Austin and the queen were swallowing the Magic Sea Water to stop the infinite aura from eroding their bodies.
At that time, the people at the square turned towards their direction and spotted them.
'It's them! They're here now, '
everyone thought, totally shocked.
'This island is the place with the densest infinite aura. This young man has just been able to reach the preliminary stage of Heaven Realm. Then how did he dare to come here?' This thought kept lurking in everyone's mind.
"Didn't I ask you to leave this place?"
Julius's voice was heard as he addressed Austin.
Austin smiled in sheer embarrassment.
He could feel that Julius, the elder in green robes, cared for him sincerely. He was one of the few whom Austin regarded as a decent elder and respected him. There was genuine concern and kindness that seemed to radiate from Julius.
"Bastards! Now you have nowhere to hide.
I'll get hold of you and torture you to my heart's content."
A furious voice cursing them came from the distance.
The voice belonged to the bald-headed, old man who had followed Austin and the queen till there.
Everyone was at a loss. They had no idea what the elder was talking about.
Soon, the confusion on their faces disappeared.
They started to speculate what was going on between the bald-headed man and Austin. They had their own theory about it all.
When Wallace and his companions reached the island and didn't see that bald-headed man, they thought that he was killed by the infinite aura or something. They came to the conclusion because they didn't see him anywhere.
But it turned out otherwise, the bald-headed man had left secretly to chase Austin and the queen.
Having lived several hundred years, all the human cultivators present at the square were intelligent and observant. They surmised that the bald-headed elder must have planned to rob Austin and his companion of treasures.
Julius too understood why Austin and the queen had reached the square.
'They must have come here to dodge and escape from that bald-headed elder, ' he thoughtfully concluded.
He let out a snort and turned to look at Austin.
"Both of you come over here!"
He called out to Austin with a stern expression.
It didn't take long for Austin to realize that Julius was trying to protect him. He and the queen quickly entered the area of the square and stood beside him.
The square was still covered by the dense infinite aura.
Austin kept injecting his vital energy into the Slaughtering Sword so that it released bloody sword aura to envelop Austin. It protected him from the dangerous infinite aura.
Wild flames kept spurting out of the magic fan which was in the queen's hand. Soon they spread and formed a dome to protect the queen.
Staring at the Slaughtering Sword in Austin's possession, the strong human cultivators and demons who were at the square, sank into their thoughts. There were a lot of things beyond their comprehension.
They couldn't understand how a cultivator at the preliminary stage of Heaven Realm could have so much vital energy that he could keep an archaic weapon working for such a long time.
What they didn't know was that Austin had a precious treasure—the vital energy stone which could store a great amount of vital energy. This was one of the reasons why Austin had mustered up the courage to enter the Nonuple Isles.
Moments later, the bald-headed elder showed up on the edge of the square.
He was greatly surprised at the sight of all those human cultivators and demons.
Since the infinite aura was dense on that island and it could erode spiritual sense force as well, even the masters at the Holy Realm avoided unleashing their spiritual sense.
Compared to vital energy cultivation, spiritual sense cultivation was much more difficult. If a cultivator's spiritual sense was damaged or consumed, it would take them a long time to recover or replenish it.
Hence, cultivators usually didn't take big risks with their spiritual sense. They used it only in dire circumstances.
The bald-headed elder hadn't unleashed his spiritual sense. Thus, he hadn't been able to find those people who were at the square from afar.
"Ha-ha! Here you are! I was wondering where you had gone.
But, I finally found you," the bald-headed elder laughed triumphantly.
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