Chapter 544: Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect

Amidst the anticipation of the crowd, Xiao Sheng finally opened the rosewood box in his hands! At this moment, Zhang Nuo gathered his focus to look, and it turned out that what was placed inside was a broken Flying Sword!

This sword was about a foot long, covered entirely in rust, and the blade itself was even somewhat damaged! Even so, the powerful pressure emanating from the sword still caused the expressions of several cultivators near the auction stage to change in shock!

Zhang Nuo was equally curious; the 'Jade Pavilion' would not bring out a piece of scrap metal to auction, so this Flying Sword must have something strange about it!

Sure enough, just as he expected, amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, Xiao Sheng reached out from the wooden box, took out the Flying Sword, and as he gave it a forceful shake, it was as if a flash of lightning had struck the auction stage in an instant!

"Fellow Daoists, do not look at this Flying Sword as broken; in fact, as long as I, Xiao, state its true origin, I believe everyone will surely know it! This sword is the Mysterious Heaven Spirit Treasure used by the previous generation's Human Emperor during the 'Ten Thousand Year Calamity'—the 'Zhutian Blade'!"

Whoosh! The entire venue instantly erupted; there were almost no people in the Holy City who did not know the name of the 'Zhutian Blade'. No one could remember how many cultivators the previous Human Emperor had slain with this sword, but in that very battle against the 'Chaos Insect King', the sword's power was exhausted, and it had almost turned into scrap metal!

Zhang Nuo naturally knew of this matter as well. He furrowed his brows slightly, and a thought stirred in his heart. Don't look at how broken this Flying Sword was; in his hands, these things were not an issue at all! With the Mysterious Heaven Gold-Devouring Insect, even if he couldn't repair the 'Zhutian Blade' completely right away, restoring it to two or three tenths was still possible!

A flash of excitement passed through his eyes, but soon Zhang Nuo dismissed this thought. The reason was simple! Given his current cultivation level, if he were to possess this sword, it would not bring him benefits, but rather, it would bring more fatal disasters! An innocent man is guilty of his own treasure; if his cultivation were a bit higher, it might be fine!

Sighing softly, Zhang Nuo sat back down on his chair, watching the crowd in the venue bid with some disappointment!

"The starting price for this 'Zhutian Blade' is ten million Mid-grade Spirit Stones!"

No sooner had Xiao Sheng stated the starting price than voices immediately rang out from different private rooms!

"Fifteen million!"

"Twenty million!"

"Thirty million!"

In no time, the price of this sword soared to forty million Mid-grade Spirit Stones! It seemed there were truly quite a few cultivators who wanted to obtain this sword! Zhang Nuo felt a bit more balanced in his heart; listening to the tone of those bidding, he feared that none of their cultivation levels were lower than the Refining Void Stage!

When the price of the 'Zhutian Blade' was called to fifty million, the bidding voices gradually decreased, and only three private rooms continued to send out sounds of competition!

Finally, from a private room on the sixth floor, the voice of an old man came out very low!

"Eighty million!"

After this shout, no one dared to bid again! Eighty million Mid-grade Spirit Stones was already an astronomical figure for those cultivators from small sects and families!

"Good! This 'Zhutian Blade'! Finally, at eighty million..."

Just as Xiao Sheng was about to finalize the auction of this Magic Treasure, a person suddenly walked in from the entrance of the auction hall. This person wore a yellow robe, appeared to be in his thirties, and was imposing, with every corner of his eyes and brows revealing a sense of dominance!

"I bid ninety million!"

As soon as the yellow-robed man said this, it immediately shocked everyone present! Countless gazes were also cast upon the man. Zhang Nuo was equally curious; who was it that gave such a high price at such a critical moment?

The moment he saw the yellow-robed cultivator, Zhang Nuo only felt a sense of fear rising from the bottom of his heart! Late Void Refinement Stage Great Perfection Stage! This terrifying cultivation level not only shocked Zhang Nuo upon seeing it, but others were also inwardly horrified!

Once Xiao Sheng saw this person appear, cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He hurried a few steps down from the auction stage and bowed deeply to the yellow-robed cultivator, saying:

"Lord Human Emperor!"

The whole venue fell silent once again; this time, even the sound of everyone's heartbeat could be heard clearly! Lord Human Emperor! The person who could be addressed like this in this Wushuang Shenghuang was likely only the Human Emperor of this generation!

Zhang Nuo gasped; he truly had not expected that the Human Emperor would appear here! And he was even bidding to buy the 'Zhutian Blade'! This was the first time he had seen a Human Emperor of the Human Emperor Realm; he felt this person was unfathomable, especially that sense of dominance, which was even more unstoppable! He was worthy of the title of Human Emperor!

"I didn't expect Fang Leihuo to come back!"

Chen Shuang'er, who had been standing beside Zhang Nuo with a smiling face, suddenly had her expression change, and she spoke in a very unfriendly tone. Zhang Nuo frowned; Fang Leihuo was the name of this generation's Human Emperor. Listening to the girl's tone, it seemed she had a great opinion of him!

Turning his head to look at Chen Shuang'er, when the young girl discovered she had lost her composure, she turned her head away abruptly, leaned her body to one side, and sat down on the chair!

The appearance of the Human Emperor caused the 'Zhutian Blade' to fall into his hands without any suspense!

"In a while, you send someone to the Human Emperor Palace to collect the Spirit Stones; this Emperor will take this sword first!"

After Fang Leihuo finished speaking, he did not wait for Xiao Sheng's agreement. His figure turned, and with just one step, his body appeared hundreds of feet away, disappearing in the blink of an eye!

As soon as the Human Emperor left, the atmosphere in the auction hall became much more comfortable. For some reason, ever since this Lord Human Emperor entered, everyone had felt a sense of oppression! This feeling was not because of the difference in cultivation, but came from the depths of everyone's hearts!

Xiao Sheng's face turned bitter; this Human Emperor was not here to bid for things at all, he was practically here to demand them! He didn't even give other cultivators a chance to bid. Thinking about it carefully, even if there were cultivators who wanted to bid, they would likely swallow their words for the sake of this Human Emperor!

After a brief discussion, the auction proceeded again! Xiao Sheng took out various treasures one by one, and the bidding voices below were wave after wave!

Zhang Nuo had no heart to look at the items being auctioned now, but instead turned his gaze to Chen Shuang'er! He saw the girl looking furious, her fair face flushed red, not noticing at all that Zhang Nuo was looking at her!

"Shuang'er, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Shuang'er, who had been lost in thought, suddenly heard Zhang Nuo calling her and only then woke up from her trance! She smiled faintly on her face:

"Nothing! Just feeling a bit uncomfortable!"

How could such a small excuse deceive Zhang Nuo? However, since the other party didn't want to say, Zhang Nuo found it hard to press further! His attention returned to the auction hall!

After a few rounds, when Xiao Sheng received another item from a 'Jade Pavilion' cultivator, suddenly the Mysterious Gold inside Zhang Nuo's body sent a voice transmission over!

"Master! This item must be bought!"

He was startled in his heart, but there was no reaction on his face! Since the auction began, Mysterious Gold had never wanted to buy something so strongly. Looking toward the item in Xiao Sheng's hands, he saw it was a very exquisite Spirit Beast Bag! The value of this Spirit Beast Bag alone was likely not cheap!

"Do you know what is inside?"

Zhang Nuo sent a voice transmission back without changing his expression!

"Yes! If I am not mistaken, it should be the eggs of the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect'! It also belongs to a type of Mysterious Heaven Spirit Insect! However, unlike me, one egg can probably hatch tens of thousands of 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insects'!"

Mysterious Gold said with extreme certainty.

Upon hearing that it was another Mysterious Heaven-grade Spirit Insect, Zhang Nuo's eyes lit up immediately! It was not hard to hear from Mysterious Gold's tone that this insect must have significant power!

Sure enough, in the time that followed, Xiao Sheng took out a blood-red insect egg from the Spirit Beast Bag. This egg was no longer than a finger and only three inches thick! It looked just like a small red wooden stick!

"Fellow Daoists, this thing might not be of much use to ordinary cultivators, but it is different for those who like to raise Spirit Insects! This is the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect', which belongs to the Mysterious Heaven-grade of Spirit Insects! This Spirit Insect lives by sucking the essence blood of cultivators! It has not hatched yet, and as for when it will hatch, I, Xiao, do not know either! So, cultivators who want to buy this insect must be cautious! If you have enough essence blood to feed it, you are welcome to bid! The starting price for this insect is fifty million High-grade Spirit Stones!"

As soon as the starting price was called, the auction hall immediately fell into silence! These people had almost all heard of the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect' and knew its power was great, but this egg needed to be constantly nourished with essence blood. If it hatched in a few years, it would be fine, but if it never hatched, the cultivator's own body would be dragged down!

For a time, no one actually bid! Xiao Sheng felt a bit awkward and frowned slightly. Just as he was about to say a few more words, a cultivator's voice suddenly came from a private room on the second floor:

"Fifty-five million High-grade Spirit Stones!"

If the cultivators were shocked before because of the 'Hidden Wing Blood-Eating Insect' egg, then this time, it was surprise at the person who made the bid! When everyone felt that the voice came from a private room on the second floor, they were even more surprised! Generally speaking, for things of such great value, the bidding voices would often come from private rooms on the third floor or above!

The higher the floor of the private room, the stronger the cultivator's cultivation or the more powerful the sect they belonged to. A bid for such a large amount of Spirit Stones coming from an ordinary private room had never happened in the auction hall before!

Xiao Sheng looked toward a certain private room on the second floor in surprise, his heart beating non-stop! Could it be that someone was deliberately playing with him? But thinking carefully, this was not very likely; even if someone dared to play with him, no one had ever dared to mess with the 'Jade Pavilion'!

After a moment of silence in the venue, a bidding voice suddenly came from a certain private room on the sixth floor:

"Sixty million!"

Swish! Hearing the sound, everyone's gazes turned once again toward the sixth floor! But before they could even recover their senses, a voice came out from a private room on the second floor!

"Seventy million!"

Everyone was dumbfounded! Who on earth was inside that second-floor room? To actually have such a grand style, increasing the bid by ten million High-grade Spirit Stones at once! This figure could be called an astronomical price! Moreover, this person did not seem to fear those high-level cultivators on the sixth floor at all, raising the bid by so much in one go!