Chapter 102: The Yan Shen Weapon

"The Tana Starfield!"

"An independent starfield. As long as no nation is established, it will receive the protection of the Ganwu Universe Country."

"Such a starfield is absolutely fit to serve as the foundation for a family's inheritance over hundreds of millions of years! It can be used to cultivate warrior bases, or raise slave galaxies. There are only so many starfields in the entire universe country, and those put up for auction are even rarer. Now, everyone, please begin bidding. The starting price—300 Mixed Element units." The old man with the turtle shell cried out. "Each bid increment must be an integer multiple of a Mixed Element unit."

Instantly, a line of numbers appeared on the large screen nearby—"300 Mixed Element units."

"400 Mixed Element units."

The price immediately skyrocketed.

Holding the black token, Luo Yuan looked toward the central screen in the distance. The numbers on the giant screen flashed and refreshed constantly, but he wasn't very interested in this. He was only interested in treasures that could help increase his strength, and besides, he couldn't afford it right now anyway.

"1,000 Mixed Element units! Counting down three seconds: 3, 2, 1... Congratulations to Guest Number KBR38293, you have won the bid for the Tana Starfield and are now its owner." The turtle-shelled old man's voice was incredibly resonant. "The official start of this Ganwu Auction is drawing near. Only a short time remains: 58, 57... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"

The voice boomed like that of a god.

The center of the entire auction hall grew dazzlingly bright, the light reflecting off the faces of the powerful warriors seated in the massive chairs all around.

"This auction has officially begun!"

"We will start with the first batch of auction items. On your auction tokens, you can all see the 1,000 items that are about to be put up for bidding. If you wish to purchase them, please be prepared to make your bid," the turtle-shelled old man shouted. "Now, the first item—92 members of the metallic lifeform, the Bona race."

Items were auctioned off one after another like flowing water.

Even the lowest transaction price was tens of billions of universe coins, with the average price reaching trillions.

Luo Yuan and the other three sat in their seats, watching precious treasures being brought out and bid away by others. They went from their initial shock to numbness, and finally to a sense of helplessness, as there were very few things they could actually afford.

"Lanke Fruit! The optimal item for nurturing spiritual beasts and plant lifeforms. Even if one is severely injured, consuming a Lanke Fruit has healing properties. One hundred Lanke Fruits make up one unit. There are thirty-nine units of Lanke Fruits in total, with a starting bid of 100 billion universe coins per unit."

Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, and Hong suddenly became interested. These Lanke Fruits had an excellent nurturing effect on the Cloud Contact Vine.

Thus...

Luo Yuan ended up spending nearly two trillion universe coins to purchase twelve units of Lanke Fruits, while Luo Feng and Hong also bought two units each.

The auction items flew by.

The variety of items was dizzying; any single one of them would be enough to drive Sector Lords crazy. Yet, at this peak gathering of the Ganwu Universe Country, where over a million Sector Lords had assembled—with even a few Undying entities among them—people did not hesitate at all when bidding.

Three consecutive batches, totaling 3,000 items, were quickly sold.

"Now for the fourth batch of auction items. On your auction tokens, you can see the next 1,000 items to be auctioned. If you see something you want, please get ready," the turtle-shelled old man said with a smile.

Instantly, silence fell over the auction hall.

Countless powerful beings on their thrones stared at the 1,000 upcoming items displayed on the tokens in their hands.

Luo Yuan looked closely at the screen of his auction token and soon spotted one of the items—the Yan Shen Weapon. A smile spread across his face.

With a light tap, he opened the detailed information for the Yan Shen Weapon.

Yan Shen Weapon: One of the nine great god weapons for the Controller class of Spirit Readers. Its full name is the 'Huntian Yan' or 'Nine-Tier Huntian Yan'. In its normal form, the Yan Shen Weapon is a dark gold staff containing 10,081 gold blade-pieces as thin as a cicada's wing. Each gold blade is engraved with incredibly profound secret engravings of the Origin Laws.

Among the nine great god weapons of the Controller class, eight of them were created by combining one of the eight basic Origin Laws—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, and Light—with either the Law of Time or the Law of Space.

The Yan Shen Weapon, however, was a god weapon forged by fusing the two Origin Laws of Metal and Space, possessing immense power.

The Yan Shen Weapon was divided into nine forms.

Each form was more powerful than the last, and the difficulty of controlling them skyrocketed accordingly.

The Yan Shen Weapon was both the strongest and the weakest.

It was the strongest because of its nine forms, each more monstrously powerful than the last.

It was the weakest because the difficulty of using it was too high. For those with poor comprehension, it would not even perform as well as ordinary spirit weapons. However, Luo Yuan was not worried. There were still plenty of geniuses in the universe who used the Yan Shen Weapon; Luo Yuan could simply harvest proficiency points from them in the Battle Space.

"Luo Feng, this Yan Shen Weapon is pretty good, and not too expensive. There are nine of them in total. Why don't we both get one?" Luo Yuan smiled at Luo Feng beside him.

"Yeah, it really is good. It's perfect for Controllers like us!" Luo Feng smiled, his eyes shining as he stared at the description of the Yan Shen Weapon on the screen.

Time passed, and one expensive weapon after another sparked round after round of bidding in the vast auction hall, quickly snapped up by the powerful figures from various starfields. Over ninety-nine percent of those present were Sector Lords, with the rest being a few influential figures with powerful backgrounds, and even Undying beings!

"The next auction item is the Yan Shen Weapon!"

"One of the nine great god weapons for Controllers, the Yan Shen Weapon! I am sure everyone is well aware of its power! Many Sector Lord Controllers often worry that after making a breakthrough in their comprehension of the Origin Laws, their spirit weapons can no longer bring out their maximum strength. But if you use the Yan Shen Weapon, you will never have to worry about that."

"You don't have to worry about outgrowing it; you only need to worry about whether you have the ability to wield it."

"The Yan Shen Weapon has nine forms. If you can unleash the ninth form, you will roam the vast universe unchallenged. Not only within the many human universe countries, but even among the Automaton race, the Demon race, or even the Space Beasts, you will hardly find a worthy opponent." The turtle-shelled old man spoke in a clear, resonant voice. "Alright, let the bidding begin. There are nine Yan Shen Weapons in total, and the nine highest bids will win. The starting price—500 billion universe coins!"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, the numbers on the screen began to jump rapidly. One side of the screen displayed the ninth-place bid.

550 billion... 600 billion... 660 billion... 1 trillion... 3 trillion...

The price skyrocketed at an incredible speed.

"What do we do?" Luo Feng beside him grew a bit anxious.

"Don't worry. Stay calm," Luo Yuan said placidly.

The bidding began to slow down after hitting 3.6 trillion, showing that even Sector Lords did not get their money from thin air.

"3.62 trillion universe coins," Luo Yuan directly keyed in his bid.

Seeing this, Luo Feng also hurriedly entered a bid of 3.6112 trillion universe coins.

In the end, the ninth-place bid stood at 3.6101 trillion universe coins.

"The ninth-place bid is 3.6101 trillion universe coins. Counting down three seconds: 3... 2... 1... Congratulations to the nine guests! You are now the owners of the Yan Shen Weapons!" The turtle-shelled old man called out loudly. "Let us continue. The next auction item is..."

Luo Yuan looked at the line of words on the screen of his black token: *Congratulations, Guest Number KND99287. You have successfully bid for one Yan Shen Weapon. Please prepare to sign the contract and make payment after this batch of auction items concludes.*

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