Chapter 860 Are They Mermaids


    "Young man! Let me be honest.


    I have reported to Right Wing General through the Contact Jade Slip that you disobeyed his orders and


    ran away, instead of going into battle.


    The general has replied that he will kill anyone who disobeys the orders and acts ording to his


    whims and fancies or acts as per his wishes.


    But, young man, I would like to give you a chance to live.


    Come here. Kneel before me and cut off one arm of yours by your own hands. Let it be an apology for


    your wrong doings.


    Then probably, I''ll put in a good word for you and the general will let you off from death this time.


    Otherwise, you''ll surely die!"


    Laird ordered in a threatening tone, staring at Austin with his vicious eyes. There was nothing but


    hatred in him and a smirk on his face.


    "Oh!


    So, you have informed the Right Wing General about it?


    You and I, we both know that he is a master of the Astral Realm while I''m just at the Imperial Realm. In


    his eyes, my life is as invaluable as an ant''s. How and why will he let me off?


    I know very well what you want! You just want me to die! Don''t disguise your murderous intent in


    cunning words!"


    Now that he understood and confronted Laird for his evil intentions, Austin didn''t need to maintain a


    superficial peace with him. Something he was struggling to maintain since they came here.


    Instantly, he unleashed all his physical strength. Leaving only a shadow behind, he suddenly appeared


    in front of Laird. The powerful physical strength given off by Austin squeezed the space and gave rise


    to gales.


    "How about you try to face my physical strength!"


    Austin roared. His bellow was as strong as thunder. His voice created waves that were darting towards


    Laird.


    With the increase of physical strength, Austin''s internal organs became as solid as iron. When the air


    passed through his windpipe, he made slight explosive sounds.


    Austin urged his vital energy and roared, leaving Laird shell-shocked.


    Laird suddenly felt that the space around him was suppressed by a great force. His own vital energy


    couldn''t circte smoothly in his body. The other thing that couldn''t flow freely in his body was his


    blood. It seemed to have been frozen by the force around him.


    ''How can he have such powerful physical strength?''


    Laird thought to himself as he began to panic.


    Without losing any more time, Austin threw a punch directly at Laird''s body.


    "How dare you!" Laired yelled.


    A golden spear instantly appeared before him. It was crazily emitting level three spear potential and


    countless spear intents.


    It turned into a roaring, fearsome golden python and pounced on Austin.


    Bang!


    Austin''s fist made contact with the head of the golden python.


    Crack!


    With that blow, the golden spear shattered into several pieces.


    The bright numerous spear intents were extinguished in a second!


    "No!"


    Laird cried hysterically.


    Even before he could realize anything, the next moment his body exploded to dust.


    With his sharp eyes and quick hands, Austin took up the opportunity. He grabbed Laird''s Space Ring


    and hid it.


    Austin did not want to miss the Space Ring of a cultivator who was at the Master Realm.


    He was well aware that generally, a cultivator who was at the Master Realm would have stored a lot


    valuable things and precious resources in his Space Ring.


    ...


    "Huh!"


    The other team members held onto their breaths at the sight. Their eyes turned as big as bull''s at the


    ease with which he had destroyed Laird.


    They were dumbfounded by Austin''s great physical strength.


    "He killed a master who was at the preliminary stage of Master Realm, by one punch!" they murmured


    to each other in surprise and fear.


    They had been aware about Laird''s strength.


    During the days in which they undertook the mission together with Laird, they had been able to


    understand and measure his strength.


    Every time they met a powerful marine beast like a beast master, it was Laird who fought the beast


    from the front, to resist its attacks.


    In other words, Laird was the central core of the team.


    It was horrifying to see how he was turned to ashes by a punch, which did not leave any of his bones


    intact.


    "It''s time to deal with you guys. No one can flee away!"


    Austin was excited.


    His physical attack weighed over a million pounds and could crush any cultivator at the preliminary


    stage of Master Realmpletely.


    If he came across a cultivator who was at the medium or even premium stage of Master Realm and


    fought him, only by using his physical strength he had pretty good odds to win.


    Under his great excitement, Austin''s eyes moved across all the team members, as if they were his


    prey.


    "Die!"


    Austin stretched his palm and violent air waves shot out from it. There was crushing strength


    unleashed by him.


    Bang. Bang.


    The two cultivators at the Imperial Realm, who were standing nearby, turned into ashes. They had no


    time or chance to realize what was happening.


    They hardly got a chance to react.


    "Run away! He''s gone crazy!"


    A team member who had been able to recover from the shock shouted as he turned around to run.


    The other team members also returned back to their senses from the shock. They were suddenly


    aware of the danger they were facing, and didn''t dare to stay there any longer. They ran in different


    directions in panic.


    "None of you can run away from me now!"


    Austin shouted angrily at the men.


    He moved using the Thunderbolt Movement Skill and carried out physical strength and spiritual sense


    attacks at the same time.


    It hardly took him long to execute them all. Within a few seconds, a dozen members of the team turned


    into ashes.


    ''It seems that I can y most of the masters of the Master Realm by virtue of my physical strength.


    There are only twelve days left now.


    I wonder, how strong my physical strength will be after twelve days of practicing the Beast Energy-


    extracting Skill?


    Probably, once I am done practicing, I will be invincible.


    And when I return to the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom, I may have the strength to fight the Holy


    Sons and Daughters of the big sects. I will able to destroy them instead of running away in panic!


    Ha ha! Maybe, it''ll be my turn to chase them, '' Austin thought.


    When he remembered the old days when he was chased by the killers, Austin was resentful. He was


    filled with anger and hatred and wanted to take revenge for every wrong that was done to him.


    ...


    With all those thoughts in mind, Austin became more focused. He kept looking for marine beasts and


    killed them every time he saw one.


    With the increase in his physical strength, he was able to y the beasts faster and easier.


    As he went ahead further, the beasts he met became bigger and more powerful.


    He met a lot of preliminary and medium stage beast masters.


    Fortunately, he hadn''t yet met any premium stage beast master.


    It was often believed that the beast master who was at the premium stage was equal to a cultivator at


    the Astral Realm.


    Austin was not sure about hearsay.


    He didn''t believe it because he hadn''te across even one premium stage beast master, since the


    moment he had reached Middle World Waters.


    One day passed.


    The second day passed.


    The third day passed.


    As each day passed, Austin''s physical strength was increasing continuously.


    It was 1, 250, 000 pounds.


    Then it became 1, 300, 000 pounds.


    Now it turned to 1, 400, 000 pounds.


    While he was practicing the Beast Energy-extracting Skill, Austin also kept checking the information


    about the lost pce of the ancient master.


    He still carried the jade slip with him. The jade slip had been distributed to the members before they


    had started the mission. It was to serve as amunication tool.


    During these days, Austin''s jade slip sometimes received messages.


    For example, sometimes the cultivators asked whether anyone had found the ancient master''s pce.


    Some asked for help when they met a powerful marine beast.


    Sometimes one cultivator would ask if any cultivator nearby would sell him some healing elixirs at a fair


    price because he had run out of the medicine or elixir.


    Some of them called up nearby cultivators to check out the clues they found. They would discuss when


    they found any ce which was simr to the one described in the map.


    When Austin would y the marine beasts between the seas, he often came across the members of


    other teams.


    As he was powerful enough to perceive them first, Austin avoided them. He would move away even


    before they could notice him.


    After searching for so many days, no one had found the ancient master''s pce yet.


    ...


    It was one of those days when Austin killed an icy seal which was a beast master at the preliminary


    stage. Austin killed the beast and then extracted and purified its blood essence and vital energy.


    After that he kept moving forward further into the sea.


    Suddenly, there was a disturbance.


    Ssh.


    The sound of a huge wave was heard.


    It came from the sea nearby.


    Two figures rushed out of the water and flew away.


    Soon after that, the water moved violently. It created huge roaring sounds.


    The sea was filled with huge waves and the soaring waves rose and fell violently.


    Gradually the movement in the sea became turbulent as if the water was boiling. Many wild marine


    beasts rushed out of the sea.


    ''I killed too many marine beasts. So, could it be possible that they are working together to fight me?''


    Austin thought.


    He had encountered a simr situation several times earlier too.


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    Soon, Austin found out that he was not the target of those marine beasts.


    The marine beasts were chasing the two figures who had earlier rushed out of the water.


    Austin was filled with curiosity. So, he extended his spiritual sense across and moved closer to the two


    figures.


    ''Huh! What''s this?'' Austin thought.


    He was surprised that the target of those marine beasts were two beautiful girls!


    With curvy bodies and fair faces, they were gorgeous. Austin hadn''t seen such beauties for a long time.


    Apart from their beauty, Austin also sensed a familiar aura from them.


    He was trying to guess it when suddenly it struck him hard. They were mermaids! ''Are they mermaids?''


    he asked himself in surprise.