Are you kidding me?! The boss of the Hell Dungeon is a loli!

"I've taken a liking to this human girl. Could you all do me the honor?"

The voice, mixed with a strong stench of decay and the law of absolute destruction, drifted out from the pure black private room in the very center of the second floor.

The once noisy lobby, which resembled a bustling market, fell completely silent within a few breaths.

Even the high-level monsters holding up bidding paddles pulled their hands back under the table, afraid that if they were even a little slow, they would be spotted by the giant Buddha above them.

"Is that the raging old monster from the north of the Burial Canyon? What's he doing here at the Death Guild? Wasn't he supposed to be in seclusion for thirty years researching?"

"Are you out of your mind?! How dare you mention his name? That old monster loves to capture living people and low-level monsters and take them to his underground laboratory for live dissection. I heard that no one who enters his manor ever comes out with a complete skeleton. Even the Blood Lord avoids him when he sees him."

"No wonder he took a fancy to this bloodstained human girl. He probably wanted to buy her to study how to stitch a living person together with the strange rules. Let's not risk our lives for a half-finished product."

In a corner of the hall, several eerie figures dressed in black cloaks whispered amongst themselves.

The whispers echoed like a leaky bellows in the quiet auction hall, but no one dared to raise their bidding paddle made of bones.

The skeleton auctioneer, standing on the auction platform, held up his hammer, his empty eye sockets flickering with eerie blue flames. He raised the white bone hammer high but hesitated to bring it down.

Clearly, they were also concerned about the terrifying presence of the old monster on the second floor.

"This is the first time I've given away five hundred high-purity soul crystals. Since you all are willing to share this toy with me, I will accept your kindness today."

The old man in the completely dark private room let out a dry laugh.

The sound was like someone scraping a rusty iron pot with a shovel, so loud that all the low-level monsters present covered their ears and squatted on the ground.

Jiang Luo sat on the largest monster fur sofa in the third VIP box.

Her fair, short legs swung in the air twice before she pulled the half-eaten strawberry lollipop out of her mouth.

Pointing to the lobby outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, she complained to Naya standing behind her.

"What kind of lowly nobody dares to put on airs in front of Luo Luo? This auction was clearly stated to be a place where everyone can spend money reasonably. Why can't he let Luo Luo buy the toys she likes?"

Naya pressed one hand against the black top hat on her head.

A mocking smile appeared on the dark face painted with white skull patterns. He leaned his upper body slightly closer to Jiang Luo's puffed-up little face.

"Master, there's no need to pay attention to this trash who only bullies the weak because of his age. If I remember correctly, this guy who calls himself the raging old monster outside is just that little medicine boy I beat to the ground crying a hundred years ago. I didn't expect that after I've been sealed away for so long, this kind of trash who can't even be presented to the public can call himself an ancestor in Burial Canyon."

Nyar slowly brushed the dust off his cane with his gloves.

Those deep-set eyes held no respect for fellow experts of the same level; the indifference only one would show when looking at a pile of soon-to-be-rotten flesh.

"If Master likes that human girl, he can raise the price as long as he wants. If this old geezer dares to mess with Master, I don't mind twisting his head off right now and using it as a ball. It's been a long time since I've stretched my muscles."

Jiang Luo heard that there were free thugs to handle the aftermath.

The nameless anger that had risen in her heart from having her toy snatched away instantly turned into the excitement of reaping a fat sheep. She stuffed the strawberry lollipop back into her mouth and crunched it loudly. She reached out her fair little hand, grabbed the price tag inlaid with rubies on the table, and shouted it out loud in an extremely soft and childlike voice towards the French windows.

"Lolo will offer five thousand high-purity crystals to buy this human and have her be his foot-washing maid!"

The child's clear, bell-like voice rang out in the deathly silent auction house.

In the lobby on the first floor, hundreds of strange beings turned their heads towards the direction of the No. 3 VIP room. Several A-level and even S-level strange beings who were originally sitting in chairs were so shocked that they fell to the ground along with their chairs.

"May I ask which gang of friends is sitting in the No. 3 VIP box? I don't care which city you come from, but in this little corner of Burial Canyon, no one has dared to offend me like this for a long time."

The black wooden carved door to the private room in the center of the second floor was slapped open from the inside, creating a crack the width of a hand. A violent aura mixed with green poisonous mist crawled out of the crack like a venomous snake, baring its fangs and claws as it lunged toward the room where Jiang Luo was.

The shadowy figure standing in the corner of the sofa rolled its dark pupils upwards without moving an inch.

A black barrier formed from pure shadows spread directly from the wall of the No. 3 VIP box, silently swallowing up the poisonous mist that could make the low-level monsters in the hall vomit blood on the spot.

After witnessing this scene.

Jiang Luo was increasingly shocked by the strength of the half-demon, Dark Shadow.

Isn't it said that even the strongest can only fight against S-class powerhouses?

It can even withstand the strange pressure of an SS-level being. Isn't that a bit too exaggerated?

[No, host. That old devil was just using his pressure casually, while Shadow was using almost his full strength.]

After hearing the system's reply, Jiang Luo finally understood.

It turns out that in order to protect himself, Shadow actually used all his strength to fight this SS-level old monster.

Not bad.

"Grandpa, are you hard of hearing? Lolo just said she'd offer five thousand sparkling crystals for this maid. If you don't have the money, go home and take care of your grandson. Don't play these silly games that scare children!"

Jiang Luo gripped the glass of the floor-to-ceiling window with both hands, making an extremely cute face at the black private room opposite, where only a withered hand was visible. However, every word he uttered was like a knife stabbing into the old monster's lungs.

"Very well, since you enjoy wasting money on a piece of junk, I will not take what you love today. I just hope that when you leave the Death Merchant Guild, your two bodyguards will keep a close eye on your life and not let me find your fair corpse in the wilderness."

After realizing that the other party could easily dispel his pressure, the furious old man ultimately did not dare to directly turn on him on the merchant guild's territory.

He could only squeeze out a few vicious threats through gritted teeth, then slammed the broken wooden door shut, abandoning his plan to raise the price further.

Seeing that there was no bigger trouble, the skeleton auctioneer quickly tapped the table three times with his bone hammer, fearing that the wealthy white-haired girl might suddenly change her mind.

"Five thousand high-purity crystals, third time! Congratulations to the esteemed guest in VIP room number three for winning the first item of the day! Please have our staff immediately deliver the live animal to the second-floor VIP room!"