"I will then cultivate in seclusion for a while,"
Austin informed Wilfred and the mermaid.
Since Austin had acquired more than twenty Illusionary Tokens, he had been eager to cultivate and
fathom the law of illusion in them.
"All right, master.
I'll stand guard,"
Wilfred replied with a nod.
The mermaid knew that Austin was going to cultivate so he could learn more about the tokens.
At this point, Austin had teleported out over twenty genuine divine gods and ordered them to guard him
as well.
Among those genuine divine gods, some were from the beast race, while the rest of them were from
the Novel Court.
They were fighting over the Illusionary Tokens somewhere in the maze when Austin ran into them. Of
course Austin took the tokens and then turned them into his own slaves after that.
"Whoa, master!
There are so many of them! Well, then. We'll all guard you while you cultivate."
Wilfred was both surprised and pleased as he set his eyes on the genuine divine gods.
When everyone got settled, Austin began his cultivation.
He brought out the Illusionary Tokens and kept them aloft in front of him.
He then sat down with his legs crossed and started to meditate.
Six days later, Austin opened his eyes with furrowed brows.
"It's been quite a while and I still can't enter the Major Achievement Stage of the law of illusion." Austin
let out a heavy sigh.
Even after comprehending more than twenty Illusionary Tokens, he found that he was still at the
Intermediate Stage of the law of illusion.
Although he now had a better understanding of the law of illusion, he was yet to enter the Major
Achievement Stage.
'This law of illusion seems to be much more difficult to master compared to other laws, ' Austin thought
to himself as he grew more frustrated.
He came up with a plan and called on his slaves.
"Come on, let's go. We need more tokens!"
He motioned the mermaid and the slaves to get moving.
A moment later, Austin stopped in his tracks when he spotted a group of genuine divine gods from the
underworld.
"Hmm. Those people are from the underworld.
Oh well, only three of them are genuine medium-grade divine gods. There shouldn't be a problem," he
murmured to himself with a sneer.
His spiritual sense was far stronger than that of those genuine divine gods from the underworld.
For that reason, those genuine divine gods from the underworld close by hadn't sensed his presence
yet.
"Listen up! There's a group of genuine divine gods ahead. Go and take them all to me!" Austin
instructed his slaves.
As soon as he gave out the order, all the genuine divine god slaves charged headlong at the people
from the underworld.
The underworld had three genuine medium-grade divine gods with them.
Meanwhile, Austin had eight genuine medium-grade divine god slaves.
There was quite an obvious gap between both parties.
As a result, every single one of genuine divine gods from the underworld had easily been caught and
subdued.
When they were all brought to Austin, he used the Puppet Strings and turned them into his slaves.
He even harvested several Illusionary Tokens from them.
'Well, that was easy. Ha-ha! This is great. I'm gonna get some more tokens and tame even more
genuine divine gods.
That way, I'd have plenty of them with me that will surely be of great use for me in finding my place in
the Sea of Chaos.'
Austin seemed pleased at the thought.
'Just wait, Beast City. I'm coming for you.
The main reason why no one dares to mess with the beast race is because of one crucial thing, right?
It's only because you have quite a large population of genuine divine gods. Hmm. All right, I got it.'
By this time, Austin had decided that he needed to control more and more genuine divine gods. He
would make an army of his own.
He thought, if he wanted to make a name for himself in the Sea of Chaos, they would undoubtedly be
one of his key players to making that happen.
Despite his confidence, Austin was still fully aware that the reason why he could so easily subdue
those genuine divine gods was mainly due to the fact that they were in the maze.
Under this circumstance, no one could be a threat to him, much less scathe him—even if he crossed
paths with a genuine premium-grade divine god.
However, this would not hold true if they were in the outside world, where it would almost be impossible
for him to defeat and control so many genuine divine gods.
This maze, therefore, was the most favorable setting for Austin to carry out his plans. Not only could he
gain more powerful slaves, but he could also improve his mastery in the law of illusion.
"Aaah! No! Stay away from us, you bastards!"
While Austin and the mermaid went to further explore the maze, pleas coming from a distance reached
their ears.
"Wait. Do you hear that? Those are my cousins!"
The mermaid was trembling, anxious or excited.
"I finally found them!
Please help them, Austin.
Before I entered the Land of Outlaw, my uncle repeatedly asked me to keep them safe.
If anything happens to them, I will surely live in guilt for the rest of my life,"
the mermaid asked Austin earnestly.
"Those are your... cousins?"
Austin couldn't conceal his surprise.
With the aid of his spiritual sense, Austin perceived a horde of genuine divine gods surrounding two
girls.
The clothes that the two girls were wearing got torn into pieces, revealing their smooth, snow-white
skin.
At this point, dozens of genuine divine gods surrounded and ogled at the exposed flawless bodies that
had huddled up on the ground.
"They really are mermaids," Austin murmured.
He found that the auras they were emitting matched the aura of the mermaid beside him.
"Stop this! We have lived in peace for so long. Plus, our founders used to be friends.
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