181: intercept

At this moment, Lin Ziyan leisurely walked into a towering building, his expression calm, seemingly unaware that someone had already set their sights on him.

This was an auction house, and also the wealthiest and most bustling place in the city. This auction house was an industry of the Xiao Family.

“Boss, find me a top-tier VIP Plus seat! I want to see what good stuff is available today!”

As soon as Lin Ziyan stepped into the auction house, he immediately spoke loudly, with his nose in the air.

Lin Ziyan had become successful now; he was no longer the little brat who used to draw erotic pictures for a living in the Celestial Tome Dynasty.

Now, with Mu Wuchen's approval, his status was equivalent to a Xiao Family Enshrinement!

Not far away, a young man in the auction house's standard uniform saw someone else enter and quickly scurried over, speaking politely.

“Hello, esteemed guest, welcome to our auction house. How may I assist you?”

Lin Ziyan directly slapped a purple card with the character “Xiao” printed on it in front of the young man, a grand gesture.

Seeing this card, the young man was greatly surprised.

“Please wait a moment, sir, I will go call the boss immediately…”

In just one minute, a richly dressed, slightly plump middle-aged man scurried over to Lin Ziyan!

Behind him followed more than a dozen well-trained, uniformly dressed, graceful women from the auction house.

The dozen or so women stood in two rows, side by side, their hands clasped over their lower abdomens, smiling, and collectively bowed slightly towards Lin Ziyan, a pleasant voice chiming in.

“Qin Yue City Auction House welcomes your esteemed presence, sir!”

Seeing this display, Lin Ziyan was stunned.

The power of that card was greater than he had imagined!

This…

However, seeing this scene, Lin Ziyan's expression suddenly became serious, and he sternly looked at the auction house's boss.

The slightly plump middle-aged man's heart sank, and cold sweat continuously beaded on his forehead.

Seeing that Xiao Family core card, he had already rushed over at the fastest speed, and the welcoming girls were also the best the auction house had to offer. Could it be that this sir was still not satisfied?

Seeing the boss's terrified demeanor, Lin Ziyan, with a stern face, spoke indifferently.

“Tell them to leave. I don't like women!”

The auction house boss's face immediately showed a look of realization, and he quickly turned to give orders.

“What are you still standing there for? Get out quickly! Didn't you hear the sir say he doesn't like you!”

The dozen or so women scurried away in fear, leaving wafts of fragrance.

A minute later, another dozen people pushed open the door and entered. However, this time it was different from before; this time, the greeters were a dozen handsome young men…

Seeing this scene, Lin Ziyan immediately beamed with joy, as if he had seen the “Spring and Autumn” of old, and nodded in satisfaction…

…

Outside, high in the sky.

Mu Wuchen frowned slightly, looking down.

He had initially thought that by releasing Lin Ziyan as bait, Chu Qing would try every means to kill him.

But unexpectedly, Chu Qing kept running further and further, about to leave this city.

What was going on? Had he given up?

Just then, Su Meier, who was behind Mu Wuchen, suddenly frowned.

“What's wrong?”

Sensing Su Meier's abnormality, Mu Wuchen asked.

“Master, something is not right. In the sky, underground, and in the center of the city, three forces are converging. This force is not weak.”

Hearing Su Meier's words, Mu Wuchen's expression became solemn.

What Su Meier meant by “not weak” must mean extremely strong.

Mu Wuchen had personally experienced the power of top-tier experts; a casual strike from the Taixu Emperor Dragon's skeleton was enough to cause an upper-grade dynasty in the Celestial Tome Dynasty to collapse, splitting into six with countless casualties.

Here, there was power gathering, and Su Meier even said it was not weak…

“How strong is it?”

Mu Wuchen quickly asked.

Su Meier perceived it for a moment, then slowly spoke.

“Once the three forces fully converge and merge, it will have roughly the power of a single strike from a normal Emperor Realm expert!”

Mu Wuchen immediately understood, and also roughly knew the true intention of Chu Qing, the Son of Destiny.

He had originally thought he would find someone or use some means to assassinate or ambush, but he didn't expect that to kill Lin Ziyan, he would directly destroy this city!

This Son of Destiny was more ruthless than he had imagined!

Such a Son of Destiny could not be allowed to live.

Once such a Son of Destiny grew up, he would definitely become a major hidden danger in the future.

This kind of Son of Destiny was different from those Sons of Destiny who took the common people as their responsibility. This kind of Son of Destiny, who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, was even more terrifying.

“Can this power convergence be stopped?”

The lives and deaths of the millions of people in this city had nothing to do with him. If this place belonged to the Beichen Family, it would be fine for him to take Lin Ziyan and leave, giving the Beichen Family a small lesson.

But this was, after all, the Xiao Family's territory.

A full-power strike from an Emperor Realm expert was still incredibly destructive, and might even affect the surrounding cities.

Hearing Mu Wuchen's words, Su Meier nodded slightly. She flickered and disappeared from her original spot.

More than ten minutes later, Su Meier returned to Mu Wuchen's side.

And in her hand, three mech puppets had appeared.

Su Meier pressed her hand, and the three puppets suddenly melted, transforming into three extremely pure forces that merged together…

A strange scene occurred: as the three auras merged, the power underwent a qualitative change. The three-colored power also turned into terrifying black, and violent power raged forth, seemingly intending to destroy everything.

Mu Wuchen felt the power within it and nodded slightly.

This Son of Destiny was indeed not simple; he could actually gather an Emperor Realm strike using three seemingly ordinary puppets!

However, at this moment, that power had encountered Su Meier, a true Demon Venerable expert. A mere Emperor Realm strike, in Su Meier's eyes at this moment, was not worth mentioning!

That black, violent power was compressed again and again by Su Meier, quickly becoming a black spherical bead. After completing everything, Su Meier handed the bead to Mu Wuchen.

“Master, Meier has compressed the power within. If you wish to activate its power, you only need to communicate with it through your thoughts.”

Hearing her words, Mu Wuchen nodded in satisfaction.

The power of an Emperor Realm strike was still somewhat useful to him at this time.

For him now, the Venerable Realm was too strong.

A full-power strike from a Venerable Realm expert could even cause a regional catastrophe, while the power of the Heavenly King Realm was now somewhat beneath his notice.

And the Emperor Realm was just right!

Mu Wuchen put away the bead, his eyes narrowing.

With a wave of his hand, Chu Qing's figure, who was fleeing, appeared out of thin air. At this moment, his location was completely visible to Mu Wuchen.

It was time to settle the score with him.

Mu Wuchen flickered and disappeared into thin air…