There Were Such Shameless People in This World

A blue ring of light roughly one meter in radius suddenly appeared.

Blue starlight drifted above the ring, like a river of stars.

Pink petals fluttered down.

What followed was a terrifying force. Even the space here seemed to have been distorted.

"What is this?"

Demon Subduing Douluo and Poison Douluo were both stunned, staring indifferently at the ring that had suddenly appeared before them.

"What a rare sight..."

"I have roamed the Douluo Continent for over a hundred years, yet I have never seen such a strange formation."

The two present were both renowned figures of the Douluo Continent, existences standing at the very peak of the pyramid. Naturally, their insight was extraordinary.

Feeling the force that had arrived with it, their hearts were filled with shock.

Just then, the blue ring gradually darkened, and two figures suddenly appeared.

"Phew."

"It's my first time using teleportation. My head is still a little dizzy, kind of like motion sickness before I transmigrated."

"Huh, why is Demon Subduing Douluo here too?"

"And the area around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes is a complete mess..."

On the other side, Poison Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo stared wide-eyed at the two people before them in disbelief.

"Gasp—"

"Isn't that Daji, the auctioneer of the Myriad Realms Auction Pavilion, and Pavilion Master Su Mu?"

"That made sense." Recalling the blue ring that had suddenly appeared earlier, as well as the pair's unique entrance,

Demon Subduing Douluo was relieved.

That explained everything.

Such miraculous methods could only make sense if they came from the Myriad Realms Auction Pavilion.

However...

Demon Subduing Douluo's expression turned ugly, his brows knitting together. If he killed Poison Douluo and his granddaughter, he could search the Soul Tool for Spirit Medicine.

Everything had originally been going smoothly, but now an unexpected change had occurred.

Poison Douluo, on the other hand, was like a drowning man clutching at a lifeline. Demon Subduing Douluo's strength was far beyond his own.

He was no match for him. He could not even escape.

He had already lost all will to live and had prepared to self-destruct.

He had hoped that one final counterattack before death could bring his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, a sliver of hope.

Now that Su Mu and Daji had appeared, perhaps he had gained a chance at survival.

"Robbery and murder!"

Looking at the heavily injured Dugu Bo, Su Mu quickly understood that Dugu Bo, who possessed countless Spirit Medicines, had been targeted.

He glanced at Demon Subduing Douluo.

"This guy must have set his sights on Dugu Bo at the auction!"

After all, among Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo was weak, yet he was also absurdly wealthy.

Wasn't that simply inviting trouble?

"Gasp—"

After Su Mu gave him a glance, Demon Subduing Douluo felt as though he were sitting on pins and needles. He sucked in a breath, and every hair on his body stood on end.

The impression Pavilion Master Su Mu's methods had left in his mind was simply too terrifying.

Even the level 98 Golden Crocodile Douluo had been utterly unable to resist.

One look was enough. This was someone I could not afford to provoke.

"Greetings, Pavilion Master Su Mu and Auctioneer Daji." Demon Subduing Douluo had lived for more than a hundred years and experienced all manner of things. He had long become a shrewd old fox. He hurriedly put away his Coiling Dragon Staff, plastered on a smile, and greeted them warmly.

Demon Subduing Douluo's narrow eyes constantly revealed a cunning gleam.

His brows lifted slightly as he secretly raised his eyes to assess them, then hurriedly lowered his head again.

Su Mu said nothing, yet Demon Subduing Douluo felt unbearable torment in his heart.

Only a few seconds had passed, yet they felt like years to him, longer than the months he had spent sitting in meditation and cultivating.

In those few seconds, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

He even cautiously sensed the Soul Power fluctuations emanating from Su Mu and Daji.

Daji, the sweet-looking auctioneer, was clearly much stronger than when he had seen her at the Auction Pavilion.

It had only been a few days. One had to know that for a Titled Douluo to rise by a single level, it took years, or they might never break through in their entire lifetime.

Just like him. He had been stuck at level 96 for over forty years.

Without an opportunity, he would likely remain this way for the rest of his life.

"What is going on?"

As for Pavilion Master Su Mu, whose image had been engraved in Demon Subduing Douluo's mind like the Grim Reaper,

his Soul Power Level felt, to Demon Subduing Douluo's senses, to be only around that of a Soul Grandmaster.

How was that possible?

"I must be too weak, causing some kind of error in my perception, or perhaps Pavilion Master Su Mu is deliberately showing this."

Demon Subduing Douluo muttered inwardly, Am I an idiot? How could Pavilion Master Su Mu possibly be just a Soul Grandmaster?

"Absolutely impossible."

The plan that had just formed in his mind—to abandon the Spirit Medicines and flee immediately—was also dismissed at once.

With Pavilion Master Su Mu's methods, how could he possibly escape his grasp?

Seeing that Su Mu still had not spoken, Demon Subduing Douluo could not help asking, "May I ask why you two have come? As long as there is anything I can help with, please give your orders, Pavilion Master Su Mu."

"What happened here?" Su Mu asked casually.

"This..."

Demon Subduing Douluo immediately grew nervous. His eyes darted about as he explained, "Reporting to Pavilion Master Su Mu, this place is a medicinal garden specifically used by our Spirit Hall to cultivate Spirit Medicines."

"And I was assigned by Spirit Hall to guard the Spirit Medicines here."

After a pause, Demon Subduing Douluo pointed at Poison Douluo and said angrily, "After returning from the auction, I discovered that Poison Douluo was actually secretly digging up Spirit Hall's Spirit Medicines."

"I caught him red-handed and was just about to escort him back to Spirit Hall to await the Great Enshrined's judgment."

Well, damn.

Su Mu had not expected Demon Subduing Douluo to be such an Oscar-worthy actor.

If he had not thoroughly read Douluo Continent before transmigrating, he might really have been fooled by Demon Subduing Douluo's emotional performance.

"You're lying!"

At that moment, Dugu Yan was filled with rage. There were actually such shameless people in this world.

She hurriedly explained, "Lord Su Mu, my grandfather discovered this medicinal garden. Over the years, he planted many Spirit Medicines here."

"This time, Grandfather wanted to use the Spirit Medicines as stakes for the next auction."

"Unexpectedly, this man found this place, injured Grandfather, and now wants to claim the Spirit Medicines for himself."

"Like grandfather, like granddaughter," Demon Subduing Douluo said. "You truly are cut from the same cloth."

"Clearly, you grandfather and granddaughter are the ones greedy for Spirit Hall's Spirit Medicines, yet now you are turning the accusation around."

"Besides, Spirit Hall is the number one Soul Master force on the Douluo Continent. We have countless Miraculous Elixirs. Why would we steal someone else's Spirit Medicines?"

"What a Spirit Hall." Poison Douluo suppressed the injuries within his body, opened his eyes, and said angrily, "Who does not know that your Spirit Hall harbors Wolfish Ambition and loves bullying others, dominating the market, and committing all kinds of evil?"

"Pavilion Master Su Mu, look at this. Poison Douluo clearly has long held a grudge against Spirit Hall." Demon Subduing Douluo ignored Poison Douluo and instead explained himself to Su Mu.

"Heh—"

Su Mu had truly had his eyes opened today.

Rather than exposing him directly, he asked, "Since you claim this medicinal garden belongs to your Spirit Hall, tell me, what Spirit Medicines are planted here?"