Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, Duke's big hand appeared above Wilfred's head, making the very space tremble until it
disintegrated.
Even the illusions within the space exploded one after the other.
Duke's hand which was covered in a thick layer of green scales released terrifying demonic power.
Tens of thousands of shadows bursts out of his hand, mixing according to some rules to create tens of
thousands of demonic forbidden enchantments.
Sweat broke out of Wilfred's forehead as he was rendered frozen and unable to move.
Right when Duke was about to seize him, Austin instantly unleashed the law of illusion. Countless
illusions gathered together and formed thousands of vortexes.
Each vortex rotated quickly, rushing forward to engulf Duke's hand.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Violent trembles wracked through the void.
All kinds of illusions constantly appeared and disappeared, while Duke's hand emitted tremendous
amounts of demonic energy. Both Austin and Duke became stuck in a stalemate.
"Run now!"
Austin shouted at Wilfred.
It was only then did Wilfred realized that he could finally move freely. Without missing a beat, he
activated his bodily movement skill and dashed towards Austin at full speed.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared next to Austin.
"Ha-ha! Old bastard, let's go at it at a different time."
With that, Austin waved his hand and wrapped his sleeve around Wilfred and the mermaid. All three of
them instantly disappeared into the distance.
"There's nowhere to run!"
A furious Duke immediately went after them.
However, the maze was like Austin's home. With the illusions covering for him, Duke soon lost track of
him.
"Something's wrong. None of this make any sense.
That slave is just an ordinary preliminary-grade divine god, how does he have such powers?
His spiritual sense is very powerful. He could even use the illusions to his advantage!"
Anger and confusion mixed within Duke.
"Humph! The slave dared to mess with me. He's dead meat!"
A murderous expression crept on Duke's face as he stared at the direction where Austin escaped.
With Austin's disappearance, all the vortexes of illusions on the square completely dissipated.
All the genuine medium-grade divine gods eventually came back to their senses.
"What happened, sir?"
"Why did we lose so many men?"
"Is Wilfred responsible for their death?
I didn't think he was capable to do that."
All the genuine medium-grade divine gods swarmed towards Duke with panicked questions.
"It wasn't Wilfred,"
Duke spat out.
"I knew it. Wilfred isn't that powerful,"
Lawrence immediately agreed.
"What on earth happened then?
Did the maze attack us?"
Weber gingerly questioned Duke.
"It was Wilfred's slave. He's behind all of this!" Duke bitterly stressed every syllable.
As soon as he mentioned Austin, anger blazed in his eyes. All the genuine medium-grade divine gods
around him shuddered in fear at his expression.
"What did you say?"
When they heard Duke's explanation, all the other members of the beast race were completely
dumbfounded.
"Wilfred's slave did all this? How is that even possible?"
Almost all the masters of the beast race exploded with demands and questions at the same time.
"That slave is just an ordinary preliminary-grade divine god. How could he manage to hurt our men?"
None of them could believe that.
"Do you think I'd lie to you?"
Duke glared at the masters, fury evident in his eyes.
In the blink of an eye, the other masters of the beast race calmed down from their shock.
'Lord Duke has no reason to make up lies, ' they thought to themselves.
"An ordinary preliminary-grade divine god was capable of doing this. This is unbelievable!
Something's suspicious."
"That doesn't make any sense. How did a weakling manage to take out our men?"
All the masters of the beast race racked their brains in an attempt to figure out how Austin brought
down their companions.
Suddenly, something occurred to Weber.
"Sir, I suspect that that slave must have obtained a very high-grade magic treasure in this maze.
Think about it. We're in the Land of Outlaw.
It's filled with both danger and opportunity.
Illusions can be seen everywhere.
It's highly possible that some high-grade magic treasure related to illusions could be found here.
That slave was lucky enough to get his hands on one of them.
If we consider that, it can explain why he can control the maze's illusions,"
Weber drew closer to Duke and whispered against his ear.
"What? !"
Duke shuddered as his eyes flashed with excitement.
"For now, mobilize all our men to track down that slave.
We must find him!"
Greed lit up Duke's eyes.
Since Austin's treasure could possibly enable one to utilize the illusions in the maze, it must be a rare
and powerful magic treasure.
'I must get my hands on it!'
Duke was overwhelmed by greed.
Since he was a genuine premium-grade divine god, it was exceedingly difficult for him to quickly reach
a higher vital energy realm.
If he focused on cultivating for a long, long time, he might be able to make a little progress in his
cultivation.
On the other hand, he could also use some magic treasure to increase his fighting power.
It suddenly occurred to him that Austin took a blow from him without getting hurt by taking advantage of
the illusions in the maze.
If Austin was equipped with a high-grade magic treasure, everything suddenly made sense.
Hence, Duke was convinced that the magic treasure that Austin acquired would be of great use to him.
Perhaps he'd even be able to slay other genuine premium-grade divine gods with that very magic
treasure.
Meanwhile, Austin was already far away from the masters of the beast race.
Austin didn't stop until he was sure that Duke wouldn't be able to locate him anymore.
'He really is terrifyingly good. No wonder he's a genuine premium-grade divine god.
Even though he was affected by the illusions, he was still powerful.
If we were outside this maze, I wouldn't even be able to put up a fight.
No matter how strong you are, there's always someone stronger.
I must continue improving my mastery in the law of illusion.
At the very least, I need to enter the Major Achievement Stage, ' Austin decided.
Fear still thrummed through his veins as he recalled that Duke had launched an attack on him.
"Master, thank goodness you arrived in time! Otherwise, I would have died,"
Wilfred said to Austin.
"Since the beast race members are suspecting you, you don't need to go back to them anymore. From
now on, you'll stay with me,"
Austin decided.
"Fine by me. I'm willing to follow and work for you forever!"
Wilfred immediately responded.
"He's also your slave..."
Shock washed over the mermaid.
'An ordinary preliminary-grade divine god has so many genuine medium-grade divine god at his
proposal. What's more, they show great respect to him and consider him their master. If I didn't see it
with my own eyes, I would have never believed it, ' she thought to herself.
"Wilfred, you said that you have dozens of Illusionary Tokens. Is that true?"
Austin abruptly asked.
"Yes!
Master, I almost forgot to tell you!
I got twenty-six Illusionary Tokens in total.
Here they are."
With a wave of his hand, more than twenty tokens flew out and floated in front of Austin.
'Amazing!'
Both Austin and the mermaid couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
"How did you get your hands on so many tokens?"
Austin murmured in disbelief.
"Ahem! Master, actually, these were Ferdinand's tokens and he asked me to keep them for the time
being.
Recently, Ferdinand and his men have been looking for Illusionary Tokens everywhere, and when they
cross paths with people from other forces who had tokens, they'll take them away.
At that time, I took orders from him.
We ran into a horde of people who were from a forbidden place called the Desolate River.
Ferdinand stole over twenty Illusionary Tokens from them using some tricks.
Before he could put the tokens away, a master of the Desolate River laid his eyes on him and they
ended up fighting fiercely.
At that time, I happened to be standing next to him so he handed the tokens to me and ordered that I
wait for their battle to finish somewhere safe nearby.
That's how I acquired those tokens,"
Wilfred dutifully explained.
Everyone knew that the leader of the beast race sent two genuine premium-grade divine gods to the
Land of Outlaw. One was Duke and the other was Ferdinand.
Austin met Ferdinand before too.
"What happened afterwards?"
Austin curiously asked.
"I took the tokens with me and ran away without waiting.
I bet he's looking for me right now,"
Wilfred confessed.
"Ha-ha! Well done!"
Austin praised and put away all of Wilfred's tokens with a wave of his hand.
"Master, when will we leave this maze?"
Wilfred asked.
'As long as one collects three Illusionary Tokens, they'd be able to get out of here by just activating the
tokens. We have over twenty tokens. We can leave any time, ' he thought to himself.
"This maze is a dangerous place for others.
But it's a good place for me.
I'll spend some time cultivating here.
Perhaps I can get more opportunities."
Austin smiled brightly.
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