"The first lot: one bottle of Life Essence!"
Hong Li's voice abruptly rose, brimming with infectious excitement. "This is a true lifesaving treasure. As long as you still have a breath left, even if your heart has shattered, drinking it can bring you back from death's door, regenerate flesh, and instantly restore you to your peak."
"More importantly, for experts at the peak of Tier Five, taking it while breaking through the barrier to Tier Six can increase their chances of success by ten percent."
"The starting bid is five hundred million Survival Coins. Each increase must be at least ten million. Bidding begins now!"
"Five hundred and fifty million!"
"Six hundred million!"
"I bid seven hundred million! Nobody fight me for it!"
"You think you can take it for seven hundred million? Dream on! Eight hundred million!"
The entire hall instantly erupted into frenzied bidding, the price rocketing upward.
Yet in the gold private room on the second floor, Su Ye merely watched the frenzied crowd below in silence, without so much as raising an eyebrow.
Life Essence?
It was certainly good stuff.
But its value to him was nothing special. After all, he had the Tree of Life. Once it grew, Life Essence would be easy enough to obtain.
After a brutal bidding war, the bottle of Life Essence ultimately went to a mysterious figure concealed in black robes for the astronomical price of 1.3 billion Survival Coins.
The auction continued.
One rare lot after another was brought onto the stage.
Weapons, armor, blueprints, rare materials... there was something for everyone.
Su Ye reclined in his chair, occasionally pressing the bidding device on the table to place a bid.
His bidding strategy, however, remained exceptionally levelheaded.
If the price stayed within the range he had in mind, he