Austin held his sword even, a perfect, undaunted horizon. Then, with a quick and decided gesture, his
sword slid cleanly through the governing god of the face race.
Without wasting any time, he swiftly moved to his next victim.
"You're next!" Austin roared.
He appeared behind another governing god at lightning speed.
Then, with his body bathed in dazzling golden light, his fist started to build up with tremendous energy.
Bang!
As soon as Austin's fist landed on his opponent, he was immediately thrown away.
The face screamed out in pain, blood oozing out from it.
"Be careful! This man is dangerous!"
The eight governing gods of the face race panicked when they saw Austin's terrifying potential.
"We still have an ace up our sleeves!"
one of the them reminded.
"Yeah, let's summon it!"
the other seven governing gods replied in unison.
Then, the eight governing gods concentrated. After a while, a third eye appeared on each of the eight
faces―it was closed, as if it was in a deep slumber.
As if on cue, all their third eyes then opened simultaneously.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Stark white light shot out from their eyes, heading straight at Austin's direction.
It started with a single ray of light, then two, then all of a sudden, ivory light was raining down on their
target.
"This is a spiritual soul martial skill!"
Austin remarked as he observed the white light.
These beams were made of pure spiritual sense, which were incredibly powerful. Its target was
Austin's Soul Sea.
"Heh, it may be amazing, but it's not going to work on me."
Austin gave a lopsided smile.
In his Soul Sea,
the spiritual tree, the spiritual heart, the spiritual dragon and the Chaotic Ice Lotus were releasing a
massive amount of spiritual soul energy to counter the white beams of light.
Eventually, his head started to emit rings of spiritual sense light, which illuminated the entire space.
Red strings instantly shot out of his Soul Sea and opposed the white beams.
Whoosh!
A black dagger rushed out of Austin's head, and it cut through the eight governing gods of the face
race.
He also summoned the Soul-cleansing Skill. Through it, an invisible net made of the law of spiritual
soul flew towards his opponents as well.
All the spiritual soul skills Austin used were brilliant and effective.
He and the eight governing gods were locked in a ferocious battle, launching various spiritual soul
attacks against each other.
Austin's enemies were surprised―any of their spiritual soul skills did not work on him, at all! This was
unexpected since he was a mere human.
All the white beams they unleashed were all blocked by the red strings.
Aside from the fact that none of their attacks were landing, the small black sword were starting to
become a nuisance to them. It was chasing them endlessly!
"Ahhh!"
One of the governing gods of the face race grimaced in pain.
The black God-slaying Sword hit him right between his eyebrows, which brought him indescribable
pain.
"W-What the fuck is this? It's erasing my memories! This can't happen!" Another governing god gave
panic-stricken cries.
He took a direct hit from Austin.
"Be careful! This human boy's spiritual soul attack skills are much more powerful than ours!"
one of Austin's enemies reminded his companions.
"Do you have any other secret skills you want to show me? You might as well use it now,"
Austin taunted.
"Human brat, what the hell do you want from us?
You have no beef against our race. Why would you listen to those wood puppets and stir up trouble in
our place?"
a governing god of the face race bellowed.
It only took a few moments for the face race members to realize that Austin was much stronger than
them by tenfold, even if they had their powers combined. There was no way they could win this battle.
"I have made myself clear.
If I get that thing from the Longevity Valley, I will leave and won't harm your race any longer,"
Austin replied.
"Human boy, that's the holy treasure of our race. We can't just let you take it. That's a rude request.
I can allow that to happen."
The eight governing gods took offense with Austin's conditions. They gave enraged roars and curses at
him.
"Well, you left me with no other choice."
Austin sighed and shrugged.
"Don't blame me for being rude,"
he continued, his voice turning ferocious.
Whoosh!
Austin appeared beside one of his eight opponents like a ghost. Then, he cut his victim in half with his
sword.
Without missing a single beat, he was already on to his next victim.
His sword slid through another governing god.
"Ahhh!"
Under Austin's attacks, they all screamed in pain.
It only took a while before they were entirely covered in wounds and bruises.
They struck back hard. They used all their tricks and trump cards, but they still couldn't harm Austin a
bit.
Austin emerged unscathed. He had no trouble defeating dozens of governing gods on his own.
Naturally, dealing with eight of them was a piece of cake to him.
The outcome of the fight was obvious from the beginning―the face race members couldn't even
defend themselves. They simply did their best to dodge the incoming attack. But ultimately, it wasn't
enough to survive.
Austin didn't finish them off. He showed mercy to them considering that the face from World of
Darkness had helped him before.
"This young man is too powerful!"
The eight governing gods from the wood puppet race were watching from a safe distance. They noticed
how remarkable Austin was.
Their combined strength was on par with the face race's governing gods. Hence, they knew they were
going to lose if they tried to fight Austin.
"Even if we work together, we can't win over him.
Fortunately, we did not push him too hard back in our ancestral land.
Otherwise, it would not end well for us,"
a governing god of the wood puppet race mentioned to his companions through his spiritual sense.
"Bravo! Ha-ha! This is exciting.
You are very impressive, Austin!"
The Eight Stone Saints excitedly watched the entire battle unfold. They waved their stone sticks and
were eager to join the fight.
"I advise all of you to stop resisting.
Otherwise, you will sustain more serious injuries,"
Austin persuaded.
"No way! In order to guard our holy treasure, we will not flinch a bit even if it costs our lives,"
the eight governing gods of the face race defiantly answered while they struggled to defend
themselves.
"If you insist."
Austin sighed. He couldn't believe their stubbornness.
Like he did before, he used his powerful skills to harm them even further.
They were now in a much worse condition.
Austin stopped striking when the eight governing gods no longer had any strength to fight back. They
were limp and almost lifeless.
Looking at the governing gods lying on the ground still, Austin activated an omnipotent skill to seal their
energy.
"Seal!"
Austin shouted.
This was not the first time that Austin had sealed the governing god's energy.
Back when he was in the Sword Cosmos, he had caught several governing gods' spiritual souls and
sealed their energy before throwing them into one of the human worlds in his body.
"What?! "
The eight governing gods of the wood puppet race were taken aback by the scene. This entire thing
was unexpected!
"Ha-ha! That's amazing, Austin!"
the Eight Stone Saints praised with excitement all over their faces.
"This guy is unstoppable! He actually held eight governing gods captives.
It looks like the governing god is not as invincible as I thought. If they were confronted by someone
more powerful than them, it is possible to defeat and catch them!"
the gnome murmured to himself.
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