Inside the auction hall, everyone looked up.
But before the cultivators in the hall could recover their senses, a crimson streak flashed past like a gale sweeping away the clouds.
In an instant, it snatched away the segment of Starsea Divine Vine from the maid's tray.
Even the middle-aged cultivator in charge of the auction had no time to stop it.
A red-robed old man with a powerful aura then appeared above the hall. His expression was wild and arrogant, his skin dark, his beard and hair crimson, resembling a fire-working Daoist.
Within several yards around him, an intense scorching aura spread outward.
Even the air had become somewhat distorted.
His golden core completion cultivation made every cultivator below change expression. None dared approach carelessly, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
"It's Fire Void Adept, Great Zhou's number one independent cultivator! How did he sneak in?"
"Rumor had it that Fire Void Adept reached golden core completion over a hundred years ago and had been searching everywhere for an opportunity to form a Nascent Soul and break through."
"This man walks both the righteous and demonic paths. He has been silent for decades, with no trace of his whereabouts. Why had he suddenly appeared at this auction?"
"It's over. Fire Void Adept has taken that segment of Starsea Divine Vine. Isn't he afraid of retaliation from the Defenders of the Dao Alliance?"
"I heard his cultivation strength is peerless. Other than Nascent Soul True Lords, who in this market district can stand against him?"
Hua Tianxiong's expression was also incomparably grim at the sight, but wary of Fire Void Adept's strength, he did not dare make a rash move.
He knew a fair bit about this man. Rumor had it that he had originally been an obscure blacksmith in