"Who are you?"
Austin was surprised.
"How dare you!"
At the sight of this, a large number of members of the Curry Sword Sect were about to dash towards
the maiden to prevent her from approaching Austin.
However, Austin gave them a look, signaling them to stay put, and they had no choice but to obey,
hence they just remained where they were.
Noticing Austin's attitude towards the girl, the masters who had surrounded him to toast him
enthusiastically didn't make the effort to stop her. They simply watched as she walked closer to Austin.
Then the maiden stopped in front of him and looked him up and down with curiosity written all over her
face.
"Are you really the legendary Austin Lin, who is the most powerful cultivator in the Sword Cosmos?"
she asked, in a shy voice.
This girl had fine features, which looked lovely on her.
"Ha-ha, where did you hear that? Yes, I suppose I am,"
Austin replied with a chuckle and a friendly smile.
"But you don't look much older than me!
So, are you really that powerful like they all say?
Did you really defeat more than forty governing gods of the Blade Cosmos just by yourself?
My sister and I think it's a lie. We don't believe it at all."
Seeing that Austin was warm and easygoing, the maiden became bolder with what she wanted to say.
Another girl ran towards them. Her facial features were the same, almost identical with the first maiden,
but she was older.
"Mabel, that's so rude of you. If Grandpa found out about this, he will surely scold us," she lectured the
maiden.
"Mr. Lin, I apologize for my sister's rude behavior. We shall no longer bother you," she then said to
Austin. The older sister held the younger one by the arm, turned around and planned to drag her away.
"Oh sister! Come on, what is there to be afraid of?
Aren't you curious?
We can take this chance and figure it out ourselves,"
Mabel said with a pout as she broke free of her sister's grip.
Countless powerful cultivators just stared at the fearless girl, and they were worried about her.
'She has no idea how powerful the man standing in front of her is.
He can actually take her out thousands of times, in a heartbeat, and without lifting a finger,' they
thought to themselves.
'The most fearless people are usually the ones who are ignorant!
Austin is a ruthless killer. He has killed countless people in cold blood and she dares to talk to him like
that?!
Wait, which sect is she from? She might get her entire sect in trouble,'
they pondered anxiously.
At this point, Austin stood with his hands behind his back. There was a very faint smile on his face and
no one could tell whether he was happy or angry.
Seeing him look like that, no one dared to stop Mabel.
"Look!
It is Mabel Xiao.
She has been spoiled by her grandfather, and she is known to be unruly and disrespectful.
She even dares to question the most powerful cultivator in the Sword Cosmos," one of the young
people about Mabel's age exclaimed with resentment.
The young people watching in the distance were taken aback by Mabel's bold moves. It was
embarrassing!
Although they had the guts to come here to peep at Austin,
they were not as ignorant and fearless as Mabel who had questioned him face to face.
'Couldn't she see that a large group of masters praised and adored Austin, even trying their best to
please him?' the young cultivators couldn't help but wonder.
Except for Mabel, no other young creature had the nerve to approach Austin under such
circumstances.
Just earlier, the atmosphere was lively as people enjoyed each other's company, talking and even
laughing out loudly. However, the merriment suddenly died down and was replaced by dead silence.
With jaws wide open, everyone stared at Austin and the two girls, wondering what would happen next.
"You are right. I am not really that powerful,"
Austin replied casually, amused by Mabel's straight out question.
He didn't feel offended, let alone get mad at the girl.
Instead, he thought she was innocent and cute.
"Okay then. But why does everyone say that you are the most powerful person in the Sword Cosmos?
Even my grandfather said so.
Nonetheless, I'm still very curious of you. Are you powerful or not?" Mabel asked, looking directly at
Austin, her eyes wide open with genuine curiosity.
As she spoke, her long eyelashes fluttered gracefully.
"That's enough, Mabel! Stop making a fool of yourself here. We'd better leave.
If you don't listen to me, I won't bring you out with me anymore!"
the other girl urged, her face red with embarrassment.
Being the older sister, she was more observant and sensitive to other people's reactions.
She could feel the masters ogling at her and her sister. When she looked around, she found that there
were many powerful men with terrifying auras staring at the two of them. She felt extremely
uncomfortable, as if something was wrong so she continued to urge her sister to leave with her.
"Oh... um... Well, let me think..."
Austin was dumbfounded at the girl's utter boldness and didn't know how to answer her question.
'Although Mabel is already fifteen years old, she is more simple and naive than her peers,' he thought
to himself, feeling a minor headache.
"How about you show me some of your skills?"
Mabel said on a whim.
"What did you say?"
Austin was surprised at such a request.
Hearing the words that came out of Mabel's mouth, many masters spat out the wine that they were
drinking.
Some even choked.
'What the hell! Did she just ask Austin to prove his skills to her?
How dare she say that?
Even a governing god would never dare to make such a request to Austin's face!' they thought, shaken
up.
Every master in the Sword Cosmos knew that Austin had severely beaten up over forty governing gods
from the Blade Cosmos alone.
'This girl is too clueless. She has no idea whom she is dealing with,' all the strong cultivators thought
with a sigh.
They could only guess that Mabel was in serious trouble.
"Stop it Mabel! If you don't leave with me now, I will get mad at you!"
the elder sister shouted.
"Heyyy! Why are you yelling at me? See? Mr. Lin isn't even upset.
You won't find a nice man to marry you if you are always so aggressive and bad-tempered,"
Mabel snapped back.
"Ummm... Well, in that case, I guess I have no choice.
I'll have to show you my skills," Austin agreed.
He was amused by the boldness of the girl.
"Really?
That would be great!
See? He agreed to show us his skills!"
Mabel was overjoyed as she clapped her hands on her sister's face.
"What's going on? It looks like Mr. Lin gave in to Mabel's request.
I never thought that he would be so easy-going!"
All the young people in the distance were all shocked.
"Okay, I'll show you now. Don't blink your eyes,"
Austin said gently with a smile.
Without another word, he stretched out his right hand which grew bigger with the wind. In an instant,
his palm covered a vast area.
Terrifyingly, his gigantic hand was shrouded in the great cosmos force. It emitted a powerful aura which
soon enveloped the surrounding space, causing everything within range to freeze.
After a brief moment, his palm moved forward,
reaching the far depths of the void.
A few seconds later, the giant hand retreated and returned to its original position. As he opened his
palm, there were five huge stars in it.
While the five stars were massive, Austin's palm was even larger having enough room to contain all
five. His hand drew the attention of everyone even from afar.
"Keep your eyes open and don't blink,"
Austin said, smiling at Mabel.
At that time, Mabel was petrified, her bright eyes full of astonishment and wonder.
Equally, her sister was as shocked as she was.
Austin shook his other hand, and the tremendous energy and all kinds of terrifying powers of law
appeared and came at the five stars.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Due to the impact, the five stars shook violently as if about to explode.
But then, they began to get refined, growing smaller with every second.
At the same time, Austin's palm also began shrinking.
'Oh wow! He is refining the five stars... right in front of us!'
The masters were losing their minds at what they were witnessing. Their eyes were almost popping
out.
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