Chapter 2973: Unbelievable

Immortal Kings, how powerful they are.

Even though he previously accessed the temporary power of an Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact, equal to an Immortal King, without grasping the mysteries of the Law, he could still clearly feel the strength of an Immortal King’s Immortal Origin and soul.

And yet, such a strong one could be killed by merely one Immortal Talisman?

"Actually, although Immortal Emperors can inscribe Immortal Talismans that kill Immortal Kings, crafting such Talismans is highly difficult and exacting... Moreover, the inscriber must be an exceptionally powerful Immortal Emperor."

Upon hearing Wyatt Barnes’ soft exclamation, Ismael Yellow timely commented: "According to what I’ve heard... Immortal Talismans capable of killing Immortal Kings are mostly crafted by ’Titled Immortal Emperors’!"

Titled Immortal Emperors!

Wyatt Barnes took a deep breath, his pupils slightly contracting.

A Titled Immortal Emperor is a powerful Immortal Emperor acknowledged by the trial and approval of the Divine Temple, an elite among Immortal Emperors.

He had heard of this even back in the borderlands.

However, in his current location within South Heaven’s Borderlands, the strongest seems to be the controller ’Immortal Emperor of South Heaven’.

Though Immortal Emperor of South Heaven is a ’Titled Immortal Sovereign’, a Titled Immortal Sovereign is only considered elite among Immortal Sovereigns.

Even the weakest Immortal Emperor’s strength typically surpasses that of a Titled Immortal Sovereign.

South Heaven’s Borderlands shouldn’t have any Immortal Emperors, let alone elite ’Titled Immortal Emperors’!

"Moreover, it’s said that even the Immortal Talismans crafted by Titled Immortal Emperors aren’t capable of killing just any Immortal King... Immortal Kings who can be killed are generally weaker ones, either not having comprehended Law mysteries or their Law mysteries being weak."

Listening to Ismael Yellow’s words, Wyatt Barnes finally felt relieved.

If that’s the case, it’s acceptable; otherwise, it would be too exaggerated...

After all, an Immortal King being killed by a single Immortal Talisman is downright appalling!

"Four thousand three hundred Top-grade Immortal Crystals!"

"Four thousand five hundred Top-grade Immortal Crystals!"

...

While Wyatt Barnes and Ismael Yellow were conversing, the price of the Law Talisman ’Explosive Arrow Talisman’ kept rising, reaching four thousand eight hundred Top-grade Immortal Crystals.

"Judging by the power of this Explosive Arrow Talisman, it should have been crafted by a formidable Immortal King... Given its function and that it’s single-use, this auction round might struggle to surpass five thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals."

The next moment verified Ismael Yellow’s remarks, as the Explosive Arrow Talisman’s price was called at five thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals without further bids.

"The Explosive Arrow Talisman is good, useful for offspring’s self-defense... But, since it’s single-use, in a place like Thousand Kingdoms, five thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals is already the ceiling price for a talisman of this level."

"If the price is raised now, one’s brain must have been kicked by a mule!"

"Five thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals... This Explosive Arrow Talisman sold at its worth."

...

In the auction venue, similar whispers rose and fell.

"Five thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals, first call."

"Five thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals, second call."

On the auction stage, an old man in gray clothes expressed indifferently, "Five thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals, third call!"

"Sold!"

With those words, the gray-clothed elder raised his hand, causing the Immortal Talisman to transform like lightning, swiftly flying toward the purchaser of the Explosive Arrow Talisman.

Moments later, the Explosive Arrow Talisman was in front of the lavishly dressed middle-aged man, who reached out to collect it.

Whoosh!

Upon obtaining the Explosive Arrow Talisman, the middle-aged man extracted five thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals, placed them in a Storage Ring, and guided them with Immortal Origin to the elder on the auction stage.

This moment definitely exemplified the phrase ’instant payment, instant delivery.’

"The second auction item is an Intermediate Quality Monarch Grade Immortal Pill ’Burst Origin Pill’... Its starting price will be five thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals."

On the auction stage, the elder took out a pill bottle, extracted a pill from it for the crowd to see briefly, and then placed it back.

"Burst Origin Pill?"

Wyatt Barnes raised an eyebrow.

The Burst Origin Pill is a relatively common Immortal Pill across celestial realms, but at least a Monarch Grade Alchemy Master is required to concoct it.

Burst Origin Pills are categorized into Monarch Grade, King Grade, and Emperor Grade, each with three quality levels: Lower, Intermediate, and Top, with Top-grade being the best and Lower being the worst.

"An Intermediate Quality Monarch Grade ’Burst Origin Pill’... It can enhance an Immortal Lord’s Immortal Origin by two levels for a quarter of an hour!"

"Of course, if a Ninth Grade Immortal Lord takes it, their Immortal Origin can only increase to the Immortal Lord’s peak for a quarter of an hour... For a Tenth Grade Immortal Lord, the enhanced Immortal Origin is similar; it cannot break the barrier between Immortal Lord and Immortal King."

As an Alchemy Master, Wyatt Barnes had some understanding of such Immortal Pills as the Burst Origin Pill.

As Wyatt Barnes’ thoughts swiftly shifted, the price of the Burst Origin Pill had already climbed to eight thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals.

Indeed, such a Burst Origin Pill can alter the state of an Immortal Lord confrontation in crucial moments.

Ultimately, the Burst Origin Pill was sold for thirteen thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals.

Next, the gray-clad elder presented several more auction items.

However, they were mostly Immortal Talismans and Pill Medicines, each increasingly valuable, yet none tempted Wyatt Barnes.

"The ninth auction item is two Gold Thread Worms, auctioned together... The starting bid for these two Gold Thread Worms combined is thirty thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals!"

On the auction platform, the gray-clad elder spoke aloud.

As his words fell, within a few breaths, no one had yet opened their mouth to bid.

Instead, some couldn’t help but voice their complaints:

"Two Gold Thread Worms, starting bid thirty thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals... From what I know, the price of Gold Thread Worms on the black market is typically around fifteen thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals. Yet this Singles Kingdom royal auction sets the starting bid at this level."

"Heh heh... isn’t it because the Singles Kingdom royal family knows that the emperors of Autumn Holding Kingdom, Eastbright Kingdom, and Morning Kingdom desire these Gold Thread Worms? Rarity increases value, so with the financial clout of those three kingdoms, these two Gold Thread Worms can’t be compared with black market prices."

"Yes, although Gold Thread Worms have black market prices, they’re often priced yet unavailable."

...

Amidst the crowd’s discussions, from the direction of Autumn Holding Kingdom came a faint voice:

"Thirty thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals!"

This voice was from Ismael Yellow, participating in the bid.

"Father, you made your move so quickly? This isn’t your style."

Emanuel Yellow was a bit surprised.

It wasn’t his first time accompanying his father to such auction occasions, but even if his father wanted something, he generally wouldn’t be the first to bid.

What happened next completely stunned Emanuel Yellow.

Not just Emanuel Yellow, but everyone in the auction venue was stunned as well, "Wasn’t it said... the people from Eastbright Kingdom and Morning Kingdom also wanted these Gold Thread Worms?"

"What... what’s going on?"

Wyatt Barnes was also taken aback.

And the reason for this situation was that after Ismael Yellow’s bid of thirty thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals, the people in the boxes of Eastbright Kingdom and Morning Kingdom did not make any bid.

In the auction venue, the group initially expecting a competition among people from the three kingdoms all showed a look of disbelief.

"Thirty thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals, once."

"Thirty thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals, twice."

On the auction platform, the gray-clad elder, who had been calm all along, also seemed a bit uneasy, his voice louder when saying ’twice.’

His gaze appropriately scanned the boxes of Morning Kingdom and Eastbright Kingdom, yet he found that there was still no movement inside.

Finally, under the gaze of all, the gray-clad elder had no choice but to speak again, "Thirty thousand Top-grade Immortal Crystals, thrice!"

With these words falling, it meant those two Gold Thread Worms in his hand belonged to Ismael Yellow from Autumn Holding Kingdom.

"What’s the situation? Wasn’t it said the people from Morning Kingdom and Eastbright Kingdom also came for these two Gold Thread Worms?"

"I don’t know... Could it be that the people from Morning Kingdom and Eastbright Kingdom have fallen asleep?"

"Really don’t know what the people from Morning Kingdom and Eastbright Kingdom are thinking."

"What... are they doing?"

...

Just as the auction venue was boiling, the box where Morning Kingdom and Eastbright Kingdom people were was also not calm.

The box of Morning Kingdom.

"Uncle Morin, why didn’t you bid for those two Gold Thread Worms? And you even told me not to bid... what’s going on?"

Morning Kingdom’s seventh prince frowned as he looked at the blue-clad, dignified middle-aged man in front of him, his tone somewhat unfriendly.

Even if they obtained those two Gold Thread Worms, the Morning Kingdom might not necessarily have a way to turn them into the ’MysticGolden Elixir.’

But, there was ultimately some hope.

However, losing those two Gold Thread Worms meant losing even the slightest hope!

The blue-clad middle-aged man, being a powerful ’Immortal King of One Origin’ by the Morning Kingdom emperor’s side, even if the Morning Kingdom’s seventh prince was dissatisfied, he could only suppress his anger.

"Just now, I received Ismael Yellow’s transmission from Ducoin City in Autumn Holding Kingdom... so I decided last minute to forgo bidding for the Gold Thread Worms."

Facing the seventh prince’s questioning, and the puzzled looks from others, the blue-clad middle-aged man leisurely picked up a teacup from the table, sipping his tea calmly.

The box of Eastbright Kingdom.

"Elder Cruz? Why give up? And you also told me not to bid... aren’t you delaying Bruno’s matters?"

"Without bringing the Gold Thread Worms back, how will you explain to my father, the king?"

The silver-clad young man frowned as he looked at the elderly man leading their group from Eastbright Kingdom to Singles Kingdom’s capital city, his tone a bit displeased.

"Second prince, despite being a prince, you’re still not as composed as Brother Wyatt."

The elder gave the silver-clad youth a glance, then his eyes fell on another side, on the stern-faced gray-clad youth.

From start to finish, even seeing him not bidding for the Gold Thread Worms, this gray-clad youth showed no emotional reaction.