Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Emperor, Unifying the Continent!

"this..."

The beautiful auctioneer stared in astonishment at the ball of light in Xu Tianming's hand. The light was not dazzling, but the pure, reassuring aura of light was incredibly strong.

"My martial soul is of the light attribute, and I have Shrek Academy behind me. With this thing in my hands, both I and Shrek Academy have enough power to suppress it. There won't be any problems, and therefore it won't... affect the reputation of the Starlight Auction House."

Xu Tianming's voice was very soft, but the beautiful auctioneer heard it clearly.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but furrow her brow.

What Xu Tianming said actually makes a lot of sense.

The Soul-Devouring Carving Knife is an extremely dangerous item to be auctioned, and even after many attempts, they dare not say they fully understand this deadly weapon.

It's fine if this murder weapon doesn't sell, but if it does and causes trouble for the buyer, there will definitely be follow-up problems. Even if the auction house gave a warning, and even if the auction house has strong backing, the VIPs who appear at top auctions are not ordinary people.

That's why they emphasized during the auction that they hoped a Soul Master with the Light attribute would bid for it.

And now, this person is right in front of me.

The aura of light released by Xu Tianming was far purer than that of other light-attribute soul masters she had ever seen. In addition, Xu Tianming was a representative of Shrek Academy and had a powerful enough background. Even if there was a possibility of something going wrong, the backlash should be able to be suppressed.

This is indeed the most suitable choice.

But the price of 100,000 gold soul coins...

The beautiful auctioneer said in a deep voice, "Esteemed guest, the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife is a listed carving knife. The price of 200,000 gold soul coins already takes into account these risks; otherwise, the price would be ten times higher!"

That's absolutely true. The Soul-Devouring Carving Blade isn't ranked low among the listed carving blades; it could even be in the top thirty. However, because this blade is cursed by evil soul masters, every owner of it dies a violent death, so its ranking keeps dropping, eventually falling to ninety-ninth place.

Without this curse, it would be entirely possible to fetch a high price of two million gold soul coins at the auction based on a ranking in the top thirty!

"Yes, if this knife weren't cursed, it could indeed fetch ten times its original price, but it is cursed! And it's a deadly curse! This means it's destined to be unsellable unless your auction house hides information about the knife, but that seems like a losing proposition for the auction house, doesn't it?"

Xu Tianming looked at the beautiful auctioneer and did not let himself be led by the nose.

Without the curse, it would indeed be worth millions of gold soul coins, but it does have a curse, and with a curse, it's difficult, or even impossible, to sell. That's the truth!

The beautiful auctioneer looked at the teenager before her, hesitated for a few seconds, and then tentatively said, "How about 150,000 gold soul coins? That's the auction house's bottom line! When we acquired this engraving knife, the cost was 300,000 gold soul coins..."

Xu Tianming smiled but remained silent.

Three hundred thousand gold soul coins as cost? You're kidding me!

The cost of this Soul-Devouring Carving Knife is less than 100,000 Gold Soul Coins! Otherwise, the auction house wouldn't have lowered the price to 100,000 Gold Soul Coins two years later.

"100,000 gold soul coins, that's all we have. We'll take the risk, and you won't lose money."

Xu Tianming stuck to his price, refusing to pay a single penny more.

Finally, the beautiful auctioneer left for half an hour and returned with a helpless smile.

"This distinguished guest from Shrek Academy, 100,000 gold soul coins, and this Listing Engraving Knife are yours."

Without wasting any words, Xu Tianming directly used Shrek Academy's gold card to swipe the limit of 600,000 gold soul coins and took away the Deep Sea Black Iron and the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife.

As Xu Tianming walked out of the Starlight Auction House, he couldn't help but sigh, "The academy's reputation really works..."

He knew very well that if he weren't a VIP at Shrek Academy, he wouldn't even have been able to meet this beautiful auctioneer, let alone negotiate a price.

Even the reason why the other party eventually compromised was probably because of Shrek Academy.

After all, 100,000 gold soul coins are a lot for ordinary people, but they are nothing to Starlight Auction House.

"The academy's name is indeed useful, but it represents the reputation the academy has built up over thousands of years, so it cannot be used carelessly."

Zhang Lexuan reminded her.

Shrek Academy holds such prestige among the three great empires of the original Douluo Continent for two reasons: firstly, its status is exceptionally high due to its millennia-long history; and secondly, during the clash between the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent, it was the Sea God Pavilion Master of that generation who led the people to block the Sun Moon Continent's attack.

There are reasons for all of this.

"Yes, I know, Sister Lexuan."

Xu Tianming nodded, and the three of them quickly returned to the hotel.

In the room, Xu Tianming took out the deep-sea black iron and the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife that he had photographed that day.

Although the deep-sea black iron is only half a meter in diameter, its density is extremely high, making its weight terrifying!

After weighing it in his hand, Xu Tianming put it directly into his storage soul tool.

And the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife...

It is about half a foot long and as thick as a finger. It is wide at the bottom and narrows at the top. The whole piece is simple and dark, with blurry patterns and inscriptions, exuding a faint sense of antiquity.

Who would have thought that this seemingly harmless carving knife had already claimed the lives of more than thirty Soul Masters?

He reached out and grasped the murderous blade. Even without infusing it with soul power, a fierce aura emanated from it, causing one's mind to tremble!

"This knife is indeed quite vicious..."

Xu Tianming's eyes were somewhat solemn, but the next second, as if sensing a fierce and evil aura, the statue of the ultimate emperor armor in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly trembled.

boom!

The Emperor's Battle Halberd's martial spirit instinctively released itself, and a strong aura of light surged directly towards the Soul Devouring Carving Blade!

hum~

The moment the Emperor's Halberd appeared, the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade was also stimulated. Due to the fluctuation of soul power, the curse on the carving blade instantly erupted!

A dense blue light erupted from the half-foot-long blade, condensing directly into a hideous ghost face in mid-air!

The ghostly face roared madly and lunged at Xu Tianming, as if it wanted to devour him alive!

The Curse of the Evil Soul Master!

Over the past three thousand years, more than thirty Soul Masters have died tragically due to this curse. Now it has been activated again and is about to devour Xu Tianming!

Xu Tianming moved, wielding the Emperor's Halberd, unleashing an explosive burst of ultimate light power that cleaved the ghostly face in two!

But soon, the two halves of the ghost face transformed into one ghost face and charged towards Xu Tianming together.

Xu Tianming was about to swing his halberd again, but for some reason, the two ghost faces seemed to have seen a ghost. Instead of continuing to charge forward, they turned into azure light and returned to the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade.