Chapter 659 The Ancient Stone Carving


    Austin was quite surprised. He hadn''t expected the creature to be able to release vital energy to attack,


    just like cultivators did. He became more cautious and thrust his sword again.


    "ng! ng..."


    As the vital energy sword and the white light collided, the space around vibrated slightly.


    Austin had figured out that the creature''spetence was simr to that of a level nine diabolic beast.


    For him, it wasn''t a threat at all. But in the beginning, he was shocked by the creature''s attack. He


    wasn''t familiar with the surroundings and knew nothing about the creature, so he fought it for a while


    unaware of its abilities.


    Now, he knew the creature''s realpetence, and that meant he knew how to end the battle soon.


    Austin immediately used the Brutal st Fist and punched the creature with a stroke of explosive fist


    force. The creature was going to take the hit. It struggled for quite a while and pped its wings wildly,


    trying to fly away towards the depth of the mine.


    In moments after it was hit by Austin''s fist, it slowed down.


    With a dumb thud, the explosive fist force exploded in its body. The creature swayed unsteadily and


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    then fell to the ground, motionless.


    Austin went closer to it. He observed the creature and stretched its wings carefully. He wanted to know


    more about this creature that had scared him out of his wits.


    The beast was more than two meters high and covered with gray fur. It had no feathers on its wings.


    Rather the wings had a rugged skin membrane, making it look more like a huge bat.


    "Master, this demonic beast is called the diabolic bat. It''s a subterranean species, and hardly seen


    around. It''s one of the rare species.


    It''s believed that the diabolic bats originate from ancient times. Their power and strength increases as


    time passes. An adult diabolic bat''spetence is much higher than a level ten diabolic beast."


    Violet gave him the information he needed.


    "Violet, do you know how the power levels of the diabolic beasts are divided? What''s the level above


    level ten diabolic beast?"


    Austin asked, filled with curiosity.


    He had never heard of the creature and was anxious to know more about the powers of a diabolic


    beast, especially about the diabolic bat.


    "Above the level ten diabolic beast is the Beast Master. ording to theirpetence, the Beast


    Masters can be divided into three levels, the preliminary level, the medium level and the premium


    level," Violet answered.


    Austin nodded trying to save it all in his memory.


    "When a diabolic bat grows up, it will have the adeptness of a preliminary stage Beast Master,"


    Violet continued.


    "So, a preliminary stage Beast Master''s capabilities are simr to a human at the Master Realm, right?"


    Austin asked.


    "Probably! Master, the one you killed just now seems to be a baby diabolic bat, and its prowess is like a


    level nine diabolic beast,"


    Violet informed him.


    "Its capabilities can be simr to a cultivator at Master Realm! Does that mean if there is an adult


    diabolic bat in the mine, the only thing I can do is run away and escape?"


    Austin was shocked. He would have no advantage if he was pushed into such a fight and he could get


    killed if he wasn''t careful enough.


    Austin still remembered how difficult it was for him when he had to fight the casten of the Full Moon


    City. If he hadn''t escaped in time, he would already have been dead.


    "Ha-ha! Master, the method we calcte age is different from that of humans.


    Many of the diabolic beasts are born to live a long life, especially the ones of rare species like the


    diabolic bat. I guess, they are still babies even if they are several hundred or even thousand years old.


    And an adult diabolic bat can live for at least four or five thousand years.


    Master, do you think this mine has existed for thousands of years?


    I think, it''s unlikely that you will meet an adult diabolic bat here,"


    Violet exined it all to Austin with a soothing smile.


    "Oh, now I understood,"


    Austin said nodding his head as things became clearer to him.


    When he met Angus and the me Emperor in the Mysterious Nether World, they had told him that a


    human cultivator would be able to live longer if he reached the Imperial Realm in vital energy cultivation


    and their life span would get extended with the improvement in their vital energy cultivation base.


    However,pared with the natural longevity of the diabolic beast, this was unworthy of being


    mentioned.


    Without hesitation, Austin continued to move forward. When he had walked a dozen miles, he got into


    big trouble! He saw more than a hundred diabolic bats rushing towards him.


    Fortunately, the most powerful diabolic bats among them were only at level nine. Austin had stored


    sufficient vital energy in his body, so he didn''t worry about the vital energy consumption. He summoned


    the Brutal st Fist, and the moving skill which enabled him to disappear shortly. In a short span he


    was able to kill all the diabolic bats.


    Thest one he killed was a huge diabolic bat which was about five meters high, and its wings were


    about ten meters long when fully extended. Austin crushed it with the Purple Vital Stone. After that it


    became eerily silent in the ancient mine.


    After moving forward for another twenty miles, there was still dead silence, and inside the mine


    everything was dark. Austin felt that the aura within was very eerie. "Does this mine have no end?" he


    murmured.


    He walked about eight miles further. That was when he saw many stone patterns on the wall of the


    cave which were probably carved with a knife or an axe.


    These patterns were in and concise. They seemed to convey some stories about mining vital energy


    crystals. Instead of ignoring them, Austin observed them carefully.


    The first several patterns described the lives of the miners, mainly about the hardships they went


    through during mining.


    However, in the patterns that followed, he saw drawings of many miners lying on the ground, dead.


    ''What caused their death? Was it because they were too tired?'' Austin wondered.


    He became more surprised when he continued to watch these patterns. They seemed to be narrating a


    were unearthed, more miners had died.


    Then in the patterns he saw a strange thing. There was a creature with a human frame but had a horn


    in the middle of its brows. It seemed to be surrounded by an evil aura. It had been locked in a huge


    crystal before the miners broke it. Once it was released, it killed all the miners.


    The creature had six arms and a pair of wings too. It looked so mighty and sinister. The pattern now


    showed it roaring while the ground under its feet cracked. The mine copsed and the underground


    magma gushed out. The patterns were so realistic that Austin could understand every bit easily.


    Austin gasped. ''What the hell is this creature?'' he wondered.


    ''It looks so powerful! Its roar could shake the ground. It''s no wonder so many people died," he thought.


    In the next pattern, Austin saw a group of people, probably the cultivators who had arrived at the mine


    after the destruction.


    The patterns showed how they began to fight the one-horned creature with human frame.


    Although it was alone, it had been able to defeat those cultivators. Each time it attacked, thousands of


    human cultivators had fallen to the ground.


    The patterns that followed were gruesome. They depicted how more and more corpses of cultivators


    piled up around it and their blood converged into a river, flowing into the distance. The scene looked


    like one from hell.


    ''It''s surprising that such a thrilling story has been carved on the wall in the mine! The monster was


    brought out by the miners. Once unleashed, it killed so many human cultivators, '' Austin thought.


    He was attracted to the stone carvings in the mine.


    He moved ahead and looked at the next picture.


    He saw a sturdy man floating down from the sky, and the situation seemed to be reversed.


    This man was big and strong with bulging muscles. He looked like a superman!


    His eyes shone with a brilliant light and his face looked determined.


    Auspicious clouds lingered around him.


    ''Emperor?


    ''Emperor? Was this man a cultivator at the Emperor Realm, like the me Emperor?''


    Austin was taken aback.


    ''But the me Emperor was not from Prime Martial World. He was from the Divine Continent.


    I never thought that the Emperor Realm masters also existed in the Prime Martial World, '' he thought. It


    was something he had not expected.