The Supreme God of Martial Arts

The Barren Mountain, located in the Triangle Zone, was well-known for being one of the most dangerous places in the whole South

Continent.

Most of the cultivators who chere knew they had a high risk of losing their lives.

However, as stories still circulated about cultivators who entered and left with remarkable encounters, there were still many who

took great risks to enter it in hopes that they might find something unusual and valuable.

In the sky above the Triangle Zone, a beam of light flew at an extrspeed, appearing one moment and vanishing the next.

It was the Dragon and Phoenix Chariot.

After about a whole day, it stopped.

Austin stepped out of the Chariot.

He sent out his spiritual sense and discovered that there was deathly stillness everywhere.

The sky looked dark and gloomy. On the ground, rocks and grit were strewn all over, but there was no sign of life. Not a single

animal or plant was there at all.

"I will soon be in the Barren Mountain if | continues forward,"

Austin murmured. Before he set out, he had memorized the location of the Barren Mountain precisely.

He was able to keep the Dragon and Phoenix Chariot flying without delay, and it merely took one day to cover the distance to the

Barren Mountain.

If he had not ridden his Chariot, Austin guessed that he would have to fly at least for six or seven days before reaching his

destination.

Although the Dragon and Phoenix Chariot need to consa great number of divine vital energy crystals, Austin still felt it was

worth it.

With his spiritual sense force, Austin briefly inspected the surroundings. Then he waved his hand to store away the Chariot.

Dispatching his Thunderbolt Movement Skill, Austin flew forward in the direction of the huge and desolate black mountain.

This mountain rose in deadly still space. It was totally black and lifeless.

Finally, the Barren Mountain!

As he approached it, Austin sent off his spiritual sense again. He found that in the hills and valleys, there were shuman

cultivators’ figures.

Apparently they had chere to find sremarkable encounter.

After a short while, Austin landed on the mountainside.

The land he was standing on was dark brown, filled with cracks like a spider web. Varying in sizes, scracks were as huge as a

ravine.

He could not see any living thing. Not even a blade of grass was to be found here. Many stones were piled up hostilely and the high

mountains blocked his vision.

A disaster must have taken place long ago and destroyed all the living things, rendering the entire mountain dead.

This was Austin's first impression of his place.

Then Austin transported Emma and Debby beside him.

"We are in the Barren Mountain now, girls.

Our adventure has now started formally,"

Austin said to them with a smile.

"Sir, thank you very much..."

Looking at the black mountain, Emma and Debby felt excited.

The two girls were well aware that they should not have had the chance to cto the Barren Mountain without Austin's help. The

Triangle Zone was a perilous place for two girls like them who were not quite as strong as they should be.

Understandably, they were very grateful for Austin.

"Don't keep callingsir. I'm not used to that. It makesfeel weird! Just callAustin,"

he chuckled.

"Well, okay. We will do that, sir,"

Emma answered hurriedly.

"Ha-ha! Emma, he asked you to call him Austin. But you still called him sir,"

Debby laughed.

"l didn't mean to!" her sister retorted.

"Well, now, let's go!"

Austin turned around and took the lead. The sisters looked at each other and nodded determinedly. ...

After a short while, they cto a hollow ground.

Inside the hollow, there were more cracks in the ground.

Just before the three of them passed through the center of the hollow land, dozens of black shadows rushed out of one of the ten-

meter-wide cracks.

"Demonic dogs!"

the sisters gasped.

The demonic dog was a special kind of demonic beast living in the Barren Mountain. Their primary diet consisted of human flesh!

Each demonic dog was at least as powerful as a cultivator at the Imperial Realm. Particularly strong ones were said to be as

powerful as a cultivator at the Master Realm, or even at the Astral Realm.

They also traveled in large packs, which could be anywhere from dozens to even hundreds of them.

That meant that the group of demonic dogs were as powerful as dozens or even hundreds of cultivators at the Imperial Realm!

Many human cultivators who cto the Barren Mountain were extremely afraid of these fearscreatures.

Certainly, it was not unheard of for a cultivator at the Astral Realm, too flee in a hurry at the sight of them.

Austin and the two girls hadn't expected to meet a group of demonic dogs so quickly!

"Don't worry. It's not a big deal," Austin said to the two girls who were in a panic.

Looking at the dozens of demonic dogs rushing towards him as quickly as plumes of black smoke, Austin pursed his lips and gave a

smile.

His right hand was outstretched, the Lightning Sword appearing in a flash.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..."

Accompanied by the sound of thunder and lightning, dozens of thunderbolt sword auras were dispatched to the demonic dogs.

"Wham, whack!"

The sounds of bones being chopped rang out as dozens of dogs were cut to pieces.

To Austin's surprise, no blood or flesh remained once the dogs were killed. The broken pieces instantly dissipated into plumes of

black fog and vanished in the air. After a while, there was nothing left.

"What?" Austin asked.

He scratched his head, confused.

These demonic dogs seemed not have any physical bodies made of blood and flesh, but were instead made of black fog.

Seeing that the fearsdemonic dogs were all killed in such a short twithout using high-leveled skills, the two sisters

admired Austin even more deeply.

"Let's go," Austin said, after a brief moment of contemplation.

The three of them continued forward.

Inside the Barren Mountain, Austin and the two girls walked forward slowly.

It was an extensive area and they did not know where to look for what they wanted. They had to search slowly.

They met sother human cultivators on their way.

Most were surprised to see Austin, who was only at the preliminary stage of Astral Realm, together with two pretty girls at the

Imperial Realm. Most of them looked at the three strangely, especially smale cultivators, whose gazes were filled with desire

at the sight of the two girls.

Austin was not hostile, not wanting to start an unnecessary fight.

Of course, if someone who could not have sharp sight to see Austin's real strength and cto bully them, Austin would never

hold back.

"Master, have you forgotten about the gnome?

Remember that he is very sensitive to the most valuable of nature's gifts,"

Violet's voice rang out all of a sudden, sent by her spiritual sense into his Soul Sea.

Violet and the gnwere both inside the Illusion Bead.

'Oh, right! How could | forget!?*

Austin shook his head, a little annoyed that he had forgotten.

It would be much more effective to have the gntake the lead for them, instead of searching aimlessly like this.