Jing Hongchen was keenly aware of his current predicament.
He had brought along almost every Level 9 Soul Engineer from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy because he had anticipated this situation.
After all, what he had won at auction was not a treasure, but a bomb.
Auction Area One of the Starlight Auction House was neither particularly small nor particularly large. With so many powerful figures gathered there, the slightest sweep of mental power would reveal countless formidable auras all around.
Jing Hongchen knew these people were not sheep, but jackals.
Whoever won this supreme treasure would inevitably become the target of a mass attack. But the first to strike held the advantage. The instant he received the Snow Empress Embryo, he decisively left with the academy's Level 9 Soul Engineers, and no one dared stop him.
After all, Jing Hongchen's bearing made it plain that he would kill any man or Buddha who stood in his way.
Neither the Starlight Auction House staff nor the troops stationed outside dared provoke him. Besides, they had no legitimate reason to stop him, since he had won the Snow Empress Embryo through entirely proper means.
The moment Jing Hongchen left, Du Busi in Room Fifteen swiftly led the members of the Body Sect after him.
The Heavenly Dragon Sect's contingent followed as well, along with several factions hoping to watch the spectacle.
Urged on by everyone in her Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, Huo Xingling in Room Forty-Nine also opened the door and prepared to leave.
However, three powerful Titled Douluos blocked her path. Huo Xingling's expression darkened with displeasure, and she asked coldly:
"Gentlemen, what is the meaning of this?"
Although she was weaker, her bearing did not pale in the slightest before these three Titled Douluos. One of them,