As Ronnie droned on, he got closer to the mermaid race's airship.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened.
Turbulent waves surged in the surrounding chaotic void. A surging blue sea materialized out of
nowhere. It roared crazily, rolling up huge waves, and bombarded towards Ronnie.
"Ha ha ha! How brazen. It seems that your race seriously wants to cross me.
Well, in that case, I'll make it my mission to make all the women of the mermaid race my slaves.
And all your men will be executed,"
Ronnie sneered as he saw their attack.
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and struck. As a result, the rolling energy and strange law
power he created made the incoming surge of blue sea to evaporate.
"Come over here, you bastards!"
He reached out his hand to grab the mermaid race's airship.
Without a warning, a strong wind blew in the chaotic void. This caused the space and time to collapse.
The blue airship looked like a sinking ship, weakly flying in Ronnie's direction.
Everyone inside the ship was dumbfounded—they felt their hearts beat twice as fast out of fear. They
turned pale in horror.
Even Elmer, the chief of the mermaid race, whispered a silent prayer. He was just as muddled and
horrified like the rest of them.
He initially thought that Ronnie merely sent an avatar on his behalf. If it were the case, they could've
had a fighting chance to resist him.
Fortunately, his hunch was correct—Ronnie did send his avatar. However, he did not expect his avatar
to be this powerful. He shook his head. He regretted underestimating his enemy. Now, the survival of
his race was at risk.
He couldn't deny that Ronnie's strength was indeed commendable.
He only used a single avatar, and the entire mermaid race had been suppressed.
"Ronnie, I'll fight you to the death!"
Elmer called out from the airship.
"Ha ha, you've got to be kidding me. You're just an old man. How are you even going to fight?"
Ronnie teased before he burst into wild and arrogant laughter.
As he guffawed, a fist sized blue bead shot out of the airship.
"It's the Hallucination Bead!"
Ronnie's eyes caught the shimmer of the blue bead. He stretched his hand to reach it.
Throughout their race, there were some gifted mermaids who were born with a special Hallucination
Bead.
"Ha ha, are you going to give me this Hallucination Bead? I won't refuse."
Just as Ronnie was about to get his hands on the Hallucination Bead, another disturbance took place.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the blue bead exploded on the spot.
Endless tide of energy surged crazily. It practically filled the whole place with a hazy tinge of blue.
The space and time in the nearby void were completely destroyed.
In just a matter of minutes, miles and miles of chaotic space froze.
The energy waves spread endlessly. Everywhere it passed through was dyed blue.
It looked like a cerulean painting from afar, frozen and motionless.
"Argghhhh!"
With a miserable scream, Ronnie was forced to fly backward.
"What the fuck! How dare you launch such a sneak attack! You're really asking for me to kill you!
Unfortunately for you pieces of shit, even though you explode your special Hallucination Bead, it
wouldn't be enough to kill me.
You've really pissed me off, man,"
Ronnie madly cursed. He spat out several mouthfuls of blood essence.
Although the explosion was not enough to kill him, he sustained a lot of damage from it. He was livid.
The mermaids took this opportunity to flee.
Their azure airship sped up as fast as it could. It rushed into a space teleportation channel and
disappeared.
"Remember this, Ronnie. You've made an enemy with the entire mermaid race, and we vow to hold on
to this grudge until one of us ends up dead! We're going to do everything to make you suffer!"
Elmer enunciated every word. His voice echoed throughout the skies before the airship disappeared
completely.
"How is that possible?
How could that old man live after he detonated the bead? No way!"
Ronnie was stunned as he heard the elder curse him.
"Hmm, I see," he murmured, figuring out how. "It turns out that he has two Hallucination Beads with
him. That's rare."
He gave a smirk.
Ronnie sensed that there was another Hallucination Bead inside Elmer's body.
It was rare for a mermaid to own more than one Hallucination Bead.
"Whatever! They couldn't have gotten far anyway."
Ronnie rolled his eyes, as if dragging himself to finish a tedious task. Then, he entered a space
teleportation channel and went in the direction the mermaid race's airship went.
On the other hand, the creatures inside the blue airship let out a heavy sigh. They almost died right
then and there.
"Master Elmer, are you all right?"
The members of the mermaid race were so worried.
"I can still breathe, at the least,"
Elmer replied as he shook his head. He gave them a reassuring smile but his face had evidently paled.
"Ronnie's avatar was also seriously injured. He's not much better than me,"
he added in between hitched breaths.
"From now on, you break into teams of ten, and each team will drive the airship to move forward in
turns.
I'm certain Ronnie's avatar would stop at nothing. He would definitely chase us no matter where we
end up. I'm afraid he can catch up to us soon enough.
Besides, from now on, we have to try our best to take a detour. We can't fly directly towards the three
thousand big and small universes.
Otherwise, we will lead Ronnie there. He would surely bring disaster in there. We must do everything in
our power to avoid that.
Ronnie is narrow-minded and sinister in nature. If he targeted them, it would definitely spell trouble.
If that happens, this burden will be upon our shoulders.
What I'm trying to say is that we have to think our movements through.
It's better to go a few more circles, and try to get rid of Ronnie. Only then will we go to the three
thousand big and small universes,"
Elmer explained. He was a sensible and smart man to make such an arrangement.
"Yes, Master Elmer, we understand,"
the mermaids replied in unison.
As they settled in their plan, their azure airship immediately changed its direction. They sped up and
went in an unexpected route.
In the Fallen Divine Valley, in the secret chamber where Austin cultivated, he remained there, sitting
like an old monk in meditation, utterly motionless.
Days went by as he concentrated.
One day, something happened.
"Rise!"
Austin suddenly exclaimed, his voice low and calculated.
Then, the jade slip in front of him trembled slightly and slowly rose into the air.
"I have finally cultivated the mind power!"
He was overjoyed at this discovery.
During these days, he had concentrated all his efforts on this jade slip.
It finally responded to his command.
This meant that he had successfully cultivated his mind power. This allowed him to control things just
by thinking it.
However, it was still weak since he had just recently cultivated it.
But it was already a huge step for Austin. From having nothing to owning a little bit was the crucial step.
It was the foundation of his further cultivation on the mind power.
As long as he made it in this step, the next steps would be easier.
Austin kept controlling the jade slip with his mind and continued to cultivate his mind power.
A few months had come and gone as Austin spent his time cultivating.
Then, suddenly, inside the secret chamber, a white light flew back and forth like lightning.
This went on for a while. Then, it stopped in front of Austin, hovering in the air.
This object was still the jade slip.
Austin could now control the jade slip freely!
He managed to do this with only his mind power, nothing else.
"Great!
My disciple is really talented!
It only took him only half a year to cultivate his mind power.
He is much more talented compared to me back then!"
the statue in the square proudly observed.
"Try something else!"
In the secret room, Austin used his mind power to move various objects, including chairs, tables, all
kinds of furniture, and even big stones.
He kept practicing so he could acclimatize to his newly-discovered skill.
The mind power was a kind of abstract, mysterious and unpredictable special power.
One characteristic of mind power cultivation was that it was difficult to cultivate it at the beginning.
However, once one succeeded in creating his mind power, it would be easier to improve its strength
after.
As soon as Austin discovered his mind power, he kept on cultivating it to greater heights. It became
more and more powerful.
Two months later, Austin did his best to heighten his mind power further.
Dozens of huge stones flew back and forth inside the secret chamber.
Sitting cross legged on the ground, Austin controlled the stones with his mind power easily.
"Explode!"
he suddenly shouted.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Upon Austin's command, these big stones exploded at the same time. The room was filled with debris
and sand.
"I can finally utilize my mind power properly!"
Austin said excitedly.
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