Matthew and the scarred man were also part of the Blood Wolf Team along with the two men who perished. Knowing what Austin did to their mates made them furious.
The scarred man opened his palm and a cylinder appeared emitting rays of blue and green. He then turned his hand towards Austin and immediately, the lights turned into violent flashes of lighting shooting directly towards Austin.
Then, he waved his hand again and revealed a sharp, green claw which was made of steel and attached with an iron chain. It flew towards Austin as the man held its opposite end.
A bad feeling came over Austin. There was something eerie about the claw that he could not help but notice even before it reached him. It was tainted with poison!
Running Wind-commanding Skill, he dodged the incoming attacks with a series of graceful turns.
"Shiiiiing!"
"Shiiiiing!"
"Shiiiiing!"
A series of sharp sounds echoed through the air. When it all subsided, the ground where Austin once stood was replaced with a landscape filled with a dozen mud holes.
As Austin moved, in his mind, he mustered energy to summon the Negative Shadow Blade. With it, he swung towards the incoming claw. The collision of the two forces produced an explosion of jet black.
The Negative Shadow Blade was a spiritual weapon. And Austin was at the ninth level of the Energy Gathering Realm. Therefore, with a powerful force, the blade cut the iron chain to pieces like a metal ball against brittle glass.
Without the chain, the steel claw was thrown into the garden of thorns that lay beside them.
The Negative Shadow Blade disappeared after it cut the chain. It left no trace. Then, it reappeared as suddenly as it vanished and was flying straight towards the scarred man's chest.
Petrified, the scarred man watched the incoming blade approach. Fear froze him completely. The Negative Shadow Blade pierced through his chest, flew out through his back, and once again, disappeared completely.
"You...! How did you do that?"
The scarred man stared at Austin with his pale, stunned eyes. Never could he have imagined that he would perish at Austin's hands.
He did not even have chance to display his skill! The fight was over even before it began.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Matthew also stared at Austin in surprise. "How did that happen? How did he get so strong?" he murmured to himself.
He gravely underestimated him. He took two members of the Blood Wolf Team with him to kill Austin once and for all. Both of them willingly went, excited to get some action. It did not occur to any of them that this would be a difficult task. Now, Matthew realized the gravity of his mistake. In a split-second, all his men were killed!
He was all alone now!
For the first time, Matthew was afraid to fight Austin.
"I'm impressed, young boy. I have to admit that I underestimated you before.
However, I must warn you. Killing me will not be easy," Matthew said, managing to collect himself.
From what he saw in the fight that ensued, Matthew knew that Austin was not going to let him go alive. Murder was in his eyes.
He had heard of Austin's supreme power, but he dismissed them as inflated stories. It was not until he saw how easily and brutally the four members of the Blood Wolf Team were killed did he finally accept them as accurate accounts of reality.
Still, he had a feeling he could still beat Austin. Under his belt, he acquired a cultivation base under the ninth level of the Energy Gathering Realm. He also had a rare fourth-grade skill to Minor Achievement Stage. He also had the mind of a criminal and good instinct he honed in his years of robbery. Never in his life did he back down against a boy as young as Austin. He was barely twenty years old.
'This is a peculiar young boy. The things he did are those only someone on the ninth level of the Energy Gathering Realm could do.
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