Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 97 Heavenly Frost Auction

Two days later, in the virtual universe, at the Azure Bay residential area, at the teleportation point.

Holding the invitation, Lu Jin and Zi Nishang were teleported to a floating city above the 'Tian Shuang Continent'.

As the invitation emitted specks of light, the floating city's defense system automatically opened a passage, allowing Lu Jin and his companion to enter.

‘Shua——’

As his gaze shifted, Lu Jin was greeted by an incredibly elegant city suspended in the clouds.

The scenery in the Floating City is beautiful, with flowers and plants everywhere. The most dazzling thing in the entire Floating City is the enormous building in the center - the Frost Auction Hall.

The triennial First-Grade Frost Auction is always held in this auction hall.

At this moment, the auction hall was packed with people.

Hundreds of thousands of three-star clients who came to attend the auction formed long queues at various entrances to the auction hall.

Some had bull heads and human bodies, some had scales, some were as short as dwarfs, and some looked like giants. It was like a grand gathering of demons and monsters.

Turning his gaze away, Lu Jin didn't join the queue. Instead, he led Zi Nishang onto the red carpet path laid out in front of the auction hall's main entrance.

The entry threshold for the primary Tian Shuang Auction House is three-star clients of the two major banks, but four-star clients, and even five-star clients, who are of a higher level, can also participate.

After selling that excellent Star-Eating Grass seedling to the First Bank of the Universe, Zi Nishang became a four-star customer of the First Bank of the Universe.

After Zi Nishang transferred 80 units of mixed yuan to Lu Jin across banks, Lu Jin also became a four-star customer of the Universe Galaxy Bank.

As a valued four-star customer, compared to a three-star customer, there are naturally certain preferential treatments.

The two of them don't need to queue; they can simply walk through the VIP entrance of the auction, which is the red carpet entrance at the main entrance.

As they walked down the red carpet, the invitations in their hands gleamed slightly.

Clearly, the invitations they held, presented by the two major banks to four-star clients, were the passes to the VIP channel.

Without this pass, the moment the two step onto the red carpet, an invisible repulsive force will prevent customers whose level does not meet the requirements from entering.

Upon entering the auction hall, Lu Jin noticed that the entire hall resembled a football field on Earth.

The stands were densely packed with seats arranged in concentric circles, stretching as far as the eye could see, as if a world were made up of countless seats.

Moreover, to accommodate larger clients, the seats in the auction hall are very large, each measuring six meters wide and ten meters high, much larger than their tables.

Using the token given to him by the waiter when he entered the hall, Lu Jin found his seat, numbered dsx00126.

Zi Ni's seat was to his right, numbered dsx00127.

Two hours later.

"Everyone~"

A seductive voice instantly spread, echoing throughout the entire auction hall, which immediately fell silent.

The next moment, a woman with two small, dark red curved horns on her head, a tail behind her, an extremely voluptuous figure, and an appearance resembling a succubus appeared in the center of the auction hall.

Furthermore, a three-dimensional phantom image of the succubus woman, nearly a thousand meters tall, appeared in the center of the sky above the auction hall.

"Welcome everyone to this year's Skyfrost Auction. Thank you to Virtual Universe Company, Universe First Bank, Universe Galaxy Bank, Giant Axe Arena, Universe Mercenary Alliance, and Skyfrost Universe Kingdom for their strong support."

The succubus woman smiled and said, "I believe many of you know me. You can call me Youmei. I will be hosting this grand event for you all again."

"No more nonsense!"

"The annual Tian Shuang Auction is about to officially begin, but as usual, before the auction officially starts, let's have an auction first as a warm-up."

The succubus pointed to the side.

A giant screen appeared, displaying a magnificent cosmic galaxy. Images of galaxies then rapidly flashed by, each containing numerous life-bearing planets.

Soon, the images of numerous galaxies shrank rapidly, and an aerial view of a vast star field appeared on the screen.

The succubus woman parted her sexy red lips slightly: "This star region is called the Tianhe Star Region. Our Tianshuang Universe Kingdom has more than 16,000 star regions, and the Tianhe Star Region is one of them."

The Tianhe Star Region is a small star region, containing a total of 823 star systems.

Prior to this, the Tianhe Starfield was the territory of 'Tianhe Immortal'.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly River Immortal perished in the extraterrestrial battlefield. The Heavenly River family wanted to raise funds to cultivate the next Immortal and prepared to sell the entire star field.

Therefore, the highlight of our auction will be the Tianhe Star Region!

As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion erupted in the auction hall.

"Ni Chang, you buy it."

Lu Jin said to Zi Nishang, who was on his right.

It's just a small star field. Zi Nishang has a full 50,000 Chaos Units in her account at the Universe First Bank. It's more than enough to buy a small star field, at most only a thousand or two Chaos Units.

"Ah."

Zi Ni Chang nodded.

In the center of the auction hall, the succubus woman continued, "Ladies and gentlemen, although the Tianhe Starfield is only a small starfield, it is being sold as a whole."

As long as a nation is not established, the buyer will be protected by the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom, and will also have the right to change the name once after the purchase.

Such a star field can definitely serve as the foundation for a family to pass down for hundreds of millions of years.

Moreover, there are only so many star regions in the entire universe, and even fewer of them can be put up for auction.

Now, interested buyers can begin bidding. The starting price for the Tianhe Starfield is 500 Mixed Yuan Units! Each bid must be at least 1 Mixed Yuan Unit.

As she spoke, a line of numbers appeared on the large screen next to the succubus woman—'500 Mixed Yuan Units'.

The next moment, the numbers displayed on the big screen began to rise steadily.

510 Mixed Units 533 Mixed Units 568 Mixed Units
Suddenly, the bidding price in the Tianhe Starfield surged dramatically, from less than 600 Mixed Yuan Units to 1000 Mixed Yuan Units.

It was Zi Nishang who made the move.

Like Lu Jin, Zi Ni Chang was also a woman who didn't know the meaning of saving money.

Before meeting Lu Jin, she was the little princess of the indigenous empire and never had to worry about money.

After following Lu Jin and seeing how good he was at making money, earning thousands or even hundreds of thousands of times his initial investment each time he made a move, Zi Ni Chang's views on money remained unchanged.

In her view, achieving the desired goal is the most important thing; how much money is spent in the process is not important.

Making money is so easy, there's no need to be meticulous about it.

Moreover, instead of slowly adding fuel to the fire, it's better to adopt an aggressive stance, scare away all competitors, and ultimately save money. "1000 Mixed Units".

Zi Nishang suddenly raised the price significantly, causing the auction hall to fall silent.

Among the numerous realm lords present, many had their eyelids twitching as they stared at the large screen.

Keep in mind, this is a Primal Chaos Unit that can be exchanged for one trillion Cosmic Coins at a 1:1 ratio!

Of the more than two million realm masters present, probably less than one in a hundred has more than 10 Mixed Yuan Units in their bank accounts.

However, the price of 1000 mixed units scared off many potential bidders, but not everyone.

Before the succubus woman presiding over the auction could even announce the countdown, the number displayed on the big screen jumped to '1100 Mixed Units'.

Clearly, Lu Jin wasn't the only one who had his eye on the Tianhe Star Region and was willing to pay a hefty price.

Seeing the numbers displayed on the big screen, Zi Nishang, who was determined to win, frowned slightly, and then picked up her token to enter the price.

The next moment, the number displayed on the big screen jumped directly to '1500 Mixed Units'.

This time, no one raised the price again.

After all, the Tianhe Starfield is just a small starfield, and the price of 1500 Mixed Yuan Units is not considered low.

Any higher and it would clearly exceed the true value of the Tianhe Star Region.

Seeing that no one was bidding higher, the succubus woman said, "1500 Chaos Units, countdown of ten seconds, 10, 93, 2, 1! Congratulations to the guest with the number dsx00127, you have won the bid for the Tianhe Star Region and become its master."

Now, the Frostfall Auction officially begins!

At the same time, a line of text appeared on the screen of the token in Zi Ni Chang's hand: 'Congratulations, guest number dsx00127, you have won the bid for the Tianhe Small Star Region. Please be prepared to sign the contract and make payment after this batch of auctions concludes.'

The succubus woman announced loudly, "This auction is now officially open! We are now auctioning the first batch of items."

Your auction tokens will display the 1000 items that will be auctioned soon. Those who wish to participate should prepare accordingly.

"The first item is 100 young plants of the plant lifeblood thorn."

"The plant-life blood thorn is extremely aggressive, and the blood poison it secretes can easily corrode martial artists of the same level."

The Bloodthorn's racial limit is 108 main branches. The current saplings are all at the peak of Planetary Rank 9, with 18 main branches each, and their cultivation quality is excellent.

"One hundred Bloodthorn saplings are available, each with a starting price of 100 billion Cosmic Coins! The top 100 bidders will receive a Bloodthorn sapling of exceptional quality!"

A Planetary Ninth-Tier Peak Bloodthorn Sapling with 18 main branches?

nice one!
Inside the auction hall, several wealthy realm lords placed their bids.

Before long, even the 100th highest bid had risen to 1400 billion cosmic coins.

'Could these Bloodthorn saplings be the ones I sold to the Cosmic Galaxy Bank?'

Sitting in the enormous seat, Lu Jin couldn't help but think to himself.

Ultimately, these 100 Bloodthorn plants of exceptional quality were auctioned off for a price ranging from a minimum of 1600 billion cosmic coins to a maximum of 1680 billion cosmic coins per plant.

'Tsk~, as expected, distribution channels are king.'

Smacking his lips, Lu Jin sighed inwardly.

The Cosmic Galaxy Bank buys each plant for 1000 billion Cosmic Coins and sells them at auction for a minimum price of 1600 billion Cosmic Coins, making a profit of at least tens of billions of Cosmic Coins in one round.

The auction continued, with items being auctioned off one after another, like a flowing stream.

The lowest transaction price is still in the tens of billions of cosmic coins, and the normal prices are in the hundreds of billions of cosmic coins.

As for the small star field that was just the initial auction, it was an isolated case.

After all, the main participants in the auction are three-star clients, and if the items are too high-end, not many people can afford them.

The second day of the auction.

The succubus woman in the center of the hall waved her right hand, and a projected image appeared beside her: "The item to be auctioned next is the last of the 1000 items in the 9th batch—100 Silver Elves, a metallic life form."

The Silver Clan's metallic lifeforms can fuse with spaceships, granting them self-healing and self-upgrading capabilities.

There are 100 Silverwo Clan metallic lifeforms in total, with a starting bid of 3000 billion cosmic coins! The top 100 bids will win the Silverwo Clan metallic lifeform.

Having prepared in advance, Lu Jin picked up the auction token and entered two bids, both of which were 4000 billion cosmic coins.

He was alone, and Zi Ni Chang was alone.

Similar to plant life, the metallic life form Silverwo has no soul, its intelligence is questionable, and it cannot improve its level through normal cultivation, relying entirely on the accumulation of resources.

With the Life Source Crystal, he could completely create an Immortal-level Silver Elf Clan and pilot an F-class spaceship.

Of course, if the strength of the Silverwo race's immortals could reach the King level, then it would be a G-class spaceship, and the biological spaceship would have stronger performance than ordinary metal spaceships of the same class.

Finally, before the auction countdown ended, Lu Jin won the bid for two Silverwo Clan metal lifeforms at a price of 4360 billion cosmic coins each.

Subsequently, Lu Jin opened the auction token's payment page, paid 8720 billion cosmic coins, and set the delivery location for the two Silverwo Clan metal lifeforms at the virtual universe company branch on Tianhe Star, the capital of the Tianhe Star Region.

After this auction, Lu Jin and Zi Nishang will go to the Tianhe Star Region to take over the territory. Unless necessary, he will not come to the Azure Empire. The delivery location will be set in the Tianhe Star Region.

Two more hours passed, and suddenly, Lu Jin, sitting on the huge throne, raised an eyebrow and showed a look of joy.

"Yin——"

Inside the Azure Star Castle, within a world ring carried by Lu Jin himself, the Water Kirin clone, whose size had increased dramatically from five meters when he was at the first level of planetary rank, now stood at a height of 50 meters. With its four hooves treading the air, it let out a joyful murmur in mid-air.

Within the consciousness of the Water Kirin clone, the original nine miniature stars had vanished.

Instead, there was a nebula revolving around a small black hole, and the same scene was observed in the dantian of the water unicorn clone.

Lu Jin is not lacking in Life Source Crystals. Like his human counterpart, his Water Kirin clone also cultivates both Force and Psychic Power.

Just now, the Water Kirin clone, which had been leveling up to the peak of the ninth rank of the Stellar Realm through the Life Source Crystal, broke through to the first rank of the Universe Realm in both its Force and Psychic Power cultivation.

At the same time, the original core located within the Water Kirin's avatar reached the cosmic level, and the nine miniature stars within it, representing Lu Jin's cultivation level, also transformed into a small black hole nebula.

Meanwhile, the Nine-Colored Continent, which was originally 90 kilometers long and wide in the inner world, rapidly expanded to over a thousand kilometers long and wide.

The next moment, the supernatural power "Illusion" was activated, and the Water Qilin clone twisted and transformed into human form.

Then, Lu Jin couldn't wait to immerse his consciousness into the cheat space.

A major breakthrough has been achieved; it's time to unlock the cheat treasure chest once again!

Bonus chapter for April (3/8)

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