Chapter 639

Thirty Soul Crystals (Medium) was not a small amount. Although Bick agreed verbally, it would take time to prepare them; it was impossible to take them out immediately.

"Wait a moment, ten minutes at most."

Bick put down the phone in his hand and sighed.

"Gentlemen, the auction has been interrupted, but the items are safe. The question now is whether the auction should continue."

Several Ten Dons looked thoughtful.

"Let's just forget about the auction. Our subordinates reported earlier that the Spiders' goal was those items."

"I have the same thought. Postpone the auction."

"No. The Yorknew Auction is held once a year and has never been interrupted. The reason so many people support it is because of the reputation we've built over the years. If we give up now, I'm afraid the reputation of the Yorknew Auction will be damaged."

"That makes sense. It's been held continuously for decades. The people in the Ten Don seats have changed batch after batch, but the auction has never been interrupted."

"Who cares about the auction? We're about to lose our lives!"

The Ten Dons began to argue. Most supported continuing the auction. Of course, it had to continue; if the Ten Dons dared to stop it, Su Xiao would be the first to object.

"The auction cannot be interrupted."

Bick spoke, his attitude unusually firm.

"But..."

"No 'buts.' Don't consider the reputation issue for a moment. The Spiders' target is those items. If the auction is terminated, who will the Spiders come looking for if they can't find clues to the items? So the auction must continue. This will distract the Spiders and keep their focus on the auction instead of coming after us."

The Ten Dons stopped speaking; most agreed with Bick.

"Bring some food. I'm starving."

Su Xiao spoke. Although he wasn't injured in the fight with Feitan, his stamina had been significantly depleted.

Not long after, the conference table was filled with food. It seemed the Ten Dons were hungry too.

The room was filled with the aroma of food and wine. A Ten Don beside Su Xiao raised his glass to him.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Byakuya. Don't worry about the auction house incident. When enemies come to your door, you have to teach them a painful lesson. Although we are all rough men, we understand this much. Right, everyone?"

The other Ten Dons also raised their glasses. Su Xiao, his mouth full of food, said vaguely: "What about those Shadow Beasts? Even if their combat power isn't great, if a few of them work together, they should have no problem dragging down one or two Troupe members."

The combat power of the Ten Dons' forces was too thin. Besides Su Xiao, there were only the Shadow Beasts and a dozen or so Qiyuezhe.

Su Xiao had never counted on those dozen Qiyuezhe. As soon as Feitan appeared, those guys had no use other than watching the show, and they ran faster than rabbits afterward.

No wonder most Qiyuezhe didn't have high clearance ratings. With such a cowardly attitude in the Samsara Paradise, it would be strange to get a high rating.

Su Xiao couldn't help but think that if the Ten Dons' camp had a Qiyuezhe like Crazy Milk or Revolver Man, things would be much easier. Even Gulu, who liked to kill, would be fine, and Red Clown wouldn't be bad either.

Although these people were hostile to Su Xiao, they all had one trait: they weren't afraid of death and treated fighting as a part of daily life.

Unfortunately, high-tier Qiyuezhe like Gulu wouldn't appear in the Hunter World. The reason Su Xiao could encounter high-tier Qiyuezhe was because the Pirate and Naruto worlds were open worlds.

In an open world, one could encounter Qiyuezhe of any tier, but not in ordinary derived worlds.

Take the Hunter World, for example. One would only encounter second-tier Qiyuezhe here. High-tier Qiyuezhe needed to consume special items to enter, and such items were extremely rare. Even if they used items to enter the Hunter World, their strength would be limited.

Because of this, many large adventure groups liked open worlds. In an open world, they could help new members grow strong quickly, or gather the entire adventure group together.

Hearing Su Xiao's question, a Ten Don spoke up. Ignoring Su Xiao was certainly not a wise move.

"Shadow Beasts? They've all gone out to find the Spiders' tracks."

"News just came in. A group of Spiders is being hunted by our subordinates. Strangely, the Spiders aren't that strong. Under the siege of our subordinates and the cooperation of the Shadow Beasts, two of them have died."

Su Xiao was stunned. With the rabble of the Ten Dons' forces, they could kill two Troupe members? This was incredible. Could there be an expert hidden among the Qiyuezhe?

"What did those two look like? Are there photos?"

"Yes, this happened five minutes ago."

A Ten Don casually threw over a few photos, his heart beginning to doubt Su Xiao's previous words.

"According to my understanding, the Phantom Troupe is just a thief group. In the V5's evaluation, they are just a rabble."

"How do you explain the destructive power at the auction house?"

"Who knows? I don't understand Nen abilities either."

Upon learning that the gang members had killed two Troupe members, the Ten Dons' expressions relaxed significantly, and their gaze toward Su Xiao began to change.

Su Xiao ignored their gazes and just threw down the photos in his hand. These guys were calling him brother just a moment ago, and now they were fence-sitters. It seemed that demanding the deposit was a wise move.

"More news has come in. Good news: the Spider members have been surrounded by our people and are now trapped in a valley."

"What?"

A Ten Don was so excited he slapped the table and stood up. Their greatest threat had been surrounded. The atmosphere in the conference room relaxed a lot.

At this point, the Ten Dons began to speculate whether the terrible strength of the Troupe they had learned about earlier was true or false. A white-haired Ten Don narrowed his eyes and looked at Su Xiao.

The destruction of the auction house was a fact, but there were no witnesses present. Both the head and the intelligence were provided by Su Xiao, plus his move to demand a deposit.

A smile appeared on the corner of that Ten Don's mouth. He thought of a possibility: perhaps the terror of the Spiders was just fabricated by someone, and there might even be something fishy about the destruction of the auction house. This was to give them a powerful, terrifying imaginary enemy so they would obey obediently.

The more he thought about it, the more that Ten Don felt that might really be the case.

The Ten Dons were all slippery characters. They liked to scheme against others, so they were even more afraid of being schemed against.

"Ahem, I'm going out for a bit."

A Ten Don stood up. Su Xiao turned his head to look, then ignored him.

If the Ten Dons had observed Su Xiao's expression carefully, they would have seen him smiling. The photos provided by the Ten Dons were definitely not the corpses of Troupe members; they were most likely Qiyuezhe who were following the Troupe.

The Ten Dons' forces had Qiyuezhe joining them, and of course, the Troupe forces did too, and the number should be quite large. Although joining the Troupe carried risks, one could become a temporary member. For such free thugs, the Troupe leader wouldn't refuse.

"Since the Spiders are already surrounded, we should test them."

"That makes sense. Rabid Dog and the others are also nearby."

The Ten Dons stopped talking. Bick looked around, glanced at Su Xiao, and hesitated. A few seconds later, he made a decision.

"Byakuya, the Eternal Crystals have arrived."

At Bick's signal, his secretary walked into the conference room carrying a tray.

Su Xiao tapped the table. He wouldn't protect all of the Ten Dons. If he had to choose one to protect, it would be Bick. This guy was very smart; he was the one who agreed to 5 Soul Crystals a day, the one who paid the commission in advance, and he even sent a natural Nen user.