novelraw Chapter 1694 1698: Everyone Here Is Ruthless
Chapter 1694 1698: Everyone Here Is Ruthless
[Dean, that item is worth buying!]
While Zhang Menglong was still hesitating, Gou Dan directly gave Zhang Menglong his suggestion.
[After a simple analysis, all the figures on this item are extremely advanced Rune Techniques. As long as you fill it with enough Divine Crystals, the figure in the middle can exert the combat strength of a basic low-level Ultimate Lifeform, while the surrounding thousands of other runes can exert the power equivalent to a level nine Super Life Form!]
"That impressive!?" Even when Zhang Menglong studied Rune Techniques, he had seen something similar called the "War God Catalog," which was made from top-tier runes and the souls of Martial Artists with a guardianship will.
It's not that creating this thing is extremely difficult, but the conditions for production are too demanding. Just gathering the basic materials is already a very challenging task. As for acquiring a soul with a guardianship will, it's like finding a needle in a haystack. Unless someone voluntarily offers it up at the time of their demise, and the strength of the Martial Artist summoned by the "War God Catalog" is heavily dependent on the power of the soul when it was alive.
As for this mysterious scroll, it is probably created in a similar manner. In other words, thousands at the peak of Divine Cultivation and one entity beyond the Divine Cultivation Realm sacrificed themselves to protect something which resulted in this scroll being made.
"Remarkable," Zhang Menglong couldn't help but exclaim, "I can't produce something like this myself. I wonder which big name in the God Race world made it."
"210 billion!" Now that Zhang Menglong knew its use and power limits, he wouldn't miss out on it. After all, for Zhang Menglong, earning money is much easier than earning Cred Points, and with this item, he wouldn't even need to find other bodyguards.
"Oh my! Someone's actually bidding for this item?"
"Who is that? Isn't that the guy who fought for the Respect Dao Elixir earlier? How could he be so rich? Is he just messing around?"
"That's impossible. Every time a fake bid is made, the assets of the bidder are frozen and verified. Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to call out the price. This means he genuinely has that much fixed capital in his account to bid."
"I never thought there would be someone so wealthy hidden in the Skyless Realm aside from the three giants. Truly well hidden! If it wasn't for his secret identity, I'd really like to meet this person."
"Anyone with that much capital likely has a highly prestigious status around here. Maybe he just doesn't want others to know his true identity, possibly a senior member of one of the 27 factions!"
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"Xichen, aren't you interested in this?" the leader of the assassin organization asked Xichen with a smile.
"I am interested," Xichen said coolly, "but I don't have that much money to compete for something external. Otherwise, I wouldn't have a chance in the competition for that Universe Ring Pill coming up."
"I think this item is perfectly suited for you," Xichen turned and looked at Yun Cangzi by his side.
Yun Cangzi was indeed very interested in this treasure. As an Array Master, he was very sensitive to anything that contained Rune Formation power, and he could clearly sense the profound Rune knowledge contained in this scroll.
If he utilized it well and studied it thoroughly, it could potentially have great significance for his formation skills.
However, he only had over 300 billion Divine Crystals on him this time, and if he bought it, he wouldn't be able to compete for the Universe Ring Pill,
so he chose to ignore Xichen to avoid exposing his own inner turmoil.
"Huh? No one's competing?" Zhang Menglong thought this treasure would be crazily scrambled for as soon as it emerged, and although he began the bid to attract others, there was no response?
"It seems this group really doesn't have much money left," Zhang Menglong smiled wryly. The impoverished ones can't cough up 200 billion, and the prosperous ones want to save their money for the auction's final item, leaving the scroll mysteriously without competition.
In fact, the Black Rock Auction House had considered this scenario. The seller set the initial price too high, but if they couldn't prove its power, most people remained skeptical. Besides, today was, after all, the elixir specialty auction, with things like the Universe Ring Pill available, which meant that even a passed auction for this scroll wasn't impossible.
Selling it at all was already a miracle.
After three price inquiries, finally, Zhang Menglong became the sole competitor.
"Congratulations to this gentleman for acquiring this rare treasure," the auctioneer was also filled with doubt, wondering if this thing could actually summon a presence beyond the Divine Cultivation Realm. How much money would that require? Even if you could afford to buy it, could you even afford to use it? Buying this thing is really burning cash!
With an exchange of money and goods, after Zhang Menglong completed the payment, he was notified that the scroll would be delivered to his residence within an hour.
"Finally arrived!" Zhang Menglong temporarily shelved the matter, and now with 64 trillion Divine Crystals in his possession, if he could actually cash that in, he might just empty the banks in the Skyless Realm, right?
"We'll take a five-minute break now," the auctioneer said, "afterward, we will conduct the auction for the final item!"
This five-minute break seemed intended to relieve the tension of the auction, but for those interested in competition, it was their last moment to gather funds.
"How much do we have? 370 billion Divine Crystals? Not enough. Immediately think of something else!"
"Buy everything that can be bought, if nothing else, mortgage it. Use my name to borrow money, I am determined to acquire this today!"
"520 billion... I don't know if that guy Xichen still has more, this amount is still not very safe."
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Within five minutes, everyone was making their final effort, while Zhang Menglong calmly crossed his arms, ready to watch the fierce bidding about to unfold.
"Alright everyone, we will now begin the auction for the final item, the most anticipated in our auction house's history, known by everyone surely, a perfect quality level nine Saint Grade Elixir, the Universe Ring Pill!"
"Its purpose is to help a level nine Divine Cultivator sense the world's most profound power and Laws, finding a path beyond the Divine Cultivation Realm. This item has no starting price! Each bid increase must not be less than 1 billion Divine Crystals!"
"200 billion!"
"Are you dummy, wanting this elixir with just two billion? 250 billion!"
"I thought you had more cash, at 250 billion, you and him are no different, 300 billion!"
"What the hell, we're losing our minds, weren't we told that the price increase each time should not be less than 1 billion! Adding five billion at a time, what is that about? Can we get some participation please?"
"This is only something the level nine Divine Cultivators are qualified to vie for. Even if we could grab it, our realm wouldn't be sufficient to ingest this elixir."
"Forget it, life goes on, 330 billion, if you can offer more, I'll drop out!"
"400 billion, go ahead and make your move. This is all I got!"
"Everyone usually keeps it hidden, but today all are exposing their funds, aren't they? 410 billion!"
"Only adding 10 billion? Are you capable or not? 450 billion?"
"500 billion!"
"You scoundrel, where did you get so much money from? Did you mortgage your whole country?"
"Hahaha, I mortgaged my life, 520 billion!"
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"Holy hell, they're all going crazy!" Zhang Menglong had still underestimated the lure of this elixir. The current price had almost doubled his expected psychological price, and not only did someone mortgage a country, there were even those who mortgaged their own lives, needless to say, every figure in the Skyless Realm is truly daring!