Auction House

Looking at Tie Li's side, their lineup was three, two, two.

Two Soul Elders took the field in the third match.

Kaiqi had considered more possibilities. She worried that the other side might use the same strategy as them, placing their main strength in the first and third matches. So she simply sent out two Soul Elders to ensure nothing could go wrong.

If the other side had placed their control-type Three-Ring Soul Elder in the third match, they would happen to have two Soul Rings to deal with him.

Control-type Soul Masters were the hardest to handle. If they sent out only one Soul Elder, victory was not guaranteed.

Fortunately, the other side had placed their main strength in the first two rounds, making the third match very easy.

No, they did not even have to wait for the third match. The opposing captain directly conceded.

"Flying Fire Team forfeits. Rock Team wins!" the referee announced the result directly.

But the spectators in the stands were not pleased.

Only the first match had been worth watching. The second had been completely half-hearted, and the third had been forfeited outright.

"I spent so much money on a ticket just to watch this?"

"It wasn't even as interesting as the team spirit battles I watched in Suotuo City. If I'd known, I wouldn't have come."

"What a letdown."

After finishing the first spirit battle, Kaiqi had everyone return to the dorms first. As the team leader, she needed to wait for the other teams' matches to end and confirm which ten teams had advanced to the next round.

As they were leaving the Great Soul Arena, Zhang Yang suddenly called out to Tie Li and mysteriously pulled two golden cards from his robes.

"Tickets to the Kos Auction House. Interested in going together?"

"Where did you get those?" Tie Li asked curiously.

They had all been together these past few days, and he had never seen Zhang Yang go out. How had he gotten auction house tickets?

"A man has his own tricks. So, are you going or not?"

"Sure." Tie Li also wanted to see what a Soul Master auction house was like.

The two returned to the dorms, changed out of their arena clothes into their own clothing, then left the venue and headed for the Kos Auction House.

This auction house was run by the Kos Trading Company, so it was located on the first floor of the company building.

A red carpet extended from the entrance all the way to the auction hall inside. Two staff members stood at the entrance checking tickets, while four burly men stood beside them. Faint Soul Power fluctuations emanated from their bodies. Clearly, all four were Soul Masters responsible for the auction house's security.

Zhang Yang handed the tickets to the staff. After confirming that everything was in order, they politely allowed them through.

"Gentlemen, these are your seat cards," a staff member said politely.

"All right." Zhang Yang accepted the seat cards, keeping one for himself and handing the other to Tie Li.

Following the red carpet all the way led them to the auction hall.

The walls on both sides of the carpet had been coated with a special paint that gave off a golden sheen, and glass lanterns hung along the walls.

After arriving at the auction hall, they found their seats according to their seat cards.

They were in the ordinary seats of the main hall. Besides seeing the auction platform ahead, they could also see the VIP boxes protruding above the hall.

The guests inside the boxes could see everything outside, but those outside could not see anything within the boxes.

After Tie Li and Zhang Yang chatted for a while, a solemnly dressed middle-aged man appeared on the auction platform.

"Hello, everyone. I am the auctioneer for this auction. I will be introducing the information and prices of the auction items."

At his signal, the staff brought the first auction item onto the platform.

"To give this auction a good start, I decided to place this item first," the auctioneer said mysteriously.

Under everyone's gaze, he slowly lifted the covering cloth, revealing three small jade bottles.

"Pills from the Flower Grove Sect, Flower Dew Pills for Support Soul Masters to cultivate with. Each bottle contains ten Flower Dew Pills. The starting price for these three bottles is one thousand Gold Soul Coins, and each bid must increase by no less than fifty Gold Soul Coins."

The Flower Grove Sect had quite a reputation in the Soul Master world. Most of the Soul Masters within the sect possessed plant-type Martial Souls and were skilled at communicating with plant-type Soul Beasts to obtain their essence.

They used that essence to refine Pills, and the effects were excellent, with negligible side effects. This had earned them an outstanding reputation in the Soul Master world.

Upon hearing that the Pills came from the Flower Grove Sect, the people at the auction began bidding one after another.

"I bid one thousand one hundred Gold Soul Coins."

"One thousand five hundred Gold Soul Coins."

"I bid two thousand!"

"..."

Bids came one after another, only gradually calming down once the price rose to ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

The final price was thirteen thousand Gold Soul Coins, and it was purchased by one of the VIP boxes above.

"The second auction item is a Fire Spirit Herb. This is a century-old Spirit Herb, a great tonic for fire-attribute Soul Masters."

The next seven auction items were all spirit flowers and spirit herbs. Tie Li bid on and won a century-old Thunderleaf Flower for three hundred Gold Soul Coins.

The Gold Soul Coins he had painstakingly saved up at the Great Soul Arena had instantly lost nearly half.

"The next item will definitely not disappoint everyone. Its place of origin alone is worthy of its price;

a Soul Power bracer forged by a master smith from Gengxin City. It possesses a converging property that can speed up the release of Soul Skills and the gathering of Soul Power."

Tie Li looked at the auction item on the platform and felt something stir within him.

One of the reasons he had wanted to go to Gengxin City back then was to have equipment forged for himself.

If it were forged with lightning-attribute minerals as the main material, it could strengthen lightning attributes.

Although Douluo Continent's mineral resources could not compare to Sun Moon Continent's, it certainly did not lack lightning-attribute minerals. With superb forging techniques, it would not be difficult to create equipment suited to his own attributes.

Bracers, leg guards, armor... Even if each could only strengthen lightning attributes by five percent, stacking them together would create an incredibly exaggerated boost.

But the Gold Soul Coins required would certainly be astronomical. That was why Tie Li had gladly accepted Supervisor Fu's recruitment.

On one hand, he could earn Gold Soul Coins at the Great Soul Arena. On the other, he could use it to hone his combat skills. One could not become a powerful Soul Master through meditation alone.

On the auction platform, the Soul Power bracer sold for five thousand Gold Soul Coins.

The smile on the auctioneer's face made it clear that this auction item had exceeded his expectations.

At this moment, the auctioneer wore an expression that every man understood.

"Hehe, I imagine everyone has already heard about the next auction item, right?"

Six staff members carried in a huge auction item covered by a layer of black cloth.

As the staff placed the item on the auction platform, the auctioneer lifted the black cloth.

"Whoa, they're really fox girls!"

"They're even twins. Look at how tender their skin is."

"Hehe, they're mine."

The auction had not even begun, but the auctioneer on the stage could already feel the enthusiasm below.

Tie Li had no interest in this and was unwilling to spend money on such things, but Zhang Yang beside him was extremely excited.