Douluo: The Peerless Tang Sect - The Ordinary Life of a Supporting Character

Chapter 104 The Struggle to Achieve Complete Success

These words immediately stirred up a lively atmosphere among the audience. Only a few people who had heard of the Fiend's reputation remained unmoved, quietly waiting for the auctioneer to continue.

"Our Starlight Auction House has always been honest and fair to all, so please allow me to finish what I have to say. As you all probably guessed, the reason the engraving knife is here is because it has some inherent problems."

"To be honest, this is a cursed carving knife. It was actually made by an evil spirit master. After it fell into the hands of the common people, it had a total of thirty-seven owners, and all thirty-seven of them died tragically. Among them, nine of them even fell into evil spirit mastery."

Upon hearing the "battle record" of this carving knife, the crowd below the stage finally understood why the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife had appeared here, and those who had just been rubbing their hands in anticipation suddenly fell silent.

"The Soul-Devouring Carving Knife has a starting bid of 100,000 Gold Soul Coins, with each bid increment being no less than 5,000 Gold Soul Coins. Distinguished guests, you may now begin the bidding."

Time ticked by, but the audience remained silent.

Although the owner of Starlight Auction House promised the auctioneer who could sell the carving knife a 1% commission due to its repeated failures to sell, the auctioneer on stage didn't have high hopes, after all, this wasn't the first time she had auctioned the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife.

"100,000 Gold Soul Coins".

The auctioneer looked down at the audience, his eyes lighting up instantly.

"100,000 Gold Soul Coins per time."

"Twice for 100,000 gold soul coins".

"100,000 Gold Soul Coins, sold in three transactions!"

The auctioneer on stage seemed afraid that the bidders would back out, so the intervals between the three bids were shorter than usual, and the gavel fell quickly.

"Is this your goal?" Ma Xiaotao whispered in Wang Nan's ear.

She knew Wang Nan somewhat; he wouldn't have brought her here for no reason. Although she didn't know where he got the information, it was clear he was after the carving knife.

Wang Nan nodded slowly.

He was the one who bid on the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife; as an inner disciple of Shrek Academy, he could easily afford 100,000 gold soul coins. Moreover, Wang Nan was extremely experienced in dealing with the evil thoughts and curses on it.

The Soul-Devouring Carving Knife is essentially a large piece of living gold. Although he cannot use the power of another world to make it do more like Electrolux, carrying it with him often is also of great benefit to his body.

In addition, the carving knife made of the living gold has the ability to decompose almost all metals and ores, making it a good choice as a weapon.

"Let's go."

Having achieved his most important goal, Wang Nan had no intention of lingering any longer.

"Are you sure it's okay for you to buy this carving knife?" Ma Xiaotao asked with some concern as they walked out of the auction house.

"Don't worry, the evil intent on this carving knife is not as powerful as the evil fire within you."

Although the one who placed the curse on the Soul Devouring Carving Blade was a Title Douluo-level evil soul master, how much could he possibly accomplish on such a small carving blade, even if he exerted his full strength?

With Wang Nantian's ability to purify Fushenglong and his spiritual power, purifying it would not be a difficult task.

Instead of rushing back to the hotel, Wang Nan took Ma Xiaotao on a leisurely stroll through Xingluo City's night market. Although he had other purposes for this trip, his genuine desire to bring Ma Xiaotao out for fun was also a real one.

Late at night, after returning to his room, Wang Nan immediately took out the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife he had just bought.

Although the curse on it might not affect him, carrying it around always poses some risks, so it's best to deal with it as soon as possible.

Wang Nan placed the dark-colored carving knife with its ancient patterns on the table, and immediately felt a sense of unease. He then used his mental energy to dispel the feeling.

It seems that it doesn't pose much of a threat to itself.

With this thought in mind, Wang Nan slowly extended his spiritual power forward.

The moment he came into contact with the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade, an extremely cold and malevolent aura, accompanied by a fierce energy, surged along his spiritual power into his spiritual sea.

However, before Wang Nan could make a move, the Heavenly Forged Floating Dragon moved as if by instinct, golden light shot out from Wang Nan's eyes, and a surge of powerful spiritual energy rushed out, instantly crushing towards the Soul Devouring Carving Blade.

The Soul-Devouring Carving Blade trembled slightly, as if it had let out a mournful scream. The next moment, wisps of azure energy slowly emerged.

The blue aura gradually gathered, condensing in the air into a ferocious, distorted face with its mouth wide open, emitting a silent roar.

Unfortunately, its resistance was in vain.

Wang Nan's spiritual power seemed inexhaustible, constantly surging from his sea of ​​consciousness onto the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade. With each fluctuation of his spiritual power, his azure face would dim a little.

In no time, the last trace of black on the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade had completely disappeared, and its body was no longer the previous dark black, but rather emitted a soft light like a piece of cyan crystal.

When Wang Nan picked it up, it felt like he was holding a piece of warm, soft jade. A vibrant life force slowly emanated from it, cleansing his entire body.

Wang Nan shook his head slightly, somewhat dissatisfied.

No wonder that evil spirit master from three thousand years ago was unable to use the true power of the Gold of Life throughout his life after obtaining it. In the end, he could only make it into a carving knife and leave behind evil thoughts and curses before his death.

Before mastering its true usage, whether using mental or soul power to contact it, one can only obtain a weak amount of life force from it, while other abilities cannot be utilized for the time being.

However, Wang Nan wasn't a greedy person. He was already satisfied with what he had gained, and the rest was up to fate.

……

The three-day elimination rounds passed quickly, and on the fourth day of the Soul Fighting Tournament, the competition entered the round-robin stage.

There are 67 teams remaining, which are divided into eight groups, with eight to nine people in each group.

The order of appearance in the round-robin tournament is arranged according to the order of qualification from the first round of the knockout stage. Shrek Academy's group has a total of eight academy teams participating, and they will also play in the first round.

The host was already using an enthusiastic voice to stir up the audience's emotions.

"Now, please welcome the Shrek Academy team, the number one academy on the continent, and their opponents, the Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy team from the Star Luo Empire, to the waiting area. At the same time, please invite the captains of both teams to come up on stage to confirm their competition format."

After entering the round-robin stage, the competition format also changed. In addition to the seven-on-seven team competition, there are two more competition formats: one-on-one individual battle and two-on-two-three battle. Before each competition, participants need to choose one of these three formats to compete in.

Wang Nan walked onto the stage. Opposite him was the captain of Yunluo Academy, a burly man. Generally, Soul Masters don't have high requirements for Soul Rings, but their physical strength is usually not too bad, otherwise they wouldn't be able to carry so many Soul Tools.

Today's first day of release! I've posted all the previous drafts and today's update together. Thank you all for your support!

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