Lu Ren's sudden bid of twenty million Divine Stones stunned the entire auction hall.
Even so, quite a few people recognized his voice.
"He jumped straight to twenty million! He's really throwing money around—and slapping Xue Yijiang in the face!"
"He just killed the Ancient Wang Family's second young master. He's no harmless fellow!"
The crowd broke into discussion.
Standing in a VIP box, Xue Yijiang's face stiffened. "Twenty-one million Low-grade Divine Stones!" he said coldly.
Lu Ren raised an eyebrow when Xue Yijiang bid again. He had thought twenty million Low-grade Divine Stones would scare him off, but the man was still raising the price.
Lu Ren did not have twenty million on him. He had dared to bid that much only because he was staking the four Time God Stones he had kept.
If he took those four Time God Stones to the Black Horn Merchant Guild for auction, they would fetch a considerable sum.
"Twenty-two million Low-grade Divine Stones!"
Lu Ren bid again.
"Twenty-three million Low-grade Divine Stones!"
Xue Yijiang raised the price without the slightest hesitation, carrying himself like a man determined to win.
"Twenty-four million Low-grade Divine Stones!"
Lu Ren gritted his teeth. No matter what, he could not let Bai Xi'er fall into someone else's hands.
"Twenty-five million Low-grade Divine Stones!"
Xue Yijiang's voice rang out again.
His bid shook everyone. Twenty-five million for a Dual Cultivation Cauldron? Even one with the Mystic Kui Divine Body was not worth that. It was madness.
Besides, anyone who dared bid that high had to possess that many Divine Stones. If the sale went through and they could not pay, the consequences would be dire.
When Lu Ren failed to bid for a long while, another cold laugh came from the VIP box. "The Mystic Kui Divine