Chapter 1 The Roar

The players in the hall on the first floor went wild when they heard that a slab of stone cost 200,000 magic crystals.

"Two hundred thousand magic crystals? I didn't hear wrong, did I?"

"Just what is this stone slab anyway?"

"Isn't this a scam?"

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The vast majority of players in the hall on the first floor were curious about the mystic slab.

The most expensive item sold at the auction before was the Magic Knight's Inheritance, worth 165,000 magic crystals. Now, the starting price for the mystic slab was 200,000 magic crystals, making it hard to imagine what magical effect this mystic slab could possibly have.

However, the players in the second-floor boxes weren't surprised at all.

The secrets of the mystic slab had always been hidden by the major super forces. Even first-rate guilds that knew this secret were few and far between, not to mention other guilds.

Then, the host displayed the complete appearance of the mystic slab.

This mystic slab was bronze in color and named Spell Mystic.

Spell Mystic, the pattern on it was very blurry and incomplete, unable to gain any information from it, but the group contained some kind of divine power. If all the slabs could be collected, the blurry and incomplete patterns on the slab could be restored. Number of slabs owned: (1/12).

"I knew the organizers wouldn't be so generous. As expected, they're selling bronze slabs," Qianli Wuya said with disdain from a second-floor box.

As far as they knew, mystic slabs were divided into three levels.

Bronze, Silver, and Gold.

The mystic techniques on the bronze slabs were the worst, while the mystic techniques on the gold slabs were the strongest.

"It's good enough that they're willing to take it out for sale. It's still a mystic slab, after all. Our guild has already obtained one Spell Mystic. If we get another one, the casting techniques we can learn will be more comprehensive," the Witch of the West, Alice, said happily.

Mystic slabs were, after all, mystic slabs. No matter the level of the mystic slab, the techniques recorded within would be of great help to them.

The Spell Mystic slab had played a significant role in her ability to master double rapid casting techniques so quickly.

If she could collect two Spell Mystic slabs, her techniques might even improve further.

Just thinking about this filled Alice with desire for the Spell Mystic on stage.

"That's right. If they weren't trying to make the Dark Auction bigger, they probably wouldn't have taken this thing out for sale," Qianli Wuya said with a smile, determined to win the Spell Mystic.

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"Sister Qianyu, look, that's a Spell Mystic. Our guild doesn't even have one!" Qing Huang looked at the bronze slab with sparkling eyes.

Although the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion had obtained slabs, they were all suitable for physical-attack classes. None of them were suitable for magic-attack classes. But even so, they had benefited greatly from the slabs.

If they could bid for the Spell Mystic on stage, it might allow them to improve even further, making them more confident in the battle for Thunder Island.

"We must bid for this slab this time," Feng Qianyu said, her eyes also burning with passion as she looked at the slab on stage.

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"Bronze slab?" Zi Qiong couldn't help but sigh. "I knew they wouldn't be so generous."

She had personally experienced mystic slabs. The difference between bronze and silver was very large. Perhaps the effect of entering a bronze slab two or three times wouldn't be as good as entering a silver slab once.

Rumor had it that a gold slab had appeared in Blackwing City, but it was taken away by an NPC.

"What a pity, it's actually a magic-attack slab," Yuan Tiexin said, slightly disappointed. "Oh well, let's bid for it first."

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Although the players in the hall on the first floor were at a loss when the bronze slab was revealed, completely not understanding the use of this Spell Mystic, they were uninterested in it. Even an idiot could see that the organizers deliberately wanted to sell the mystic slab, otherwise they wouldn't have set such a sky-high price of twenty magic crystals.

Taking out so many magic crystals at once would make even super forces feel the pinch, let alone that this was just the starting price.

Just as the players in the hall on the first floor thought that this slab would not be sold, someone in a second-floor box suddenly made a high bid.

"210,000!" Jiulong Huang said nonchalantly.

"Crazy, how can this person have so much money?"

"Buying it is one thing, but raising the price by 10,000 magic crystals at once? Even if you have money, you can't spend it like that!"

"As expected of a super force, truly rich and generous."

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The players in the hall on the first floor were immediately frightened by Jiulong Huang's bid. Their magic crystal reserves were already three times that of some first-rate guilds, and so many magic crystals were just for a stone slab.

Even a fragment of a legendary item wouldn't cost this much, right?

However, before the price of 210,000 magic crystals could be hammered down for the first time, the players in the second-floor boxes began to bid one after another.

"220,000!"

"230,000!"

"240,000!"

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At this moment, magic crystals seemed to be as common as copper coins. They were not strategic resources for the major guilds at all, and they were throwing them out by the tens of thousands at will.

"Sister Weiyang, are these guilds crazy? It's just a stone slab, is it worth spending so many magic crystals?" Yun Zhongsha asked, her small mouth wide open as she looked at the various bids.

In the past, she absolutely believed that their Midnight Tea Party was rich enough. Their magic crystal reserves alone were more than 20,000, and they could use them however they wanted, spending them lavishly at the Arena of Gods and Demons every day without running out.

Now that she had come to this Dark Auction, she suddenly felt that the Midnight Tea Party was a pauper.

"They're not that stupid. This isn't an ordinary stone slab. Rumor has it that these slabs are inheritances left behind by ancient gods. Even if you only get one set, you can establish an empire in God's Domain without any problems," Weiyang Qianhen slowly explained as she looked at the Spell Mystic on stage.

The ancient books obtained by the Tea Party contained records of mystic slabs. Although there weren't many, it could be seen that the value of mystic slabs was no lower than that of legendary items.

Among them, the ancient books recorded that the Fire Dragon Empire, one of the four great empires in God's Domain today, was established by the first emperor after he obtained one set of slabs. It had been prosperous ever since, showing how powerful the mystic slabs were.

If possible, Weiyang Qianhen would also want to get one, but seeing the auction price, even if she used the Blackwater Corporation's energy now, she probably wouldn't be able to get it. After all, the Blackwater Corporation's foundation in God's Domain was too shallow, completely inferior to those super forces in the virtual gaming world.

In the short time that Weiyang Qianhen had been explaining the mystic slabs, the Spell Mystic on the stage had already reached the sky-high price of 296,000.

Even the people in the second-floor boxes felt that this price was a bit too much. Each bid was increasing by 2,000 magic crystals, and there were no longer any bids of 10,000 at a time.

"It seems that the other guilds haven't prepared very well," Qianli Wuya said with a sneer. "310,000!"

As soon as the price of 310,000 magic crystals was announced, the venue fell silent. Even Feng Qianyu, who had earned a lot before, was powerless to do anything about it.

"The Miracle Guild has really made thorough preparations this time. Fortunately, the president was also prepared," Yuan Tiexin said with a smile. "330,000!"

If you were to ask which guild in the entire God's Domain was the most profitable, it would be none other than Tianji Pavilion.

Shi Feng couldn't help but be speechless when he heard everyone's bids.

He thought that he was unmatched in the venue after earning more than 400,000 magic crystals at once, but now it seemed that he had underestimated the foundations of the major super forces. If he hadn't fought for the Magic Knight's Inheritance before, he might have been able to compete. It seemed impossible now.

"340,000!"

Just as the Spell Mystic was about to belong to Tianji Pavilion, Ling Yin, who was sitting not far from Shi Feng, suddenly spoke.

"350,000!" Qianli Wuya gritted his teeth and shouted.

Watching the major guilds in the boxes constantly raise the price, the players in the hall on the first floor were completely numb.

At this time, Shi Feng suddenly contacted Feng Qianyu.

"Pavilion Master Feng, can you lend me 200,000 magic crystals now? I can return 300,000 to you within five days," Shi Feng suggested as he looked at Feng Qianyu on the screen.