More than a dozen blurry figures quietly climbed up the Divine Sword Mountain stealthily.
Each of them was a governing god.
There was no doubt that governing gods had lots of tricks up their sleeves.
They had the most brilliant space law at their disposal to perfectly hide themselves, completely invisible
to the naked eye.
At that same time,
thunder continued to rumble at the summit of the mountain.
Austin was sitting cross legged there.
Dark clouds gathered above his head, spreading out for miles, blocking out the sun.
Streaks of serpent-shaped lightning crawled across the thick dark clouds.
'I've already avoided the Thunderstroke Doom for a total of seventy-two times.
I will just have to dodge it nine times more.
After that, I will finally become a genuine premium-grade divine god,' Austin thought to himself, full of
expectation.
He had been dreaming to reach this realm for the longest time.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Claps of thunder began to roll as the massive walls of destructive lightning began to lash down on
Austin.
"Seriously?"
Austin cried out.
The more of the Thunderstroke Doom he managed to dodge, the more challenging it would be to avoid
the succeeding ones. Each oncoming Thunderstroke Doom proved to be more powerful than the
previous one.
As the lightning was about to hit him, Austin performed the Shadowless Movement, and unleashed the
law of space, the law of time, the law of reincarnation and the law of causality.
In an instant, he disappeared from where he stood.
He then activated the Reincarnation Token and teleported himself someplace else.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The roaring thunder collided with the space where Austin was just sitting across-legged, causing it to
collapse.
However,
the thunderbolts had lost Austin again, unable to track him down.
"Whew! That was so close!"
Austin appeared in another part of the peak, feeling lucky to have avoided the thunderbolts.
At that very moment,
numerous young men gathered along the path up to the Divine Sword Mountain.
Since they were very keen on reaching the top of the mountain, the five sword spirits set up various
tests to see if these men were worthy enough to reach the summit.
It was one of their main jobs.
As sword spirits, they represented the will of the Divine Sword Mountain.
In other words, they merely conveyed the will of the Divine Sword Mountain.
However, the five sword spirits had no idea that a small army of governing gods were sneaking up on
them.
As a matter of fact, about three governing gods had their eyes hungrily on each sword spirit.
Meanwhile,
a new and larger group of young men appeared and went up the Divine Sword Mountain.
Because of them, the five sword spirits got busier with twice as many intruders to deal with.
They became increasingly occupied with testing the younger generation.
A white-robed old man, who was one of the five sword spirits, stood along the way.
"Right now, I'm going to test your will.
You may attack me one after another and give me your best shot.
Let me see what you can do,"
the elder said with his hands behind his back.
The young people stood in front of him.
"I'll do it first!"
As soon as the white-robed elder finished his words,
a young man strode forward, drew his sword and waved it at him.
Finally, the test had begun.
Somewhere else along the mountain road, another one of the sword spirits, the old man in grey robes
also stood with his hands clasped behind his back.
His clothes fluttered in the wind.
"If you want keep moving, you need to pass the test.
This is a world of swordsmanship.
You must break all the sword skills in this world for you to advance,"
the elder in grey said flatly.
The moment he stopped talking, a young man made his way towards that world of swordsmanship.
Here, the test had also begun.
In different parts of the mountain road, the other three sword spirits also showed themselves and
began testing the young people who wanted to reach the peak.
For them, time passed slowly.
With all the tests and challenges, another two days had passed.
Around this time, a large number of young people had gathered in front of the white-robed elder.
He was the one responsible for the first test.
Compared to the other four sword spirits, he had to test more participants.
'Hmm... Something is amiss.
Why did so many young people come here all of a sudden? Where did they all come from?'
In the past few days, this question had been hounding the white-robed elder.
Since he couldn't come up with an answer to it, he asked several young men why they came.
The answer he got from them was the same: their elders had instructed them to come and climb the
mountain.
"Well, it looks like that something is going on.
However, no one can stir up trouble on the Divine Sword Mountain,"
the elder in white said with a cold sneer.
Meanwhile,
in the distant void,
three figures were quietly wandering around.
The three figures were cloaked and they skillfully hid their auras. With all that mastered concealment, it
was impossible for anyone to spot them.
"Here comes our chance!
This old man is also focused on testing the young people.
I don't think he is expecting to be assaulted.
All right, everyone, be careful. We can't afford to make any mistakes.
We must keep him under our control no matter what. If necessary, we can hurt him badly or even kill
him,"
one of the governing gods said to his companions discretely through his spiritual sense.
"You are right."
The other two governing gods nodded in agreement.
With that, the three of them moved towards the white-robed elder stealthily.
At that same time,
the other four sword spirits were in the same situation as the elder in white.
About three governing gods were sneakily approaching each of them without being seen nor heard.
All the while, the five sword spirits were occupied, testing the young people,
with no idea that danger was upon them.
When the right time came,
the governing gods decided to take action.
"Let's move, now!"
They communicated with each other through their spiritual senses.
At the same time, they all released their terrifying energies,
causing the vast void around them to shake violently.
"Old man, you're doomed!"
"Just surrender!"
All the governing gods roared at the same time.
They had been ignored and never taken seriously by the five sword spirits.
Up to this point, they had been holding deep grudges against the elders.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Since the governing gods had reached almost the highest level of swordsmanship, the sword auras
they had unleashed were terrifyingly powerful.
"Hah! How dare you stir up trouble on the Divine Sword Mountain?"
"Who do you think you are? No one is allowed to stir up trouble here!"
"Get out now or there will be consequences!"
The five sword spirits were shocked at the sudden attack and were enraged.
They never expected that someone would dare to attack them like that.
The Divine Sword Mountain was a highly revered, sacred place for swordsmen,
while the five of them, the sword spirits of the Divine Sword Mountain, were tasked to guard it.
All the sword cultivators looked up to them.
In the past, even Master Sword showed them respect and didn't dare to offend them.
Much to their astonishment, there would be low-level governing gods who dared to launch an assault
on them.
However, the five sword spirits were more powerful that anyone had known. They would never
surrender.
Hence, a fierce battle began.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The energy released by the five sword spirits and more than ten governing gods was never before
seen in the flesh.
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