The Supreme God of Martial Arts

Slowly, the men took in the sight of the boundless desert in front of them. It looked perilous and bloody from the miles of red sand.

All they could see was dust whirling in the distance.

Unfortunately, Austin couldn't use his vital energy force to fly across the desert; however, with squick thinking, Austin used

his strength and bodily movement skill to cast himself over the earth. He moved like a charging train as he headed for the only

visible structure.

On his heels was Brady who had decided to follow Austin instead of returning to the Slave Tower.

In fact, Austin had already engraved the spiritual sense array several times in the Slave Tower.

The spiritual sense array that Elder Sharp had taught Austin could becmore powerful as his spiritual sense grew stronger. The

stronger his spiritual sense was, the stronger the spiritual sense array was.

Therefore, Brady could cout of the Tower longer than he used to.

In fact, Brady enjoyed the idea of being in the world outside the Tower every once in a while.

Brady smiled as they traveled across the desert.

For hundreds of thousands of years, he had been kept in the Slave Tower after he was refined into a guardian spirit by Kevin, so he

loved being able to be out.

As they traveled further along the desert, the structure becclearer. Austin noticed that it was made up of giant pillars stood in

rows. They were thick, round, and ancient.

Even the foundation of the structure was still intact. It was about tens of feet long and tens of feet wide and half covered by dusty,

red sand.

"Do you know what this structure is? It can't be a building because it's huge! Was it the residence of giants?"

Austin asked Brady as they landed in the middle of it.

On the stone pillars, there were carvings of mysterious creatures and

as Austin glanced at them, he recognized what they were.

"These creatures look similar to the evil creatures that | encountered in the Astral World!"

He walked up to the tallest pillar and squinted his eyes, trying to see more closely.

There was a thick layer of dust completely around the circumference of the pillar.

Waving his sleeve, Austin used his vital energy force to wipe it away. The dust was carried away by the breeze.

"Brat, what do you think you're doing? Don't you know that the law concerning old relics in the Land of Life-and-death is to not get

too close to or touch them? They are extremely sacred and, therefore, dangerous,"

the FlEmperor snapped at Austin.

"Yeah, right. It's just a legend,"

Austin replied, smiling coyly.

In the distance, a strong wind picked up, carrying red dust all the way to the sky.

"Oh no... What's wrong with the wind? The sun was shining in the sky just now,"

Brady said, looking into the distance and shielding his eyes.

The dust cloud was coming towards them like a giant, bloody wave.

Whoo...

As it approached, it beclouder until they could barely hear their hearts beating in their chests.

"The black cyclone!

Something is wrong,"

Brady added, spinning to face Austin in panic.

Austin looked at the dust and noticed what Brady was going on about.

From distance, little shadows were forming and spinning away from it. They looked sinister as they spun like mini tornados from all

direction.

Together, it all combined to make a giant black cyclone.

"Why is the wind so strong? What is happening?"

Austin shouted over all the noise.

Whoo...

The black cyclone ripped up the sand from the desert as it swirled nearer. Everything around it becdark like night had

suddenly fallen.

Swoosh!

From the middle of the black cyclone, many large and long black claws swept out. They struggled against its pull as if they were

trying to break free.

Blood dripped from them and turned the red sand even redder.

Gusts of wind hit Austin and Brady so hard that they wobbled on their feet and the skin on their faces stretched back.

They looked at each other and fear was brimming in both of their eyes.

Whoo...

Finally, the black cyclone had reached them.

It was so big it could swallow a whale whole.

However, the two men were more worried about the black claws that were shooting at them from all directions.

"Master, be careful! These ghost claws are challenging! We need to think this through,"

Brady said nervously.

This did little to calm Austin.

If Brady was anxious, it had to be a bad situation. He was far more experienced than Austin was.

He hadn't expected the Land of Life-and-death to be so dangerous. This was only the outskirts; he didn't want to think about what

they would encounter in the core.

"Boy, | told you! You shouldn't have touched the stone pillar!"

the FlEmperor said to Austin from inside his Soul Sea.

Rustle!

Austin didn't have tto regret his actions. More than ten ghost claws were inches from their heads.

Courageously, Brady leaped in front of Austin.

Boom!

Raising his hands, Brady produced black energy that transformed into a huge, black bird, blocking the attack.

Bang!

When the claws made contact, Brady was thrown backwards.

"Wow! Those claws are really powerful!"

Austin stated, looking at Brady as he stood up.

Not long ago, Brady had fought a dozen masters at the Heavenly Grotto Realm at the stwithout losing the fight or even

stumbling.

But now, the claws were causing him grief.

He had been correct when he guessed the power of the claws.

Rustle!

Before long, more claws were flying towards them.

"Master, | need the Pot of Chaos. Quickly!

The ghost claws are too sharp. Only the Pot of Chaos can block them!"

Brady yelled, holding out his hands.

Austin reached into his storage and pulled it out, tossing it to him.

With a wave of his hand, the Pot of Chaos grew into a giant herbal pot which was as mighty as a mountain.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The black claws jabbed into the Pot of Chaos and scratched down it, making a sound like nails on a chalkboard.

Meanwhile, the black cyclone was closing in on them.

It roared and whistled loudly.

The sound resembled a laughing monster hidden deep inside of it.

Bang!

Clanging was heard as more claws pounded against the outside of the Pot of Chaos.

"Damn it! What kind of monster is hidden in this black cyclone? It must be huge and horrifying!"

Austin asked as he scrunched his face in confusion.

While he thought about it, Austin swore he heard heavy breaths and loud footsteps in the black cyclone, and the ground seemed to

be shaking slightly.

"Let's get out of here!"

Brady shouted as he controlled the Pot of Chaos to resist the ghost claws that cfrom all directions. Turning around, he and

Austin ran as fast as they could into the distance.

After a long time, they finally outran the terrible black cyclones.

The wind resumed its gentle breeze and the world returned to silence. Still, their ears stayed open.

Looking far into the distance, they saw another open area. It was also bloody red but it was dotted with stones.

"We should be approaching the core area of the Land of Life-and-death."

Austin looked into the distance.

Then he followed Brady as they traveled onwards.

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