Chapter 501 The Beast-subduing Skill

The long sword, composed completely of vital energy, felt like a real one when Austin held it in his hand.

The only difference was the mutable shapes which it could assume. Made of pure vital energy, it could morph into any blade shape. When Austin channeled more of his vital energy into the long sword, it would lengthen and widen. It was a formidable weapon indeed.

Theoretically, with enough vital energy, it could even become as colossal as a giant, as long as a cultivator possessed enough vital energy.

What impressed Austin most, was that he found he had become so connected through his vital energy with this long sword. He felt like the long sword was an extension of his own arm, and he wielded it with great facility. Clearly, he had completely mastered the use of this magnificent weapon.

He observed the long sword in his hand for a moment, and then he channeled more of his vital energy into it.

Bang!

In an instantaneous bright flash, the blade of the long sword flamed with golden light as if it had been ignited.

This was another feature of the aggressive character of Flame Swordsmanship. The golden flame was fueled by the best vital energy. The power of the golden flame was incredibly vigorous. As long as the flame impacted with a target, that target would catch fire and begin burning until he or she was burnt to ashes.

After a momentary study of the unwavering light, Austin smiled with satisfaction. He knew that he had succeeded in transmitting his vital energy into the long sword, the first step of Flame Swordsmanship.

And the next step was to create a Spiritual Sword Aura in his Soul Sea. Only with the Spiritual Sword Aura could Flame Swordsmanship reveal its true power and force.

With his careful studies on how to cultivate Flame Swordsmanship and Spiritual Sword Aura in mind, Austin assumed a cross-legged seat on the floor. He emptied his mind and concentrated all of his attention on his Soul Sea where he began to refine the Spiritual Sword Aura.

The Spiritual Sword Aura was a sword-shaped aura within his Soul Sea. It asked a cultivator to concentrate all of the sword's intent or sword potential on his or her cultivation base in swordsmanship.

In other words, the Spiritual Sword Aura was the concentration of the sword's intent or sword potential into a sword-shaped aura in the Soul Sea.

After one day...

Two days...

Three days... Longer still...

Five days later, Austin, who was still in a deep meditative state where he sat cross-legged on the floor, finally opened his eyes all of a sudden.

In a seemingly instantaneous burst, the sweeping of the sword's intent, carrying an imperious air, flowed into Austin's Soul Sea like tidal waters.

The sword's intent, without the influence of any vital energy, was as pure as the very origin of swordsmanship.

Looking inside himself with his spiritual sense, Austin saw a sword shape made of a dazzling white light in his Soul Sea. This was the Spiritual Sword Aura. The high concentration of his sword potential made this Spiritual Sword Aura visible. It was pure, but aggressive, glowing with the dazzling light of murderous resolution.

Austin had finally succeeded in cultivating the Spiritual Sword Aura.

However, he discovered that the Spiritual Sword Aura in his Soul Sea was only as large as a finger!

"Ha-ha! Good for you! I reckon that you have succeeded in your cultivation of the first step of Flame Swordsmanship.

It only took you

hen he looked around, he found that he had returned to the ten-square-meter room on the third floor of the Emperor Library.

As his eyes swept around, he noticed that the picture hanging on the wall had disappeared. This confirmed what the Flame Emperor had said. He had decided to close the third circle from now on.

According to the Flame Emperor, there was a piece of his soul in Austin's Soul Sea. So the Flame Emperor could sense Austin whenever he came here next time. And the Flame Emperor would then transfer Austin to the third circle.

After making up his mind, he left the third floor.

When he found nobody on the second and first floors, he suddenly remembered that he had been on the third floor for five or six days. The royal members and the young cultivators of the Ghost Sect might have left already during the passing days.

As Austin walked out of the gate of the palace, he entered the spacious square. He stood in the square and checked the specific location of the soul-recovering fruit in his Soul Sea. After he had read through the information about its whereabouts, he knew the right direction to follow.

Immediately, Austin decided to activate the bodily movement skill, but he suddenly became grim-faced and stopped his activation of the skill before he could move away.

Austin sneered. His spiritual sense of the area around him told him that there were two people in the northeast of the square, hiding behind a towering tree with an extremely thick trunk. He could even hear what they were discussing from afar.

"Look! Is that Austin?"

"Yes! He is Austin! Fire off the signal flare to inform Mr. Tolkien immediately!"

They were subordinates of the royal members. After Bruce, Graham, and the three cultivators of the Ghost Sect were expelled from the third floor, they had tried everything they could to break into the small room. But all of their efforts had proven in vain.

Plus, everyone in the group of five knew that Austin was not in the room and had transferred far away to somewhere else.

So they had left the Emperor Library in dejection and decided to go to find other treasures around the rest of Mysterious Nether World.

Bruce and Graham, however, had ordered two of their subordinates to guard the square, in case Austin reappeared and needed to be disciplined.