At that moment, several of his bodyguards stepped forward to shield him and summoned their Pokémon. Though they were all fairly common species, almost all of them had reached Gym Leader Class.
With an Elite Four member on Xiao Ran's side, they dared not take any chances and brought out their strongest Pokémon.
"What? You want to fight?" Yun Mengqiu asked coldly. She had not even summoned a Pokémon, yet the pressure she exerted was no weaker than that of an Elite Four Class Pokémon.
Not only that, but the sword and shield in Xiao Ran's hands also began to glow. Clearly, he intended to take action himself.
Everyone at the auction had just witnessed the power of those two weapons, so naturally, no one dared to make a reckless move.
"Gentlemen, this is the Venus. We're all aboard the same ship, so why not both take a step back rather than resort to violence? After all, none of us would benefit if the ship went down, would we?"
Seeing the confrontation, Chris, who had just taken a drink of water and was about to rest, came over to smooth things over.
"Miss Chris is right. It's just that some people think they're so important they can't behave themselves!" Xiao Ran said mockingly.
"Who are you saying can't behave themselves?" Bruce demanded loudly. Being abruptly lifted into the air by Gardevoir had given him quite a fright. Fortunately, his bodyguards had rescued him, but he was still seething.
"Who do you think? Can't you even understand plain speech anymore?" Xiao Ran sneered. The nuances of the Chinese language ran far deeper than those of English.
"You—" Bruce was furious, but then something occurred to him, and he turned to Chris beside him.
"Miss Chris, I remember there's an Arena aboard