Hai Bodong was drenched in cold sweat. Though Hun Changqing had spoken so casually, he could already picture countless experts charging toward him from every direction, blotting out the sky.
Every one of them would be capable of destroying heaven and earth with a casual gesture. Fighting over the little map on his person, they would shatter the mountains and rivers of more than half the Northwest Continent, sink its lands into ruin, and extinguish all life.
Hai Bodong no longer wanted to know what secrets this damned map held. It had already made his life miserable enough. He had no desire to throw away the old life he had only just managed to salvage.
Turning his head stiffly, he once again fixed his gaze on the auction below. His hands trembled incessantly beneath the long sleeves of his black robe. Hai Bodong felt that even one more glance at that map fragment would be inviting bad luck.
Medusa, beside Hun Changqing, was equally stunned by his words, her face filled with disbelief. She could not believe that such a tattered-looking map could involve those impossibly distant Dou Zun experts.
Even Dou Sheng, beings akin to gods on the Dou Qi Continent, would join the struggle for it. To her, this was simply too incredible to comprehend.
After a moment, Medusa suppressed the shock in her heart and spoke to Hun Changqing with some concern.
"You beast, if this map really is as precious as you say, you absolutely cannot let anyone else find out. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable! This Hai Bodong is no good either, and he's weak. Why don't we just..."
As Medusa spoke, her worried expression gave way to ruthlessness. A cold gleam of murderous intent flashed in her eyes as she looked at Hai