Austin could be merciful or wrathful depending on the situation. Since he had no personal grudges
against these faces, and he actually once met a giant face who had saved his life, he now decided
against hurting these members of the face race.
"He is too powerful. We are no match for him!
Send someone to fetch the supreme grandmaster!"
exclaimed a semi-governing god.
"Young man, you've gone too far.
You've trespassed into our territory and injured our people.
As we don't have any enmity with you, what is your reason for doing this?"
To everyone's astonishment, a loud, imposing voice suddenly reverberated in the space.
Immediately after, eight huge, aged faces floated out of the door floating in the void.
These eight faces were the governing gods of the face race.
The situation had reached such a stage that they were forced to appear.
"Ha-ha! I've waited for so long for you.
I thought you would huddle up and hide like a turtle forever,"
remarked a governing god from the wood puppet race, with a laugh.
"Humph, we have long suspected that your race is behind all this.
What on earth did you do to trick this young human and convince him to work for you?
Young man, tell us, what did the wood puppet race offer you?
Our clan will double their price as long as you don't work for them anymore,"
a governing god of the face race proposed.
The governing gods of the face race believed that the wood puppet race had bribed this young man
with a lot of money. Why else would he risk his life for them?
"Your assumption is correct. The wood puppet race did make a generous offer.
However, your race can't give me the benefits that they promised.
I have no ill-will toward your race.
My purpose is to collect an item from Longevity Valley. I will leave as soon as I get it.
No one will get hurt if you stay out of my way.
Don't force me to be violent,"
Austin explained.
"Humph! The wood puppet race wants to take our race's treasure. How can we agree with that?
Young man, please stay away. This is not a matter that involves you!
Otherwise, don't hold us responsible for the consequences!"
shouted another governing god of the face race.
"What?
Does the object belong to your race? I didn't know that."
Austin's eyes widened with astonishment.
The eight governing gods of the wood puppet race had said that the thing in Longevity Valley was their
holy treasure.
But now, the face race claimed that it was theirs. One of them must be lying.
"Nonsense! It's our race's treasure. You were brazen enough to steal it from us and refused to return it.
Now, you are insisting that it is yours. How could you say that it's the treasure of your race? Can you be
more detestable? Don't try to make black look white, and white look black!"
shouted an enraged governing god of the wood puppet race. He was so furious that the finger he
pointed at the face race's governing gods trembled like a twig in a storm.
"How dare you? Your accusations are scandalous and bear no truth. It is clear that your race has
conspired to take over our treasure, yet you audaciously accuse us of twisting the truth.
You are an abominable race!"
The governing gods of the face race were passionate in their defense and began to curse.
For a while, both races' governing gods blamed and argued with each other, like a group of quarreling
kids. The scene was very chaotic.
The two races had clashed over the object for a long time, and so many large-scale wars had been
launched, but they still hadn't settled the dispute.
"Enough!"
Austin roared. He was so annoyed by their continuous arguing that he couldn't be patient anymore. His
roar, magnified by his energy, shook the whole space violently. The immense energy pressure created
instantly shrouded the void.
The governing gods of both races were shocked by Austin's aura and stopped speaking.
"I don't care to which race it belongs.
But I want it now.
I hope none of you will try to stop me.
Otherwise, you will be responsible for the aftermath,"
Austin warned calmly.
Immediately after, Austin gestured with his hand, and with the shaking of his sleeve, the gnome and the
Eight Stone Saints moved along with him. Then, he strode toward the entrance of the valley.
"Brat, stop!"
The eight governing gods of the face race were furious and roared in unison.
Simultaneously, they launched an attack at Austin.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Beams of violent energy spurted from their mouths and tore the sky as they dashed toward Austin.
The energy light columns created by the governing gods were terrifying; wherever they went, the void
shattered inch by inch.
"So you are going to make this difficult. Great,"
Austin shouted as he turned and swung his sword.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Streaks of thick sword light continued to pour out.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The attacks from both sides collided and released a deafening sound.
For a moment, smoke billowed and the void shook and dazzling light filled the whole space.
"How could this guy be so powerful?"
The color drained from the faces of the governing gods of the face race.
Austin's fighting power was beyond their expectations.
"Let me devour him!"
One of the governing gods of the face race rushed forward and opened his colossal mouth. It continued
to grow as it gulped down the void and snapped at Austin like a rabid dog.
"Awesome!"
Austin muttered as he felt an intense suction force pulling his body toward the massive mouth.
The devouring power of the face race's governing god was indeed much stronger than he had
anticipated.
"But it's not that easy to eat me,"
Austin remarked with a sly smile.
Whoosh!
Austin used the Shadowless Movement, coupled with the law of reincarnation, the space law, the law of
causality, and other original chaotic laws to escape it.
Instantly, Austin's figure became blurry as it continually swayed, as if he were walking in another space
and time, detached from this period of history.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The colossal mouth was like a dark bottomless hole, constantly devouring the void. It looked slow, but
in fact, it was astonishingly quick.
Crack!
The huge mouth swallowed the space where Austin stood.
However, Austin had already transported himself to another location.
"Brat, let me see how many times you can dodge!"
The governing god's face roared as it suddenly turned and rushed in another direction.
He headed straight for where Austin had reappeared.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
This face suddenly opened its mouth. As before, it continued to grow as it devoured everything in its
path as it snapped its way toward Austin's figure.
"Amazing!"
Austin was so astonished by what he witnessed that he couldn't hold back his praise.
Although the devouring ability of the face race's governing god was not as magnificent as Humphrey's,
it was enough to defeat an ordinary governing god.
Whoosh!
Regardless of how quickly the colossal mouth was chewing its way toward him, Austin summoned his
bodily movement skill and easily dodged it.
Since he could avoid Humphrey's attack, which was significantly more powerful than this ordinary
governing god's, his bodily movement skill helped him evade the attack effortlessly.
"Damn it! This guy's bodily movement skill is too slippery!"
roared the governing god of the face race as anger coursed through him.
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