Chapter 218: Auction! Lei He! S-grade Spear!

The auction hall's layout resembled a sports stadium, entirely circular, with tiered seating all around.

But instead of a basketball or soccer court in the center below, there was a flat, spacious auction platform.

"Our seats are in the third row. Let's go." Jiang Luo led Xu Jingming and the others toward the auction platform.

Seats numbered one through five in the auction hall offered the best views.

Although most attendees were psychics, even those in the back rows could see clearly.

But sitting up front still signaled noble status.

In fact, the first five rows' seats were much wider than the others.

"Chief Jiang."

"Jiang Luo, over here."

"......"

This area seemed to be the exclusive domain of Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym; as soon as Jiang Luo approached,

numerous people in Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym uniforms waved enthusiastically.

"Let me introduce you: this is my junior brother, Xu Jingming; the other two are my classmates from Magic University, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan."

Jiang Luo led Xu Jingming and the others over, smiling as he introduced them.

"No wonder you're Jiang Chief's junior brother—you're already Third-Stage Upper at such a young age. Impressive."

"Magic University prodigies really are different; at your age, I hadn't even reached Second Stage."

"You two little sisters are so beautiful—why not sit next to me?"

"......"

Since Xu Jingming was about to compete in the National University League, Instructor Wu Chuang had not publicized his strength.

Yet even so, a third-stage upper-level student still drew serious attention from Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym.

As for Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, both equally young, though their ranks were slightly lower,

one Second-Stage Middle, one Second-Stage Upper, yet clearly both under twenty.

To reach this level was already remarkable.

And their stunning beauty also caught the attention of several female supervisors.

They smiled, inviting them to sit together.

"It's Xu Jingming—he's here at the auction too."

On the fifth row behind, Lei Yaoyang and his group had also arrived.

Though they had only just graduated from the Elite Training Camp, their combat power

made it easy to kill several third-stage apex beasts and easily reach the ten-million-credit entry requirement.

"This Xu Jingming isn't just strong himself—how come the girls around him are so top-tier?"

Watching the two slender women beside Xu Jingming, Li Ming nearly popped his eyeballs out.

"You dare look? If Xu Jingming spots you, he'll punch your head off in an instant!"

Someone joked beside him.

"Whoa, fine, fine, I won't look anymore."

Though it was a joke, remembering Xu Jingming's brutality in the video,

Li Ming sucked in a sharp breath and hastily looked away, frightened.

"Each seat has a number, and on the right armrest is a small electronic screen.

Just enter your bid and tap confirm to participate in the auction."

After Xu Jingming and the others sat down, Jiang Luo smiled and explained.

"Understood." Xu Jingming nodded slightly, indicating he understood.

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, seated to his left, appeared experienced—clearly they had attended auctions before.

"Also, you can use this screen to view the auction items and prepare your bids in advance."

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming's eyebrows lifted slightly, and he quickly checked the palm-sized display on the right armrest.

"Lot 1: A-grade rare herb, starting bid: 20 million.

Lot 2: One fifth-stage Lei He, starting bid: 20 million.

Lot 3: Brand-new A-grade battle suit, starting bid: 100 million.

Lot 108: One S-grade cultivation resource, starting bid: 600 million."

The list contained many items—108 in total.

But truly rare items seemed to be only a few S-grade cultivation resources, a few S-grade combat techniques, and advanced psychic training methods.

There wasn't even a single SS-grade cultivation resource or SS-grade combat technique.

"This isn't Magic University—S-grade cultivation resources are already rare out here."

Seeing Xu Jingming's confusion, Jiang Luo smiled and explained:

"And even if there were SS-grade resources, the martial arts gym would use them all internally—why sell them publicly?"

S-grade, SS-grade, and even the highest SSS-grade resources outside were not something money alone could buy.

Only top-tier universities like Magic University, Jin University, and Jing University—with deep roots and long histories—could consistently provide them.

"No wonder I noticed Instructor Wu didn't come."

Xu Jingming suddenly understood.

Thus, the items auctioned here were only useful to psychics below Sixth Stage.

"That's right—Li Family only sent Li Wanying and a few fourth-stage psychics."

The other few ability-user families — only the relatively weaker ones had their family heads attend in person."

Jiang Luo said with a smile, "But a auction of this scale is more than enough for us. If it's too expensive, we can't afford it anyway."

"Fair point." Xu Jingming nodded.

This time he had hunted down nine fourth-rank Thunder Beasts, plus the other second- and third-rank Thunder Beasts he had killed.

All the beast materials together fetched 210 million, and added to his original 500 million, his bank card held a full 710 million in cash.

But for an SS-rank resource, this amount of money was barely worth looking at.

"Jingming, have you seen anything you want to buy?"

At that moment, Song Qiuyun came over and asked curiously.

"There are a few items I'm mildly interested in, but I'll wait for the host's introduction later before deciding whether to buy."

Xu Jingming replied.

The auction item list displayed on the electronic screen was introduced very briefly — it could even be called crude!

There was only a name; all other information was unknown.

For example, even with A-rank battle suits, some leaned toward defense, some toward speed, and some were balanced.

Different types of battle suits appealed to entirely different groups of ability users.

Before the specific details were confirmed, naturally no one would rush to confirm their participation in the bidding.

Of course,

this was also normal — if all the information were listed out in detail,

there'd be no need to hold an offline auction; they could just bid online.

And the items he was interested in were two: one was an S-rank spear, with a starting price of 500 million.

Now that the National College League was approaching, the C-rank Qingxiao Black Flood Dragon Spear in Xu Jingming's hands was no longer suitable.

Switching straight to an S-rank meant that even when he reached fifth rank, or even sixth rank, he could still use it.

The other item was five fourth-rank lesser Lei He sold as a bundle, with a starting price of 40 million.

The purchase price of a single fourth-rank lesser Lei He was only 6 million, yet now being sold at auction, each one's price had surged by a full 2 million!

However, Xu Jingming's ability manipulation proficiency was about to break through to the Liquid Condensation realm.

Rather than going into the Thunderstorm Zone, hunting fourth-rank Thunder Beasts, and coming back out, it was better to just buy them now and attempt to break through in one go.