Zerg Lord of the Devouring Stars

2057 1 Month 15 Day.

Inside the martial arts training hall.

Wearing a loose white robe, Jiang Chen sat cross-legged on the Sky Shuttle, his entire body suspended in mid-air.

Jiang Chen's eyes, however, were gleaming as he silently stared at the 12 Sky-Piercing Shuttle blades floating in front of him. With his mind's control, the 12 silver-gray blades began to dance and float around him.

"Phew." After a long while, Jiang Chen let out a long sigh of relief.

"It's been so long since I was able to maintain the maximum power of all 12 weapons. According to another interpretation, my mental energy amplitude must have reached 12."

"The Celestial Gods' Record won't work."

After Jiang Chen absorbed the heart of the thousand-year-old willow wood on the misty island, he was able to maintain the maximum power of 11 weapons at the same time. In other words, he only improved one weapon in about a month!

The Celestial God's Manual is far inferior to even the basic secret techniques of Meteorite Star; after all, this "Basic Techniques for Spiritual Mind Masters"...

It's just that Hong somehow obtained the ordinary mental cultivation techniques on Earth. Perhaps they were just cultivation manuals for ordinary planetary mental cultivators or deduced by Hong's intelligence.

On Meteorite Star, there are World Lord level experts and Immortal level experts. Their various secret techniques are many times more powerful than those on Earth. Even their basic secret techniques would leave Earthlings speechless.

"Luo Feng only released his psychic power when it reached an amplitude of 16, while I'm only at 12 now, so there's no rush."

"If we go to Ruins No. 9 now, we might end up trapped inside for more than a year, just like Luo Feng."

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, then put away the razor blade. There was another important matter to attend to today.

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On January 15th, the Palace of War holds an auction every month on the 15th, and on this day, more than 90% of the world's War Gods gather to participate in this grand event.

At 19:45 China time, in the auction hall of the War God Palace in the virtual space.

The auction hall is laid out like a movie theater, in a fan shape. The center of the hall is the display stand, and around the stand are a large number of seats.

"Jiang Chen".

"Jiang Chen, come over here."

Most of the war gods Jiang Chen met here were teachers from the elite training camp, such as Yang Hui and Jiang Fang.

Inside the auction hall, many seats on both sides were occupied by war gods from all over the world, who were clearly very friendly to Jiang Chen.

An invincible war god holds a very special position among the war gods.

Jiang Chen smiled and nodded, then walked to a large area where the martial arts masters of the Limitless Martial Arts Hall were seated.

"Jiang Chen, sit here," Jiang Fang said with a smile, pointing to the side.

"Okay." Jiang Chen walked over and sat down next to him.

"After the auction, I'll introduce you to the other martial arts masters from our school," Jiang Fang said with a smile.

As the world's largest martial arts organization, the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy naturally has many high-level war gods, and even three invincible war gods.

The auction hall was packed with people, with over two thousand war gods present.

Suddenly, the entire auction hall fell silent, and the music stopped.

A light shone on the central exhibition stand, where a Chinese man and a white man stood, one speaking Chinese and the other speaking English as a translator.

"Welcome, War Gods, to this auction."

"This auction features a total of 69 items," the Chinese man said with a smile. "Without further ado, I hereby officially announce the commencement of this auction."

"The first item is a masterpiece by the outstanding 19th-century French Neoclassical painter Ingres, whose most famous work is 'Oedipus Unraveling the Riddle of the Sphinx,' with a starting price of 10 billion Chinese yuan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a giant masterpiece appeared in the sky above the auction hall, slowly rotating so that every war god could see it.

Jiang Chen sat in his seat, looking around curiously, but he had no desire to buy anything. He didn't appreciate antique paintings anyway, so they would just be decorations.

The War God Palace Auction is the world's largest auction. It's not just the War God who participates; behind the War God are various organizations and forces. Therefore, all sorts of rare and precious treasures are auctioned here.

Antique paintings, gene-enhancing drugs, weapons and suits... in short, anything of high value may be auctioned off.

Suddenly, a sound rang out, attracting his attention.

"The thirty-ninth item for auction, a bottle of water of life, has a starting price of 100 billion Chinese yuan."

"Water of Life?" Jiang Chen looked at the Water of Life on the label with surprise. Although he didn't need it himself, he could buy a portion for Luo Feng.

Whether it's Jiang Chen now or the future God of War Luo Feng, money on Earth is just a number. Jiang Chen is now buying and giving it to Luo Feng's younger brother, and over time, their relationship has deepened.

With a mere few hundred billion, one could buy the friendship of "Lord Luo," and I believe no one would refuse.

"110 million!"

"115 million."

"120 million!"

"125 million."

Before Jiang Chen could even speak, voices rang out, and Jiang Chen immediately shouted, "130 billion!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a projection of a person appeared above the booth. It was a young Chinese man, Jiang Chen.

An invincible war god, and such a young one at that, no one wanted to go against Jiang Chen. This was Jiang Chen's first time participating in an auction, so they gave him face.

"130 billion for the first time!" shouted a Chinese man on the booth, followed by a white man next to him.

"130 billion for the second time... 130 billion for the third time, deal!" the Chinese man shouted.

Jiang Chen won the bid for this "water of life" for 130 billion Chinese yuan.

"A portion of the Water of Life is in hand." Jiang Chen nodded.

Since Zhang Ke's arm was broken because of Luo Feng, let Luo Feng resolve the issue himself after he becomes a war god.

Jiang Chen and Zhang Ke had only met a few times and were not familiar with each other. There were too many disabled martial artists in the world, and Jiang Chen could not possibly take care of everyone.

I can only take care of a few familiar people, those with whom I have a close relationship.

One by one, the auction items were auctioned off, a total of 69 items. Even if each item was auctioned for two or three minutes, it would still take two or three hours.

"This is the 59th item up for auction, an artifact from an ancient civilization—the 'Dark Gold Spear,' 2.3 meters long, entirely dark gold in color, and made of materials even better than SS-grade weapons." As the Chinese man spoke, a dark gold spear appeared in the air above the display stand.

"The starting price is 80 billion Chinese yuan."

Immediately, the war gods below began to discuss.

A spear made of SS-grade materials is estimated to cost around 10 billion. This spear has a starting price of 8 billion, so it would be good to acquire it at auction.

Of course, the final price at auction is usually much higher than the reserve price.

The bottom price, after all, is the bottom price.

"85 billion Chinese Yuan!"

"90 million!"

There seem to be quite a few bidders this time. Long spears and swords are used by many war gods on Earth, but it's hard to find a weapon you really like.

Jiang Chen felt pretty good. After becoming a high-level war god, his original 9-series (S-series) spears were no longer enough.

"100 billion!" Jiang Chen announced the price, and the others followed suit, bidding one after another.

I gave them face the first time, but not the second time; everyone should compete fairly.

"105 million."

"110 million!"

"120 million."

"130 million."

"150 billion!" Jiang Chen shouted, and the figure above the exhibition stand changed to Jiang Chen's appearance.

"151 billion Chinese yuan."

"152 million."

After the bidding wars reached over 150 billion, the bids gradually decreased.

The King-class and Qiankun-class intelligent fighter jets cost over 100 billion Chinese yuan not only because of their superior materials, but also because of their enormous size.

The size of an intelligent fighter jet is vastly different from that of a regular weapon.

"152 million."

"155 billion Chinese yuan."

"160 billion!" Jiang Chen shouted again, and the projection on the exhibition stand changed to Jiang Chen once more.

"160 billion for the first time... 160 billion for the second time... 160 billion for the third time! Congratulations, War God Jiang Chen." The Chinese man announced the final result.

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The auction lasted for two and a half hours. Jiang Chen obtained a bottle of Water of Life and a dark gold spear, spending 290 billion Chinese yuan.

After the auction ended, Jiang Chen was also pulled by a group of warriors from the Limitless Martial Arts Academy to gather in the hall, where he met some of the more famous warriors from the Limitless Martial Arts Academy.

It wasn't until around 11:30 p.m. that Jiang Chen left the War God Palace.