The precious treasure was just within Austin's reach. He didn't hesitate and immediately dashed toward them at full speed.
The ten radiant jade slips were floating freely in the air. However, once they sensed the presence of a human being, they would swiftly escape to different directions like vigilant rabbits.
Austin had expected this, of course. He also noted the directions to which the colorful jade slips were going, and be prepared for it. He reached out and grasped one successfully.
After he obtained one, he didn't stop there. He continued to run after them. In no time, Austin obtained five jade slips in his hand.
When Austin was about to grab the sixth one, someone angrily shouted behind him.
"Stop!"
The sixth jade slip had slipped away. Austin was disappointed and furious at the same time. He turned around to see who distracted him and saw five cultivators following him on the second floor of the hall.
But before he could even see who they were, five extremely powerful vital energy forces were approaching Austin at an incredible speed.
It turned out that when Austin got to the second floor through the entrance in the hall on the first floor, Bruce, Tolkien, and the three young cultivators at the Sky Realm from Ghost Sect had realized the same thing.
The palace had three floors. The first floor already had so many precious treasures that the cultivators would think that it was the ultimate treasure. They didn't think past the first floor because they were preoccupied with the grade-five and grade-six jade slips. No one knew what treasures could be on the second and third floor. But one thing was for sure: whatever those treasures were, they were surely more valuable than those on the first floor.
So, when they noticed that Austin moved to the second floor, the five of them stopped pursuing the jade slips and followed him instead.
When they arrived at the second floor, they saw Austin trying to catch the colorful jade slips. Tolkien could not contain his anxiety and jealousy, so he tried to stop Aust
be it God's will or not, he landed exactly in front of the entrance to the third floor.
When he realized where he was, Austin immediately sprang up to his feet and then dashed towards the entrance.
"Heck! What a lucky dog! How can he still be alive?"
Graham was surprised at the turn of events and couldn't help but snap.
Austin was merely at the medium stage of Mysterious Realm, but he was still able to dodge their combined attack and suffer only slight injuries.
That was too bizarre of a story that no one would believe it even happened.
Everyone was caught off guard by Austin's power and resistance to their combined force. Though they were eager to destroy him, deep down they admired him.
"Bruce, this son of a bitch is going to the third floor now! We can't let him go that easily! Let's corner him!"
Graham proposed to Bruce.
"No! Let's get these jade slips first. They are seventh-grade martial arts manuals.
That boy's cultivation is, after all, at the medium stage of Mysterious Realm. He was just lucky, but he will not be in our next blow!
Let him get whatever he can on the third floor, and we will corner him! We will not let him get out of here alive!
Once we catch up to him, we will take everything from him. The treasure will eventually be ours," Bruce declared. They all moved to get the jade slips on the second floor.