CHAPTER 805: CHAPTER 494: LURING THE DRAGON OUT OF ITS LAIR

Ji Xinghuo was about to use his Spiritual Origin Ability when he suddenly felt a jolt in his heart and stopped, his gaze sweeping over the auction house.

Although the Bibo Dragon Emperor wasn’t present, she was definitely watching the auction.

Moreover, there were so many Shepherd Star Saints present, including some top-ranking Seventh Level Fourth Dan Saints. It was better not to act impulsively.

He closed the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface and looked across the auction house to the terrace, where his eyes met those of Xukun Tianlin. They paused for a half-breath’s moment before looking away, as if nothing had happened.

Ji Xinghuo frowned slightly.

"I still have to deal with this trouble of yours eventually."

He glanced at the VIP section, most of the Shepherd Star Saints hadn’t participated in the bidding yet, they were likely waiting for the Eclipse Species.

Xia Wei was among them.

She was from the Xukun Family and was a Shepherd Star Saint, but she clearly wasn’t focused on herself today.

Over the recent days, through the Macro Heavenly Eye, Ji Xinghuo had noticed that Xia Wei was not strongly motivated to reclaim the Azure Sky Ring, not as much as Xukun Tianlin. Since the news spread, she was more inclined to buy it back from Yunhuo Xiao at the original price.

As for Xukun Tianlin’s personal grievances, Xia Wei had little interest.

According to Xukun Tianlin, Xia Wei was just an "outsider," not even a True Dragon, and lacked family honor.

Of course, he only dared to complain about this behind her back.

The auction continued.

However, Ji Xinghuo had lost much of his interest; the Eclipse Species had nothing to do with him, and most of the auction items didn’t appeal to him.

By the third day,

it was the last day of the auction. By noon, most of the items had been traded, and the atmosphere in the venue was even more intense, as everyone knew that the highly anticipated Eclipse Species was drawing near.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Shepherd Star Saints were waiting for the final "Multiple Personalities," it was the perfect time to slip away.

"I’m leaving first."

Ji Xinghuo said softly.

Cang Ya paused slightly, but she had already prepared herself mentally for this.

She turned her head, her large, watery eyes looking at Ji Xinghuo’s face with tenderness like water, saying, "Don’t forget me."

"How could I?" Ji Xinghuo instinctively wanted to reach out and console her.

Suddenly, he remembered that Titanium Cobalt Lan and the others were in the auction house, and many people were watching Cang Ya’s every move. If he acted intimately now, it would be hard to explain once Yunhuo Liaoyuan’s identity was exposed.

The things that needed to be said had already been shared during their deep interactions in the past few days.

Cang Ya had also revealed her plans to focus on advancing to the Sixth Rank once her injuries were fully healed, using the Cloud Sea Dragon’s "Water Dragon Ancestor" to quicken the evolution of the other two dragons.

The True Dragons had no marriage system.

Cang Ya was also a genius in pursuit of life’s evolution, and she knew she was a latecomer, unable to demand more.

Thus, Ji Xinghuo made no promises to her.

They both understood tacitly, seeking only the joy of the moment, fully enjoying the beautiful times they had together.

"I will be back."

Ji Xinghuo softly left behind this phrase and got up to leave.

Cang Ya didn’t turn her head to look at him, but from his footsteps, she knew he had walked down the terrace, entering the inner corridor of the auction house.

Flying was prohibited above the auction house, except for Shepherd Star Saints or stronger Mutants.

Others had to enter and exit through the corridors in a well-behaved manner.

Ji Xinghuo’s departure barely caught anyone’s attention, as people left and returned throughout the auction, and many attendants were serving the distinguished guests. His Shadow Clone was still sitting on terrace 35012, observing the entire venue, his gaze sweeping across to Xukun Tianlin.

"If you don’t follow, if you allow me to leave Donghuang Island, everything will be over."

"But if you refuse to let go..."

As he walked in the corridor, Ji Xinghuo thought to himself.

However, before his thoughts could settle, the Shadow Clone saw Xukun Tianlin, after his own departure, impatiently get up as well.

Under the gaze of the Shadow Clone, Xukun Tianlin entered another corridor.

In the VIP section,

Xia Wei noticed Xukun Tianlin’s movements. Her gaze swept across, as if it could penetrate the thick walls of the terrace, seeing Ji Xinghuo in the corridor, a contemplative expression on her face, before withdrawing her gaze and making no move.

The Shadow Clone observed all of this, and Ji Xinghuo breathed a sigh of relief.

The Shepherd Star Saints were terrifying!

Below the Seventh Rank, Mutants could still possibly challenge them across ranks or even defeat them, but for a Heavenly King to defeat a Shepherd Star Saint was pure fantasy.

The gap between the Sixth Rank and the Seventh Rank was greater than the gap of all the ranks combined before!

The Star Power alone differed by more than one magnitude.

There were many more qualitative differences, akin to a chasm.

Even the most powerful Heavenly King was like an ant trying to shake a tree in front of any Shepherd Star Saint. Not even the prodigies on the Star Ascension Sequence, including the four on the Infinite Sequence, could defeat a Shepherd Star Saint.

A Heavenly King’s ability to protect themselves under a Shepherd Star Saint’s hands was already a phenomenal achievement.

Ji Xinghuo himself was not confident.

Even though he possessed two Solar Eclipse Abilities and over a dozen Star-falling Species upgraded to high Levels, he still dared not claim he could escape from under a Shepherd Star Saint’s grasp.

If he reached the Sixth Rank Peak, with more abilities advancing to Solar Eclipse, perhaps he could manage self-preservation.

Perhaps, giving it all might even create a miracle!

But now he was only at Sixth Rank First Dan, far from the Sixth Rank Peak.

If Xia Wei were to take action, Ji Xinghuo wouldn’t even look at Xukun Tianlin, instead strategically relocating according to the plan, leaving the Bibo Dragon Domain directly, returning to Titanium Ring City to hide for a while, and then switching identities to return to Sea Abyss for hunting.