Chapter 82: The Struggle for the Soul Bone

From then on, as long as rare gems or metals appeared among the auction items, Ning Feiliu would place a bid to win them.

This made the other VIPs in the auction house feel somewhat strange.

In their view, the rare metals Ning Feiliu auctioned were fine, as they could be forged into special defensive gear or weapons.

But for a Spirit Master, no defensive gear or weapon is as powerful as the Spirit Master's own martial soul.

Unless it is an Auxiliary System Spirit Master, who, due to their lack of combat power, must rely on others or external objects.

As for the rare gems and jade Ning Feiliu bought, in the eyes of the other VIPs, they were merely useless items for display and decoration.

Only Ning Feiliu knew they could be crafted into Soul Guidance Devices; no one else bid with such determination or at such high prices.

Therefore, he secured quite a few gems and rare metals.

In any case, when it came time to settle the bill, his dear teacher Dugu Bo would be the one paying.

As time passed, one precious treasure after another was auctioned off.

The lights in the hall dimmed, leaving only the brilliant spotlight on the auction center.

However, Dugu Bo and the two great sects would naturally not be so shameless as to directly descend and snatch items.

The posture of the Heaven Dou Great Auction House was merely to guard against other desperate outlaws with ulterior motives.

Truth be told, it would be a different story if it were a ten-thousand-year soul bone.

Without a doubt, this was a soul bone.

A beautiful young girl, protected by a Soul Saint with seven soul rings rising beneath his feet, slowly walked onto the high platform, carefully holding a gorgeous jade tray covered by a red cloth.

There were even several Soul Saint powerhouses among them!

The appearance of so many "powerhouses" made the atmosphere in the Heaven Dou Great Auction House tense.

Seeing the appearance of this soul bone, everyone's gaze turned fiery.

But in the end, he still lifted the red cloth, revealing on the jade tray a bone that looked like thick black iron and carried a heavy aura.

Ning Feiliu, seeing a soul bone for the first time, could not distinguish which part of the body this soul bone belonged to.

The host said loudly, "For us Spirit Masters, this is a true priceless treasure! It is the dream of all our Spirit Masters!"

Just after an extremely precious medicinal herb was auctioned off, the Heaven Dou Great Auction House suddenly went quiet, and dozens of Soul Emperor powerhouses emerged all around the auction center.

However, this lineup of the Heaven Dou Great Auction House was, of course, completely inadequate in the eyes of Dugu Bo and the two great sects.

"Everyone... I believe you have all long since known that the grand finale item of our Heaven Dou Great Auction House this time is an incredible treasure!"

Not even a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bone would be worth it.

And in his words, there seemed to be some reluctance.

One could only tell it was a limb soul bone; after all, the head bone and torso bone were too obvious, and an external spirit bone clearly could not appear here.

The host was right; any soul bone is a priceless treasure to a Spirit Master, an object of a Spirit Master's dreams.

"It's here." Ning Fengzhi, in the White VIP Area, smiled as he looked toward the high platform in the auction center.

If Dugu Bo and the two great sects really wanted to snatch the item, they wouldn't be able to stop them even if they tried.

Yet the item on the jade tray, even covered by the red cloth, still emitted a not-so-weak aura.

Who wouldn't hope to be able to absorb a soul bone?

However, in the Spirit Master world, let alone a Spirit Master with a complete set of soul bones, even a Spirit Master with a single soul bone on their body is rare.

Like Shi Nian, a teacher at Canghui Academy in the original story; although he was a Soul Saint, he only had one soul bone drop from him.

And that soul bone drop was inevitably a bit too coincidental.

Just like when Tang San and the others headed to Sea God Island later and encountered the Gale Wolf Bandits; the leader of the Gale Wolf Bandits they happened to kill dropped a soul bone.

It can't be called too coincidental; it can only be said that it wasn't very natural.

Yet a Soul Saint only has one soul bone in their entire body, although it was a very precious head bone.

But this is enough to show that not everyone can possess a soul bone.

Even for a powerful Spirit Master, if you don't have one, you don't have one.

The host continued on the stage, introducing, "According to the distinguished guest who is auctioning this soul bone, this soul bone is a right leg spirit bone, and it comes from a ten-thousand-year Nether Demon Wolf. According to our appraiser's verification, the age of this soul bone is approximately ten thousand to twenty thousand years."

"Nether Demon Wolf..." Dugu Bo frowned.

This was not because the Nether Demon Wolf was a very powerful or rare Soul Beast, but because the Nether Demon Wolf was too common.

It belongs to the same category as the Soft Bone Rabbit, a type of ordinary Soul Beast with a very large population and groups in Soul Beast gathering grounds.

This common type of Soul Beast is called a Nether Wolf if it is under ten thousand years, a Nether Demon Wolf if it is between ten thousand and fifty thousand years, a Nether Demon Wolf King if it is over fifty thousand years, and if it is over one hundred thousand years...

It can only be said that one has never been seen.

But if one really existed, according to the naming convention for Soul Beasts in the Spirit Master world, it would be called a Nether Demon Wolf Emperor.

And the Nether Demon Wolf is truly too ordinary; as everyone knows, the quality of a soul bone is closely related to the quality of the Soul Beast, in addition to its age.

This ten-thousand-year Nether Demon Wolf right leg bone can only be said to be...

Average.

However, now is not the time to be picky.

All Dugu Bo needs now is a soul bone to detoxify Dugu Yan; as for the quality...

That is secondary.

Dugu Bo wouldn't even care if it were a hundred-year soul bone.

Furthermore, besides being from a Nether Demon Wolf, the ten-thousand-year quality of this soul bone is quite good.

"Everyone..." After the introduction, the host began to announce the starting price, "The starting price for this ten-thousand-year Nether Demon Wolf right leg bone is 300,000 Gold Soul Coins, and each bid must be at least 10,000 Gold Soul Coins! Please!"

300,000 Gold Soul Coins!

This starting price is already almost an astronomical figure; ordinary Spirit Masters couldn't even compete if they wanted to.

This is destined to be a struggle between the top powerhouses and factions within Heaven Dou City.

And the one who refreshed the bid was a guest from the Black VIP Area.

"Three hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!" the host said somewhat calmly.

Thinking one could obtain this soul bone for three hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Sure enough, a guest in the Red VIP Area let out a cold snort, accompanied by a sound like thunder.

The host announced loudly, "The guest in the Red VIP Area! Increases the bid by one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins! Four hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

In the Red VIP Area, an old man wearing blue fine robes could be seen, his eyes seemingly containing a thunderstorm, and he said indifferently, "As for this soul bone, ordinary Spirit Masters should not get involved."

He was none other than the second-in-command of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the younger brother of the contemporary Sect Master, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen—Yu Luomian!

Just then, the host announced loudly again, "The guest in the White VIP Area! Also increases the bid by one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins! It is now five hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

(End of this chapter)