The price continued to climb, quickly nearing four billion.
Fewer and fewer people remained in the bidding. Only several top-tier forces were still raising the price against one another—the Spirit Pagoda, Shrek Academy, War God Temple, Tang Sect, and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
"Four billion." Shrek Academy's private room was the first to call out the four-billion price.
"Four point one billion." War God Temple followed immediately.
"Four point two billion." Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy refused to be outdone.
"Four point five billion." Tang Sect's private room named an even higher price.
"Five billion." Qiangu Dieting made his first move, but clearly, the other big shots had no intention of giving him any face.
"Five point one billion." Shrek Academy did not hesitate and directly raised the price again.
"Five point two billion." War God Temple followed right behind.
The bidding had entered its most intense stage.
The top-tier forces refused to yield to one another, and the price soared past eight billion in no time. Yet the various sides had a tacit understanding and would not let the price spiral into the heavens. Although Federation credits meant little to them before reaching a certain astronomical amount, the same was true for their competitors.
If they truly competed with Federation credits alone, which one of them could not produce tens of billions? But in that case, this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone might well exceed ten billion, making the price somewhat inflated. Drawing such a massive amount of liquid capital in a short period would also cause no small amount of trouble for the operations of the forces behind them. Thus, they tacitly chose to add other conditions.
"Eight point five billion, plus a promise from Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy." Sun Moon Imperial