The Supreme God of Martial Arts

While the middle-aged man spoke, his eyes were fixed on Austin.

Besides the middle-aged man, there were about eight masters who were also at the Heavenly Grotto Realm nearby. They looked at

Austin in surprise as he stood there silently.

‘Damn it. What are the chances there would be so many Heavenly Grotto Realm masters here?’

Austin thought, looking into the distance as if he would find the answer in the blue sky.

"It's going to be almost impossible to defeat them if | fight or to escape with my life.

All right. | have to do something. Maybe | should go and figure out what they are up to.

After all, it doesn't look like they are planning on killing me, ' Austin decided, nodding his head.

He met the eyes of the middle-aged man and turned his face serious.

"Got it," he responded.

Then, without another word, he walked towards the entrance of the valley. His feet moved silently over the grass and even though

he didn't know what he was about to face, he held his head high.

"You don't look like a stupid person to us. Did you know we are from the Crimson Palace?

The consequences will be serious if you don't listen to us," the young man warned, sneering at Austin.

Austin didn't glance over his shoulder at the young man. Instead, he kept walking.

"Quickly! Let's go and catch more people nearby."

Before taking off in the direction of the valley, the young man gestured for his crew to follow him.

‘They're from the Crimson Palace. There's no way.'

Almost immediately, fear ripped through Austin.

Austin had heard a lot about the old top sects located in the Middle Pilgrim Land—enough to make his blood turn to ice at the idea

of them.

The Crimson Palace was a powerful sect with a long history. There were many elders and powerful cultivators beyond what Austin

could even imagine.

Out of all the sects in the Middle Pilgrim Land, this sect ranked in the top ten.

There was even a rumor that they had an Immortal Transforming Realm master in this sect.

Without a doubt, the Crimson Palace was much stronger and more advanced than any holy land or prominent clan in the East

Mainland.

Austin had expected the cultivators to be impressive but he hadn't expected this. He shook his arms to rid himself of the nerves

that were now present.

When Austin reached the entrance of the valley, he stopped. It was vast and mostly empty, stretching out to kiss the blue sky on

the horizon. The middle-aged man who was at the Heavenly Grotto Realm glanced at him and Austin looked back.

"Find somewhere safe and stay there. Don't walk around, or you'll lose your life faster than you can breathe," the middle-aged man

warned Austin.

Then he looked into the depths of the valley and said no more. It was clear that he believed wholeheartedly that Austin wouldn't

even think about attempting to run away from him.

Before any of them could move, persistent screams rose from across the valley.

Since it was too far to see what was happening, Austin released his spiritual sense.

At the furthest end of the valley, purple light projected until it reached the clouds. From it, runes flew out and combined to form a

large dome. It enveloped the place where the screams cfrom. Austin struggled to understand what was happening in the

dwith the aid of his powerful spiritual sense but failed.

From past experience, Austin instantly knew that there must be priceless treasures hidden under the dome. No doubt, they would

be protected so carefully that most cultivators would lose their lives trying to acquire them.

His eyes scanned over the multitude of strange beasts that were also lurking in the valley. Occasionally, they would stand still and

glare at the cultivators who wanted to break into the valley.

The beasts alone would be capable of deterring thousands of cultivators.

"Master, | can sense that there are many powerful, unnoticeable arrays in the valley. The illusion is helping to disguise powerful

Grand Killing Arrays.

If we enter the valley, we might get killed in those secret arrays,"

Violet said from inside Austin's Soul Sea.

"You're right, Violet. There are arrays in this valley."

Austin nodded. Using his spiritual sense, he focused harder and also found traces of the death arrays.

Two powerful middle-aged men forced a couple hundred cultivators deeper inside the valley.

The two men were at the back of the team, prodding the terrified people forward.

Around them, there were more than one hundred bloody corpses lying on the ground. Every so often, one of the cultivators would

accidently step on a body and it would squish under their feet.

It didn't take long for Austin to realize that the dead people and the scared cultivators were certainly not from the Crimson Palace.

‘These poor guys must have been caught by the people of the Crimson Palace likeand were coerced to explore the valley full of

Grand Killing Arrays, ' Austin thought as he watched them.

"Be careful. This valley is full of danger.

If you don't want to lose your lives, toughen up and stay focused.

For those of you that make it to the end of the valley, you will get sof the treasures. We will not take them all.

As you can see, there are invaluable treasures over there. Just look at the dome!

So, con, guys! You can do that much!" one of the middle-aged men shouted at the cultivators in front of him.

Many of them turned back to look at him but only one spoke.

"This valley is too dangerous, sir.

I've changed my mind. | don't want any treasure. Please letgo,"

one of the cultivators pleaded, looking at the two men with fear.

The other middle-aged man scowled and waved his hand, creating a palm made from his vital energy. It raised, growing a bit

larger.

With a smack, it slapped the cultivator who had asked to leave. He fell onto his back and clutched his face in his hands.

As he moved his hands, it was clear that his teeth had been knocked out and the right side of his face had swollen.

"Cultivators must strive for more, even it means putting yourself in danger! What can you do in the future if you flinch in the face

of danger now?" said the man with a long face.

The cultivator cowered away from the man who had hit him.

None of the other cultivators said anything in response. Sof them looked at one another and communicated through their

eyes. Too terrified to stand up for themselves, they cursed the men in their hearts. ‘These two are more scared than us. They didn't

even want to take the chance of traveling first. If anything were to happen, we will take the blow for them. His words are the words

of a coward. Shon them."

Although they despised the two middle-aged men, they didn't dare to rebel.

As they looked around the valley, they could see that several hundred people of the Crimson Palace had surrounded them and

were standing guard.

Even if they wanted to fight their way out, eight of the guards were at the Heavenly Grotto Realm, so the prisoners would quickly

lose.

Aware of their limited options, the cultivators had no choice but to brace themselves and continue deeper into the valley.

Not more than two steps forward, the cultivator who was at the front of the team stepped on a flat stone.

It sunk slowly into the earth and the man shot a worried look at his fellows.

Once it had descended, runes flashed and soared into the sky.

Caught off guard, he was cut in half before he could ask for help.

His body flew into the air and within seconds, the two halves fell into a puddle of blood on the ground. The light from the runes hit

his body and disintegrated it. Even his soul was destroyed

The other cultivators yelled and looked all around them on the ground. It was clear that he had stepped on a hidden Grand Killing

Array.

Like fireworks, the runes lit up and hit the prisoners one at a time. They dropped onto the ground at the feet of the other

cultivators until more than one hundred cultivators were killed.

All this had happened so quickly that no one had tto let out a scream.

Just like before, the bodies disappeared, sucking their blood, bones, and souls into oblivion.

The rest of the group turned and stampeded towards the entrance of the valley. If they took any longer, the array would reach

them and they would all be killed.

'The killing array in this valley is too powerful!"

Austin sighed inwardly, feeling his heart race in his chest.

"We found a killing array here!"

one of the two middle-aged men shouted between heavy breaths at the entrance of the valley.

In the valley, the eight Heavenly Grotto Realm masters from the Crimson Palace who were sitting cross-legged in mid-air, nodded.

They seemed too calm for the situation at hand.

Then four of them effortlessly flew in the direction of the Grand Killing Array and stopped when they reached it. Since they weren't

standing on the ground, the array didn't get triggered and hurt them.

One of them took out a dark, iron ruler and threw it in the air. It flipped over a couple times before a roar emitted from it. With a

bang, the ruler turned into a ferocious dragon. It bared its fangs and pounced at the Grand Killing Array.

'That is an ultimate magical treasure."

Austin hadn't been expecting that the iron ruler turned out to be an ultimate magical treasure. He watched motionlessly as the

dragon battled the array, snapping its jaws and flying skillfully to avoid its attacks.

Since the Grand Killing Array was so strong, four masters of the Heavenly Grotto Realm used their most powerful skills to help the

dragon and attempt to defeat it.

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