Austin was outside the continent, trying to destroy the arrays.
Runes related to arrays poured from his palm endlessly, falling on the arrays covering the continent,
and at the same time, bombarding them with all sorts of energy.
These arrays were not all that brilliant in Austin's eyes.
The most powerful part was the energy they contained.
Because of this, it was taking Austin longer than he had predicted to break them apart.
"Stop!"
There came a bellowing cry from the distance.
A mere moment after, more than a dozen faces with fierce auras approached Austin.
It was the governing gods of the face race.
"It's him!"
"Austin!"
"He's back!"
They all recognized him immediately,
shocked into a paralytic state where they did not speak or move.
They were well aware of the power Austin possessed. Or at least, they thought they were.
Finally, someone spoke up. "Austin, stop.
Our supreme grandmaster set these arrays up. If you dare destroy them, he'll never let you go in one
piece!"
"How dare you run off with our face race's sacred treasure?
Where have you been hiding all these years?"
"Look, Austin, there's no resentment so serious between you and our race that can't be forgotten. How
about this? Return the sacred treasure to us, and all the hard feelings will be tossed aside. What do
you think?"
The governing gods skulked up to him one by one, trying to persuade him.
But they did not dare attack.
Then, some other creatures appeared.
"It really is Austin!"
More than a dozen wood puppets hurried over from the distance, staring at Austin with astonishment.
They were the governing gods of the wood puppet race.
"Ha-ha..."
Austin sneered as he glared at the governing gods of these new arrivals.
When he last had encountered them, their supreme grandmaster had ordered them to take him to the
Longevity Valley and help retrieve the sacred treasure.
In the end, however, the supreme grandmaster of the wood puppet race betrayed Austin and tried to
take away the treasure by force, forcing Austin to leave this supreme universe.
Austin's face darkened at the very sight of these governing gods.
What had happened to him back then brought all his anger rushing back.
"What should we do?"
"Should we fight him, see if we can take him down?"
The wood puppet race was hesitant to make a move on Austin as well.
It was clear to them all that he was leagues stronger than they were.
"Damn it!
Look, he's almost broken all the arrays!"
"We have to stop him now!" yelled out the governing gods from both the face race and the wood
puppet race.
Fear now crept into all of them, for Austin and for what would happen to them if all the arrays were
shattered.
The arrays above the continent were riddled with cracks and shaking uncontrollably. They could not
bear the burden of having to hold on any longer and were about to break.
It wouldn't be long before they were shattered.
"Stop him!
Our supreme grandmaster set these up herself.
She would be utterly disgraced if this young man were to destroy them all!" growled one the wood
puppet governing gods through gritted teeth.
He then took off towards Austin, leading the charge.
The other wood puppets followed suit and fell in behind him.
"Let's join in and stop him. We can't let him get at our supreme grandmaster's arrays either. He'd be
terribly upset if we let Austin get away with this."
The governing gods of the face race darted over as well.
"Inform the supreme grandmaster that Austin has appeared!"
Both race's governing gods cried out at the top of their lungs.
"Austin, stop!" barked a wood puppet, rushing to his side.
He brandished an enormous axe, hoisting it up as if lifting a divine mountain, and brought it crashing
down with terrifying power.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The axe sliced through the air, cutting every inch of time and space in its path. Its destructive power
was truly astonishing.
"Get away from me!" Austin scoffed.
He then simply flicked his finger at the governing god.
Boom!
The axe was blown to tiny pieces by the shockwave sent through the air from Austin's finger, exploding
the axe like he had popped a balloon with a pin.
Bang!
The governing god of the wood puppet race was flung off into the depths of time and space, tumbling
through the air like a cannonball.
"Get out of here, all of you!"
Austin snarled wickedly.
He then raised a hand and began flicking his finger at them over and over.
Shoop! Shoop! Shoop!
Streams of air burst viciously from Austin's fingers, giving off a heavy thud as the shockwave of force
struck the governing gods of the wood puppet race and the face race.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Every last one of them was sent soaring through the air.
They were much too weak to contend with Austin's current strength.
When Austin had first entered into this supreme universe, he was already able to defeat these
governing gods with ease. Now, it was more like a fight between an ant and a boot.
He had bounced them all away in a matter of a few seconds.
This all while his other hand was still busy at work breaking the arrays.
"How is this possible?"
"How could he be so powerful? He's gotten even stronger than before!"
"We can't even fight back against one single move of his!"
All the governing gods were dumbstruck and had suffered serious injuries, sharp pains shooting
through their bodies.
The knew they stood no chance gainst Austin.
They were nothing more than sheep to a tiger.
"What do you think? Should we keep on fighting him? Although what good it would do, I'm not sure."
The governing gods of the wood puppet race were discussing their next plan of action among
themselves.
Most of them were angered and wanted to fight for their pride, but they had nothing to say.
"How could we possibly fight him?
He can defeat us with only one finger! The difference in power between us is too great. We don't stand
a chance.
I say we wait for the supreme grandmaster.
We can do nothing about him anyway. We might as well wait for back up,"
sighed a governing god of the wood puppet race.
"I agree, facing Austin is impossible for us.
We should wait for our supreme grandmaster,"
added another, with a sigh of helplessness.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
All of a sudden, all the arrays above the continent began exploding one after the other. In the blink of
an eye, they were all destroyed!
"Oh no! He's broken our supreme grandmaster's arrays!"
All the governing gods, of the wood puppet race and the face race, were staggered.
Everyone knew that these arrays covering the continent had been personally set up by the supreme
grandmasters of these two races. They were undoubtedly powerful.
It was certainly not possible for any of the governing gods of either race to break even one.
And yet, somehow, Austin had annihilated them all in only a few moments.
"Why do I get the feeling he is not much weaker than our supreme grandmaster?" a governing god of
the face race asked, his voice trembling with terror.
He already knew the answer; he just didn't want to believe it.
"Is he as powerful as our supreme grandmaster?"
a governing god of the wood puppet race asked frightfully.
For a moment, every governing god stood dead still and silent, astounded by what they had witnessed.
They then turned to Austin, but none of them had the guts to face off against him again.
Once the arrays had been dealt with, Austin immediately used his spiritual sense to examine the
continent.
Before long, he sensed nine familiar figures.
"That's good. As long as they're fine." Austin smiled.
He seemed genuinely happy and at ease.
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