The divine god of the spiritual race that Austin had subdued was the governor of the city, and had a
large number of slaves.
Now that he was Austin's slave, all his slaves had become Austin's slaves as well.
Austin summoned all of them to him, in the governor's residence.
As soon as the numerous creatures arrived, they all bowed to him.
"Greetings, master!" they said in unison with the utmost respect.
Some of these creatures were from the spiritual race while the rest of them were from other races.
Either way, a divine god wouldn't have bothered to conquer them unless they were very powerful.
Without any delay, Austin performed the technique of the Puppet Strings that he had learned most
recently, and found that he could absorb and channel the spiritual soul energy of all these slaves
without any issues.
Now that he was assured of his power, he decided to move on to his next task. "Wait for my
instruction," he ordered all of them.
Then, with a final nod at the governor of the spiritual race, he vanished into thin air.
"Take care, master!"
the governor and his slaves said in unison.
A moment later, Austin appeared in front of another divine god of the spiritual race.
Thanks to Prince Rondo and Elder Payne, he now knew a lot about the Spirit Cosmos, including the
location of the divine gods.
His plan was to track them down one by one and control as many of them as he could.
The key point was that every divine god of the spiritual race had numerous slaves, who would in turn
become Austin's slaves.
This way, he could amass a lot of slaves in a short time and expand the amount of spiritual soul energy
that he would have at his disposal.
With that much power, he would be able to handle any sort of problem that came his way.
He decided to take this opportunity to control the Spirit Cosmos.
With his astonishing speed and terrifying strength, he traveled around the Spirit Cosmos without a
hitch. In no time, he had subdued more than ten divine gods of the spiritual race.
Of course, most of them were ordinary divine gods.
In fact, the spiritual race was actually not that strong. They only had a few genuine divine gods.
As Austin was traveling to another place, he received a message from Prince Rondo through spiritual
sense.
"Master, we can set off now.
The competition in the Spiritual Mountain has begun."
"Got it," Austin replied.
Then, he communicated this information to the divine gods of the spiritual race that he controlled. In the
blink of an eye, they all appeared in front of him.
Prince Rondo also had over ten divine gods of the spiritual race under his command.
It was no surprise to anyone that such an ambitious prince would have so many masters following him.
"Let's go to the Spiritual Mountain,"
Austin said to Prince Rondo after he summoned him.
"Let's go!" Prince Rondo echoed to everyone around him.
As soon as he gave the order, they all headed towards the Spiritual Mountain as a group.
The Spirit Cosmos was a staggeringly vast universe, filled with countless stars and worlds.
Needless to say, there were many methods one could use to travel across this universe. This time, they
all traveled on the back of a majestic roc with golden wings.
This golden-winged roc was a slave of one of the divine gods who now took orders from Austin.
Two hours later, they arrived at the Spiritual Mountain.
The Spiritual Mountain was the most famous mountain in the Spirit Cosmos, due to its size and
magnificent appearance.
On top of that, it was also one of the sacred places of the spiritual race.
Looking from afar, Austin could see that the mountain was enormous, steep, and obsidian-colored,
almost giving the impression that there was a black monster lying there.
The whole mountain was bathed in surging spiritual soul energy, which was a spectacular sight to
behold.
As they neared the foot of the mountain, Austin saw a large number of members of the spiritual race
posted there to control the crowd.
These creatures were in their true forms, so it looked like there were grey clouds of spiritual soul
floating around the mountain.
What was more, there were a considerable number of creatures from other races patrolling around the
Spiritual Mountain in the sky as well.
"Master, we're here. Let's go inside,"
Prince Rondo said to Austin.
"Okay." Austin jerked his head forward, motioning for Prince Rondo to take the lead.
Getting the point immediately, Prince Rondo stepped forward and made his way towards the Spiritual
Mountain, followed by the rest of the squad.
"Stop right there!"
They had barely taken a few steps when several masters of the spiritual race and a large number of
other terrifying creatures rushed over and blocked their way.
"Prince Kerwin has given the order to examine and verify everyone who enters the mountain,"
one of the divine gods who was guarding the Spiritual Mountain announced with a stern expression.
Elder Payne immediately went over to him, fuming.
"How dare you? Open your eyes wide and see who you are talking to. This is Prince Rondo.
How dare you get in the way of our prince? Do you want to die?"
he snapped at the divine god while pointing at him.
Prince Rondo, too, was so angry that he scoffed and said, "Prince Kerwin is such a diva!
The members of our race have always been allowed to freely enter the Spiritual Mountain.
Since when did we need his permission?
He hasn't even become the chief yet, but he's already trying to take over and abuse his power." He
shook his head as if in disapproval.
He had barely finished his sentence when many divine gods who stood behind Austin flared up as well.
"Get lost, you bastards! Our master wants to enter the mountain. If you displease him, we will kill you
all right this instance!" one of them said.
"Cut the crap. Since you dare to get in the way of our master, we'll finish you off," yelled another.
Austin just watched the scene unfold with a sneer.
'In the spiritual race, only the law of the jungle matters. It's normal for the strong to take out the weak.
It's not surprising at all, ' he thought to himself, quietly studying everyone's reactions.
"Come on!"
Feeling emboldened by Austin's silence, his slaves dashed forward and eliminated the guards that
blocked their way.
"Humph! My master is here in person. All of you, get out of the way. Otherwise, we will execute you
without mercy!"
Elder Payne shouted as he cleared the path, leading the way.
The master he and the other divine gods were referring to was, of course, Austin.
However, the other members of the spiritual race just assumed that they were talking about Prince
Rondo.
Just then, a cold voice came from the Spiritual Mountain. "Rondo, how dare you lay a hand on my
people? When I become the chief, the first thing I will do is to execute you."
The booming voice shook the whole space.
"Well, then it's lucky that you'll never become the chief.
That position is for me,"
Prince Rondo retorted with a defiant snort.
Then, he glanced at Austin and whispered, "Master, let's go inside."
Their team entered the Spiritual Mountain with their chests puffed out, feeling confident after having
defeated so many members of the spiritual race like they were nothing.
"Humph! You give yourself too much credit. It's impossible for you to be the chief!"
In the distance, a golden spiritual soul stood with his hands behind his back. The tremendous spiritual
soul energy that gushed out of him rose in the air like smoke and formed the images of the ancestors of
the spiritual race.
This golden spiritual soul was none other than Prince Kerwin.
Behind him stood a myriad of masters of the spiritual race.
Austin examined Prince Kerwin's subordinates and dimly noted that they outnumbered Prince Rondo's.
All of a sudden, a brawny middle-aged man joined the party with a horde of people.
He let out a hearty laugh and said, "Am I invisible to all of you? If you want to be the chief, you will
need to defeat me first."
"Master, he is Prince Daum,"
Prince Rondo whispered to Austin.
"I see."
Austin turned to look at Prince Daum, who towered over everyone else and had big, menacing
muscles.
Needless to say, this was not his true form, but just the body of a strong cultivator from the human race
that he had possessed.
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