Ennis gritted his teeth and eventually landed beside Shepard.
"Young man, aren't you aware that your arrogance would put all of us in such a tight spot?
I hope you don't let this happen again, Shepard. Now, when the fight starts, just run as fast as you can.
I'll cover for you. Just get away from here, all right?
I really don't know what I could tell your father if anything happens to you out here. Am I clear?"
When he finished talking, Ennis let out a long, heavy sigh.
He was already feeling desperate at this point.
His gut told him that it was impossible for them to escape, even more so now that they weren't at their
peak states.
Meanwhile, creatures from the beast race besieged Austin and his companions.
"Identify yourselves!"
Among them were two medium-grade divine gods and seven preliminary-grade gods.
"Oh, wait. I know you! You're from the Wu Clan, aren't you?
Ha-ha! You must really be courting death for you to come back, huh?
I must admit, that's very brave of you," one of the medium-grade divine gods from the beast race
teased Ennis with a smug face.
This medium-grade god was sure he recognized him because Ennis was one of the Wu Clan's strong,
famous warriors.
He saw Ennis fighting members of the beast race back when they attacked the Wu Star back then.
"You've gone too far. I'm sure you've got quite a long list of terrible things you've done. Sooner or later,
karma will punish you."
Ennis had also felt enmity towards him. They glared at each other with vengeful eyes and clenched
jaws when they met.
Earlier on when the army of the beast race attacked their hometown, the Wu Star, this medium-grade
divine god ruthlessly, mercilessly, and easily took the lives of everyone who got in his way. They had
lost count of how many members of the Wu Clan had been slaughtered by him.
"Karma? Ha! Don't be so naive, my innocent friend.
Our beast race will soon take over the entire Sea of Chaos.
Once our dear Lord Marlon becomes the supreme ruler of all the creatures in the Sea of Chaos, it will
be the end for you!" the medium-grade divine god from the beast race arrogantly declared as he let out
a roaring laugh.
Before his maniacal laughter faded, he motioned his comrades to eliminate Austin and the others.
"Go ahead and take them all down!"
Seven preliminary-grade divine gods who were standing beside him promptly rushed towards Austin.
Although Ennis was a medium-grade divine god, his fighting power had decreased a lot due to his
severe injuries. Therefore, those preliminary-grade divine gods did not take him seriously and deemed
him a small fry.
"Hey, brat. Just stop trying so hard, all right? You can just give up now and surrender!" one preliminary-
grade divine god from the beast race barked.
He dashed towards Austin, raised a weirdly shaped blade, and slashed at him.
The demonic blade swiftly moved, creating wind. Wherever it passed, the space around it collapsed
inch by inch.
Despite this strike, Austin didn't take him seriously. Austin thought that this guy was a mere preliminary-
grade divine god, so it would only take a flick of his finger to smash him.
However, before Austin could even do this, Ennis bolted towards his direction, took his place, and
countered the attack with a punch that sent out an immense power of stars.
The rolling laws from his fist evolved into many massive stars with terrifying energy and eventually
blocked the enemy's strike.
Clang!
The demonic blade that came at Austin bounced off due to the collision.
"Shepard! Run away with your friends now. I'll deal with them to buy you more time. Go!"
Ennis stood in front of Austin and the others to protect them.
"Uh..."
Austin was at a loss for words.
He actually felt deeply moved by this gesture.
It was evident that Ennis was a responsible and caring man.
He even planned to sacrifice himself to create an opportunity for the others to escape at this critical
moment.
"Ha! Look at this fool.
Let's kill him first!" the preliminary-grade divine god carrying the blade roared in fury.
He immediately beckoned his companions to attack Ennis together.
While all this was happening, the medium-grade divine god sneered and watched idly in the distance.
In his opinion, a seriously injured medium-grade divine god—even with three preliminary-grade divine
gods by his side—was too weak to be his match. He thought even making a move would be just a
waste of time.
"What are you waiting for?! Run!"
This time, Ennis took out a pair of bolas. When he waved it towards their enemies, streams of strong
star power immediately gushed out, ready to fight against those preliminary-grade divine gods from the
beast race.
"Austin, aren't we going to do something?"
Shepard tried to persuade Austin into helping Ennis.
Austin sighed as he scratched his head. "Don't bother. Let me handle it."
He was getting impatient. So he decided to finish this battle in one blow because he didn't want to
waste any more time in this place.
Swoosh!
He opened his mouth and a flying sword came rushing out.
Slash!
Its bright radiance cut through the space. The flying sword had a strong, powerful aura, and its
brilliance was comparable to thousands of stars shining at the same time, making everything around it
dim. This sword was definitely invincible.
With Austin's current swordsmanship cultivation base, the power of his Flying Swordsmanship was
terrifyingly strong.
While its light radiated throughout the whole space, it continuously spun and slashed every preliminary-
grade divine god who got in its way.
Puff! Puff!
In just a second, all the preliminary-grade divine gods of the beast race exploded. Even their spiritual
souls got destroyed.
"What— What just happened?"
Ennis was busy waving his bolas with all his might to counter the attacks of the enemies when he was
suddenly baffled by the turn of events.
An unexpected flying sword whizzed over and killed the preliminary-grade gods from the beast race all
in one go.
For a moment, he stood there dazed and confused.
He tried to recall what happened using his spiritual sense and found that the flying sword was sent out
by Austin.
However, he was still in disbelief. It didn't occur to him that Austin was capable of doing this and even
thought that he had seen it wrong.
He knew too well that, even for a medium-grade divine god such as himself, killing seven preliminary-
grade divine gods in one strike would still be quite a challenge.
"Whoa! That's awesome!"
Shepard and Fletcher were dumbfounded as well.
Although they both knew that Austin was very powerful, they didn't expect him to be this strong.
"What the hell just happened?!" Someone from afar bellowed in fury and bewilderment.
The middle-grade divine god of the beast race emanated rage when he saw how Austin killed all his
men.
Just a while ago, he was standing idly with his hands behind his back and simply waited for his men to
take care of everything for him.
He looked so smug and mighty since he was so sure that they would soon present their enemies'
heads in front of him. However, seeing Austin take his men down so easily had certainly made his
blood boil.
"Aaargh!
Damn you, brat!
I was wrong to underestimate your power.
How dare you kill all my men?!
You better pray because I'll definitely end your life! I will make damn sure there's no living being in the
Sea of Chaos who can save you!"
The medium-grade divine god almost exploded in anger. There was no stopping him anymore.
"Go to hell, you brat!"
Without further ado, he ferociously attacked Austin and made sure that he realized how powerful he
was. He was from the beast race, after all.
Boom!
Endless malicious aura, murderous will, and demonic aura surged crazily from him. He then condensed
all of them into a huge, bloody, demonic palm.
This palm had long, sharp fingernails with scarlet blood dripping from each of them, and it spread out a
cold chill.
Whoosh!
The huge, bloody, demonic palm dashed towards Austin with a great force and shook their
surroundings.
The whole Wu Star roared and hissed due to this violent attack.
The palm blotted out the sky, and the sun appeared as though it had set. It muted and annihilated
everything it passed.
It was clear that his strength was awfully terrifying.
Seeing all this, Ennis tried to assess his own power and came to the conclusion that he wouldn't be on
equal footing with this irate medium-grade god regardless of his injury and his peak state.
Realizing what was about to happen, even Shepard and Fletcher were aghast.
They found it difficult to breathe and move when they all felt the immense power that the disgusting
bloody palm was emitting. They felt suffocated and weak, and they didn't know what else to do.
"Austin! Run!"
Ennis, Shepard, and Fletcher all tried to warn Austin.
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