At this point in time, a dozen groups of creatures hovered above the maze.
In front of them were beautiful, magnificent palaces that emitted dazzling lights.
Tons and tons of invaluable treasures were piled up like a mountain. All of which were just mere
projections that displayed the palaces' interior.
The treasures were a huge temptation to anyone who saw them.
"Alas! Who would have expected that this maze is full of dangers?"
"We're finally out. I never would have thought that we'll be able to make it out alive."
Soon, every creature was buzzing as they stared at the breathtaking palaces in front of them.
"But it was somewhat worth it. Now my spiritual sense is three times stronger than before!
My fighting power accordingly has increased too."
"Me too. My spiritual sense has also increased by three or four times. I guess this is the reward of
almost losing my life in the maze.
But it's not a surprise that we would encounter dangers along the way. After all, adventures always
come with hardships.
So there is nothing to complain."
"Yes, you're right."
Some creatures analyzed rationally.
"What's going on? Why haven't Wilfred and his slave come out yet?" Duke murmured to himself.
He quickly scanned every creature nearby using his spiritual sense, but there was no sign of Wilfred
nor Austin. He started to grow more and more impatient with every passing second.
Duke and the other members of the beast race had spent a dozen days looking for Austin and Wilfred
inside the maze.
However, they couldn't catch even a trail of the two. Frustrated, they activated their Illusionary Tokens
and left the maze.
"Sir, perhaps Wilfred and his slave died in the maze,"
a genuine divine god of the beast race said to Duke.
"I don't think so.
That weakling has a high-level magic treasure. In that maze, even I couldn't do anything to him.
It is almost impossible for him to die inside.
There are only two possibilities.
That weakling left the maze before we did and he is hiding from us as we speak.
Or he is still hiding inside, too scared to leave the confines of the maze,"
Duke analyzed.
"You have a good point,"
the other genuine divine gods of the beast race agreed.
"I will never let someone who murdered many of our comrades get away so easily.
If you even catch a whiff of him, don't hesitate to end his life right then and there."
Duke gave his orders.
"Got it!"
the other genuine divine gods of the beast race eagerly replied.
'That weakling managed to escape from Duke in the maze because of a high-grade magic treasure...'
Ferdinand, who was the other genuine premium-grade divine god of the beast race, thought to himself.
His eyes flashed with excitement as he heard Duke's words.
It was only now that Austin had caught his attention.
Meanwhile, Elder Osbert who was among the crowd of the Heaven Beast Valley glanced at the
creatures nearby.
He was also looking for Austin.
He wanted to avenge his nephew's death, and Austin was the murderer.
Only Austin's blood could quench his thirst for revenge.
Like Duke, he had also scoured the entire maze looking for Austin with his people.
However, he also couldn't find him.
Defeated, he decided to leave the maze before any more of his people got harmed.
But he still had no intentions of letting Austin go.
'Humph! I don't know how you managed to control the illusions in the maze.
But as soon as you step out of it, I'll crush you into a fine pulp.'
Anger rose inside Elder Osbert as he looked around, trying to find Austin.
They weren't the only ones looking for the young cultivator.
Many masters from different forces also scoured the area in order to look for Austin.
Wave after wave of spiritual sense was released in order to scan their surroundings for their prey.
They wanted nothing more than to hunt down Austin.
While inside, Austin had made tons of new enemies. He robbed them of their Illusionary Tokens,
brainwashed their companions into becoming his slave, and worst of all, he slaughtered many
creatures.
Those who had narrowly escaped the hands of death swore to themselves that they would exact
revenge on him.
A young man from the human race who was just a preliminary-grade divine god was now the center of
attention.
The members of the beast race spread some news about Austin.
Soon everyone got to know that the young man they were after was a slave of a master from the beast
race.
They also learned that Duke had looked for Austin in the maze with other members of the beast race.
The news spread like wildfire.
'A low-born slave managed to steal things from genuine divine gods and even got away.
And worse, the genuine premium-grade divine gods couldn't do anything to him!'
Everyone muttered among themselves as they heard the news.
In just a short moment, everyone knew who Austin was and what he had done.
"What's going on? Where is that slave? Let's find that damn bastard!"
"He should know his place! A slave who's arrogant had no place in this world!"
Many creatures were angered and joined the hunt for Austin.
But there was no way that they would find Austin for he was still in the maze.
While everyone was busy looking for him, Austin was in a palace somewhere in the maze.
The palace was vast and empty.
However, when he looked around, he noticed that there was something in the center of the palace.
It looked like a clam, or an oyster.
It laid there, motionless.
Not even a whiff of aura came out of it.
"I guess it's a clam.
But what is that?"
A fist-sized dazzling magic bead hovering above the clam caught Austin's eye.
The bead emitted a beam of misty, colorful light which shone in all directions, filling the empty palace
with color.
A large number of runes of the law of illusion also surrounded the bead.
This piqued Austin's curiosity even more.
With his eyes locked on it, he stepped forward to have a better look at the magnificent object.
"Wait!
It seems that this bead is creating illusions. It's the source of all illusions in the maze!"
He stopped in front of the bead in bewilderment. He unleashed the law of illusion to see the illusions
inside it.
Then, the bead released the illusions that floated in the air like colorful bubbles.
"Is it possible that all the illusions in this maze were created by this bead? !"
Austin stared at the bead in astonishment.
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