Austin spread his legs and stood steady. Sword cultivators were floating in front of him.
Austin was not able to fly over the abyss,
but it seemed nothing was restraining them.
Austin stood on the single plank bridge and gazed up at them.
The fight was not fair, but Austin knew that he had no other choice.
After all, it was a part of the test.
At least he would have an opportunity to test his actual combat ability.
"Come on! I'm ready!"
Austin shouted, rushing forward.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Straight away, the swordsmen unleashed numerous streaks of sword aura that shot towards Austin,
narrowly missing the bridge.
To defend himself,
Austin wielded his sword while he ran, using his full strength to produce sword lights.
"Let's terminate him!"
Hundreds of thousands of sword cultivators decided to charge at him, moving in the shape of a tidal
wave.
"Kill them!"
Swallowing his fear, Austin brandished his sword and created more sword lights to stop their attacks.
In an instant, the bridge was completely engulfed by surging sword light.
No one on the outside could see what was happening.
The battle lasted a long time.
There were too many sword cultivators,
and each one was very powerful.
Still, Austin managed to fight a way to keep moving.
However, he was covered in wounds.
Deep cuts were everywhere he could see and not see. Blood drenched his clothes.
Fortunately, Austin had incredibly strong physical strength that made him difficult to kill.
These wounds looked bad but he was okay.
Even if his whole body was broken into pieces, he could recover in an instant.
This was one of Austin's advantages when he fought.
"Well, he is doing better than I expected," the elder in yellow remarked.
He had been watching Austin since the test had begun.
Sword Son Curry looked calm. He had faith in Austin's strength.
Rollins and the other three governing gods also had been watching the fight between Austin and the
sword cultivators. Now that he was nearing the end, anger was flaring up in them again.
While Austin battled,
they were joined by
six figures.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
They were all governing gods.
Terrifying auras hit the ground before they did.
Sword Son Curry bared his teeth when he saw them arrive.
Nash of the Xi'men Clan strode towards one of the six governing gods who sported a long beard.
"Sir, you made it!" he greeted.
The bearded, old man was the chief of the Xi'men Clan in the Sword Cosmos.
He was well-known and respected.
Elder Hodge of the Sky Sword Sect, Rollins of the Long Sword Sect, and Elder Cunning of the Flying
Immortal Sword Sect also joined their leaders.
The leader of the Sky Sword Sect, the leader of the Long Sword Sect, and the leader of the Flying
Immortal Sword Sect were there.
Combined and apart, they were the most powerful forces in the Sword Cosmos.
They ruled half the Sword Cosmos because
the other half of the territory was occupied by army of the Blade Cosmos.
It was safe to say that the four most powerful figures in the Sword Cosmos were here.
In addition to the leaders of the four forces, there were two other governing gods who were in charge of
other two forces in the Sword Cosmos.
One was the leader of the Brilliant Sword Sect and the other was the leader of the Sun Valley.
"It's really you, Sword Son Curry!
Why are you back?"
The six leaders glared at Sword Son Curry with their piercing eyes.
Long ago, they ganged up and fought against Sword Son Curry to gain control of the Sword Cosmos.
They thought he was gone but now he had returned. It was important that they found out why.
"I can come back if I want. You don't have the ability to stop me,"
Sword Son Curry said flatly.
"Sword Son Curry! Your spiritual soul should have been completely broken after that battle.
We didn't expect a wisp of your spiritual soul would escape.
Well, since you have the balls to be here, we will finish off you once and for all,"
the chief of the Xi'men Clan said.
"Sword Son Curry, rest assured. After we destroy your spiritual soul mark, we will track down your
spiritual soul's hideout and terminate you,"
the leader of the Long Sword Sect added.
"I don't think you can do that,"
Sword Son Curry replied, shaking his head.
"So much confidence... I would lose it if I were you,"
the leader of the Sky Sword Sect said with a displeased snort.
"Sir, we are important to this cosmos and
we demand you stop defending Sword Son Curry and that brat immediately,"
the leader of the Flying Immortal Sword Sect said to the yellow-robed elder as he took a step forward.
"Sir, Sword Son Curry is no longer a part of the Sword Cosmos.
He is our enemy.
And that brat is an intruder from another world.
The Divine Sword Mountain is a sacred place in the Sword Cosmos. An outsider is not qualified to
climb it.
So, sir, please tell them to leave at once,"
the chief of the Xi'men Clan said loudly as he turned to look at the elder in yellow.
"Sir, we and the entire Sword Cosmos require this of you.
Get rid of them,"
the leader of the Brilliant Sword Sect said.
"Please make them leave, sir!"
the rest of the governing gods said in unison.
There were ten governing gods in total. They stared at the old man in yellow with intense eyes, trying to
intimidate him.
In the whole of the Sword Cosmos, there were about thirty governing gods.
One-third of them were here.
Just the presence of Sword Son Curry had attracted all of them.
"Sir, please expel Sword Son Curry and that brat!"
All of a sudden, there was a chorus of shouts on the Divine Sword Mountain. Their sound waves
spread out, causing the entire Sword Cosmos to shake.
At this point, the number of the creatures from the Sword Cosmos that had surrounded the Divine
Sword Mountain was incalculable.
There was no way that Austin and Sword Son Curry could fight through them all and make their
escape.
"Do you think you can speak for the entire Sword Cosmos?
You give yourselves too much credit,"
Sword Son Curry snapped with a derisive sneer.
"Sir, please consider our request,"
the leader of the Sky Sword Sect pleaded as he stared at the yellow-robed elder.
"Are you threatening me?"
the elder in yellow asked, spinning around to face them.
"Sir, please don't get us wrong.
We need them and we won't give up until we get them,"
the chief of the Xi'men Clan said.
The ten governing gods had all released their aura, making them look powerful.
From what it looked like, they were preparing to fight the yellow-robed elder.
In fact, the leaders of these forces in the Sword Cosmos had been competing for the control of the
Divine Sword Mountain.
The five sword spirits were the biggest obstacle that kept them from getting what they wanted.
The leaders of the forces had long been waiting for an opportunity to get rid of them,
and they could use Sword Son Curry and Austin as an excuse to do so.
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