The Culprits Revealed! Five Super Titled Douluo Appear!

The Culprits Revealed! Five Titled Douluo Appear!

They knew.

Ever since the Old Auction Master died, Lin Shu, as the Old Auction Master's descendant, had always been at odds with the First Elder and Second Elder.

And Lin Shu was young, after all. In their clashes, he had always been at a disadvantage.

Everyone in the hall understood that although the Old Auction Master had left Lin Shu with considerable resources, enough to suppress certain people, and even a Guardian Elder who stood firmly by Lin Shu's side—

The First Elder and Second Elder were no ordinary high-ranking figures.

Let alone Lin Shu, even when the Old Auction Master had still been alive, though he could suppress the First Elder and Second Elder, he would not have spoken to them in such a manner.

Everyone knew that behind the First Elder and Second Elder stood two Titled Douluo.

With two such powerhouses backing them, the First Elder and Second Elder had every reason to be fearless even before the Old Auction Master.

Lin Shu was certainly no match for the Old Auction Master.

Where had he found the nerve to say such things?

This was equivalent to tearing off all pretense and revealing the dagger at last!

Sure enough.

After a brief silence, the expressions of the First Elder and Second Elder became sharp and sinister.

"Lin Shu, you are quite stubborn. Unfortunately, stubbornness is useless in this world. Strength is what matters!"

"It seems your father's death still failed to make you understand the cruelty of this world!"

The First Elder and Second Elder took turns berating Lin Shu, their spit flying everywhere. By the look of it, they seemed ready to drown him in saliva.

"Lin Shu, don't say we're looking down on you. If this Auction House were truly handed over to you, would you even dare take it?"

"Exactly. You only have one mere Titled Douluo by your side. Use your brain—how could you possibly establish yourself in the Land of Barbarian Martial Hundred Cities?"

"If you know what's good for you, hand over the inheritance rights obediently. The two of us might even let you live as a wealthy idler. Otherwise, crushing you would be no harder than crushing an ant!"

Lin Shu remained calm as he watched them. After they had said nearly enough, he finally spoke lightly.

"Is that so? If I were to have Uncle Ye kill you now, do you think you two Soul Martial Emperors in your eighties would be any different from the ants you speak of?"

The moment those words fell, the First Elder and Second Elder, who had been speaking so grandly moments before, stiffened.

They were not afraid of Lin Shu because two Titled Douluo stood behind them.

In a normal competition, Lin Shu could never defeat them.

But if Lin Shu simply flipped the table and chose mutual destruction, that was enough to make them wary.

Although they had already sent word to the two Titled Douluo before coming here—

It would still take time for them to arrive.

If this hotheaded brat Lin Shu disregarded all consequences and killed them, they really would be afraid.

Who knew whether Lin Shu might lash out in desperation and drag them down with him?

For a time, the First Elder and Second Elder no longer provoked Lin Shu, and their tones were no longer so harsh.

They forced stiff smiles onto their faces.

"Nephew Lin, of course we believe that we would be unable to withstand even one move from Guardian Elder Lin Ye!"

"Yes. As a Titled Douluo, Guardian Elder Lin Ye's strength is beyond question. But once we die, those two Titled Douluo will leave immediately. With only one Titled Douluo, do you think you can support such a vast Auction House?"

"Exactly. There is also an auction house beneath the Stone Gate, affiliated with the Juntian Sect. Their main business may not be auctions, but their auction house still has three Titled Douluo stationed there. The Stone Gate itself comes directly from the Juntian Sect. Once the two Titled Douluo leave, the auction house under the Stone Gate will absolutely seize the chance to annex the Langya Auction House!"

Naturally, Lin Shu understood that this was merely a delaying tactic from the two of them.

He knew their true faces all too well.

However, Lin Shu could not be bothered to expose them. His goal, in any case, was to wipe them all out in one go.

If he killed the two of them directly, and those two Titled Douluo heard the news and fled midway, then although the two Titled Douluo hiding in the shadows would pose no threat to him under the protection of the Titled Douluo Guard Company, they would be a massive threat to the Auction House personnel and its branch houses.

Those two Titled Douluo had always been in league with the First Elder and Second Elder, so naturally, they could not be spared.

The two elders were buying time while waiting for the Titled Douluo to arrive. Was Lin Shu not also waiting for those two Titled Douluo to come?

Thus, the atmosphere in the hall became somewhat stifling and grave.

Some of the older Auction House members who still supported Lin Shu inwardly kept shaking their heads, seemingly disappointed by how Lin Shu was handling things.

They had thought that Lin Shu, having gathered everyone and confronted the First Elder and Second Elder so directly, would have some trump card.

They had not expected him to be relying solely on Guardian Elder Lin Ye.

Even so, if Lin Shu truly did as he said and killed the First Elder and Second Elder directly, it was not impossible.

Once they were dead, they would merely be two dead men. Those two Titled Douluo might not truly disregard everything and cause havoc in the Auction House over two corpses.

After all, besides Guardian Elder Lin Ye, Lin Shu still had the resources left behind by the Old Auction Master, enough to resist for a while.

The two Titled Douluo would not wage a prolonged battle within the Auction House. If they failed to break through after a long assault, they would eventually retreat.

Though this method was not ideal, it would at least demonstrate Lin Shu's decisiveness. But to be casually deceived and intimidated by a few words from the First Elder and Second Elder, allowing them to stall for time, was absolutely the worst possible choice.

By then, once the two Titled Douluo arrived and the First Elder and Second Elder were still alive, they would definitely fight to the bitter end.

Once it came to that, Lin Shu would have no advantage at all.

Although they supported Lin Shu somewhat in their hearts, they did not dare gamble with their lives now.

After all, no matter how they looked at it, Lin Shu was not someone worth risking their lives to bet on.

"Could it be that this vast Auction House is truly about to change hands?"

Some of the older members who had fought alongside the Old Auction Master felt deeply bitter.

However, those who had joined later, as well as those who stood unwaveringly with the First Elder and Second Elder, were overjoyed.

They thought to themselves that Lin Shu truly was young, just an inexperienced brat. His ability to handle matters was far too crude.

Finally.

A quarter of an hour later, two figures slowly entered the hall.

Upon seeing the two figures appear, the First Elder and Second Elder immediately rose to greet them. Many of those aligned with the First Elder and Second Elder did the same.

The attitudes of the First Elder and Second Elder changed once more.

"Lin Shu, you really are still too immature!"

"When we heard that you wanted Lin Ye to kill us, we were worried for a moment. But now... you have already lost your chance!"

However.

To their surprise, Lin Shu's face instead bloomed with a smile as his gaze swept across the hall.

"It seems you have made your choice?"

The First Elder and Second Elder sneered.

"Lin Shu, at this point, do you still think you have any ability to turn things around?"

"To tell you the truth, when the Old Auction Master went to the Empire, I was the one who informed Langya Hall. They promised to make me Guild Master, and from then on, we would only need to offer seventy percent in tribute!"

"Also, I don't know why you were so lucky. With such a severe poison, you somehow still didn't die!"

"Angry?"

"Unfortunately, you no longer have any chance!"

Lin Shu had originally intended to kill these people first, then slowly search for clues and investigate the truth.

He had not expected such an unexpected gain.

Sure enough, just as he had suspected, there was a traitor within the Auction House.

And that traitor, as he had expected, was the First Elder and Second Elder before him.

After all, those who knew of this matter were all extremely core members of the upper ranks.

Only the ten elders and four Guardian Elders knew.

Other than Guardian Elder Lin Ye and the Guardian Elder who had been ambushed and killed alongside his father, everyone else was under suspicion.

But Lin Shu could only speculate; he could not be completely certain.

After all, it was not impossible that some other elder who had kept a low profile was stirring up conflict from behind the scenes, hoping to profit from their struggle.

Now that these two had admitted it directly, his other suspicions could be dismissed.

Lin Shu smiled.

"Thank you, Elders, for telling me such valuable information before your deaths!"

"As repayment, you may choose a slightly less painful way to die!"

The moment those words were spoken, the First Elder and Second Elder immediately burst into laughter.

They believed that Lin Shu had either lost his mind or that, though he had survived the poison, it had damaged his brain.

However.

Just as the two of them laughed without restraint—

Lin Shu softly said, "Come out!"

As Lin Shu's voice fell, five figures revealed themselves and stood beside him.

A surging aura instantly swept through the entire hall!

In an instant, the hall fell silent once again...