While traveling towards the Ice Palace, the troops of the alliance led by Austin didn't encounter any
large armies again.
Then, another two days had passed.
"Leader, we're almost there," the Ice Queen informed Austin through her spiritual sense.
She sounded very excited, knowing that she was finally coming back to this place.
After all, she was the leader of the Ice Palace. She had spent a lot of energy, resource, and time just to
keep everything in its proper place.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that nothing was more important to her than the Ice Palace.
However, that most important thing had been forcefully taken from her by the Beast City.
Nothing would make her happier than knowing that she could finally go back and reclaim what was
rightfully hers.
Thus, she was looking forward to this moment and couldn't wait for their victory.
"Don't worry too much. We'll definitely take the Ice Palace back."
Austin knew that the Ice Queen would be a little anxious about reclaiming the Ice Palace, so he firmly
reassured her.
"I know.
Since you came here in person, getting it back wouldn't be a problem," the Ice Queen replied with a
faint smile.
Not long ago, she witnessed how Austin fought the semi-governing god from the Annihilation Mountain.
Seeing Austin's incredible strength, she believed in what more he could do.
"Ha-ha! I actually don't need to join the battle this time..."
Austin said.
'I have over twenty thousand divine god slaves that would heed my every command.
Even the alliance alone consists of tens of thousands of powerful divine gods.
I heard that the beast race only had a single army stationed in the Ice Palace.
Regaining control of it is going to be a mere child's play, ' he thought to himself.
"Master, we can already see the Ice Palace.
There's a large group of people from the beast race patrolling ahead of us.
What are your orders?"
one of Austin's divine god slaves reported as he scouted the area.
"Break into the Ice Palace straight away. There's no need for any sneak attacks."
Without any hesitation, Austin gave the signal to his men to launch the attack on the Ice Palace.
As soon as he issued his order, divine gods rushed out of the warships.
They crowded the space in an instant.
The people of the beast race who were patrolling the area were all taken aback when they saw a huge
army coming their way.
"Who the hell are you?!
This is the territory of the Beast City.
No one is allowed to get past this point without permission!
If you don't stop right now, you will be declared as enemies of the Beast City!" a genuine preliminary-
grade divine god from the beast race shouted, sternly warning the approaching army.
"Shut the hell up! You speak too much!"
One of Austin's genuine premium-grade divine god hit him from the distance.
Failing to dodge it, the poor genuine preliminary-grade divine god exploded on the spot. Before he
even realized what happened, he was already crushed to death.
After all, it was a piece of cake for a genuine premium-grade divine god to eliminate a preliminary-
grade divine god with a single blow.
"Don't kill their divine gods.
They are still of use to me," Austin reminded his slaves and the allied army as he watched the death of
the genuine preliminary-grade divine god.
Austin knew that the divine gods of the beast race could be an asset to him if he could turn them into
his slaves and have them at his disposal. It would be a total waste just to let them be killed
unnecessarily.
Upon noticing the chaos that was happening outside, several groups of cultivators from the Beast City
rushed out of the Ice Palace.
Most of them were members of the beast race, while some were from other forces that had
surrendered to the beast race.
"How dare you just barge into our territory? Identify yourselves!
Don't you know that you're making an enemy out of the Beast City?!"
A genuine premium-grade divine god finally showed up and roared when he saw that his comrade was
getting beaten up.
"Humph! What did you just say?
When did this place become your territory? You bunch of barbaric scum!
You'll pay for what you've done.
We will reclaim the Ice Palace today!" the Ice Queen declared firmly.
Immediately after, she and the senior members of the Ice Palace charged at the army of the Beast City.
"There's no need to waste our time arguing with these monsters. Let's break in just as our master
ordered!"
Austin's divine god slaves also weren't interested in pointless talking. They dashed towards the enemy
and started battling and restraining the enemies.
While shouting the battle cries at the top of their lungs, Austin's divine god slaves and the divine gods
of the alliance rushed towards the Ice Palace in high spirits.
Behind them, there were even more members of the alliance that were charging forward.
Currently, the number of the divine gods in the alliance reached more than ten thousand.
Apart from them, there were at least a billion creatures, which were at or below the Divine Realm.
Moreover, all of these cultivators were the best warriors from different universe communities. Each of
them was a seasoned, well-trained fighter.
With all of them supporting the divine gods of the alliance, the army could be considered an elite force
that could fight even against the super forces.
"Move!"
The troops of the alliance continuously dashed towards the Ice Palace like a raging tidal wave.
The people of the beast race got completely overwhelmed as the alliance army swarmed towards
them.
Even the genuine premium-grade divine gods of the beast race, who were in charge of guarding the Ice
Palace, were easily restrained by Austin's own genuine premium-grade divine gods.
After an hour of attrition, the alliance had taken complete control over the Ice Palace.
All of the divine gods of the opposing force were suppressed and brought to a separate hall.
Inside the Ice Palace, Austin and the high-ranking figures of the alliance gathered in the main hall.
The palace was made up of a unique kind of ice that had existed for hundreds of millions of years.
Austin stood in the middle of the room, while the others lined up, facing him.
"Leader, we have already purged the entire Ice Palace of the people of the Beast City.
We have captured hundreds of divine gods.
The rest of them were either killed in the battle or managed to escape."
The Ice Queen stepped forward and reported the result of their invasion herself.
"Good. We can stay here for a while to let everyone get some rest.
I will turn this place into one of our strongholds, and I will choose an elite squad comprised of excellent
cultivators to be stationed here.
From now on, we won't need to hide.
We will let everyone in the Sea of Chaos know that we exist," Austin declared with a straight face.
"Yes, sir!"
the core members of the alliance answered in chorus, thrilled as to what might happen next.
They knew that Austin's plan all along was to turn the alliance into a huge force that could fight on
equal footing with the six super forces.
This was the start of that plan. It was as though they blatantly announced to the entire Sea of Chaos
that they were ready to engage the six super forces.
However, there was just one thing left that they couldn't help but worry about—all six super forces had
at least one governing god.
Meanwhile, there was no governing god in the alliance. If they really wanted to deal with the super
forces, they couldn't afford to act rashly.
"Bring all of the captive divine gods to me,"
Austin ordered.
Immediately after, hundreds of divine gods from the Beast City were brought before him.
All of them knelt on the ground. They were rendered motionless and their energies had been sealed.
At the same time, most of the genuine premium-grade divine gods were almost dying due to the severe
injuries they had sustained during the earlier battle.
Then, Austin swiftly performed the Puppet Strings and turned them into his loyal slaves.
Every divine god easily got turned into his slave. As expected, the genuine premium-grade divine gods
put up quite a fight.
However, as they were seriously injured, they couldn't struggle for long, and were eventually,
successfully transformed into slaves.
Austin had actually ordered his genuine divine god slaves beforehand to show them no mercy.
This was the only way he could quickly employ the Puppet Strings to cultivators that were as powerful
as the genuine premium-grade divine gods.
"Leader, we'll go on ahead and get started on our work here."
The Ice Queen informed Austin that she had to leave to begin the rebuilding process of the Ice Palace
and to subdue the other areas as well.
Since the battle caused several damages to the entire place, there was a lot of work to be done.
After all, the Ice Palace was a huge universe community. There were actually trillions of creatures that
lived here.
Not long ago, it was forcefully occupied by the Beast City. Along with this, great changes had been
implemented.
In each cosmos within the Ice Palace, many forces sided with the Beast City because they wanted to
cling on to the one that had greater power.
That was why, with the Ice Queen's return, she planned on eliminating those phony forces first.
Meanwhile, two beautiful girls who would make anyone turn their heads suddenly entered the hall and
approached Austin.
"Austin, we sincerely thank you for helping us take back the Ice Palace," the two girls said shyly,
wearing faint smiles on their faces.
They were none other than Isis and Winnie.
Finally, they had mustered up the courage to appear before Austin and talk to him.
"Why are you being so formal?
The Ice Palace is a crucial territory of the alliance. Of course, I'll do whatever it takes to reclaim it,"
Austin responded with a bright, charming smile.
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