Despite working together, the eight governing gods of the Long Sword Sect couldn't defeat Austin.
They even lost one member, and now there were only seven of them. What was worse, they all got
injured.
Winning against Austin seemed so far-fetched.
"There's no way we can win this.
Retreat!" the leader of the Long Sword Sect ordered.
Wasting no time, the seven governing gods and the others from their sect fell back and bolted away.
They headed towards a remote place situated in the depths of the headquarters of the Long Sword
Sect.
The area was full of energy and laws, and it was even shrouded in dazzling light.
It was the most important place for their entire sect—the sacred altar.
"Hurry! We have to reach the sacred altar before Austin finds us!"
Although the leader of the Long Sword Sect sent this message to all the members through his spiritual
sense, it was evident that he was getting really frantic.
The altar had a myriad of defense arrays, defense magic treasures, all kinds of lands of danger, and
lands of death. It was almost impossible for outsiders to enter.
Even governing gods might have trouble barging in.
"Whoa! Look!
The people of the Long Sword Sect are retreating!"
The creatures watching in the distance were all stupefied.
'Are they retreating?! Is this for real?!
How the hell did that happen?
They're fighting a young man, right?
He's just a genuine premium-grade divine god, yet he forced such a powerful sect to retreat! You've
gotta be kidding!' the creatures thought to themselves.
They were all pretty shaken up.
"That guy is too powerful!"
"I know! Austin has totally made a name in the Sword Cosmos.
I don't think he would ever be forgotten here."
"Such a fighting record is unprecedented. This fight will definitely be written in history."
"This young man had battled a super force all by himself! He is indeed a legend!"
"Have you seen that?
He has even taken that governing god as his prisoner!"
Discussions among the crowd filled the air.
They fixed their eyes on Austin and watched him in disbelief.
"Humph! You're not going anywhere!"
Faced with the retreat of the Long Sword Sect, Austin was left speechless. He thought it was ridiculous
that they were trying to run away from him, so he activated his bodily movement skill and swiftly went
after them.
"Come on, move faster!" the leader of the Long Sword Sect urged.
He had already lost the will to fight and was just feeling desperate to get away from him.
"Sir, we need to set up the Time Bridge!"
a reclusive elder reminded their panic-stricken leader.
"Oh, right!
Everyone, let's all work together to build the Time Bridge!" the leader of the Long Sword Sect roared.
Together, the seven governing gods of the Long Sword Sect released a myriad of spatial runes straight
away.
Boom!
A long bridge made of spatial law runes materialized in front of them.
It was remarkably mysterious.
In just the blink of an eye, all the members of the Long Sword Sect suddenly found themselves
standing on the bridge.
"Nice! What a brilliant spatial law!
It looks like these governing gods are proficient in both the laws of space and time," Austin
commented.
His initial plan was to hunt down the remaining seven governing gods. However, seeing the bridge they
built stopped him in his tracks.
The Time Bridge was put together from the spatial powers of the seven governing gods. It was flying
towards the sacred altar at an incredible speed.
Austin knew it would be impossible for him to catch up with it.
Now, thanks to the bridge, it took less than two seconds for all the members of the Long Sword Sect to
return to the sacred altar.
They emptied out their headquarters and left only Austin there.
The sacred altar was merely occupying a small area.
"Ha! Do you really think you're safe now?
Let's see if hiding in that tiny space can actually protect you."
Austin couldn't keep himself from smirking when he caught up to them.
The instant he stopped talking, he waved his sword at the entrance of the small space where the
sacred altar was.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Of course, Austin was strong enough to shake the entrance with such violence.
Nonetheless, lots of defense arrays inside the small space were activated all at the same time and
released immense energy to protect it from any harm.
Even a myriad of magic treasures were on fire and unleashed oceans of power to attack Austin.
"All right, guys.
Let's all work together to stop him!" the leader of the Long Sword Sect called on his men.
He knew that if Austin broke into the sacred altar, they would surely suffer a great loss.
Moreover, it would mean that they would lose their headquarters forever.
The consequences were dire the moment Austin barged into the sacred altar.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The seven governing gods and the other members of the Long Sword Sect launched attacks on Austin,
who was still outside the entrance.
For a moment, the small space was filled with all kinds of terrifying energy, law runes, and dazzling
sword radiance.
"Looks like the Long Sword Sect had spent a lot of manpower and time building their sacred altar. It's
solid for sure.
I gotta say, it's not easy to break in!"
Austin let out a wry laugh as he shook his head in frustration and glanced around the headquarters.
After a while, his brows raised as though he just came up with an idea.
He then summoned thousands of his slaves who stayed in one of his human worlds.
"Take every valuable thing here," he ordered his slaves.
Austin had countless slaves at his disposal and they would do everything he ordered.
He had always kept some of his slaves in his human world so that he could readily summon them
whenever he needed them.
"Yes, master!"
all of his slaves answered in unison.
Some of them were at the Divine Realm, others were ordinary divine gods, and there were even a few
genuine divine gods.
At this point, all of them began to take action. They split up in groups and collected all valuable
treasures that they could find.
"Keep your eyes wide open. Don't miss anything useful and precious.
We are going to bring all of those back to our headquarters,"
Austin reiterated.
"Yes, master. We understand," the slaves replied.
They did their best to find anything precious in every nook and cranny as they were told.
"What the hell..."
In the distance, the creatures who were watching this scene were rendered speechless.
Just a minute ago, they clearly saw Austin as an invincible legend. However, his actions afterward
showed his greedy side.
"Sons of bitches! Stop it!"
Inside the sacred altar, the seven governing gods of the Long Sword Sect felt extremely pissed off as
they witnessed how Austin and his slaves were looting the area.
Actually, the most valuable things of the Long Sword Sect were kept inside the sacred altar.
However, there were still a lot of treasures lying around their headquarters. As a major force that had
ruled the Sword Cosmos for so long, it was just natural for them to accumulate tons of fortune which
were beyond measure. It could be safely said that every treasure in their possession would be
considered of great value.
After all, for major sects like the Long Sword Sect, they would not store any useless items in their
headquarters.
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