"Is it really him?"
"How could he be here?"
"Didn't they say he disappeared with Long Kan?"
"Don't you all think about it? The only SS-class artifact in the country is controlled by Lofis. Lodin alone. Even if he is an S+ powerhouse, the gap in strength compared to Shen Qi is still worlds apart."
In just a minute, the extraordinary individuals' minds raced a thousand times.
Lofis. Lodin tutted, "Shen Qi, can you make an entrance that isn't so dramatic?"
Shen Qi tilted his head, "Is this not normal?"
"You call this... normal?" Lofis. Lodin pointed to the half-dead, groaning person covering their face. "Stop joking. I don't want to clean up the mess. After finally returning, can't you let me finish my work easily and rest? I'm begging you, okay?"
Shen Qi casually waved his hand, and the person embedded in the wall crashed to the ground, hastily taken away by the accompanying medical personnel.
"Thanks." Lofis. Lodin smiled radiantly, his blue eyes sweeping over the others. "Since you have all failed, please leave the auction hall."
The extraordinary individuals exchanged glances, their thoughts completely seen through from the beginning.
They had indeed all failed. The reason they stayed was to confirm that no one had succeeded. If no one succeeded, they intended to seize it. Even if their own people couldn't use the SS-class artifact, they wouldn't allow it to fall into the hands of another faction.
Lofis. Lodin's strength was undeniable, but he wasn't invincible. Even if they couldn't win, Lofis. Lodin would suffer greatly under the siege of so many extraordinary individuals.
Yet, Shen Qi, the most improbable person, had appeared.
The captain of Team A, even if they had never met him, only heard his name, a man who could easily enter Long Kan and even move freely in the abyss, was someone they could never defeat.
"Then, I'll be going first." The cat-girl was the first to declare her stance, not wanting to participate in the struggle for the crown. Before leaving, she blew a kiss to Lofis. Lodin, "Lofis. Lodin, see you next time, will you go on a date with me?"
Lofis. Lodin stroked his chin, flicking his platinum hair, and said, "Sorry, I prefer purer girls."
The cat-girl's tone was indifferent, "What a pity."
With that, she turned and left.
The remaining extraordinary individuals were still hesitant. The reason was simple: they weren't sure if the man calling himself Shen Qi was the real Shen Qi. He might be using an illusion employed by the auction house to deceive them.
But the other party had indeed used spatial displacement, so they decided to take a gamble.
If they won, they would obtain the double-S artifact and become the first extraordinary ability user in China to possess a double-S artifact, capable of confidently defeating even S-class opponents. If they lost... they would lose their lives.
For a moment, the atmosphere became tense.
Lu Zhi frowned uncomfortably. He was also a bit unhappy that Shen Qi had hurt someone. It wasn't that he was being a saint; he just felt that the other party had malicious intent, but Shen Qi had acted rashly without any actual action, which seemed too ruthless.
Of course, these were just excuses for Lu Zhi. He was actually afraid that Shen Qi would kill indiscriminately. After all, Shen Qi had never considered himself 'human,' always referring to them as 'humans' in his every word.
He was a god, and humans were merely inferior beings.
When the extraordinary individual was heavily struck by Shen Qi, Lu Zhi saw no emotion in his eyes, as if he had casually crushed an ant under his feet.
"Forget it." Lofis. Lodin raised one hand with his fingers pointing up, and with the other hand, he beckoned to the six remaining ambitious extraordinary individuals, arrogantly saying, "Come at me, all of you."
The extraordinary individuals' eyes shifted. Two of them were S-class powerhouses, and the other four were A+ level ability users. Lofis. Lodin, with his S+ strength, facing six of them?
"Lofis. Lodin, you're too arrogant!" Provoked, one of the S-class extraordinary individuals who could control earth attributes suddenly attacked.
"Wait." Lofis. Lodin raised a tornado with one hand, clashing with the opponent's stone fist. His platinum hair was blown wildly, but his blue eyes held excitement. "Let's fight outside. Don't damage the auction hall."
"Damn it, I have plenty of money. If it gets damaged, I'll pay for it!" With that, the earth-attribute extraordinary individual placed his hands on the floor, and sharp spikes suddenly shot towards Lofis. Lodin.
"Oh, oh~ so scary~" Lofis. Lodin leaped lightly, his feet seeming to have suction cups sticking to the ceiling. With a wave of his hand, dense wind blades rained down on the earth-attribute extraordinary individual.
As they exchanged blows, Lofis. Lodin became more and more excited, laughing maniacally like a battle-maniac, drawing the other five hesitant extraordinary individuals into the fight.
As the situation became increasingly uncontrollable, the crown at the center of the auction stage remained unmoved. The stone pillars beside it couldn't withstand the energy of the extraordinary individuals' attacks and cracked. The host, Ni Hong, frantically used her mind to control the crown and place it into a brocade box, not daring to touch it with her hands.
"What do we do?"
With a tremor, Lu Zhi almost fell.
Shen Qi immediately put his arm around Lu Zhi's waist, remaining as steady as a rock amidst the violent shaking, and looked down at him, "What do you think we should do?"
A stool was hurled from a distance towards Lu Zhi, but it disintegrated into pieces within a foot of him before it could reach him. Shen Qi's gaze suddenly deepened as he looked at the person who had no fear of death.
"Hahahaha..." Lofis. Lodin stood with his hands on his hips, suspended in mid-air by the wind beneath his feet. He waved at Lu Zhi, "Sorry, sorry, I got too excited and didn't notice your position. Want to join us?~"
Lu Zhi's mouth twitched. He looked at the host Ni Hong, who was holding the crown box and trying to retreat in disarray. But the next moment, an extraordinary individual blocked her path, greedily saying, "Give me the crown of the deceased."
Ni Hong sneered, "Not a chance."
Then, the two sides below also began fighting.
Lu Zhi didn't expect Ni Hong to be an extraordinary individual, but her strength was too weak, and she was no match for the opponent.
"Shen Qi, aren't you going to help?" Lu Zhi thought that Shen Qi, as the captain of the state's special group A, had an obligation to protect the auctioned items, which belonged to the state, from being stolen.
Shen Qi, however, asked with displeasure, "Do you care about that woman a lot?"
Lu Zhi: ???
Lu Zhi became anxious, "No, I'm just worried about the crown in her hands being snatched away."
Only then did Shen Qi snap his fingers. Just as the brocade box in Ni Hong's hand was about to be snatched by an extraordinary individual, it was suddenly swallowed by a spatial rift and appeared in Shen Qi's hand in the blink of an eye.
Everyone fighting fiercely: !!!
Lu Zhi: ...I asked you to help, not to provoke.
Shen Qi opened the brocade box. The crown of the deceased gleamed with a dazzling light. He asked Lu Zhi, "Do you want to touch it?"