The City Guardian provided the same information that the dead servants had told Austin. He said the true master of the city was Jim and he had three disciples who helped him take care of the city.
But when Austin inquired from him about the location, name of the city, the way out and the identity of the master, he just shook his head for he didn't know either.
According to him, those who guarded the gates had also been transported to the city accidentally when they were cultivating in the Sunset Mountain.
Then they were trapped in a strange city and couldn't find a way out.
After the interrogation, Austin didn't kill the badly injured City Guardian.
That was because most of the guardians were some poor cultivators who had been transported to the city by chance. They really had no options but to work for the three castellans against their will.
Now that Austin couldn't get more information from them, he gave up on the thought of interrogating the rest of the City Guardians nearby since they probably all had the same information.
Just then, he suddenly heard Violet's voice in his mind.
"Master, the gnome is about to make a breakthrough. He told me that the Illusion Bead isn't a perfect place for him to make a breakthrough and he needs to go out. Please find him a quiet place."
"Oh, really?"
It surprised Austin that the gnome had reached a breakthrough so soon.
He released his spiritual sense to search for a quiet place for the gnome. The next minute, he vanished into thin air.
A couple of minutes later, Austin turned up in another street several thousand meters away from where he had been.
The street was a dead end. Austin unleashed his spiritual sense and didn't find any sign of people within several miles.
"Ask the gnome to come out,"
Austin said to Violet through his mind.
A gray light appeared, and the gnome showed up in front of Austin and at the same time, a green smoke also appeared and Violet came into his view.
As soon as the gnome made his appearance, Austin detected that an enormous spiritual power that even he felt shivers through his body enveloped the gnome.
The size of the gnome changed intermittently. Sometimes he grew smaller, and sometimes he grew larger. With the constant change of the gnome's body, the spiritual energy nearby came at him and formed small storms around him.
Staring at him, Austin knew that the gnome was now at the most critical moment of its breakthrough.
He released his spiritual sense to compare the quality of the spiritual energy within the city to the outside world.
'If the spiritual energy is less than that outside the city, it might affect the gnome's breakthrough result and the consolidation of the realm it will reach, ' he thought.
After contemplating for a while, Austin took out his Space Ring and got a batch of vital energy crystals, elixirs and herbs from it. Without having a look at them, he threw them at the gnome.
A great number of vital energy crystals, elixirs and herbs were suspended in the air as they surrounded the gnome.
The spiritual energy extracted from the vital energy crystals, elixirs and herbs formed a mighty river of spiritual life force and flooded the gnome.
Since he usually fed on valuable spirit medicines, natural materials and spiritual stones, the gnome had already naturally accumulated an enormous amount of spiritual energy inside his body. With the elixirs, herbs and vital energy crystals Austin had provided, the density of spiritual energy inside the gnome was amazingly high.
Austin was thunderstruck by the spiritual energy inside the gnome.
Even when he had reached a higher realm, he had never gotten such a dense spiritual energy in his body.
'What is the gnome's strength? How often does it break through?' he wondered.
In fact, Austin knew little about the gnome. The only thing he knew was that he was a demonic beast. He was ignorant of the level of the gnome's strength, race or talent.
Through Violet, he had learnt that the gnome was a very rare species which had existed since ancient times. Among the demonic beasts, the gnome's status was higher than that of Violet, who was rare enough as the nine tail demon fox.
"Violet, let's stand guard for him," Austin proposed.
Looking at the gnome making a breakthrough, he knew that he must keep the gnome from being disturbed.
Wasting no time, he and Violet advanced forward and stopped several meters away from the gnome for protection.
"Oh? What's your strength now, Violet?" Austin asked.
He was delighted to find that of over the last short period of time, Violet, who had been meditating and practicing in the Illusion Bead had a much higher level than before.
"Master, make a guess. Which level do you think I have reached?" Violet replied with a grin.
Austin released his spiritual sense a little and found out that Violet was emitting a much more powerful demonic power than ever.
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