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Chapter 100 The Grand Finale Auction: The Void Dragon Bone! (2 Updates)

"1000 Chaos Units, countdown three seconds, 3, 2, 1! Congratulations to guest number kbr38293, you have won the bid for the Tana Starfield and become its master."

The old man in the tortoise shell's booming voice resounded throughout the hall: "The pre-auction session is over! The Qianwu Auction of this year officially begins!"

The entire auction hall was illuminated by dazzling lights.

"This is the first round of auctions. You can see the 1000 items to be auctioned on your auction tokens. Please be prepared!"

The old man with the tortoise shell shouted loudly.

Jiang Chen's attention, however, was already focused on the auction token.

With the consciousness communication token, information about each item appeared in Jiang Chen's mind.

The Berna race of metallic lifeforms can fuse with spaceships, giving them the ability to self-repair and self-upgrade.

Lanco Fruit is the best item for cultivating spirit beasts and plant life. Even if you are seriously injured, taking Lanco Fruit will have a healing effect.

The mechanical race's battle suit doesn't require the wearer to possess great strength; it's powered entirely by internal energy crystals and can perfectly withstand all attacks from fifth and sixth-tier Domain Lords. Even an ordinary person with no strength, once wearing this suit, can withstand attacks from fifth and sixth-tier Domain Lords without injury.

……

Items were sold off quickly, much faster than the initial warm-up auction.

Of course, the price is also low.

Most items are sold for between tens of billions and hundreds of billions of cosmic coins. Only a very few can reach the price of 'Primordial Units', but even then, they are usually sold for a single-digit number of Primordial Units.

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the participants, the initial warm-up auction naturally featured high-profile items and sold them at a high price.

However, ordinary auction items are not that valuable.

After all, it's an auction that only requires a 'three-star customer' threshold to participate in, and many three-star customers only have a dozen or so mixed units in total assets.

Auctions of hundreds or thousands of Chaos Units are commonplace; how many Realm Lords can afford to participate?

Treasures worth hundreds of billions of cosmic coins are more in line with the needs of a powerful person with such wealth.

In the previous rounds of auctions, Jiang Chen spent 6850 billion cosmic coins to buy two units of 'memory metal', totaling two hundred tons, as well as a 'Bernar metal life form', which he planned to take back for research.

Jiang Chen was very curious about these peculiar life forms, such as metallic life and rock life.

Luo Feng also made several purchases, acquiring two sets of 'Lan Ke Fruits' and a psychic weapon called 'Yan Shen Weapon'.

When Luo Feng obtained the 'Divine Weapon', he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.

"Congratulations, the Divine Weapon is indeed very suitable for you," Jiang Chen said with a smile.

A weapon that combines the attributes of metal and space is very suitable for Luo Feng, who will follow the 'Path of the Beast God' in the future.

Even now, by comprehending the Divine Weapon, Luo Feng can accelerate his cultivation in the 'Laws of Space'.

Luo Feng also smiled and said, "I really like this weapon. Although it's a bit expensive, it'll last me a long time, so it's worth it."

Even though Luo Feng had made considerable gains in the Realm Within a Realm, it still hurt to spend so much money—over three trillion cosmic coins.

However, for a traditional cultivator like Luo Feng, money is just an external thing; only treasures that can enhance one's own strength are truly valuable.

A single 'Divine Weapon' would allow Luo Feng to avoid worrying about his 'main weapon' for a long time, so it would be worth the money!

Neither of them made any further bids in the subsequent auctions.

Luo Feng doesn't have much money left, so he needs to be careful with his spending.

Jiang Chen, however, didn't find anything he liked.

Each auction features 1,000 items and takes about an hour to complete, making the whole process very fast.

The tenth day of the auction.

"A total of 50 batches of auction items, totaling 5 pieces, have all been auctioned off."

The old man in the tortoise shell smiled, his eyes narrowing, and announced loudly, "Now, we've reached the grand finale of this auction! The auction of the final 100 items! These 100 items are all incredibly precious, some even unique! And the starting price for each item is zero!"

"The first item up for auction is a golden leaf from the ancient tree of Kras!"

As the old man in the tortoise shell spoke, an image of a golden leaf appeared on the screen next to him.

The leaves appear ordinary, yet they subtly exude a peculiar magic, which is difficult to discern, as if it were merely an illusion.

The appearance of this leaf puzzled most powerful individuals, but it also drove a few who knew its value into a frenzy.

Babata seemed to know the origin and value of the 'Golden Leaf of the Ancient Tree of Kras', but refused to say more.

Jiang Chen and Luo Feng had no intention of participating in the competition.

Ultimately, the leaf was purchased by a realm lord who appeared to have a powerful background for 8990 Chaos Units.

However, it is rare to find treasures of this rarity throughout the entire auction.

Even the most important items cannot all be worth several thousand units of Hunyuan.

As the auction continued, Jiang Chen and Luo Feng's slightly agitated emotions gradually calmed down.

"Among the 100 final auction items, only two or three will be extremely rare and expensive. For example, this 'Golden Leaf of the Ancient Tree of Kras' is definitely one of the most precious auction items. There will also be a dozen or twenty slightly more precious items, worth hundreds of Hunyuan units. The rest are relatively ordinary and can be acquired with just a few Hunyuan units."

This wasn't Babata's first time attending such an auction, and he carefully explained the intricacies to Jiang Chen and Luo Feng.

"The next item up for auction is even rarer! You'd hardly ever see a treasure like this at auctions in any of the universes!"

The old man in the tortoise shell shouted, "The complete skeleton of a rare celestial behemoth, the 'Void Dragon'! Although it has no internal organs or flesh, its bones are perfectly preserved and without any damage! This 'Void Dragon' was an immortal god in its lifetime!"

An image of a keel was displayed on the large screen.

The skeleton alone, when pieced together, is over 10,000 meters long, and its wingspan is over 30,000 meters.

Even though only bones remain, they still exude a terrifying aura.

The detailed information also includes the origins of the 'Void Dragon' race.

Like Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast, it is a branch of the 'Starry Sky Beasts', but it is not one of the 'Twelve Peak Bloodlines', but only a mid-to-high-level group among the Starry Sky Beasts.

Of course, even the weakest cosmic behemoth is still a cosmic behemoth.

Apart from a few extremely rare special life forms, the cosmic behemoths represent the pinnacle of innate power in this universe.

Each race of cosmic behemoths possesses its own unique talents.

The Void Dragon is most skilled in the power of space.

Upon seeing the skeleton, Jiang Chen's eyes immediately lit up.

Luo Feng noticed Jiang Chen's expression and asked curiously, "Chen, are you interested in this thing?"

“Not bad.” Jiang Chen nodded and said, “You know my plan to build a powerful mechanical legion. Ordinary mechanical units and weapons are fine; if the quality is a little poor, we can make up for it with quantity. But my own ‘vehicle’ must be made with the best materials and the most perfect design. This immortal-grade dragon bone can serve as the main body of a powerful mech.”

The Void Dragon's innate arcane ability, Phase Shift, is one of the most powerful arcane abilities within the spatial system. It allows the Void Dragon to traverse between different dimensions of space, evading enemy attacks or launching surprise attacks from the most unpredictable angles.

In terms of flexibility alone, it is second only to 'teleportation'.

If it can be refined into the main material of a mecha and retain the 'phase jump' talent ability, the resulting mecha will definitely become the enemy's nightmare.

Of course, it's difficult to do that.

The skeleton of the 'Void Dragon' alone is not enough; a large amount of other precious materials are also needed.

Moreover, even if all the necessary materials are collected, the chances of failure are still very high.

But Jiang Chen was willing to give it a try.

With 21 Space Furnaces providing Jiang Chen with a continuous stream of huge sums of money, even if he fails, it will only mean wasting a few years of accumulated wealth.

But if he succeeds, Jiang Chen will immediately gain access to an extremely powerful and terrifying trump card!

"Auction begins!" As soon as the old man in the tortoise shell finished speaking, Jiang Chen eagerly entered his bid on the auction token: 50 Mixed Yuan Units!

Generally, remains of immortal quality are not very expensive.

But this is, after all, a colossal beast of the stars.

Although it is incomplete, missing the most crucial organs such as the brain and internal organs, as well as all the flesh and blood, leaving only a skeleton.

But whether for collection, research, or crafting treasures, it is an excellent material.

In terms of value, the remains of a cosmic behemoth are worth more than the complete corpse of an ordinary immortal god!

Fifty mixed units were merely a trial.

Jiang Chen never even dared to hope that he could get it at that price.

Sure enough, as soon as Jiang Chen entered the price, it was immediately refreshed.

Subsequently, the real-time price on the big screen kept updating, soaring all the way to 89 mixed units.

"100 Mixed Yuan Units!" Jiang Chen entered the price again, directly raising the bid significantly.

The price increase of 11 Mixed Units immediately made many competitors hesitate.

This time, several seconds passed before a new offer appeared: 101 Mixed Units.

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Chen directly entered 110 Mixed Yuan Units into the token, demonstrating his determination to win.

However, Jiang Chen was extremely nervous: "Don't let the price go up any further! I only prepared 135 Hunyuan units. If it goes up any more, I won't be able to afford them!"

Perhaps Jiang Chen's prayers had an effect, because this time, the price displayed on the big screen did not refresh for a long time.

After a while——

"110 Mixed Yuan Units, any higher bids? Countdown: 3, 2, 1! Congratulations to guest number xxxx, you have obtained the 'Complete Skeleton of an Immortal-grade Void Dragon'!"

Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the old man's voice.

110 Chaos Units are enough to buy the complete corpses of some powerful immortal gods.

Buying just one set of 'Void Dragon' skeletons is indeed very expensive.

But Jiang Chen felt it was worth it!

Jiang Chen wasn't very confident about creating the 'Void Dragon Mech'.

But Jiang Chen was willing to pay a high price for a chance to try.

If successful, this could become Jiang Chen's trump card for a long time.

"110 Mixed Yuan Units, you must be really rich!"

Luo Feng sighed.

He knew that when the spoils were divided among the 'Realms Within Realms', Jiang Chen only received seventy-odd Mixed Yuan Units.

With a price difference of at least 40 Mixed Yuan Units, Luo Feng couldn't fathom where Jiang Chen had gotten this huge sum of money from.

However, he didn't press the matter further and changed the subject, saying to Jiang Chen, "Congratulations on winning over your dream girl."

"Just taking pictures of the materials doesn't necessarily mean I can achieve my vision. Even if I could, it would take a very long time." Jiang Chen waved his hand, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

For Jiang Chen, the greatest joy lies in delving into new knowledge, using the knowledge he has already acquired to design highly functional tools and powerful units.

If the design of the 'Void Dragon Mech' is successfully completed and the blueprints are included in the system, an amazing reward will be obtained.

Even if you fail, you can still gain a lot from the process.

……

Time continued, and soon they arrived at the penultimate item for auction.

—A fragment of the skin of the Demon Slayer Clan.

“This stuff is perfect for you to create your clone.” Jiang Chen glanced at Luo Feng and asked, “Do you have enough money? I have a little more here. If not, just let me know. Once you miss out on this, it won’t be easy to find suitable materials for creating a clone again.”

"Ahua just transferred some money to me. I still have a dozen or so Chaos Units. If the Immortal God doesn't intervene, it should be enough." Luo Feng took a deep breath, a hint of relief in his voice. "Luckily, it was just damaged. If it were the complete Demon Slayer Clan skin, I wouldn't have had a chance at all!"

The Demon Slayer race has a unique life form, belonging to the category of 'energy life'. They have no soul and no fixed form.

For a member of the Demon Slayer Clan to leave behind even a small, broken part of their corpse after death, very strict conditions are required.

As darlings of the laws of space, if the Demon Slayer Clan leaves behind intact skin after death, the secret patterns on their skin are valuable items that can help them comprehend the laws of space. Even immortal gods would fight over them, so they would never appear at an auction of this level.

However, the value of a tattered Demon Slayer skin is greatly reduced.

Even complete secret patterns are difficult to comprehend, and broken secret patterns are almost impossible to comprehend successfully.

Some people might try to compete with the intention of getting a bargain, but they would definitely not pay a high price.

Unless an immortal god intervenes.

With the wealth of immortal gods, spending a few more Chaos Units wouldn't be a big deal.

However, Luo Feng was clearly lucky. Without any immortal gods joining the competition, Luo Feng successfully deterred all his competitors by raising his bid to 4 Chaos Units and won the broken Demon Slayer skin.

"Next up is the final item to be auctioned in this year's auction—"

The old man in the tortoise shell's voice resounded throughout the hall once again: "I solemnly announce that this final auction item is—one spot for comprehending the Primordial Universe!"