"Otherwise, we and the face race should have been living harmoniously right now,"
the governing god of the wood puppet race added.
"Oh, I see. Now, that explains it.
As soon as I came here, I saw your kinds fighting against them,"
Austin said as he nodded repeatedly.
"By the way, young man, we haven't asked this question but where on earth did you come from?
I'm pretty sure that you don't belong to this supreme universe, do you?"
another governing god couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
"Well, you don't need to know who I am or where I'm from.
After the deal between me and your maternal tree is over, I doubt that I would have anything to do with
your race anymore.
So, be at ease.
You don't have to be on guard against me or look into my background,"
Austin responded with a faint smile.
Hearing this, the governing gods didn't pry further.
Immediately after, Austin activated his bodily movement skill and flew towards the Longevity Valley,
together with the gnome and the Eight Stone Saints.
At the same time, the eight governing gods of the wood puppet race followed closely behind.
"Damn! Austin's so fast!"
Since they were with Austin, the gnome and the Eight Stone Saints experienced how it was to move at
such astonishing speed. In fact, the young man's single stride covered an unimaginable distance.
After a while, one of the governing gods of the wood puppet race spoke.
"Young man, that place over there is where the face race resides.
The Longevity Valley is located at its depths.
If we keep moving forward, it would be inevitable for us to encounter the face race,"
he informed Austin.
The wood puppet race had fought with the face race for so many years, so they had a pretty good idea
of how powerful this race was.
"It's fine. We'll still proceed and force our way in,"
Austin said confidently and continued to lead the way.
"All right. Everyone, follow him!"
The eight governing gods of the wood puppet race glanced at each other, mustered up their courage,
and decided to follow Austin into the territory of the face race.
"Hey, Austin. What's the plan? Don't tell me that you're just going to provoke the entire face race?
They're not just a bunch of weaklings. Moreover, their members are known for being vengeful. Once
you make an enemy out of them, they will hunt you down as long as they exist."
Asa wanted to warn Austin before the young man made any rash action.
Having lived in this supreme universe for over a hundred years, he knew about the characteristics of
the face race.
"Ha-ha. Well, it would be their loss.
If they want to get back at me, I'll gladly handle them,"
Austin replied indifferently.
With his current strength, he was not afraid of anyone who would try to get their revenge on him.
When a cultivator had reached a certain level, time would come that nothing could pose a threat to him
anymore.
Austin had experienced so many difficult battles in his life and he had also become such a formidable
master. Thus, he didn't have many things that could scare him off.
Meanwhile, a team comprising of face race members suddenly appeared in front of them and blocked
their path.
"Stop right there! Who are you? Don't you know that this is the territory of the face race? No one could
go beyond this point without permission!"
The one in charge of the team floated forward and shouted sternly.
"I don't care. Get out of my way before you regret it,"
Austin answered in a cold tone.
Then, he waved his sleeve and unleashed a fierce gust of wind.
This instantly threw the team of the face race far away.
Austin didn't want to waste their time, so he had to resort to this tactic. Right after, he looked as calm
as ever, like nothing happened.
"Come on. Let's go," Austin called his companions before he proceeded.
"This guy is way too aggressive! Good thing we're on the same side right now."
The eight governing gods of the wood puppet race were taken aback at Austin's demeanor towards the
members of the face race.
It was clear that in the very beginning, Austin was determined to fight with the entire face race head-on
if he had to.
As they continued venturing into the Longevity Valley, there was no doubt that more members of the
face race would eventually get in their way.
And in the end, it would be inevitable that they might need to deal with the entire face race.
"This guy never changes."
The gnome was rendered speechless at Austin's way of dealing with things. It was so straightforward
that it was almost shocking.
"Hey, Austin! Don't you need us to handle them too?
Leave the small fry to us!"
Since it was in their nature to fight, the Eight Stone Saints were actually looking forward to some action
against the members of the face race.
"Yeah, maybe later. Come on. We need to speed up!"
Then, Austin took the Eight Stone Saints and the gnome before activating an omnipotent skill that
enabled him to move forward at lightning speed.
At the same time, the eight governing gods of the wood puppet race needed to exert all their strength
to barely catch up with Austin. They couldn't help but exchange looks of shock.
'What on earth is with his speed? It's so fast!'
All the governing gods almost dropped their jaws upon realizing that Austin had not been displaying his
top speed yet earlier.
"Stay put! What are you doing here?"
"Identify yourselves! How dare you break into the territory of the face race?"
Out of the blue, another army popped out of the main road. Each of them held a murderous look on
their faces upon seeing the intruders.
The army's overall strength was much stronger than what they had just encountered.
"Wait a minute!
Eight of them are from the wood puppet race!
Damn those bastards. It looks like they are deliberately breaking into our territory again!
Go get them! They don't know who they're messing with!"
One of the masters from the army spotted the eight governing gods from the wood puppet race, which
immediately pissed them off.
"Attack them! Now!"
the leader of the army commanded sternly.
Boom! Boom!
In an instant, violent energy columns shot out from the army of the faces and rained down on Austin
and his companions.
"Humph! How dare you dimwits show off in front of us with their pathetic strength? You're just making a
fool of yourself!"
A governing god of the wood puppet race snorted disdainfully as he took a step forward and also made
his move.
Then, the overwhelming law of life gushed out of his body and hovered around him.
It condensed into green chains that shot towards the army of the face race.
In a flash, every member of the army of the face race was tied up by these green chains, unable to
move an inch.
In this army, the most powerful ones were just genuine premium-grade divine gods.
In the face of a governing god, they were pretty much nothing.
"All right. Let's move on,"
Austin said as he saw that things were already taken care of.
Immediately after, the group continued to advance.
About a moment later, they encountered dozens of semi-governing gods that rushed over them without
hesitation.
"What made you think it's all right for you to barge into our territory?!
Go to hell, you damned outsiders!"
one of the semi-governing gods yelled as he fumed in anger.
"These weaklings are so arrogant. They don't even know how strong their opponents are.
What a pitiful bunch!" Another governing god from the wood puppet race dashed forward and dealt with
the members of the face race.
Boom! Boom!
He quickly unleashed his power and singlehandedly fought all of the semi-governing gods from the
face race.
A fierce battle broke out, but it ended quite rapidly.
Just after a few seconds, all the semi-governing gods were utterly defeated.
"Enemies! We are being invaded by enemies!"
"Defend our homeland! We need to drive them off!"
Ear-splitting roars were constantly heard around the area. It seemed that the majority of the members
of the face race were already alerted by the presence of Austin and the others.
Soon after, troops of the face race closed in on them like a raging wave. It looked like the main force of
the face race had finally shown themselves.
It was indeed a large army with a tremendous fighting aura.
As Austin looked around, he saw countless faces floating in the air. The scene didn't look good, but he
didn't seem too bothered by it also.
"Come on. Let's fight our way in. After all, that's our only option right now,"
Austin said in an indifferent tone.
Then, he activated his bodily movement skill and strode forward, ignoring all the members of the face
race that were about to smother him.
Boom! Boom!
In an instant, violent energy light columns tore the void and shot towards Austin.
The scene was nerve-wracking. Austin was being attacked from every direction.
However, these were just petty tricks before him.
As he continued to move forward,
he released his energy.
In the blink of an eye, the energy columns were completely shattered by the energy he had unleashed,
turning them into nothing.
Afterward, Austin walked leisurely among the energy columns. With one hand behind his back, he
waved the other one and effortlessly blocked all the incoming attacks.
"Let's join him! This brat is taking all the fun for himself again."
Seeing Austin's marvelous moves, the Eight Stone Saints began to crave for fighting. They waved their
stone sticks and hurriedly dashed towards their enemies.
Even the gnome got caught up in heat of the moment and made his move.
At the same time, the eight governing gods of the wood puppet race strode forward and didn't let Austin
and the rest to do all the work.
As they faced off with the face race, an intense battle became inevitable.
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