At this point, Austin was resting with his eyes closed.
He initially planned to find an opportunity to control the old man clad in a cyan robe and make him
reveal how to make full use of the Puppet Strings.
But since Prince Rondo had agreed to collect secret skills related to the spiritual soul for him, Austin
decided to spend more time in the Spirit Cosmos.
'It turns out that the chief of the spiritual race has died.
The Spirit Cosmos is now in chaos with no one in charge.
Perhaps I can take the advantage of the situation and do something...'
Austin sat still, lost in thought.
'Anyway, the Spirit Cosmos is in an ugly mess.
If I stay longer, I might get to harvest a few valuable treasures.
I wonder if there are many valuable items here in the Spirit Cosmos. I can steal all the good things in
this place and no one would notice.'
Austin was satisfied with his plan.
At the same time, there were two people in a quiet void in the depths of Prince Rondo's mansion.
The space was completely isolated from the outside world, protected by a wall of many arrays.
All kinds of restriction spells were also cast to prevent outsiders from taking a peek using their spiritual
sense.
Inside this void were Prince Rondo and the elder dressed in cyan robes who went by the name, Elder
Payne.
"What do you think of that Gio guy, Elder Payne?"
Prince Rondo asked.
"I have to admit, his strength is unfathomable. I wouldn't be surprised he was stronger than me.
If he sides with us, he can be put to good use.
The thing is, he is arrogant and unruly. It is difficult to control him.
Besides, he is too mysterious.
He said it himself, when he left the Spirit Cosmos, he was weak, and he didn't come back until he
became a divine god.
But I feel that something is off. I think he made it all up.
We are members of the spiritual race, and all we learn are the secret skills related to the spiritual soul
energy.
As far as I know, in the outside worlds, there are very few secret spiritual soul skills. Besides, the
formulas we own are better than those from other worlds.
It is hard to believe that he has become this strong during his journeys around the outside worlds.
So to answer your questions, no, I don't think that we can trust Gio,"
Elder Payne concluded.
"You have a good point, Elder Payne.
So what do you think we should do to Gio?"
Prince Rondo asked.
"For the time being, utilize him as much as we can.
After we get what we want, then we can find ways to..."
Elder Payne made a slashing gesture on his throat. Obviously, he meant to take Austin out after they
got what they wanted with his help.
"Prince Rondo, believe me that you can only use Gio. But you can't count on his loyalty to you forever,"
he added.
"You are right, Elder Payne. I agree,"
Prince Rondo responded after giving it some thought.
In the secret chamber, Austin was also plotting.
'What should I do with Prince Rondo?'
Austin wondered.
'I got it.
I can control him and make him my slave.
That way, once I help him become the new chief of the spiritual race and rule the Spirit Cosmos, the
Spirit Cosmos will actually be under my control.
That's a great idea!'
With such thoughts in seclusion, Austin got excited.
Austin and Prince Rondo had their own plans and they both meant to utilize each other to get what they
wanted.
The following day, Prince Rondo sent his men to give Austin the jade slips that the latter had
requested.
These jade slips stored all kinds of secret skills related to the spiritual soul energy.
Austin was overjoyed and immediately devoted himself to them.
Most members of the spiritual race cultivated spiritual soul cultivation methods.
It was safe to say that the spiritual race had more brilliant spiritual soul secret skills than others did in
the Sea of Chaos.
'Coming here to the isolated alien spaces has been truly worthwhile because I have gotten my hands
on these spiritual soul secret skills, '
Austin thought to himself with satisfaction.
In the following days, Austin went through all the jade slips sent by Prince Rondo.
He was interested in several of them, so he decided to practice them.
With his own powerful spiritual sense, it was just a piece of cake for him to master any spiritual soul
secret techniques.
He was confident that he could gain mastery of all the skills he had chosen in a relatively short time.
In a few days, he had successfully cultivated every secret skill that he was interested in.
"Prince Rondo, I want to know how to make full use of the Puppet Strings,"
Austin told the prince through his spiritual sense.
After all, it was the main purpose of his visit to the Spirit Cosmos.
To put it bluntly, he wanted to use and even absorb the spiritual soul energy of his slaves using the
Puppet Strings.
At this point, he had amassed tens of thousands of divine god slaves who were ready to respond to his
every beck and call.
If he could take advantage of the spiritual soul energy of his slaves, his fighting power would increase
exponentially.
"I hear you loud and clear, Gio. Don't worry, my men are on it,"
Prince Rondo replied.
An entire day had passed, and Prince Rondo had dispatched his people to bring Austin several more
jade slips.
This time, the jade slips contained records of some uses of the Puppet Strings, which impressed
Austin.
But none of them mentioned any method of making use of spiritual soul energy with his slaves through
the Puppet Strings.
'Humph! It looks like this prince doesn't fully trust me.
In that case, I have no choice but to find an opportunity to turn him into one my slaves. He will be of
great help to me, '
Austin thought to himself.
Just then, he received a message from Prince Rondo.
"Gio, I am not sure if you have heard, but the competition for the position of the new chief will be held in
five days!"
The prince informed Austin and gave the rest of the details.
"All forces will gather in the Spiritual Mountain.
The rules of the competition would be announced on that day.
But one thing is for sure. It will be a fierce battle between all the competing forces,"
Prince Rondo pointed out.
"I see. Well, let me go with you,"
Austin replied.
"Okay, Gio, get yourself ready!"
Prince Rondo said.
Austin then continued his cultivation.
Somewhere in another isolated chaotic void
of the Spiritual Cosmos, a large complex of magnificent buildings dotted a vast area.
In one of the pavilions stood a captivating woman with graceful features and a captivating figure.
She was clad in a purple dress that danced in the wind, which made her looking elegant and noble.
Out of the blue, the void nearby rippled, and out walked a charming young man.
He drew closer to her and asked softly, "Sweetie, why are you here alone? What are you thinking
about?"
The young man had an evil yet attractive smile on the corner of his lips. The arrogance all over his face
seemed to imply that everyone should take orders from him.
"I was worrying how you are going to defeat everyone else and become the new chief,"
the woman in purple replied as she flashed him a charming smile.
"Ha-ha! My love, there is no doubt that I will be the new chief. No need to worry about that,"
the young man reassured her.
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