The Supreme God of Martial Arts
Chapter 138 Soul Chasing Sticks

The two tomb owners who were on guard on the outermost part of thevalley immediately noticed Austin dashing out as their men reported tothem that two cultivators were rushing towards the valley.

"Look at how fast he moves! He's like a lightning bolt spearing to theground.”

one of the tomb owners gasped.

"Hmm, look how his vital energy dissipates around him. It is obviousthat this guy has only reached the seventh level of Energy GatheringRealm. But it's such a rare sight that someone of his level can travel atsuch high speed.”

"Go and ask two or three men to take his soul."

"Yes, sir!"

A man in black replied. As soon as he responded, he immediatelyrushed towards Austin with three men on his heels.

Although both tomb owners were amazed by Austin’s swiftness, he wasstill only a seventh level fighter of Energy Gathering Realm. Theyarrogantly believed that three or four men were enough to take care ofhim.

Carrying Fanny in his arms, Austin effortlessly glided as he was flying,rushing towards the outside of the valley.

His arms were strong enough to carry even a half ton heavy object.Since Fanny was so thin, carrying her was a breeze for him.

Fanny was stunned as well by Austin's capability to move so swiftly. Shewas still able to follow Austin closely as they made their way to thisValley of celestial energy ginseng. She was secretly gloating with thefact that Austin didn't have the ability to throw her off even if hewanted to.

Now, she could still feel Austin's swift pace. It suddenly dawned on herthat Austin hadn't moved fast last time. Rather, he had intentionallyslowed down so that she could easily follow him all the way to thisvalley.

Fanny had finally realized that it would be totally impossible for her tocatch up with Austin when he started moving in full speed.

This news had Fanny gritting her teeth. She felt upset, but was definitelyconvinced by Austin’s strength.

But what annoyed her was the fact that Austin deliberately sloweddown his pace just for her. She had even felt complacent and proud theentire time because she was able to follow closely behind Austin.

On the other hand, she was impressed with Austin's amazing fightingpower. Based on the dispersion of Austin’s vital energy, she couldclearly identify that he was at the same level as her, a seventh levelfighter of the Energy Gathering Realm. However, Austin was capable ofslaying cultivators at the sixth, seventh, and even eight level of theEnergy Gathering Realm easily like killing dogs and chickens.

Austin had also mastered multiple bodily movement skills. “What kindof monster was this guy?’ Fanny thought.

While Austin was still running, four men in black emerged out of theblue and converged towards him. Apparently, those men were about tostop him from his path.

“Who the hell were these mysterious men? They even deployed a largearray in order to kill cultivators and collect their souls.’

Hundreds of cultivators from different schools and sects had flockedhere to get their hands on the celestial energy ginseng.

Almost all of the disciples of the five major sects from Violet OrchidEmpire had journeyed here. Besides, a lot of powerful people werepresent as well. For instance, three members of Blood Wolf Team werehere as well.

If the array deployment was made known, most of the powerful peoplefrom the entire Violet Orchid Empire would definitely be infuriated withthese mysterious people. The cultivators from the whole Violet OrchidEmpire would certainly not rest until they had eliminated every last oneof these men.

The mysterious men were clearly not fooling around, or else theydefinitely shouldn't have been driven crazy to pull off such a stunt.They were still brazen to have an array deployed despite the obviousconsequences of their actions.

This only meant one thing. That was, these men were working forsomeone powerful.

Austin exercised his spiritual sense and scanned through the fourpeople who were approaching and encircling him.

All of those men were definitely at the sixth or seventh level of EnergyGathering Realm. They were all dressed in black, and each of them helda black stick. They all appeared menacing and evil.

Rather than dodge them, Austin dashed so fast like a bullet movingstraight towards those men.

20 meters.

10 meters.

5 meters.

In a flash, Austin and the four men in black drew closer to each other.As the men drew closer, they realized that Austin had no plans ofstopping or slowing down. He planned to dash towards them with thefull weight of his body, greatly shocking them.

"Rieezel?

yelled the man dressed in black who was at the head of the group.

As soon as he yelled, a streak of black suddenly flashed right in front ofhim, scaring the wits out of him. But before he could even respond, theblack streak sliced his neck, blood gushing out.

His head flew away from his body and was cast aside. A fountain ofblood squirted out intensely from his neck, turning the ground red.The corpse didn't fall off the ground until some moments later.

As Austin unsheathed his Negative Shadow Blade, he leaped forward injust one step, taking him straight in front of the next man. With onestep, he was able to cover about seven or eight meters.

The man was shocked by what happened. He couldn't comprehendhow Austin effortlessly reached him at such speed with only a stepforward.

Stunned, the man desperately tried to jump backward to dodgeAustin's attack.

But before he could even react, Austin flung his fist, punching the manon his chest. A resounding bang echoed throughout the area as hispunch was connected with the man's body. The force was so strongthat even the surrounding shook violently.

The man's body shot through the opposite direction for a couple ofmeters away like a fired cannon ball. His body fell on the ground andwas badly mangled beyond repair. He was killed right on the spot.

And just like that, Austin effortlessly took care of the mysterious menpursuing him.

The remaining men felt scared and disappointed after they witnessedwhat Austin did to their two comrades. “This guy is just like a killingmachine, * they quivered in fear.

However, they were ordered to dispatch Austin and take his soul.

Even if they retreated and escaped from dying in the hands of Austin,what waited if they returned empty-handed was a punishment moresevere than what they could imagine. Disobedience was not an optionfor them.

Without any other choice, the two men in black gritted their teeth,wielded their black wooden sticks and ran towards Austin to face himtogether.

As soon as they swung their black wooden sticks which looked likesticks held by sons in funeral processions, a weird force was producedwhich surrounded Austin.

Immediately, Austin felt that something was trying to enter his SoulSea. Something was attempting to take his soul away.

It seemed that these two men's weapons could produce a kind ofmysterious power which attacked someone's soul.

Nevertheless, Austin had strong power of spiritual sense. He was notdeterred by their attack. Instead, he was confident that his power ofspiritual sense had become stronger than ordinary cultivators at theMysterious Realm. It must be due to the fact that he engulfed some ofthe fragmented spiritual soul of that little monkey which had previouslyintruded his Soul Sea.

After sensing the attack, Austin harnessed his power of spiritual senseand concentrated it against the invading force in his Soul Sea. Withlittle effort, he was able to drive the force away.

“Hmm, you even have the guts to fight me in power of spiritual sense?"Austin mumbled to himself, a hint of sarcasm was reflected as a twitchappeared in the corner of his mouth.

An idea suddenly popped up in his mind. He then used his spiritualsense flying needle, which

instantly attacked the brain of the man in black who stood on the left.The man immediately felt unimaginable pain shot through his brain,causing him to scream out loud in pain.

When he came to his senses, he only saw a streak of red light flashingin front of him before his head was severed from his body. Blood shotout of his body.

The man on the right was overwhelmed by grief and terror as he sawAustin executing his remaining companion with one strike.

"This is not happening! How is it possible that you are not suppressedby our soul chasing sticks at all?"

The last man exclaimed in astonishment.

Soul chasing sticks?

Austin found out that their weapons were actually soul chasing sticks.The big array deployed by these men was called Soul Collection Arrayand the weapons these men used for soul collection were known assoul chasing sticks. The men in black even planned to collectcultivators’ souls. So these men were skilled in soul collecting.

Soul, namely the spiritual soul left after one's death, was a type ofrelatively peculiar energy in the universe. It could preserve all of one'sexistence such as memories and emotions after his or her death. Inother words, it was another form of existence after one's death.

Souls, simply put, are ghosts, which is a more common interpretation ofpeople.

However, they couldn't be preserved for ever in the universe, becausethey were not supported by bodies. Their energy would gradually growweaker as time passed by. Eventually, the souls fully dissipated and leftthe universe.

Austin had no idea why these men were collecting souls.

But instead of pondering over this revelation, Austin released anotherspiritual sense flying needle, which intruded the man's brain. He thenwielded his Negative Shadow Blade, finally putting an end to the man'slife.

While he was fighting with men in black, Austin left Fanny somewhereaway from the fighting. After he finished them off, Austin went to Fannyand pulled her closer to him.

Fanny was only 16 years old. Apart from her grandfather, no other manhad ever dared to touch her body while she grew up.

But so far, Austin had touched her over and over again. The thoughtannoyed and embarrassed Fanny, turning her cheeks pink.

However, under the current situation, it was better if she didn't makeany fuss.

"Fanny, have these men successfully deployed the array?"

Fanny replied after thinking for a few moments, "Yes, the energy withinthe valley has been more or less controlled. They have successfullydeployed the array.”

"Then, how do we escape from the array?"

"Hmm, this array is rather impressive. But there is a weak point in thenortheast side. We can easily escape through that side.”

Austin adopted his bodily movement skill as soon as he heard whatFanny had deduced and flew towards the northeast side with rocket-like speed.