Chapter 137 The Damaged Magic Ring

The crowd, hearing this astonishing offer, reacted with immediate outrage!

The seller was clearly taking advantage of the artifact craze to inflate the price, brazenly demanding such an exorbitant sum. In the experienced eyes of many, the actual value of the lamp was only around 500,000 Universal Points. Even with auction premiums, 700,000 would be reasonable.

Of course, if the lamp stand, oil, and lamp itself were collected, then a price of five million Universal Points might be somewhat justified.

Therefore, the harsh reality was that the Aladdin's Lamp lamp stand ended up in a state of unsold limbo, with no one making an offer. It seemed the original owner was greatly disappointed. However, the people at this auction were all quite shrewd; how could they give him the chance to treat them like fools?

Next, Fang Senyan saw two more Legendary items appear on the auction block. One of them was actually forged using a unique reward from the Golden Main Quest: the Mysterious Forging Blueprint (limited to three purchases per person), called the Boots of Mystery. It was immediately sought after by the crowd.

The final item to appear was so surprising that even Fang Senyan was taken aback. It looked dull and unremarkable, but its description was shocking! It was also an artifact! And not a lesser-known one like Black Arrow, but a famous one: the One Ring!! The ultimate treasure of the Lord of the Rings world, the source of power for the Dark Lord Sauron!

Of course, it would have been even better if it hadn't been described as "Damaged."

The description of this item was: During the battle at Mount Doom, the hobbits ultimately revealed their evil nature. Unable to resist the temptation of the Ring, they tried to claim it for themselves, but were stopped by the righteous Gollum. In the fierce struggle, Gollum, realizing he couldn't defeat the two evil hobbits, bravely took the Ring and jumped into the volcano, destroying it. To commemorate this unsung hero, after the battle ended, someone, concerned that the violent eruptions might have ejected Gollum's remains, carefully searched the area around Mount Doom and found this remnant of the Ring.

The One Ring (Damaged).

Rank: Unknown

Attributes: You must repair it to gain basic attributes.

Description: A damaged artifact is still an artifact, just like the king of beggars is still a beggar.

Note: A tribute to Mr. Gollum, buried in the errors of history!

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Looking at the distorted description that seemed to completely contradict the original storyline, Fang Senyan couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of the guy who got his hands on this Magic Ring (Damaged). He had taken a unique approach, focusing on Gollum, who had been overlooked by many. He must have brainwashed or controlled Gollum, then taken advantage of the fact that Gollum had a high probability of coming into contact with the Ring in the story, in order to plot to obtain this powerful artifact.

This was something that many people wouldn't even dare to imagine, because Gollum was actually controlled by the Ring. To distort his mind and inject your own will into it, the charisma of this person must be astonishing. This was beyond the scope of what equipment could achieve; it must be a powerful talent ability that could accomplish this.

However, this person's efforts ultimately failed. Gollum, instilled with a brain full of righteous thoughts, ultimately did not deliver the Ring into his hands, but tragically repeated history in a dramatic way. However, he could also be considered successful, because this remnant of the Ring was the extra reward he received.

Looking at this thing, the crowd fell silent.

Yes, this was a gamble. To buy this thing, you first had to ask yourself if you had the ability to repair it. And even if you did, repairing a top-tier artifact like the One Ring was definitely not something you could be 100% sure of. But as long as you could repair even one attribute, you would break even. Two attributes would be a profit, three attributes would be like winning the lottery, and four attributes... well, that was just a hallucination.

However, the asking price for this thing was not cheap at all. The starting bid of 1.3 million Universal Points was enough to deter many people. You should know that the Philosopher's Stone of Nicolas Flamel that was seen at the last auction was only worth a million Universal Points. But the value of the Philosopher's Stone was very practical; it was a solid, visible hard currency.

Most of the people who came here were not lone wolves, but had to shoulder the heavy responsibilities of their teams. The higher their position, the greater the restrictions they faced. To rashly spend more than a million Universal Points, not including the repair costs, was a risky proposition. Under normal circumstances, if you won the gamble, people might not necessarily be more grateful or respectful to you. If you lost, then your position would probably be shaky. So few people would do something where the input and output were so disproportionate.

In this situation, despite the appearance of two artifacts, the atmosphere fell into a strange silence. However, for the auctioneer, they had seen even stranger things, so this little matter was nothing. After the auction was announced to be over, nearly half of the bidders received secret notifications to stay behind. The official explanation was that they would be handling the unsold items.

At this time, all the unsold items were placed on a large, circular table. In the center, of course, were the two unsold artifacts, followed by the others in order. In fact, the reason why Black Arrow went unsold was entirely because Fang Senyan's requirements were too high. If he had been willing to trade for Universal Points, the bosses who had entered the venue would have already been notified that there would be a big surprise, and would have prepared plenty of cash. It certainly could have been sold for a sky-high price.

Now, the unsold items were taken out again one by one. The auctioneer announced the corresponding prices, just like during the auction, but in a decreasing manner. For example, the lamp stand of Aladdin's Lamp, based on the seller's reported base price of five million Universal Points! With each bid increasing by one million! Then now it would start at four million. If it still went unsold, then it would be reduced by another million, with the low price calculated at three million. Of course, if the total value fell below one million, then it would be reduced by 100,000 each time.

Soon, when the price was cut to one million, it had reached the psychological price point of the bosses, and people began to take over:

"I'll take it for one million."

But obviously, some people were not willing to be lonely and immediately bid 1.1 million Universal Points. From this point on, it entered the regular auction process. The auction house was very sure that with the Black Arrow artifact as a backstop, the so-called unsold items would absolutely never happen.

After a round of competition, the price finally settled at a high of 2.2 million Universal Points. This mysterious bidder number seven had previously bid 240,000 for the rare ore, and seemed determined to get the Black Arrow. To be honest, the most powerful aspect of the Black Arrow was the moment it was shot out as an arrow. Using it for melee combat always felt like a waste of talent. It seemed that the buyer number seven's team, or even the buyer himself, was a master of archery, otherwise they would not have been so willing to spend so much.

Of course, in Fang Senyan's eyes, the phrase "willing to spend so much" could be directly interpreted as "fool." So when this buyer number seven acquired the Aladdin's Lamp lamp stand, he was already planning how to maximize his profits. Sure enough, soon after, buyer number seven invited Fang Senyan to meet, because he had obtained the item that Fang Senyan had specified and met the conditions, so he already had the qualifications. As for whether Fang Senyan would suddenly go back on his word, that was impossible. The auction house would absolutely not allow such a disreputable thing to happen.

After Fang Senyan met with number seven, he didn't waste any words and directly offered Aladdin's Lamp lamp stand + all the rare ores he owned + that damaged magic ring + 500,000 Universal Points. In fact, Fang Senyan's asking price was not too outrageous. The normal price of Aladdin's Lamp lamp stand was 500,000 Universal Points, and the damaged magic ring could at most be considered a Legendary equipment, worth a million Universal Points. Added together, the value was 2.3 million Universal Points.

It was just that this time, because Fang Senyan had spread the word, the Aladdin's Lamp lamp stand was greatly overpriced, so the disagreement between the two sides was here. After all, buyer number seven had bought it with real money, a high of 2.2 million Universal Points. So for him, Fang Senyan's asking price was a bit of highway robbery.

However, both sides had the intention of making a deal at this time. Under this big environment and foundation, everything could be discussed. In the end, number seven became impatient with bargaining and suddenly stood up, staring at Fang Senyan and said:

"Since your team can get such artifacts like the Black Arrow, it must be very powerful. So, let's make a bet?"

Fang Senyan said without changing his expression:

"What bet?"

Number seven said:

"I see that you are determined to get Aladdin's Lamp lamp stand and the damaged magic ring, so let's first trade these two things. Then the remaining rare ores and that 500,000 Universal Points will be used as a bet! If someone in your team can defeat someone from our team in a one-on-one duel, then it's yours. But if you lose..."

Fang Senyan smiled:

"Then it's all written off? So in this bet, your side has an artifact in hand, so the chances of winning are naturally very high."

Number seven was not provoked by Fang Senyan and said lightly:

"If you are afraid, then just pretend I didn't say that."

Fang Senyan smiled and said:

"Deal."