How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

As the auctioneer finished his words, many beautiful girls holding silver plates walked out from behind the scenes, formed into several rows in order, and filled the stage of the theater.

These silver plates were covered with red velvet cloths of different sizes, which were particularly eye-catching under the light. Anyone could guess that what was placed under these velvet cloths must be the highlight of the auction tonight.

"Next, I would like to introduce the first lot - Zod's Mystical Staff."

The first girl in line came up to the auctioneer with a silver tray in her hand. The velvet cloth covering it revealed a faint outline, and the auctioneer reached out and gently uncovered it.

Immediately, a close-up image of the weapon appeared on the stage background and all the players' virtual screens, along with its eye-catching and heart-pounding attributes.

With an attack of 350 and a bonus of 50 to wisdom and spirit, it already exceeds the staff of the same level by several points, not to mention the additional features of increasing all damage by 15%, shortening the casting time by 20%, plus two powerful auxiliary skills.

It is indeed a top-grade staff, and what is even more rare is that it has no restricted attributes, which means that anyone with a magic profession such as a mage or a warlock can use it.

Just the opening items alone had already touched the nerves of the magic professionals in the audience.

"This weapon was obtained by the Stormwind Guild after they eliminated the level 90 leader, High Priest Zod of the Black Mist. It is undoubtedly a symbol of bravery." After displaying the properties of the item, the auctioneer also briefly introduced its origin.

Although it was only mentioned in passing, the players watching the auction in the venue and other towns couldn't help but have some different thoughts -

It turns out that Baofeng is so powerful. If I join, will I be able to get such powerful equipment one day?

Although there is a certain degree of wishful thinking in it, it is undeniable that many players' minds have started to become active, and so have the guilds in the private rooms.

"Tsk, that guy actually got the first prize." Red Rose curled her lips in dissatisfaction.

"It's just good luck. It's stuck in the middle, neither too high nor too low, so it's most suitable to be used as the opening auction." Snow Eagle, vice president of Empire Epic, saw it very clearly.

"So I told you, the president, that we should prepare more good equipment and entrust them over." Zhen Mo shrugged.

"It gave us some good publicity."

Inside the Storm's box, listening to the discussion between Lan Hai and several other elite group leaders, Black King Caesar chuckled, with a different light flashing in his eyes.

"Don't be too happy too soon. The 'war' has just begun."

"The starting price is 100 gold coins, and each bid increase must be no less than 20 gold coins. Free bidding begins now!"

Just as he said, the venue below had already become frenzied as the auctioneer opened the hammer and started bidding.

"Buyer No. 156 bids 200 gold coins."

"Buyer No. 3497 bids 310 gold coins."

……

Amid Yue Ye Qiangwei's skilled encouragement, the atmosphere of the auction became more and more heated, and the reserve price rose from one hundred gold coins to thousands of gold coins, and finally stopped at one thousand eight hundred gold coins.

With such a warm start, the second and third pieces of equipment and so on also caused a sensation.

During this process, many pre-arranged agents in the venue clapped and cheered at just the right time to create a lively atmosphere, making the atmosphere at the auction more and more fanatical.

Coupled with the auctioneer's skillful and sophisticated auction techniques, the bidding process was even more turbulent and full of the smell of competition.

If someone had heard what Black King Caesar said before, they would have understood the other meaning of the "war" he mentioned -

Before bidding on a competing item, the auctioneer would briefly introduce its origin as he did at the beginning. Coupled with the bidding with each other's identities disclosed, it became an invisible war among the major guilds to compete for their guild heritage and financial resources.

Even during the auction, someone ranked these guilds based on the number of competing products they commissioned for auction, which attracted the attention of many players and became a hot topic for a time.

Although it was meant as a joke, it did show the difference in strength between the guilds. For example, Storm once held the first lead.

The scattered groups, studios or small guilds were also excited when they were introduced. Although they knew it was only a temporary appearance, the auction was able to attract a lot of traffic for them, and they were already very satisfied.

Generally speaking, unless the equipment is of particularly excellent attributes, or rare props and materials, several guilds in the boxes will bid at the same time, but there are exceptions.

For example, the twenty life-corrosive potion formulas commissioned for auction by one of the organizers, Xingyue Workshop.

Initially, no one paid much attention to it, and some even wondered how this formula, which seemed very ordinary compared to other items, could appear in the important segment.

After the auctioneer introduced its hidden effects, it immediately attracted the attention of those guilds, and they came out one after another. In just less than a few minutes, the reserve price was instantly raised several times.

You should know that at this stage, most of the pharmacists under the guilds are stuck at the junior pharmacist level. Life-corrosion potions, which require more proficiency and have easier-to-obtain raw materials, are simply the best way to become intermediate pharmacists.

If someone becomes an intermediate pharmacist, it will not only be a great publicity for the guild's reputation, but it will also help the guild deal with more situations and gain a certain advantage in the competition with other guilds.

So under such competition, the price was finally raised to 5,500 gold coins and was won by Empire Epic, becoming the third highest transaction price at present.

Chapter 101: Backroom Operation

Many guilds that had never competed could not help but sigh secretly.

However, the auctioneer soon added that the Star-Moon Workshop would start selling the life-corrosive potion formula in the near future, which was equivalent to advertising itself.

Many guilds then gave up their efforts. Although the supply from the Star-Moon Workshop would be scarce and the price would probably not be lower than at the auction, it still provided them with a ready-made way.

At the same time, they also asked their subordinates to pay attention to the emergence of such potion formulas on the market, or to the drops when killing monsters. The existence of similar potion formulas cannot be ignored.

The auction lasted about two hours, but the atmosphere at the scene did not drop at all. Many items were sold at prices more than ten or even dozens of times higher than the reserve price, and at this moment, more than half of the treasures had been sold.

Whenever Mosha saw those top-grade equipments passing by him, he would always grit his teeth. Although he forced himself to endure it, he still didn't feel very good, so he closed his eyes and rested like an old monk.

Until the auctioneer's voice, which did not show any sign of fatigue, came to my ears.

"The following are five items that will be auctioned in a bundle. They are the rewards obtained by the Hague Guild after completing dozens of series of tasks. Their value is self-evident."

A greatsword with extremely excellent attributes suitable for all warriors, as well as matching armor and leggings. This set of dark gold equipment combined can make an ordinary warrior qualified to be the main tank of the elite group in those guilds.

A rare warrior skill book - Demoralizing Roar, which can not only greatly increase tankiness, but also purify all negative states of the warrior, and can play an obvious role at critical moments.

After the auctioneer revealed the attributes of the items inside, not only those in the venue, but also the many warrior players in the boxes became restless.

And Mosha finally opened his eyes and cast a burning gaze.

However, what he was looking at was not the three pieces of equipment, nor the rare skill book, but a bottle of exquisite and small potion that was simply treated as a free gift by other players.

The tranquility of the moon.

There is only a name, without any description, but even so it can attract the obsessed gaze.

The night scene next to him was very beautiful. He glanced at her without leaving any trace, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but soon he changed his expression to be serious, and sat up straight on the sofa, "Finally here."

"Yeah, we're finally here." Mosha licked his slightly dry lips and agreed as he thought about the guild's future plans, not noticing Ye Se Hén Mei's strange behavior before.

The auctioneer below also started bidding after the introduction.

"The starting price is 300 gold coins, and each bid increase must be no less than 50 gold coins. Free bidding begins now!"

I don’t know if it was because the attributes shocked the players, or if many people were just watching, but the whole place was unusually silent for the first ten seconds or so.

Mosha's eyes lit up, "It's best if you don't bid. The later the better."

Because he was determined to get the item, the longer the bidding time could be dragged out, the less money he would have to spend.

It’s a pity that his expectations were soon dashed.

"VIP No. 86 offers 500 gold coins."

The successive bids from the two boxes, like a fuel, successfully raised the atmosphere in the venue again, and the prices were quickly raised.

"Star Myth Guild No. 05 offers 1000 gold coins."

"Buyer No. 1573 bids 1100 gold coins."

"Guild No. 09 Ares offers 1500 gold coins."

Mosha was stunned for a moment, cursed inwardly, concealed the name of his guild and joined the price fight.

"VIP No. 29 offers 1600 gold coins."

Soon as the price rose towards three thousand gold coins, the voices in the venue became scattered, with only voices from a few boxes including Mosha's coming out.

When the final price reached four thousand, even Star Myth and Ares withdrew from the bidding, because they could see that the value of these items was at most four thousand five hundred.

Mosha looked hatefully outside the transparent guardrail in front of him.

The people in these two boxes not only ruined his plan at the beginning, but also kept raising the price with him later, as if they had a grudge against each other and showed no signs of giving in even at this moment.

Even though their identities were concealed, Mosha knew that these were the two guilds that knew the "truth".

"VIP No. 29 offers 4300 gold coins."

He raised the price by 300 in one breath, trying to intimidate the people in the other two boxes.

However, what Mosha didn't know was that there was no figure in boxes 79 and 86, which he regarded as imaginary enemies. In fact, the only person bidding with Mosha from beginning to end was someone in one of the boxes.

From the beautiful night, I understood the psychology of the demon killer at the moment and smiled slightly, and ordered Hill next to me, "Hill, switch to box 86, increase the price by 4500 gold coins."

As the actual controller of the entire auction, he could naturally carry out this kind of behind-the-scenes manipulation, and he was fully capable of paying the money, so the rules of malicious bidding could not restrict him at all.

Auction is an exciting thing.

Moreover, unless one's identity is disclosed during bidding, the confidentiality of the box is there. Coupled with the internal information revealed by "The Night is Beautiful", the information gap formed in between is enough for one to completely manipulate the "Mojo Killer" into his hands.

"How can I possibly satisfy you? Otherwise, how can I justify the 1,000 energies I spent on it?"

When I thought about the energy, I felt a little distressed. After all, I originally thought that changing the description of Moon's Tranquility so as not to alert the Demon Killer would cost only a few hundred dollars at most.

While I was feeling distressed, Mosha on the other side couldn't help but twitch his eyelids when he saw the price pop up.

"VIP No. 29 offers 4700 gold coins."

I immediately gave up the idea of ​​feeling sorry for him, and I told Hill to continue staying in Box 86 to deliberately create signs of decline.

"Box 86 offers 4800 gold coins."

Compared with the previous price increase, the price dropped a lot, and the time interval between the two increases was a bit long, as if he was hesitating. Moshai vaguely thought of something and decisively raised the price to 5000 gold coins, with an aggressive momentum.

Sure enough, No. 86 on the other side was silent for a while before raising the price again by 5050 gold coins.

Moshai smiled contemptuously and raised the price to 5200 gold coins.

Not only was No. 86 completely silent, the entire auction venue was also somewhat silent. Some people were whispering, lamenting that people were stupid and had a lot of money. This price had undoubtedly exceeded the original value of these equipment and skill books.

No one raised the price for a long time, and the auctioneer confirmed the auction according to the rules.

"VIP No. 29 bids 5200 gold coins. Is there a higher price?"

"Oh, you two still want to compete with me?"

Mosha leaned comfortably on the sofa. Although the price exceeded the best price in his mind, it was still within his affordability. He only needed to wait for the auctioneer to drop the hammer to buy it.

"5200 gold coins for the first time."

"5200 gold coins for the second time."

However, just before the auctioneer was about to drop the hammer, a dark horse suddenly emerged.

"VIP No. 79 bids 6000 gold coins!"

Box No. 79, which had not made any bids for a long time and was thus forgotten by Mosha, overwhelmed the previous bid with its fierce momentum.

……

The referee and the chairman are all my people, what can you use to fight me?

Chapter 102 Finale Item

I was originally preparing to open the champagne and celebrate with the beautiful night next to me.

However, upon hearing this sudden offer, Mosha suddenly clenched the glass in his hand, hammered hard on the surface of the coffee table, and his murderous eyes swept fiercely towards the other boxes outside the transparent guardrail.

How could he not be angry when the auction item that was about to be in his pocket was suddenly interfered with by someone else?

What's more, a price increase of this magnitude is simply announcing the sovereignty of the lot to others, which is equivalent to slapping Mo Sha hard in the face.

"I'd like to see what you can add."

In anger, he chose to raise the price without hesitation.

"VIP No. 29 offers 6100 gold coins."

"VIP No. 79 offers 6300 gold coins."

However, he didn't expect that the other party would be as relentless as a jackal or tiger. Just a few seconds after he raised the price, the other party raised the price again.

Mosha clenched his palms. The price was still within his affordable range, so with a trace of rationality still left but driven by anger, he raised the price again.

"VIP No. 29 offers 6400 gold coins."

"VIP No. 79 offers 6600 gold coins."

"VIP No. 29 offers 6900 gold coins."

Such a fierce battle made the players in the auction hall below exclaim in excitement, and even the guilds in the private rooms couldn't help but wonder if these pieces of equipment had hidden value.