The divine senses of everyone hidden in secret immediately swept toward the private room where the transaction was taking place, only to discover a restriction within it that made it impossible to probe inside.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Sensing that something was wrong, the elders of the Mandate Temple and the Heaven's Will Merchant Association all appeared outside the private room almost instantly.
"Not good! We've been played!"
"Where do you think you're going!"
Qin Guan, who had just descended the stairs, was suddenly surrounded by more than twenty old men with powerful auras.
"You've got some nerve, killing and robbing people in my Heaven's Will Merchant Association!"
As soon as an elder of the Heaven's Will Merchant Association finished speaking, a defensive grand formation enveloped the entire Merchant Association. "Tonight, even if you grow wings, you won't escape death!"
The originally bustling Merchant Association hall fell silent as everyone watched dozens of powerful elders surround a black-robed man in shock.
"Who said I was running?"
Beneath the black robe, Qin Guan's lips curled into a wicked smile. He raised two fingers in a sword finger and slashed fiercely to one side.
Ssh—!
"E ah..."
More than a dozen Limitless Realm and Dao Origin Realm elders blocking the way did not even have time to activate their protective Spiritual Power before they were cut in half by the sword qi.
Blood spurted, broken bodies hit the ground, and all of them died in an instant.
The entire venue fell deathly silent!
The surrounding cultivators and Merchant Association disciples' pupils contracted sharply, their scalps going numb with fright. What terrifying strength!
Before anyone could recover their senses, Qin Guan's body suddenly blurred and vanished from where he stood.
A pitch-black afterimage flashed at extreme speed, like a ghost weaving through the layered