"Oh? So it was Fellow Daoist Xu Shanzi of Myriad Snake Island. Since you put it that way, what harm is there in yielding this item to you?"
"Hmph! What a Xu Shanzi. Others may fear you, but I do not. Still, I am not foolish enough to spend over four million Spirit Stones on a single Sea Soul Agate."
The remaining two spoke in turn.
Though their expressions and attitudes differed, they had both tacitly given up on continuing the bidding.
"Little girl, four million Spirit Stones is not a low price for this Sea Soul Agate. You can announce the result of this round now, can't you?"
The hunched Evil Cultivator turned to look at Lu Congrong once more.
His hoarse voice sounded like rusty iron scraping together, making a pained expression appear on Lu Congrong's face.
"Well..."
Her gaze swept swiftly over the crowd below, but Lu Congrong did not rush to announce the result.
Inside the room.
When the man in black heard Xu Shanzi raise the price to four million Spirit Stones and speak with the others, he slumped in his seat as though he had collapsed, with no spare thoughts left in his mind.
Four million Spirit Stones—every Spirit Stone he possessed, together with all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he could use, was worth only a little over two million.
With such wealth, he did not have the slightest qualification to compete for the Sea Soul Agate.
As for waiting until the auction ended and making a move outside the venue, that was even less realistic.
The other party was a Nascent Soul Stage giant. Even if he wanted to kill and plunder, his meager strength did not qualify him to do so.
"Alas... I finally obtained news of the Sea Soul