Maria walked up to Austin and said with a hint of jealousy, "Austin, you're so amazing! How did you
make a breakthrough in such a short time?"
When she first met Austin in the residence of the emperor's tenth son, both of them were at the
premium stage of Earth Realm.
But now Austin had the cultivation base of the Sky Realm. She realized that she would never be a
match for him in the vital energy cultivation no matter how hard she cultivated.
"This is the third time that you have come to rescue Anna and me," Iris followed with gratitude.
With a blush on her face, Anna stared at Austin with admiration evident in her eyes. She looked like a
maid in love staring at her hero for the first time.
Austin cleared his throat and with a speechless expression, he said, "Come on, guys! Don't look at me
that way. This is awkward."
When he was attacked by the five cultivators of the Sky Realm, other warriors kept a distance from
him, just watching them fight.
But Dewey, Maria, Iris and Anna had stood behind him in support, which touched him.
"Oh, by the way, what's going on here? Why did all these people gather in this valley?" Austin
continued.
Since he had been with the Flame Emperor, he was ignorant of the event that nine cultivators of Sky
Realm from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom had broken into the Mysterious Realm and targeted
warriors of the Violet Orchid Empire and massacred them.
The four filled him in on the actions of the nine masters at the Sky Realm from the Heavenly Dragon
Holy Kingdom.
After hearing their story, Austin understood why the warriors had gathered together in the valley.
'It turns out that they had intended to work together to deal with the nine skillful martial artists of the
Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom, ' he thought.
"What are we going to do, Austin? Should we stay in this valley?"
Maria inquired.
"I see. Nine cultivators of Sky Realm. They are strong, so the battle is going to be tough.
But don't worry.
There is no need to waste time here. Let's get out of here," Austin replied after thinking for a while.
The truth was the nine masters at the Sky Realm were tough opponents to cope with.
But Austin wasn't afraid of them. After all, he was at the medium stage of the Sky Realm.
Besides, he owned a tenth-level ancient evil ape. He thought he stood a chance to defeat the nine
cultivators of Sky Realm from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom.
If the nine cultivators of Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom made a move on him, Austin would fight with
them instead of running away.
Although there were fifty-five warriors of Violet Orchid Empire, most of them were at the Earth Realm
and some had reached the Mysterious Realm.
In a battle with nine masters of the Sky Realm, they would only end up losing their lives. Sometimes
the party with more people would lose the game when their opponents were much more powerful than
they were.
There were only two masters of the Sky Realm in this valley—Bruce and Graham who could have
helped him. But they were already on opposing sides with Austin.
Taking all the factors into consideration, Austin concluded that it was an unwise idea to stay in the
valley.
That was why he had decided to leave the valley and walk around.
Judging by his tone, Dewey and the three girls could tell that Austin didn't take the nine warriors of Sky
Realm from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom seriously. They were taken aback by his response.
But since the four already thought of him as their leader, they agreed with Austin.
The four all believed that the best way for them to keep alive was to stay close to Austin.
As no one proposed a different opinion, Austin made a decision to guide the four out of the valley.
"Where are you going, Austin? Are you not going to stay here?"
A loud voice rang out, and then a pretty maid walked up to the five. It was Denali.
Austin paused in a trance since Denali had made a good impression on him.
"I don't know. We're just going to walk around," Austin replied.
"I heard that the nine cultivators of Sky Realm from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom who
slaughtered our warriors of the Violet Orchid Empire intend to kill us all are still around. If you leave
here, you might run into them. And you'll definitely be in grave danger.
How about you stay with us?"
Denali suggested.
"Ha ha, I don't fear the cultivators of the Sky Realm from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom. If they
dare to provoke me, I will slaughter them," Austin said scornfully with a sneer.
Denali was stunned at his remark. She stared at the lad who used to be a grunt disciple of Sun Sect
just as she was. When she saw the confident smile on his face, she was attracted to him immediately.
But the next second, she came back to her senses.
"To be honest, you surprised me. I didn't expect that you would reach this realm so soon.
You're strong and you have no reason to be scared of those guys of Sky Realm. But you should be
careful. After all, you have to deal with nine people of the Sky Realm at the same time, if you encounter
them. So I advise you to stay here," the maid continued.
Austin was moved as he detected concern in her tone.
Austin laughed and responded, "Don't worry about me. I'll be careful."
When Austin and Denali were chatting away, several people made their way to them.
"Austin, won't you stay with us?" someone asked politely.
A girl among the group had a frosty look on her face. When she had Austin's attention, she smiled at
Austin trying to be friendly to him.
Austin recognized her as one of the female disciples of Sun Sect who was Denali's senior.
"Please stay here, Austin. We can work together to fight against the warriors from the Heavenly Dragon
Holy Kingdom," said another member of the crowd
"Austin, you're a member of the Violet Orchid Empire too.
Please stay and lead us to fight the nine evil cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom,"
followed another spectator. They really could use some help.
Suddenly, many cultivators walked up to Austin and urged him to stay.
Only Leo and Wilson stayed away from Austin.
Austin thought for a moment and understood what was going on.
Austin had the upper hand in the battle against the five masters of the Sky Realm just now.
Those who had witnessed that battle wanted to utilize him to fight and defeat the nine cultivators from
the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom.
However, When Dewey, Maria, Iris and Anna had been bullied by Bruce and Graham, no one stood up
for them or even said a word.
Besides, when Austin was besieged with five cultivators from the royal family, the rest stood aside and
watched the fight.
Once they found out that Austin was a strong cultivator, they flooded him and tried to suck up to him in
a bid to rely on his strength and have them under his protection.
Austin felt disgust and disdain for the cultivators after seeing through their ploy.
Although Austin and the spectators were from the Violet Orchid Empire, there was no love between
them since they had never been friends.
Some of them had even wanted to take his life. Austin had no reason to help them fight against the
cultivators of the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom.
"I'm sorry, I am not interested. I have to go!" Austin replied nonchalantly.
He turned around and left, while Dewey, Maria, Iris and Anna followed behind.
Noticing that Austin was about to leave, Denali gritted her teeth and suddenly said, "I'd like to join you."
"Are you serious?"
Austin was surprised at her proposal. 'She will be safer with me than if she stays here, ' he thought.
"What? Have you got a problem with me joining you?"
Denali fixed her eyes on Austin, although nervous inside.
"If you have made up your mind, then let's go," Austin said, as he turned and kept walking.
Denali was overjoyed.
"You want to leave, you pathetic losers?
Today all the ants and crickets in this valley are all going to die. I'm telling you that you're not going
anywhere. You must die, all of you!"
Suddenly a deafening laughter throughout echoed the skies shaking the whole valley.
Thunderous sounds were heard when suddenly nine figures floating in mid-air stopped in front of the
cultivators from the Violet Orchid Empire.
Overbearing vital energy force fluctuations rushed out from the nine cultivators' bodies and swept the
whole valley like a river flooding the valley in high waves.
They each exuded a strong aura, and with their hands held behind their backs, they looked down at the
crowd with contempt and ferocity in their eyes.
They each wore an arrogant expression on their faces, as if they were masters each inspecting his own
group of slaves.
"Well, you're not stupid.
You gathered together to go against us.
Well, what a surprise! I can't imagine you lowly ants, a group of weak cultivators even dared to form a
resistance against us.
Nevertheless, it is also good that you automatically gathered together, which also relieves us of the
painstaking efforts we had of finding each of you one by one."
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