"No way!"
The sudden, unexpected change sent a chill down Austin's spine.
The divine baby would not harm him much. After all, he was on the side of the gods of light—he had
made a good impression on Austin, and he seemed to be generally kind.
However, it was immediately clear that the evil baby, in contrast, was cold and cruel. Austin could tell at
a glance that he possessed a terrifying, ferocious strength. The evil baby actually seemed to be drilling
into his body, and he felt his scalp tingling strangely.
"What's happening?" "What is that?"
Ace and Lloyd spoke at the same time, looking stunned and bewildered.
Before their very eyes, the two children had entered Austin's body, one after the other.
"Your Highness, what should we do?"
Lloyd asked anxiously, coming closer to Austin.
Ace frowned. For the moment, he had no idea how to handle the situation.
Now that the evil baby's spirit was inside Austin's body, it was difficult to determine what would be the
best course of action. Attacking Austin might hurt the evil baby as well.
"Hey, look at him!"
Lloyd gasped, stumbling backwards. He lifted a hand and pointed it at Austin.
Austin's body was changing at an astonishing pace. The color of his skin phased from dark to light,
switching between a gleaming gold and a deep black.
His whole body would darken to black, and then begin to shine until his skin was a bright gold. There
were moments when one side of his body was black, while the other half was gold.
In addition to his changing skin color, there was a violent energy emanating from his body. The energy
burst out of his body like a hurricane, swirling around his form, before it rushed outwards like a tsunami
that caused rumblings in the surrounding void.
Austin himself was like a statue, fixed in place, unable to move even an inch as the evil baby and the
divine baby fought within him.
He looked inside himself and saw that the two children were treating his body as a battlefield.
They were engaged in a fierce battle against each other.
Eventually, the dark boy began to dominate the fight, and the golden boy was reduced to defending
himself. The divine baby knew he was losing and kept darting around Austin's body, hiding wherever he
could reach.
Austin, as a member of the gods of light, possessed an aura which naturally had divine characteristics.
This was familiar to the divine baby, and made him feel safe.
Thus, he was unwilling to relinquish his place inside Austin's body. Determined to stay within Austin, he
ran back and forth from Austin's head to his toes, dodging the attacks of the evil baby.
The evil baby, formed like a dark boy, was in high spirits since he was winning. He was determined not
to allow his opponent to escape, so he would stay inside Austin's body until he cemented his victory.
All of a sudden, there was a loud bang.
The golden child had found the secret realms in Austin's body. He kicked open the barriers, desperately
breaking into the hidden realms of Austin's internal organs.
But the dark child would not be deterred. He followed in after the divine baby.
"Hey!" Austin called. "Boys! You are inside my body. Please be more careful. If you insist on fighting, do
it outside!"
He was getting worried that the two children might do serious damage to his body.
"Help me, please!"
cried the golden child, still being chased closely by the dark boy.
Austin said anxiously, "All right, I'll try!"
He knew that if he continued to allow them to run so wildly and do whatever they liked inside his body,
then their battle would last indefinitely, which meant he could be frozen there for a very, very long time.
That was the last thing he wanted.
The only way to end this battle was to help the golden child to drive the dark child out of his body.
Austin decided he would do what he could to help the divine baby.
He focused, activating his power. The chaotic energy in his secret realms began to surge like churning
waves.
There was a series of loud booming sounds, as wave after wave of chaotic energy rushed towards the
dark child.
At the same time, controlled by Austin's mind, the purple flying sword also slashed at the evil baby.
It was a powerful attack, but Austin thought these two strikes might still not be enough to defeat the
dark child. So he activated the Earth Exploring Technique. This drove the small continent hidden inside
his body to hit against the evil baby, suppressing him forcefully.
The dark child had no choice but to stop chasing the divine baby, in order to fend off Austin's attacks.
His eyes filled with a cold rage.
There were more booming sounds as the evil baby fought back.
Suddenly, two mysterious beams of light shot out from his eyes, like columns of thick, dense darkness.
The two black light columns were made up of strange runes containing dark energy and dark matter.
They contained an immense power.
The black beams collided with the chaotic energy, the purple sword, and the small continent.
Instantly, all of Austin's attacks were blocked, reduced to ashes by the powerful columns of black light.
Austin was shocked at how easily the dark child had deflected his attacks.
His scalp tingled even more strongly, almost to the point of pain, and his heart sank with despair.
The dark child confronted Austin's spiritual soul, surrounding his soul with his cold, fierce energy.
Austin felt a chill travel through his body, freezing him as though he had fallen into an icy lake. He still
couldn't move at all.
In the void, strange laws continued to spread like roots, wrapping around Austin's spiritual soul.
'What does he want? What is he trying to do?'
Austin thought, wondering what the dark child intended.
The evil baby was far more powerful than he could have anticipated. He was no match for him at all.
"Hey!" Austin called, trying to communicate with the dark child. "Hey, this is all a misunderstanding. I
don't want to hurt you."
He could sense that he had been imprisoned beyond any hope of escape. Helplessly, he tried his best
to speak with the evil baby in a friendly tone.
"You are a bad guy!"
said the dark child without hesitation, staring at Austin with his ferocious eyes.
Although he had the form of an infant, his expression contained only vengeful, violent wrath. Austin's
attacks had angered him greatly.
"Trust me, I'm not a bad guy. I want to be your friend,"
Austin said. He knew that if his answers angered the evil baby even further, his life would be in danger.
He was careful to speak in a kind, soothing voice, hoping to form a connection with the evil baby.
But of course, words would not be enough to convince the evil baby, not after he had attacked him.
After a few moments of thought, Austin reached a decision. He sent for a large number of treasures
from heaven and earth—everything from magic pills to divine crystals containing dark energy—and
gave them all to the evil baby.
The huge haul of valuable items immediately sparked the interest of the dark child. A look of
greediness appeared in his bloodshot eyes.
He opened his mouth. In one gulp, he had swallowed all the treasures. Then he turned to Austin with
an obstinate, unsatisfied expression on his face. Obviously he was expecting more.
With a jolt of surprise, Austin realized that his spirit had returned to normal. His spiritual soul was no
longer imprisoned.
'I was right! As soon as he got some benefits from me, his attitude improved quickly, '
Austin thought with relief. He also felt quite bitter at the evil baby's greed, but he was careful to conceal
it so that the boy wouldn't get angry again.
"I want more!"
the baby demanded.
"Seriously?"
Austin said, heaving a sigh. This boy was not just cruel. He seemed to be naturally avaricious as well.
He groaned to himself, knowing he had no choice but to give up many of his most precious treasures.
But he didn't dare to refuse the evil baby's demands. If the evil baby became enraged again, Austin's
life would be in danger again.
Hiding his unwillingness, Austin took out more and more of his dark-leaning treasures and passed them
over to the evil baby.
The evil baby stuck out his tongue and swallowed the pile of treasures.
"I want more!" he said.
Once he had consumed another batch, he stared eagerly again at Austin, demanding even more.
'This is awful!'
Austin thought, secretly cursing the dark boy. He wished passionately that he could voice out his anger.
'This guy is like a bottomless well. He'll never stop asking me for more and more treasures!'
He had worked hard to obtain those treasures. All of them were the fruits of his adventure in the Fallen
Divine Valley.
He assumed that the evil baby might not like ordinary treasures.
So he felt there was nothing to do but to sacrifice those high-level treasures and give them to the evil
baby.
However, he had once again underestimated the evil baby. Austin hadn't expected the baby to be so
greedy that he wouldn't be satisfied with the enormous amount of treasures he had already eaten.
'If it goes on like this, I'm afraid I'll run out of treasure to give him, '
Austin thought, suppressing a wry smile. He considered what options he had left.
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