The Supreme God of Martial Arts

"No way!

He actually destroyed one of the arrays!"

"The arrays which guard the ancestral temple are the most powerful ones in this entire cosmos. He's broken through one of them. I don't believe it!"

"Dammit! We must report this immediately to the leaders!"

The governing gods, who had been ordered by the sixteen gods of chaos to guard Austin, were shocked at the sight of him breaking an array. They began shouting in panic. But one of them roared,

"Calm down!

There are hundreds of arrays still intact around us. This boy has only broken one. There's no need to make a fuss.

Before leaving, our leaders told us they were going to cultivate in seclusion. We shouldn't disturb them unless it's an emergency. Otherwise, it'll be our asses on the lines instead of his.

I think it's best that we don't make a hasty decision, wait, and see how many arrays he can break through

Destroying one array is an achievement, I agree, but most likely a fluke of luck. Breaking through all of them is impossible,”

the governing god assured his companions. There was a momentary silence and then..

"He's right.

We were told not to disturb the gods of chaos unless it was something extremely important.

Let's wait a little while longer,”

another one of them agreed and the rest nodded as well.

They began to observe Austin's movements, waiting to see if he could break through any more arrays.

At this very moment, Austin was walking towards one of the arrays that lay farthest away from the temple.

“These arrays around the ancestral temple can be categorized into three levels, depending upon their distance from the temple.

Those that lie the closest are the strongest, and the farthest ones are the weakest.

I just broke through the weakest one of the lot. Let's see if I can do the same for a few others,” he was thinking to himself.

He decided he was going to start with the weakest arrays at first and progress towards the stronger ones.

It was the most logical way.

Therefore, he walked up to another low-level array.

It was about as strong as the one he'd just destroyed

He came to a halt in front of it and began to concentrate. After about two hours of focusing his mind, he strode through it easily.

"He destroyed another one!"

the three brothers of the ice source beast race and the water source beast shouted simultaneously. They were delighted at the scene.

"Damn it!

He made it through another one!"

The governing gods of the Array Cosmos began to panic.

Austin ignored them completely and continued walking forward, breaking one array after another. It only took him a max of three or four hours to break down an array of the lowest level.

The outer periphery of the arrays consisted of the weakest ones and he found it easy to get through them.

However, there were so many arrays in the lot that half a month passed by very soon.

But eventually, Austin managed to break through all the outermost arrays.

Thousands of them were now lying in the dust like discarded confetti.

"Damn!

We must report to the gods of chaos now.

It's only been a fortnight but he's broken through thousands of our defenses.

If it goes on like this, he is going to break free soon enough.

Hurry up!

Let's go and report to the leaders right away!"

The governing gods were completely flustered now and about to leave for reporting to their leaders.

The gods of chaos were cultivating in seclusion in a place guarded by hundreds of arrays. These governing gods were the only ones who could get through.

Therefore, they would have to go and personally report. Before they had time to do that, Austin's actions changed.

"These arrays in front of me are more powerful than the earlier ones.

I must spend some time to analyze and study them before I can break them.”

He had arrived in front of the second layer of arrays.

Therefore, he sat down cross-legged to study this layer.

"Look!

He has stopped,”

the governing gods cried.

"Yup! It doesn't look like he can destroy any more of our arrays."

"That's right!

He has destroyed so many just now. He must have reached his limits.”

"I've heard from our leaders that the arrays closest to the ancestral temple are the most powerful ones.

And the farthest ones are the weakest.

This guy has only broken the weakest ones till now.

I think he's unable to break down the remaining ones since they are significantly stronger.”

The governing gods were pleasantly surprised to see that Austin was unable to continue on his rampage.

"What should we do now?

Are we still going to report to the leaders?"

one of them asked.

"No. Let's wait a little longer.

Let's see if he can break another one.

If he breaks through an array that is closer to the temple, we are calling our leaders there and then. Otherwise, all the better for us,”

another one replied.

"Okay!

Yeah, let's do as you said.”

The others nodded in agreement.

Over the next several days,

Austin merely sat there quietly with his legs crossed, studying the arrays and planning a way of breaking them.

Unbeknownst to him, more than a hundred years passed.

He kept on analyzing each and every aspect of the arrays with as much thoroughness as he could muster.

He was in no hurry to break them

since studying these arrays also improved his cultivation base.

Another hundred years passed.

Finally, Austin murmured to himself,

"Right! I have thoroughly studied the second level of arrays. I think I'll be able to break them now.” He opened his eyes and stood up.

"Look!

Austin is moving again. He is going to break the arrays down!"

His companions started cheering for him as they saw him get up and walk towards the arrays. Austin smiled, walked forward, and came to an array.

As the onlookers gazed at him with curiosity, a large amount of array energy gushed out of his body and spread towards the array. The commotion attracted the governing gods' attention.

"Damn it! That guy is breaking the arrays again!"

They went into full-blown panic mode, staring at Austin with both fear and fury.

Two hours later,

there was a slight puff-like sound, and they saw Austin step forward and easily pass through the array.