Despite their mighty cultivation base of the Sky Realm, all of the cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon
Holy Kingdom had been killed by Austin. Only the corpse of the man in white remained intact. The rest
of them were all smashed into minced meat.
"This...is unbelievable..." Dewey murmured. He and his companions were the first to come back to their
senses.
After all, Austin had kept them safe all this time, and the fight didn't involve them at all.
"Austin... These people... from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom...were...all killed..." Dewey
stuttered. He was too shocked to utter a complete sentence. His eyes were as wide as saucers, and he
stared at the bloody carnage of flesh and gore scattered on the ground.
The metallic tang of blood made him gag and he wanted to vomit, even though he was usually a
strong-minded person.
Even Austin himself couldn't help but swallow heavily when he saw the havoc around him. He hadn't
expected the battle to end so swiftly or in this grotesque massacre.
'Wow, this is the power of the evil ape.
It's so strong!' he thought.
'If I had gone to pick the soul-recovering fruits without the Flame Emperor's Beast-subduing Skill in my
possession, I guess I too would have been killed like these cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy
Kingdom.'
Thinking of it, Austin was grateful for his luck.
"Okay. Let's leave this place now," he said with a brave, but tight smile as he turned to the people
behind him.
As always, he appeared calm, as if he had not just caused the destruction of nine cultivators from the
Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom.
"Austin..." Dewey stammered.
He licked his lips and regained a little composure. Finally, he was able to speak as usual.
"Austin, you're awesome! These people were invincible in my eyes, yet you effortlessly wiped them out.
Austin, I can't admire you more..." Dewey went on and on without stopping. Suddenly, he realized
something.
"Oh, by the way, what kind of monster was it?"
he asked curiously with his eyes locked reverently upon Austin's face, as he was dying to hear the
answer.
Upon hearing that, Maria, Denali, Iris, and Anna all turned to look at Austin, also waiting for his reply.
They had been present the whole time while Austin was fighting against the people from the Heavenly
Dragon Holy Kingdom. They had seen with their own eyes how Austin had unleashed the horrible
monster.
"Ahem! Guys, don't act like groupies."
Their keen, awed eyes and curious expressions amused Austin. He shook his head with profound
resignation. Patting the dust off his clothes, he prepared to leave.
"Stop talking nonsense. Let's go. If you don't want to leave, then stay," he said before he turned to
leave the valley.
"Austin, come on, we're all friends. Just tell us about the monster."
Dewey didn't want to give up. Carefully minding his step over the bodily remains, he hurriedly trotted
after Austin.
Maria, Iris, and Anna also followed in their wake.
Denali turned to look at her companion, who was still unconscious.
Biting her lips, she made up her mind and ran after them. Far better to be safely at Austin's side than
left behind on the battlefield. ...
In the valley, two people had kept their cool during the confrontation—Graham and Bruce.
When Austin had started to combat the cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom, Bruce and
Graham had taken the chance to flee to the edge of the valley.
They had planned to escape from the valley once the situation worsened.
When the evil ape had appeared and then massacred the people from the Heavenly Dragon Holy
Kingdom, Graham and Bruce were dumbfounded and horrified.
They were too far away from the battlefield to actually see what skills Austin had used. Besides, Austin
had tried his best to hide his moves when he unleashed the evil ape and then withdrew it at the end of
the battle.
As a result, Graham and Bruce hadn't seen Austin unleash or withdraw the evil ape with their own
eyes. However, they were both intelligent people, and they somehow guessed that the horrible monster
must have had something to do with him.
The monster had slaughtered the cultivators of the Sky Realm so effortlessly, as if they were
defenseless babies. Bruce and Graham had offend Austin many times, and even tried to kill him. Now,
however, they broke out in cold sweat.
'Jeez! We were truly seeking death back then!'
As soon as Austin left the valley, the cultivators at the Mysterious Realm from the Violet Orchid Empire
arose from the ground one after another.
Seeing the scattered blood and flesh on the ground, they looked at each other in fear and awe. "Were
the cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom really killed so easily?" one of them asked.
Someone beside him answered, "Yes. Austin killed one of them first. Then a monster appeared out of
nowhere, and smashed the rest of them into minced meat."
When the evil ape had let out a deafening roar, the cultivators at the Mysterious Realm had been
intimidated by its strong aura and had flung themselves down on the ground. They didn't dare to even
move.
However, a few cultivators who were much bolder had raised their heads to watch the fight. And they
had seen the evil ape ravage the cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom.
After the cultivators at the Mysterious Realm had chatted among themselves for a while, the cultivators
at the Earth Realm awoke one after another.
They got up and looked in awe at the terrible scene around them. They began to ask others about the
event.
When they heard that the nine cultivators at Sky Realm from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom had
been killed, they were thrilled, and indulged themselves in the joy of being survivors amidst the hellish
carnage. Suddenly a loud cheer sounded as if it were a festival or something.
During the past few days, the nine cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom had been
bullying the cultivators from the Violet Orchid Empire. They had killed many people and raped many
women.
In order to deal with them, cultivators from the Violet Orchid Empire had all gathered in this valley in an
attempt to battle them together.
They hadn't expected things to turn out this way. The nine demon-like cultivators had been killed all of a
sudden, and no one would mourn their passing as they had been so evil and depraved.
Suddenly, everyone remembered one man—Austin.
Their gut feelings told them that what had happened in this valley must have had something to do with
him.
But, he had already left the valley.
There were no more than ten days left before they had to leave the Mysterious Nether World.
Since the cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom had been killed, the cultivators from the
Violet Orchid Empire were much relieved and began to freely wander around the Mysterious Nether
World, looking for surprises and opportunities.
Austin and his companions explored and also found many medicinal materials, herbs, and level 5 to
level 7 beast cores.
They even found a small vital energy crystal vein.
They mined the vein, and each of them now possessed more than ten million vital energy crystals.
Dewey and the four women were deeply thrilled as they had never seen so many vital energy crystals
before.
During this time, Austin returned to the depths of the Medicine Valley to visit Angus. He spent three
days with him.
Under Angus's guidance, Austin practiced pill refining.
Angus was an experienced pill refiner. With his help, Austin had made rapid progress. He felt his pill
refining skill was much improved.
There were also various kinds of medicinal materials and herbs in the valley where Angus lived, many
of which were at level 7 and level 8.
Meanwhile, Austin had refined the Scorching Evil Fire. With it, he could control the temperature and
duration of the fire more easily.
Within just three days, Austin had managed to become a level two pill refiner, and he had produced a
wealth of Energy-boosting Elixirs.
Staring at the Energy-boosting Elixirs laid out before him, Austin couldn't help but recall the earlier
times when he had been a grunt disciple and an outer disciple of the Sun Sect. Back then, he would
have been thrilled when he received a few Energy-boosting Elixirs. But now, he could effortlessly
produce many more Energy-boosting Elixirs. He just sighed at this memory.
Austin wanted to rebuild a body for Angus as he respected him very much. He asked Angus whether
he could come back to life after he had rebuilt a body for him.
Angus said it might be possible if Austin could secure several precious materials required.
He also said that it would be easier to rebuild a body for him than to rebuild a body for the Flame
Emperor.
The answer came as a pleasant surprise to Austin. He kept it in mind and swore to himself that he
would find those precious materials at any cost.
He would also devote more effort to reach the Basic Sacred Realm as soon as possible. Then he
would return to the Mysterious Nether World and rebuild a body for Angus.
Angus realized the young man's noble intentions. Although he was not sure whether Austin could
achieve it, he felt grateful as Austin was a good man.
Finally, ten days had passed.
The cultivators had entered the Mysterious Nether World almost a month ago.
Soon, the cultivators from the Violet Orchid Empire would be transferred back to the Prime Martial
World.
Their explorations of the Mysterious Nether World would soon come to an end.
Before Austin had departed, Angus had gifted him with many level 7 and level 8 medicinal materials.
With nothing else to be gained from staying, Austin then journeyed to the river which flowed next to the
lake where he had found the soul-recovering fruits. Two groups of people had already arrived.
One was the group of imperial members led by Bruce and Graham. The other was the nine mysterious
men from the Ghost Sect.
When these two groups arrived at the river, they saw more than ten lilac colored sunflower-like plants.
The fruits of the plants had already been harvested, however, and the cultivators' faces turned as dark
as ink.
Obviously, someone had beaten them there and had already taken possession of the soul-recovering
fruits.
Somehow, they all suspected Austin of this crime. Their gut feelings told them that these soul-
recovering fruits had all been picked by him.
They gnashed their teeth in anger, but could do nothing.
After the gruesome manner in which the nine cultivators from the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom had
been killed, Wilson, Leo, and their companions didn't dare to antagonize Austin again.
Wilson, Leo, Garret, Caden, Symon, and the others had all witnessed the deaths of the cultivators from
the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom. They finally realized that they couldn't hold a candle to Austin.
Even though they had some trump cards, they also knew that they were ill equipped to defeat him.
Finally, the time to leave the Mysterious Nether World arrived.
All the cultivators were prepared to be transferred.
Without warning, all of them were illuminated by streaks of mysterious light coming down from the sky.
Then their heads became dizzy and it felt as if the sky and earth were spinning madly around.
After a disorientating moment, they opened their eyes again, and they were already standing on a giant
square. All of the cultivators from the Violet Orchid Empire were there.
Everyone was familiar with the square—it was located at the imperial garden of the Violet Orchid
Empire.
"Ah! Finally, we're back!"
They laughed and cheered happily upon realizing that they were home.
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