The Supreme God of Martial Arts
Chapter 599 You Have Lost Your Chance

"Retreat!"

Kirkland, the emperor of the Mysterious Sky Empire, turned around and ordered his army to retreat from the battle.

"You think that you can still leave here alive, huh? It's too late!"

A faint smile appeared on Austin's face as he stared at Kirkland's back. Austin seemed to be enjoying the plight of his enemies. He leisurely snapped his fingers at Kirkland's direction.

Immediately, Kirkland stopped on his tracks as if he had knocked into an invisible wall. An explosive sound could be heard from inside him, and his body swayed with the aftermath.

Kirkland coughed out blood that was mingled with pieces of his internal organs. He was obviously on the verge of dying and was unwilling to accept total defeat.

As the emperor of his empire, he had enjoyed being superior above everyone and had lived a life of wealth and privilege. Never, not even once, had he expected to die in a foreign land.

Kirkland's consciousness gradually slipped away, and his lifeless body dropped on the ground.

After the Sky Realm cultivators of the Violet Orchid Empire joined the battle, the army of the Mysterious Sky Empire was at a distinct disadvantage. When Kirkland ordered them to retreat, all the soldiers of the Mysterious Sky Empire scattered to flee.

The whole army of the Mysterious Sky Empire lost all of their courage to fight upon seeing the dead body of their emperor.

They threw away their weapons and ran away from the battle.

Austin rushed to Kirkland's body as soon as it fell on the ground. He frisked the corpse without any scruple and took away all the valuable things, including the Space Ring.

Meanwhile, the fight continued in the sky above the battleground. The Sect Leader of the Ghost Sect kept dodging the combined attacks of Warren and the ancient evil ape.

"I didn't expect that your Ghost Sect has developed such a significant force in the dark during all these years. Indeed, you can easily defeat the five major sects of the Violet Orchid Empire now. However, you are too arrogant to even think of colluding with the Mysterious Sky Empire and usurping the throne of our empire.

Don't you know that people usually die of excessive ambition?"

Warren had paid close attention to the situation of the battleground. Knowing that his imperial capital city was out of danger now that the army of the Mysterious Sky Empire had fled in defeat, he eventually let out a sigh of relief.

Warren was relieved to see their victory approaching. He had to act as the guardian of not just the royal family, but even the whole Violet Orchid Empire since he had the highest martial arts refinement among the royal family.

"God damn Austin! That bastard messed everything up! I should have conquered your imperial capital city!

Remember this, Austin! I'll have you pay for this one day, you bastard!" The Ghost Sect Leader was extremely furious as he mentioned Austin's name. He flapped his sleeve, and twenty streaks of black light shot out. All of a sudden, black clouds of corpse miasma filled the sky. The streaks of black light turned into twenty scary zombies and divided into two groups as they charged at the ancient evil ape and Warren.

At the same time, the Ghost Sect Leader moved back quickly. He employed his bodily movement skill and closed the distance like a meteor.

With a loud roar, the ancient evil ape punched one zombie and crashed it into pieces. However, the other zombies, lacking in the feeling of terror, continued to jump on the ape.

Warren also crashed several zombies on his way but was then delayed by the remaining zombies as well. The zombies managed to buy some time for their master, so Warren was not able to catch up with the Ghost Sect Leader.

The twenty zombies all had powerful strength equivalent to a cultivator at the preliminary stage of the Sky Realm. The highly toxic black corpse miasma surrounding their bodies smelt terrible.

As for the Ghost Sect Leader, he seized the opportunity and fled away at full speed and soon disappeared on the horizon.

He understood that there was no chance of winning that day and that he might die under the allied attacks of his rivals. Although he was unwilling to admit his defeat, he analyzed the critical situation and decided to flee.

As he fled away from the battle, he couldn't help but already think of his revenge. At that moment, he loathed Austin the most, more than any of his enemies.

If Austin hadn't shown up today, things might have happened as the Ghost Sect Leader had planned. He might have been holding a victory banquet with Kirkland in the Violet Orchid Empire's imperial palace and celebrating their success.

As a powerful cultivator at the medium stage of the Imperial Realm, the Ghost Sect Leader possessed a potent vital energy force. He moved so quickly and was able to retreat for a kilometer in just a second.

He heaved a sigh of relief as he stopped temporarily. Suddenly, he heard a sneer coming from his front.

"Are you trying to escape? I won't let you do as you wish!"

The Ghost Sect Leader stared forward, fully alert, and on guard. From a short distance, a man could be seen floating in the air, blocking his way as a smirk grew on his face.

"Austin!"

The Ghost Sect Leader was enraged to see the young man's face. Killing intent glinted in his eyes as anger boiled in his insides.

"You hate me to death, don't you?

After all, I've messed up your perfect plan.”

Austin said in a mocking tone.

"Austin, I admit that you've achieved excellent martial arts skills at such a very young age. However, your greatest weakness is that you are too arrogant.

How are you going to stop me from leaving? It will take me no effort to kill you!

Actually, this saves me the trouble of finding you later now that you're here before me. I will send you to hell!"

The Ghost Sect Leader laughed scornfully. He was at the medium stage of the Imperial Realm, while Austin was only at the medium stage of the Sky Realm. No matter how skilled Austin was at fighting, it was almost impossible for him to defeat the Ghost Sect Leader.

"Well, it's true that I can't defeat you by myself.

However, you don't have the luxury of time like me. If you fail to kill me right now, you will never have a second chance.” Austin sneered coldly, evidently irritating and enraging the Ghost Sect Leader even more. Although the Ghost Sect Leader was at a higher realm of vital energy cultivation than Austin, he had spent a large amount of his vital energy during the previous fight with Warren and the ancient evil ape. He hadn't gotten any time to replenish his strength as his primary goal was to escape.

What's more, the ancient evil ape and Warren had already wiped out all the zombies and would soon catch up to them. Time was quite limited for the Ghost Sect Leader if he wanted to kill Austin.

Austin had analyzed the situation clearly, and he was confident about his strength as well. He believed that any cultivator at the medium stage of the Imperial Realm wouldn't be able to kill him instantly, let alone the Ghost Sect Leader who had just experienced a fierce fight and had low vital energy at that point.

"One skill is enough to kill you! Check this out! Corpse Diabolic Hand!" The Ghost Sect Leader shouted as he stretched his right hand out. All of a sudden, his formidable vital energy complemented by clouds of corpse miasma vibrated the air and gathered on his arm.

Immediately, his arm became eerily black and emitted a strong wave of power.

"What happened to his arm?" Austin furrowed his eyebrows.

His eyes narrowed in concentration as he observed the Ghost Sect Leader's arm. He could feel a strange power emanating from it, which stirred up his uneasiness. Austin recognized that it was a special type of skill beyond his knowledge.

After a while, Austin felt it was somehow similar to his Kirin Golden- body Scripture, which he had learned a few days earlier. Both skills could strengthen some parts of the users’ bodies, and it was evident in the aura of the Ghost Sect Leader.

Zoom!

While Austin was occupied scrutinizing the power of the Ghost Sect Leader's skill, the latter suddenly dashed towards him at an extremely high speed. His black arm flew across the sky and left a long trail, like a black line on a sheet of paper.

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