Chapter 2375: Chapter 2379: Overbearing
"Guests in Room 2, you are too presumptuous!"
Zhang Qiushan shouted coldly, an overwhelming aura erupting from his body, directly assaulting Room 2.
Boom!
The door of Room 2 shattered with a crash.
Ugh!
Bang bang!
The sound of spitting blood and crashing noises filled the air, indicating that those inside were oppressed by the aura and suffered some injuries.
"President Zhang, please calm down, it’s my mistake!"
A young man with a slightly pale face appeared at the entrance of the room, bowing towards Zhang Qiushan.
Zhang Qiushan said indifferently, "Sir, you’re from the side branch of the Qingwang Residence, aren’t you? If there’s a next time, I’ll have to expel you from the venue!"
"I wouldn’t dare!"
The young man bowed once more.
Zhang Qiushan paid no more attention to the young man, turned to sweep a glance at the crowd, and softly called out, "This gentleman offered a bid of 100,000, does anyone else have a bid?"
The crowd in the venue looked at each other and then all fell silent.
The young man at the door of Room 2 turned to glare vehemently at Jiang Chen before turning back into the room.
"Since no one is bidding, this ’Thousand Faces’ mask will be claimed by this gentleman."
Zhang Qiushan announced, raising his hand to toss the ’Thousand Faces’ towards Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback, raised his hand to catch the mask, and looked at Zhang Qiushan with a bewildered expression.
"Judging by appearance, young man, it’s your first time attending an inner circle auction, transactions here are all conducted live!"
Zhang Qiushan apparently understood something, and explained with a slight chuckle.
Live transactions? I see.
Understanding flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes, followed by a soft smile, observing that Zhang Qiushan must really be an associate of Pang Guang, otherwise how could he have guessed simply that it was his first time at the inner circle auction?
He brushed a hand over his space ring and then raised it.
Whirr!
A dragon made of Spirit Stones flew towards Zhang Qiushan.
Zhang Qiushan raised his hand to catch it, directly throwing it into his space ring. With his cultivation level, when Jiang Chen took out the Spirit Stones, he had already completed counting.
"Well, next is the second auction item..."
The auction continued, yet Jiang Chen lowered his head to scrutinize the mask in his hand.
The mask felt extremely soft, as light as nothing, with a subtle wave of spiritual power embedded within. This wave should be the power of the mask that prevents others from probing with Divine Sense.
After studying it for a while, Jiang Chen put away the mask and continued watching the auction, while observing three targets in the venue.
The people in Room 2 have been ruled out as suspects; the person with the aura of Spear Path was precisely the one from the side branch of Qingwang Residence.
As time passed, the auction gradually grew lively, with one treasure after another, high-grade elixirs, and Spirit Grass being auctioned off.
"The next auction item is a scroll containing a Formation Diagram, its tier in the realm of Void Refinement, which once trapped and killed a Virtual Refinement Realm Peak cultivator."
A shout caught Jiang Chen’s attention; he spirited up and looked towards the auction stage.
At that moment, Zhang Qiushan appeared on the auction stage holding a Jade Slip, smiling as he introduced, "This formation is called ’Five Elements Emperor Slayer Array.’ As you all know, the title of Emperor is what we call cultivators of the Virtual Refinement Realm, and this array, true to its name, when exerted to its fullest, can annihilate Virtual Refinement Realm Peak cultivators."
"Of course."
After a pause, Zhang Qiushan continued, "To set up this formation independently, it requires an Array Master to comprehend the Five Elements Great Path."
"What? It requires comprehending five Great Paths!?"
"This formation is too impractical, isn’t it? The requirements are so stringent?"
"Indeed, such a Formation Diagram, even if won, is useless!"
The venue erupted in an uproar, everyone displaying astonished expressions.
"Everyone, please don’t be hasty."
Zhang Qiushan smiled gently and raised a hand to calm the crowd, waited for silence before speaking again, "If the requirements were truly that stringent, we wouldn’t bring it for bidding. The ’Five Elements Emperor Slayer Array’ is not just a formation; it is also a battle array!"
"Battle array!?"
"What? It’s actually an ancient battle array!?"
"Is it the type that can unite the power of an entire army?"
The venue went into an uproar once more, the eyes of some faction leaders flashing with excitement.
"You are correct, this is indeed an ancient battle array, this diagram integrates the power of formation and battle array, the formation’s limit can annihilate a Virtual Refinement Realm Peak, while the battle array’s limit is comparable to the early stage of the Unity Realm."
Zhang Qiushan looked at the suddenly fervent venue, a slight smile playing at the corner of his lips: "The ’Five Elements Emperor Slayer Array,’ starting bid is 500,000 inferior Spirit Stones, with each increase not lower than 10,000; now, let the bidding begin!"
Suddenly, the venue fell silent, and everyone warily glanced at each other.
Zhang Qiushan wasn’t impatient, wearing a faint smile as he waited quietly.
In his heart, he understood that these people were all secretly assessing the value of the ’Five Elements Emperor Slayer Array,’ although War Array Masters are even rarer than Array Masters, with not a single one in the outer circle, they can still be found in the inner circle.
Moreover, with such a battle array, it can attract some war array masters without a background, just by fully nurturing them, a war array master’s role is absolutely not inferior to a Unity Realm Peak powerhouse.
Everyone understands that the greatest value of the ’Five Elements Emperor Slayer Array’ lies not in its power comparable to the early stage of Unity Realm, but in its appeal to war array masters.
A Unity Realm early-stage powerhouse is not highly regarded by many factions, but a war array master is even more popular than a high-grade Pill Master, considered the most esteemed profession in Canglan Continent!
"Battle array? The Void Nether Realm has battle arrays too?"
Jiang Chen was slightly stunned, looking curiously at the Jade Slip in Zhang Qiushan’s hand on the auction stage.
He is a war array master himself, though he’s only activated battle arrays on Yuan Star; after his cultivation reached Unification Realm, he rarely used battle arrays, since the basic ones he mastered no longer significantly enhanced his abilities.
And now, here appeared a battle array that could reach the highest level of early-stage Unity Realm, excitement flickered in Jiang Chen’s eyes.
"500,000!"
"550,000!"
"600,000!"
Once the first bidder appeared, the venue was suddenly filled with chaotic bidding sounds, as everyone evidently assessed the value of the ’Five Elements Emperor Slayer Array’ and started bidding.
Moreover, everyone was increasing by 50,000 to prove their determination.
"1,000,000!"
Suddenly, a domineering voice surged, massively raising the price.
Everyone was momentarily stunned, turning their heads in unison.
The young man at the doorway of Room 2 on the second floor directly walked out, stood outside the room, and gazed fervently at Zhang Qiushan on the auction stage.
