Chapter 508 Dark Star Armor_2
"Four hundred thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones!"
As soon as Ming Yu finished speaking, someone immediately placed a bid, directly raising the price by a hundred thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones.
The person who bid was in the top-tier, Tian-character VIP room.
In the auction hall, many were shocked and showed a look of astonishment; this person actually increased the bid by a hundred thousand all at once, truly a display of great wealth.
Lin Feng frowned upon hearing this voice; it was, in fact, Xue Tianhao's voice.
"Four hundred and ten thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones!"
"Four hundred and twenty thousand!"
"Four hundred and forty thousand!"
"..."
After Xue Tianhao's bid, many people followed suit. There was not just one wealthy person like Xue Tianhao; the price of the Red Fire Divine Wings skyrocketed quickly.
In just a dozen breaths, the price of the Red Fire Divine Wings was driven up to a terrifying five hundred fifty thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones.
Lin Feng was not in a hurry to bid, waiting for the price to stabilize before competing.
"Six hundred fifty thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones!" Xue Tianhao bid again, raising the price by another hundred thousand in one go.
"My goodness! That's fierce! Raising by a hundred thousand each time."
"Who is this person, bidding like this!"
"It's Xue Tianhao, Young Master of the Golden Shark Sect!"
People were astonished by Xue Tianhao's bidding, and at this point, some of the previous bidders were deep in thought and had stopped bidding, as the price had exceeded their limits.
"Hmph! Competing with me? You're not qualified!" Xue Tianhao's cold snort came from the room.
Among those competing for the Red Fire Divine Wings, there were no Martial Kings; almost all were Heavenly Martial Masters, so truly, no one could compete with Xue Tianhao.
"Six hundred sixty thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones!"
Just then, an untimely voice rang out; it was Lin Feng bidding.
"Lin Feng!" Upon hearing Lin Feng's voice, Xue Tianhao's expression darkened and a killing intent flashed through his eyes.
Immediately, Xue Tianhao sneered and muttered to himself, "I may not match your strength, but I will not lose to you in wealth!"
"Seven hundred thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones!" Xue Tianhao immediately placed a bid.
This time, Xue Tianhao didn't raise the bid by another hundred thousand because the current price was already near the upper limit for the Red Fire Divine Wings. Any higher would far exceed the inherent value of the Red Fire Divine Wings.
"Seven hundred and ten thousand!" Lin Feng raised the bid by another ten thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones.
"Seven hundred thirty thousand!" Xue Tianhao continued to bid.
"Seven hundred forty thousand!"
"Seven hundred seventy thousand!"
"Seven hundred eighty thousand!" Lin Feng was still increasing each bid by ten thousand.
Xue Tianhao's expression darkened, Lin Feng was really challenging him. Gritting his teeth, Xue Tianhao bellowed, "Eight hundred fifty thousand!"
Xue Tianhao increased the bid by seventy thousand in one go, hoping to crush Lin Feng.
On the auction platform, Ming Yu smiled faintly, very pleased with the situation; for the auction house, this kind of competitive scenario was what they hoped to see.
"Eight hundred sixty thousand!" Lin Feng spoke calmly, raising the bid again by ten thousand.
"Damn it!" Xue Tianhao roared in anger, smashing the sandalwood chair in the room to smithereens.
Xue Tianhao's face was extremely unsightly, he wanted to raise the bid again, but eight hundred sixty thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones had far exceeded the value of the Red Fire Divine Wings. Raising the bid further would be foolish.
Yet, he was unwilling to give up on the Red Fire Divine Wings just like that.
"Hehe! Tian Hao, there's really no need for you to compete with him!" Tao Wei shook his head and chuckled lightly,
"Why?" Xue Tianhao looked at Tao Wei, puzzled.
Tao Wei coldly smiled and said, "Because he will be a dead man, and naturally, his possessions will be yours!"
Hearing this, Xue Tianhao was momentarily stunned, then suddenly slapped his forehead and said with a bitter smile, "I was so agitated by this person that I forgot about this!"
Tao Wei's words were true; as long as they killed Lin Feng, wouldn't Lin Feng's belongings become theirs?
Xue Tianhao's expression instantly changed from gloomy to sunny, revealing a delighted smile and nodded, "If that's the case, then there's no need for me to compete with him, let him have it!"
"Is there anyone else who would like to bid higher than 860,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones from esteemed guest in Box 101?" Seeing no one else bidding, Ming Yu asked loudly.
However, still, no one bid.
"860,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones once, 860,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones twice, 860,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones three times, sold!" Eventually, after Ming Yu called out three times, with a final gavel, the Red Fire Divine Wings were successfully acquired by Lin Feng.
Soon, a beautiful maid delivered the Red Fire Divine Wings to the private box where Lin Feng was.
"Can I offset the payment with other items?"
Inside the box, Lin Feng took the delivered Red Fire Divine Wings and asked the maid waiting to collect the Spirit Stones.
"Of course, our appraiser will assess the price for you," the maid nodded and replied.
"That works!"
Lin Feng took out all the twelve Level Five Martial Arts Secret Books from his Storage Ring.
These twelve Level Five Martial Arts, including the four Attribute Cultivation Techniques he had integrated into the Great Chaotic Five Elements Divine Technique, now left him with no other Martial Arts Secret Books on hand except the Level Six Martial Arts he was cultivating himself.
"Please wait a moment, young master, I will call the appraiser to evaluate the price," the maid said before leaving the box.
The auction continued, but for a while, no more items appealed to Lin Feng.
Hong Qingxuan and Huang Yao each bid for an item.
Hong Qingxuan acquired a light purple gossamer garment which was not only very beautiful but also a Level Five Low Grade Defensive Treasure, extremely strong in defensive power, easily able to block attacks from anyone below the Martial King.
Huang Yao, on the other hand, acquired a Crystal Jade Bracelet, a cultivation-assist treasure that could automatically absorb nature's spiritual energy to store inside the bracelet, which Martial Artists could use during their cultivation.
Approximately a quarter of an hour later, the same maid returned to Lin Feng's box.
"Young master, the twelve Level Five Low Grade Martial Arts are altogether valued at 945,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones. After deducting the 860,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones you need to pay, there remains 85,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones."
The maid passed a Storage Bag and said, "Here are 85,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones, please verify them, young master."
"945,000?" Lin Feng slightly frowned upon hearing this, as the price of Martial Arts Secret Books generally tend to be higher than that of equivalent weapons, he had thought that the twelve manuals would fetch at least over a million Middle Grade Spirit Stones, but it wasn't even close to a million; the Hundred Treasure Pavilion's price pressing was too harsh!
The maid nodded and said, "Yes, young master, out of the twelve Level Five Low Grade Martial Arts, seven are cultivation techniques, priced at 85,500 each, and five are martial techniques, priced at 70,000 each."
Lin Feng nodded, sighed silently to himself. It's less, but let it be; after all, these Martial Arts Secret Books were plundered by him, so they could be considered ill-gotten gains.
The main thing was, he had to exchange these Martial Arts Secret Books, otherwise how would he have the Spirit Stones to pay.
"Alright! You may leave," Lin Feng nodded and stored the Storage Bag.
The auction went on, one treasure after another continuously appeared,
Soon, another item that Lin Feng was quite interested in appeared.
"Dark Star Armor, a Level Five Low Grade Inner Armor, forged with fragments from a meteorite from beyond the heavens, possesses strong defensive power, few below the Martial King can break its defense, even normal Martial Kings of the first and second layer find it difficult to penetrate the defense of this Thorn Armor."
Ming Yu held a dark-golden treasure armor and announced loudly, "Dark Star Armor, starting bid is 80,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones, each bid must not be less than 10,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones. Let the bidding start now!"
This Dark Star Armor, although also at the Level Five Low Grade tier, was priced several times more than equivalent level weapons and martial arts, with a high starting bid of 80,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones.
This was not only due to the difficulty in forging this type of Inner Armor, but also because such Defensive Treasures could be life-saving, after all, for Martial Artists, life is the most precious.
"100,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones!"
"110,000!"
"130,000!"
"150,000!" Lin Feng placed his bid.
After several rounds of tough competition, eventually, Lin Feng acquired the Dark Star Armor for the price of 280,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones.