Everyone present fell silent, their expressions grim. Being targeted by some unknown, powerful faction at an auction certainly boded ill, and it inevitably meant wasting money. The price jumping from one hundred million to five hundred million was the perfect example!
Of course, everything had two sides. Handled properly, this could be turned to their advantage.
Guihai Canglan warned solemnly, "High Priest! They came with hostile intentions. This was our first bid, and they targeted us immediately. They clearly know who we are and are deliberately sabotaging us!"
"Mm!" Xiao Ying's expression settled back into calm, and he answered with a smile, seemingly untroubled.
At this point, it would have been strange if he still failed to see what was happening!
"Five hundred million... and one million!"
This time, before the auctioneer, Red Butterfly Fairy, could call for the third time, VIP Number Fourteen shouted his bid, his tone equally full of contempt and provocation.
"Five hundred million? That's about the limit. It's already a little overpriced! They're still fighting?"
"Those two VIPs must have a grudge. Otherwise, why wouldn't they stop at five hundred million?"
"Keep bidding! Keep bidding! Five hundred million is unimaginable to us, but to a major faction, it's only five hundred supreme immortal crystals. They've got so much money they don't know where to spend it!"
"What faction does VIP Number Fourteen belong to? With such a high ranking at the Blackwater Auction House, why would they be wary of a faction ranked over five thousand?"
As the situation escalated, whispers multiplied throughout the auction hall, and all manner of speculation came pouring out.
"You bastard! Do you know who I am? You dare bid against me? You must be tired of living! Immortal crystals are the one thing I have in abundance..."
Xiao