After mentioning the Soul Power Crystals, their thoughts returned to the Black Market that Liu Ruyi had built single-handedly.
If Soul Power Crystals allowed her to secure a place among the top experts without relying on her own strength,
then the Black Market established her importance across the entire Douluo Continent, along with the hidden network of connections behind her.
The so-called Black Market was not, of course, engaged in illicit business.
However, some items were simply inconvenient to trade openly.
Moreover, as had been mentioned before, top experts had little need for ordinary currency.
Therefore, the currency used for transactions here naturally became Soul Power Crystals.
At the same time, the goods being traded were not ordinary items, but Soul Bones or Special Spirit Rings.
The Black Market had even once put a Million Year Spirit Ring up for sale.
Of course, its price was so despairingly high that no one showed any interest in it at first.
As for where that Spirit Ring had ultimately gone... wasn't it Shi Guang's Ninth Soul Ring?
Furthermore, the person who auctioned off that Million Year Spirit Ring was not some independent civilian expert.
It was Esdeath, the Legion Commander of the Divine Might Legion.
Her purpose was simple: to help her subordinates increase their strength.
And across the entire Douluo Continent, what Cultivation Material was more exploitative than Soul Power Crystals?
Immortal Herbs could also be counted among them.
However, those mostly provided one-time improvements and had no lasting effect.
Besides, the higher-ups within Divine Might mostly consumed Immortal Herbs to improve their potential.
After all, no one had ever abandoned such a hard-won opportunity merely to pursue faster growth in strength.
Back to the point.
After the Million Year Spirit Ring made the Black Market famous, its growth became like