Chapter 603: Primus Major (1/2)
A total of fifty cannon sets, which amounted to five hundred crystal cannons, were sold at the auction. The cheapest of them sold for nine hundred billion crystals, while Jiangchen Xie paid the highest price of eight trillion crystals.
All of the guests had lost themselves in the auction. They didn’t even care what else awaited in the lots to come, they needed to get their hands on a set of cannons! These crystal cannons posed greater threats than even weapons of war.
It would be one thing if all of the cannons went to the heavenly courts of the twenty-three facets. The power structure of the world of immortals would then remain unchanged.
But when numerous top factions and reclusive clans began acquiring cannons for themselves, those that missed out couldn’t afford to be complacent. No one knew how many crystal cannons would be put on the block. These weapons would topple the status quo—no matter how high the price was, they had to make their bids.
When all fifty sets were sold and the next lot was something different, many a sigh of regret could be heard from the floating summits. Factions that’d been unsuccessful in their pursuit agitated with frustration; they wanted nothing more than to seize the cannons from others. However, they couldn’t risk doing so in Dusk Province.
Even Scarlet Ape and the North Sea monster spirits under its command had suffered a defeat here. The powerful Dusk restriction had been able to defeat Scarlet Ape, despite the restriction being unarmed and the monster ancestor wielding a connate-grade treasure.
Moreover, Lu Yun wouldn’t have auctioned off the crystal cannons if he wasn’t prepared to face them in battle.
The venue erupted in an uproar again when the next item was revealed: it was a fortress ship! Although there was only one ship sealed behind a faint barrier of light, every one could clearly see it.
Running fifteen hundred meters long, its pitch-black hull seemed to be covered in fine dragon scales, further accentuating its dominating presence. At the bow of the ship sat a giant crystal cannon, clearly of a much higher grade than the five hundred auctioned before it.
“This is the latest invention by Sir Lu—a lord-grade fortress ship. Equipped with thirty-seven crystal cannons in total, there are thirty-six secondary cannons apart from the main cannon. In addition to the cannons, the fortress ship itself is a mighty rank-exceeding treasure. Each of its three layers of defensive formations can withstand the full strike of a nine-fruit arcane dao immortal.
“This fortress ship possesses even more functions that are no less impressive than the defensive formations. I will leave it up to the buyer to discover its full potential.” Wanfeng purposefully leaving some things unsaid enraptured the attention of all the guests.
This lord-grade fortress ship was akin to a moving bastion on the battlefield, which made it even more terrifying than weapons of war. In fact, the fortress ship was enough to compromise the authority of the heavenly courts in all of the facets.
Of course, the ship would be too prohibitively expensive for regular factions to buy.
“The lord-grade fortress ship will start at a minimum price of ten trillion crystals. May the bidding begin.” Wanfeng’s voice was as pleasant as ever, but it doused many immortals’ fervor with chilling coldness.
Ten trillion premium immortal crystals! Many wouldn’t be able to afford it even if they sold their entire clan, unless they sold their greatest treasures and heritages to boot.
No one made any bids in the next three breaths.
“If no one’s going to make a bid, then—”
“Ten trillion and a hundred billion crystals,” declared Fangyang Xing. In a blunt tone, he continued, “Something that can change our world order must not be allowed to circulate freely. On behalf of the Firmament Palace, I will buy it with ten trillion and a hundred billion crystals.”
That had been the reason why he’d bid on the first set of crystal cannons, then given up after seeing more cannons brought to the auction block. However, he wasn’t going to let this bastion of a fortress ship fall into the hands of any other faction.