The Supreme God of Martial Arts

Deep inside the cave where Austin was hiding, he did splanning right before he started to seclude himself for another

breakthrough.

First, he summoned Nathan, the Sect Supremo, sstrong cultivators who were in the Astral Realm from the Heaven Pavilion

Sect, and skey members from the evil shadow race. Austin only had one mission for them: that was to fish for some

information about Evan and Herbert.

Meanwhile, the queen of the evil shadow race remained with Austin inside the cave to make sure that he was safe.

After about a day and a half in seclusion, Austin finally broke through to the medium stage of Tribulation Realm!

While tightly grasping his two palms, Austin suddenly felt something different as several strengthened flows of vital energy force

started flowing through his veins. Compared to what he was feeling before that day, this was quite calm yet extremely powerful.

Austin imagined that if he practiced the Slaughtering Sword in that exact moment, the power it released would be beyond his

expectations -- an invincible and monstrous power!

Upon learning that Austin had already completed his breakthrough to the medium stage of the Tribulation Realm, the people whom

he had sent out to fish information started to return.

"The Heavenly Emperor City -- that is where Evan and Herbert are as of now. | am sure of it,"

Austin said deliberately.

"Master, it is quite obvious that they are only trying to lure you into their trap by sending out these words! They want you to go to

the Heavenly Emperor City!

| am sure that they will be very 'welcoming' if you do decide to go out there. After all, a treachery must be well-planned before

waiting for its prey to calong.

Master, | urge you to think twice before you decide on what to do. That is a real threat you are going to face.

And we need to be careful. You, need to be careful."

Upon guessing the whole plot of Austin's enemies, the Sect Supremo tried to calm Austin down before he decided to do anything

impulsive.

"He is right, indeed. | also have other informants who have heard other cultivators talking. They think that the myth of the Semi-

Holy Realm masters may not be a myth after all. In fact, rumor has it that great masters may even exist inside the four Clans and

the five sects of the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom.

If the rumors that are spreading around turned out to be the truth instead, the Semi-Holy Realm Masters, together with the four

clans and five sects, would wipe us clear if we step into the Heavenly Emperor City without a plan. Even if we added all of our true

strengths, we still would not even be able to touch their little fingers, let alone attack them and save Evan and Herbert. No, there is

no way we can do that. It is just far too risky, and we haven't even seen what kind of strength a Semi-Holy Realm master really

has. We don't even know how many of them there are,"

Nathan said, offering Austin a piece of his well-thought off advice despite his noticeably trembling voice.

The queen also agreed to what Nathan said. Like the others, she also doubted that the information they had collected so easily was

not sent out in purpose.

"Semi-holy Realm masters. Hmm..."

Austin murmured with a voice only he could hear as he narrowed his eyes.

He thought about what he learned before -- that the realm that ranked higher than the Primal Holy Realm was the Semi-holy

Realm.

Once, cultivators in the Semi-Holy Real were nothing more than a myth. People even said that if they did exist, then they would be

the best of the best cultivators in the entire PrMartial World. Their level would be something that normal cultivators wouldn't

even dare to dream about reaching.

It was actually known to all that in the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom, the clans and sects with bigger names had quite a few

strong Primal Holy Realm cultivators hidden somewhere.

But despite all the whispers going around, no one actually seemed to know whether there was anyone who could be considered a

Semi-Holy Realm Master. The only ones who actually knew were the cultivators who actually belonged to those highly esteemed

clan and sects.

Austin knew in his gut that given the number of people he currently had and the level at which their cultivation bases were in, if

that myth actually becreality and there were really Semi-Holy Realm masters going after him, then they all would be

destroyed by only a single Semi-Holy Realm master. In that case, it would be impossible for them to save Evan and Herbert.

"If | may say, let's all stop worrying too much about hypothetical Semi-Holy Realm masters at this moment. There are some

medium-stage Primal Holy Realm cultivators or even a few premium-stage Primal Holy Realm cultivators who will be able to strike

us down with just a snap of their fingers. | don't see us having any advantages on our side. Neither do | see any possibility of us

fighting them without losing our heads."

The queen from the evil shadow race furrowed her brows intensely when she let out her concerns and cooled the whole discussion

down.

The queen of evil shadow race made sure that everyone was listening to her. She definitely knew what she was talking about since

she, herself, had already reached the preliminary stage of Primal Holy Realm.

It wasn't only her -- Moore, the elder of the Ghost Puppet Sect, and Hart, the elder of the Sky Sect had also reached the preliminary

stage of Primal Holy Realm. Thus, Austin should have known exactly what a Semi-holy Realm cultivator, even one at the

preliminary stage, would be like since he had already experienced fights with scultivators from a realm lower.

In fact, the queen was THE most powerful helper that Austin had right now since she had already reached the Primal Holy Realm.

It would be impossible for them to win if any of the medium-staged Primal Holy Realm cultivators or the premium-staged ones

joined the fight. In that case, they would probably have all of their heads chopped off their shoulders.

Even though the queen had already refined the archaic weapon, and her combat power base had been boosted up and

strengthened significantly, Austin still doubted if that would be enough for them to fight the clans and sects of the Heaven Dragon

Holy Kingdom.

After all, it was a kingdom with a very rich culture that traced back to the ancient times, and the clans and sects surely did not get

their nfor doing nothing. They must have archaic magic treasures in possession -- something stronger and much more

powerful compared to the archaic weapon.

Just like the archaic puppet of the Ghost Puppet Sect which was one of the very few archaic magic treasures that Austin had seen

and was literally invincible.

A kingdom as old as the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom and a kind of magic treasure more powerful than the archaic weapon

sounded like a good match to Austin.

"Yes, that's also true. With what we have right now, we won't stand a chance in a fight against the clans and sects of the Heavenly

Dragon Holy Kingdom, so we will no longer discuss about that.

However, | must save my brothers’ lives no matter what it takes. | will make sure that Evan and Herbert will be freed. | made a

promise to myself and | will follow through with it.

This time, it would be better to use a cunning strategy than to attack by force.

Everyone, do you still remember our hunting game? Oh, let us play the gto the fullest this time!