Chapter 986: Chapter 599: Ice Dagger
“I think there are many people present who came for this auction item. However, anything good usually stays until the end, doesn’t it? So, I won’t say much now. This dagger is the Frost Blade. In this world, along with the Flame Blade, both are creations of the same person. It was once predicted that if someone could acquire both the Frost Blade and the Flame Blade simultaneously, their combat power would increase several fold. Although up until now, we have not obtained the Flame Blade, this Frost Blade can be considered a top-tier weapon.”
As the girl’s words fell, another girl came slowly onto the stage carrying a tray.
The girl unveiled the red cloth on the tray, revealing an exquisite dagger to everyone’s view.
This Frost Blade is extremely well-made, and the moment the red cloth was lifted, the temperature in the air seemed to drop significantly.
Facing such a weapon with terrifying frost attributes, it is definitely considered a top-tier weapon.
If it were only like this, Liu Hun might not have cared. The reason he paused was because of the dagger he had taken from Old Ghost, now at his waist.
At this moment, this dagger began to tremble incessantly. Liu Hun frowned slightly and directly took out the dagger from his waist. He imbued the dagger with the power from within his body, and only then did the dagger stop trembling.
The dagger was entirely fiery red. Even though Liu Hun had obtained this dagger from Old Ghost, he had not paid much attention to it. After all, no matter how you look at it, it was just a weapon.
But at this moment, Liu Hun discovered the extraordinary nature of this dagger.
Both the craftsmanship and shape were identical to the one on the hall stage, the Frost Blade.
“Flame Blade!” When Liu Hun revealed the dagger, Xue Lan and Nangong Jin both looked shocked.
Neither of them expected that the Flame Blade was actually on Liu Hun.
“I tricked this dagger out of Old Ghost’s hands. I didn’t expect it to be the Flame Blade that the girl just mentioned.” Seeing their puzzled expressions, Liu Hun couldn’t help but sigh.
If he had known that this dagger was so precious, Liu Hun wouldn’t have tricked Old Ghost for it in the first place. He just wanted a weapon to temporarily replace the Mitsubishi Military Knife.
“Liu Hun, it’s best that you buy this Frost Blade. There’s a rumor that the Frost Blade and the Flame Blade were originally the same weapon, but for some unknown reason, they split. For hundreds of years, no one has been able to bring the two weapons together. According to the rumor, once these two weapons are combined, their power will become extremely terrifying.” At this moment, Nangong Jin also spoke to Liu Hun with a touch of seriousness and gravity in her expression.
Hearing this, Liu Hun was taken aback. He’s never been fond of relying on external items, believing that only his own strength becoming strong enough is the true path.
But if these two weapons are indeed as terrifying as the rumors say, and now that he has encountered them, he wouldn’t mind buying it.
“The starting price is one billion, and the increment each time shouldn’t be less than ten million. Now, everyone can bid freely,” the girl on stage smiled slightly.
As her words fell, some people in the audience started to go wild, constantly raising the bid.
In just a short time, the price soared to 1.5 billion. Although not as terrifying as the previous Medical Miscellany, this has become a major highlight of this auction.
Because when used alone, both the Frost Blade and the Flame Blade do not exhibit strong power, merely having some single-attribute power and being quite sharp.
Only when the two daggers truly fuse can they unleash their most terrifying power.
So for this Frost Blade, although many people want it, it hasn’t incited too much fighting.
After all, spending billions to buy a weapon with only a single attribute, and just a dagger at that, not many people are willing to do so.
As the price reached 1.5 billion, those bidding began to decrease.
“1.51 billion.” At this moment, Liu Hun suddenly called out calmly.
“The guest in Box No. 3 has raised the bid again. Will it turn into another frantic bidding war like last time? Let’s wait and see,” the girl on stage said excitedly, her eyes shining as she spoke to the audience.
The one who had just bid 1.5 billion was the clear voice that previously competed with Liu Hun for the Medical Miscellany.
In Box No. 4, a girl about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, upon hearing Liu Hun’s bid, her eyes bore a hint of frost.
“Miss, should we continue bidding?” An old woman next to her hesitated before asking the girl.
After all, this Frost Blade is only worth up to a billion. Now they’ve bid it up to 1.5 billion, an extra 500 million. If they keep raising the price, it’ll not be worthwhile.
“Two billion,” the girl said softly.
“It’s two billion now, two billion. Will the guest in Box No. 3 continue to bid?” Hearing this figure, Liu Hun’s brow couldn’t help but wrinkle slightly.
He hadn’t expected this girl to be so stubborn. This Frost Blade was not worth that much money at all, yet she continued to raise the bid, adding five hundred million at a time.
“Two billion, ten million,” Liu Hun called again.
“Two and a half billion!”
“Two billion, five hundred million, and ten million!”
…
Every time that girl made a bid, Liu Hun would raise the price by an additional ten million, perfectly in line with the auction rules.
“Cousin, if we keep raising the bid, we might not have the ability to compete for the next item. Don’t forget our mission this time; besides the medicine discussion, the other item is left,” said a young man sitting next to the girl in Box Four, gently sipping his tea as he reminded her.
“That guy is doing it on purpose!” The girl slammed the table in anger, shouting at the young man.
“I’m not a fool, of course I can see he’s doing it on purpose. But right now we really can’t bid any higher. If he truly wants it, let him have it. Anyway, there’s no great use in having it,” the young man shook his head with some regret.
Upon hearing the young man’s words, the girl bit her lip, her face full of anger, and said, “Don’t let me find out who that guy is, or I’ll tear him apart!”
“Two billion, five hundred million, and ten million. Anyone else want to bid?” Upon hearing Liu Hun’s bid, the girl’s face was glowing red.
This Frost Blade had an initial auction price of ten billion, which was already enough, but unexpectedly it had inflated by another fifteen billion.
She called a few more times, but ultimately got no response. With some disappointment, she addressed the crowd, “Since no one is bidding anymore, this Frost Blade belongs to the gentleman in Box Three.”
“The final auction item is the centerpiece of this event, a Third Grade Elixir, reputed to bring the dead back to life. There hasn’t been a Third Grade Elixir in the entire world for hundreds of years. Even if an ordinary person consumes it, their strength can instantly reach the Innate Eighth Layer realm, starting price twenty billion, each bid must be no less than a billion!” As soon as the girl’s words fell, an antique-looking elixir was carried in and displayed on the big screen.
Looking at this Third Grade Elixir, Liu Hun’s eyes flashed with a hint of greed, but within such a short moment, the price had already soared to over a hundred billion, a sum Liu Hun couldn’t afford.
“What a pity. If I could win this elixir, perhaps my strength could instantly reach the Peak of Innate Nine Layers,” Liu Hun sighed.
“Brother Liu Hun, I still have some savings. If you really want it, I can…” Before Nangong Jin finished, Liu Hun shook his head and seriously looked at Nangong Jin, saying, “This is the dowry your father left for you. I can’t spend it all for you, and I was just saying it casually. Cultivation is like building a skyscraper; if the foundation is unstable, it’ll collapse sooner or later.”
“Brother Liu Hun, the dowry is meant for you anyway, and if father were still alive, I doubt he’d say much,” Nangong Jin smiled bitterly.
“No need, after all, if I take all the good things, that girl in the other box will definitely freak out. I don’t want to offend another frightening family over an auction,” Liu Hun chuckled and directly refused.
As Liu Hun pressed the button on the table, Xue Lan, who was sitting beside him, looked at him with curiosity in her beautiful eyes.
Despite being a girl, she noticed the mole on Nangong Jin’s arm in such a short time, indicating she’s still pure.
But more astonishing was how an heiress from such a prominent family, and such a perfect girl, was willing to offer Liu Hun billions, which wasn’t merely a matter of simple friendship.
For a girl to give all her wealth to a man, it signifies she loves him deeply; otherwise, she wouldn’t do it. Xue Lan, on the other hand, would never act like Nangong Jin.
At that moment, she was curious about what charm Liu Hun possessed that made Nangong Jin, from the Nangong Family, so infatuated with him.
Shortly after Liu Hun pressed the button, the girl who had been assisting him earlier walked into the box holding two cases.
“Sir, these are the two items you bid on,” the girl smiled as she placed the two cases on the table and gently opened them.
Looking at the familiar medicine discussions and the Frost Blade, Liu Hun nodded and handed his card to her.
After she swiped the card, the girl left the room but not before handing Liu Hun a VIP card, saying, “Sir, because you spent over a hundred billion at our auction house, we are giving you an extra VIP card. If you have any needs in the future, you can visit any branch of our auction house, and our people will take care of you.”
Once the girl left, Liu Hun casually slipped the VIP card into his pocket, not paying much attention to the potential power it held.
Looking at the two items that cost him over a hundred billion, Liu Hun’s face displayed a calm demeanor.
However, before he could react, the Flame Blade at his waist shot out and began to merge with the Frost Blade in the box.