"Humph!"
When they heard what Sword Son Curry said, the four governing gods' faces darkened.
They wanted to fight him, to kill him, but they had come to the harsh realization that the grey-robed
elder was too strong for them to handle. Fear speckled in their eyes.
They went from respecting him, to thinking they could overcome him if they all worked together, to
finally
being proved wrong.
They weren't going to be fools and provoke him again so they stood down. After all, he had defeated
the four of them with one blow.
The anger slowly withdrew from their faces.
Meanwhile, in the world of swordsmanship,
a man clad in white clothes approached Austin in mid-air.
He moved in a leisure way. There was a piece of withered grass in the corner of his mouth and his
white hair was tied in a ponytail at the top of his head.
His white clothes were spotless, which made him exude an unworldly aura.
It seemed like the worldly affairs had nothing to do with him.
A few seconds later, he stopped in front of Austin.
"I will fight you using just one sword skill. If you stop me, then you are the winner.
If it ends in a draw, that will also be considered a win for you,"
the man in white said as he looked at Austin.
As he stood in the void, white clouds that appeared out of thin air moved above and below him. He
appeared so unbothered that it almost threw Austin off.
"All right. Let's do this, sir," Austin replied humbly.
Staying focused, Austin pointed his sword at the man in white.
Although the white-robed man acted in a lazy manner, Austin could tell that each of his moves
contained the essence of swordsmanship.
It somehow seemed like the man was really a sharp sword.
Austin knew that he possessed terrifying strength.
It had been more than one hundred and eighty years since Austin had entered this world.
During that period, he had been fighting with the sword cultivators every day without much rest.
Though he had been through a lot, he had also learnt a lot.
Austin had developed the manner and character
of a good swordsman.
He was calm and never self-conceited. He was just focused on gaining better understanding of the
sword skills.
His fingers grasped tightly around the handle of his long sword and he focused on his opponent.
They both stood there facing each other and waiting for the duel to begin.
"Good. I'll make my move,"
the man in white said lazily.
As soon as he had finished speaking,
the leisurely look on his face turned determined and fierce.
Wisps of sword aura began to appear and flew around his body.
His aura became more and more intense as it spun.
Out of the blue, a sword light appeared.
It all happened so fast that Austin didn't even know that the white-robed man had made his move.
The man's strike was potent.
Austin's eyes widened in surprise.
'The sword light is super faint but I can feel the power behind it. It could destroy anything,' he remarked
as he watched the sword light dance in the air.
"That was bloody brilliant!"
Austin praised sincerely.
However, he didn't flinch.
The sword light gushed out of his body and gathered into the sword in his hand.
As he wielded the sword, he focused on recalling his understanding and comprehension of the
swordsmanship.
The sword emitted a beam of light and sword aura that cut off the space. Loud noises filled their ears
and then everything went quiet.
Austin's strike was fatal,
and it was the best one he had launched yet.
Clang!
Finally, the two streaks of sword light collided.
From the impact alone, the entire world around them began to tremble.
It caused time and space to stop.
It lasted for a while.
Then, a wave of energy was produced,
spreading out in all directions.
Like a storm, it caused destruction in its path.
Austin and the man in white stood face to face, motionless. All through the attacks, neither of them
faltered.
Then,
the sword in Austin's hand exploded into fine dust.
Meanwhile, a deep cut appeared on the man's right shoulder.
Red blood spurted from it, staining his white clothes.
All energy waves and sword light ceased.
The two of them stood in the void and looked at each other. An eerie, silent atmosphere enveloped
them.
A moment later, the man in white broke the silence. "You won," he said with a sigh.
He then turned around and flew away. Before Austin knew it, he was gone.
"I cut you and you shattered my sword. Actually, we were tied,"
Austin said.
However, there was no response from the man in white.
"That was the 32500th sword skill I broke,"
Austin murmured to himself as he tidied himself.
While he was in this world, his task was to break 36,000 sword skills.
There were only 3,500 left to go.
"It won't take me long to pass the test,"
Austin said.
"I have been in this world for more than 180 years, which is equal to about 4 hours in the outside world.
I need to hurry up,"
Austin murmured to himself.
He kept moving, ready to battle the next sword cultivator.
There wasn't a lot of time to waste and he needed to pass the test as soon as possible.
In another chaotic space outside the Sea of Chaos,
there was a huge bird nest perched on the edge of a cliff.
The nest was the size of a small continent.
In the center of the nest, there were two big eggs.
One lay there, motionless.
The other giant egg emitted colorful lights and noises came from inside it non-stop.
Cracks covered the shell of the egg
and a fierce-looking creature could be vaguely seen curling up inside.
"Soon I will hatch!
I never thought I could get my hands on the body of the chaotic sky-devouring beast. This is the most
powerful primitive legendary beast.
Now I can even fight a real dragon with this body!"
Ecstatic laughter came from the giant egg.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
More and more cracks appeared on the shell,
signaling the creature was about to break free.
"Ronnie, you can go to hell!
From now on, I don't have to live in his identity. I will live in my own identity.
The Sea of Chaos will be ruled by me from now on!
Ha-ha!"
The volume of the creature's voice shook the entire nest.
A few seconds later,
a loud crack was heard.
A body was thrown out of the egg and landed on the bird nest.
The corpse belonged to the current leader of the Annihilation Mountain,
Ronnie.
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