The Supreme God of Martial Arts
Chapter 213 Austin Enters The Ring

The young man, handsome as ever, felt annoyed that his opponent wascondescending him. He gritted his teeth at the sheer amount ofcontempt directed towards him.

With a deep breath, he closed his eyes and clasped his hands into a fist.Then he felt the vital energy gaining pace, its surges rushing throughhis veins as he felt vital and energetic inside. His confidence began torise. He felt his spirits lifting, and he waited for this vital energy force tocompletely engulf him. He took a step back and let his veins throb withenergy and power. He was itching to go straight for the opponent. Hewaited a moment, and then charged towards his opponent.

The handsome young man's opponent stood on the other end. Hewatched this young lad clasping his hands. He knew this was going tobe a battle he would enjoy. A cold, cunning smile ran across hisswarthy, stout face.

The stout man leaned forward a little, in anticipation of the pace he wasabout to gather. As his torso bent forward, his legs gave way to amuffled explosion and he burst towards his opponent—leaving behindjust a flash of black light.

The handsome young man was out of wits for a moment. For a secondhis opponent was far away, and the next there was just a flash of blacklight. A moment later, he found the stout man upon him. Before hecould react, his opponent was ready with his fists, about to thunderdown a punch at him.

The young man did not expect such pace, and before he could make adefensive move, his opponent's hand punched right onto his chest. Thestrong vital energy force burst like a volcano from the stout man'spalm.

Bang! The punch roared.

A massive thump echoed across the ring. The handsome young man,who was moments ago ready to attack, was struck by the punch. Thisblow was so powerful that he staggered to gather his feet. Bloodspewed from his mouth all over the ground, making a long trail of thedamage.

The crowd was alive with excitement. They were here to see drama andthey were going to get it.

The swarthy man's dexterity and power were appreciated by the crowd.Yet, they knew there was a massive gap between the talents of theseyoung men. The stout one was extremely powerful, and could crush hisopponent in moments.

The handsome young man took support at the edge of the ring andsteadied himself. He looked pitiful and cut a sorry figure—standingthere and whimpering. He wiped blood from his face, looking mentallydejected. He knew it wasn't possible for him to win here. Without aword, he jumped out of the ring.

"Huh! That's very sensible of you, sissy,” the swarthy man mocked.

The swarthy man was elated! All it had taken was one punch to beat hisopponent.

Three battles took place next. All these duels were a fight for a place inthe top three—the three strongest men in the whole outer sect. Therewere not many disciples who took part in this prestigious competition.In the end, an expert sword-wielding disciple Luther Hua remainedstanding in the ring. He had already defeated two disciples. Moreover,his swordsmanship was a grade four sword skill, the SurgingSwordsmanship. For reference, the vast majority of disciples did noteven have access to grade four martial skills.

His grade four sword skill was not acquired from the Sun Sect. Instead,he had chanced upon a teacher while traveling and had acquired thisskill.

Luther Hua was not only a master of the high-grade sword skill, but hadalso gained a level one sword intent.

The caliber of the intent of a high-grade martial skill was considerablymore lethal than that of a low-grade martial skill.

For example, a cultivators level one sword intent that he understoodwith a grade three sword skill was much weaker than his level onesword intent that he understood with a grade four sword skill.

Luther Hua's cultivation base of the vital energy was in the peak of levelnine of Energy Gathering Realm. With his grade four sword skill andlevel one sword intent, his strength was almost unmatched in the entireouter sect.

After Luther Hua had entered the ring and defeated those twochallengers in a row, silence had spread through the Martial ArtsSquare. Everyone was waiting to see if there would be anotherchallenger.

However, there was no movement for a long time. Everyone thoughtthat Luther Hua was now qualified to challenge the former third-bestdisciple.

Fair stood up slowly, about to speak out the results.

"I'l try," a voice rang out somewhere from the crowd.

Fair was about to speak, when he heard the voice. An emaciated youngman dressed in gray clothes appeared in front of the ring.

He stepped inside the ring and gave Luther Hua a courteous smile. . ."Violet, does your method of concealing the breath of vital energy'sfluctuations work?"

"Don't worry, my Magical Aura-changing Skill is marvelous. Once youhave performed it, even the cultivator of the Mysterious Realm wouldnot be able to see your real cultivation base without coming close toyou."

"Okay, that's exactly what I need.”

The young man in the gray clothes, who had just shown up, was Austin!Murmurs rippled through the crowd.

Immediately, many outer disciples in the crowd recognized the youngman in the gray clothes as Austin.

The audience turned restless because Austin was a famous figure. Hewas the number one among the outer disciples three years ago, andhad recently become a sensational figure after he had defeated Billyand Marvin.

Marvin was in the allotted space for the top ten, and he watched Austinintently as he entered the ring.

Marvin had assumed Austin was afraid of him and hence hadn'tresponded to his open challenge. But that wasn't the case as Austinprepared to challenge Luther Hua for the third place.

Austin had planned everything to his strengths. He had absolutely nointerest in challenging Marvin, but was eyeing the third place itself.

“A conceited and arrogant man!" thought Marvin in a fit of rage.Marvin's face twisted in anger as he looked at Austin, the man who hadhumiliated him multiple times.

Meanwhile, another man, who was also seated in the allotted space forthe top ten, was also watching Austin intently. This man, howeveraverage he looked, was the cultivator ranked first among the outerdisciples.

"Haha, that's funny! I thought he would challenge me, but he insteadchooses to challenge for the third place. He still seems to want to hidehis strength and keep a low profile.”

"Austin Lin," a voice came from the other end of the ring

Luther Hua simply called out Austin's name. It turned out that he knewAustin too

"Wow, looks like I am really famous.”, Austin remarked

Austin was resigned to the situation, and his cover was all but blown.Judging from the atmosphere, most people present knew him.

"Of course, as the number one in the outer sect three years ago, youwere the one who all the disciples looked up to. Then quiteunexpectedly, you disappeared for three years, came back to becomean outer disciple again. Besides, you just defeated Billy and Marvin.How can someone with such complex experiences like yours not befamous?" Luther Hua said.

Luther Hua's eyes fixated on Austin.

"Well, you've got a point there.”

Unable to refute him, Austin nodded approvingly.

"But you do know that to qualify to challenge the third place you haveto defeat me,” Luther pointed out.

"I understand.”

Austin flashed him a wry, all-knowing smile.

"Let's make it quick then," Luther Hua said.

He raised his long sword and pointed it at Austin. At the same time asteady stream of vital energy force flew to the pointy end of the sword,and rays of shapeless yet significant amounts of sword aura began todiffuse.

Austin’s battle with Marvin was not long ago, and Luther Hua was thereobserving him. He knew that Austin was also in the level nine of EnergyGathering Realm and possessed amazing physical strength. What wasmore, Austin had practiced the violent and formidable Grand PagodaSummoning Skill that was well-known throughout the Sun Sect.Therefore, as soon as Austin came to the ring, Luther Hua immediatelybecame determined and focused. It was an important battle. If he didn'ttry his best, he was likely to lose.