"Just save it. I'm not interested in them anyway," Austin responded coldly.
Since he had gotten what he wanted—the Lightning Sword, he didn't want to waste any more time there.
Cupping his hands, Austin bid farewell to the shopkeeper and walked out of the store.
Austin's response left Ronald stunned. As he snapped out of his daze, the vindictive look appeared in his eyes.
"Stupid poor thing. You're dead!"
Ronald murmured viciously, winking at Sterling who was standing beside him.
Understanding what he meant, Sterling immediately left the store to follow Austin.
Upon seeing that, the shopkeeper heaved a sigh.
Had Austin stayed in the store, he could have protected him to safety. But since he had stepped out of his shop, he couldn't do anything about it anymore.
There was a rule in the store: the staff must not get involved in the personal matters of their customers outside the shops.
The shopkeeper was very aware of that one, so he just let the situation slide, no matter how grave he knew it was.
.. .
After Austin took his leave, he unleashed his spiritual sense to check what was going on back at the shop.
He sensed Ronald's actions and heard his words.
He also knew that Sterling, who was at the medium stage of Master Realm, was tailing after him.
In fact, even before he left the store, Austin had already guessed that Ronald wouldn't let him go that easily.
Anger soared in his heart as he realized that he had done nothing wrong, and the situation was unfair.
He never unjustly provoked others.
But if others messed with him, he would make them pay a heavy price.
'Sterling is just a cultivator at the medium stage of Master Realm, ' he thought in contempt.
After a while, Austin settled with a decision.
'You want to take my life? Let's wait and see who is gonna get killed, ' he snorted inwardly.
Austin headed straight towards the gates of the city.
Half a day later, he left the city.
He leaped and flew towards a mountain on its outskirts.
On the mountain range, a remote forest rested. Austin decided to settle deep in the woods.
Sterling had been tracking Austin since the latter had gotten out of the Thousand Weapons Pavilion.
He looked around and saw no sign of anyone except for his target in the forest. Upon thinking it was an excellent chance to take down the young lad, he menacingly got excited.
"Brat, stop!"
Using his bodily movement skill, Sterling stood in front of Austin in a flash and blocked his path.
"You were being so perky just because the shopkeeper had your back, huh?
Well, now that he's not here, you're going to answer to it," Sterling boasted.
He stared at Austin with a playful, defiant look on his face.
It seemed like he was waiting for Austin to get flustered and kneel down to plead for his life.
He had reached the medium stage of Master Realm, while Austin was only at the medium stage of Imperial Realm. It was apparent that his cultivation base was much higher than his opponent's.
For him, Austin was just a mere weakling who was no match to him. That was why he acted so arrogantly presumptuous.
While Sterling thought so much of himself, Austin just flashed a smirked––much to the former's annoyance.
"Is that so?
You think I would cry and beg you to let me go?
Perhaps you will be the one crying and kneeling before me,"
Austin snapped back with an indifferent expression.
"You don't fear death?"
Sterling was surprised at his calm reaction. He had imagined that Austin would panic.
However, the lad looked at him with his nonchalant eyes full of provocation.
'Did I scare the hell out of him that he has lost his mind?' Sterling wondered.
After thinking for a while, he was irked by Austin's challenging attitude.
"Fine. I will take your life instantly, you poor thing!" he shouted at Austin.
The next minute, an intense vital energy force emerged from his body and condensed on his right palm.
Instantly, a significant pattern of a starry sky materialized on his palm, and the stars shone like the real ones.
"Go to hell!"
As Sterling yelled on the top of his lung, the starry sky came at Austin. The stars were so bright and dazzling that anyone would find it hard to withdraw their eyes off them.
Austin stretched out his right hand, and the Lightning Sword suddenly appeared. Without a word, he activated his Swift Thunder Swordsmanship.
Bang!
A sword aura shot out as Austin wielded his sword.
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