Chapter 1478 The Ancient Blood Combustion Skill
In particr, as a dark horse of the Martial Arts Tournament, Austin attracted most of the attention from
the audience. It was surprising that his strength was only at the preliminary stage of Semi-holy Realm
but he could kill the opponents at the premium stage of Holy Realm. Most of the audience was staring
intently at him. They were looking forward to witnessing how much further improvement Austin could
make in the followingpetitions.
Austin and Belle''s performance had been great. Aside from them, there were several other contestants
whose performance was amazing. What was worth to mention was that a few young warriors had
demonstrated the strength of Semi-emperor Realm.
The majority of the audience had regarded them secretly as the best candidates included in their
personal top ten picks.
Even those prestigious people seated at the luxury grandstand midair on the east side of the
Maind, including the three Holy Lands. They nodded from time to time to show how pleased they
were with this year''s Martial Arts Tournament held by the Smnia Kingdom. It was truly wonderful!
What made them more delighted was that they had found quite a lot of young candidates with great
potential. If they could receive them as their disciples, they would be the future elite of their
respective sects after they were well-trained. It was guaranteed from what they showcased earlier.
Finally, the seventh round of thepetition was over. The previous rounds had already eliminated
most of the contestants.
After seven rounds, only thirty yers out of the three thousand contestants were left to advance
further. These thirty yers had all proved themselves deserving. Thus, it was not difficult to imagine
how fierce thepetition had been and was going to be. Sure, it would be fiercer in the next rounds.
Both Austin and Belle had sessfully entered the top thirty. They would both advance to the next
rounds.
Meanwhile, Ladd also made it to the top thirty.
''Austin, without any doubt, you will die in the next round!''
Ladd thought irritably, staring at Austin with murderous intent in his eyes. He had wanted Austin to get
eliminated in the previous rounds.
The uing eighth round would further reduce the number of yers who would make it to the end.
It would determine the yers who would be included in the top fifteen.
The top fifteen yers would be given the opportunity to join the East Maind''s top sects! No one
dared to miss such a good opportunity! Everyone would be restless until they won that round.
It didn''t take long until the eighth round of thepetition finally started.
Buzz!
The jade slip in Austin''s hand buzzed with a sh of light, projecting the number eight. It meant that
Austin''spetition would take ce at the eighth battle ring.
At the same time, the jade slip in Belle''s hand also lit up. It projected the number twelve. Belle puffed
out a breath. She felt relieved that her opponent was not Austin. She saw that they had different
numbers.
Before they left for the battle, Belle looked at Austin with a smile on her beautiful and charming face.
Her face lit up and she gestured to Austin.
"Fighting!" she said to Austin, with encouragement in her eyes.
Then, within a blink of an eye, she disappeared abruptly and flew towards the twelfth battle ring,
leaving only a fragrant breeze behind.
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"Be careful,"
Caroline whispered worriedly to Austin.
Austin turned back and smiled warmly at her. He then flew to the eighth battle ring after he nodded at
Caroline.
"It turns out that this time my opponent is you!"
Austin was a bit surprised by the figure at first as hended on the battle ring. However, soon his
surprised look disappeared and was reced by a light smile.
It turned out that Ladd was his opponent and he already stood on the battle ring. He had been waiting
for his arrival.
"I won''t deny that you really surprised me a lot. However, your journey at the Tournament will end here
now.
This round, no matter what happens, you definitely will be killed by me,"
Ladd said slowly. His eyes reflected his murderous intent as he stared coldly and sharply at Austin. The
look he gave was enough to send shivers down somebody else''s spine.
Once he finished speaking, the audience saw that his hands were gently closed together and ced in
front of his chest. They were staring at Ladd as he formed a strange handprint.
Then, in a short moment, every pore in his body was oozing out blood continuously. It soon covered all
over his body, making himpletely wrapped in the blood that looked like his new skin. Never had the
audience seen such a scene before. They just felt so weird and crept out at what they had witnessed.
Momentster, they all sensed a formidable, fierce and brutal vital energy that was exuding from him.
As a result, many of them couldn''t help but exim in a low voice. They were surprised but at the same
time anticipating what would happen next.
Austin''s eyes widened at that moment. He was stunned by Ladd''s sudden change. Thetter no longer
looked human anymore. Anyone would feel that it was a wise decision to stay far away from this
dangerous opponent right now.
While Austin was staring at Ladd''s transformation shockingly, there was a sudden depressing roar that
burst out from Ladd''s throat. It sounded as if he was experiencing some kind of excruciating pain.
Bang!
After that soft and light bang, the blood in Ladd''s body began to burn. It formed a bundle of blood-red
eerie mes that started wrapping around his body.
"Ho-ho!" Ladd suddenly burst out a few shrieks of throatyughter. His blood-shot eyes, like the eyes of
a fierce beast, were now staring intensely at Austin.
"This is the Blood Combustion Skill that had been lost for a long time. My grandfather inadvertently got
it in an ancient cave. He soon passed it to me.
As an ancient forbidden skill, once it is applied by me, my cultivation base will bepletely lost for
about a month.
However, it will be able to improve my strength to such an extreme extent within an hour and help me
kill a warrior in the Semi-emperor Realm in an instant.
Austin, actually, I can not only easily kill you, but I can also win the championship in the final round,"
Ladd said to him with a mocking look in his scarlet eyes.
"Well, prepare to die now!"
Ladd snapped and took a deep breath. His eyes had grown sharper as he started tounch his attacks
through his palms.
Boom!
His powerful attacks produced an ear-splitting sound that made the entire battle ring, at that moment,
tremble violently.
All the blood-red mes on Ladd''s body rushed towards his palms and soon were turned into the shape
of a huge bloody palm. With bloody and formidable waves of vital energy, the palm he formed came
swooping at Austin furiously.
The moment the huge bloody palm burst out, all the air in the entire eighth battle ring disappeared
instantly. It was turned to an absolute vacuum. Meanwhile, above the entire battle ring, all the rays of
lightpletely turned bloody too. It was like the two contestants were fighting in a bloody ocean.
Austin felt an overwhelming pressure that was surrounding him from every direction and every angle,
as if he were about to be squeezed into pieces.
It seemed that Ladd was right. At that very moment, he did have the power to easily kill a warrior at the
Semi-emperor Realm.
Whoosh!
Austin waved his sword all of a sudden. He prepared his attack with the sword domain at level six.
Immediately, the sword aura was spreading around wildly. They intertwined with each other and finally
formed the sword domain.
Whoosh!
He waved his sword again to apply the Dominant Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship. In an instant, the
sword aura powered by the Swordsmanship went dashing towards Ladd fiercely.
"Oh, the same tricks again! I am afraid your tricks will make you deeply disappointed this time!" Ladd
said with a sneer as he watched Austin perform his attacks.
However, just as Austin''s misty sword aura was about to sweep through Ladd, he didn''t do anything to
dodge and resist it. He just stood there and watched. Even the huge and terrible bloody palm Ladd he
had shown earlier did not block the sword aura. He simply let the misty sword aura approach his body.
Austin couldn''t help but be taken aback. His brows furrowed in confusion. ''What is he doing? His body
is strong enough to resist the attacks of my sword aura?'' Austin thought.
Yet, just before the sword aura reached Ladd''s body, a loud bang sounded abruptly. The audience
soon found out that the sound came from the light curtain wrapping around Ladd that shed with
Austin''s sword aura.
The light curtain was formed by the streams of vibrant light exploding from Ladd''s body. The light
shed at thest minute when Austin''s sword aura was about to reach his body.
Austin frowned involuntarily as the scene unfolded. He finally understood that Ladd also had a very
powerful defense magic treasure in his body which could even block the attacks of his Dominant
Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship.
"Oh, I forget to tell you! To protect me from any harm at this year''s Martial Arts Tournament, my
grandfather hired a weapon refiner at a high price to refine this Dazzling Gold Armor for me. The armor
is strong enough to easily resist any attacks from a warrior at the Emperor Realm.
Austin, no matter how powerful your swordsmanship is, you can''t hurt me now.
This time, you are doomed!" Ladd snarled coldly. His eyes matched the deadly threat he portrayed.
After he exercised that Blood Combustion Skill, his voice started to sound quite hoarse. While he was
speaking, a thick bloody odor could be smelt. It lingered in the air and made the battle ring atmosphere
heavier.
At that particr moment, Austin couldn''t help but have a bitter smile. He calcted the situation in his
head.
''My means of attack is very limited.
My most powerful ones include only the Dominant Spiritual Sense Swordsmanship and the sword
domain at level six.
As for the other martial arts that I have grasped before, most of them are no longer an option because
their attacking abilities are just too low to help me.
Now, my two most powerful attacks couldn''t kill Ladd. What other means can I use now?'' Austin was
thinking fast and desperately.
"Go to hell!"
Ladd snapped hoarsely. As he eximed at Austin, the huge bloody palm mmed towards Austin. It
looked like the evilest demon that fell from the sky hit him and the thick bloody smell filled the entire
battle ring.
For a moment, the audience only saw the eighth battle ring was filled with bloody lights. They could
only hear the loud and continuous whistling sounds. They were now holding their breaths and found it
hard to tear their eyes off the eighth battle ring.
"Oh, no, that contestant will definitely be finished off soon.
It''s such a pity. I have thought that he was a dark horse of the Tournament and could get a better rank
in this round," one of the audience said and heaved a deep sigh. Most of the audience assumed Austin
would lose based on what they saw.
Before Austin''s battle with Ladd, most of the audience had been paying attention to him. Due to his
outstanding performance, they had high expectations of him. But after witnessing how strong his
opponent was, they soon changed their mind and even felt a little worried about him.