The Auction

Ul was panicking!

He'd realized that he seemed to be getting further and further down the road to his own destruction!

How had he managed to forget the name of the city where Devil's Fang was located?

Looking at the Devil's Fang guild building just a few hundred meters away, Ul could've slapped himself.

At such close range, if Angel Wings and Devil's Fang started fighting later, Ul would inevitably get caught up in it where he was!

You had to know!

A Mage's battlefield covered a huge area...

"No, I have to find Jericho before Angel Wings gets here. If I can't find him, then I need to get out of here as soon as possible." Having made up his mind, Ul quickly sprang into action!

The news that Devil's Fang and Angel Wings were about to go to war hadn't spread, so life in Moya City went on as usual.

According to what Ul had heard earlier from a shopkeeper in Starfish City,

Moya City would be holding a large underground auction today.

If Ul wasn't mistaken, there was a good chance Jericho would use the auction to sell off the treasures he'd stolen. After all, no one at these auctions ever asked where the items came from. They only cared about their value!

If Jericho wanted to get the most out of them, he certainly wouldn't pass up this opportunity.

Although it was called an "underground auction," the venue was actually surprisingly "aboveboard."

That was because the auction was being held in the tallest and most magnificent building in all of Moya City.

You needed an invitation to get into the auction.

Ul didn't have one, but that little obstacle wasn't going to stop him!

After staking out the auction for about half an hour,

Ul managed to get an invitation from a wealthy woman.

What?

Why a wealthy woman?

Obviously!

There weren't many wealthy men who were into "men-on-men" stuff. Even if Ul wanted to use his looks to seduce a rich man, he simply didn't have what it took!

...Hmm?

Why did it feel like he'd just let something slip?

Forget it!

Best not to dwell on the details!

With an invitation in hand, sneaking into the auction became much easier!

That was one nice thing about underground auctions like this: the invitations never had any real personal information on them.

By the time Ul entered the auction, the place was already packed.

Following the number on his invitation, Ul quickly found his seat. It was near the back, tucked away in an inconspicuous corner.

After all, Ul had carefully chosen the wealthy woman he'd knocked out. She was hardly some important figure.

Quite a few people at the auction were dressed like Ul. It was clearly impossible to find Jericho just by comparing appearances, but Ul wasn't in a hurry. If Jericho really was here, he'd eventually show himself. Ul just had to keep an eye on the items up for auction!

It wasn't long before

a dignified-looking old man appeared on the auction stage.

After a few formulaic opening remarks, several people quickly brought out the first item...

As soon as the auction officially began,

Ul closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair to rest.

Why wasn't he watching the auction?

Wasn't it obvious?

He couldn't afford to buy anything whether he watched or not, so what was the point?

Though Ul tried not to look, the bids of "millions" and "tens of millions" ringing in his ears still made his poor man's heart ache...

This went on for a little over twenty minutes!

It wasn't until the auctioneer called out "Heart of the Blue Ocean" that Ul's tightly shut eyes suddenly flew open...

The so-called Heart of the Blue Ocean was a translucent blue-and-white gemstone, and it was the very treasure Jericho had stolen.

Since the gemstone had appeared here,

that meant Jericho had to be at the auction too.

The Heart of the Blue Ocean seemed to suit the tastes of the many wealthy people in the venue. Bidding had only just begun, yet the price of the gemstone was already climbing rapidly. Before long, it had reached tens of millions of J...

Ul wasn't concerned about the auction for the gemstone, because the task he'd taken on never required him to retrieve the Heart of the Blue Ocean!

That made sense, after all!

Wei Yi's reward was only a few tens of thousands of J. Converted into the currency of Wei Yi's previous life, it was only a few thousand RMB.

If someone thought that was enough to get back a gemstone worth tens of millions, they were being a little too optimistic.

All in all,

there were some serious flaws in the task Ul had accepted.

Ul didn't know whether the wealthy man who'd posted the task had made a mistake, or whether he simply hadn't expected Jericho to put the gemstone up for auction so soon.

Either way, it wasn't really any of his business!

The Heart of the Blue Ocean finally sold for thirty-six million five hundred thousand!

As soon as the auction ended,

Ul immediately prepared to get up and head backstage, because Jericho would definitely go there to complete the sale with the buyer.

But before Ul could get to his feet,

suddenly!

BOOM!

A tremendous explosion rang out from overhead, and the entire auction hall began shaking violently...