The Supreme God of Martial Arts

On top of the mountain, Austin stood steadily and quietly. He was adjusting his breath and preparing himself for the things he was

going to do.

Slowly, he directed his spiritual sense down into the earth below, letting the earth carry its force far away and investigating his

surroundings. He was able to detect even the lowest sound and the slightest movement within the entire area within seconds.

Just as this happened, he could feel something moving right beneath him. Could this be what they called the Earth Energy? That

was truly fabulous!

In fact, this wasn't the first tthat he had felt something like this. It was just that now, he could sense it more clearly and was

sure that a certain kind of energy existed around him. He had been cultivating the Earth-shaping Formula these days, and kept

searching for any possible energy flowing under his feet. Finally, he managed to make it.

As he proceeded, he started to realize that there was actually a kind of very special energy above the surface of the ground, and

more of it beneath the soil.

To be more specific, he could vaguely detect that the energy took the form of a yellowish-brown fog, which seeped into every part

of the soil in the area.

Aside from this, he could observe that rather than flowing freely, the fog in different areas moved in certain directions as if it were

being led by an invisible hand.

According to the Earth-shaping Formula, something like this was very likely to be the Earth Energy.

Furthermore, the directions in which the fog flowed followed the moving currents of the force within a specific area.

It was like the fog visually represented the invisible force of the earth.

Days of hard work had finally enabled Austin to see it for what it really was. For that, Austin was literally over the moon.

Little by little, Austin gathered all his spiritual sense and felt the Earth Energy within the range of the headquarter of the Heaven

Pavilion Sect.

It didn't take him much tto figure out where the Earth Energy below the sect was flowing. All of the yellow fog was drifting

slowly towards the eighteen green hills around the headquarters of the Heaven Pavilion Sect, where the Earth Energy met and

converged like rivers into the sea.

"Well, it seems that the eighteen green hills are the heartlands of the Heaven Pavilion Sect's Earth Energy, and almost all the force

of the earth around its headquarter is centered in those hills.

Now it makes sense why the Eighteen Arhats Array is extremely powerful! It is created with the eighteen green hills as its array

eye.

The Earth Energy here must have played a very vital role and served as the energy source of the array,"

Austin murmured to himself, analyzing the conditions.

After this fact dawned upon him, Austin suddenly had an idea so he gathered a lot of force into his hand and hit the ground.

"Poof!"

A cloud of yellowish-brown fog burst out from under the earth like a bullet, changed its direction and cto float above Austin's

hand.

"So this is how the Earth Energy really looks like; the force that the earth contains!? Hmm, how interesting!"

Austin was very intrigued. He studied the fog with curiosity, trying to figure out more about it.

But he could do nothing with it with his bare hands, and it made no interaction with him. So after examining it for a while, he

turned his palm down, and let the fog sink back into the earth. It was like a drop of water from the point of a needle disappeared

into the ocean.

Then he began doing something quite peculiar. He started walking with short and quick steps around. He walked in different

directions and changed his directions swiftly, like he had ants in his pants, only the look on his face was one of determination and

not panic.

He had short strides and quick pace, with a trajectory that was rather confusing. It was quite difficult for one to follow his actions,

let alone guessing what he was trying to do. If anything, it seemed like he was drawing spicture on the ground with his feet.

Finally, having taken a dozen steps near the place, he stopped.

Raising his right foot, he stamped on the ground forcefully. The earth trembled at once.

"Out!"

he ordered in a low and firm voice.

"Boom!"

At his words, a puff of yellowish-brown fog as thick as his arm shot out of the ground and hit a tall big tree off to his side.

The tree could only be held by three to four people together, yet in the blink of an eye, it was broken and even blown into pieces

by the fog!

Leaves and chips of its trunk were blown up into the sky before falling down like debris and covering the ground.

"This Energy-controlling Skill is certainly far from being a disappointment,”

Austin nodded his head looking at the broken twigs and dry leaves at his feet.

Now it was apparent that he had in fact been attempting to activate a certain kind of skill called Energy-controlling Skill. It was a

part of the Earth-shaping Formula and could enable the user to control the Earth Energy easily.

Of course, the cultivator had to gather enough Earth Energy from the earth by using the skill in order to turn it into a powerful

weapon to attack.

Austin had successfully activated it at the first try, but the attack he launched was still relatively weak. He needed much more

practice before he could bring out the skill's full potential. However, that was already a very good strike to begin with, and Austin

was really satisfied and confident.

Satisfied, Austin ceased what he was doing for now.

It was tto have a rest and take a walk around the mountain.

It should have been a relaxing stroll, but as Austin was enjoying the scenery, something caught his attention.

He turned to look at another mountain nearby, where something important was taking place.

He recognized this mountain. It was where the Sect Supremo of the Heaven Pavilion Sect would usually retreat into cultivation.