The two teams engaged in a heated battle were in fact rather weak.
The strongest among them were only ordinary divine gods, and even then, there were only a dozen of
them.
Their fighting style was unusual and unnecessarily flashy and totally incapable of posing any threat of
damage to someone like Austin.
"Let's get out of here. This is so boring.
These guys are pretty weak,"
the gnome said disappointedly and tired of having to be here.
"I agree. There's no genuine divine god among them. This fight is dull and just plain boring."
The Eight Stone Saints were bored by the fight too and wanted to leave.
"I disagree.
I find these wood puppets interesting,"
Austin said contemplatively.
He watched the fight for a while and was excited to discover that these wood puppets were actually
quite proficient in the use of mind power.
'It seems that this race is born with the ability to use mind power.
I wonder if perhaps I can learn from them.
My best weapon against Humphrey is the mind power.
It's a shame mine is still too weak to be of any real use against him.
This may be a good opportunity for me to improve it,' Austin thought to himself, tingling with the idea of
improvement.
He continued watching their battle closely and made up his mind; he was going to explore and learn
the secrets of the wood puppet race.
He made his way towards the battlefield, moving along casually.
"Let's get a closer look,"
he said to his companions, waving a hand, gesturing them to follow.
"Austin, you can't be serious. Why would you want to watch a fight between these losers?"
Asa asked with stunned confusion.
"He's got something on his mind and I'd like to find out what it is,"
the gnome said as he stepped forward, following Austin.
The Eight Stone Saints now had no choice but to follow as well.
Boom!
Just as they made their move, a massive column of energy gushed out of a face towards a wood
puppet.
The wood puppet had no time to dodge and took the hit full on, shattering to pieces right where he
stood.
But the wood puppet race possessed a recovery ability like no other.
More to it, this particular wood puppet was an ordinary divine god; his healing abilities were miles
above the rest, truly incredible.
Before even a moment had passed, he reappeared once more, just as he had been before.
"Humph! That's your trick, isn't it? I guess I'll just have to eat you. I'd like to see you come back from
that," the face that struck the wood puppet down snorted.
The face too was an ordinary divine god.
After he uttered his final word, he stretched his mouth wide open.
He inhaled deeply, causing a whirlwind that pulled in and swallowed everything before him.
'Its power is similar, albeit weaker, to the chaotic sky-devouring beast's power.
Quite a lot weaker.
The chaotic sky-devouring beast is capable of swallowing the entire space in just one massive gulp,'
Austin mused as he observed the fight.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The face opened his mouth wider still as the force continued tugging at the wood puppet.
The wood puppet roared and slammed into the face with two large axes.
He seemed to possess an infinite strength that could be felt quite clearly from the blow he dealt.
The space around his axes was split open with smooth, clean cuts.
To everyone's surprise, the face opened his mouth even wider and ate the axes.
He then charged at the wood puppet to devour him as well.
The wood puppet kept striking back with his mind power, not giving up just yet.
"Argh!
I'm going to eat you up! Argh!"
The face was in great pain from enduring the attack of the mind power. Eventually, he could take no
more and went ballistic.
Columns of energy burst from his gigantic mouth,
raining down viciously on the wood puppet.
The face was not taking this lightly and pulled out all the stops to end the battle. The wood puppet was
getting on his nerves and he wanted him decimated.
He kept hitting the face on his relentless charge, even leaving holes and wounds in the giant face,
but the wood puppet could not cause any serious harm to slow him down.
Physical injuries like this were not fatal to a divine god.
The members of the wood puppet race were now clearly at a disadvantage.
The face race outnumbered, as well as overpowered them.
They might have possessed astonishing healing abilities,
but the face race could devour anything in their way.
Many wood puppets were eaten.
What was inside of their mouths was still unknown. But anything they devoured vanished into thin air.
"Go!"
"Run away! Hurry!"
the members of the wood puppet race cried out as they darted off in retreat.
"It's too late to try and escape! It's already over for you!"
The face race had no intention of letting them get away.
"Stop, every one of you!"
A calm and powerful voice suddenly rang out.
A strong, mysterious space law descended from the sky and enveloped the entire battlefield.
Everyone, from the wood puppet race and the face race alike, slowed down, their movements restricted
and made difficult, as if they had fallen into some massive, invisible swamp.
Ten figures appeared above and glided down, landing softly on the ground.
"My goodness! They're genuine divine gods!"
The color drained from the faces of the ordinary divine gods of the warring races as they looked upon
the majesty before them.
"Oh my gosh!
Nine of them are the famous genuine divine gods!"
The divine gods of the two races recognized the gnome and the Eight Stone Saints immediately.
They had risen to prominence in this supreme universe over the course of a hundred years.
Although they were not governing gods, they still had the support of two evil beasts.
Because of this, forces and races, most anyone really, usually avoided crossing paths with them.
"Stand down
and leave now,"
Austin said sternly to the face race.
"Just who are you?
Who do you think you are to get involved in our matters?"
a face asked, frowning intensely at Austin.
He was an ordinary divine god and he was not happy.
He appeared to be the leader of this group behind him.
"Perhaps you have not noticed, but we have many governing gods in our race.
I advise you to stay out of this and go on your way,"
the leader said, glaring at Austin with a burning hostility in his eyes.
He had never heard of Austin and so treated him with the sort of respect he thought he deserved.
Not to mention how young he looked,
or the fact that he could not sense Austin's true strength.
In reality, Austin was too powerful for this being, and had a much deeper understanding of all sorts of
laws.
"Oh,
is that so?
I'm afraid I can't walk away though.
I mean your race no harm,
but you'd better do as I say,"
Austin said with a wicked grin.
He had nothing to fear as the strongest of the face race were only governing gods.
"Brat!
You... you're much too arrogant for my liking!"
Austin's nonchalance and mocking words sent the leader erupting into a rage.
"Austin, what are you doing?
That face has a point.
They're a powerful force in this supreme universe. Rumor has it there are even governing gods among
their race.
The less trouble we cause with them, the better. For all of us.
Let's get out of here. It's better not to meddle in their business,"
Asa said urgently before Austin could say any more.
The Eight Stone Saints and the gnome were only genuine premium-grade divine gods.
They had traveled around and built a reputation over the years,
but they had never messed with governing gods or people with connections to any.
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