"How dare you, Austin?" the devilish nether beast of the underworld roared at Austin in the distance.
It had tried to come to Colby's aid, but Morphy was swift enough to block its way. It couldn't do anything but watch Austin beat Colby to death.
"Noooo! No way! I can't believe Austin took out a medium-grade divine god just like that, right in the middle of breaking through his Apotheosizing Doom!"
All the powerful cultivators in the three thousand big and small universes were shocked to the core, unable to process in their minds what they had just witnessed.
Colby had planned to put an end to Austin's life while the latter was in the middle of the Apotheosizing Doom. Who would expect that he would end up being killed by Austin? It didn't help that Austin was able to kill Colby quite effortlessly.
After getting rid of Colby, Austin took over all his treasures. Then he looked up at the dark clouds in the sky.
"I am now in the middle of the Thunderstroke Doom," he murmured to himself.
The number of thunderbolts that were falling on him had gradually yet noticeably decreased.
Nonetheless, Austin didn't relax his vigilance knowing that the most difficult part of the Thunderstroke Doom hadn't started yet.
Soon after, the lightning and thunderbolts striking from the sky had completely stopped.
"Kill him!!"
All of a sudden, thousands of terrifying thunder creatures came out of dark clouds and dashed towards Austin.
Each of those thunder beings was amazingly powerful, and every single one of them had mastered a brilliant secret skill.
"Come on and bring it! You all think I'm afraid of you?"
Austin used all his tricks without reserve.
In a matter of seconds, he was engaged in a fight with the newly arrived thunder creatures. The battle was fierce and because of the sheer number of attackers, it lasted for several hours.
At one point, Austin was soaked in blood. His skin flayed open and his bones were exposed.
He knew that he was seriously injured.
But since he had already been through this in his last Apotheosizing Doom, Austin had done a better job than last time.
The next day, the dark clouds had begun to disperse.
By the time the sun had completely risen, they had all vanished into thin air.
"The next trial is called the Myriad Law Power Tribulation,"
Austin muttered to himself with a calm face while fluidly floating in the sky.
The Thunderstroke Doom was the first test in the Apotheosizing Doom.
No one dared to get in the way of Austin's breaking through the Heavenly Doom. They could only sit back and watch.
Even Colby of the underworld, who was a powerful medium-grade divine god, failed to distract Austin who at that time, was in the process of the Apotheosizing Doom. What was worse, he was killed by Austin on the spot.
No wonder the rest of the underworld didn't have the nerve to mess with Austin.
Just then, the chains of law power appeared out of thin air.
The chains were the manifestation of all the laws of nature.
Those chains of law power gathered together, forming a massive furnace. A mysterious power came out from it and had started pulling Austin in it.
All kinds of laws of nature were inside the furnace.
Simultaneously the blazing flames of law power engulfed Austin.
Austin didn't panic. Instead, he sat cross legged in the furnace and took the opportunity to have a deeper comprehension of the laws of nature.
Two days later, Austin finally made it through to the Myriad Law Power Tribulation.
At that moment, the furnace made from law powers had all disappeared.
He continued to sit cross legged in the chaotic void.
"The next test is the Internal Demon Tribulation. Last time, I was interrupted by Colby when I was in the middle of this trial. In the end, I didn't make it through and failed to become a divine god.
My only consolation is that I have killed Colby, and that my Internal Demon no longer exists.
I will make sure to complete it this time!" Austin murmured to himself, with firmness and confidence in his eyes.
Without any distractions there was no reason for him not to complete it.
He then cleared up his mind and entered the state of meditation.
Gradually, he found that he could no longer hear anything around him, as if there was no one else but himself in the world and the space around it.
Then the idea of origin of things occurred to him.
During the process, he was able to realize the truths and laws of nature.
At that moment, Austin also found that he could see the essence of all things in the worlds.
He was in a deep state of enlightenment, a level that he had never experienced in his entire life. It was a level he never knew existed.
Afterwards, his mind went completely blank. He wasn't even thinking, and had no feelings for anything, as if he and nature had become one.
He had become devoid of any sorrow nor joy, and nothing could distract him.
Time flew by, unnoticeably to just anyone.
Austin however, had a vague feeling that he had been sitting there for a long time, like a decade, a century or an entire era.
In fact, it had just been less than fifteen minutes since he started his meditation.
"Austin is going through the Internal Demon Tribulation. Now is the best time to bring him down.
If he makes it through the Apotheosizing Doom and becomes a divine god, we can kiss our chances goodbye. We will not be able to defeat him anymore!"
the devilish nether beast from the underworld lamented and gave brief instructions to the remaining divine gods.
"You are right.
If we don't take care of Austin now, he will pose a much bigger threat to us in the future.
Come on, guys. Let's work together to strike Austin down before he gets through the Internal Demon Tribulation! Let's get moving!"
the thoroughly-odd beast shouted in agreement.
"Kill him!"
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