Top-Tier Auction

"Alright everyone, the round-robin stage is over. Now we're moving on to the final stage of the tournament: the knockout stage."

"Our opponent in the Round of 16 this time is the last season's top four team, the Dou Spirit Royal Academy. They are the best Soul Engineer Academy in the Dou Ling Empire."

"It's also one of the best academies in the Soul Tool education system in the Original Three Kingdoms of Douluo. Their team has two Soul Ancestor and five Soul King, so they might be hiding some trump cards. Their strength is extremely formidable."

It's said to be one of the best academies for Soul Tool in the Original Three Kingdoms of Douluo, and it might actually be the best.

Needless to say, Tianhun is extremely resistant to Soul Tool, just like the Martial Soul Department of the Shrek Academy.

Star Luo Empire isn't so opposed to Soul Tool, after all, Xu Jiawei Jiawei's strategic vision is sound, and he recognizes Soul Tool importance.

Even with a lack of unity of purpose, it would be difficult for Xu Jiawei to vigorously develop Soul Tool on his own.

As for Douling, Chen Yuan wasn't very familiar with it and might have to ask Xu Sanshi. However, judging from the Dou Spirit Royal Academy's attitude towards Soul Tool, they seemed to have a pretty good attitude.

Chen Yuan didn't believe that a Heaven Dou Imperial Academy was turning into Soul Engineer academy without the royal family's tacit approval and support.

The martial soul of the Spirit Dou Imperial Family is Swan, which doesn't have much combat power. It's reasonable that they would develop Soul Tool. Thinking about it this way, it makes sense.

Speaking of which, what was the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family's inherited martial soul again? The Snow Lotus? If so, how did Heavenly Soul manage to separate from Douling? The Snow Lotus is a healing-type martial soul.

"I want to emphasize here that each elimination round will be held over two days: a team battle and an individual elimination round."

"From now on, winning a team fight does not guarantee victory in the final match. If you lose a team fight, you can still win by defeating seven members of the opposing team with three or fewer players in the individual elimination rounds the next day."

"Conversely, the team that wins a team fight only needs to ensure that their seven members can defeat three of the opposing team's members to win the game."

Well, with Shrek's current lineup, even if they lose a team fight, they still have a good chance of winning.

However, in order to conceal your own information as much as possible, you should try your best to win the team fight if possible.

"Alright everyone, that concludes the discussion about the competition. Now let's move on to something else."

"This was recently sent over by the Starlight Auction House. The auction is tonight. Everyone's been on edge lately, so you can go and take a look; it'll be a good way to relax."

Wang Yan took out a stack of exquisitely printed gold-embossed invitations from the folder in his hand and distributed them to everyone present.

The number of these invitations is just right, one for each person.

Seeing the invitation in his hand, Chen Yuan knew that he had reached another key point in the plot: the Top-Tier Auction held by the Star Luo Empire.

Auctions are an essential element of all fantasy novels; losing them would be like Shrek losing Sea God Island.

There are two items at this auction that Chen Yuan should pay attention to: the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and the God Sealing Platform containing the Snow Empress Embryo.

If he could persuade the Snow Empress in the Investiture of the God Sealing Platform to become his seventh Soul Ring, Chen Yuan believed that his seventh Soul Ring would be the strongest in the history of the Douluo Continent.

A seven-hundred-thousand-year-old Ferocious Beast Soul Ring!

Moreover, the Snow Empress Embryo is currently the most suitable thing for Electrolux to study Soul Spirit on the Douluo Continent.

Since it concerns the future Power of Faith, Chen Yuan definitely wants to get his hands on it as soon as possible.

Even if it doesn't become Soul Spirit, it can still be a Soul Ring.

The Martial Soul Avatar only considers its age; in the face of age, attributes are unimportant. Besides, if attributes are truly needed, there's always Extreme Reversal.

In the original story, Snow Empress's "Extreme Reversal" completely destroyed Electrolux's wisp of Divine Sense, so "Extreme Reversal" is a bit unreliable.

Getting the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone is basically out of the question. Even if Chen Yuan Chen Yuan his hands on it, he wouldn't be able to absorb it, not to mention the price, which is simply beyond his means.

The starting bid was a whopping 30 million Gold Soul Coin!

And that Snow Empress Embryo, if Chen Yuan remembers correctly, sold for over two hundred million.

It's definitely not something a poor wretch like him could afford.

Is it possible to forcibly seize it?

With the Electrolux and the Sun God Bow on my person, this is indeed a viable option.

If they really want to forcibly seize it, it has to be done tonight or tomorrow. Chen Yuan doesn't believe that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy will keep the Snow Empress Embryo with them for long after they've obtained it.

They'll definitely send someone back to Sun Moon first, and there will definitely be smokescreens involved.

However, we still need to ask Electrolux's opinion. If Electrolux is unwilling, Chen Yuan will have no choice but to stay put.

If Electrolux is willing, Chen Yuan can stake out the location at night.

After everyone received their invitations, before Wang Yan could even introduce them, Dai Yueheng, the son of the Duke of White Tiger, exclaimed in surprise.

"Top-Tier Auction!?"

The sudden sound startled Ma Xiaotao, who was sitting next to him. She glared at him and then gestured for Dai Yueheng to explain the invitation that had surprised him so much.

Dai Yueheng composed himself and began to explain.

"Top-Tier Auction; this is the highest-level auction held by Starlight Auction House, and it only happens once or twice a year."

"Only people with a certain status and wealth, like my father, Duke of White Tiger, as well as some top merchants, members of the royal families of the four great empires, and powerful Soul Master and Soul Engineer, are qualified to receive an Top-Tier Auction."

"There are bound to be a lot of good stuff inside, like Soul Bone. We might even find something suitable for us. We've already received the invitation, so I suggest we go take a look."

"Alright, in that case, let's all go take a look tonight. We'll meet again after dinner, then everyone can go home."

"Long live Teacher Wang!"

Upon hearing that she could go out to play, Xiao Xiao immediately jumped up excitedly, her face beaming with joy.

She spent every day cultivating with Chen Yuan during this period, which was extremely torturous for a lazy person like her.

I was naturally very excited to finally be able to go out and have fun.

"Brother Chen Yuan, what do you think will be at the auction tonight? Will there be any legendary Immortal Grade Herb herbs?"

"It's the legendary Immortal Herb that supposedly boosted the talents of the First-generation Shrek Seven Devils, allowing them to ascend to godhood."

"What are you thinking? If there were something that good, only a fool would put it up for auction."

"Yes, I'm so excited. As soon as I heard it was Top-Tier Auction, I imagined there would be all sorts of rare and precious treasures."

"Yes, you're right. Without rare and precious treasures, an auction of this caliber would be unworthy of its name."

"But forget about Immortal Grade Herb herbs. If we could find a rare and precious herb like the Nine Grade Purple Mushroom ganoderma, that would be quite remarkable."

If Immortal Grade Herb herb were to actually appear, the resulting upheaval would be even greater than that caused by the Snow Empress Embryo.

One has an uncertain risk level, and the most it might give is Second Martial Soul and a red Soul Ring; the other is the one that can truly forge the foundation for godhood.

At the very least, it can raise a person's talent to at least Level 98, making them Super Douluo.

How to choose is something everyone knows.

We barely have enough to use ourselves, how could we possibly sell them?

Although no one has become a god in this world for ten thousand years, who wouldn't want to give it a try?

After dinner, Chen Yuan and the others changed into their ordinary clothes, took their gifts, and followed Wang Yan toward the Starlight Auction House.

The last time I came here, it was through Dai Yueheng's connections that I went to a regular Soul Tool event.

This time was different. They went under the name of Shrek and participated in Top-Tier Auction. I don't know about the Sun Moon Kingdom, but the Shrek name is still very useful in the Original Three Kingdoms of Douluo region.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the Starlight Auction House, an auctioneer dressed in a black dress, who appeared to be in her late twenties, approached the group, struck up a conversation with Wang Yan, and then led them deeper into the Starlight Auction House.

The water rippled on the wall, turning the once solid wall into a passageway.

The entire passage was built of white jade, giving it a crystal-clear feel. Even someone like Chen Yuan, who wasn't very knowledgeable about ornaments, could tell that the jade was expensive.

After walking a few steps inside, two more girls who were specifically responsible for reception came over. After glancing at the invitation in Wang Yan's hand, they led the group towards Room Seven.

The 200-square-meter room was incredibly luxurious, filled with jade, porcelain, and various other decorations that clearly cost a lot of money.

Sitting on the sofa made of the fur of some kind of Soul Beast, Chen Yuan felt a warm sensation.

The smooth wall in front of them was pressed by the girl next to them who was in charge of reception, and then it turned into a huge screen.

"Distinguished guests, what you see before you is a special Soul Guidance Screen that our Starlight Auction House commissioned from the Sun Moon Empire. It can transmit images in a specific way, and its Core Array does not require Soul Power to activate; it only needs a special ore from the Sun Moon Empire."

Everyone except Chen Yuan and Ning Tian was surprised by these words.

The reason why Soul Tool are called Soul Tool is because they cannot function without the Soul Power of a Soul Tool Soul Master. The auctioneer's sudden claim that there is a type of ore that can replace Soul Power to power the Core Array of Soul Tool was truly surprising to them.

Seemingly noticing their surprise, the auctioneer quickly offered an explanation.

"That kind of ore has extremely weak energy; it can only be used to power some low-level Soul Tool, and even those must be non-offensive and non-defensive types."

"Brother Chen Yuan, you don't seem surprised at all?"

After handing Chen Yuan a glass of juice, Xiao Xiao asked the question she wanted to ask.

She was quite surprised to see this Soul Tool produced by the Sun Moon Empire, and Chen Yuan hadn't mentioned that he had ever been to the Sun Moon Empire.

Even though he saw many novel things in Shrek City, Chen Yuan should never have seen Soul Tool from the Sun Moon realm.

The Sun Moon Empire and the Three Great Empires of Douluo Plain had very little contact, almost none at all, and most of the Soul Tool that circulated were obtained through unofficial channels.

Xiao Xiao felt that she could never truly understand Chen Yuan.

It seems that ever since she met Chen Yuan, he has always been this confident and never seemed surprised by anything.

"Would you believe me if I said I'd seen a more advanced, more convenient ' Soul Tool ' that even ordinary people could use?"

"Really? Brother Chen Yuan, can you tell me what it's like?"

"Hmm? You don't doubt the truthfulness of my words at all?"

Xiao Xiao shook her head, her eyes filled with trust in Chen Yuan. She affectionately took Chen Yuan Chen Yuan's arm and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Although I don't know what the Soul Tool Chen Yuan is talking about looks like, I believe Chen Yuan wouldn't lie to me. If he says he's seen it, he must have."

"Look, this kind of Soul Tool from Sun Moon is actually right in front of me, so if Brother Chen Yuan has seen something even more advanced somewhere, I don't think it's hard to believe."

"If possible, if I see any Soul Tool that Brother Chen Yuan recognizes in the future, Chen Yuan must introduce them to me."

"Otherwise, I'll look like a country bumpkin, and I'll be really embarrassed. Brother Chen Yuan wouldn't want me to embarrass you, would he?"

He glanced at Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao, who were oblivious to everyone else, and then at Xu Sanshi, who was clinging to Jiang Nannan.

There were also Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei, who were constantly discussing the Soul Tool on the future development of the Tang Sect.

Now, apart from Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn, everyone else has someone chatting with them, while Ning Tian is sitting here alone like a dummy.

But if she were to go looking for Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn, it would be too much of a burden for Ning Tian. The two are currently at odds, so it's better not to go there.

Seeing Ning Tian alone, Xiao Xiao let go of Chen Yuan's arm, sat down next to Ning Tian Ning Tian, and took his arm directly. The two appeared very intimate.

If Wu Feng, who is still studying at the Shrek Academy, saw this scene, she would definitely get angry with Xiao Xiao.

The Soul Guidance Screen on the wall in front of them became crystal clear, showing a luxurious platform with a girl in a long red dress standing in the center.

The girl was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and her appearance was on par with Jiang Nannan's; she was truly stunning.

Because she was already an adult, the girl had a very well-developed figure, and the red dress accentuated her fair skin and delicate features, making her incredibly beautiful.

Star Luo Princess, Xu Jiujiu.

This time, the captain of the Star Luo Royal Academy is a genius who reached the Soul King level before the age of 20.

For most people, reaching the Soul King level at this age would just make them an ordinary genius, but Xu Jiujiu is different.

Her martial soul is the Star Crown, a martial soul inherited by the current Star Luo Imperial Family. This martial soul allows her to cultivate only when she absorbs the power of starlight at night.

Given these limitations in cultivation, the fact that she could still reach the Soul King realm at Xu Jiujiu age speaks volumes about her talent. Moreover, she is also exceptionally good at dealing with people and situations.

Meanwhile, this Starlight Auction House is a property of the Star Luo Imperial Family, Xu Jiujiu is the chief auctioneer of the Starlight Auction House. She is also the one conducting today's auction.

"Welcome, distinguished guests, to today's Top-Tier Auction at our Starlight Auction House. I am your auctioneer, Jiu Jiu, and it is an honor to host this Top-Tier Auction."

"Today, our Starlight Auction House has prepared nine precious treasures for our distinguished guests. These treasures will be displayed in ascending order of value. We hope you will enjoy them."

"Distinguished guests, your time is of utmost importance. Without further ado, let's begin today's auction. Now, please take a look at today's first lot."

The image on the Soul Guidance Screen rotated, and a knife appeared on the screen.

This sword is about four feet six inches long, and the widest part of the blade is a full inch. It is a standard horse-slaying sword, and the guard between the hilt and the blade is a golden tiger head.

The blade faintly glowed with blood, and the body had some bone-shaped patterns. It was clear at a glance that this was a Soul Tool made from a Soul Bone, and definitely not Soul Tool made in the Original Three Kingdoms of Douluo.

Level 8 Melee Soul Tool, Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade.