An Unexpected Ending!

"Oh? A fire-attribute martial soul... Huo Yu... Could he be from one of those fire-attribute clans?"

Haiming sensed the fluctuations of soul power above him and fell into thought.

Neither of those soul power fluctuations was weak. They had at least reached the level of Soul Ancestors, and combined with the traits of their martial souls, it was easy to associate them with the attribute clans within the Heaven Dou Empire!

"You!"

Shui Wutian snorted coldly but did not continue bidding. Just as he had said, this Soul Bone was worth around three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins at most. Aside from soul masters who practiced illusion techniques, it did not suit many people, so its value was far lower than that of other Soul Bones.

"I'll let you have it!"

"Hahaha! You sissy, I don't need you to let me have it. If you've got the guts, keep bidding!"

In another private room, Huo Yu kept toying with an apple in his hand. An intensely scorching aura radiated from his body, forcing the attendants beside him to stay far away.

Huo Yu found it immensely satisfying to disgust that sissy!

"The honored guest in private room number nine has bid four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. Is there a higher bid? Four hundred thousand, going once!"

The amplifier in Yaoyao's hand floated before her, while a small wooden gavel appeared in her other hand. Though it struck empty air, it produced the sound of a solid impact!

"Four hundred thousand, going twice!"

"Is there a higher bid? This is a rare head Soul Bone nearing the fifty-thousand-year level! Four hundred thousand, going thr—"

"Four hundred and ten thousand!"

In the hall, a haughty-looking middle-aged man snorted and raised the bidding plaque in his hand, calling out a price that stopped Yaoyao's gavel.

"Oh! Four hundred and ten thousand! This honored guest has bid four hundred and ten thousand. Is there a higher bid?"

Yaoyao looked exceedingly excited. Once this deal went through, she would receive quite a sizable commission!

"Shi Nian from Azure Radiance Academy?"

After examining him carefully, Huo Yu set down his apple, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

He simply did not want that sissy to get the Soul Bone. As for whether anyone else got it, he did not care.

"Four hundred and ten thousand, going once!"

"Four hundred and ten thousand, going twice!"

"Four hundred and ten thousand, sold!!!"

Yaoyao struck the air with her gavel. Her tone was excited, though it carried a trace of regret. What a pity it had not sold for more.

"This Soul Bone now belongs to you, honored guest."

Before Shi Nian below the stage could even grow excited, Yaoyao smiled faintly, and the Soul Bone beside her was sent toward him.

Shi Nian swept his gaze around. Everyone's eyes were filled with greed.

No one could act inside the auction hall, but once they left it...

Perhaps their luck would explode, and they would obtain a Soul Bone worth four hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!

What a bunch of idiots!

Both Huo Yu and Shui Wutian sneered in their private rooms. Who was Shi Nian?

He was a notoriously brutal Soul Saint. How could anyone possibly rob something from a Soul Saint without bringing several Soul Saints to back them up?

The soul masters below the stage were at most Soul Kings. Shi Nian's appearance alone had already surprised Huo Yu. Several more Soul Saints?

Impossible.

"How boring. They're all such schemers. Just fight already!"

Haiming did not recognize the haughty-looking middle-aged man, but that did not stop him from feeling annoyed that he would not get to watch a good show.

The Soul Bone auction had ended, and many people rose and left the auction house. After all, they had no interest in the items that followed.

Huo Yu and Shui Wutian also left their private rooms. After watching another two auction items, Haiming found the gap in quality too great and lost interest as well.

As he stepped out of the auction house, an evening breeze carrying a hint of sea air brushed through Haiming's long hair, making him sigh involuntarily.

"I wasn't even planning to steal your Soul Bone, yet you targeted me? Setting up an illusion of this level—were you planning to kill everyone in the auction house?"

Before Haiming, the haughty-looking middle-aged man emerged with an ugly expression.

"Why? Why does my martial soul have no effect on you?!"

Shi Nian's voice sounded distant, but Haiming knew that the person standing before him was the real one.

The moment he left the auction house, Shi Nian had used his martial soul to set up a strange illusion. This illusion, which forced people to see what they feared most in their hearts, had helped him kill countless people. Yet this time, it had failed against Haiming!

"Why... Maybe I don't have anything to fear?" Haiming pondered seriously for a moment before seemingly giving Shi Nian a serious answer.

In truth, Haiming's spiritual power could already extend beyond his body, making it effortless for him to shatter the illusion created by Shi Nian's martial soul. Besides, during Tidal Body Tempering, he had endured Mental Shock an unknown number of times. What was there left to fear?

"Impossible! No one can overcome an illusion of their deepest fears!"

Shi Nian's expression turned extremely ugly. Seven perfectly matched Soul Rings rose beneath his feet, with the seventh Soul Ring shining especially brightly!

"To be honest, if you had just run, I wouldn't have been interested in dealing with you. But since you came to provoke me... I'm not that easy to talk to!"

If he could fight, he would not waste words. That was Haiming's creed in life!

Voidwalking!

An invisible ripple twisted through the air. In the instant Haiming turned, he appeared before Shi Nian, with barely half a meter separating them!

Damn!

Shi Nian's heart jolted. Without hesitation, he sprang backward. Though he found it strange that the youth before him could ignore his soul skill, it did nothing to lessen Shi Nian's caution!

Poison Dragon Strangulation!

Haiming extended his hand, and several twisting venomous pythons rapidly coiled around Shi Nian. Violent force combined with terrifying venom instantly swallowed him.

With Haiming's current strength, Poison Dragon Strangulation could even trap a level-sixty assault-type Soul Emperor to death. Ordinary Soul Saints could also be restrained for a while.

Not to mention Shi Nian, whose Remnant Dream martial soul was better suited for support than attack. He could not break free from the venomous pythons' constriction anytime soon!

"No!"

Listening to Shi Nian's roar from within the sealed poisonous dragons, Haiming shook his head helplessly. He was not the kind of man to show mercy.

Besides, Shi Nian was an old man, not a beautiful young girl!

His martial soul and Soul Rings were not suitable for displaying in public, so Haiming had only one choice!

"Giant Shark, Assault!"

Haiming's left leg struck the ground, sending a streak of blue energy shooting out. It locked onto Shi Nian within Poison Dragon Strangulation. Then an energy Sawtooth Shark burst from the ground and tore Shi Nian's body to pieces!

He was not a beast martial soul master, so a soul master's physique was not that terrifying, especially not that of a soul master who specialized in spiritual power.

"When your seventh soul skill was broken by me, you should have thought about running. Your Martial Soul True Body was destroyed, and you still endured the backlash of all your attributes dropping by fifty percent just to fight me. What did you think you could use against me?"

Haiming walked over to Shi Nian's corpse and sighed again.

People had to know their own limits.

Only those who understood the times were true heroes!

And those who did not?

They could only become ghost heroes!