One punch
"Look, everyone! Something seems to be happening over at the auction house!"
"What terrifying fluctuations of power! Could it be a supreme expert at the Golden Core Stage?"
"Impossible! I've never seen a Golden Core expert in my life!"
"Exactly, and the auction hasn't even started yet!"
The commotion at the center of the auction house instantly sparked a flurry of discussion.
Many cultivators surged toward the auction house.
They could sense that today's spectacle would probably begin ahead of schedule!
At that moment, Lin Yu and Ling Shanhai both stood suspended in midair.
The hostile-looking old men surrounded them, seemingly ready to strike at any moment!
"Yan Li, Yan Jin. To think that after disappearing without a trace for so long, you two have actually broken through to Nascent Soul too!"
Ling Shanhai's expression was grim. It seemed he had some past grievances with these two old fellows.
"Yan Li, Yan Jin? The Blazing Flame Sect's second and third elders?"
One onlooker cried out, seemingly deeply shaken by those two names!
"That's right, it really is them! Back then, the two of them joined forces and fought off a supreme expert at the Nascent Soul level!"
"At the time, they were only at peak Golden Core!"
Someone clicked his tongue in wonder. "Who would have thought that after so long out of sight, they'd have broken through to Nascent Soul too!"
"The man beside them must be the Blazing Flame Sect's grand elder, Yan Qingtian! A supreme expert at the Nascent Soul fifth tier!"
"That's right. I'm afraid the Ling Household of Sea Heart City is in serious trouble today."
Someone gave a strange laugh. Who would have thought that several Nascent Soul experts would clash before the auction even began!
"Ling Shanhai, since you know we've broken through to Nascent Soul too, be good and hand it over."
A wicked smile appeared on Yan Jin's face, and he licked his lips.
"Otherwise, our Blazing Flame Sect wouldn't mind taking over your Sea Heart Auction House..."
"Heh, Old Ling, blame yourselves for being too conspicuous. Did you really think you could swallow a seventh-tier pill?"
Yan Li chimed in. Their Blazing Flame Sect was determined to obtain this pill today!
"Enough. Stop wasting words on him. Just take it."
Behind Yan Li and Yan Jin, the old man spoke indifferently, his face expressionless.
Yan Qingtian had always acted with the force of thunder and the speed of the wind, never dragging his feet.
If he could kill someone and seize their treasure, he would never waste words!
Otherwise, he would never have risen to the position of grand elder of the Blazing Flame Sect.
As Yan Qingtian's words fell, an overwhelming presence instantly erupted from his body!
"Yes, big brother!"
Seeing Yan Qingtian make his move, Yan Jin and Yan Li dared not delay either.
At once, spiritual power erupted around both of them!
Judging by their stance, the three actually intended to kill Ling Shanhai outright!
"It's over. The Sea Heart Auction House is finished."
Among the watching cultivators, someone sighed and wrung his hands.
Three supreme experts at the Nascent Soul level!
Moreover, the three worked together with exceptional coordination, and the power of their techniques would increase geometrically when they attacked together!
Even though Ling Shanhai was also a Nascent Soul expert, he would probably struggle to withstand them!
"Who would have thought the Ling Household would meet such an end!"
The onlookers all shook their heads.
The illustrious Ling Household of Sea Heart City.
In the blink of an eye, it seemed poised to fall!
Sensing that overwhelming presence, Ling Shanhai's eyelids twitched almost imperceptibly.
These three men's attacks were no trifling matter!
If he took a direct hit, even Ling Shanhai could only end up gravely wounded in an instant!
Ling Shanhai immediately circulated the spiritual power throughout his body!
He prepared to forcibly withstand this blow!
For what he protected behind him was the whole of Sea Heart City!
It was the fruit of generations of his Ling Household's painstaking efforts!
"Utter foolishness!"
Seeing that Ling Shanhai not only refused to evade but instead stubbornly resisted, the three men from the Blazing Flame Sect...
All curled their lips into cruel, savage grins.
If Ling Shanhai remained so obstinately deluded...
The three of them could seize this opportunity to slay Ling Shanhai here today!
This would deal a devastating blow to the Ling Household!
"Ling Shanhai isn't even dodging?"
As the three men from the Blazing Flame Sect struck, cries of shock erupted from the onlookers!
Ling Shanhai's strength fell far short of the combined might of those three men from the Blazing Flame Sect!
"I'm afraid the Ling Household is finished!"
Someone could not help shouting, for in a mere instant, the three men from the Blazing Flame Sect had already closed in on Ling Shanhai!
It seemed that if they moved just a little closer, Ling Shanhai would be annihilated by their combined attack!
"If you want a fight, then let's fight!"
At this sight, a trace of resolve appeared on Ling Shanhai's face. His powerful Nascent Soul Realm presence surged wildly, and he immediately unleashed an earth-shaking punch!
Even if he died, he would drag at least one man from the Blazing Flame Sect into the grave with him!
The Ling Household would never have deserters!
"Household head!"
Seeing Ling Shanhai trapped in a desperate situation, the members of the Ling Household stared with eyes stretched to the point of splitting.
Unfortunately, the lineage elders were not here, and that terrifying battle at the Nascent Soul level was far beyond their ability to intervene.
The members of the Ling Household were also utterly bewildered. The lineage's two Nascent Soul supreme elders, along with that expert from the Sun Radiance Palace, had clearly been lying hidden nearby.
Yet for some reason, now that battle was about to erupt, these people were nowhere to be seen!
Their Ling Household had already been driven into utter desperation!
Yet just as Ling Shanhai unleashed his punch, ready to face death, and was about to collide with the Blazing Flame Sect's combined attack, he suddenly felt a gentle force flow into his back.
The next second, the presence surrounding Ling Shanhai abruptly began soaring at tremendous speed!
Almost in an instant, it surpassed his original Nascent Soul sixth tier!
What is this... could this be that senior's power?
Ling Shanhai's pupils constricted, and shock filled his heart.
For in all his life...
This was the most immense and formidable power he had ever felt within his body!
"Haha! I'm afraid your wishes will come to nothing today!"
A brilliant gleam suddenly blazed in Ling Shanhai's eyes.
With incomparable exhilaration, he unleashed a punch!
The next instant, the three Blazing Flame Sect men's combined attack actually crumbled apart like a cicada's wing!
The three men from the Blazing Flame Sect were instantly sent flying backward as well, blood spraying wildly from their mouths, their bodies slamming heavily into a mountainside several thousand meters away!
For a moment, whether they lived or died was unknown!
Across the entire gathering, the air froze, and deathly silence reigned.
All that remained were everyone's awestruck gazes, fixed in boundless shock on Ling Shanhai as he stood proudly in the air.
The head of the Ling Household!
He was actually this terrifying!
Yet at that moment, Ling Shanhai's heart was filled with lingering fear.
He looked toward Lin Yu with deep gratitude.
Ling Shanhai understood in his heart.
Had Lin Yu not been here...
He would probably have already suffered the grievous fate of being severely wounded, or even killed!