"...Congratulations to the honored guest in VIP box one on winning the content design rights for the thirty-sixth Layered World! Next up is the auction for the content design rights for the thirty-seventh Layered World!"
The entire Kasyapa World, a combination of eighty-one Layered Worlds, had been broken up completely for auction. Each sale was a lengthy process.
Of course, that lengthiness referred to the mental pressure—because it was simply too thrilling!
The final price of every Layered World was astronomical, and each fetched more than the last... People really were bankrupting themselves, even taking on enormous debts, to get one!
"Box one... That's where the Zi Wei Emperor is! Looks like the Celestial Court is finally making its move!"
"The first thirty levels were enough to more or less establish an average sale price for the Layered Worlds. Of course the big shots from the mythological side would start bidding!"
"With the Celestial Court's resources, why wait until now?"
"Idiot, just look at how many Layered Worlds there are! Even the Celestial Court couldn't swallow them all! Besides, Lord Raguel from Heaven is here too, isn't he?"
"True..."
"I reckon the last thirty levels will be where the two sides fight hardest. All we can do is stand in the background and cheer them on..."
The income from a major project was astonishing, to say the least—even though the first two rounds of the auction had already brought in considerable profits, they paled beside the Layered World auction.
And the Layered World auction wasn't even halfway through yet!
Faced with such enormous sales figures, even Hathaway couldn't help getting excited... Then she went numb! At each sale, she mechanically brought down the wooden gavel and blandly announced the next Layered World.
Mostly, it was exhausting.
Some rejoiced