Austin did everything he could to escape.
However, the energy emitted by the Hand of Heaven was so intense that it felt like millions of divine
mountains were crushing down on his body, making it impossible for him to move.
Whoosh!
Just as Austin's avatar was about to be hit by the Hand of Heaven, out of nowhere, five streaks of
sword light flashed over at an astonishing speed
and entered Austin's body.
The tremendous energy of swordsmanship seemed to fill Austin's body until it was full to the brim. Then
all of a sudden, it burst out like a major volcanic eruption.
Austin also realized that his body had completely broken free from the energy of the Hand of Heaven
and he regained his mobility.
Whoosh!
Austin moved his body and turned into a faint sword light, instantly disappearing in the distance.
With the five streaks of sword light in his body, Austin could move and travel at least a thousand times
faster.
They were unleashed by the five sword spirits of the Divine Sword Mountain, known to produce such
appalling levels of power.
Austin managed to escape in an instant with the help of the sword lights.
Boom!
The Hand of Heaven landed on the spot where Austin had just stood, destroying that space, and
leaving nothing but a deep and empty crater.
Meanwhile,
the other avatar, who represented the current Austin, had taken the opportunity to rush into the Divine
Sword World where the Divine Sword Mountain was located.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
At that instance, the two avatars merged into one.
Then it turned into a faint sword light and rushed into the Divine Sword Mountain.
The Hand of Heaven remained floating in the chaotic void of the Sword Cosmos.
It seemed that it was not convinced that Austin and his avatar had escaped from it.
Since the beginning, no one had been able to get away from it alive.
But now, there was an exception.
For the first time since its creation, the Hand of Heaven had missed its target.
"Noooo, it can't be!
How could that brat have escaped?"
"He is still alive and well. He was able to sneak out anyway and escaped to the Divine Sword World!"
"It's indeed a miracle that he has managed to escape from the Hand of Heaven!"
"He seems to be a genuine medium-grade divine god.
But then, why isn't this Hand of Heaven as terrifying as people say it would be?"
All the powerful warriors in the Sword Cosmos who witnessed what had just happened were surprised
and raised a few questions. The place was abuzz as they discussed among themselves.
Likewise, the governing gods of the Sword Cosmos and the Blade Cosmos were also shocked.
Even they were unsure whether they could escape from the Hand of Heaven.
However, a young man managed to do it!
After quite a while, with nothing to go after,
the Hand of Heaven began to fade away.
Ulitmately, it disappeared into thin air.
It was obvious that this time, it came solely for Austin.
At this moment.
On the Divine Sword Mountain.
Whoosh!
A sharp sword light cut through the void in the sky and landed on an empty mountain road.
Then the sword light dissipated and in its place stood Austin.
No sooner than the transfer was complete
that he spat out more than ten mouthfuls of blood in a row.
The blood was the original blood essence and was incomparably precious.
Any mortal who could get a drop of the original blood essence of a divine god would immediately feel a
spike in his strength and would be able to live for hundreds or even thousands of years.
But now, it kept gushing out of Austin's mouth. He coughed loudly as he began to choke on some of
the blood.
"This Hand of Heaven is too weird to be understood.
I just brewed hostility against it in my mind and immediately, it sensed my hostility and quickly
appeared, wanting to kill me."
Putting more thought on the Hand of Heaven—its power and skills, behavioral issues and potentials,
Austin felt a massive headache.
"Austin, are you okay?"
The five sword spirits rushed to Austin's aid, asking with a bit of worry.
"Thank you for your concern.
I'm all right.
I may have just lost some original blood essence."
Over ten mouthfuls of blood was a lot to lose and naturally,
Austin looked pale and weak. He also broke out in cold sweat.
"Austin, do you know? You are the first warrior in the Sword Cosmos to have escaped from the Hand of
Heaven.
You should be proud of yourself,"
the old man in red said with a sincere smile.
"Thank you.
I almost failed to escape from its grip. I'm glad that I made it out alive!
If it weren't for your help,
I wouldn't be standing here right now,"
Austin said as he smiled with relief.
"It's strange.
I feel like something is wrong with you.
Are you okay? You don't look well.
I don't mean your body, but there is something about your luck.
Something seems to be missing,"
one of the five sword spirits pointed out.
"Let me see what it is,"
said the old man in yellow.
He then began to deduce things for Austin.
Runes related to time and space, causality and reincarnation appeared and circled around his body.
A moment later,
he stopped the procedure and looked at Austin with a serious face.
"Austin, I can see your past and present very clearly,
but I am unable to perceive your future.
No matter how hard I try, everything is just a whole block of random blurry scenes and images.
I have a strong suspicion that your future has been cut off or cleaned out by some kind of unknown
power.
That is to say, you have no future.
I don't think you need anyone to say that it's not a good thing
because it means that you will not be making any more progress with your skills and your strength.
And much worse, your current strength and luck will slowly decline and degenerate. Ultimately, it will
wither and die, and so shall you.
Slowly and painfully, you will become weaker and weaker
until you return to being a mere mortal.
As you know, mortals live very short lives.
Can you try to remember what happened to make this happen to you?
Why don't you have a future?
Do you think the Hand of Heaven has something to do with this?"
the old man in yellow told Austin very carefully.
"This is unbelievable!
How could something like this happen?"
The other four sword spirits were dumbfounded at what they found out about Austin.
If it were just a serious physical injury, or even a partially destroyed spiritual soul, there were many
ways to ensure a complete recovery.
However, if one's luck was damaged, then it would be really spelling doom for the unfortunate victim.
Luck was intangible, which could not be measured or manipulated.
It could not be seen or touched.
When bad luck struck, it was almost impossible to get rid of it.
"Sir, I have noticed what's wrong with my body.
And I have also known the severity of the situation.
But please relax since I know exactly what to do. I have the confidence to fix and improve it, with every
chance that I get.
Don't worry about me. I will be fine,"
Austin reassured them all.
The five sword spirits had always been good to him, and he had always felt grateful to them.
"Do you know of a way to change your luck into something clear and positive?"
The five sword spirits were both surprised and relieved.
"As a matter of fact, I do.
I believe you have seen the bodily movement skill that I have just used.
It is very much related to luck.
Just now, one of my avatars was shattered by that Hand of Heaven.
That avatar represented the future me. You can't perceive much about my future because it was
shattered.
I just need to create a new avatar that represents my future, and then the luck will be restored and I will
be alright,"
said Austin in a sure and confident tone.
"That is great news then.
I can't believe that there is such a wonderful bodily movement skill!"
the five sword spirits exclaimed.
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