The Supreme God of Martial Arts

In the third round of the competition, Austin was pitted in front of a young lady who was holding a harp in her arms. She looked very graceful and well-bred from her manners.

"You don't have to greetso politely. I'm your foe, not your friend." Austin cleared his throat and told her. He was a little uneasy after seeing the gracious way in which the woman had greeted him.

"That doesn't matter. | was born in a rich, noble family, and I have learned the etiquette that a woman should possess from a very young age. | am used to it now.

To be frank, even outside the battle ring, we will still be enemies. Because Raymond of the Flaming Sun Valley is my cousin," the woman replied. Her nwas Carolyn, and she was here to take revenge for her cousin, Raymond.

'Oh? Raymond is her cousin? Since | killed her cousin, it's no wonder she said that we would be enemies even outside the battle ring. Right. So, the etiquette she showedjust now was out of habit and not out of respect for me. Heck! | was almost taken in by her manners! Since Raymond is her cousin, she is sure to be trying to kill me, ' Austin thought.

"I'm ready. Let's start! Remember Austin. | won't pull my punches!" Carolyn warned him.

She flicked her hand, and then the harp hung itself in front of her automatically. She plucked the strings hard and quickly with her slender fingers.

"Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!" .

Each tshe plucked the string, a visible note formed and rushed out from it. It was as if the sound coming was not only audible, but also visible.

Soon, several hundred hammer-shaped tones had formed and rose into the air, carrying an overwhelming momentum with them. They seemed to be following a specific order.

"Nine-lion Magical Sound Array!" Carolyn shouted, and the notes changed form and morphed into nine lions. They rushed toward Austin with tremendous roars.

"Wow! That's amazing!" The crowd whooped. They were shocked that the young woman was able to produce powerful lions just by playing the harp and then have them form a magic array.

Most spectators hadn't seen such skill before, so they were both surprised and excited now.

The lions that had morphed out of the notes surrounded Austin instantly and started to roar furiously. Very soon, nine circles of a golden shade appeared with brilliant light around him.

After a short moment, those rings exploded simultaneously with large bangs and enormous power. Meanwhile, the lions kept on roaring.

The buzz of conversation rose to a frenzy in the audience stand.

"That array is so powerful! | am pretty sure it won't have a problem in destroying the whole battle ring itself. And although Austin has performed well in the previous two rounds, he might be eliminated in this round. His opponent is so powerful. It's a pity you know...! If he hadn't met this woman, he was more than capable enough to land a place among the top 50." "It's unbelievable that the woman's attacks are so furious! She is unknown in the Violet Orchid Empire, and she seems so gentle, polite and harmless. | didn't expect her attack to be so violent and merciless!". . . ...

Inside the battle ring, Austin was staring at the nine lions which had surrounded him.

‘Although these lions were formed from musical notes, | am 200% sure that without any vital energy skills, that couldn't have happened. The woman has just attached her vital energy to the sound wave and formed the nine lions.

The note array is wonderful, because the nine lions will attack from nine different positions. Each lion seems to be conscious, and the best part about that array is that all of them are powerful enough to release a vital energy force that equals a cultivator at the medium stage of the Earth Realm. That means that these lions are as powerful as nine such cultivators. Blimey! | would have been afraid! Now, it seems that the woman is only at the premium stage of the Earth Realm, so it wouldn't have been easy to transform those notes into nine lions. Especially, at her current realm, such powerful lions should have been impossible, so she really is very capable! Austin estimated the note array quickly in his mind.

Although the power of the nine lions was equal to nine cultivators who had reached the medium stage of the Earth Realm, they weren't going to be able to hurt Austin physically too much. Because he had already reached stage five of the Overlord Body-refining Formula.

Therefore, Austin didn't go into a panicked frenzy in the face of these powerful lions. On the contrary, he was confident that he would be able to break the note array with his physical strength.

He shouted loudly and collected all his strength into his arms, and then rushed forward confidently.

"Crush!" Without using any special skill other than his physical strength, he punched one of the lions in the head directly.

Hit by a force of about 15000 pounds weight, the lion let out a few mournful and weakened cries and jerked several times before turning into several pieces and vanishing into thin air.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..." Meanwhile, the other eight lions waved their sharp paws at Austin, trying to weaken him.

Austin was hit eight times, and was forced to retreat eight steps backwards.

His clothes were torn into tatters from the lion's sharp claws but...

"What the hell?!" The woman was extremely surprised and couldn't believe what she was seeing with her own eyes.

'How can a human's body be so strong? It's impossible.

Even after being hit by the lions which equal to eight cultivators at the medium stage of the Earth Realm, he is still safe and sound. All that happened to him was that he was forced to step back.

And if that wasn't enough, he cracked down an entire lion by mere physical strength." Carolyn was puzzled, as this was beyond what she could understand.

Just then, "Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble. .." Before she knew it, Austin had crushed all the other eight lions with his fist too.

He looked so mighty, like a god of martial arts who had landed on earth.

When the lions beat him just now, Austin had merely strode backwards a few paces and hadn't been injured in any way.

All the spectators were stunned.

They looked at each other, eyes filled with surprise.

"Wow! Austin is really good at his physical defense! He seems to be completely safe and sound after being hit by those lions. You know, each of those lions is as powerful as a cultivator at the medium stage of the Earth Realm." The emperor couldn't help but praise Austin.

After recovering from the shock of her first defeat, Carolyn quickly plucked the strings again and a magical melody immediately rang in the battle ring once again.

"Omen Array!" she cried out furiously. As the melody blended with her vital energy, a giant, about 300 feet high, appeared inside the battle ring.

He looked like an extremely powerful demon, and seemed to be stepping on magic clouds. His head seemed to be approaching the sky. His fingers were as sharp as hooks, and they looked like they could easily split mountains into confetti and destroyed everything in its way.

He rushed toward Austin with his long legs, which looked like two huge tree trunks. The ground of the battle ring shook violently underneath him like there was an earthquake