There was no need to think; he knew exactly what was going on.
These were all cultivators who had come to kill and loot him for spirit crystal resources because of his bidding at the auction earlier.
Damn it! That cursed Su Shi'er acted so ostentatiously at the auction and stirred up these people's greed.
Who would have thought that after the auction ended, he would vanish without a trace, while I became the target of these people instead!
Could that bastard have calculated this from the very beginning? No, how could that be possible? In the final round of bidding, I acted entirely on a whim.
It seems... this situation was most likely brought about by a chain of coincidences! No, perhaps even if I had not bid, that brat would have found some other way to turn everyone's attention onto me?
But whether it was an accident or not, Su Shi'er is truly infuriating and hateful!
Thoughts raced through his mind. Thinking of Su Shi'er's sinister cunning, the Holy Son of Tiandao Palace felt fury surge wildly within him.
At this moment, his hatred for Su Shi'er only deepened.
However, since Su Shi'er was not present, that fury naturally shifted onto the surrounding cultivators who eyed him like tigers watching prey, intending to kill and plunder him.
The moment killing intent stirred in his heart, his aura spread outward, sweeping across the entire area like a storm.
The cultivators who had been staring greedily at the figure before them, each secretly circulating their Cultivation Bodies and preparing to strike—
The instant they sensed the incoming aura, every one of them widened their eyes and froze on the spot.
"What a terrifying aura! Th-this is... an old monster at the Spirit Severing stage?"
"How is that possible? Why would