Chapter 2087 - 2080: Advertising Space for Lease
"It’s a great item!"
Just as Zhang Menglong expected, the moment this item appeared, it caught the attention of many people. Although it can only kill a Third-class Guardian Beast once, its significance even surpasses that of a Beast God Scroll!
Indeed, a Beast God Scroll can almost instantly kill a Guardian Beast!
But it’s important to note that once a Beast God Scroll is used, there is no way to recover it.
To put it bluntly, when a Guardian Beast tries to kill you, you need to use a Beast God Scroll to save your life. However, if the Guardian Beast decides to run away, it can cover 800 li during the activation time of the scroll. Once the Beast God Scroll’s effect ends, it becomes wasted.
But the Beast Slaying Blade is different. It doesn’t require any summoning time. Even if the Guardian Beast tries to escape upon seeing it, the blade can still be retracted, and once activated, the Guardian Beast has little chance of fleeing.
Of course, the power of the Beast Slaying Blade is far inferior to a Beast God Scroll, but it excels in flexibility. Therefore, its value is not lower than that of a Beast God Scroll. Starting at 1 million Supreme Crystals, there’s still a lot of upward potential.
"The bidding starts now, with each increase not less than 100,000 Supreme Coins!"
The voice of Zero had just fallen, but everyone was not in a hurry to call out prices. After all, for each bid, a 10% fee must be paid. The earlier you bid, the more times you’ll need to up the bid, leading to a significant final fee.
"Menglong, do we want this item?" Dominic asked. If you exclude the Supreme Crystals with Zhang Menglong, the entire human race has a total of only two to three million Supreme Crystals. Although humans now have the status of a Fourth-class race, they are essentially just upstarts.
"Of course we do," Zhang Menglong replied without hesitation, "Every item here will eventually be ours!"
"If that’s the case, let’s observe first, someone might..."
Before Dominic could finish speaking, Zhang Menglong became the first person unable to resist bidding... Or perhaps to him, the bidding fee was insignificant at 1%, making it hardly different from having no fee.
"Humans bid 2 million Supreme Crystals!" Zhang Menglong doubled the price right from the start!
"Wow!" The audience was immediately abuzz. By now, almost no one was unfamiliar with the name of the human race.
According to incomplete statistics, in just two days, the human race had recklessly purchased Ancient Relics in quantities requiring counting in tens of thousands. Even if priced at the cheapest tier, they would have spent over 1 billion Supreme Crystals!
Typically, the total assets of a Fourth-class race are approximately 5 to 10 million Supreme Crystals, Third-class races have 10 to 20 million, Second-class races have 20 to 50 million, and First-class races have assets ranging from 50 million to over 100 million Supreme Crystals.
Of course, due to racial characteristics and differences, these assets can vary significantly!
A race with 1 billion Supreme Crystals certainly exists, although they aren’t numerous, each of them is extremely renowned!
For example, there’s the Sacrifice God Clan that Zhang Menglong fought against, with assets around 8 billion Supreme Crystals, and the Rhea clan he clashed within the first couple of days, with approximate total assets of 12 billion Supreme Crystals. Both of these races rank between 50 and 100 overall.
If we talk about races in the top 50 or even top 10, their total assets are astronomical. So, while the human race’s total assets are shocking, they’re not quite despair-inducing.
Announcing a bid of 2 million Supreme Crystals right off the bat dashed the hopes of many races that initially planned to try their luck.
With only a few dozen auction items available, most races were destined to end up as mere spectators. Some might even lose considerable amounts in fees, so they opted to quietly watch as the giants battled it out.
"2.5 million! Rumble clan!" A somewhat raspy voice declared.
"This is a Third-class race, very close to being a Second-class race. Their number of Dao Realm Limit powerhouse is almost equal to our entire human population!" Ozer whispered to Zhang Menglong.
"3 million, Yiqing clan!"
...
One race after another began to bid successively. Within just a few rounds, the scroll’s price had soared to 5 million Supreme Crystals, signifying that over 90% of races were no longer in contention for it.
"Tsk, tsk, this is just the first auction item, and the competition is already so fierce," Zhang Menglong grew increasingly excited.
"This Beast Slaying Blade is indeed impressive, but 5 million Supreme Crystals is about its limit. It probably won’t go much higher, any more would not..."
"Humans bid 10 million Supreme Crystals!"
"You freaking didn’t let me finish!" Ozer looked at Zhang Menglong with a reproachful eye, internally starting to complain.
He knew Zhang Menglong had an astronomical amount of Supreme Crystals, but even so, spending so liberally wasn’t wise!
The later items are bound to be even better, especially the final piece, which humans still have a chance to contend for. If Zhang Menglong continued to bid recklessly without regard for cost, he might run out of Supreme Crystals before the finale!
Of course, if Zhang Menglong knew his thoughts, he would surely tell Ozer that he’s completely ignorant of his wealth!
Sure enough, after Zhang Menglong announced this bid, most races fell silent. 8 million Supreme Crystals might just be the limit for this Ancient Relic, making a 10 million purchase a definite overpayment!
"I want to see just how many Supreme Crystals this human race has!"
"Based on the calculations, they’ve acquired more than 15 billion Supreme Crystals worth of Ancient Relics; their total assets are estimated to be around 50 billion Supreme Crystals!" Someone roughly estimated, "It’s truly astonishing for a Fourth-class race to have such assets!"
"From the next few items onward, the starting bid prices for Ancient Relics are all within the millions, some even in the billions. I wonder how they’ll handle the subsequent auctions with such arrogance now!"
"10 seconds have passed, congratulations to the human race for winning this Ancient Relic!" Zero announced.
Following Ozer’s guidance, Zhang Menglong placed a space storage device containing 10.15 million Supreme Crystals on the table in front of his seat. As a flash of light swept over, the device disappeared, replaced by the Ancient Relic.
"A straightforward trade, cash and carry," Zhang Menglong immediately secured the item.
"Congratulations to the human race, I wonder how you feel after obtaining this item?"
All eyes suddenly focused on Zhang Menglong. Really, there’s a cue segment?
"It’s part of the auction’s normal procedure, granting buyers of the items a chance for a brief speech."
Zhang Menglong pondered for a moment. Just when others expected him to deliver grandiose platitudes or arrogant remarks, he spoke, "What I want to say is... hmm... advertising space for rent, price negotiable, all services welcome: cursing, seeking allies, recruiting followers, purchasing goods... Only 56 slots available, limited quantity, first come, first served!"