The venue fell utterly silent, with only the increasingly rapid and heavy sound of breathing audible.
Then, the madness began.
"Three hundred million Beli, Pure Gold!"
"One billion Beli, Pure Gold!"
"Five hundred million Beli... Are you insane? You're bidding one billion for immortality that only comes with negative side effects!"
"Idiot! One billion is only the beginning. Take the Op-Op Fruit, for example. Even though it's still uncertain whether it can grant immortality, someone was willing to bid five billion Beli for it."
"Damn it, then I bid 1.2 billion Beli!"
Amid the uproar, voices concerning the ancient Stone Tablet could also be heard.
"One hundred million Beli! I'm taking this Poneglyph!" Kaido glared around him, clearly trying to use the same trick again.
However, this time, no one gave him any face.
Red-Haired spoke up directly. "Three hundred million Beli, Poneglyph."
Even Beckman was somewhat surprised. Shanks rarely acted this forcefully. It seems Shanks might know something.
"Red-Haired, are you trying to oppose me, you brat?" Kaido roared.
"Fair competition. What, don't you, Beasts Kaido, even have this much Aura?"
On the other side, Whitebeard said, "Pure Gold plus a Poneglyph. That bastard Apophis really went all out!"
"Yeah! Apophis really is impossible to see through." As Marco spoke, he suddenly shouted, "One billion Beli plus two Devil Fruits, Pure Gold!"
Whitebeard's expression suddenly turned ferocious. His heart was bleeding—one billion Beli!
That money could have lifted his homeland out of poverty, yet now he actually had to give it to that bastard Apophis. It was truly infuriating.
Within the Marine faction, Kuzan asked in a deep voice, "What do we do next? If something like a Poneglyph falls into the hands of pirates, it will become a disaster for the entire world."
"Should we take action and