198: The advantage lies with me

Just as Zhu Zhi had gone through several more rounds of bidding and the voices were becoming fewer and fewer, he felt he was about to secure it for 850 million...

Sun Hao's bid of 860 million came from the SVIP room nearby.

"Damn it, didn't this guy give up on the auction long ago? Why is he back again! 900 million!"

Zhu Zhi wanted to raise the price to scare off Su Ze, but he didn't know that Su Ze already knew his bottom line and wasn't panicked at all.

So he continued to lightly add another ten million: "910 million!"

"...920 million!" Zhu Zhi gritted his teeth as he shouted; he no longer continued to raise the price by large margins.

Although they had prepared about 1.2 billion this time, it was to guard against any unexpected events.

Otherwise, they naturally wanted to save as much as possible, since after auctioning the platinum egg, both hatching and nurturing it would cost a significant amount of money.

Wang Gui's guess wasn't wrong at all; one billion was their final bottom line.

But Su Ze continued to add ten million on top of his: "930 million!"

Zhu Zhi couldn't help but press the microphone, but this time it wasn't a bid; he questioned: "The identity of the guest in that SVIP room is unclear. Can they really produce so much money? President Yu wouldn't find someone to drive up the price, would he?"

Yu Shenghuo didn't get angry upon hearing this and said with a smile: "There's no need to worry about this distinguished guest's identity. I can guarantee he can definitely afford this price."

Hearing Yu Shenghuo say this, Zhu Zhi had no other choice and bit the bullet to continue raising the price: "940 million..."

At this time, Wang Gui reminded from the side: "If we continue to add ten million by ten million like this, it's very likely the other party's psychological price will change. It wouldn't be good if they gave up early. I suggest we raise the price directly to 970 million next time."

Sun Hao didn't call out the price immediately upon hearing this but looked at Su Ze, who nodded to him.

Only then did he shout out the bid under Wang Gui's guidance: "970 million!"

This bid made everyone gasp, but it made the Zhu family breathe a sigh of relief.

They analyzed: "The person in the SVIP room, besides the normal ten million increments, likes to raise the price to numbers ending in five the most."

"But now they've changed their habit and raised it to the strange price of 970 million."

"This shows... this is already his final bid. Even if he still has money, it shouldn't reach a billion!"

Zhu Zhi's spirits lifted upon hearing this. One billion was exactly the maximum price they could accept.

So he decisively stood up, pressed the button, and shouted: "One billion!"

Hearing his bid, Su Ze and Wang Gui looked at each other and smiled, breathing a sigh of relief. In comparison, Wang Gui appeared very calm.

"One billion for the first time!"

"One billion for the second time!"

"One billion for the third time... Bang!"

With the fall of the auction hammer, this auction finally ended smoothly.

As Zhu Zhi slumped down, he said somewhat proudly: "I told you, in Beishan City, you still have to look to our Zhu family. We just didn't deign to bid against him for that space-type crystal core earlier."

Following another round of pleasantries from Yu Shenghuo on stage, everyone began to leave.

But Zhu Zhi, who walked out of the VIP room, didn't leave immediately. He wanted to see who was in the SVIP room, thinking he might even be able to show off a bit.

Then he saw two stern-faced men in military uniforms walk out first, standing on either side of the door.

Then two beautiful and moving women walked out. Zhu Zhi's eyes widened, and he was about to step forward to strike up a conversation.

But then two more people walked out.

"Wang Gui?! Why is this Old fellow in the SVIP room? Wait, why does the guy next to him look so familiar?"

While Zhu Zhi was reminiscing, his younger brother Zhu He grabbed his arm tremblingly and stammered: "Bro... Brother, it's... him, Su Ze!"

Zhu Zhi suddenly remembered. Isn't this the Su Ze who defeated him, snatched his competition spot, shone brilliantly at the Beast Taming Grand Competition, and was subsequently captured by Fusang?!"

When he heard the news of Su Ze being captured by the Fusang Dark Guards, he was actually secretly delighted.

It was because of Su Ze that he was left behind and couldn't participate in the Beast Taming Grand Competition, only able to watch others take all the glory and rewards.

He still remembered that Jiang Jianbin, the number four seed of Azure Dragon Beast Taming University who was originally only slightly stronger than him, had quenching thought beads and monster beast crystal cores like jelly beans after returning, one every now and then, and his cultivation speed increased rapidly.

He had even contracted a new platinum-level monster beast.

Originally, he could have lasted dozens or even a hundred moves against Jiang Jianbin, but now he fell after just one move.

If he had been the one to participate in the Beast Taming Grand Competition back then, he probably would have become like that too.

The more he thought about this, the more excited he felt about Su Ze being captured.

He didn't expect that Su Ze would appear before him again now.

After all, the news of Su Ze's return had only spread to a certain extent among his acquaintances and the Great Xia Spirit Guards.

Zhu Zhi hadn't chosen to join the Great Xia Spirit Guards after graduation but instead inherited the family business, so naturally, he wouldn't know about this.

"It's actually him... Not only did he return from Fusang alive and enter the auction's SVIP room, but he even has two such stunning beauties by his side..."

Zhu Zhi instantly felt defeated again; he was inferior to Su Ze in every way.

"No, I haven't lost completely. The advantage is mine!"

"If he's the one in the SVIP room, that means the person who just lost the bidding to me was him!"

Zhu Zhi regained a bit of confidence.

Just then, Su Ze also saw him. Facing his biggest financial backer, Su Ze waved his hand very friendlily.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhi also responded somewhat stiffly.

"Thank you so much!" Su Ze said happily as he approached the Zhu family members.

"Thank? Thank for what?" Zhu Zhi asked in confusion.

Su Ze immediately said excitedly: "For your support, of course! That final platinum-level demon beast egg was put up for auction by me. I didn't expect it to fetch such a high price!"

"Alright, I won't chat with you further. I still have to find President Yu to settle the account. I've made a fortune!"

Su Ze left quite excitedly.

Meanwhile, Zhu Zhi froze on the spot, feeling a sweet, greasy, bloody taste welling up in his throat, as if a mouthful of old blood was stuck there.

"That egg... he put it up for auction? Our Zhu family's billion-dollar fortune went to Su Ze? Pfft—"

Zhu Zhi fainted directly from anger, fortunately, Zhu He caught him in time.

Su Ze, who hadn't walked far, naturally knew everything that happened behind him.

"You little brat, that's what you get for raising the price on me just now. Now you've learned your lesson!"