Lin Ziyi felt puzzled when he saw the King of Slaughter suddenly lower his proud head.
He still preferred the other's unruly demeanor from earlier...
Although his body was now completely shrouded in black mist, making him look rather eerie and terrifying.
The other had lived for one or two hundred years and should have witnessed all sorts of horrifying scenes... Surely he would not be frightened by Lin Ziyi's harmless appearance, right?
Lin Ziyi did not dwell on it. When his gaze swept across the crowd, no one dared say another word.
At that moment, the crop-circle-like patterns on the circular auction platform lit up with a golden glow!
A square pedestal half a meter wide slowly rose before Lin Ziyi.
A golden orb floated above the pedestal, while a hexagonal auction hammer base sat beneath it to the lower right, its surface flickering with a wine-red gleam!
Lin Ziyi suddenly felt a strange force guiding him to open his right hand.
A small, rotating dark-purple hammer immediately appeared in his palm. It was his god-tier martial soul—the Myriad Heavens Auction Hammer!!
This hammer looked completely different from what Lin Ziyi had imagined:
The front of the hammerhead resembled the rounded head of an octopus, while its rear ended in a curled, tentacle-like tail.
The handle was covered in dense, round suckers and even felt like a slimy tentacle!
Yet because of those suckers, Lin Ziyi did not need to grip it tightly for the handle to stay in his hand...
Looking at his martial soul, Lin Ziyi inexplicably found it a little creepy—its bizarre appearance was seriously draining his sanity!
Fortunately, aside from its unique appearance, this auction hammer was made of fairly sturdy material. Otherwise, Lin Ziyi might have nightmares at night...
The young man did not overthink it and focused his gaze on the orb before him.
The orb was about the size of a palm and semi-transparent, with something resembling a duck faintly visible inside.
When he reached out and touched the orb, the golden light suddenly dispersed, revealing a duck plushie with a mouse's head!
Where the duck's neck should have been was replaced by a mouse head.
The mouse's mouth had also become a flat duck bill... At first glance, it was oddly adorable.
At that moment, the system's voice sounded in his mind:
Treasure Tool Name: Rat-Rat I Duck. Treasure Tool Effect: Regardless of level, designate one target to say or do things completely contrary to their true thoughts for two and a half minutes! Permanent Treasure Tool: Can be used once per day. Refreshes every twenty-four hours. Each time it is used, the user will also be affected by the Treasure Tool's effect. However, as long as the user neither thinks nor acts, backlash can be avoided. Suggested starting price: 100 Gold Soul Coins. Each bid increase must be no less than 100 Gold Soul Coins.
After hearing the system's introduction to the Treasure Tool, Lin Ziyi revealed a wry smile.
What kind of powerhouse had created this thing, and in what world?
How could a mouse and a duck be combined so seamlessly?
Was this really something a human could come up with?
All he could say was that it truly deserved to be an auction item selected by the system from the myriad worlds. Its visual impact was downright explosive!
As the first auction item revealed its true form, the ten people in their seats curiously craned their necks.
Lin Ziyi organized the information in his mind and introduced the Treasure Tool's effects and auction price using terms more acceptable to Douluo Continent.
Naturally, he replaced the term "Treasure Tool" with "Soul Tool."
The Treasure Tool's name was also changed to the more straightforward "Rat Head Duck."
When they heard that this Soul Tool called Rat Head Duck could actually make someone say and do the opposite of what they truly thought, for as long as two and a half minutes, most of them revealed astonished expressions!
This was practically an incredibly powerful control-type item!
Although it had an obvious drawback, that drawback could be completely ignored as long as it was handled properly...
The crowd quickly developed a strong interest in the auction item!
However, at that moment, a seductive woman wearing an ink-wash qipao seated in the third seat smiled and asked:
"Although your introduction is very enticing, how can we be sure that this thing truly has the effect you described?"
Lin Ziyi was not surprised by the woman's doubts.
After all, this was his first auction. He had yet to establish any credibility or reputation!
He immediately grasped the auction item floating above the pedestal and aimed Rat Head Duck's duck bill at the voluptuous woman in the qipao.
The woman's delicate body suddenly trembled, as though she had been seized by some invisible force!
Lin Ziyi gave an indifferent command. "Go kiss the fat man in the second seat."
The moment he said this, the qipao woman's heart was immediately filled with resistance!
Yet to her surprise, her body actually stood up beyond her control and walked straight toward the excited fat man in the second seat.
Seeing the fat man already puckering his lips as he waited for her kiss, the qipao woman felt intense disgust rise within her!
Just as her face drew closer and closer to his, she suddenly realized that she was being controlled by that Rat Head Duck.
Recalling the auction master's introduction, she took a deep breath and did her best to change her thoughts into I want to take the initiative and kiss the fat man.
Sure enough, the moment that thought emerged, her body immediately stopped moving and turned back toward her seat!
The qipao woman let out a heavy sigh of relief. After a moment, she could not help but complain:
"I still refuse to admit that your auction item has the effect you claimed..."
The instant she finished speaking, the qipao woman covered her red lips in terror and pressed a hand against her heaving chest, realizing that she was still under Rat Head Duck's control!
Just now, she had merely voiced a doubt and had been controlled by the other's Soul Tool.
If she said something like that now, would it not provoke even more displeasure from him?
The others had witnessed the scene just now and had also seen the Soul Tool's effects.
Although some suspected that the qipao woman was a plant, someone began bidding at this moment!
A white-haired girl wearing a veil in the fifth seat slowly raised her hand, her voice light and clear:
"Two hundred Gold Soul Coins."
Seeing someone bid, the others immediately stirred.
None of them lacked money. Even if they spent a few hundred Gold Soul Coins on junk, they would not lose much—at worst, they could treat it as buying a lesson!
But if they bought the real thing, they would make an enormous profit!
With that thought in mind, the fat man in the second seat, who had failed to kiss the beautiful qipao woman, immediately raised his plump hand:
"Three hundred Gold Soul Coins!"
The little purple-haired girl in the fourth seat, who disliked the fat man, immediately suppressed his bid:
"Five hundred Gold Soul Coins!"
Hearing that price, several people who had just wanted to raise their hands to bid silently lowered their arms.
On Douluo Continent, one Gold Soul Coin was roughly equivalent to ten thousand yuan in Lin Ziyi's previous life.
And five hundred Gold Soul Coins amounted to roughly five million!
Even though everyone present was an elite tycoon, five million was still no small amount to them.
Thus, most chose to wait and see rather than continue bidding.
"Five hundred Gold Soul Coins, going once."
"Five hundred Gold Soul Coins, going twice!"
"Five hundred Gold Soul Coins, going three times—sold!! Congratulations to the guest in the fourth seat for winning this Soul Tool!"
Lin Ziyi forcefully struck the auction hammer base with the auction hammer in his hand!
As a "duang~" rang out, a circular seal of light suddenly appeared where the pale-red base met the auction hammer!
The illusory seal was formed from countless mysterious runes, resembling a miniature magic formation at first glance!
The system's explanation sounded at that very moment:
Congratulations, Host, on successfully completing an auction! The auction item belongs to the guest in the fourth seat. The Myriad Heavens Auction Hammer has established an Auction Protection Contract for her! Unless the guest in the fourth seat voluntarily gives the auction item away, no one can seize or use it! Congratulations, Host, on completing an auction. Reward: Martial soul level increased by 1! Current martial soul level: Level 1. Reward: Half of the auction proceeds or another copy of the same auction item. Host, please make your choice immediately!!
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