"Whew!"
As Li Xian rode away in a streak of light, the entire auction hall of the Immortal Grade Tower seemed to come "alive."
Relieved exhalations sounded throughout the hall.
"Whoosh!"
Downstairs, Guan Canghai immediately transformed into starlight and slipped silently away in the opposite direction from Li Xian.
No matter how one looked at it, his departure seemed rather bedraggled.
He was not the only one. Song Xuanyan also left swiftly, not daring to linger at all.
"Senior brother, wait for me."
The girl beside him called out hesitantly, then quickly followed him away.
Meanwhile, after Li Xian left, Tantai Yue, who had been unconscious all this time, seemed to have finally regained her wandering soul and abruptly woke up.
"Li Xian!"
She shouted furiously, her eyes filled with anger and resentment.
She had advanced to Golden Core, brimming with confidence, ready to astound the world and make her name resound throughout the Eastern Continent, only to...
Her very first battle had ended like this. As one of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty's Four Fairies, she had actually been seized by the leg and repeatedly smashed against the ground by Li Xian. Such disgrace...
The humiliation burned her pride like fire, making her gnash her teeth, nearly driving her mad.
"This isn't over... Don't let me run into you again..."
She spat out threats.
But before she could finish, Wei Lie shot her a sharp look. "Tantai Yue, you refuse to accept it?"
He said coldly, "My junior brother Li... our sect's True Inheritor Li hasn't gone far. Shall I call him back for you? This time, neither of you should hold back. Fight to the death?"
"!!?"
Tantai Yue's pupils contracted.
Call Li Xian back and fight him to the death at full strength?
Two Golden Core cultivators,