.

"No. I'm going to explore the second and third floors.

Quickly! You'd better retreat now," Austin reminded. Then he summoned Violet. In a flash, she materialized with a green mist and hid in the Illusion Bead.

Austin leaned forward with effort and flashed over to the far end of the palace with lightning speed, casting only shadows on the ground. At the end of the passageway was another gate that barred their way up to the second floor of the palace.

Dewey was usually rather slow in thinking and often looked dumb. But now, his mind was clearer than ever. He knew instinctively that the best time to get out of the palace was now.

Without any hesitation, he immediately sent the message to Maria, Iris, and Anna and they all quietly retreated.

At that moment, the other warriors were still busily engaged in the scramble for the remaining martial skill jade slips.

Austin reached the entrance leading up to the second floor of the palace in ten strides, leaving ten shadows on the ground. Without hesitation, he rushed in.

He entered a hall, much smaller than the one on the first floor—it was about two hundred square meters in size. Cautiously he stepped forward, his eyes glittering.

Ten colorful jade slips were floating in the air. Above each of them hovered a glowing, ethereal character which read, "Seven".

Seventh grade martial skill jade slips!

Austin was so excited. All together ten sets of seventh grade martial skill jade slips were hovering right before his eyes!