The waterfall of thunder poured in relentless torrents over Austin, submerging him before long.
Austin pushed his body to release all kinds of energy at maximum.
Vital energy, physical strength, spiritual sense and law power--he sought to unleash all of them from within him.
Bang!
From the torrents of thunder, a white tiger emerged, springing out at Austin and causing the void to rumble and collapse in parts.
The tiger was the embodiment of the thunder essence which in turn represented the will of heaven and earth. And it was out for Austin's blood.
"Ah! Great timing!"
Austin was undaunted. He took on the white tiger fearlessly, fiercely.
Austin deployed all the skills he had mastered thus far to fend off the white tiger. His momentum ended up tearing through the space.
Infinite beams of dazzling light, thunder light, and laws of nature--boundless and terrifying--washed over Austin.
In the end, Austin was able to tear the white tiger in half, though he sustained several wounds in the effort.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The thunder set loose a terrifying creature after a terrifying creature in succession, each and every one a ferocious fighter.
"Kill!"
Austin gritted his teeth and fought back relentlessly. His injuries grew more and more severe, his bones mangled and his blood gushing out. But even this could not deter him.
"Today, I'm going to be a sect ancestor level cultivator!
If heaven and earth want to stop me, then I'll fight against the whole heaven and earth!"
Austin shouted defiantly, rushing headlong into the area where more creatures were lurking. Even at a distance, he could tell they possessed terrifying strength.
Austin struck the first blows. And he made sure to deliver the final ones, too.
Austin slaughtered the creatures one after another. He descended on them like a demon, his power overwhelming.
Austin went on a rampage and was seriously injured. He sustained grievous harm repeatedly. There were even several times his body simply exploded and disintegrated into a mist of blood.
Fortunately, Austin had cultivated the Phoenix Nirvana Skill, and the spiritual tree protected his spiritual soul, so both his physical body and spiritual soul restored themselves quickly.
In fact, Austin soon found that with every resurrection, his body only grew stron
leader of the Sword Palace not so long ago.
The sword was nourished with no less than the blood essence of the Sword Palace's leader.
It radiated with a tremendous power.
Using his spiritual sense, Austin inspected the golden sword carefully. It wasn't long before he found the spiritual soul mark left by the leader of the Sword Palace.
"Austin, you bastard! Just you wait! I shall take my revenge!"
the spiritual soul mark seethed at Austin.
Austin only smirked in response before wiping out the mark.
In its place, Austin engraved his own spiritual soul mark, fundamentally connecting the sword to him.
"What's your name again? Right, the Flying Immortal Sword! A pretty good name, if you ask me,"
Austin said, smiling at his new weapon. He then summoned the golden sword into his elixir field and used his blood essence to nourish it.
'Now on to the next plan. I need to practice the Concentration Method first and improve my swordsmanship.
It's crucial when I infiltrate the underworld, '
Austin thought to himself, preparing to begin the long training in the time chamber.
Outside the time chamber, his friends' and followers' anxiety were starting to reach fever pitch.
"It's been too long. Why hasn't he come out?"
"I'm dying to know whether he made it or not!"
Everyone gathered outside the time chamber burned with questions and concern.
The supreme holy tree sought to assuage their fears, "Wait patiently. Do not worry."
"I can assure you this. He will succeed,"
the supreme holy tree proclaimed.