The Auction Ends, Hongchen's Secret
The struggle between the three forces has reached a fever pitch. Unlike before when they were adding one million at a time, now all three forces are adding ten million at a time.
In fact, all three parties understood that it was not worth spending more than 500 million Gold Soul Coin to buy a Ferocious Beast, but they each had their own reasons for not backing down.
The Body Sect is alright; they're just stubborn, clinging to the mentality that they can't let others take what they want from them.
Wang Yan, on Shrek's side, understood that one of the remaining two forces must be from the Sun Moon Empire. Therefore, it didn't matter if he bought the Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit at a loss, but this thing absolutely could not fall into the hands of the Sun Moon Empire!
The Sun Moon Empire already possessed Soul Guidance Technology far surpassing that of the original three great empires. If a powerful figure with a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit were to emerge in the future, could the three great empires still withstand it?
After all, if someone can truly absorb a Soul Spirit at the level of a Ferocious Beast, then their future achievements will inevitably reach the level of Limit Douluo.
In the Sun Moon Empire, this is the legendary Level 10 Soul Engineer. Once a Level 10 Soul Engineer is born in the Sun Moon Empire Sun Moon Empire, its technology will advance even further. Will the three original empires still have a chance then?
The only problem now is that although Shrek has prepared ample funds for Wang Yan regarding this Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit, there are ultimately limitations to it.
When the price had already reached 700 million Gold Soul Coin, Wang Yan had no choice but to grit his teeth and make the final bet, directly bidding a high price of 900 million Gold Soul Coin, hoping that the other two parties would give up, since the academy had only given Wang Yan 900 million Gold Soul Coin in total.
There was nothing that could be done about it. The academy's annual funding was only a few billion Gold Soul Coin, and giving Wang Yan nine hundred million Gold Soul Coin this time was already a huge loss.
If the other party wants to raise the price, Wang Yan can't do anything about it. He can't just go up and rob them, can he? Don't Shrek have any pride?
The moment the figure of 900 million Gold Soul Coin was announced, everyone in the guest rooms belonging to the Body Sect and Mingde Hall was stunned. Two hundred million Gold Soul Coin had been added directly!?
These are Gold Soul Coin! Not just any big rocks you see on the roadside!
The Body Sect was taken aback by Wang Yan's move and ultimately chose to abandon the competition. They secretly planned to find out which force dared to compete with their Body Sect for the item, and then they would visit them in person.
In the guest room belonging to the Sun Moon Empire team, a silver-haired boy looked hesitant. He was Xiao Hongchen, the captain of the Sun Moon Team's reserve team.
He had lost his usual composure; his face was filled with anxiety. The silver-haired girl sitting beside him, facing him directly, advised, "Brother, let it go this time. I know this Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit is important to me, but any more than that isn't worth it."
However, Xiao Hongchen seemed not to hear his sister's advice, and instead shouted with an even more determined expression, "I'll offer ten billion Gold Soul Coin!"
After the figure of one billion Gold Soul Coin was revealed, Wang Yan knew that this Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit was ultimately out of reach for Shrek, and therefore he could only withdraw from the competition with resentment.
The only thing that could make Wang Yan feel a little better was that the final winner spent a whopping 1 billion Gold Soul Coin, an amount that not every force could afford.
Moreover, even if they could gather all the members, it would be a huge financial blow to that faction. If the opponent is the Sun Moon Empire team, then they would definitely be led by people from the Mingde Hall. In that case, their actions this time would undoubtedly have severely hampered their chances in this year's preliminary rounds.
This shows that they have ripped off a large sum of money this time, and their research will face a lack of funding, forcing them to suspend their research for a period of time.
Therefore, Wang Yan believes that the other party will likely regret this action in the future.
However, the truth is that Xiao Hongchen, who had offered 1 billion Gold Soul Coin, looked relieved when he heard that no one dared to bid again.
It seems that Xiao Hongchen made the right bet. The person who suddenly increased by 200 million was just bluffing. 900 million Gold Soul Coin was the limit for that person.
Afterwards, when Xu Jiujiu announced on the screen that the Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit had been returned to the guest room where Xiao Hongchen was, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The situation just now was really tense. If anyone else had raised the price, he would have had to give up on the Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit.
There's a reason why Xiao Hongchen and his grandfather Jing Hongchen value the Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit so much. Their Sun Moon Empire also has spies in the Starlight Auction House, and after some inquiries, they learned the specific identity of this Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit.
Upon learning that the true form of the Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit was the Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor, Jing Hongchen immediately transferred one billion Gold Soul Coin from his own savings to Xiao Hongchen and gave him a death order: he must capture it.
As for why Jing Hongchen values the Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor so much, even at such a huge cost, he's willing to pay an exorbitant price to acquire it?
This story begins with his granddaughter, Meng Hongchen. Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul is the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad, a rare Soul Beast with an extremely small population and elusive whereabouts.
In the Far North, their race is known as the kings of the cracks, because their territory lies on the outskirts of the Far North, bordering the human world.
The most powerful aspect of this Soul Beast is that its poison is produced by alternating between its ice and fire abilities, creating a unique cold poison.
Wherever the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad goes, it leaves behind a trail of potent poison that lingers for a long time. Even Soul Beast stronger than it find it difficult to harm.
The only ones who can restrain them are the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North who possess the Ultimate Ice, which is why they only dare to move in narrow crevices.
As Martial Soul for Soul Master, it has appeared before in the history of the continent, but it is extremely rare. This is because Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's situation is somewhat similar to Ma Xiaotao's former Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, as its own cold poison can backfire on its master. If not handled properly, the Soul Master will die from the cold poison attacking his heart. Therefore, it is rare for anyone to cultivate it into a powerful being.
Even though this icy poison is Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's greatest weapon, it is also Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Soul Master warrant.
However, according to the records of their Hongchen Family, the master has a way to solve the problem of Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Soul Master's poison backlash.
Simply put, it involves concocting a special medicine that can completely integrate the toxins from Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Soul Master into their bodies, eliminating any worries about backlash.
However, these materials are extremely precious, so for more than a decade after Meng Hongchen's birth, he still lacked the most crucial material.
That material is the venom of the Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor.
It is precisely because of this that Jing Hongchen is determined to obtain the Soul-Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor Soul Spirit. You must know that it is very difficult to find a living Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor on the continent now. At least in Jing Hongchen's investigation over the past few years, if he hadn't seen the Soul-Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor Soul Spirit the Spirit Contract Pagoda was selling, he would have thought that the Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor had become extinct.