"Wait!"
Austin yelled out all of a sudden.
"Oh -- what's happening here?
Looks like our little man is showing fear.
Come on, are you really planning on letting us down like this? The fight hasn't even started yet!"
the tall man jeered, amused by Austin's sudden call for a pause.
As if on cue, the rest of the sea beasts that were surrounding them laughed mockingly.
The giant prawn looked around at the rowdy crowd, evidently pleased by the uproar. After that, it turned to Austin once again, and just as the rest of them, its stare was conveying utter disgust.
"Wrong, mate," Austin said, his tone light and playful.
"You know I don't bother with a one-on-one battle. I mean... these three monsters can all come at once; I don't care.
It would be a waste of time if I defeat them one by one. I don't think you all need to see your team lose thrice. Once is enough,"
Austin's expression was peaceful, and a well-meaning smile was on his lips. His tone was also calm, as if he had known how everything would go down even before anything happened.
"What is he saying? Is he really being serious?"
one of the people in the crowd loudly asked. Everyone was astonished by the young man's guts that they slowly fell into dead silence.
Well, the reaction was understandable -- they had never seen anyone start a fight in such a high note. It didn't help that they all doubted his ability and thought that he was only bragging to hide his inability.
The only people who knew that Austin was not bluffing was Shaw and the two girls from the mermaid tribe. They knew that he actually had the power -- and more, even -- to fight the three beast masters at the same time and win.
If anyone of them knew that Austin had won a fight against an elder of the Holy Sect who was an expert of the Astral Realm, nobody present would even dare lay a finger on him.
Not even these three beast masters.
"Hey, you. Don't try to be suicidal,"
mocked the tall man standing right beside Austin, breaking the silence. He was furrowing his eyebrows and was trying to look exaggeratedly distressed. Of course, like everyone in the crowd behind him, he, too, thought that Austin was only bluffing about what he could do.
"What?
Do you think that I don't mean that?"
As soon as he said that, he used his Thunderbolt Movement Skill and instantly vanished into thin air.
Before anyone really understood what was happening, Austin had already reappeared right in front of the giant prawn.
It was not until then did the giant prawn realize that Austin had already started the fight. Despite this, he was still frozen in place -- his reflexes weren't fast enough for what was happening.
After getting itself together, the giant prawn quickly moved to another place at a speed comparable to Austin's. For a split second, its demonic aura soared to the water above and hemmed both of them in. Then, it saw its chance and planned on raising both of its gigantic claws to give a deathly blow.
Unfortunately, Austin didn't give the giant prawn a chance to stage its next move. He revved up and was way more faster than his opponent.
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