Novel Full Chapter 525: A Battle of Faces Among Dominators
In the transaction world suspended in mid-air, on the black market constructed by the Transaction Dao Principle, the figures of cultivators gradually began to appear.
The avatar of the Stone Dominator also stepped onto it.
He observed the construction of the black market and found its building method to be extremely precise and rigorous. It didn’t look like something an ordinary Dao Venerable could construct.
Not only did he see the foundational building blocks of the Twelfth-order Fused Dao Principle, but he also saw special Dao Principles like the Transaction Dao Principle and the Causality Dao Principle.
“How interesting!”
The Stone Dominator browsed the black market. Many cultivators were setting up stalls at various star booths, selling their own items, and numerous transactions were taking place.
Looking up, he saw an aerial auction where an item was currently being auctioned—precisely that Ninth-order Fused Dao Treasure, an Ancient Zither.
The starting bid was one hundred trillion Dao Yan Crystals, an exorbitantly high price.
But this Ancient Zither was a Dao Treasure that naturally reached the level of Ninth-order Fused Dao Principles. The Daoist techniques inheritance it contained very likely involved a brand new Chaos Dao path, so its high price was perfectly normal.
Yet, no one had placed a bid so far. Many were watching and waiting, not rushing to bid. Since it wasn’t the final auction time yet, everyone was in no hurry.
The Stone Dominator currently only had several tens of trillions of Dao Yan Crystals on him, which was far from enough.
After some thought.
The Stone Dominator sent out a strand of thought.
A short while later, a figure hurried over excitedly.
“Ancestor…” that figure began to speak excitedly.
The Stone Dominator immediately waved his hand. “Enough, no nonsense. I’m currently in a wager with two other Dominators and need to obtain enough treasures from this Treasure Star. How many treasures have you excavated so far?”
“Reporting to the Venerable Ancestor, our Stone Dao Court has collected over seven hundred treasures across the nine Treasure Stars. Most are barely at the Dao Artifact level, with the highest one reaching the level of a Tenth-order Fused Dao Treasure.”
The Stone Dominator nodded. “Hand everything from now on to me. You all continue to intensify the excavation efforts. My wager with them isn’t huge, but it’s not small either. Strive to win.”
“Yes!” That cultivator responded with high spirits.
At this point, the Stone Dominator pointed to the auction item above.
“This auction item was also unearthed from the Treasure Star. You pay to purchase it!”
“Yes, Ancestor!”
Stone Man King immediately complied. After glancing at the price above, he promptly placed a bid of 200 trillion Dao Yan Crystals.
After his bid, others immediately followed with their own.
The displayed price quickly rose to 370 trillion Dao Yan Crystals.
Stone Man King frowned. He was performing before his Venerable Ancestor and couldn’t afford to disappoint him.
He directly bid 500 trillion Dao Yan Crystals.
The auction price immediately stalled.
Many people showed hesitant expressions.
Stone Man King smiled. Basically, this Dao Treasure was secured.
However, right at this moment.
Che Chi Old Man and Wuyazi also arrived at the black market.
From afar, the two spotted the Stone Dominator.
“Stone Man, you’re not playing fair! Actually contacting your juniors!” Che Chi Old Man said discontentedly.
The Stone Dominator smiled. “You never said we couldn’t rely on juniors.”
Che Chi Old Man scoffed. “Don’t think you’re the only one with juniors!”
He similarly contacted the Nation Lord of the Che Chi Chaos Kingdom.
He had directly established a Chaos Kingdom in the past. His juniors now presided over the Chaos Kingdom and could mobilize considerable power!
In a flash of light, an old man appeared out of thin air. Seeing Che Chi Old Man, he also wore an astonished expression.
“I pay my respects to the Venerable Ancestor!”
Che Chi Old Man nodded. “Che Li, represent me and auction off that treasure.”
Nation Lord Che Li looked at the sole auction item in the sky and immediately understood his ancestor’s meaning. He promptly placed a bid for the treasure above. Regardless of the treasure’s actual value, he directly bid 1000 trillion Dao Yan Crystals.
This momentum did not lag behind anyone!
Beside Wuyazi, Wudaizi also appeared.
After paying his respects to Wuyazi and observing the situation, Wudaizi asked, “Venerable Ancestor, should we also bid for that treasure?”
Wuyazi’s expression was indifferent. “A mere Ninth-order treasure isn’t worth such escalation. You can later purchase other treasures at reasonable prices! However, the purchased treasures must be ones unearthed from the Treasure Stars. I grant you this detection authority. Acquire these items properly.”
“I understand!” Wudaizi nodded.
“Heh.” Che Chi Old Man chuckled. “Wuyazi, it’s fun for everyone to compete for this first auction item. It’s no fun if you don’t bid!”
Hearing this, Wuyazi paused for a moment before saying, “In that case, I can also participate. However, none of us can temporarily mobilize wealth currently outside the Treasure Stars. Let’s compare the wealth we already possess right now, how about that?”
“Fine!” Che Chi Old Man said indifferently.
The Stone Dominator shook his head with a smile. “Then the person selling this treasure is going to make a huge profit!”
Che Chi Old Man smiled without speaking.
The three Dominator avatars chatted and laughed amongst themselves, not personally ordering the auction of treasures.
But at this moment, the three cultivators summoned by the Dominators had already begun fiercely bidding, while simultaneously mobilizing resources from the nine Treasure Stars, quickly offloading treasures at low prices on the black market to gather funds.
Other cultivators within their forces also immediately accelerated the pace of resource collection.
The price of the aerial auction item had already risen from 1000 trillion Dao Yan Crystals to over 8000 trillion Dao Yan Crystals, far exceeding the value of a Ninth-order Fused Dao Treasure.
By now, the three were no longer concerned with the treasure’s intrinsic value. Their only opponents were each other.
Simultaneously, this was also a test. If the one who successfully purchased it ended up with significantly depleted wealth, they would very likely lose the final wager.
“9000 trillion Dao Yan Crystals!”
Wudaizi placed a bid.
“One hundred trillion trillion Dao Yan Crystals!” Stone Man King also continued bidding.
The three observed each other’s expressions, all watching the price changes and the final auction countdown.
The continuously soaring price had long attracted the attention of a large number of cultivators.
They were all astonished by the treasure’s price, utterly puzzled about which big fool was actually bidding so high.
They were already dumbfounded by this scene.
Some were tempted and immediately listed their own Tenth-order Fused Dao Treasures for auction.
However, to their astonishment, those currently bidding on the treasure did not choose to bid on their treasures below. Instead, they continued bidding on that Ninth-order Fused Dao Treasure.
This scene left people baffled; they could only sigh about others having more money than sense.
The competition among the three was not conducted through open bidding. They had all isolated others’ perceptions, competing fiercely against each other in secret.
The price gradually climbed higher. Who would ultimately win it remained unknown.