Chapter 2970 Cultivate Puppet Strings

"Let's find a hideout first. I want to try my hand at the spiritual race's secret skill,"

Austin said as he turned to the others.

"How do you feel now, master?

It took a while for you to snap out of it.

Is everything okay?"

Violet's relief at hearing Austin speak again was quickly replaced by concern.

The others, too, felt relief and concern in equal measure.

It had been terrifying to see Austin completely motionless for such a long time. It had never happened before.

"What happened to the spiritual race member you captured? Did you kill him?

I knew it wouldn't be easy even for the spiritual race to kill you, what with your spiritual tree and all!"

The Heavenly Majestic Pot crowed smugly.

"No, he's still alive. But we don't need to worry about him anymore. Everything's under control.

You'll see later,"

Austin replied.

It wasn't long before Austin and his companions found an isolated place around the town.

Under duress by Austin, the captive spirit soon revealed the spiritual race's secret skill called Puppet Strings.

It was believed that only members of the spiritual race could cultivate it, as it was a skill that required their blood essence to activate.

But the spiritual tree inside Austin turned out to be the holy tree of the race.

Through the tree, it should thus be possible for Austin to cultivate the skill!

Indeed, it only took a few hours for him to get the hang of it.

"The spiritual tree really can help me cultivate the Puppet Strings skill!" Austin pronounced triumphantly.

It took him a few tries, but he was thrilled to find his theory was correct.

"Well, well.

You're quite special, aren't you, human boy?

In the entire existence of our race, no other living creature has ever been able to learn the skill. It has remained our special secret all this time.

Who would've thought you'd be the sole exception? And all because of the spiritual tree! What dumb luck!

You'll go down in history for this.

What a world-changing record!"

Despite himself, the spirit captive had to admire Austin.

Austin only smiled in response. He then turned all his attention on mastering the skill.

Before long, a few more hours had passed by.

"I did it!"

Austin declared in short time. Even he was surprised at his progress.

In his Soul Sea, Austin had controlled

he Heavenly Majestic Pot and the others to follow him.

About half a day later, they reached their first destination.

"Master, there is a small town up ahead. There are a dozen members of our race living there, and each of them is just as strong as me.

It'll be a piece of cake to kill them.

It'll be my pleasure to offer them up to you, since they bullied me more than once before.

I once lived in this small town, you see, and was happy until they came along.

For reasons I never quite understood, however, my very presence offended them. So they joined forces to torment me and drive me away,"

the spiritual race member recalled through gritted teeth.

Austin laughed. "I see. I'll teach them to respect you, then.

How about I help you vent your anger and kill them all?"

Austin offered with a smile.

"Let's draw them out first. We go in with all of you pretending to be my slaves.

When they come out, you can slaughter them all in one go,"

the spirit suggested.

Austin nodded in approval.

As the group went onward, a prosperous-looking town came into view.

It was much larger and much more populated than the one they found their captive in.

As planned, the spiritual race member strutted into the town with Austin, the Heavenly Majestic Pot and the others in tow.

The town's inhabitants looked at them with strange, blank eyes.

Then slowly, they broke into creepy smiles.

The realization hit Austin that these creatures were probably all under the control of these spiritual race members his captive had talked about.