COMING OF THE MARTIAL GOD, VOLUME 2 - Season 8 Episode 40

“Thank you for your advice,”

Austin said full of gratitude and he also felt lucky to have been trained by a Sword Emperor.
“Well, I don’t have a body, and I can only exist as an image right now.

So I can’t stay long in your Soul Sea. After my spirit fades away, I will perish forever.

Before that happens, if you have any problem with swordsmanship cultivation, you can ask me any time,” the Sword Emperor said.

After he finished speaking, he suddenly turned into a streak of colorful light and hid in a corner of Austin’s Soul Sea.

Austin could feel that after the Sword Emperor had taught him the perception of swordsmanship, he was comparatively weaker than before.

Austin didn’t dare to disturb him anymore. Instead, he turned his attention to other things to let him rest and opened his eyes. As he observed the gnome, he realized that it seemed to be at the most critical moment of his breakthrough right.

A mighty spiritual energy tornado as high as the heavens, was constantly spinning in the air, while the gnome was right in the center of the tornado. The buildings on the surrounding streets had all collapsed and flew away.

Austin knew that he shouldn’t disturb the gnome. Any distraction from outside would interrupt the breakthrough, which would be fatal. The consequence might be more terrible than he could imagine.

Austin released his spiritual sense within a 4-kilometer range to make sure that the environment was safe enough. To his relief, nobody was nearby.

He then withdrew his spiritual sense back to his Soul Sea.

Austin had already finished the second level of the Flame Swordsmanship and had successfully refined two Spiritual Sword Auras. However, he wasn’t able to make further progress to the third level because of his stagnant swordsmanship.
But that was the perfect time for him since he had made a breakthrough in his sword cultivation base. Austin wanted to try cultivating the third level of the Flame Swordsmanship again, hoping that he might still have a chance of success.

Austin first recalled the method of refining the Spiritual Sword Aura, and then he focused all his attention on his Soul Sea, and devoted his energy in refining the third Spiritual Sword Aura.
During the process, the Sword Emperor’s perception of swordsmanship was still ingrained in his memory, therefore he tried to integrate it gradually as he practiced from memory. As a result, he was improving his swordsmanship slowly by slowly.

After a while, Austin’s dedication was rewarded. A bright sword shadow started to reform and materialize in his Soul Sea.

Finally, a sharp and glittering white long sword appeared in his hand. Its sword intent flowing like a tide emanated from it.

This was the third Spiritual Sword Aura that Austin had got!

Furthermore, he had used only a short time to accomplish it. He was successful in less than one hour!

Austin was overjoyed.

The success of the third Spiritual Sword Aura meant that Austin could cultivate to the highest level of the Flame Swordsmanship.

Next, he started to run his internal vital energy, trying to refine the third vital energy sword.

Each Spiritual Sword Aura of the Flame Swordsmanship could control one vital energy sword.

If he wanted to cultivate to the third level of the Flame Swordsmanship, he was required to use three Spiritual Sword Auras to control the three vital energy swords.

The vital energy came out of Austin’s body continuously, and it was condensed, compressed, collected in a mass and refined.

Austin wasn’t afraid of using up his vital energy for fear of being exhausted, because he had stored enormous vital energy in the vital energy stone in his elixir field.

In addition, the power contained in his flesh was much stronger than his vital energy. Usually, he was accustomed to using his flesh power only during a battle, so his internal vital energy was rarely consumed and mostly untouched.

After some time, Austin extended his hand and opened his palm.

Whoosh!

The sound of wind echoed from his palm and a light golden sword ejected from his palm.

The body of the sword was surrounded by a golden flame. Austin stared at it and took out the vital element of the Scorching Evil Fire, putting it into the vital energy sword. Suddenly the fire grew wilder, and the power of the sword became strengthened.

Austin summoned his intent, and soon another golden vital energy sword appeared in his other hand.

At the same time, a third sword of vigor suddenly showed up over his head.

With one in the left hand, one in the right hand and one over his head, Austin summoned all the three vital energy swords together. The flame of the swords was so powerful that anything near them was scorched.

Then, Austin recalled his Soul Sea to summon the three Spiritual Sword Auras. Suddenly, three Spiritual Sword Auras flew from his Soul Sea and joined the three vital energy swords.

All the swords produced such dazzling lights that any person who looked at them directly could be blinded. When the sword was joined by the aura, it was as if they came alive, full of vigor and energy. Sharp sword intent poured out.

At that very moment, the formula of Flaming Swordplay Array popped into Austin’s Soul Sea.

It turned out that after he had finished cultivating the third level of Flame Swordsmanship, the three vital energy swords could form a swordplay array, instead of divided movements.

The swordplay array was different from swordplay movement.

No matter how powerful a swordplay movement could be, it still basically relied on the strength of the swordsman himself.

However, a swordplay array in essence was an array and a kind of skill that contained the principles of earth and heaven. When the swordsman was confronted with an enemy, he could take advantage of the array to gain more power from heaven and earth.

Therefore, the Flaming Swordplay Array was several times much more powerful than the Flame Swordsmanship, on its own.

Austin quietly referred to the methods of the Flaming Swordplay Array. The three vital energy swords, however, constantly circled around his body. Their orbits were mysterious and enigmatic. They cooperated with each other and formed a protection shield seamlessly complementing and reinforcing each other’s weaknesses and strengths.

The surrounding space was blocked by the three swords. The three energetic swords formed a tight golden ring. The outer layer of the ring had a light golden flame.

Austin felt how strong the Flaming Swordplay Array could be and couldn’t help feeling amazed by it.

The swords contained a lot of mysterious changes which was useful both in defending and attacking.

However, Austin hadn’t decided whether he wanted to test its power at that moment.

“Master, the gnome seems to have made a breakthrough!”

At that very moment, he heard Violet’s spiritual sense whispering.

Austin was delighted by the news and he immediately turned his attention to the gnome.
What?!

It was finally peaceful, with a calm wind and waves. The spiritual energy tornado had disappeared as if it hadn’t happened.

What was left in front of him was a giant beast, six meters tall and seven meter long, with a two-meter tail behind it. The beast was covered with ferocious, cold silver scales, which looked solid like a cast iron.

The beast’s head resembled a fierce lion but strangely it also had a pair of straight thick brown horns. Its eyes looked like two red moons, and one could feel the coldness and cruelty emanating from within them. The teeth were even more frightening with their sword-like sharp canines.

The two powerful fore limbs of the giant beast were covered with thick black hair and sharp claws. At the end, the sharp claws were shimmering with black hues. They were so powerful that they could tear human beings or animals in the blink of an eye.

A pair of sturdy hind legs stood upright on the ground. They must have been extremely powerful because when they trampled on the ground, it cracked leaving a dense dust smog around it.

The two-meter tail resembled a steel whip. Even though it was swinging gently, it still created such a commotion that the air was stirred, creating a strong airflow like a fierce wind.

The gnome used to be a small and cute creature, the size of a puppy. However, now it looked like an ancient beast conjured from history.

Austin was stunned by what he saw.

Was this the gnome after the breakthrough? Austin couldn’t believe his eyes.

“Violet, what happened?”

Austin couldn’t help asking Violet.

Violet was also a demonic beast, so she knew more about beasts than Austin.

“Master, I don’t know either.

It seems that gnome is a kind of extinct demonic beast left from very ancient times,” Violet answered.

Aaroooo!

While Austin and Violet were still confused trying to figure out what it was, the giant beast roared in a low voice.

It stared at Austin and Violet in a friendly manner as if it was greeting them. Even though its body was as huge as a building, it didn’t look scary.

“So it is the gnome for sure,”

Austin smiled bitterly. What a big surprise!

What happened next shocked Austin and Violet even further.

The giant beast quivered slightly, causing a gust of wind. Then its giant body shrank dramatically and in the blink of an eye, the savage beast had disappeared.

Instead, it was replaced by the previous gnome who was cute and tiny like a puppy. It was overjoyed and proud to see Austin and Violet’s stupefied faces.

“How come?”

Austin and Violet both looked at each other stunned.

Was it playing some form of magic?

It turned out that the gnome could transform its body at will after it made the breakthrough.

“Violet, ask it how strong it is now,” Austin told Violet.

He was very curious about its level of strength.
Violet and the gnome communicated for a while.

According to the gnome, its cultivation hierarchy was different from ordinary demonic beasts who were usually ranked from level one demonic beast to level nine demonic beast.

However, the gnome was different; it was measured by how many generations had been awakened by the blood inheritance in the body. After the breakthrough, the gnome had aroused about thirty percent of its blood lineage. Now the demonic power it possessed was like a human cultivator in the Imperial Realm. Moreover, it had not only improved its demonic power but also some of the hidden talents of its species.

The results really shocked Austin. He couldn’t believe that one breakthrough was enough to make the gnome as powerful as a human cultivator in the Imperial Realm.

He recalled what it was like when he met it. It was only a level five demonic beast, whose power was like a human cultivator in the medium stage or premium stage of Earth Realm. However, after one breakthrough, the progress of its strength was so great. Its cultivation hierarchy was indeed very special compared to ordinary demonic beasts.

Of course, Austin was also very happy for the gnome besides his surprise.

The gnome, just like Violet, was Austin’s close partner. They spent so much time together that they had also established a deep relationship with each other. Austin was happy to see that the gnome had improved dramatically.

“Shit!”

Austin frowned suddenly. His spiritual strength perceived something unusual.