"From this moment on, the Sword Cosmos is under the ruling of the Curry Sword Sect.
If any of you dare to object to this, I will return and handle you as I deem fit. In fact, I may decide to destroy the whole clan."
Austin's voice from the message he had left in the ancestral land of the Xi'men Clan echoed loudly for a long time.
For a moment, everything in the ancestral land of the Xi'men Clan was dead silent because no one dared to say anything.
Although Austin had left, his power still haunted them.
"We are safe now!"
"Leader, Austin finally left!"
a few members of the Xi'men Clan cried out in joy.
The leader of the Xi'men Clan and the six governing gods, however, looked sullen. They watched Austin's retreating back and they didn't respond to their people.
They were not reconciled at all.
In fact, what Austin had said irritated them deeply.
'Is there really no other options for the Xi'men Clan apart from handing over the ruling power of the Sword Cosmos?' they all wondered, scratching their heads.
Unfortunately, if they acted,
Austin would return and his fighting power would overcome all of them.
"Austin has left the ancestral land of the Xi'men Clan!"
"Yes! And he agreed to that mysterious woman's request. He let the Xi'men Clan go!"
"The woman! She was the one who saved the clan!"
All throughout the Sword Cosmos, countless creatures were talking about the event.
"Will Austin take down the remaining two major forces in one go?"
"Can you guess which force Austin will attack next?"
"The Sky Sword Sect or the Long Sword Sect? I'm so curious! I can hardly wait!"
The creatures in the headquarters of the Xi'men Clan were also gossiping after Austin's departure.
Meanwhile,
in the headquarters of the Sky Sword Sect,
all the senior members of the Sky Sword Sect were gathered in a magnificent conference hall.
"Leader, the Flying Immortal Sword Sect is not allowed out of their headquarters.
And it seems that the Xi'men Clan have stopped fighting Austin too.
Out of the four major forces, only the Long Sword Sect and our Sky Sword Sect are left.
It will be more difficult to deal with Austin with only two of us,"
a senior member of the sect informed the leader, looking very worried.
"You're right. That little bastard has grown strong.
Even if we worked together with the other force, we can't beat him."
One of the other senior members agreed. They all shook their heads and sighed.
"In my opinion, I think the Sky Sword Sect should stay inside and never go out again.
That way, Austin won't have any reason to come after us,"
an old man in grey robes who was sitting cross-legged beside the sect leader suggested in a slow voice.
He was a reclusive elder of the sect.
"No.
That will make us look like cowards!
We are the Sky Sword Sect, one of the four major forces! We have been this way for too long. We can't show our weakness to a young man!
If we were to do that, the Sky Sword Sect would become a laughingstock in the Sword Cosmos!"
a relatively radical senior member exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air.
"I know what you mean,
but we aren't strong enough to beat Austin. That is the sad truth.
And we can't deny that
if we confront him head on to make us look less weak,
he will put us all in our place. The result will be miserable for us.
You all saw what happened to the Flying Immortal Sword Sect and the Xi'men Clan. How could we let the same happen to us?"
another senior member commented.
"Leader, what do you think?"
another one asked, looking directly at the sect leader.
In an instant, all the eyes of the senior members in the hall were on the leader.
"Leader, it's time to make a decision.
We want to avoid Austin coming here,"
the old man in grey reminded.
"We will neither fight him, nor yield to him,"
the leader answered.
That wasn't the answer that they were expecting. All of their eyes widened and their jaws dropped.
"What do you mean?"
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