"Oh? Really?"
Austin said before he released his spiritual sense again to examine if this were true or not.
However, after a few seconds of perceiving and observing, he didn't sense any aura or features of the
girl that were related to the nine-tailed demon fox race.
"Master, believe me.
This little girl's aura and features as a nine-tailed demon fox have been erased.
But I can still sense a trace of the original blood essence of the nine-tailed demon fox in her body.
The members of our race can recognize each other through our blood.
No matter how powerful the creatures of other races are, they can't sense it. That's why you don't see
it,"
Violet explained.
"Her fox aura and features have been removed?
Is that even possible?"
Austin asked, furrowing his eyebrows.
"Yes. It's a secret skill of our race. If we are followed by powerful foes, we can perform the skill and
disguise ourselves,"
Violet explained.
"I see. That's amazing,"
Austin remarked.
'Since it managed to fool me too, this skill must be super powerful, ' he thought to himself.
"I won't go with you,"
the panic-stricken girl said in a trembling voice.
Before the men could grab her, an old man in rags stumbled out of the tavern. He stood in front of the
scared girl and stretched out his arms to protect her.
"Gentlemen, please let go of my granddaughter. We are just trying to make some money for supper.
Please show us some mercy,"
he begged.
"Damn it! Old man, stop bothering us.
If you don't want to die, get out of here right now.
We just beat you. Do you want more?"
one of the men yelled at him.
When the old man stood his ground, he swung his arm wide and slapped him.
Due to the impact, the old man stumbled back and fell to the ground. He screamed in pain, clutching
his beaten face. When he tried to stand again, he realized that he couldn't.
On the sidelines, there were now many other creatures watching.
They were uncomfortable with what these strong men did; however, no one dared to stop them.
They knew that the men were from the demon snake race.
The demon snake race was a very powerful force in the Heaven Beast Valley.
If they stood up against them, they would die.
"Ha-ha! Little beauty, it's time to go. No one will come to your aid.
Come with us and we will have a good time together!"
The strong man who had slapped the old man stretched out his hand to grab the terrified girl.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Before his hand could make contact, red strings appeared out of thin air and broke into the Soul Seas
of the strong men.
Then, the strong men's eyes filled with obedience.
They appeared to be listening to a voice no one else could hear.
"Yes, sir!"
they said respectfully at the same time.
"I'm sorry. We were being too rude. Please accept our sincere apologies.
We shouldn't have done this to you. We are scumbags.
But rest assured. We will never do such evil things again.
We are ashamed of ourselves. We don't deserve to live. We are committing suicide," one of the strong
men said.
As soon as he had finished speaking, they all punched themselves in their foreheads.
Immediately, their heads exploded, sending chunks of skull and blood everywhere.
'What the hell is going on?
Did they just take their own lives? This is crazy!'
The creatures who had witnessed the whole scene were too shocked to say a word, but their minds
were turning at an insane speed.
"Thank you! Master, you taught them a lesson for me!"
Violet said to Austin through her spiritual sense as she flashed him a grateful smile.
It was all Austin's doing, of course.
Those strong men had been too weak to be Austin's slaves, so he had no need to keep them alive.
Austin expected his slaves to be of a certain level now.
If they weren't at least divine gods, he wouldn't bother to make them his slaves. After this happened,
the young girl screamed once more and ran to the old man's side, gently holding his arm.
"What happened over here?"
Just then, a loud voice echoed throughout the air.
A slender, middle-aged man with an indifferent expression flew gracefully and landed in front of them.
His eyes went straight to the bodies on the ground and a grim look filled his face. He turned to face the
crowd.
"Who did this to them? How dare you lay a hand on our men?"
the middle-aged man spat, his eyes burning with anger.
A terrifying, cold energy burst from his body and instantly shrouded the whole street.
Judging by the energy he released, Austin knew that the middle-aged man was an ordinary premium-
grade divine god.
'He is stronger than those men. This just got a little more interesting, '
Austin thought to himself as he stared at the middle-aged man.
"Tell me!
Who killed our people? Whoever it was, come out, kneel down, and take your own life,"
the middle-aged man ordered in a domineering manner.
He stressed every syllable.
Everyone trembled at his words, but no one stepped forward.
That was typical of the demon snake race members. They always thought themselves superior to
others.
"Well... Sir, no one hit them. They all committed suicide..."
a creature nearby said in a shaking voice.
"That's a lie! Why would they take their own lives?"
The middle-aged man had reached the end of his rope. He hit the creature who had spoken with his
palm and beat him to a pulp.
"Tell me now!
Who did this?
If you don't give me the answer, I will kill all of you,"
the middle-aged man said at the top of his lungs.
Again, the cold energy was pushed from his body.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
It was followed by screams of pain as creature after creature was hit by it and thrown several feet.
The creatures were desperate, so they did the only thing that they could think of. "Sir, please don't be
angry! Calm down. They are responsible for their death!"
one of them said as he pointed the elder and the young girl.
"Go to hell!"
the middle-aged man shouted as he turned his anger on the old man and girl.
He stretched out his hand to hit them and
his palm had so much energy in it that as it traveled it created a wind.
The old man and the girl closed their eyes, thinking that they were going to die.
But, the red strings were on their way again.
The middle-aged man immediately focused his energy on keeping the string away from him.
However, the red strings broke his defenses and got into his Soul Sea.
The middle-aged man's face turned bloodless with fear.
He tried to drive the strings out of his Soul Sea but to no avail.
In just a split second, he had stopped struggling and calmed down.
His eyes were glazed over and a hint of dumb smile was on his lips.
An ordinary premium-grade divine god like him was nothing compared to Austin. He knew that it would
take only a second to suppress him.
Instantly, the middle-aged man ran forward and stopped in front of the old man and the young girl.
"Sir, Miss, it's all my fault! I must slap myself a thousand times to express my guilt. I hope you can
forgive my rude behavior,"
the middle-aged man said in a humble manner.
The old man and the girl had no idea what he was talking about or what was happening.
Before they could figure it out, he began slapping himself as hard as he could.
The sound of flesh on flesh
echoed throughout the whole street.
All the creatures on the street were dumbfounded.
No one knew what had happened to the middle-aged man.
"Ha-ha! Well done!
Master, these people deserve this and more!"
Violet clapped her hands cheerfully as she watched the scene.
"I know. And he's my slave now. We can make him do whatever we want,"
Austin said, smiling at her.
After slapping himself a thousand times, the middle-aged man turned to look at the old man and the
young girl.
"My master wants to see you," he informed them politely.
Since he was a divine god, the slaps wouldn't actually hurt him.
"Your master wants to see us? But we are only poor nobodies!"
the old man stated in surprise.
"Yes.
Don't worry. My master bears no evil will,"
the middle-aged man explained.
"Well... All right then."
The old man nodded in agreement after he gave it a moment of thought.
"What are you looking at? Go mind your own business!
Do as I say or I will destroy you with one blow!" the middle-aged man warned when he noticed the
crowd still hanging around.
When he spoke, he released an aura of a medium-grade divine god.
All the creatures on the street cried and ran away, sheltering their heads.
The middle-aged man led the old man and the girl to a remote alley.
Violet, Austin, Elmer, and the team of the thunder sheep race stood in the alley, waiting for them.
As soon as she caught sight of the girl, Violet looked her up and down and checked her blood.
The girl's eyes widened.
It seemed like she had also sensed Violet's blood.
The two girls looked at each other and
excitement crept up on their faces.
Nine tails suddenly appeared on Violet's back, and they disappeared in the next second.
"Well, you... You..."
The girl trembled with excitement so much that she couldn't speak properly.
"Yeah, we are from the same race!"
Violet exclaimed.
Finally, she had found her own kind.
Tears welled up in her beautiful eyes.
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