As the round ended, they looked at each other. To their surprise, the results were a tie.
"How is that possible?" the governing god of the Blade Cosmos murmured to himself, narrowing his eyes at Austin.
It looked as though he suspected Austin of cheating.
Austin was a genuine premium-grade divine god, yet he was able to withstand the attack of a governing god's blade aura.
Normally, he could kill over ten genuine premium-grade divine gods with ease.
"Well done, boy," the five sword spirits praised.
They had watched Austin improve in his swordsmanship since he had arrived in the Sword Cosmos and they were extremely proud of him.
"Again,"
Austin said, pointing his finger at the governing god of the Blade Cosmos and gesturing for him to come forward.
"Brat, are you trying to mock me?"
the governing god spat, teeming over with anger.
"So what? Is it making you mad? Come on. Show me what you've got,"
Austin taunted, smiling faintly.
Now that his swordsmanship had advanced, he was itching to go head to head with a master.
"Fine. I'm not afraid of you."
Since he was more afraid of Austin dirtying his name, the governing god of the Blade Cosmos prepared for another fight.
Just as he was about to dash towards Austin, another governing god from the Blade Cosmos stopped him.
"Stop the fight! We've got to get out of here," he said.
They were on the Divine Sword Mountain, which was a sacred place for all the sword cultivators to practice and grow. But for people from the Blade Cosmos, it wasn't safe, especially with the five sword spirits present.
If it came down to it,
the people of the Blade Cosmos might lose.
"Fine! Brat, I'll fight you another day!"
the governing god who Austin had taunted spat, casting him a threatening glare.
Before Austin could retaliate, the six governing gods from the Blade Cosmos disappeared into the void.
"All right. Now that that's dealt with... Sirs, I'm going to cultivate in seclusion. I need to digest all that I've learned,"
Austin informed the five sword spirits.
That day, he had absorbed a large amount of sword aura and sword intent, and he hadn't had a moment to rest and fully comprehend them.
He knew that it was important to slow down and process what he had acquired or he wouldn't perform at his best.
"Noted.
Go ahead."
T
yet he has the strength of a governing god.
It's unheard of!"
Already, they had heard about what had happened in the Divine Sword Mountain earlier that day, and they were impressed and scared by Austin's fighting power.
"According to my source, he's not from the Sword Cosmos. He reigns from the Lower World,"
a governing god explained.
"No way!
No one from the Lower World can enter the supreme universes."
"Yes. For as long as I can remember, the gateway to the Lower World has been closed.
We're governing gods but we can't even get in or out through that gateway.
There is no way a brat from the Lower World got in here."
They all took a moment to think it over but they still didn't believe that Austin was an outsider.
"Believe me.
He did come from the Lower World.
According to my informant in the Sword Cosmos, he can break through the space barrier of the Sword Cosmos and freely travel between here and the Lower World.
Many people have seen it with their own eyes. It can't be a lie,"
the governing god said.
"I still can't believe it.
There's no way!"
one of the senior members commented, dragging his fingers down his face.
"The only explanation is that he was using a lost secret skill that's related to space.
We should catch him and see if we can weasel it out of him," one of the core members suggested.
Immediately, greed lit up the senior leaders' eyes.
"But it won't be easy.
He is as powerful as a governing god.
We have to be smart about it,"
another governing god said with a frown.