"Fifty million!"
Guihai Canglan smiled sweetly and, following Xiao Ying's wishes, called out a bid that cowed more than half the bidders.
"Uh..."
Xiao Ying, Silver Wing, the Blood Xuan Witch King, and the others froze. They had not expected Guihai Canglan to bid like that. How was this any different from the High Priest's bidding style?!
"Fifty million five hundred thousand!"
"Fifty-one million!"
"Fifty-five million!"
The seventh-tier ancient treasure, the God-Imprisoning Ring, was indeed a rare treasure, something one could encounter only by chance, not seek out at will. Once the other bidders recovered, they quickly joined the bidding, though their increases were small, mostly five hundred thousand or a million at a time.
Within several dozen breaths, the price soared to sixty million immortal crystals. There was barely a pause longer than ten breaths throughout, making the Red Butterfly Fairy's smile bloom like a flower. Auctions like this were naturally the easiest for an auctioneer!
"One hundred..."
Guihai Canglan called out again in her lilting, pleasant voice, bringing the fierce wave of bidding to a halt. Many bidders' faces darkened, and they were about to curse when that melodious voice slowly continued, "...supreme immortal crystals!"
" Hiss..."
A chorus of sharp intakes of breath rose. Some of those about to curse swallowed their words just in time, their faces turning red with the strain.
Large transactions at the imperial realm involved hundreds of millions or billions of immortal crystals, so supreme immortal crystals were indeed often used. Bidding in supreme immortal crystals was also common at Emperor-Grade auctions. After all, apart from a few top-tier major powers, who would prepare so many low-grade immortal crystals?!
However, supreme immortal crystals generally only came into play toward the latter stages of an Emperor-Grade auction, or even during the final