"But I know that Chapman will find us here one day,"
the patriarch sighed sadly. Even he had a hard time accepting the truth of the situation.
"He will come here?"
Both Austin and Elmer were shocked.
"He knows that I'm still alive. How can he let it go?
I'm nothing but a thorn in his flesh.
He won't give up until I die. He is afraid that if I fully recover, I will exact my revenge on him.
Humph, in terms of fighting power alone, he was weaker than me.
But I grew careless. I fell into his trap which injured me gravely.
I am not afraid to go at him in a fair battle. But alas, he resorted to cheap shots just to beat me,"
the patriarch snorted.
The truth was finally revealed!
Austin and Elmer looked at each other.
All around the Heaven Beast Valley, it was well known that the patriarch of the nine-tailed demon fox
race was defeated by Chapman in a fair fight and escaped after being seriously injured.
No one doubted the truth of the story. Everyone accepted the fact that Chapman was simply more
powerful.
However, the real reason the patriarch lost to Chapman was only because of a shameless sneak
attack.
In terms of real strength, the patriarch was much more powerful.
"Sir, if you trust me, I can take you out of the Heaven Beast Valley,"
Austin said to cut the silence.
"You?"
The patriarch was stunned and looked in disbelief at Austin.
"Young man, with the secret skill of space and time you have mastered, if you are careful enough, you
can indeed avoid Chapman's perception.
This Land of Void is filled with laws of reincarnation which hinder our abilities.
Staying here for a long time is bad for our cultivation.
There isn't a day that passes that we don't hope to finally leave this place,"
the patriarch said in a sorrowful voice.
"Are you sure you can take all my people out?"
he asked the young cultivator, now full of hope.
"Yes,"
Austin replied confidently.
He had already successfully escaped Chapman's perception when he took control of a large number of
divine gods as well as the worlds and universes they were in charge of.
Now, he had made great progress in the law of reincarnation and his power of the Secret Reincarnation
Skill had also been greatly increased.
Of course he was more confident.
"Young man, do you mind showing me the secret skill of space and time?"
the patriarch curiously asked.
After all, the lives and safety of the whole nine-tailed demon fox race now depended on this skill.
"No problem,"
Austin agreed.
As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared in an instant along with the space and time around
him.
The patriarch immediately released his spiritual sense to sense his whereabouts.
But he couldn't find out where Austin was.
Whoosh!
A figure flashed.
Austin returned to his original position as if he had been there all along.
"Awesome!
Your secret skill actually makes use of a very brilliant law of reincarnation.
This is actually the best skill of space and time I have ever seen!
You are really a talented young man.
There is no doubt you can avoid being detected by Chapman,"
the patriarch genuinely praised him.
Any skill that could amaze a governing god was no doubt powerful.
"Young man, I will now hand over the whole race to you. Please guide them out of here.
Their lives are now in your hands.
Whether you succeed or not, from now on, you are the savior of our race,"
the patriarch said after he finally made up his mind.
"Tell everyone to pack their things.
Get ready to leave,"
he said to the senior leaders beside him.
Two days later.
"Patriarch, everything is ready. We can set off at any time,"
the senior leaders reported to the patriarch.
"Well, sir, let's now waste no more time,"
Austin said.
Soon, all the members of the nine-tailed demon fox race gathered in front of the patriarch and Austin
with their luggage in hand.
Austin roughly calculated that there were about one hundred thousand of them.
He was actually concerned with their very small number.
In the Sea of Chaos, some races had hundreds of millions of members.
"Austin, please take care of my clansmen,"
the patriarch said as he looked at Austin.
"Well... Sir, you are much stronger than me.
As long as you're around, I doubt anyone can pose a threat to them,"
Austin humbly replied.
"I'll stay in the Land of Void and won't go out with you.
From now on, you'll be in charge of my brethren,"
the patriarch said slowly.
"What? Why?"
Austin, Elmer and the members of the nine-tailed demon fox race were all shocked.
Only the senior members knew of this.
"Patriarch, why aren't you coming with us?"
Austin immediately asked.
"If I go out with you, Chapman would instantly sense me. Everyone would die.
After he beat me badly in our fight, he left a mark on my body.
Because of this mark, he will know where I am as long as I set foot in the Heaven Beast Valley.
This would only spell tragedy for my people.
That's why you need to go without me,"
the patriarch said.
Everyone fell dead silent due to the shock.
Even Austin and Elmer couldn't help but look at each other.
"In the Land of Void, the environment is very special. It can strongly suppress the spiritual sense.
Chapman already came here several times to try and track me.
But he has always failed to do so.
I am much safer here than anywhere else.
Once I get out, it will only be moments before he finds me,"
the patriarch continued.
"From now on, you should follow Austin. His words are my words,"
the patriarch said loudly as he slowly glanced at the more than a hundred thousand people from his
race.
"Patriarch..."
Many demon foxes couldn't help but sob and they were on the verge of tears.
"Patriarch, if we all leave, you will stay here alone... You'll be lonely..."
Violet stepped forward, reluctant to leave their leader alone.
The patriarch had been very kind to her in the past few months.
He taught her everything he knew.
He gave her all kinds of precious cultivation resources of their race.
Violet loved him like family and she didn't have the heart to leave him behind.
"Don't worry, Princess Violet. I'll be fine.
This Land of Void is very mysterious. I never had any chance to explore it myself during these past
years.
Now that you have all gone out, I can freely explore it.
Maybe this place holds some surprises for me."
The patriarch patted Violet's head and comforted her with a heartwarming smile.
"Princess Violet, you have rich blood power of our race. You are our hope in the future.
You must cultivate hard in order to bring honor to our race,"
the patriarch said in a soft voice.
"Don't worry, patriarch. I will try my best."
Violet's beautiful eyes were filled with tears.
"Well, Austin, take them away,"
the patriarch said as he took one last look at his people.
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