The auctioneer smiled. "All right, we'll begin bidding on this gun. But before we do, I have to warn everyone: don't try to take it apart. Its design is highly unusual, and attempting to disassemble it could easily destroy the gun—or worse, set off the bullets inside. Unless you're a Hunting Realm powerhouse, very few people could survive an explosion with the destructive power of 80,000 combat strength."
Quite a few people turned pale. They had clearly been thinking of taking the gun apart, but the auctioneer's warning had frightened them off.
Most people weren't stupid. If the auction house could get its hands on the technology, it wouldn't be selling the gun. The fact that it was up for auction proved they couldn't obtain it.
"Bidding starts at five hundred cubic meters of Star Energy Marrow!" the auctioneer shouted. The bids began pouring in from below.
Five hundred cubic meters was an expensive price, but compared with having a way to save their lives, many were willing to pay it.
Before long, the price had climbed past a thousand cubic meters of Star Energy Marrow.
They were all rich. Anyone who dared to spend money at the Sea King's Heaven auction house was no ordinary wealthy person. Lu Yin sighed inwardly.
At that moment, he felt that Elder Cai had priced the Money Thunder very fairly. Each one had over 100,000 combat strength, yet three had cost just over a hundred cubic meters of Star Energy Marrow. That was a real bargain. He felt he'd misunderstood Elder Cai; the man wasn't all that greedy after all.
The price crept past a thousand cubic meters of Star Energy Marrow, then gradually slowed. It was already an enormous sum. A pirate group's tribute to the Black Beard Pirate Group was only