Chapter 753 Insane Competition

The top floor of Zero Wing Auction House, a hall the size of a thirty-thousand-seat stadium, was packed with players, something no major power or player had anticipated.

They all initially thought that not many people would come to this auction, but now every seat was filled…

This was due to Zero Wing Guild imposing restrictions: either be a member of the Zero Wing Auction House, or have at least 2 gold in their backpack. Players with that much liquid capital were usually expert players. Even if they couldn’t afford Zero Wing's private residences now, they might have a chance in the future.

As for ordinary and elite players, there were simply too many, and the auction house couldn’t accommodate them all.

“Guild Leader, look, so many adventurer teams have come to participate. Not only are there well-known adventurer teams from the Black Dragon Empire, but also many from other kingdoms,” Yue Wange said, looking at the familiar figures and faces around her in the front row of the hall, secretly surprised. She hadn’t expected the Zero Wing Auction House to have such a wide reach.

But thinking about it, it wasn't hard to understand, as Stone Forest Town was simply too good.

Not only did it have such a high-level auction house where they could trade items for items, giving adventurer teams a chance to exchange their rare finds for what they wanted, but it also had advanced combat rooms in the Colosseum, allowing experts like them to improve rapidly. It would be strange not to develop in Stone Forest Town.

“Let them come, I already had Flying Fox prepare a lot of funds, so I'm not afraid of losing to them,” Can Yun glanced at a few of the top fifty famous adventurer teams from the Black Dragon Empire and smiled.

Originally, his plan was to fully compete for the Adventurer’s Houses at the Candlelight Trading Firm’s auction in a few days. However, considering how prosperous Stone Forest Town was now, he feared that relying solely on Fire Cloud Fox's financial resources would make it impossible to outbid those top adventurer teams, especially since Zero Wing Guild had limited the sale to only five Adventurer’s Houses.

So, he changed his mind and decided to snatch two or three private residences in Stone Forest Town, which would barely be enough for the main members of the adventurer team to use.

To this end, he specifically mobilized the entire Fire Cloud Fox's funds, raising a full five thousand gold, enough to buy a sizable private residence in the trade district of the Black Dragon Empire’s capital.

As everyone was quietly discussing the Zero Wing Auction, Melancholic Smile walked out from behind the scenes and began to host the auction.

Since the only items being auctioned were private residences and shops in Stone Forest Town, Melancholic Smile didn’t introduce much. She directly listed the locations of the private residences, set a starting price of 800 gold, and let everyone begin bidding.

“850 gold!”

“900 gold!”

“1000 gold!”

…

As soon as the first private residence was put up for sale, the price soared, instantly breaking through 1200 gold, leaving the free expert players in attendance speechless. The adventurer teams of a few dozen people were completely despondent. This price could buy a decent private residence in an ordinary NPC city, yet they couldn’t even afford one in a player town.

“1600 gold!” Can Yun gritted his teeth and shouted.

“2400 gold! We, the FFF adventurer team, want it!” A level 45 female Elementalist in a water-blue robe calmly announced a price from not far away.

The price of 2400 gold immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they all looked at the female Elementalist who had offered such an exorbitant price.

“Damn, even the top adventurer team FFF from the Black Dragon Empire is here to compete? This is simply not letting our Star-Moon Kingdom's adventurer teams live.”

“She seems to be Illusory Rain, the vice-captain of the FFF adventurer team!”

Upon hearing what the female Elementalist said, the adventurer teams that had originally wanted to compete immediately gave up the idea, and one by one, they fell silent.

To be able to become a top adventurer team in the Black Dragon Empire, a place filled with all sorts of people, their strength and financial resources were beyond doubt. Even third-rate guilds would probably be far inferior. In terms of financial resources, they could compete with ordinary second-rate guilds, let alone the FFF adventurer team, which was one of the top five adventurer teams in the Black Dragon Empire.

Ordinary guilds and well-known adventurer teams simply couldn’t compete.

“2600 gold!” At this time, a handsome man in silver armor raised the price again, “We, the Lone Drink adventurer team, want this first private residence.”

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised when they saw this man.

The Lone Drink adventurer team was a top adventurer team in the Dark Night Empire, and although their influence was not as great as that of the FFF adventurer team, their strength was not much different.

“3000 gold!” Illusory Rain frowned slightly and announced a new price.

“3200 gold!” The handsome man refused to be outdone.

For a time, the entire auction became a competition between two top adventurer teams, leaving no room for other adventurer teams to intervene.

In the end, Illusory Rain spent 4500 gold to buy the first private residence closest to the Zero Wing Auction House and the Adventurer's Association, but this also made the players present gasp.

No one would have thought that the top adventurer teams from two empires would come to Stone Forest Town to compete. If this were to be said, probably no one would believe it.

“The top two adventurer teams of the empire are frantically snatching the private residences in Stone Forest Town. Those adventurer teams stationed in Red Iron Town are probably regretting it to death.”

“They are too rich. If I had so many gold coins, I would definitely buy a shop in a large NPC city.”

“What do you know? The future Stone Forest Town will be much better than a large NPC city. It is definitely not a loss to buy it now. It will probably be even more expensive to buy in the future.”

Everyone had never thought that the private residences in Stone Forest Town would be so popular, and the lurking members of the major guilds were also stunned.

In this way, a total of twenty private residences were sold, the most expensive sold for 4500 gold, and the cheapest also sold for 1500 gold. The fierce competition also attracted many other top and well-known adventurer teams, making everyone deeply understand the horror of Stone Forest Town.

The competition for shops was even more intense. There were only ten shops in total, the cheapest sold for 3500 gold, and the most expensive even sold for 9000 gold, located between the Zero Wing Auction House and the Colosseum, which could be said to be a very good location. Many of the merchant players who snatched these were supported by large guilds behind them, or they were top adventurer teams. Ordinary merchant players simply couldn't afford them…

After an auction, Zero Wing Guild directly earned 113,000 gold!

It could be said that they made a big profit. Not only was the subsequent cost of building the city sufficient, but it also gave the Black Dragon Empire's branch a chance to build a town.

After the auction, this matter spread immediately, making the adventurer teams and merchant players who were originally taking a wait-and-see attitude towards Stone Forest Town speechless, regretting that they had not competed.

Meanwhile, in the Candlelight Trading Firm in White River City, Shi Feng was focused on making the Titan Set Equipment.

It had to be said that the manufacturing difficulty of the Titan Set Equipment was extremely high. Even if Shi Feng was promoted to a Forging Grandmaster, the success rate was only about 25%. In practice, it would be good if two out of ten pieces were successful. The cost of making a Titan Set Equipment was more than two gold, and the cost of successfully making one exceeded 12 gold. If they weren't rich enough, large guilds wouldn't dare to waste resources like this.

After all, the Titan Set Equipment only improved the player's combat state and did not have any substantial improvement in attributes.

Just as Shi Feng was making the Titan Set Equipment, a system notification sounded in his ear. He turned his head and glanced at the ID name requesting communication, causing Shi Feng to be stunned.

This ID name was none other than Wei Yang Asura of Midnight Tea Party.