"Austin must still be cultivating in seclusion someplace else.
It looks like we'll need to help them."
The twelve animals discussed the situation with one another through their spiritual sense.
Then, all of a sudden, Austin's voice resounded in their Soul Seas at the same time.
He knew that they might be worried because he was not present.
"Sirs, you don't need to do anything. The situation is still controllable.
Let my slaves and the alliance deal with this."
"Fine. If you say so."
The twelve animals quickly agreed upon knowing that Austin was also aware of what was happening.
"Austin! Get out! Don't be a coward!"
A deafening roar came from outside the Ice Palace.
It also contained an overwhelming murderous will that shook the chaotic void for hundreds of millions of
miles.
"How dare these arrogant bastards?!"
"Why don't we go out and attack them before they break in?"
Austin's genuine divine god slaves grew impatient upon hearing the taunts of their enemies outside.
As a matter of fact, Austin's slaves were much stronger than the entire allied army.
Although there were also a lot of divine gods among the troops of the alliance, all of them were just
ordinary divine gods.
On the other hand, about a third of Austin's divine god slaves were genuine divine gods.
Moreover, some of them were genuine premium-grade ones, and each one of them was remarkably
powerful.
As long as there were no semi-governing gods and governing gods among the enemy troops, they
would not be defeated.
This time, there wasn't a semi-governing god or governing god among the troops of the six super
forces; thus they didn't take this attack as a threat.
"You're right. It's much easier that way! They are just a bunch of weaklings. How dare they demand our
master to face them and put on airs in front of us? Let's go and teach them a lesson!"
"No one should get away from undermining our master! Let's crush them all!"
Extremely fired up, Austin's genuine premium-grade divine gods immediately strode towards the
entrance of the Ice Palace.
"Come on, guys! We need to take action too!
We can't let them look down on us just because our leader isn't here! Show them the might of our
alliance!"
The senior leaders of the alliance also dashed towards the entrance of the Ice Palace with their people.
With the combined forces of the alliance's troops and Austin's divine god slaves, they were already
strong enough to fight on equal footing with the six super forces.
Soon after, all of the members of the alliance got out of the Ice Palace and built their formation in the
chaotic void.
They stared at the troops of the six super forces without a hint of fear in their eyes.
On the other side, the armies of the Beast City, the Demon City, the Divine Corpse Palace, the
underworld, the Novel Court, and the Annihilation Mountain surrounded them and stared back at them
with oozing murderous intents.
Just by looking at this scene, one would expect that a major fierce battle would ensue the moment they
started attacking one another.
Then, an old creature with red skin stepped forward. Apparently, he was from the Beast City.
"Didn't you hear us? Where is Austin? Why won't he show his face? Is he afraid of us that he's hiding
behind his army?!" he said in a condescending voice.
Just the waves of his voice caused the void to tremble. He was one of the genuine premium-grade
divine gods of the Beast City.
"Shut the hell up! Don't even mention my master's name with that filthy mouth of yours!"
"Our master doesn't need to waste his time dealing with useless pieces of crap like you!"
Austin's genuine divine god slaves became more agitated upon hearing the old creature's insults.
One of them even went out of the crowd. He was one of Austin's genuine premium-grade divine god
slaves.
"Old man, you will pay the price of insulting our master! I'll send you straight to hell!" he yelled while
pointing a finger at the old creature from the Beast City.
"Carmine! What do you think you're doing? You are from the demon race! Why the hell would you
accept that human brat as your master? Wake up!"
The old creature with red skin was exasperated to see him on the other side of the battlefield.
It turned out that this divine god slave was a member of the demon race before.
Then, another tall creature from the demon race stepped out and approached the old creature with red
skin.
"Jules! Don't waste your time. You won't be able to reason with him. He's already been affected by
Austin's Puppet Strings. His spiritual soul is being controlled!
He won't listen to us whatever you say to him.
The only way we could bring him back to his senses is if we could take Austin out,"
the tall demon said while shaking his head.
"I know. But it's just vexing to watch that he's being used by the enemy!
Almost all of the super forces have a large number of divine gods that have been converted into
Austin's slaves because of the Puppet Strings.
If we don't get rid of Austin, we won't be able to live in peace!"
Jules clenched his fists in rage.
"That's right. We must destroy Austin this time! He has done so many unforgivable crimes!"
Several masters from other super forces also stepped forward and expressed their disdain towards
Austin.
"How dare you all speak ill of our master?! You deserve to die!"
"Enough talking! Let's finish this and punish these bastards!"
Austin's genuine divine god slaves couldn't control their anger anymore.
Their loyalty kept their passion burning to eliminate all of their master's enemies.
For them, Austin deserved the highest form of respect. They would do everything to protect his
reputation.
"Move!"
Austin's divine god slaves immediately rushed out and launched an attack on the troops of the six
super forces.
"Follow them!"
The members of the alliance followed suit and made their own raid.
"Attack!
Destroy their army!
Leave no survivors!"
The troops of the six super forces intercepted them without any hesitation.
Boom! Boom!
With the clash of the two huge powerful forces, a fierce battle broke out. The vast chaotic void was
filled with tremendous energy waves coming from the battlefield.
The sheer number of cultivators participating in this war was extremely overwhelming. It was
astounding to think that Austin managed to create an alliance that could match the number and
strength of the super forces.
Now, in order to wipe out the troops of the alliance, the six super forces had to send their elite soldiers.
This was the first battle between the alliance and the six super forces.
It was an important one for the alliance because this would make a strong statement to the entire Sea
of Chaos that no one could underestimate them anymore.
The battle raged on and many lives were being taken here and there.
There were loud sounds of explosions, roars, battle cries, and even screams of pain.
The whole battlefield shook violently and the space around them crumbled.
Everyone needed to be as merciless as possible to edge the other side out.
"Austin, are you sure that we should just watch and stand by?
Yes, your divine god slaves are from the six super forces. They have already experienced countless
battles, and they are pretty strong. We don't need to worry much about them.
However, the people from the alliance are different. They're not strong enough to fight against the
super forces.
In fact, most of the divine gods of the alliance are from some backward, weak worlds.
If this continues, the alliance would accumulate a huge loss. A lot of the divine gods might lose their
lives in this war,"
the sky-devouring dog warned Austin through its spiritual sense.
"I know that.
But if they really want to establish their position in the Sea of Chaos, they need to get through hard
battles like this.
They would only grow rapidly if they faced someone much stronger than them.
However, it also comes with sacrifices. Lives will inevitably be lost. They need to strive to be the ones
left standing," Austin replied.
This decision was also hard for him.
But for the sake of the people who depended on them, all of them needed to become stronger through
overcoming difficult ordeals.
At this point, Austin was still in the shrine of the Ice Sword Cosmos.
In the past months, he had only focused on learning several sword skills from a master swordsman in
this place.
Fortunately, under the swordsman's guidance, he had progressed a lot.
Even if he already possessed outstanding swordsmanship skills, he still did his best to improve greatly.
Back when he was still at the Prime Martial World, he had already begun cultivating his sword skills.
Everything he learned there was related to the swordsmanship of the Divine Swordsman.
The Divine Swordsman had tremendous prowess in terms of swordsmanship. With his innate talent, he
rose to fame in a short time and even shocked the entire Sea of Chaos.
Therefore, the sword skills that Austin had inherited from him were all brilliant and astounding.
All his life, Austin only learned swordsmanship from a single master. However, he realized that if he
wanted to drastically improve his swordsmanship, he needed more masters that could impart more
skills and knowledge to him.
In the past six months, Austin felt that he had entered a new world about swordsmanship when he met
this excellent swordsman from the Ice Sword Cosmos.
Recently, he recognized that his skills in swordsmanship had already reached its limit. But with the aid
of his new teacher, his horizon broadened again.
In fact, his Flying Swordsmanship had improved a lot. This skill had been very helpful and useful to
him, and now that he had greatly improved it, he could use it more menacingly.
It turned out that his new master was from the sect that created the Flying Swordsmanship.
His nominal disciple on Earth failed to fully comprehend the essence of the Flying Swordsmanship.
Thus, when Austin acquired it when he returned to Earth, he also obtained an incomplete skill.
But now, Austin was finally able to learn the complete version of the Flying Swordsmanship from his
new teacher. He actually couldn't wait to use and test it on his enemies.
"Very good.
I didn't expect that it would only take you six months to have a preliminary understanding of my sword
skills.
You're more talented in swordsmanship than I expected you to be. Take it as a compliment from me.
Now, I have put everything I know about swordsmanship into your Soul Sea. You can take your time
learning and comprehending it, and I'm sure that you will still learn more from it.
The truth is my master and four senior fellow disciples are better than me in terms of swordsmanship.
If you go to the Sword Cosmos and find their tablets, and you're lucky enough, perhaps you'll acquire
their inheritance,"
the middle-aged man said his final advice to Austin.
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