The second grand finale item was a Pokémon Egg.
An ordinary Pokémon Egg would never have qualified as a grand finale item. Even a Dragon-type Pokémon Egg would only fetch a little over a hundred million, hardly enough to stand out at an auction like this.
But this egg belonged to a Legendary Pokémon.
"Next up is the Moltres Pokémon Egg, from one of the Legendary Birds!" Chris announced excitedly.
At Chris's announcement, Yun Mengqiu was stunned once again. She had never expected this auction to offer one thing she needed after another.
Although Moltres was a Fire-type, it was also a Flying type, making it immensely appealing to a Flying-type Elite Four member like her.
Unfortunately, bidding on the Sparkling Stone had used up most of her savings. She could no longer afford to bid on this Moltres Pokémon Egg.
Compared with everyone else, Xiao Ran was much less shocked, though he was still surprised.
The Legendary Birds were arguably the most common Legendary Pokémon, and among the few that could end up in ordinary people's hands. They were even more numerous than some rare Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon, making them the easiest Legendary Pokémon for Trainers to catch.
Although the Legendary Birds had their own duties as Legendary Pokémon, most of those responsibilities fell to the strongest few among them. In that respect, they differed from Shaymin, which also lived in groups.
That made the Legendary Birds some of the few Legendary Pokémon suited to being caught by Trainers. What truly surprised Xiao Ran, however, was that one of their eggs had found its way into human hands.
By all rights, a Legendary Pokémon's egg should have been guarded by its parents. Only after hatching and growing strong enough would the offspring be allowed out on its own. The appearance