The bidding began

After they had waited nearly half an hour in the VIP room they had used during the day, the auction began.

Led by an attendant, they made their way deep beneath the Radiant City Auction House and entered a spacious hall.

At the front of the hall stood a huge display platform. Above it, on the opposite side, were several private boxes numbered zero through twenty-three.

Tang Liu and the others were escorted to box seventeen and seated. Throughout the entire process, they never saw any other auction participants appear. Only through the enormous window facing the display platform could they see lights coming on in some of the other boxes within their field of view.

A sheer curtain hung in front of the window, effectively blocking views from outside and reducing the chance that anyone inside the box would have their appearance exposed.

In this respect, the Radiant City Auction House had certainly been considerate of its wealthy and powerful guests.

But it was precisely because all the participants were wealthy and powerful that the Radiant City Auction House dared not neglect them. After all, if anything happened to any one of them, the consequences would be more than the auction house could bear.

After another five minutes or so, bright, warm lights came on around the enormous display platform, illuminating the entire dark hall below.

Then a beautiful female auctioneer in formal attire stepped onto the platform. She introduced herself and conducted a brief opening ceremony for the auction.

Afterward, a display case slowly rose beside the auctioneer's feet. Inside its glass enclosure lay the first item of the auction.

It was a Grade Eight Soul Tool Cannon with three effects: disintegration, explosive bursting, and vibration.

The starting bid was one hundred thousand Radiant Currency. Each increase had