Chapter Five: Purging Heaven and Earth! This Was Actually a Peerless Douluo!
Originally.
The First Elder and Second Elder, who had still been laughing wildly, were now frozen in shock.
With their strength as Soul Martial Emperors above level eighty, they could naturally sense that aura. It was stronger than theirs—undoubtedly that of a Titled Douluo.
In other words, Lin Shu had somehow found the protection of five Titled Douluo without anyone noticing. How was that possible?
Yet even more shocking things were still to come.
After the five Titled Douluo appeared, they actually bowed slightly to Lin Shu and said:
"Your subordinates await your orders, Master!"
Subordinates?
Master?
These five Titled Douluo actually called themselves subordinates? They called Lin Shu their master?
Across the entire continent, Titled Douluo stood at the very pinnacle wherever they went.
Whether in remote borderlands or Yaodu, the capital of the Yaoquan Empire, known as the Human Race's foremost power, they possessed extraordinarily noble status.
Even when beings as exalted as Titled Douluo met the masters of great powers, they could not possibly behave with such humility.
What right did Lin Shu have to be the master of Titled Douluo?
If the auras released by those five had not been utterly genuine, they would certainly have thought this was an act.
Lin Shu looked at the five who had appeared, then pointed in the direction of the First Elder and Second Elder.
"Do you see that group?"
"We do!"
The five Titled Douluo glanced over, then nodded.
"Leave none alive!"
"Yes!"
The next moment.
The five Titled Douluo rose and turned toward the First Elder and Second Elder.
At that moment.
The auras on their bodies were finally revealed in full.
Before Lin Shu, they were servants.
But before these people, they were Titled Douluo standing at the pinnacle.
No... they were not merely Titled Douluo. They were Super Douluo—Peerless Douluo!
For a moment, many Auction House members who had originally stood beside the First Elder and Second Elder immediately cried out one after another:
"Young Master, we were wrong! We were forced!"
"Yes, yes, Young Master, please give us another chance!"
However.
Lin Shu never looked at them again.
Forced? Whether they had been forced or not was obvious at a glance from their behavior.
Lin Shu remembered all too clearly the smiles on those people's faces when they saw the two Titled Douluo beside the First Elder and Second Elder.
Besides, with the First Elder and Second Elder's power, there was no need for them to force anyone.
Those people could not offer those two old fools any benefits anyway.
The five Titled Douluo attacked.
The sounds of slaughter soon rang out.
These people were all upper-echelon members of the Auction House.
Though their strength was not weak, most were Martial Emperors above level seventy, while even the weaker ones were Martial Saints in their sixties.
But such strength was like ants before Titled Douluo.
Not to mention that even the weakest among these five Titled Douluo was a level ninety-seven Super Douluo.
For Titled Douluo at level ninety-five and above, every level marked a new threshold.
Let alone Martial Emperors and Martial Saints in their sixties and seventies—even ordinary Titled Douluo were absolutely suppressed before Super Douluo.
In less than a quarter of an hour.
Everyone standing beside the First Elder and Second Elder had been killed.
The First Elder and Second Elder were temporarily unharmed because they stood beside the two Titled Douluo.
However, that was only because the five Titled Douluo wanted to end things quickly and had first dealt with the other lackeys.
Now that the other lackeys were dead, it was finally their turn.
The two Titled Douluo had wanted to flee the instant the five Titled Douluo appeared beside Lin Shu.
However, although those five Titled Douluo had been hunting the others, they always cut off their escape routes at the first opportunity, leaving them unable to flee.
At this moment, the Titled Douluo beside the First Elder spoke:
"You... are not ordinary Titled Douluo!"
Only then did Lin Shu finally speak.
"Congratulations, you got it right!"
"The weakest among them is level ninety-seven, while the strongest has reached level ninety-nine!"
Level ninety-nine?
The moment those words were spoken.
Everyone still alive in the hall was so shocked that their heads spun.
A level ninety-nine Titled Douluo.
That was a Peerless Douluo.
The word "peerless" alone showed how powerful such a being was.
They were truly terrifying existences capable of standing at the continent's peak and looking down upon everyone on it.
The First Elder, Second Elder, and the two Titled Douluo beside them all stared wide-eyed.
They had thought that, since these five were so powerful, they should be Super Douluo at level ninety-five or above.
They had never expected there to be a Peerless Douluo among them.
Even Langya Hall, one of the continent's three top Tool Soul powers, might not possess such a Peerless Douluo.
In fact, it could be said with certainty that it did not.
Since the founding of the Yaoquan Empire, the Empire had compiled records of Human Race Titled Douluo, including those from top powers.
It was said that Yaodu, the imperial capital, possessed a Title Douluo Ranking listing every Titled Douluo currently active in the Human Race.
In addition, there were the Upper, Middle, and Lower Twenty-One Sects.
Each of the Upper Seven Sects had a Peerless Douluo presiding over it!
The Middle Seven Sects had once possessed Peerless Douluo, who later died with the passage of time.
As for the Lower Seven Sects, none had a Peerless Douluo presiding over them.
Langya Hall belonged to the Lower Seven Sects.
Though it was among the Lower Seven Sects, it still ranked among the Human Race's top twenty sects on the continent.
Now, Lin Shu had five Titled Douluo by his side. Together with that Guardian Elder, he had six Titled Douluo in total.
Among them was even a Peerless Douluo. Though their fame was far inferior to that of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Seven Sects.
In terms of strength, however, they were already enough to rival the Upper Seven Sects; they merely lacked some foundation.
Just like that, the First Elder and Second Elder slowly fell into pools of blood, shock still in their eyes.
Even in death, their eyes did not close. Clearly, they had died with grievances, unable to understand how Lin Shu possessed such terrifying power at his side.
Afterward, the two Titled Douluo were also killed without any suspense.
One of these two Titled Douluo was level ninety-two, while the other was level ninety-three. Their strength was indeed quite good.
But with all five opponents being Super Douluo, they were no different from Soul Martial Emperors.
After settling everything, Lin Shu looked at the surviving people, who were still standing there in a daze.
"You did not choose to stand with the First Elder and Second Elder. Though you did not stand with me either, I will not pursue the matter in consideration of your contributions to the Auction House!"
"But from this day onward, if anything similar happens again and you fail to protect the Auction House to the death, I will never forgive you!"
"Leave!"
With that.
Lin Shu waved his hand and had them leave.
Some of these people might have supported his father in their hearts, while others might have remained neutral.
But regardless, they had not joined the First Elder and Second Elder in their wickedness, so their crimes did not warrant death.
Besides, he could not possibly kill everyone in the Auction House.
Otherwise, it would become nothing but an empty shell.
"Wait~"
Suddenly, Lin Shu seemed to recall something.
"Spread the word for me. The Langya Auction House will hold an auction one week from now!"
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