"Coming right up, coming right up!"
Hearing Xue Ba's words, Xue Shi, who had been standing nearby, immediately rushed over.
Seeing this, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao, who were offstage not far away, were quite nervous.
This was because the "Ye Feng" Ye Feng had placed in the black bag was a nearly perfect replica created by Yue Miao through some unknown method.
But a fake was still a fake... And while Xue Shi, one of the Ten Blood Guards, was considered the disgrace of their group in terms of combat power, he possessed a very special ability: an exceptionally high level of skill in detecting disguises.
Over the years, the Brad Base had encountered countless spies sent by various factions. They were all masters of disguise, some even having infiltrated the Brad Base for over 20 years and earned the trust of members of the Ten Blood Guards. Yet, all of them were exposed upon encountering Xue Shi...
"Explorer, this Ye Feng isn't that easy to catch..."
"We sent many people out, but we didn't even get a glimpse of him. We can't even confirm if such a person exists. How did you manage to capture him?"
Xue Shi placed his hand on the forehead of the "Ye Feng" inside the black bag and then spoke to Ye Feng.
"Just lucky. When I ran into this guy, he was severely wounded and left on the ground. So I brought him here!"
Ye Feng replied casually, appearing relaxed on the surface, but inwardly, he was on high alert.
As his eyes scanned the surroundings, he noticed Yue Miao had arrived nearby, clearly lacking confidence in the fake Ye Feng he had created and preparing to take action by force.
"100,000 Arcane Yuan Coins... Then you really are quite lucky!"
Xue Shi stared at Ye Feng for a good while, then removed his hand from the "Ye Feng" inside the black bag, stood up, and looked at Xue Ba. "Although he's been injected with some unknown poison, it is indeed Ye Feng. He'll likely take another 3 hours to wake up!"
After saying this, Xue Shi walked off the auction stage by himself.
"Guest number 500 bids 100,000 Arcane Yuan Coins. Are there any higher bids?"
Xue Ba quickly took the black bag and placed it beside him, then spoke loudly into the microphone.
"100,000 Arcane Yuan Coins once... 100,000 Arcane Yuan Coins twice... 100,000..."
Just as Xue Ba was about to strike the hammer, a voice finally broke the silence from the auction hall's audience seats, "150,000!"
"Huh?"
Hearing this voice, Ye Feng, hidden beneath his iron mask, frowned tightly and looked towards the source of the sound.
"From Desert Storm?"
Ye Feng's frown deepened as he saw the person in the audience seats who had bid 150,000 Arcane Yuan Coins.
"Guest number 1 from Desert Storm, one of the Seven Great Powers, bids 150,000 Arcane Yuan Coins. Are there any other bidders..."
While Xue Ba was shouting into the microphone, Ye Feng took a few steps forward to the peculiar blood-colored cage and softly called out to the angel within, "Qiao Ying?"
Hearing Ye Feng's words, the angel, who had been curled up and motionless inside the blood-colored cage, trembled slightly. She shifted her body and looked at Ye Feng, surprise evident in her beautiful, intelligent eyes.
"The system mentioned Qiao Ying, and it really is this captured angel's name!~"
Although she hadn't spoken, her reaction and expression had already confirmed the answer for Ye Feng.
He had been hesitant before about whether to risk saving this angel, but now he had made up his mind.
The next second, Ye Feng's left hand, tucked into his pocket, pressed a switch.
"Bang! Boom! Bang bang bang!"
Instantly, deafening explosions echoed from all around the auction hall, growing closer and closer. These were the bombs Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao had planted in areas they had recently explored.
The massive explosions caused the entire ground to shake, and the crowd in the auction hall immediately descended into chaos.
"Quiet!"
"Bang! Boom! Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Bang bang!~"
Just as Xue Ba spoke, the black bag containing the fake Ye Feng at his feet also exploded, unleashing a torrent of Arcane Energy water arrows. This was followed by a series of explosions around the auction hall.
"Run! The Blood Clan wants to kill us all here!"
Someone in the crowd shouted.
"Dada da! Bang!"
"Boom! Ah!~ Bang bang!"
"Tear! Bang! Boom!"
...
As soon as that person spoke, the entire auction hall erupted into chaos, with the sounds of gunfire, explosions, screams, tearing, and crashing filling the air.
"Clang! Clang~"
"Bang! Boom!~"
"Urgh~ Ah!" (As read by kan Shu)
As the chaos began, Ye Feng had already made his move. He pulled off the safety pins of a large handful of grenades and, along with napalm bombs, threw them at the surrounding Blood Clan members.
As for Xue Ba and Xue Shi, Ye Feng unleashed a rapid volley of Mithril throwing knives.
"Dada da!~"
"Chichichi! Bang! Boom!~"
Below the auction stage, Xiao Xiao began spraying with her AK-47 while simultaneously throwing a large number of smoke grenades – red, gray, and yellow – towards Ye Feng's location and the surrounding area.
After a series of massive explosions, the once relatively calm auction stage also devolved into disarray. The thick smoke made it impossible to discern directions.
"Xiao Xiao, let's go!"
Through the smoke, Ye Feng slashed at the red cage with his Mithril blade a few times, but when it didn't budge, he simply hoisted the entire red cage onto his shoulder and ran towards the pre-planned escape route.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
"Ah!~ Ah!"
In the smoke, several Blood Clan elders tried to block Ye Feng's path, but they were instantly decapitated by the Mithril greatsword in Ye Feng's hand.
"Whoosh! Boom! Boom!"
At this moment, a large group of winged Blood Clan members flew in from above behind Ye Feng. Before they could act, Xiao Xiao flashed beside Ye Feng, unleashing a torrent of incredibly fierce flames from her palms towards the pursuing group of Blood Clan members.
"Whoosh whoosh! Whoosh!"
At this moment, Yue Miao also appeared behind Ye Feng. The light on his hand flickered continuously as a large batch of Mithril projectiles etched with runes were embedded into Xiao Xiao's flames and flew towards the large group of pursuing Blood Clan members.
"Tear~ Tear!~ Ah! Boom! Whoosh!~"
The group of Blood Clan elders screamed in agony within the flames.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!~"
Xiao Xiao clapped her palms together again, creating a massive wall of fire between herself and Yue Miao, then turned and ran towards Ye Feng.
Ahead, Ye Feng was carrying the red cage, continuously killing the Blood Clan members along his path. At this moment, he felt quite puzzled.
Because Xue Ba and Xue Shi, the strongest fighters among the Ten Blood Guards in the auction hall, had not made a move...
He didn't believe that the Mithril throwing knives he had just thrown could have harmed them...
Seeing that Xue Ba and Xue Shi hadn't pursued him, Ye Feng, despite his confusion, didn't hesitate and continued to advance rapidly...
Near the auction stage, surrounded by billowing smoke,
"Really, it seems no angels have come to rescue... On the contrary, a few strange fellows have shown up..."
Xue Shi patted the dust off his clothes and said to Xue Ba, who was watching the direction Ye Feng had fled.
...