The Peerless Tang Sect: Possessing Huo Yuhao at the Start

Chapter 34 Starlight Auction

The round-robin tournament has entered its fourth round and is now in its middle stage. Shrek Academy's Group 1 consists of only eight teams, and each team will play seven matches to complete one round.

In the next three matches, Shrek Academy did not encounter any opponents who could pose a threat to them, and they defeated their opponents one after another, finally winning all seven matches and taking first place in the group.

Because there were still nine teams in the other groups, they were given three days of rest after the Shrek Academy competition ended.

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng have fully recovered from their injuries. In the past few days, the Shrek team has been receiving a lot of good news. Xiao Xiao has broken through the level 30 bottleneck and now only needs a third spirit ring.

Wang Dong's soul power reached level 32, and Huo Zhanji also broke through to level 33. With Huo Zhanji's active help, Wang Dong and Huo Zhanji also gained a martial soul fusion skill: "Infinite Annihilation - Light Dragon Girl!"

With everyone's injuries healed, the Shrek Academy team returned to its peak condition. The two Soul Emperors among the main team members, Huo Zhanji's self-fusion skill that can directly reach the strength of a Soul Emperor, Bei Bei's martial soul that can evolve into a Golden Sacred Dragon, Xu Sanshi's martial soul that can evolve into a Xuanwu, and the other members' unique and outstanding abilities.

Arranging the game tactics didn't take too long. Afterwards, everyone went back to their rooms to cultivate. It wasn't until after dinner that they arrived at the Starlight Auction House again, led by Wang Yan, with invitations from the Starlight Auction House in hand.

Qingya led the group to the end, where two girls in long gold dresses came to greet them. After bowing slightly to everyone, they exchanged a few words with Qingya. Then, one of the girls turned to the wall, raised her right hand and pressed it against the wall. A horizontal light pattern swept down from top to bottom, and then with a hum, the wall slowly opened to both sides, revealing a passage.

Qingya explained, "This is our No. 1 auction hall, where we hold our top-tier auctions. Only the most distinguished guests are invited to enter here to participate in the bidding." As she spoke, she slowly led the way. After walking a short distance, small doors began to appear on both sides. Qingya eventually led them through door number seven.

Everyone settled into the comfortable sofas, while the elegant auctioneer and two young women in long gold dresses remained. Qingya stood to the side of the sofa and smiled, "Let me explain the rules of our top-tier auction to our distinguished guests..."

As Qingya was explaining, the entire room was suddenly bathed in a golden light, and everyone instinctively turned their gaze to the Soul Guidance Screen opposite the sofa.

Qingya said, "Distinguished guests, our auction is about to begin."

The golden light on the soul-guided screen gradually faded, and a melodious voice rang out: "Welcome, distinguished guests, to the Starlight Auction House's premier auction. Today, we will be presenting nine precious items for your enjoyment, displayed in ascending order of value. We hope you will enjoy them."

"Distinguished guests, I am your auctioneer, Jiu Jiu, and it is my honor to host this top-level auction. Your time is precious, so let's begin the auction. Now, please take a look at today's first lot."

As she spoke, she smiled sweetly and performed a complex but very elegant curtsy, making a gesture of invitation with her right hand. Instantly, the scene shifted, and an item appeared on the soul guidance screen on the wall.

……

Everyone was already captivated by the first lot on display.

Princess Jiujiu's voice followed: "The Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, an eighth-level close-range soul tool. The materials are extremely precious, including a right arm bone from a ten-thousand-year-old Tyrant Tiger soul beast, which solidifies its soul bone skill, Tyrant Blade Slash. It can also amplify the attack power of similar soul skills by fifty percent."

"Distinguished guests, please note that when using this precious close-combat soul tool, each strike will be accompanied by the Overlord Blade Slash effect. This effect can be stacked with any similar attack soul skill. Furthermore, through the guidance of the exquisite core magic array and the energy contained within the soul bone itself, the Overlord Blade Slash consumes only one-third of the soul power under normal circumstances."

"Finally, this Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade comes from the Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Empire. I think the name Mingde Hall alone is enough to speak of its quality. A Seven-Ring Soul Saint can use this blade, and with it, it will become possible for a Soul Saint to challenge a Soul Douluo of a higher level. Five minutes for viewing."

...five minutes later

"Time for viewing. The Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, starting price 600,000 Gold Soul Coins, with each bid increment no less than 5,000 Gold Soul Coins. Distinguished guests are all experts, so I'm sure there's no need for further explanation. The auction begins. If no one raises the bid within one minute, the auction is complete."

The screen changed to a pale white, and the previous image of the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade faded into the background. A huge number, six hundred thousand, appeared on the screen.

"Six hundred and fifty thousand," Dai Yueheng said. At the same time, he turned to Wang Yan and gestured, "Teacher Wang, this is my personal decision."

Wang Yan didn't say much, he just nodded to him.

As soon as he made the offer, the golden-clad maid immediately performed a simple operation on the soul guidance screen, and the huge number on the screen changed to 650,000.

It's no wonder Dai Yueheng was tempted. This level-eight soul tool is related to tigers, and it can be used by someone with only a seven-ring cultivation level. He's not far from reaching the seventh ring; he might break through in three to five years at most. A level-eight soul tool suitable for him isn't easy to find.

Ma Xiaotao said irritably, "So what if you have money!"

Seeing Ma Xiaotao's expression of wanting to get angry but having nowhere to vent, Dai Yueheng smiled slightly and said, "Xiaotao, you are stronger than me, so you will definitely enter the seventh ring before me. How about this? After you become a Soul Saint, you can use this Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade first. You can return it to me when I break through to the seventh ring. How about that? Anyway, it's just sitting there for nothing in my hands."

Ma Xiaotao glared at him and said, "Why would I want your things? It's not even certain whether you can afford them."

Sure enough, the numbers on the big screen started to jump, and the amount of gold soul coins skyrocketed. In the end, Dai Yueheng finally made up his mind and bid 1.56 million gold soul coins for the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade. Next, Wang Yan bought the fixed-installation soul-guided cannon for 660,000 gold soul coins. However, Shrek Academy did not bid on the next few items. The five consecutive items were a left arm bone, a right arm bone, a left leg bone, an extremely rare metal, and a level eight ranged soul-guided device.

Apart from the first two items, the prices of the subsequent items kept increasing, and since the items weren't particularly appealing to them, they naturally remained silent.

Princess Jiujiu's beautiful image appeared on the big screen for the eighth time. She smiled and said, "The next two items will be the highlights of today's auction. Our eighth item is still a soul bone. Please take a look."

With a flash of light, a soul bone, magnified many times over, appeared on the soul guidance screen. This soul bone was entirely emerald green, with an emerald green halo flowing and undulating on it, as if it contained emerald green liquid.

"How could this be...?"

"You bastard!"

Two voices suddenly rang in Huo Zhanji's mind at the same time. The first one belonged to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, and the second one naturally belonged to Ice Emperor. Huo Zhanji naturally knew the reason. That soul bone was naturally the left arm bone of Ice Jade Scorpion.

After hearing the introduction, Wang Yan nodded slightly, turned to look at Huo Zhanji and Ling Luochen, and said in a deep voice, "There is only one soul bone. If you can reach a consensus, I can try for you."

The sea of ​​consciousness in Huo Zhanji was in an uproar. After hearing the words "Ice Explosion," the Ice Emperor shouted loudly, demanding that Huo Zhanji must obtain the soul bone no matter what.

After carefully considering his words, Huo Zhanji addressed the crowd, saying, "Senior Sister Bingbi Scorpion Soul Bone Ling cannot fuse with it because non-ultimate ice attribute martial souls are incompatible."

Huo Zhanji turned around, took off his coat and handed it to Wang Dong, then took off his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body. The temperature in the room immediately dropped at an alarming rate, and a huge scorpion tattoo appeared on his back. Wasn't it the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion? Although the Ice Jade Scorpion did not exist as Huo Zhanji's second martial soul, the Ice Jade Scorpion tattoo was still there.

"My first spirit ring for the Frost Dragon Martial Soul is the Ice Jade Scorpion, and I also possess a piece of its torso bone, so what I say is true," Huo Zhanji said.

Ling Luochen asked, "Is there really a problem with this soul bone?"

Huo Zhanji nodded slightly and said a few words. Ling Luochen was stunned for a moment, then her expression changed. "What is destined to be yours will be yours, and what is not, you cannot force. If possible, you can cultivate with me a few times in the future."

"Okay," Huo Zhanji muttered to himself, looking at the 13 million gold soul coins he had left. He wondered if it was enough. He then quoted a price of 11 million gold soul coins. To Huo Zhanji's surprise, no one followed up after he quoted the price. Huo Zhanji was puzzled for a moment. With three hammer blows, Huo Zhanji successfully obtained the soul bone.

As for the final, most anticipated item, the Snow Emperor Embryo, Huo Zhanji didn't go to see it again. His brother-in-law, Xiao Hongchen, had already bought it for him, and he could just pick it up himself later.

Each VIP room has a secret passage that is opened separately, allowing VIPs participating in the auction to leave Shrek Academy secretly.

Their results today were also quite good: a Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, a complete set of fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs, and Huo Zhanji's Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone. Dai Yueheng and Huo Zhanji paid for the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, respectively. After receiving them, the two of them put them into their respective storage spaces. As for the complete set of level-six fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs, Wang Yan gave them directly to He Caitou.

Back in his room, Huo Zhanji took out the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone and began the fusion process. With the help of the Ice Emperor, the fusion of this soul bone went exceptionally smoothly, and his soul power increased by two levels. He was now a level 35 Soul Master with two rings, and the duration of his self-soul fusion skill had also been extended. He estimated that once he obtained another soul ring, he would be able to directly break through to level 40 Soul Grandmaster.

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(End of this chapter)