'This is horrible!'
Austin remarked, his breath caught in his throat in his terror.
For a moment, he felt his life hanging precariously at the edge of a cliff.
At the sight of the elder's hand about to hit his head, Austin freaked out and desperately stepped back
to avoid it.
All of a sudden,
the elder in grey paused
though his hand remained in front of Austin's head.
"Young man, you realize now how hard it is to pass the test, don't you?
If you insist, you might lose your life.
Do you still plan to continue?
I suggest you cherish your life and quit while you still can.
Since you're with Sword Son Curry, I don't want to hurt you,"
the old man in grey said.
"Sir, I already said that I must climb up the Divine Sword Mountain. Please let me go ahead,"
Austin refused without any hesitation.
In the blink of an eye, he threw his head back and let out a roar.
All the sword aura in his body surged forth.
Austin was left with no choice but to go all out so that he could have even a snowball's chance in hell to
pass the test.
"Bring it on!"
he shouted.
Almost all the spiritual sense in his Soul Sea integrated into the sword aura inside him.
This was a sword skill that Austin came up with from the past two hundred years' of battling.
He infused all his spiritual sense into the sword aura, which could multiply the sword aura's speed and
intensity.
In the blink of an eye, the power of the sword aura rose sharply.
As a matter of fact, this sword skill wasn't Austin's original creation.
When he was still in the Prime Martial World, he practiced the Dominant Spiritual Sense
Swordsmanship the Sword Emperor left behind.
Due to the Dominant Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship he practiced before, he could now better
combine the spiritual sense and sword aura into one.
Eventually, he managed to perfect this sword skill.
Hence, the sword skill that he unleashed to attack the grey-robed elder was an improved version of the
Dominant Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship.
With Austin's current spiritual sense and swordsmanship level, the power of the upgraded Dominant
Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship was beyond anything anyone could imagine.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Streaks of sword light containing the combination of sword aura and spiritual sense surged out of his
body to resist the attack from the elder in grey.
Meanwhile,
Austin was deep in concentration,
and performed the Mind Sword Skill.
Whoosh!
A moment later, the mind sword slashed out.
Not a hint of sword light could get out of his body anymore because of the grey-robed elder's attack.
However, the mind sword didn't get affected and it was rushing towards the elder's palm.
Clung! Clung! Clung!
Every move of the mind sword could make people's head spin with how fast it advanced.
In an instant, it already slashed the old man's palm hundreds of millions of times.
Another roar ripped its way out of Austin's throat when he threw his head back.
Deafening noises echoed around them as the sword aura in his body violently surged once more.
"Not bad,"
the old man in grey praised.
"Apart from the mind power, your Mind Sword Skill even contained the sword aura. I am really
impressed. If you weren't talented in swordsmanship, you wouldn't have been able to master it.
You didn't break the rules,"
the old man in grey commended.
However, after every word he spoke, his hand came closer to Austin's head.
Dazzling sword auras suddenly burst out of his palm.
In just a split second, they surged over Austin like an unstoppable wave and completely engulfed him.
Cuts appeared on Austin's body and blood gushed out from every single one of them.
Even the white of his bones could be seen with how deep his wounds ran.
For a second, Austin's confidence rattled.
'If it goes on like this, I'll be torn into pieces,' he thought, a frown appearing on his lips.
"Ha-ha! I've told you that the brat can't pass the test.
He's going to die in that world." Rollins let out a booming laugh.
He and three other governing gods on the path of the Divine Sword Mountain were filled with joy when
they saw Austin's misery.
'I hope he can hold on,'
Sword Son Curry prayed in his mind as he unflinchingly stared at Austin's battle.
Not a hint of emotion could be seen in the eyes of the elder in grey.
At the boundary between life and death,
Austin let out a deafening scream from the stress of his tremendous fear and overwhelming pain.
Brilliant lights burst out of the spiritual tree, the spiritual heart, the spiritual dragon, and the Chaotic Ice
Lotus in his Soul Sea. At the same time, all of them released their spiritual soul energy and it fused with
the sword aura inside Austin.
Left with no other choice, Austin pushed his swordsmanship to the limits.
In the blink of an eye, he reflected on all the sword skills and knowledge he acquired from Sword Son
Curry and in this world.
Not even a moment later, his swordsmanship improved in leaps and bounds.
It was terrifying how quickly the sword aura's power in his body increased.
Boom!
Hundreds of millions of sword auras inside him burst out at once.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Like a raging ocean, the sword radiance roared and spread in all directions.
Time, space, energy, law, air, and everything else in its path was destroyed.
Even the entire world began to collapse and disintegrate because of the infinite sword light Austin
unleashed.
Eventually, the world was completely destroyed.
Not a single thing remained of the world.
Only Austin and the elder in grey were left standing and they stared each other down from opposite
sides.
"Congratulations, young man. You passed with flying colors.
Your strong will to pursue higher level swordsmanship, as well as the progress you made in the face of
danger, proved that you're an excellent swordsman,"
the elder in grey said with admiration and waved his hand.
Only then did Austin realize that he was no longer in that world of swordsmanship.
Instead, he stood on the road of the Divine Sword Mountain, and the elder in grey robes stood in front
of him.
Next to him was Sword Son Curry.
Not far away, four governing gods shrouded in powerful sword aura watched them. Based on the look
in their eyes, none of them liked Austin.
"Thank you, sir."
Austin sincerely bowed his head to the old man in grey.
Although he only narrowly escaped death,
he managed to gain a lot.
It took him two hundred years to break thirty-six thousand sword skills unleashed by thirty-six thousand
swordsmen. That was indeed a once in a lifetime experience.
Very few cultivators were ever blessed to meet the good fate he did.
Thanks to that, Austin's swordsmanship leapt ahead of the pack.
He deserved to be called a great master in swordsmanship based on his insights on swordsmanship,
sword skills, and strategy.
From now on, all kinds of sword skills wouldn't even be able to put a scratch on him.
After a moment's thought, Austin discovered that he could even come up with all kinds of new sword
moves as much as he wanted.
He already reached such a lofty level in swordsmanship.
It was the benefit from breaking thirty-six thousand brilliant sword skills.
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