"Such insolence! How dare you talk to our prince like this?
You certainly have a death wish!"
"Subdue him right now! Teach him a lesson!"
A commotion erupted among the people standing behind the man in golden clothes. They immediately
flared up and yelled at Austin as soon as he finished speaking.
"Oh? He's a prince? I was not aware."
The young man's true identity took Austin by surprise. He didn't quite expect to meet someone with a
royal blood out here.
"How dare you insult our prince? You've committed a serious crime. Kneel down right this instance and
accept your punishment!"
With that, a member of the spiritual race standing behind the prince charged towards Austin.
It could be seen that his real body was a spiritual soul.
He released an overwhelming amount of spiritual soul energy and directed it at Austin.
All of a sudden, they heard a loud booming sound!
"Humph! Get lost!"
Austin shouted back.
A gigantic hand made from spiritual soul energy suddenly emerged out of his body. It grabbed the
member of the spiritual race and smashed him hard against the ground.
"Ah! That hurts!"
Obviously, the spiritual race member was heavily injured. He moaned in agony and struggled to get up
but failed.
"Let's attack him all at once! We'll skin this insolent brat alive!"
Everyone who was standing behind the prince simultaneously dashed forward and surrounded Austin
and Princess Esther in an instant.
Meanwhile, the man clad in golden didn't do anything to stop his men. He just stood there and watched
them all with great interest.
"Very well. You lot are digging your own grave!"
Austin taunted them with a defiant smile on his face.
Once again, he formed an enormous hand using his spiritual soul energy.
Under his control, the hand smacked everyone who charged towards him and sent them flying in
different directions.
'What the hell was that? Such brute strength!'
All the creatures that witnessed this scene gasped in astonishment.
"I'm warning you. Don't provoke me. Otherwise, I will not show mercy to you even if you are a prince."
Austin stared sharply at the man dressed in golden clothes.
"Magnificent! Very well done!"
The man suddenly clapped his hands in amusement.
"Your Highness, let's retreat for now. This man is very dangerous."
Those people who Austin sent flying quickly ran towards the prince while clutching their injured bodies.
"That's enough!"
the prince snapped at his men.
"Kind sir, I mean you no harm.
On the contrary, I am in awe of your skills and want to be friends with you," the prince said, as he
smiled cordially at Austin.
"Let me introduce myself, I am Prince Rondo of the spiritual race.
I'd like to invite you to my house where we can talk more. It would be a great honor if you accept my
invitation."
The prince offered as he looked directly at Austin in utter sincerity.
'Hmm. So he is a prince of the spiritual race...'
Austin pondered for a short while.
"All right, then.
Because you invited me so graciously, I accept."
Austin nodded politely.
He was already planning what he would do as soon as he entered the spiritual capital.
'This man is a prince. Therefore, he must know many divine gods of the spiritual race.
Maybe he even has several divine gods at his disposal. They probably live in his residence, too.'
This was the main reason why he had decided to accept the invitation to the prince's home.
"Great! I am glad to hear that. Shall we?
Right this way, please!"
Prince Rondo cheerfully led the way.
'Oh, how lucky! It looks like he's a master.
Maybe when we get there, I'll test his real strength.
If he really has excellent talent, I'll try my best to befriend him. Then, I'll make him my capable
subordinate, ' Prince Rondo thought to himself.
He was already planning how to get on Austin's good side.
"Make way! Open a path for Prince Rondo!"
Prince Rondo's subordinates led the way and cleared a path for the prince. Upon hearing this, all the
spectators immediately moved to the sides.
'I see. It seems like this prince has great power over his subjects...'
Austin observed as he followed Prince Rondo.
"He's a prince of the spiritual race! Is it really alright for us to go to his residence?"
Princess Esther whispered nervously to Austin.
"It's going to be fine. Just trust me, okay?"
Austin immediately comforted her.
When they entered the city, Austin and Prince Rondo were now walking side by side. Princes Esther
walked closely behind Austin.
All throughout the way, Prince Rondo was nice and courteous towards Austin.
From time to time, Austin would allow the spiritual tree and the spiritual dragon to release some
authentic aura of the spiritual race.
Hence, Prince Rondo was thoroughly convinced that he was a master of the spiritual race. He didn't
question Austin's true identity one bit.
At the same time, Austin released his spiritual sense in order to scan the city.
"Sir, you're amazing!" Prince Rondo looked at Austin in sheer admiration when he noticed the spiritual
sense he released.
Hugely impressed by Austin's power, the prince certainly thought better of him.
As soon as they entered the city, Austin caught sight of more members of the spiritual race.
There were lots of grey spiritual souls strolling on the streets.
Aside from that, he also saw many creatures from other races that lived in the spiritual capital.
Apparently, they were the spiritual race members' slaves. Each spiritual race member had a lot of
slaves.
Soon enough, they arrived at Prince Rondo's mansion.
As expected, the building looked grand and magnificent. It reflected the prince's status.
'It seems like the aesthetic structure of their buildings is quite similar to that of humans, ' Austin thought
to himself while he observed the prince's residence quietly.
"Prepare a banquet right this moment! I am going to treat my guest. Bring out all the finest provisions
we have!"
Prince Rondo immediately ordered his servant after he led Austin and Princess Esther into the great
hall.
Soon after, a grand banquet was laid out in front of them.
To Austin's surprise, the food they served was heads of living beings from other races.
He watched as the servants brought plates with fresh heads on them and placed them gently on the
table.
What shocked him even more was that these heads still had their consciousness.
The spiritual souls were intact within the heads.
Austin had a hunch as to how this was possible. He thought that perhaps those victims' consciousness,
spiritual soul, and vital energy were sealed within their heads through some secret technique before
they were beheaded.
"Please sir, have mercy! Don't eat me! I don't want to die!"
The bloodied heads on the plates began to beg for their lives.
"This is utterly revolting! How can they serve something like this?"
Sitting next to Austin, Princess Esther looked extremely disgusted and nauseated as she glanced at
the heads served in front of her.
Naturally, Austin was also uncomfortable with such scene. He just ignored the heads and looked at
Prince Rondo.
Aside from the platters of heads, a dozen jugs of wine were also served.
"See here, sir! This wine is brewed using top-grade spiritual fruits and thousands of precious natural
resources that contain pure spiritual soul energy. I assure you, this tastes good!"
Prince Rondo poured Austin a glass of wine and urged him to try it.
Austin courteously took the wine and used his spiritual sense to scan it first.
"You're right. This is really a good wine," he commented as his eyebrows raised in surprise.
The wine contained an abundant amount of spiritual soul energy. Therefore, it was good to spiritual
souls.
Austin was not interested in the heads on the plates at all. However, he loved the wine. He drank it all
in one gulp.
All of a sudden, he felt that the wine had turned into spiritual soul energy inside his stomach. It entered
his Soul Sea and was quickly absorbed by his spiritual soul.
Aside from that, this wine really tasted good. It instantly made him feel comfortable and relaxed.
"Incredible! This is a really great wine!"
Austin remarked as he turned towards Prince Rondo.
"Ha-ha! It seems like you like the wine as well.
Finally! I'm glad I met someone who has the same taste for wine as I do. Come now! Let's drink to our
hearts' content today!"
Prince Rondo was obviously elated.
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