A woman was stopped at the entrance to the Lin Auction House by Zhu Zhuqing, whose figure was breathtakingly curvaceous in her skintight black bodysuit.
Zhu Zhuqing had stopped her because she did not have an invitation from Lin Yuan.
The woman fixed her beautiful purple eyes on Zhu Zhuqing and asked, "Human, you dare stop me?"
Those simple words were enough for Zhu Zhuqing, who was no fool, to understand at once that the tall woman with long silver hair before her was not human. Like Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI, Emerald Swan Bi Ji, and Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian, she was a Soul Beast who had used her immense strength to temporarily transform into human form.
Confronted by the Soul Beast woman's question, Zhu Zhuqing truly did not know how to respond. She instinctively looked back at Lin Yuan, who was serving as auctioneer on the raised platform.
Now, under all of heaven and across the continent, only one person could give Zhu Zhuqing a sense of security. That person was not her fiancé, Dai Mubai, but Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan, the owner of the Lin Auction House!
As Zhu Zhuqing looked toward Lin Yuan, Di Tian looked toward her.
Di Tian knew that voice. He was extremely familiar with it.
He looked toward the sound, and just as he had guessed, the newcomer was none other than the strongest being in the Great Ferocious Land and the Star Dou Great Forest, the master he, Di Tian, held in such pride, the hope of countless Soul Beasts on the Douluo Continent to become gods-the great Silver Dragon King!
The moment he realized who she was, Di Tian greeted her respectfully, without the slightest hesitation. "Your subordinate Di Tian greets you, my lord!"
Emerald Swan Bi Ji and Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI immediately followed. "Greetings, my lord!"
After greeting her, Emerald Swan Bi Ji stepped forward and approached Zhu Zhuqing. "May I leave and let my lord take my place inside?"
Zhu Zhuqing did not answer Emerald Swan Bi Ji.
Her gaze remained fixed on Lin Yuan.
She waited quietly for his instructions.
In response to Zhu Zhuqing's questioning gaze, Lin Yuan gave a slight nod.
"Yes," Zhu Zhuqing immediately told Emerald Swan Bi Ji.
Emerald Swan Bi Ji then exchanged places with the Silver Dragon King, letting her into the Lin Auction House.
Once the Silver Dragon King entered the Lin Auction House, Di Tian tactfully hurried to give up his seat, offering her his sofa.
The Silver Dragon King had barely sat down on the soft sofa when her keen eyes spotted the Dragon-Slaying Saber in the glass case.
"The Dragon... Dragon... Dragon Clan Dharma Saber?!"
Staring at the Dragon Clan Dharma Saber-or rather, the Dragon-Slaying Saber-in the glass case, the Silver Dragon King instinctively cried out in surprise. Like Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI and Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian before her, she wore shock, astonishment, and disbelief that were plain to see and difficult to hide.
If anyone asked who on the Douluo Continent was most familiar with the Dragon Clan Dharma Saber, it could only be the Silver Dragon King.
The reason was simple: the divine weapon known as the Dragon Clan Dharma Saber came from the Silver Dragon King's original self, the strongest dragon of the dragon clan, the Supreme God King Dragon God!
The Silver Dragon King clearly remembered that after the great war against the Divine Realm ended in defeat, the Dragon Clan Dharma Saber had vanished. While recuperating in the Great Ferocious Land of the Star Dou Great Forest, she had sent many Soul Beasts to search for it, but they had all come back empty-handed. They had not found the saber, nor even the slightest trace of it.
And yet today, here in the Lin Auction House, she had actually laid eyes on the Dragon Clan Dharma Saber!
What a pleasant surprise!
So be it. Today, the Dragon Clan Dharma Saber would return to the dragon clan and fall into her hands!
Just then, Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian spoke from beside her. "My lord, the situation is this: the Lin Auction House specializes in auctioning items. There are nine items in this auction, and the Dragon Clan Dharma Saber is one of them. It is also the final item, the treasure saved for last!"
When Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian finished, the Silver Dragon King's brows immediately knitted into a deep furrow. A trace of displeasure quickly replaced the shock, astonishment, and disbelief on her face.
Still wearing that displeased expression, the Silver Dragon King fixed her gaze on Lin Yuan.
After looking him up and down for a moment, she said, "Human, the Dragon Clan Dharma Saber belongs to my dragon clan. You have no right to auction it! Give it to me now! Immediately!"
The Silver Dragon King's tone brooked no doubt and no defiance.
On the raised platform, Lin Yuan soon answered her with a smile.
"In the past, the Dragon-Slaying Saber did indeed belong to your dragon clan, but now it belongs to my Lin Auction House!"
"The past is the past, and the present is the present. Don't get them mixed up. If you want the Dragon-Slaying Saber, no problem. Bid for it with Gold Soul Coins. As long as you win the bid, it's yours."
"If you want to seize the Dragon-Slaying Saber by force, that's fine too. You're welcome to try anytime. As I recall, my Lin Auction House happens to be short of a guardian divine beast, and you'd do quite nicely."
Had the Silver Dragon King spoken without taking Lin Yuan seriously?
Lin Yuan likewise had not taken the Silver Dragon King seriously when he spoke.
However others treated Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan treated them in kind. That was how he conducted himself.
After hearing Lin Yuan's words, the displeasure on the Silver Dragon King's face visibly deepened.
"Human, are you courting death?" As the Silver Dragon King asked Lin Yuan, anger and killing intent appeared in her narrowed purple eyes.
A guardian divine beast?
Wasn't that just a watchdog?
For Lin Yuan to insult her, the Silver Dragon King, like this-he had gone too far!
It had been a long time since the Silver Dragon King had loosened her muscles in a fight, and just as long since she had killed.
Today, having just awakened, the Silver Dragon King really did not mind stretching her muscles and killing a human ant who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth for amusement.
Seeing that her lord, the Silver Dragon King, wanted to attack Lin Yuan, Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI could not help recalling Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao seven days ago.
That day, Tang Hao had tried to seize an auction item because he had not brought enough Gold Soul Coins, only for Lin Yuan to effortlessly suppress him without stirring a speck of dust.
Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI had been there, and she had clearly sensed that Lin Yuan's power was no mortal power, but the power of a god!
At that thought, Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI immediately sent the Silver Dragon King a silent voice transmission, warning her with a worried expression, "My lord, Lin Yuan, the owner of the Lin Auction House, is no ordinary person. I saw him act seven days ago, and he is very likely a god! Your injuries have yet to heal, and you cannot wield the strength you had at your peak. Please be careful!"
Upon receiving Hell Demon Dragon Zi JI's warning, the Silver Dragon King was startled, and her whole body trembled.
Lin Yuan was a god?
Why the hell hadn't she said so sooner?!
If she had said so earlier, the Silver Dragon King would not have been so arrogant and overbearing, acting as though no one else mattered.
Although the Silver Dragon King had been recuperating for tens of thousands of years, her injuries still had not fully healed, leaving her unable to wield her full strength. No matter how much she pushed herself now, she could at most fight a Third-Level God to a draw. That made her extremely unwilling to face gods, especially powerful ones; she avoided them for fear of being caught short. After all, if she confronted one and failed to take them down, they could run back to the Divine Realm and report her, and she would be done for.
Gulp~
The Silver Dragon King swallowed.
Looking at Lin Yuan, she grew nervous, and wariness and vigilance appeared deep in her beautiful eyes.
Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian saw the wariness and vigilance in the Silver Dragon King's eyes, and he understood that his master had backed down. Without hesitation, he immediately sent a voice transmission to the Snow Empress, whose true form was a Heavenly Snow Woman: "Make a bid and let the auction continue."
After receiving the transmission, the Snow Empress decisively said to Lin Yuan on the platform, "Boss Lin, I bid eighty million Gold Soul Coins."