"Buzzz-!"
In VIP box 67, Lin Xuan unleashed a sword strike straight at King Mingkong!
The pure-white sword light streaked like a meteor, illuminating the entire gloomy auction hall as brightly as day!
That strike drew the eyes of everyone present.
No one had expected anyone to dare draw a sword against King Mingkong.
"You dare!"
Likewise, the strike caught King Mingkong by surprise. He truly had not expected anyone in this auction house to dare defy him!
They were simply... courting death!
His gaze locked directly onto the young man in VIP box 67. He was about to ignore the incoming sword light and crush the young man to death, but soon, King Mingkong sensed something amiss...
That sword light...
As the sword light drew closer and closer, King Mingkong finally sensed the terrifying sword intent it contained.
In an instant, he felt the threat of death sweep through his entire body, as though some great terror had set its sights on him!
"Not good!"
King Mingkong had no time to think. He instantly employed his escape technique and hurtled backward at tremendous speed...
But fast as he was, the sword light was faster!
"Shhk-!"
Under countless shocked gazes, the sword light severed King Mingkong's right arm clean off! Blood gushed out, staining the red carpet beneath his feet an even brighter crimson.
It all happened too fast, far too suddenly...
"You..."
Clutching his severed arm, King Mingkong stared at Lin Xuan in terror, his eyes filled not only with fear, but also deep bewilderment.
Who was this young man?!
What a terrifying strike. Others might not have known, but King Mingkong alone knew that if he had not promptly used the high-grade escape technique he had obtained from the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm, he would probably have lost more than just an arm.
He would have... died!
Everyone present, including the auction house's owner, the Moon King, was struck speechless by Lin Xuan's sword strike.
Especially the Moon King.
She knew Lin Xuan-the young man who had brought the Purple Scorpion Demon King's remains and entrusted her with auctioning them.
She vaguely recalled asking him where the Purple Scorpion Demon King's remains had come from.
His answer then had been that he had slain it.
Mu Yue had merely taken those words as a casual excuse because he was unwilling to tell the truth, and had not believed him.
But now...
Mu Yue smiled bitterly.
So it had not been a joke at all, much less an excuse.
It had simply been too outrageous for her to believe.
The truth was.
He had not lied.
The sword intent within the sword light slashing toward King Mingkong was exactly the same as the faint sword intent lingering in the sword wound on the Purple Scorpion Demon King's chest!
They had come from the same person!
That also proved...
He was that peerless sword cultivator!
Mu Lang and the young woman beside him in VIP box 26 were likewise utterly shocked and terrified.
Cold sweat soaked their clothes, and chills ran down their spines.
A deep, lingering dread welled up from the bottom of their hearts.
Crippling the arm of someone at King Realm Second Layer Perfection with a single strike?
He possessed such strength, yet Mu Lang had actually entertained the delusion of taking revenge on him just now?
He really had been... courting death to the extreme!
Never mind the Sixth Elder-even if the Second Elder or the First Elder came, it would be of no use.
The young woman beside him was no less shocked than Mu Lang.
She had originally only thought that Lin Xuan must have an extraordinary background, or something to rely on. Otherwise, he would not have dared offend Mu Lang.
She had never imagined that while he did indeed have something to rely on, that something was himself!
The splendor of that strike...
The young woman felt her little heart pounding wildly, unsure whether it was from fright or terror.
"You actually managed to survive one strike from me. Not bad. But what about the second?"
A trace of surprise appeared on Lin Xuan's face, and he moved to unleash a second strike.
"Wait! There is no grievance or enmity between us. Why must you put me to death?"
King Mingkong begged for mercy in terror. That strike had not only severed his arm, but shattered his pride as well. He knew full well that the young man before him was stronger than him by far more than a little.
"No grievance or enmity? Not necessarily."
"I'll let you die knowing why."
"The King-level Demon Beast remains on the stage are mine."
As those words fell, Lin Xuan unleashed his second strike without the slightest hesitation!
You cut off my path to wealth. If you don't die, who should?
At that moment, realization dawned on King Mingkong...
So that was it.
Only then did the people in the auction hall understand why Lin Xuan had suddenly attacked King Mingkong...
He had driven the price of someone else's auction item down to two million Spirit Stones. How could its owner not be upset? How could he not be furious?
The King-level Demon Beast remains could originally have fetched three or four million, but now they were worth only two million Spirit Stones...
The second streak of sword light erupted, crossing the entire auction hall as it slashed toward King Mingkong.
Just then, a voice rang throughout the auction hall.
"Hold!"
Close on its heels came a pressure even more immense than King Mingkong's!
Moreover, to many of those present, this pressure was very familiar!
"The Linyue City Lord!"
"The City Lord is here."
Indeed, the newcomer was none other than the Linyue City Lord, an expert at the King Realm Third Layer.
However, he had arrived a step too late. By the time he appeared, Lin Xuan's sword light had already pierced straight through King Mingkong!
King Mingkong's signs of life were also fading rapidly.
"Hold?"
Having done all this, Lin Xuan turned a hostile gaze upon the Linyue City Lord.
Then he unleashed yet another sword strike. But this strike was aimed not at the already-dead King Mingkong, but at... the Linyue City Lord!
And this strike was even more terrifying than the one that had just slain King Mingkong!
Everyone present was instantly dumbfounded, not knowing why.
But Lin Xuan's next words answered their doubts.
"Earlier, when this man was causing trouble, you didn't show yourself. Now that I'm about to kill him, you appear. Could you two be wolves and jackals in collusion?"
"So, you die too."