Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Primal Tenfold Talent

In the subsequent auction, Meng Jingrong bought two more D9-level mechanical race battle suits for his younger sister and Lin Youfeng, spending a total of 37.6 mixed units.

He then spent another 230 units to bid for a "Source Heart Fruit" for Meng Qinglan.

This fruit is a treasure for a star-level martial artist. After consuming it, one's cultivation aptitude can be greatly improved. Under normal circumstances, one can break through to the Domain Lord level within five thousand years. It is also the most suitable treasure for Meng Qinglan at present.

Finally, Meng Jingrong set his sights on a divine weapon for warriors that possessed both spatial and temporal attributes—the Crimson Sky-Piercing Spear!

The Crimson Sky-Piercing Spear is forged primarily from F9-grade Crimson Copper Mother metal, with the addition of other precious materials. Even ordinary Immortal Army Lord level experts would find it difficult to damage, making it arguably the most advanced weapon below the Immortal level.

In the end, Meng Jingrong spent 53.2 Hunyuan units to successfully acquire this treasure.

After several rounds of bidding, Meng Jingrong's account balance shrank to 211.11 Mixed Yuan Units.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this auction is drawing to a close!"

Young Mu Tuo's face beamed with an enthusiastic smile, his voice echoing throughout the auction hall through the loudspeaker, "Only one final item remains! Once this treasure is sold, this year's Flame Dragon Auction will officially conclude..."

"I bet everyone's been itching to get started, and I'm just as excited!" Muto's voice suddenly rose, brimming with barely concealed excitement. "Now!!!"

He took a deep breath and announced loudly, word by word, "I solemnly reveal the final auction item—'The Pupae of the Snail'!"

The young Mu Tuo's voice was loud and clear, "This Pupae Armor is an Immortal-grade battle armor. If a first or second-tier World Lord uses the Pupae Armor, it can withstand non-soul-type attacks below the Immortal level without being harmed. Even in Immortal-level battles, the Pupae Armor can play a significant role!"

"Whoosh—!"

The entire auction hall erupted in cheers!

Despite the rumors that had been circulating for some time, the cheers and gasps in the venue erupted like a torrent when the name "Pupal Snail Armor" was officially announced!

'Pupal snail shell'!

It is a precious treasure that can be used up to the level of an immortal marquis, and which may only appear once in dozens of auctions.

Inside the auction hall, Mu Tuo raised his hand to quell the commotion and announced loudly, "Chrysalis Shell, starting price 30 Mixed Yuan Units, auction begins!"

"55 mixed units! Is there anything higher?"

"66 Mixed Yuan Units, uh, 72 Mixed Yuan Units, now it's 80 Mixed Yuan Units!"

Muto's voice was urgent and high-pitched, constantly updating the latest bid, "Is there a higher price?"

"The countdown has begun... 10, 9, 8... 83 mixed units! A new high price, a new high price! Last chance, once you miss it, you'll never see it again!"

"3, 2, 1...! Congratulations to guest A06-001, you have obtained the 'Pupal Shell'! Wishing you smooth sailing on your path to immortality!"

Young Mu Tuo's voice soared to its highest point, "All items in this auction have been sold! Thank you all for your tremendous support. This year's Flame Dragon Auction is officially over!!!"

In the virtual universe, above the Flame Dragon Continent, on one of the floating islands.

The main building inside the floating island is that enormous auction hall.

At this moment, figures appeared one after another on the island, and under the unified command of the intelligent light brain, they were distributed in an orderly manner like a swarm of bees to major locations such as the welcoming entrance, the star corridor, and the trading area.

This is a team of over ten thousand service personnel, the weakest of whom are at least cosmic-level powerhouses.

A cosmic-level powerhouse...

Although one may be able to reign supreme in a particular star system, when looking at the vast and boundless star field, one is merely a drop in the ocean, and thus has a much lower status.

If placed within the vast universe, it would be nothing at all!

The Yanlong Universe Kingdom alone possesses hundreds of millions of star systems.

Within this vast universe, there are as many as millions of Realm Lord powerhouses!

With the guidance of numerous realm lords, the probability of producing a universe-level powerhouse is naturally much higher.

"Carrot, almost all the guests here today are Realm Lords!"

"If any female realm lord takes a liking to me, then for the rest of my life..."

Two space-class soldiers dressed in black, patterned suits stood before a misty passageway, whispering amongst themselves, their voices tinged with suppressed excitement.

"The auction has officially concluded, and guests will be leaving in an orderly fashion. All guides have performed their duties diligently, and their performance has been directly linked to their contribution points."

A cold voice quickly spread to the minds of all the service personnel on the floating island. The two soldiers who had been talking in hushed tones just moments before stood up straight, even deliberately lowering their breathing.

wow——

From the various exits of the tall, magnificent auction hall in the distance, large crowds began to pour out.

The auction attracted more than 1.7 million guests, of whom over 99% were powerful realm lords, some immortal beings, and a number of wealthy and influential young people.

Although they are all ordinary bodies in the virtual universe, a single glance from those world lords can make even star-level warriors lose their composure. Therefore, all the service staff are universe-level powerhouses.

"Sir, this is the way to the teleportation point. The other areas are for visiting our floating islands." The staff greeted him with smiles and utmost respect.

"There are too many realm lords, and each one of them is terrifying!" The soldiers serving them suppressed their fear and became even more respectful.

"Another young man is coming. He doesn't look like a Realm Lord; he seems even more terrifying than one!"

The staff member dared not be careless. When Meng Jingrong and his group approached from afar, he smiled respectfully and said, "Sir, this way leads to the teleportation point. Other directions allow you to visit our floating island."

"Hmm." Meng Jingrong nodded slightly, smiled at the waiter, and continued, "I need to purchase a large amount of basic resources. Where do I need to go?"

Seeing Meng Jingrong's smile, the waiter was flattered and quickly replied, "Sir, it's over here, please follow me."

After saying that, he led the way, and Meng Jingrong followed the guide's directions and soon arrived at a trading hall.

There were a few scattered guests here who had participated in the auction and had other requests, which the auction organizers naturally fulfilled.

Inside the trading hall, Meng Jingrong first selected a batch of treasures that could efficiently transform the planet's ecology.

These treasures mostly contain pure life energy, which can revitalize a desolate planet in a short time, build a complete ecological cycle system, and lay the foundation for the reproduction of the species.

Subsequently, Meng Jingrong acquired a "Hengxing-level" planetary defense system.

This system can not only achieve comprehensive monitoring of the entire Hengxing system, but also resist the invasion of most domain lord-level powerhouses, building an unbreakable defense line for the new "Ziwei Star".

In addition, Meng Jingrong also purchased a full range of basic technology products, intelligent living facilities and livelihood security equipment.

Finally, Meng Jingrong purchased a massive amount of basic cultivation resources, such as Purple Light Dew, Azure Wave Marrow, and Wooden Seed Crystal.

These resources cost a total of 160 Mixed Yuan Units, further shrinking Meng Jingrong's wealth to only 51.11 Mixed Yuan Units.

With these resources, it's easy to foresee that Ziwei Star will experience explosive growth in the next few decades—the entire population will soon be martial artists, planetary-level powerhouses will spring up like mushrooms after rain, and constellation-level powerhouses will be born in large numbers!

......

The Flame Dragon Auction ended fifteen days later.

On a desolate planet in the remote border region of the Nine Luminaries Starfield.

This is a lifeless planet, its surface covered with dark, iron-like reddish-brown rocks, with rushing rivers of lava and raging volcanoes everywhere, and the air thick with the pungent smell of sulfur.

Such an extremely harsh environment would be difficult for even planetary-level beings to survive in.

On the planet's surface, a uniquely shaped, deep blue, disc-shaped spaceship quietly rests.

Meanwhile, in the dark universe, a light purple spaceship is traveling at 20 times the speed of light.

"Beep—beep—beep!"

The central control screen lit up with a red indicator light, and the intelligent computer's voice echoed throughout the cabin: "The spaceship is about to arrive at the preset transaction location. It will leave the dark universe in ten seconds! Countdown begins—10, 9, 8..."

The moment the countdown reached zero, the spaceship shuddered violently and instantly returned to the original universe.

"Warning! Warning! Client handover procedures are about to begin!"

The intelligent computer's voice sounded again, "According to the Virtual Universe Company's rules and regulations, during the handover process, please strictly abide by Article 133 (prohibition of disclosing customer information and transaction details) and Article 156 (ensuring the safety of transaction materials and the personal safety of customers). The intelligent system has activated full monitoring, and all operations will be uploaded to the company's core database for archiving in real time. No one has the right to tamper with it..."

As the notification tone faded, the light purple spaceship pierced through the thick volcanic ash clouds above the planet and, against the backdrop of flames and smoke, slowly landed on a flat, rocky area not far from the dark blue spaceship.

Meng Jingrong walked in front, with Lin Youfeng and Meng Qinglan following behind. Their combat boots crunched through the reddish-brown rocks as they headed towards the light purple spaceship not far away, the spaceship belonging to the Virtual Universe Company.

"Guest identity confirmed, information matches correctly, handover procedure authorized!"

The voice of the intelligent optical computer sounded again.

Immediately afterwards, several staff members dressed in silver-gray uniforms and wearing the Virtual Universe Company badge on their chests filed out of the light purple spaceship.

The lead staff member raised his hand and waved, causing the World Ring on his fingertip to flash with light, and a massive amount of trading materials appeared out of thin air.

There were rows of giant shipping containers, each over a thousand meters long, neatly arranged, stretching like a majestic mountain range.

Meng Jingrong stepped forward, verified each item one by one, and then stored it in his world ring.

"Dear guest, thank you for your support of Virtual Universe Company. Thank you."

A powerful realm master with a faint mark of light law on his forehead stepped forward and solemnly shook hands with Meng Jingrong.

After shaking hands, without further conversation, Meng Jingrong immediately turned around with Lin Youfeng and Meng Qinglan and quickly returned to the deep blue spaceship.