To be honest, Zhou You and his companion had not noticed any of this.
Before that man stepped onto the stage, they had already packed their things and were ready to leave.
Thus, only when the host shouted did the two finally turn their heads.
And they happened to witness the entire process of the woman's body swelling and bursting!
An immense tide of yin energy swept through the room. Caught off guard, Zhou You barely managed to form a protective space with Blood Fiend before asking the Eight-Treasure Arhat beside him.
"Monk, is this what you meant by 'a little extra yin energy is perfectly normal'?"
The Eight-Treasure Arhat was stunned as well, but he immediately gritted his teeth and slammed a Buddhist seal into the ground before shouting.
"I meant under normal circumstances, but this obviously isn't nor... wait, have those bastards hunting you caught up again?"
Zhou You's thoughts had instinctively gone in the same direction—he had offended plenty of people along the way, not to mention harboring a fugitive wanted by the Thirty-Six Sects. With that many grudges piled up, even the Immortal Palace's strict orders would not make a surprise attack particularly strange.
But he soon realized something was wrong.
This time... for once, it really did not seem to be aimed at him?
The surging yin energy filled the entire auction hall in an instant. Many buyers dissolved into bloody liquid without so much as a whimper, yet... no matter how he looked at it, this thing was not coming for him.
Its targets were also quite clear. They were...
Behind him?
"Young master!!!"
A piercing cry rang out. Then a deep red flash blazed, forcibly burning away a large swath of the pervasive yin energy!
Looking over again, he saw the bodyguard encased