"Starting bid of 100,000 gold?" Shi Feng shook his head with a bitter smile.
He was very tempted by the Magic Crystal mine as well.
But after struggling so hard to scrape together 120,000 gold, he had spent quite a bit on fire-resistance equipment and ultra-rare materials. He currently had just over 90,000 gold left, not even enough to participate...
While the major powers on the first floor were marveling at the exorbitant price, those in the second-floor hall were not surprised at all and immediately began bidding.
"100,000 gold!"
"110,000 gold!"
"120,000 gold!"
As the bids came in, the price of the Magic Crystal mine soared at a breakneck pace, leaving the major first-rate Guilds dumbfounded.
The minimum bid increase was clearly only 1,000 gold, yet the superpowers and major conglomerates were raising their bids by 10,000 gold at a time, as if 10,000 gold were nothing more than 10,000 copper. In less than a minute, the price had reached an astonishing 200,000 gold.
Only after reaching 270,000 gold did the pace slow, with increases dropping from 10,000 gold at a time to two or three thousand gold. Even so, it was still terrifying for first-rate Guilds.
"Damn it! Why are so many people fighting over it?" Nine Dragons Emperor frowned deeply as he watched the price continue to rise, then asked Long Wu beside him, "How is Dragon Blood's side doing?"
He had initially brought only 210,000 gold. Including the Magic Crystals in his possession, he had funds worth roughly 250,000 gold. Afterward, he had mortgaged several prime plots of land in Black Dragon City and acquired another 140,000 gold, bringing his total to 390,000 gold. That amount was a full ten times the total funds a first-rate Guild could produce.
Yet the major superpowers and conglomerates