Chapter 186 Thunder Prison Spring Spear.
The hostess pushed forward the second item for auction. Judging from the shape of the veil, this item was unusually large.
Ning Lan walked to the front of the auction stage, her pretty face flushed. She cleared her throat and said, "The second item is something Soul Masters are very familiar with. Ning Lan never keeps you in suspense; now I will reveal its true nature."
"A rare metal, Blue-Infused Copper, totaling two tons. Distinguished guests can observe its quality. The auction will begin in five minutes." With that, Ning Lan slowly stepped down from the auction stage.
Upon hearing it was a rare metal, Wu Xuan instantly lost interest and began slowly flipping through the booklet given to him by the middle-aged manager. After all, there were very few things that could interest him.
A short while later, a maid approached Wu Xuan with a tray, on which lay the level-seven milk bottle that Wu Xuan had previously auctioned.
Wu Xuan picked up the baby bottle from the tray, examined it for a moment, nodded, and then took out two platinum cards from his storage soul tool and placed them on the tray.
Each platinum card had a face value of one million gold soul coins.
The following items, including the Blue Bronze, failed to pique Wu Xuan's interest; they were either ranged attack soul tools, melee soul tools, or large quantities of rare metals. In the Sun Moon Empire's auction house, soul bones were extremely rare and priceless treasures; why would anyone put them up for auction?
"Next is the seventh item, the Thunder Prison Spring Spear, a peak level seven melee soul tool," Ning Lan's beautiful voice came through the amplified soul tool.
"I believe you distinguished guests already have questions: this Thunder Prison Spring Spear clearly has eight core formations around it, so why is it only a peak seventh-level soul tool?"
"Your distinguished guests have this question, and Ning Lan had the same question earlier. According to the seller who entrusted it to us, this Thunder Prison Spring Spear was made using an unprecedented new forging technique. The eighth-level soul master who forged this spear fused a twenty-thousand-year-old thunder-attribute soul beast, the Thunder Prison Dragon, into it."
"Because it was that master's first time forging, during the final step of tempering the spear with dragon blood, he carelessly failed to completely suppress the remnant soul of the Thunder Prison Dragon, resulting in a backlash that led to his unfortunate death. Therefore, this Thunder Prison Spring Spear failed to officially transform into a level eight soul tool, remaining only at the peak of level seven. Later, it was heard that a ninth-level soul master attempted to reforge it, but unfortunately, that also ended in failure."
"This peak-level seventh-grade soul tool, the Thunder Prison Spring Spear, imbues every strike with the effect of a Thunder Prison Dragon and soaring lightning. Its effect can be stacked with any similar attack soul skill. It can be said to be virtually invincible among soul tools of the same grade. However, the remnant soul of the Thunder Prison Dragon within it is extremely prone to backfiring on the user, thus greatly testing the user's abilities. This is the overall description of the Thunder Prison Spring Spear. Ten minutes for viewing."
Wu Xuan observed the spear on the soul tool screen with slight appreciation. The Thunder Prison Spring Spear was eleven feet and three inches long, entirely deep blue, with a straight shaft covered in scale-like patterns. A sharp blade tip at the tip gleamed with a chilling light. Moreover, the blade tip was covered with ferocious, tiny scales forming serrations; one could imagine the astonishing destructive power if struck by it.
"Thunder Spring Gold? Soul Forging Silver? What rare metals are these?" Wu Xuan muttered to himself, looking at the descriptions in the booklet beside him.
What Wu Xuan didn't notice was that the other bidders' eyes lit up when they saw these two rare metals.
These two were top-tier rare metals, their combined value probably no less than 400,000 gold soul coins.
"Viewing time. Thunder Prison Spring Spear, starting price one million gold soul coins. Each bid must be at least 10,000 gold soul coins. Bidding begins." Ning Lan's smile was perfect, but she wasn't excited at all.
As Ning Lan expected, this pinnacle of level seven soul tools ended up with no bidders.
A starting price of one million gold soul coins was obviously outrageously expensive. Those who could enter the auction weren't fools; no one wanted to buy a weapon that would backfire on their master. The lack of response was natural.
"One million and one hundred thousand gold soul coins!" Wu Xuan directly wrote the price on the soul tool screen beside him.
Time ticked by, and just as Ning Lan was losing hope, an unexpected number appeared on the screen.
"Snap! Sold!"
Ning Lan skipped the three rounds of bidding and immediately hammered down the price.
Despite the strange looks he received, Wu Xuan remained unmoved, because the secret soul bone he had been longing for was about to appear next.
"Next up is the eighth item!" Ning Lan slowly lifted the silk covering it, revealing a strange, silver-gray bone.
"The eighth item is a secret soul bone from the left leg, reaching ten-thousand-year quality. Its skill is a fifty percent power amplification. You will have ten minutes to observe." With that, Ning Lan stepped back from the auction stage.
Before the waiter could approach, Wu Xuan had already walked to the reception room at the back.
Looking at the waiter, Wu Xuan skillfully paid and took the Thunder Prison Spring Spear.
Returning to his seat, Wu Xuan awaited the auction of the Mystic Soul Bone.
"Distinguished guests, the ten-thousand-year Mystic Soul Bone, starting price five million gold soul coins, each bid must be at least one hundred thousand gold soul coins. Bidding begins," Ning Lan announced with a professional smile.
"Five million one hundred thousand!"
"Five million three hundred thousand!"
This ten-thousand-year-level Mystic Soul Bone didn't seem very popular; bidders were extremely few. Indeed, the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire weren't particularly interested in so-called power-enhancing Mystic Soul Bones. If this soul bone were for soul power enhancement, that would be a different story; high-level Soul Masters would fight tooth and nail to get their hands on it.
"Six million five hundred thousand!" Having no interest in slowly increasing the price, Wu Xuan directly added one million gold soul coins to the original price.
The enormous numbers on the soul guide screen stunned everyone in the hall below, even the VIPs in the private boxes couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Wu Xuan's position.
"Six million five hundred thousand, once!"
"Six million five hundred thousand, twice!"
"Six million five hundred thousand, three times! Sold!" With Ning Lan's bidding announcements, Wu Xuan finally acquired the secret soul bone he had longed for.
"Next up is our Aodu Auction House's ninth and final item, a level nine soul tool, the Destruction Cannon."
After paying, Wu Xuan rubbed the secret soul bone in his palm, a satisfied smile appearing on his face. With this secret soul bone, he could completely fuse the 297,000-year-old Silver Scale Griffin soul bone in his left leg with the 98,000-year-old Silver Scale Griffin soul bone he had just acquired.
The next two items were both level nine soul tools. Although they weren't produced by Mingde Hall, the fact that they could auction level nine soul tools was enough to prove the strength of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce.
The final items were two level-nine soul tools, which explained why the VIP room above barely bid on the previous items.
Taking away a level-nine soul tool required rigorous screening. First, you had to prove you were a citizen of the Sun Moon Empire; second, the buyer had to possess assets far exceeding the level of a level-nine soul tool in a major city. If the level-nine soul tool you bought appeared in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, the buyer would face the worst possible outcome—the execution of their entire family, or even the extermination of their entire clan.
This was why Wu Xuan had never considered buying a level-nine soul tool.
Ultimately, the two final level-nine soul tools both exceeded ten million in price, making Wu Xuan's expenditure seem insignificant in comparison.
The auction ended!
After the event, Wu Xuan saw a familiar figure at the entrance of the Aodu Auction House—it was the middle-aged manager!
The manager approached with a smile and said, "Mr. Yang! Are you satisfied with tonight's haul?"
"Excellent! Tonight was well worth the trip!" Wu Xuan smiled.
"Mr. Yang! This is our Aodu Chamber of Commerce's Red-Tier VIP Card. If you need anything else, you can use this card to enjoy a 20% discount at our Aodu Chamber of Commerce." The middle-aged manager respectfully handed the card to Wu Xuan.
"Thank you very much!" Wu Xuan took the card and turned to leave.
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