Fish-Tail External Soul Bone, Fish Dragon Tail

The nobleman who had just called out the price helplessly lowered his bidding paddle. Collecting was one thing, but spending four thousand Gold Soul Coins on a damaged Soul Tool was less practical than using the money to hire a low-level Soul Ancestor as a bodyguard.

The other distinguished guests began discussing it among themselves, but not one of them raised a paddle to bid. Seeing this, Ji Wuming smiled in delight, his hands clenched tightly into fists as he nervously awaited the moment the Host's hammer fell.

"Guest Number 127 has bid four thousand Gold Soul Coins. Does any other guest wish to offer more?"

The Host's eyes swiftly swept across the guests' seats as he continued, "Four thousand Gold Soul Coins, going once. Going twice. Four thousand Gold Soul Coins, sold!"

Bang—

As the auction hammer fell, the Host looked in Ji Wuming's direction, pointed at his seat, and said with a smile,

"Congratulations to Guest Number 127 for acquiring this special Soul Tool."

The Host had originally estimated that this special Soul Tool would sell for around three to four thousand Gold Soul Coins. He had not expected it to fetch the sky-high price of four thousand, which meant his share of the profits would increase by another hundred Gold Soul Coins. Although it was nowhere near the profit share from those large auction items earlier,

it was still the best commission among Soul Tools other than Storage Soul Guiding Devices.

After Ji Wuming paid four thousand Gold Soul Coins with his card, the damaged special Soul Tool was officially placed into his Storage Soul Guiding Device.

However, in the very next moment, movement came from all thirty blue private rooms. One person after another emerged from behind the curtains, and the Soul Power fluctuations they released caused Ji Wuming's pressure to mount sharply. Dean Shui beside him felt the same.

It was clear that the Soul Masters in those rooms were at least Soul Emperors, and there might even be one or two Soul Douluos among them.

"Dean, why has this auction attracted so many powerful experts? Could it be that one of the items is a Soul Bone?"

In response to Ji Wuming's question, Dean Shui gave him a brief explanation. Just as Ji Wuming had guessed, the final item of this auction was indeed a Soul Bone. As for further details, the auction house had not revealed much more information.

Those Soul Saints and even Soul Douluos had been personally invited by the auction house, so the information they had received was surely far more extensive.

The Host personally carried an exquisite wooden box onto the auction platform, followed by ten powerful Soul Masters. At that moment, the Soul Masters in the private rooms all gripped the railings before them tightly, their eyes filled with desire.

As the wooden box slowly opened, a blue tailbone shaped like a fish tail appeared before everyone. Soul Power fluctuations continuously radiated from it.

"What is that? A piece of bone, or another Soul Tool?"

Many guests were utterly confused. As the final auction item, it was merely a Soul Tool?

Yet Soul Masters like Ji Wuming wore grave, even greedy expressions. One excited Soul Master even rose to his feet and shouted,

"A Soul Bone! It's actually a Soul Bone!!!"

"That's right, distinguished guests. The final item of Vast Sea Auction House is this Soul Bone."

Before the Host could finish speaking, every guest rose in unison and strained to look ahead. They all wanted this Soul Bone.

"Host, get to the point already. Name a starting price, and I'll buy it."

"Who do you think you are? A Soul Bone belongs to the worthy. With only the strength of a Soul Elder, even if you win it, you won't live long enough to use it."

"Distinguished guests, please don't rush. Allow me to briefly introduce this Soul Bone!"

The Host gently took the Soul Bone from the wooden box and confidently introduced it to the crowd.

"This Soul Bone came from an extremely rare Sea Soul Beast—the Fish Dragon Beast. Its age is estimated to be between three thousand and five thousand years. Moreover, this Soul Bone is not one of the six standard Soul Bones, but an exceptionally rare Fish-Tail External Soul Bone!"

Ji Wuming was greatly shocked upon hearing of the Fish Dragon Beast. It had a dragon's head and a fish's body, possessed immense Dragon-type bloodline power, and lived in the Nine Star Sea. The leader of its species had been a hundred-thousand-year Nine-Segment Fish Dragon Beast, powerful enough to crush the equally hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King.

However, after provoking the Sea God and invading Sea God Island, it had been slain by Bo Saixi several centuries ago. Its Fish Dragon Beast clan had then been devoured by other Sea Soul Beasts and was nearly driven to extinction.

While Ji Wuming was lost in thought, the entire venue fell silent. Within seconds, the auction erupted into an incomparably frenzied uproar. A thousand-year Soul Bone was one thing, but this had come from a top-tier Sea Soul Beast. It was a supreme-grade Soul Bone, an External Soul Bone capable of evolving.

If not for the ten experts beneath the auction platform simultaneously revealing six or even seven perfectly configured Soul Rings, today's auction would have turned completely into a Slaughter Arena.

"Since you distinguished guests can no longer wait, I shall not continue the introduction. This item has no starting price. It will go to the highest bidder."

The instant the Host's auction hammer fell, bidding paddles rose one after another.

"I bid one million!"

"Then I—I bid two million Gold Soul Coins."

At this moment, Dean Shui glanced at the Soul Masters in the private rooms above, who had yet to make a move. He felt deeply regretful. The auction funds provided by the family probably would not even cover the fractional amount, but he still raised his numbered paddle tentatively.

"Three million Gold Soul Coins!"

Before even a second had passed, his bid was directly overwhelmed by an offer of four million Gold Soul Coins.

Dean Shui sighed and said regretfully, "Alas, this External Soul Bone from a top-tier Soul Beast is not fated to belong to my Shui Family!"

At last, Ji Wuming truly felt the gap in financial power. So the previous auction items had merely been appetizers before the meal. He desperately consoled himself inwardly.

As a Tool Soul Master, this Fish-Tail External Soul Bone would not be of much use to me. It doesn't matter if I can't get it. It's only a thousand-year Soul Bone!

By then, the bidding had already reached fifteen million Gold Soul Coins, and the frequency of bids gradually began to slow.

"Fifteen million Gold Soul Coins. Does anyone wish to raise the bid? Fifteen million, going once. Fifteen million, going twice—"

"I bid twenty million!"

A somewhat aged voice rang out from Private Room Number One.

"Thirty million!"

"Thirty-five million!"

At this point, the entire auction had become a battleground for the dozen or so experts in the private rooms. The pace of bidding had slowed considerably, but every increase was no less than three million.

As the price soared to sixty-four million, only the people in two private rooms remained in the bidding.

Just as one room raised the price again to sixty-seven million, the person in the other room could no longer sit still. He immediately threw aside the curtain and stepped onto the viewing platform, glaring furiously at his greatest rival across from him.

"May I ask which faction this esteemed brother comes from? I, Yu Luomian, am determined to obtain this Soul Bone. I hope you will give face to my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and withdraw from this auction. Afterward, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan will surely offer a generous reward."

Looking at the mighty, towering Yu Luomian upstairs, Ji Wuming had never expected that this auction in Vast Sea City had even invited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, which was located in the eastern part of the continent.

Moreover, the man who had come was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's second-in-command, Liu Erlong's biological father. This External Soul Bone contained the essence of the Dragon-type, making it undoubtedly most suitable for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

"So it is the vice clan leader of the continent's third greatest sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. My apologies, my apologies. Since Brother Yu wants this Soul Bone, then it is yours."

The man hidden behind the curtain courteously yielded the External Soul Bone and stopped bidding.

With the Fish-Tail External Soul Bone falling into Yu Luomian's hands, the auction concluded successfully. Yet the moment Yu Luomian left Vast Sea City, quite a few Soul Masters were already secretly following him, waiting for an opportunity to seize it.