Austin left his words suspended in the air, leaving the three spiritual souls dumbfounded.
Destroying them would be a piece of cake for Austin.
The three of them had personal issues with Austin to deal with, but by the end of it, they were still defeated.
The souls of the Sword Palace's leader and the Yaksha Palace's leader were at loss. They were desperate to have something to trade so Austin would let them go.
They shifted their attention towards each other and thought deeply. It seemed like they were having a mental conversation as the both of them fell into silence.
Austin's patience grew thin. He waited for them to come up with an answer, but none of them answered.
"Time's up."
Austin's voice was low and deadly, and his eyes glinted with the desire to kill.
When it came to his enemies, Austin left no room for mercy. Since they couldn't offer anything useful for him, he thought that he would rather have them dead for good. They were nothing but a nuisance.
"I ran into a mysterious ancient relic," the soul of the Sword Palace's leader blurted out. Recognizing that Austin had the upper hand in this situation, he suddenly interjected, as an effort to save himself. "I can tell you where you can find it.
You're going to be very interested in this ancient relic, Austin, since you're very adept when it comes to your swordsmanship."
The Sword Palace's leader had to set aside his animosity for Austin for just a few moments to liberate his soul of this unfortunate situation. He opted to spill the details about the ancient relic.
"Is that so?" Interested, Austin lifted his head to look at him. "Tell me more about it,"
he demanded.
"This ancient relic is located in the chaotic void.
I spotted a fluctuation of the sword aura when I practiced my swords skills in there. Curious, I went there.
Then, I broke into another universe.
In there, a secret place was found where brilliant sword-lights came from.
I was about to explore the place.
But before I could even do so, I was cut into pieces by a beam of a sword-light, located hundreds of thousands of miles away. I almost died in that instant.
Fortunately, my spiritual soul hid in a magic treasure forged by the genuine immortal and managed to escape.
There must be some valuable treasures in there that could be related to the mastery of swords in that particular place."
As the soul of the Sword Palace's leader finished explaining, Austin was hooked.
"You almost got killed by a beam of sword-light?"
Austin was taken aback.
After all, the Sword Palace's leader was remarkably strong.
Despite so, one beam of sword-light from this clandestine place had almost annihilated him even if it was hundreds of thousands of miles away! This could only mean that the power that the sword-light held was indeed terrifying.
"If you let me live, I'll take you to that secret place.
With the strength that you possess, you have a good chance of surviving that place.
Besides, I have been practicing swordsmanship for years. I have also gained some insights on sword skills.
I'm more than willing to teach you everything that I know about swordsmanship.
As long as you spare my life, I could be useful to you. What do you say, Austin?" the soul of the Sword Palace's leader offered.
He has finally realized that there was nothing more important than his own life. With that in mind, he abandoned his pride, and begged for mercy.
"I see." Austin rubbed his chin, and furrowed his brows in deep contemplation. "But you killed hundreds of millions of creatures in the Central World. I can't just let that go," Austin said broodingly.
Should he destroy his soul, or let him live? He was torn. He paced back and forth as he thought of a rational decision to make things work on his favor without having any negative repercussions.
Initially, Austin planned on wiping out the soul of the Sword Palace's leader entirely. But he made quite an exciting proposition. The ancient relic he mentioned definitely piqued Austin's interest, and he was now itching to explore it.
"How about this?" the soul of the Sword Palace's leader pronounced. He knew that Austin had no intentions of sparing his life so he offered him a deal that would serve them both. "I will give you my spiritual soul orb. I will serve under your command from now on!"
The soul of the Sword Palace's leader looked into Austin's eyes directly to indicate that he was earnest in his offer.
All of them acknowledged that he was a powerful cultivator. He knew that the only way for him to survive was to give Austin his spiritual soul orb. Through this, all Austin's concerns about sparing his life would be lifted.
If Austin were to forcefully extract his spiritual soul orb, his spiritual soul would instantly explode.
"Are you really willing to give your own spiritual soul orb to me?" Austin repeated.
He had to admit that he was definitely surprised with this offer. He hadn't seen this one coming.
"Yes, I do," the soul of the Sword Palace's leader confirmed.
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