The young man's cultivation base was only at level six of the Energy Gathering Realm, but his bodily
movement skill was quite excellent. And this was the reason why he was first to catch up with Austin.
However, Austin's Spiritual Sense Flying Needle managed to disturb the young man's spiritual souls
and enabled Austin to cut off his opponent's arms.
He screamed in agony, like a pig about to be butchered.
The screams jolted everyone who heard this.
But it was Austin who continued to amaze spectators because even after battling against four evil
wolves for more than an hour, he was still terrifying in combat.
"Stop attacking him from all directions! We need to gather together to deal with him," Billy shouted at
his men.
Gritting his teeth, Billy tried to control his outrage.
After barking his instructions, two outer disciples who ran ahead of them stopped in their tracks to wait
for the others to catch up.
Meanwhile, Austin frowned as he thought of Billy's team. 'If a dozen outer disciples choose to gang up
against me, it will definitely be difficult to handle them. After all, I only have two hands.'
Boldly, he turned to them and shouted," You're a bunch of cowards!"
Then quickly, he rushed into the woods nearby.
By that time, Austin already had a basic understanding of the Using the Wind method. Swiftly, he ran
like a wandering ghost using the Wind-commanding Skill and in moments was out of sight.
"After him!" Billy screamed.
He was quite surprised by Austin's astounding speed and his excellent bodily movement skill. Billy then
saw the frightened outer disciples surrounding him, and his anger escalated.
As soon as Austin entered the wooded area, he kept changing his forward direction like a shadow with
the Wind-commanding Skill. Finally, he vanished without a trace.
After searching the forest for a long time, Billy and his companions still found no trace of Austin.
Unknown to them, Marvin also followed Billy into the woods.
When Marvin met up with Billy's group, he was furious after learning they'd lost Austin, and that there
was no trace of him. "I had great expectations for you, but look at the result! It's exasperating!" Marvin
bellowed.
"What are you waiting for? Go! Keep on searching for Austin!" he barked at Billy and his men.
Angrily, he looked at the other outer masters, who scrambled to obey him.
Then stepping out from behind an enormous tree, Marvin started running towards the woods, as the
other young men struggled to keep up with him.
Meanwhile, five members of the Blood Wolf Team stood at a hillside far from where Marvin and Billy's
team had converged. They caught sight of Austin and were also amazed by his bodily movement skill.
"I never thought that boy could master such great skill. He moves quite nimbly.
Let's go and catch up with him.
It won't be easy to find him in the vast Grand Desolation Mountain once he finds a perfect place to
disappear."
As he said this, Matthew frowned slightly.
At his command, his team ran towards the woods like flying ghosts.
Deep in the forest is a towering tree with an extremely thick trunk. Austin hid between its dense
branches and held his breath as long as he could. The young disciple believed that by keeping utterly
still, he would blend in with the enormous tree, which provided a perfect camouflage.
The tree, which seemed to be the highest in the woods, reached a height of over a hundred meters.
Like any good warrior, Austin had a good reason to use the tree as a temporary hiding place. He
wanted to know how many people were after him so he could figure out his odds.
Only when you know your enemy can you win the battle is his motto.
As a man with great spiritual souls, Austin had a strong hunch that aside from Billy and his followers,
there were others watching him from a dark corner of the forest.
One thing was clear: if he failed to figure out who else was hunting for him, escape would be more
dangerous.
He saw four or five teenagers appearing at a distance soon after Billy and his companions appeared in
the woods. And the man who led the small group was Marvin, who marched in front.
Noting the bodily movement skill and cultivation base of the young men were at relatively high levels,
Austin concluded that they might be a small elite group from the outer sect.
Muttering to himself, Austin said," Obviously, Marvin brought them along to deal with me.
So two groups of people are looking for me now."
Taking a deep breath, Austin was just now familiarizing himself with the situation and was about to
leave when he suddenly caught a glimpse of several indistinct figures from a distance.
He thought, 'There's still someone else coming after me!'
The knowledge put Austin on heightened alert. Scanning his surroundings, the young disciple saw five
figures approaching from the direction of the hillside.
Judging by their movement skills, Austin determined these people were all experienced cultivators, with
minds and bodies filled with an invisible murderous will.
The hunted disciple could not help frowning.
He was aware why Billy and Marvin were purposely making things difficult for him.
"But the five other people? Are they here to cause me more trouble?" Austin mumbled before shaking
his head since he couldn't guess what their motivation was.
"Do they have a grudge against me?" he asked himself.
Puzzled over the turn of events, he noted the five men's exceptional agility and great strength, so they
appeared more dangerous than the outer disciples led by Billy.
What surprised Austin most was the fact that three groups of people were searching for him at that
moment. Suddenly he felt a little nervous about the situation.
"Violet, I'm in a difficult situation right now!"
He tried calling out to Violet, whose soul was under his control, hoping he could communicate with her
through his spiritual souls.
Sighing, he was grateful to have recently mastered this type of communication with Violet. With his
spiritual sense marked on Violet's beast soul, Austin gradually learned he could talk to her via spiritual
souls.
"My lord, what's happening to you?"
She quickly replied after sensing Austin.
He told her what was going on.
"Do you need my help? I'm quite confident of defeating these cultivators of the Energy Gathering
Realm. Handling those young men won't be a problem."
Violet said with a laugh.
In Violet's view, her current strength was nearly equal to the Earth Realm of human beings. So dealing
with these three groups of people after Austin would be no problem.
Taking a few moments to ponder about her offer, Austin remained silent.
Finally, he said," Violet, you don't need to help me now. But can you help me handle them in case my
life is in danger? I would like to improve my strength through actual combat. There are so many people
who want to fight me today. So, I'm going to play with them. It's time to practice my fighting skills!
I believe this is a very rare opportunity!" he said with a smile.
Because of a strong will, Austin simply viewed the present dangerous situation as part of his practice
journey.
Silently, he began to analyze the enemy's situation.
Among the three groups after him, it was Billy and his companions who had the weakest level of
strength, although it was their team with the highest number of people.
Meanwhile, Marvin's group only had five or six people, but they were a little stronger than Billy's team.
By his estimation, it was the group of five unidentified men who appeared from the hillside that had the
greatest strength.
"It's going to be hard for me to deal with so many people," Austin muttered as he tried to sort things
out.
"The only way I can outwit them is to escape from the enemy's territory at once. That way, I'll have time
to make other plans."
With this in mind, Austin knew he had to stop hesitating and simply act. If they discovered his
whereabouts, escape would be impossible.
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