With every word that Austin spoke, the face got closer to him.
The law chains tightly swaddled Austin, making it more difficult for him to move.
The sensation mimicked the feeling of drowning in a swamp and not being able to move in its murky
waters
"Sir, why are you doing this?
Please let me go!"
Austin cried out, a hint of consternation present in his voice.
"Stop talking nonsense. You can't leave unless you hand me that piece of wood,"
the face sneered as his greedy eyes stared fixedly at the piece of wood that Austin was hiding.
Although he had hidden the piece of wood, the face's eyes could still penetrate through everything and
was able to see exactly where it was.
"I'm warning you, old man! You're leaving me with no choice but to use brute force with you!"
The more Austin struggled, the more desperate and infuriated he became. His own body weighed
down on him, becoming heavier and heavier.
"Oh, really?
I wonder how you'll be able to do that.
Young man, you can't even move. What are you threatening me for?
I advise you to stop struggling and just give me that piece of wood like an obedient little boy you should
be,"
the face mocked, rubbing even more salt to the wounds.
'This is not good. I didn't expect to meet such a troublesome being.
How did I even get myself in this irksome situation?
I can't escape now.'
Austin has exhausted all his skills and trump cards he could use to try to break free.
But alas, he found out none of them worked.
As Austin was about to lose all hope, Flora suddenly came to his mind.
"Miss Flora! If you can recognize me, I desperately need your help!" he shouted into the abyss.
With the aid of energy, the billowing sound waves reached deep down to the bottom of the abyss.
Austin gave it a while, but much to his disappointment, there was no response. Not a single sound.
"Hey, brat! Don’t you dare try to play tricks with me!
There is no such a damn thing as Miss Flora at the bottom of the Longevity Valley. Did you really think
such a childish trick would scare me?"
the face taunted, grinning smugly.
But then, something unexpected happened all of a sudden.
The ground started shaking.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A loud rumbling was heard from the bottom of the Longevity Valley. A terrifyingly ominous aura erupted
all at once as if a horrifying existence had suddenly woken up from a deep slumber.
Both Austin and the face stood there dumbfounded,
as they couldn't quite believe what was happening.
A pink colored ribbon then glided up from the bottom of the abyss.
With the ferocity of a river, the ribbon surged across the sky and rushed towards the face.
"What the hell is this?"
the old face roared, full of panic and terror.
The pink ribbon had struck an intense fear in him.
The face did not dare combat with it at all. He dashed towards the opposite direction, wanting to
escape from it instead.
However, the pink ribbon was already determined to catch him. It chased after him at an incredible
speed.
The old face howled in terror
as he ran away.
Boom!
In the end, the face wasn't able to escape from the clutches of the pink ribbon. One strike from it and
he instantly exploded into unidentifiable pieces.
Swoosh...
Not too far away, the old face regenerated himself, still trembling with fear.
Without saying a single word, he immediately ran away and made his escape.
Whoosh...
The pink ribbon resumed its chase for the old face—it had no intention of letting him go just yet.
"No!"
The old face let out a miserable cry.
Then there was another bang.
The old face exploded and was smashed into pieces once again.
Since he was a governing god, killing him for good was a difficult task. He would just use his
regeneration power again and again.
However, he had grown weak after regenerating for two consecutive times. He now looked pale and
seriously ill.
After successfully regenerating again, he ran away desperately and did not dare stay for any second
longer.
Austin stood there for a while, stunned by the quick turn of events. He then came to his senses soon
after. He suddenly realized that the reason why the old face was attacked must be because of his
unpleasant remark about Miss Flora.
"Ha-ha!
You deserved it, you old bastard! How could you speak ill of Miss Flora?
Well, I'm leaving now. See you later!" Austin said as he turned to leave.
It was very likely that the woman in white at the bottom of the abyss was Flora.
Even if she was not actually Flora, she must have been closely connected to her in some way.
Otherwise, she probably wouldn't have retaliated the way she did.
Austin then finally left the place.
"You eight, come out!"
Austin concentrated his mind and the eight governing gods of the face race materialized.
He covered a great distance without looking back and disappeared in an instant.
The eight governing gods of the face race had been sealed by Austin for a long time. They were now
suddenly released and their seals were removed. They looked at one another with brows knit together
in confusion as they floated in the air, wondering what exactly was going on.
"You eight are useless rubbish!"
Law chains swiftly whipped towards them out of nowhere, targeting the eight of them. They barely
dodged them.
"S-supreme grandmaster, when did you finish your cultivation in seclusion?"
The eight governing gods saw an old face boiling with fury. Not wanting to add to the anger, they
floated over quickly.
Austin left the territory of the face race and headed to the territory of the wooden puppet race.
With his current speed, he returned to the territory of the wood puppet race in merely just the blink of
an eye.
"Come out, everyone."
Austin teleported all the eight governing gods of the wood puppet race, the Eight Stone Saints, and the
gnome out.
"We're back!"
The eight governing gods of the wood puppet race were ecstatic to find that they had returned to their
own territory.
"Austin, have you finished your task?"
Asa asked.
"Don't worry. Everything is going well."
Austin assured.
"Now, let's go see the maternal tree,"
he said to the eight governing gods of the wood puppet race.
"Okay, let's go to see the maternal tree right away and tell her that we have gotten the sacred treasure!
Our maternal tree will be very happy to hear the good news!"
The eight governing gods of the wood puppet race were all giddy with excitement as they led the way.
Just then, a huge towering tree slowly appeared and floated above. It blotted out the sky and cast a
huge shadow.
"I am here, young man.
It seems that you have brought me good news.
I must say that you really surprised me, young man!
I can't believe I will finally get it."
It was the maternal tree of the wood puppet race.
However, Austin couldn't shake the feeling that there was something strangely unsettling about all this.
"All right, young man. Hand over the sacred treasure of our race right now."
The maternal tree stretched out a sinewy branch towards Austin from afar.
Austin's eyes immediately turned cold as he knew something was indeed wrong.
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