"I want this Ancient Beast Skin!"
"Who agrees? Who objects?"
A cold voice came from the private room. Under the terrifying pressure of a Dou Wang, everyone felt a chill in their hearts, and no one dared risk provoking him.
Even the dozen or so Dou Ling experts gave up on bidding.
Just as everyone thought this Sixth-Grade Ancient Beast Skin would fall into the hands of the Dou Wang expert,
a clear voice rang out leisurely.
"Old Ghost, other people may fear you, but I don't!"
"I'm willing to offer one Fifth-grade Pill!"
The next moment, another aura belonging to a Dou Wang slowly spread out, meeting the first Dou Wang's aura in a standoff.
"A-another Dou Wang?"
The people in the auction hall were stunned. The local powers of Wutan City, in particular, were completely dumbstruck.
They usually couldn't even catch sight of a Dou Ling expert. How could they ever have imagined that one day they'd witness two Dou Wang experts clash?
The terrifying pressure was branded deep into their fragile hearts.
"Old Poison, why aren't you staying in your Hundred Poison Cave? What are you doing here?"
"Could it be that you want to go against me too?"
Old Ghost Dou Wang spoke in a low voice, his tone filled with bone-deep chill. His sharp words seemed like a blade, stabbing straight toward his opponent.
"Heh." Old Poison Dou Wang chuckled. "Old Ghost, what do you mean by that?"
"This Sixth-Grade Ancient Beast Skin belongs to no one. Now that it's up for auction, it naturally goes to whoever offers the highest price."
"What does that have to do with going against you?"
His body trembled slightly, and a surging wave of Dou Qi poured out, easily dispelling the other man's attack.
"Hmph! We'll see about that, Old Ghost!" The Hoarse Dou Wang snorted. His aura flared, and he declared, "I'll offer two Fifth-grade Pills!"
The auras of two Dou Wang experts clashed in the auction hall.
Their formidable pressure left everyone else struggling to breathe.
"Gentlemen, this is the Mittel Auction House. We ask that you refrain from fighting here!" As the pressure from the Dou Wang experts grew ever more intense, the Dou Wang expert stationed at the Mittel Auction House finally intervened.
In an instant, he effortlessly dispelled the terrifying pressure weighing on everyone.
"Phew! I'm alive again." Many people began gasping for breath. They were still shaken; under the impact of those two Dou Wang auras, they'd just about thought they were done for.
Thankfully, the Dou Wang expert from the Mittel Family had stepped in.
Just as everyone was quietly watching the clash between the two Dou Wang experts,
another unfamiliar voice rang out from a private room on the second floor.
"Since this item has both of you competing so fiercely, I, too, will join in the fun!"
Whoosh—
A third Dou Wang aura spread rapidly.
"Three Dou Wang experts?" The people in the hall, who had only just escaped with their lives, stiffened once again. They'd never imagined that three Dou Wang experts would come to this auction!
This was truly an eye-opening experience.
"It's over, it's over. If I'd known this would happen, I should've slipped out earlier!" With the arrival of the third Dou Wang expert, some people in the hall began regretting that they hadn't left sooner.
Now they'd been dragged into a contest between Dou Wang experts. It was a calamity out of the blue, and they could only suffer in silence.
"Hmm? Your aura feels unfamiliar. You don't seem to be from the Jia Ma Empire, do you?" Feeling the sudden arrival of the third man, Old Ghost Dou Wang and Old Poison Dou Wang frowned. Old Ghost Dou Wang spoke in a low voice.
"Heh..." The third Dou Wang chuckled. "What? Does the Jia Ma Empire not welcome outsiders?"
"Of course it does." Old Ghost Dou Wang's eyes turned sinister. "I only wanted to remind you to watch your step while traveling through the Jia Ma Empire."
"After all, the waters in our Jia Ma Empire run deep!"
"Heh, there's no need for you to remind me. I'll be careful..."
With a third Dou Wang expert joining the contest, the bidding grew even fiercer.
Before long, the Sixth-Grade Ancient Beast Skin had reached a price of five Fifth-grade Pills!
For ordinary Dou Wang experts, five Fifth-grade Pills was already the limit of what they could offer. In fact, many Dou Wang experts didn't even have any Fifth-grade Pills!
This showed just how wealthy these three Dou Wang experts were.
VIP Room No. 1.
Xiao Ze quietly watched the three Dou Wang experts compete below.
He didn't rush to make a bid. Instead, he planned to wait until they reached a result, then make the final bid that would seal the deal.
"Sixth-Grade Ancient Beast Skin..."
"To record information on this item, the subject would have to be at least at the Dou Zong level."
"Could the information recorded on this Ancient Beast Skin be the location where a Dou Zong expert fell?"
"Or could it be a fragmented treasure like the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map?"
"But either way, it seems pretty good to me..."
"Forget it. Whatever it is, I'll bid for it first and study it carefully afterward."
The contest between the three Dou Wang experts soon neared its end.
In the end, Old Ghost Dou Wang came out ahead. He offered five Fifth-grade Pills and the primary ingredient for a Sixth-Grade Pill, suppressing the other two Dou Wang experts and taking the lead for now.
Just as everyone thought the Sixth-Grade Ancient Beast Skin would end up in his hands—and he himself thought so too—
suddenly—
a calm, unhurried voice rang out.
"I'll offer one Sixth-grade Demonic Beast Magic Core!"
Boom!
His words were like a huge rock thrown into a still lake.
The entire auction hall erupted in shock.
Who was it?
Who could it be?
Who had the guts to snatch something from a Dou Wang expert?
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Countless gazes turned as one toward the direction the voice had come from.
They were all curious to see who would dare offend a Dou Wang expert just to buy this seemingly useless Sixth-Grade Ancient Beast Skin.
"It's the ancestor!" In the crowd, Xiao Zhan's eyes suddenly shone. He looked in astonishment toward the direction of the voice, which was unmistakably where the Xiao Clan's ancestor sat.
"The ancestor is bidding?"
"Could this Sixth-Grade Ancient Beast Skin really have an extraordinary origin?"
Xiao Zhan couldn't make sense of it, but since the ancestor had made a move, it meant he was determined to obtain this item. As a junior, all Xiao Zhan could do was support him silently in his heart.
"Hmm? Which ancestor of the Xiao Clan is it?" On the auction stage, Ya Fei lifted her fair neck and looked toward the direction of the voice.
When she realized the voice had come from VIP Room No. 1, a trace of surprise flashed through her beautiful eyes. She hadn't expected that the bidder would be that mysterious ancestor of the Xiao Clan.
"Interesting..."
"He actually dares to compete with a Dou Wang expert."
"Ancestor of the Xiao Clan, are you truly not worried at all?" Ya Fei's teasing eyes glimmered.
She was now even more curious about this Xiao Clan ancestor.
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