After a good start, the auction continued with Grand Duke Weidi presiding over it. The next item to be auctioned was not magical weapons or equipment, nor was it precious or rare gems. Instead, it was a contract of the Gilded Kingdom.
"The next item to be auctioned is an island belonging to the Cobos Family." While speaking, Grand Duke Wedi projected a nautical chart behind him, and zoomed in on the location of the island. He then began to introduce the details of the island.
The island was called Stars and Moons Island. It was made up of a crescent-shaped main island and a few star-shaped satellite islands. The island covered an area of about 100 square kilometers. There were two docks on the island, and a castle of the Cobos Family on the main island, as well as buildings that were originally meant for the slaves to live in.
Lin Li wanted to get an island in the Gilded Kingdom so that it could be used as a base for the Tower of Dusk. However, the environment of the Stars and Moons Island did not meet his requirements. On one hand, it was too close to Four Seasons Island, and on the other hand, there were no usable resources on the island or its surroundings. It could be said that the Stars and Moons Island could only be used as a vacation spot, and could not create any profits.
However, to others, especially the nobles and merchants, the Stars and Moons Island was still rather valuable. Hence, after Grand Duke Wedi finished his introduction and announced the start of the auction, many nobles and merchants began to raise their paddles, and pushed the price all the way to 3,000,000 gold coins.
3,000,000 gold coins was not 3,000,000 copper coins. Some commoners might not even have seen gold coins in their entire lives. Three million gold coins to buy an island? Even if the island was made of gold, it might not be worth the price. However, to the nobles and merchants, owning such an island near Four Seasons Island was something to be proud of.
In the end, the Stars and Moons Island was bought by a merchant from the Catfish Clan at the price of 3,600,000 gold coins.
After the auction of the Stars and Moons Island, the auction venue once again entered a state of calmness. After a few rounds of bidding, a few precious but not very outstanding items were sold for tens or millions of gold coins respectively. Among them, the most valuable item was a magical weapon from the Ocean Dynasty. It was a longbow made of Starlight Iron and the tendon of a Giant Dragon. Unsurprisingly, it was bought by Prince Clive of the Sirens.
At this moment, King Bradlor and Prince Monteri, who were in the royal box, were full of doubts. What they found strange was that the worthless scroll that Lin Li had brought had yet to appear. Could it be that the scroll's value was so low that it did not even qualify as an auction item? That would be too disrespectful!
On the other hand, in the box that Connoris and Lin Li and Connoris were in, the auctioneer had already sent them the Dark Golden Magical Dragon Armor.
After the auctioneer completed the transaction and left, Connoris took the Dark Golden Magical Dragon Armor and looked around. He smiled, and said, "This item is indeed not bad. It's no wonder that kid from the Giant Shark Clan would bid for it. Unfortunately, if he knew that you snatched this thing from him just to give it to that silly boy, Sean, as a meeting gift, I'm afraid he would be so angry that he would vomit blood. "
Lin Li didn't think too much about it. He only bought the Dark Golden Magical Dragon Armor because it was useful to him. He didn't think about how Greiner would react. If the armor was useless, Lin Li wouldn't deliberately fight for it just to make things difficult for Greiner. To him, Greiner was far less important than the 10,000,000 gold coins.
After receiving the Dark Golden Magical Dragon Armor, Lin Li carefully looked at the mageweaths on it, especially the mageweath that created the Domain Barrier. He couldn't help but shake his head. The mageweath seemed a little rough to him, and there were many areas that could be improved. Of course, this didn't mean that the armor was a loss. In fact, Lin Li only had such an eye for it because he had studied the Divine Smith's mageweath for so long. Otherwise, the mageweath would be a perfect work of art in his eyes.
These ten million gold coins should be quite well spent! After looking at it, Lin Li made a judgment in his heart. He kept the armor in the Ring of Endless Storm, and turned his head to continue looking at the auction stage.
At this time, another very eye-catching auction item was placed on the auction stage. This auction item was not small. It was a huge sphere that was more than two meters tall. However, it wasn't crystal clear like a crystal ball. Instead, it seemed to be wrapped in a cloud. If one took a closer look, they would be able to see that the clouds within the sphere were constantly changing and flowing, just like a cluster of clouds in the sky.
"I'm sure some of the guests have already recognized the next auction item. In that case, I won't put up any suspense. That's right, this huge crystal ball is the pearl of the legendary ancient sea overlord, the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness. The level of this Clam Beast is close to the Sanctuary-realm. It can create a mirage as large as Hopra City. " Grand Duke Wedi's tone was a little excited as he introduced the huge Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness behind him to the audience. Of course, this excitement was only half-real. It was mainly to stir up the atmosphere in the venue.
Sure enough, after Grand Duke Wedi's introduction, the audience immediately became interested. Some of them had heard of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness, while others hadn't. Hence, their exchange immediately caused the entire venue to buzz with excitement.
It was said that in ancient times, just like the countless prehistoric magical beasts in Anril, there were also countless powerful and terrifying existences in the Endless Ocean. For example, the Nine-headed Sea Dragon, the Horned Whale, the Ancient Black Tortoise, and so on were all overlords of the Endless Ocean in ancient times. They were even more powerful than the Ancient Dragons and Titans.
The Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness was the overlord of the overlords back then. Even the Nine-headed Sea Dragon was just its food. It was said that the talent of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness was to create an illusion out of thin air. Anyone who fell into the illusion would not be able to escape, and would eventually become its food. Besides, as the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness grew, the illusion it created would also change. The scope of the illusion would expand, and the power of the illusion would become stronger.
When the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness broke through to the Sanctuary-realm, the illusion would become a real existence that was even more powerful than the Domain World created by the Sanctuary Masters. It was basically the prototype of the Divine Kingdom. Just like the Sanctuary Masters in their own Domain World, the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness was also a god-like existence in the illusion that it created. It could manipulate the Laws of the illusion at will.
At this time, the illusion could no longer be called an illusion. Everything inside was both real and fake. It was fake because it was created by the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness, and it was real because it had real lethality to its enemies. In the illusion, the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness could not only create all kinds of powerful magical beasts, but also strange mazes and countless unimaginable magic gears and traps. Everything appeared out of thin air, but it was extremely real.
The power of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness to create the illusion was hidden in the Clam Beast's pearl. If someone obtained the Clam Beast's pearl, they could activate the power in the Clam Beast through some special means, and create an illusion according to their own imagination. However, the power of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness could no longer be increased. It could only create an illusion of the level of the Clam Beast, and it had nothing to do with the user. In other words, the Legendary-level Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness would have the same effect regardless of whether it was used by someone who had broken through to the Sanctuary-realm or not. The level of the illusion would not change at all.
According to Duke Wedi, the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness that was currently being auctioned was at the peak of the Legendary-level, and there was already a hint of Sanctuary-power in its power. Among the Clam Beasts of the Great Wilderness, such a level meant that it was about to reach adulthood. After it reached the Sanctuary-realm, it would really become an almost invincible existence in the Endless Ocean.
However, even if it only had a hint of Sanctuary-power, one could imagine that the illusion created by the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness would definitely have a power that could not be underestimated. Perhaps the entire illusion was fake, but the hint of Sanctuary-power could condense a little bit of reality, and it would be the most difficult to guard against.
Besides, since it was not an illusion set up by mageweaths or magic arrays, it was almost impossible to crack the illusion according to any rules. It could be said that such a Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness was definitely the best item to guard one's home. Even the most famous thief in the world might not be able to get out of the illusion.
Hence, after Duke Wedi introduced the information of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness and announced the start of the auction, it immediately caused a frenzy of bidding in the hall. The base price of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness was 5,000,000 gold coins, but in the blink of an eye, it was pushed to 10,000,000 gold coins by the crowd.
However, as the price increased, some of them had no choice but to give up the bidding. After all, 10,000,000 gold coins was not a small amount for most of them. Besides, everyone could tell that according to the speed of the price increase, the final transaction price of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness would probably be at least 20 to 30 million gold coins.
Although the power of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness was very tempting, it was not a must for most of them. Even without the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness, they still managed to survive for so many years. Simply put, the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness was just icing on the cake. While it would be good to have a lot of extra gold coins to buy it, there was no need to suffer a great loss for it.
Soon, the only ones who were still bidding were the representatives of the major Sea Clans. Apart from the major Sea Clans, the representatives of the three human kingdoms of the Rotterdam Kingdom, as well as Archbishop Englos of the Brilliance Shrine, continued to push the bidding price up step by step.
"20,000,000 gold coins!" When the bidding slowed down a little, the young master of the Thunder Eel Clan, Manson, finally pushed the price past the 20,000,000 gold coins mark.
At this moment, it was as if the war drums had been sounded again, and the bidding that had slowed down previously also rose again. Twenty-two million, twenty-three million, twenty-five million, all the way to twenty-nine million before it slowed down again. Although there was not much difference between 29,000,000 and 30,000,000, the people who participated in the auction had to consider the consequences of breaking through the 30,000,000 mark.
Human psychology was very strange. It was as if something was always priced at 998, or 1,998, and so on. It was also less than 1,000 or more, and then people would have a strange feeling in their hearts. It could be said that there were thresholds that could not be crossed, and those who did would have to compete with others to reach the next threshold.
Hence, although the price was 29,000,000 gold coins, if it broke through the 30,000,000 mark, they would basically have to consider whether they could fork out close to 40,000,000 gold coins.
"This Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness is actually so valuable. It's just an illusion. Even if it already has a trace of Sanctuary-realm power, it won't have much of an impact on Sanctuary powerhouses," Connoris said with disdain while looking at the people who were continuously raising their paddles to bid.
Indeed, just like what Connoris had said, the illusion created by the sea serpent's pearls was just an illusion. Only when one broke through to the Sanctuary-realm would everything in the illusion become real. Only then would it become a great killing weapon that could be obtained in the world. It was just like a mage. The difference between a Legendary-mage and a Sanctuary-mage was like the difference between heaven and earth. They were existences of two completely different worlds.
The illusion of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness was far from enough to deal with Connoris, let alone deal with a real Sanctuary powerhouse. That trace of Sanctuary-realm power could not hurt Connoris' perfect body at all, and the rest of the illusion was not lethal at all. Sooner or later, he would break out of the illusion.
However, Lin Li shook his head, and smilingly said, "Aren't you usually quite smart? Why have you become so brainless after getting a perfect body? Look at the people who are still bidding. "
Apart from the few overlord-level Sea Clans, the three human kingdoms of the Ledin Kingdom, Felan Kingdom, and Rotterdam Kingdom were still participating in the bidding. They were all huge forces in Anril. Of course, apart from large forces like them, no one else could afford the price of tens of millions of gold coins.
Connoris looked at those people, only to discover that a few famous and wealthy tycoons did not join the fight for the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness. In terms of wealth, those famous tycoons were not inferior to the few Sea Clans and human kingdoms at all. In fact, it was said that their wealth was enough to buy a kingdom.
Clearly, those people were the only ones who were competing for the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness, and they did not give up purely because of the price. In that case, it could only be because of its use. Connoris thought about it, and immediately understood the reason. He said, "Indeed, the ability of the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness is quite useful in war."
The illusion created by the Clam Beast of the Great Wilderness could not pose much of a threat to Sanctuary powerhouses, but Sanctuary powerhouses were not cabbages that could be found on the streets.
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