Douluo Continent: Transmigrating to the Star Palace of Yuhao

Chapter 199 The Wisdom of Wang Yan

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up immediately. Although his main focus with soul tools was still defense and close combat, it didn't mean he was unfamiliar with fixed-position soul-guided projectiles. After all, Huo Yuhao had initially planned to make a few himself to blow up the White Tiger Duke's mansion.

Upon seeing the twelve complete sets of fixed-equipment soul-guided cannon shells, Huo Yuhao practically leaped out, staring intently at the images and observing them carefully.

The voice still echoed throughout the room after a long while, "These twelve fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells are also produced by Mingde Hall. We collected them with great difficulty. Each one has a different effect. They are of standard size. If used properly, they are enough to threaten the life of a Soul Douluo."

"Judging by the grade of soul tools, each of them possesses a sophisticated core magic array. Their complexity is no less than that of a level six soul tool. Their attributes are water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, poison, lightning, and frost, respectively."

Explosion and paralysis. At least a level 6 fixed-mount soul-guided cannon is required to fire; for continuous fire, a level 7 or higher fixed-mount soul-guided cannon is needed. Enjoyment time: five minutes.

Listening to the lengthy explanation, Huo Yuhao had thoroughly examined the exterior of these twelve fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shells. "As expected of Mingde Hall's products! The core magic array is right at the tail of the shell! Holy crap! This is... the outer part of the core magic array already has an added speed-increasing circuit?! And it's so big?! No wonder it requires a level six or higher fixed-mount soul-guided cannon to fire; it's to prevent the barrel from exploding!"

He muttered excitedly to himself as he pulled out paper and pen and began to copy the characters on the spot. This was the first time anyone had ever seen Huo Yuhao so engrossed in his work.

Qingya was even more surprised. Although she knew that Huo Yuhao was a Soul Master and had a very good understanding of Soul Tools, she really did not expect Huo Yuhao to perform like this.

Zhang Lexuan smiled and shook her head. She knew very well that Huo Yuhao definitely wanted to get his hands on this set of fixed-position soul-guided shells.

Sure enough, before she could ask, Huo Yuhao had already turned around, looked at her, and then focused his gaze on Wang Yan. "Sister Lexuan, Teacher Wang, we must get this set of fixed-position soul-guided shells! The Mingde Hall's standard fixed-position soul-guided shells have many manufacturing processes and core array design concepts that our soul-guided department is currently lacking. Although this set of fixed-position soul-guided shells isn't of a particularly high grade, it's just right for the current soul-guided department."

Wang Yan didn't understand soul tools, and neither did Zhang Lexuan. But they could both hear the urgency in Huo Yuhao's words. The two exchanged a glance and nodded to Huo Yuhao.

"Okay, I understand." Wang Yan pushed up his glasses and agreed without hesitation.

Just then, Qingya, who was sitting next to him, whispered a reminder, "Distinguished guests, these fixed-position soul-guided shells are all equipped with Mingde Hall's encryption array. If you buy them for research purposes, you must be careful. Otherwise, triggering the encryption array could very well cause the shells to self-destruct."

Huo Yuhao nodded. "Thank you for the reminder, Miss Qingya. We are well aware of this. Every Soul Master will add security features when creating high-level Soul Tools. After all, no one wants their things to be stolen by others. But if one's skills are inferior and the creation process is copied by someone else, then one cannot blame others."

Seeing that Huo Yuhao, an expert, was so clear-headed, Qingya naturally didn't say anything more.

Meanwhile, the appraisal time had also passed, and the image reappeared on the optical screen. Her incredibly beautiful voice once again resounded throughout the room, "Distinguished guests, you certainly won't think this set of fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shells produced by Mingde Hall is overpriced. They are extremely rare, whether as combat equipment or collectibles. Even for Mingde Hall, it wouldn't be easy to produce such a complete set of fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shells. Our Starlight Auction House can guarantee that this is the first time that fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shells of level six or above produced by Mingde Hall have appeared at auction."

"The relevant details have already been explained. Now, the auction for this set of fixed-mount soul-guided projectiles officially begins!"

Wang Yan did not rush to make a bid, but quietly watched the big screen.

Having attended numerous auctions, he naturally understood that even at top-tier auctions, some items would inevitably go unsold. While fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells were scarce, the number of people actually willing to use them was not necessarily large.

Given its high price and status as a disposable item, unless a Soul Master is researching related techniques, there might not be many willing to pay that price.

As expected, the situation was not different from Wang Yan's guess. The bidding had become lukewarm, the starting price of 650,000 remained unchanged, and no one was even willing to make a reserve price.

The bidding wait time was only one minute, which passed in the blink of an eye. Then, Xu Jiujiu's regretful voice rang out, "It seems these twelve fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells haven't found suitable owners today. Twenty seconds left in the countdown. If no one bids, this item will go unsold."

Wang Yan turned to Qingya and asked in a low voice, "How many seconds does it take to place a bid?"

"moment."

Wang Yan nodded slightly, his eyes gleaming with a confident air.

"Five, four, three, two, one."

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Just as the countdown reached its second-to-last second, Wang Yan shouted, "I bid 655,000 gold soul coins."

The price changed instantly; in the last second, the illusory number of 650,000 suddenly jumped to 655,000!

Qingya covered her mouth in surprise at first, then couldn't help but exclaim, "Teacher Wang, you're amazing!"

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but admire him. Since Xu Jiujiu had already announced the countdown to the auction's failure, the last period was no longer considered the bidding phase. With two seconds left, Wang Yan's five thousand gold soul coins just managed to lower the reserve price of another bidder, successfully securing ownership of the twelve fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells.

Wang Yan smiled slightly and said, "I just wanted to be on the safe side. I was lucky enough to get this set of fixed-position soul-guided shells for only slightly more than the reserve price."

Qingya smiled and congratulated them, her face beaming with joy. She was in charge of receiving the Shrek Academy team. For every item Shrek Academy won at auction, she would receive a commission, and her performance rating at the auction would also increase.

After the first two items were auctioned off, Huo Yuhao and the others showed little interest in the subsequent items and did not continue bidding.