Even genuine premium-grade divine gods could end up being trapped in the maze.
If the bead produced all the illusions, then there was no doubt that it was an amazing magic treasure.
Meanwhile, Austin was already at the Major Achievement Stage of the law of illusion.
Both the aura the bead emitted, as well as the energy of illusion it carried, was a great temptation to
Austin.
"I must get my hands on it."
Austin's eyes lit up in excitement as he made his decision.
In the blink of an eye, he reached out his hand and tried to grab the bead.
However, right when he tightened his grip around the bead, he grabbed nothing but thin air.
For a moment, he could only stare before he quickly used his spiritual sense to check it and confirm
that the bead was real.
However, whenever he tried to touch it, there was nothing for him to touch.
No matter how many times he tried, he ended up passing through the bead although he could see that
it was floating right before his eyes.
He couldn't get a hold of the bead.
'That's awesome.
I'm one hundred percent sure that the bead is right there, but illusions must be confusing me from
judging its location.'
Austin mused for a moment and quickly figured out the reason why he couldn't touch the bead.
He had reached the Major Achievement Stage of cultivating the law of illusion after all, therefore he
was quick when it came to the law of illusion.
"If I want to get it, I'll have to find its exact position."
Austin unleashed the law of illusion to perceive the bead.
Runes of illusion came out from his head and flew towards the bead.
Chains made from the law of illusion wrapped around the bead like ribbons.
Time slowly passed around them.
By that point, the three mermaids remained anxiously waiting for Austin in a different place of the
maze.
"Sally, it's been almost two days.
Maybe he already left the maze?"
One of the two other mermaids was reaching the end of her rope.
"Perhaps Austin thought we're a burden and left us behind.
How about we leave the maze first?"
the other mermaid asked.
"Be patient.
I don't think he'll leave us behind.
If he really thought we were a liability, he would've walked away when Elder Osbert was trying to kill us.
Anyway, he saved our lives.
Since he asked us to wait for him here, we will.
If he comes back to find us and we ended up leaving first, we probably won't have the chance to see
him again,"
Sally comforted them.
"Fine."
The two other mermaids sighed but nodded in agreement.
All three of them were known as the most gorgeous women from the mermaid race in the Heaven
Beast Valley. Lots of admirers desired to have their hand.
Men always racked their brains to get their attention in an attempt to get closer to any one of them. But
now they were worried that a man might leave them behind.
If it got out, the men in the Heaven Beast Valley would be jealous of Austin.
Meanwhile, various people from powerful forces unleashed their spiritual sense to examine their
surroundings outside the maze.
They wanted to bypass the maze so that they could continue to explore the Land of Outlaw.
After all, they were here for treasures.
No one wanted to wait around outside the maze just to wait for Austin.
A couple of days later, no sign of people outside the maze remained.
In the palace of the maze, Austin finally managed to locate the bead after a few days' worth of hard
work.
"Ha-ha! I finally got you!" Austin was thrilled.
It turned out that the bead changed the structure of the space and time around it with the help of
extremely brilliant illusion energy. That was why Austin failed to locate it using his spiritual sense.
Fortunately, his cultivation of the law of illusion had entered the Major Achievement Stage before he
made his move.
If another divine god were in his shoes, there was no chance they'd be able to track down the bead
even if they were a genuine premium-grade divine god.
"You're my treasure now."
Austin wrapped his hand around the bead.
Everything went well this time.
The bead settled in his hand.
All of a sudden, Austin's spiritual soul violently trembled.
After a moment, some strange illusions appeared in his Soul Sea.
Various phantoms clouded Austin's senses.
It wasn't long before he realized that the images were related to each other.
All the illusions displayed things that happened in a strange world.
Different illusions constantly appeared and disappeared.
Thanks to his powerful spiritual sense, Austin managed to capture many pictures.
A beautiful and graceful queen ruled the strange world, and all her subjects worshiped and sincerely
supported her.
Under her rule, everyone led a happy and peaceful life.
One day, a terrible thing happened.
The queen was framed and seriously injured, and she was forced to escape from the world.
"What's going on?
Was that just an illusion or did it really happen?"
All the illusions suddenly disappeared and Austin came back to his senses.
The bead shone in his hand.
As he studied the bead, a sound disrupted him thoughts.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
He looked around and found the sound was coming from the clam.
Surprise filled him and he turned his attention towards it.
When he first checked, the huge clam was tightly closed.
But now, it was slowing opening.
Pleasant fragrance floated out of the shells.
In a few seconds, the clam was fully open.
Austin was completely dumbfounded, and he couldn't help but stare blankly at the clam.
He felt so aroused that he almost had a nosebleed.
A beautiful woman laid inside the clam and the pleasant scent that filled his nose came from her.
Pale skin glistened through the scant clothing she was wearing.
She was as beautiful as Caroline, Ivy, and Sue.
However, there was no doubt that she was much sexier than them.
For a moment, Austin tethered on the edge of falling for her and it took a while before he regained his
composure.
'Wait? Isn't she the queen in the illusion?'
Surprise washed over him when he saw the woman's face.
'Perhaps what I saw really happened, ' Austin mused.
He continued to stare at the woman lying in the clam, surprised and confused.
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