The Supreme God of Martial Arts
Chapter 2841 A Terrible Aura

The leader of the Sword Palace began to teach Austin everything about swordsmanship he knew, including the secret skills that made him one of the most formidable in the craft.

These were the best swordsmanship skills Austin had encountered in this universe.

But even then, they were not as good as the Concentration Method and Divine Polarity Swords skills Austin had acquired.

Austin thus decided he had no need to learn the secret methods from the leader of the Sword Palace.

The skills and expertise he had accumulated from the leader of the Sword Palace thus far was enough.

The leader of the Sword Palace, after all, was known as a veteran fighter and a master swordsman in this universe. His swordsmanship, sharpened by experience, was more powerful than Austin's. Austin could learn as much as he could, reading the information in his Soul Sea left by the leader of the Sword Palace. The latter's enlightening tutelage would thus prove to be a great boon to him. The training was completed a day later.

The leaders of the Yaksha Palace and head of the heaven crow race left on the same day, to reorganize their forces.

These two great forces, after all, were actually already under Austin's leadership.

The leader of the Yaksha Palace was on his way to where his people disappeared after a fierce battle several days ago.

They had hidden themselves in a secret place at the edge of the universe, a concealed base of the Yaksha Palace that had been operating for quite some time now.

Things were not as simple for the Sword Palace's leader. “I'm not going back to the Sword World. Our supreme grandmaster has completely given up on me. From now on, I'll either live in the Immortal End World or stay with you,”

he said to Austin morosely. He had been a bit lonely after the departure of his fellow leaders from the Yaksha Palace and the heaven crow race.

He felt abandoned. He knew the supreme grandmaster of the Sword World no longer cared what happened to him after no less than handing him over to Austin in person.

He was well aware that even if he went back to the Sword World, the supreme grandmaster would hardly allow him to stay there.

"Fine with me,"

Austin responded with a curt nod.

After Austin finished his training, the leaders of other worlds paid a courtesy call to him in his military tent to give him a situation report.

They informed him that the troops from the underworld had not made any movements since they retreated and escaped from the Fighting Star Cluster.

Even the corpse soldiers in other star clusters had stayed quiet, not taking any action at all.

They added that other great forces had likewise fallen silent, including the Heavenly Palace, the Sky Phoenix Kingdom, the Star Island, and the White Tiger Mountain. Some powerful worlds had been reported to have shut down outright.

There had been no incident of note in the past two days. It would seem the whole universe had gone quiet.

Austin found this calmness strange.

It wasn't too long ago when the universe was beset with fighting and bloodshed, and tension rife in the atmosphere.

For instance, it was only a few days ago when the Universal Allied Army and the corpse troops from the underworld engaged in battle.

The sudden stillness now was jarring.

"Hm. Why is it so quiet suddenly?"

Austin wondered aloud, frowning at the report.

"Is this the calm before the storm?"

Austin couldn't help but feel worried. Deep in thought, he stared into the distance.

Austin could understand why the Heavenly Palace, the Sky Phoenix Kingdom, the Star Island, and the White Tiger Mountain would keep a low profile now. They were probably being careful not to provoke him.

But it was unusual that members of the underworld were keeping still.

Austin was well aware of their terrifying strength.

The number of their troops in this universe was only a drop in the bucket, a small fraction of their whole force.

Austin knew the underworld had no fear of him

So if they were keeping quiet now, it could only mean they were gearing up for something big.

"Is it possible that the underworld has been able to amass more powerful warriors in this universe?” Austin stood up to look out his tent, hands behind his back. He fixed his gaze in the direction of the Tomb Star Cluster, the headquarters of the corpse soldiers in this universe.

Austin's spiritual sense was amazingly acute by now.

It could perceive things in the skies even a million miles away.

Austin was also highly attuned to movements in heaven and earth, with his aptitude for the law of natural order.

Austin could feel any subtle change in the universe and to the order law, such as energy fluctuations, or even the birth of a new galaxy.

Austin used his spiritual sense now to detect the situation in the Tomb Star Cluster. After a few moments of observation, he found that indeed, everything was quiet in the place, its corpse soldiers and inhabitants taking no action.

"Well, then. If you won't make a move, then I'll bring the fight to you.”

A mirthless smirk played on Austin's lips.

It was often said offense made for the best defense. So Austin decided that the best course of action would be to bring his army to the Tomb Star Cluster.

Soon enough, the powerful troops of the Yaksha Palace and the heaven crow race, already under Austin's command, arrived at the headquarters of the Fighting Star Cluster.

At the same time, the leader of the Sword Palace also resurfaced in public.

At this moment it became known that the three leaders of the most powerful worlds in this universe were now following Austin's lead.

Quite a few beings in the universe cried out in horror when they heard the news, aghast at the development.

After all, the three were widely known to be Austin's sworn enemies before. It was unbelievable that they were his followers now.

The leaders of the Heavenly Palace, the emperor of the Sky Phoenix Kingdom, the leader of the Star Island, and the leader of the White Tiger Mountain were all still in shock at the news.

Not many people knew the Sword Palace's leader was captured by Austin.

However, the top masters in the universe all knew. They still couldn't wrap their minds around it, all the same.

"Perhaps Austin is using some secret skill to control the three masters.”

This was largely the consensus reached by the leaders of the Heavenly Palace and the other kingdoms and worlds, in messages sent to each other discussing the matter in secret.

Reaching this conclusion, their fear of Austin grew.

The fear was constant and pressing. They were convinced that Austin would come for them sooner or later.

While leaders of many different worlds were panicking over Austin, Austin himself was actually just training quietly in a secret room in the headquarters of the Universal Allied Army.

He left it to the leaders of the Sword Palace, the Yaksha Palace, the heaven crow race, and other highly-ranked officials to reorganize the Universal Allied Army.

Once the army was ready, he planned to take the full force with him and launch an attack on the Tomb Star Cluster.

In the meantime, Austin focused his attention on his training.

But he was distracted by a sudden flash in the distance. He deployed his spiritual sense to scan the sky in that direction.

What he detected sent chills down his spine. "What a terrible aura!’

The aura emanated from two menacing figures flashing across the sky, seemingly headed toward the Ancient Forbidden Land.