"Once Green Line Devouring Insects reach adulthood, they become World Lords. Their path to becoming Immortal is even more difficult than that of Starry Sky Behemoths with peak bloodlines...
"Also, although Green Line Devouring Insects are flesh-and-blood lifeforms, their souls are unusual, making them nearly impossible to possess."
The Seven-Colored Avian dutifully explained the Green Line Devouring Insect's detailed information.
It placed particular emphasis on how difficult it was to possess one or enslave its soul.
Humanity's life level was among the lowest of the countless races in the Primal Universe.
Before becoming a Universe Venerable, possession was basically the only way to raise one's Gene Level.
The only question was whether to possess the original body or a clone.
This was neither a secret nor a taboo among humanity's upper echelons.
After all, many renowned, powerful experts in the universe no longer had human forms, or had clones that were clearly not human but some kind of Special Lifeform.
Apart from beings like the Golden Horned Beast, which could produce clones, most had acquired them through possession.
There were even cases of possession within humanity itself.
Jiang Luo knew that Huyan Bo had once possessed a Longke Clan youth, whose bloodline ranked among the top thirty in humanity.
Such cases were countless. That was why top human bloodline groups like the Manka Star People and the Desolate God Race kept a close eye on their lower-ranked members and would not let them travel the universe lightly.
Many powerful experts bought rare flesh-and-blood lifeforms like these so that their descendants or disciples could possess them.
Once Immortal Gods' souls became Life Imprints and merged with Immortal Divine Power, they lost the ability to possess other bodies.
Sure enough, Jiang Luo saw that the starting bid listed beside the "Green Line Devouring Insect larva" was 10,000 Hunyuan Units.
So far, the highest bid was only 22,000 Hunyuan Units.
That was even less than the price of a juvenile Starry Sky Behemoth with one of the twelve peak bloodlines.
If the Flame Star Behemoth egg obtained by the Flint Star Sector Lord had been auctioned here, it would have been worth tens of thousands of times more than this "Green Line Devouring Insect larva"!
If possession wasn't possible, the Green Line Devouring Insect could only be raised as a helper, much like an auxiliary plant lifeform. Its value would be quite ordinary.
Some of its innate abilities could be replaced by plant lifeforms like the Ten Thousand Feather Tree.
Unless one could raise the Green Line Devouring Insect to Immortality.
But no matter how many resources one spent, there was no guarantee of success. It was even more elusive than cultivating a plant lifeform to Immortality.
"Bid 23,000 Hunyuan Units," Jiang Luo said calmly.
The Seven-Colored Avian replied obediently, "Yes."
In an instant, the bid beside the Green Line Devouring Insect larva rose from 22,000 to 23,000 Hunyuan Units, and Jiang Luo's five-star account name appeared beside it.
If no one offered more than 23,000 Hunyuan Units within three days, the rare juvenile lifeform would be his.
Jiang Luo was delighted. I was right to come to this mid-tier auction. I hope more living rare lifeforms show up.
Special Lifeforms were generally scarce.
The twelve peak bloodlines of the Starry Sky Behemoths were among the lowest-tier Special Lifeforms, yet even a living specimen was almost impossible to come by.
Corpses of rare and Special Lifeforms were not uncommon. Jiang Luo had checked earlier, and the Universe Kingdom Treasury had a whole stockpile of them.
Even Luo Feng had once bought Mosha Clan skin at a low-tier auction in a Universe Country.
But to devour a bloodline, Jiang Luo needed a living Special Lifeform.
Those were incredibly rare.
Even if a human expert found and captured a living Special Lifeform, they might not announce it.
Take the Flint Star Sector Lord, who had obtained a Flame Star Behemoth egg. If the Alien Race Immortal Expert who had nearly killed him hadn't leaked the news, who would have known?
Three days passed quickly.
Jiang Luo ultimately secured the Green Line Devouring Insect larva for 37,000 Hunyuan Units.
The second batch of auction items went live right afterward, with another 10,000 items!
"Locke Divine Water?"
Jiang Luo immediately spotted one of the reasons he had come to the auction. "Wow, they're auctioning ten thousand batches of Locke Divine Water at once, each with a volume of ten million cubic meters."
Each batch had a starting bid of 500,000 Hunyuan Units.
Three days later, the ten thousand bidders with the highest offers would win one batch each.
But almost instantly, the ten-thousandth-highest bid had soared past 600,000 Hunyuan Units.
Clearly, Locke Divine Water was very popular.
It was extremely effective for cultivating plant lifeforms, especially Immortal plant lifeforms, and far surpassed Life Fruit.
More than half of the ten thousand items in the second batch were treasures and materials related to cultivating plant lifeforms.
Locke Divine Water was popular enough to rank among the top ten.
In the end, Jiang Luo spent 820,000 Hunyuan Units on one batch containing ten million cubic meters of Locke Divine Water.
It was enough to restore the bodies of all seventeen of his clones to the same level as his original body, with plenty left over.
Locke Divine Water had many uses, though, and could also be used to cultivate the Ten Thousand Feather Tree. Buying more wouldn't be a loss.
Jiang Luo was being careful with his spending because he was worried it might affect his ability to buy Exotic Fire materials and any other Special Lifeforms that might appear later.
Only two rounds had passed, but he already understood that the 12 million Hunyuan Units in his account wouldn't go very far at this mid-tier auction.
The third batch of ten thousand items seemed to consist mainly of Machine Race creations.
Machine Race spaceships, weapons, and treasures of every kind filled the auction list.
The most eye-catching item—and the top-ranked one in the batch—was an Evolution Heart!
An Evolution Heart could fuse with an intelligent lifeform, greatly improve its perception of the Origin Law, and give it a chance to become Immortal.
Jiang Luo stared, dumbfounded, as the bid for the Evolution Heart surged from one billion Hunyuan Units to tens of billions.
The Seven-Colored Avian beside him said gently, "The Machine Race keeps a very tight hold on Evolution Hearts and forbids its members from selling them privately.
"They're generally only seen at high-tier auctions, but those auctions don't accept Universe Coins. Even if someone wants one, it's difficult to obtain.
"So whenever one appears at a mid-tier auction, it attracts bids from large numbers of Immortal Experts."
Jiang Luo nodded. Evolution Hearts were usually bought by powerful experts for the intelligent lifeforms that had accompanied them.
That kind of bond couldn't be measured in Universe Coins. No amount of money could guarantee that one would be available.
Among the third batch of items, Jiang Luo took an interest in the "Fire God Source Crystal."
There were four types of Fire God Source Crystals. The lowest-grade Type V crystal generally sold for between one and two million Hunyuan Units.
When he eventually went to the Giant Axe Arena, most of his clones would remain in the Universe Country to manage his territory and expand his sources of faith.
The Fire God Source Crystal was indeed an ideal trump card and deterrent for him.
Any of the Tao Wu Eighteen Gods and Demons could be raised again if its child clone died.
So while the Fire God Source Crystal was a weapon of mutual destruction in other people's hands, the cost to him wouldn't be all that high.
But after thinking it over, Jiang Luo gritted his teeth and gave up.
The Blood Demon King was unlikely to give up on claiming the Eye of the Space-Time Nightmare Beast. After all, it was an eye left behind by a Universe Master.
Still, with the Gulun Kingdom Lord keeping him in check, Blood Demon Planet probably wouldn't go too far in the short term.
Besides, a Fire God Source Crystal would hardly threaten the Blood Demon King himself.
And anything that could threaten the Blood Demon King was beyond his means.
After giving up on the Fire God Source Crystal, Jiang Luo patiently waited for the fifth batch of items. At last, he found a material for Exotic Fire.
Heavenly Radiance Marrow!
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