Cadgar's words had barely faded when the entire venue suddenly became quiet. This kind of strange silence lasted for about three minutes before an uproar broke out!
"Heavens, Hell Annihilation!"
"It's really Hell Annihilation, did I hear wrong …"
Hell Annihilation was rumored to be a spell created by the last Heaven Mage of the 3rd Dynasty in order to resist the Abyssal Demons. That spell was known as the only Extraordinary Spell, and in that era, it was an existence that subverted the entire magic system.
But after the 3rd Dynasty, that spell was thoroughly lost. Rudolph fell in the Dusk War, and that only Extraordinary Spell was buried along with that Heaven Mage. Over a millennium later, despite the efforts of countless mages, that world-destroying spell couldn't reappear.
No one had expected that it would appear in the Black Horn Auction today.
That's right, that Extraordinary Spell was indeed incomplete. No matter how powerful a mage was, they couldn't rely on that incomplete incantation to complete a spell. But this wasn't important to everyone present. So what if it was the complete Hell Annihilation? That was an Extraordinary Spell, it wasn't a power that mortals could grasp.
What was important was the knowledge contained within that incantation.
That was the inheritance left behind by a Heaven Mage. Even if it was just a character, it would inevitably contain boundless mysteries.
"Next, the starting bid for this incomplete Hell Annihilation Incantation will be fifty thousand gold, with each bid increment being no less than five thousand gold."
The starting bid reached fifty thousand gold, the same price as the bottle of Styx Water that Lin Yun had obtained. But the difference was that Lin Yun had used fifty thousand gold to obtain that bottle of Styx Water and was ridiculed by all the alchemists, while the fifty thousand gold for the Hell Annihilation Incantation set off a climax for the auction.
"Sixty thousand gold!"
"Seventy thousand gold!"
"A hundred thousand gold!"
…
Only a minute passed, but the price of the incomplete incantation had already reached a hundred thousand gold.
And it looked like this was only the beginning.
The price of a hundred thousand gold was quickly surpassed, followed by a hundred fifty thousand gold, a hundred sixty thousand gold, and finally stopped at two hundred fifty thousand gold.
But it was followed by a new round of bidding. One crazy price after another rose, and the price of the incomplete Hell Annihilation Incantation reached five hundred thousand gold.
What did five hundred thousand gold mean? When Locke Merlin opened the Gilded Rose in the Victorious Return Street, he had only spent a hundred thousand gold buying magic materials and hiring alchemists. in other words, the current price of the Hell Annihilation Incantation was enough for Locke Merlin to open five more Gilded Roses in the Victorious Return Street.
For the sake of that incomplete Hell Destroyer Incantation, the mages in the venue went crazy. Over a hundred mages, a few dozen Great Mages, and even a few High Mages came to the Black Horn Auction. Outsiders simply couldn't understand their thirst for the Hell Destroyer Incantation. This was the inheritance left behind by a Heaven Mage. To any mage, this was an unimaginable wealth.
Among so many mages, Lin Yun was probably the only one who wasn't tempted.
Because to Lin Yun, the value of the Hell Annihilation Incantation was very small. Lin Yun had no less than ten spells of the same power in his mind, and they were all complete. What Lin Yun was having a headache wasn't how to grasp these spells, but rather how to reach the level where he could cast them.
In other words, in Lin Yun's eyes, the four materials for the Mana Baptism were a lot more important than the Hell Annihilation Incantation.
Thus, Lin Yun was very relaxed and had the mentality of watching a good show. At the same time, he could also gloomily look forward to it. 'Go ahead and snatch it. If you snatch it, you won't have to compete with me for the remaining three materials.'
And the many mages in the auction didn't disappoint Lin Yun's expectations. The price of five hundred thousand gold only made the venue quiet for a moment before another voice came from the box.
"Six hundred thousand gold."
This was the bid from the Sage Tower. Solomon, who had been silent for a long time, finally made his move.
After this bid, the hall quieted down once again. This time, the silence lasted longer than any of the previous times.
Six hundred thousand golds was already a sky-high price, not to mention that it was Solomon. The names of the three big shots of the Sage Tower could be said to be legendary in the eastern part of the kingdom. Even the most powerful forces couldn't ignore the existence of these three High Mages. When Solomon quoted such a price, the other mages who wanted to compete had no choice but to think about how the Sage Tower would react.
Naturally, not all mages would consider it.
"Six hundred and fifty thousand gold." Another voice came from the box, raising the price of the Hell Annihilation Incantation by another fifty thousand gold. Moreover, after this bid, the voice said with a provocative tone, "I'm sorry, Solomon, but our Ash Tower is also very interested in this Hell Annihilation Incantation."
The answer was a violent cough, as well as an even higher bid. "Seven hundred thousand gold."
"Eight hundred thousand gold!" Perhaps it was to continue the provocation, or perhaps it was because he was angered by the other side's attitude, but the mage from the Ash Tower immediately raised the price by a hundred thousand gold.
This time, there was a brief silence in the Sage Tower's box. After a while, Saruman coughed and announced a new price. "830,000 gold coins."
But soon, the Mage from the Ash Tower made a new offer.
"Nine hundred thousand gold!"
A violent cough came from the Sage Tower's box, but the new bid didn't appear for a long time.
Lin Yun couldn't help shaking his head as he saw this. It looked like this incomplete Hell Annihilation Incantation would fall into the hands of the Ash Tower. Although the Sage Tower stood at the peak of Thousand Sails City, they weren't as wealthy as many people thought. The huge number of mages needed to consume a large amount of gold every second. Suddenly taking out a million gold wasn't an easy matter.
But this wasn't necessarily a bad thing for the Sage Tower. The price of nine hundred thousand gold was a bit too high. It wouldn't be a big deal if it was a complete incantation, but this incantation was clearly incomplete. Even if they obtained it, it wouldn't be able to reproduce its original power. All they could do now was peek at a wisp of Heaven Mage's wisdom from this incomplete incantation.
In Lin Yun's eyes, this wasn't worth it.
'Hold on, what's that …' Just as Lin Yun was shaking his head and sighing, his gaze swept past the scroll with the incomplete incantation. A trace of astonishment appeared on Lin Yun 'face.
'The mana fluctuations emitted by this scroll are a bit abnormal …'
This discovery made Lin Yun frown. His eyes stared at the scroll with the incomplete incantation, carefully sizing it up from top to bottom. The first thing that entered Lin Yun's eyes was the scorch marks at the bottom of the scroll. That should be the true reason for the incantation being incomplete. At the same time, Lin Yun also discovered that even after a millennium of wear and tear, the characters on the scroll were still incomparably clear and didn't show any signs of becoming blurry.
Based on this, Lin Yun was certain that this scroll was written with Eternal Ink, because only Eternal Ink could resist the corrosion of time. No matter how many years passed, the characters wouldn't change in the slightest.
But the mana fluctuations of Eternal Ink definitely shouldn't be like this.
The scroll itself didn't contain any mana, and the mana fluctuations it emitted were extremely weak. Any ordinary mage wouldn't be able to notice this subtle difference. But Lin Yun was different. Lin Yun had seen too many scrolls written with Eternal Ink in the decaying library. That kind of unique mana fluctuations had already been deeply engraved in his mind. He only needed to think for a bit to know that this wasn't the mana fluctuations of Eternal Ink.
But if it wasn't the mana fluctuations of Eternal Ink, then what was it?
This kind of mana fluctuation was very special and gave Lin Yun a feeling of vitality. Lin Yun had only seen this kind of mana fluctuation on some Spiritual Magic Tools.
'Right, Spiritual Magic Tools!'
This time, even Lin Yun didn't dare to be negligent. He softly chanted an incantation and quietly cast a Detect Life spell.
Indeed, there was a kind of faint life fluctuation surrounding the scroll. Although it was a bit weak, that feeling of vitality couldn't be hidden. This time, Lin Yun was 100% sure that this was the aura of the Spiritual Scroll.
But it wasn't a Spiritual Magic Tool, but rather a legendary Spiritual Augment!
Spiritual Augments were the same as Spiritual Magic Tools, they both had a certain amount of spirituality.
But the difference was that the spirituality of a Spiritual Magic Tool was bestowed by an alchemist. It was already fixed from the day it was born, stable and powerful, but it wouldn't grow. But Spiritual Augments were completely different. The spirituality of a Spiritual Augment couldn't exist on its own. They had to attach themselves to other Magic Tools, and the more powerful the attached Magic Tool, the faster their spirituality would grow. In Noscent's history, a few famous Spiritual Augments had appeared, and when they grew to their limits, their power wouldn't be inferior to an Extraordinary Magic Tool.
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