98: Strange skills, auction held (1/3)

Ding!

Congratulations on receiving the quest — Uncover the Source of Calamity (Second Advancement).

Calamity Knight, what is calamity? Uncover the source of calamity, and your profession — Calamity Knight will automatically advance to its second stage.

The quest description was vague.

Li Si found it a bit difficult to start, as this was the first time he had encountered this type of quest.

“I’ll ask Zhou Guang or Beatrice about it later.”

Then, he continued searching on the seventeenth floor.

“Trash!”

“Trash!”

“Flashy but useless skill!”

“More trash!”

“Useless!”

“…”

Li Si searched and complained at the same time.

None of the treasures on the seventeenth floor were spared his criticism.

“To the sixteenth floor.”

Half an hour later, he had examined everything on the seventeenth floor one by one, then walked “thump, thump, thump” towards the sixteenth floor.

“Trash!”

“Trash!”

“Trash!”

“…”

Li Si felt helpless; the items on the sixteenth floor were even worse than those on the seventeenth, inferior in quality, effect, and all aspects.

“How about—”

“Choose that skill book from the seventeenth floor?”

Flaming Dragon Judgment (Legendary): A Mage-type skill book with 2000% AOE damage at max level. It’s not as good as Wild Arrow - Sky Strike, but it’s close. It’s only 10 seconds longer in cooldown than Wild Arrow - Sky Strike.

In fact, Flaming Dragon Judgment was still quite good.

It could serve as the finale item for the Tianzi Number One auction at 12 PM.

But Li Si was still unhappy because the items in the Chaotic Star City Treasure Vault fell below his expectations. He thought there should be at least one Second Advancement Scroll and one Mythical-tier item.

However, in the Chaotic Star City Treasure Vault, let alone Mythical items, there were only a few Legendary items.

This greatly disappointed him.

“Damn it, I’m not convinced!”

Time passed, and Li Si rummaged through the Chaotic Star City Treasure Vault, from the seventeenth floor to the sixteenth, then to the fifteenth, all the way down to the first floor.

Just as he was about to give up, a skill book caught his eye.

Sacrifice for All Living Beings (White): Universal for all professions, no current attribute bonus. By sacrificing all living beings, its quality level is increased, and attribute bonuses are unlocked.

“This skill…”

It seemed a bit powerful.

Li Si decided to take a gamble, so he chose Sacrifice for All Living Beings.

Ding!

You have selected two items.

Quest reward selection is complete, please leave the treasure vault as soon as possible.

Li Si activated Great Teleportation Technique and disappeared from the treasure vault.

The scene shifted, and he returned to Tianzi Number One, lightly tapping the skill book.

“Poof—”

A faint white light rose, and his skill bar was full.

9 / 9.

His Comprehension value, uncharacteristically, did not burst forth, and Sacrifice for All Living Beings was Lv1.

“How to sacrifice? Use corpses?”

After this thought arose, Li Si activated the teleportation and appeared near Divine Smith Peak. Groups of NPC craftsmen were gathered, busily working overnight to build the city walls. The construction progress was rapid, already showing its initial shape.

“Everyone listen, if you can complete the construction within three days, everyone will be rewarded with 10 gold coins each!” Li Si’s voice echoed near Divine Smith Peak.

“Thank you, boss!”

“Thank you, boss!”

The NPC craftsmen cheered, and under the cover of night, they built the guild’s station as if on an adrenaline rush.

Li Si, meanwhile, headed into the wilderness and began hunting the surrounding monsters.

“Sky-Piercing Blade Draw!”

“Wild Arrow - Sky Strike!”

With two AOE skills released in rotation, Li Si’s experience bar rapidly increased.

Ding!

Congratulations, your skill — Sacrifice for All Living Beings (White) has leveled up to Lv2.

Congratulations, your skill — Sacrifice for All Living Beings (White) has leveled up to Lv3.

Congratulations, your skill — Sacrifice for All Living Beings (White) has leveled up to Lv4.

The ground was covered with devoured corpses, time passed, and the sunlight gradually rose as Sacrifice for All Living Beings reached the Gold tier.

Luanxing City’s back street.

Zhou Guang slowly pushed open the door of Baiyun Abode, stretching lazily.

“Who are you? Why are you kneeling before my door?”

“Junior Fengyun Heavy Cavalry, I have specially come to seek Senior Zhou.” Fengyun Heavy Cavalry heard the voice and immediately woke up from his sleep.

“You’re that kid’s friend?”

“Yes! I am a friend of Lawless Madman; he introduced me.” Fengyun Heavy Cavalry quickly said.

“Oh? Is that so?”

Zhou Guang didn't quite believe him. He pinched his fingers and calculated slightly, his eyes suddenly turning cold: “What a thing, trying to deceive me? You are courting death.”

Boom!

A brilliant white light engulfed Fengyun Heavy Cavalry’s figure.

Inside Luanxing City’s resurrection point.

“Damn! Damn! Damn!”

Fengyun Heavy Cavalry’s furious curses pierced the sky: “Why do all the powerful NPCs know Lawless Madman? Where exactly do I fall short compared to him?”

The sunlight slowly rose, and the time came to 8 AM.

Li Si was still busy near Divine Smith Peak, killing all the monsters within his sight.

One Wild Arrow - Sky Strike every 10 seconds, instantly killing hundreds of monsters, easily gaining hundreds of thousands of experience points.

Ding!

Congratulations, your skill — Sacrifice for All Living Beings (Epic) has reached max level.

After several hours of persistence, Sacrifice for All Living Beings finally reached Epic max level.

“Such fast advancement speed, this gamble paid off.”

Li Si opened his skill bar to check the attributes of Sacrifice for All Living Beings.

Sacrifice for All Living Beings max

Quality: Epic

Passive: Max HP +5%, Max MP +5%, Max Attack +5%. (Doubles when upgraded to Legendary max)

Description: By sacrificing all living beings, its quality level is increased, and attribute bonuses are unlocked.

“Not bad.”

The bonuses were not outstanding, but they were very comprehensive.

Li Si was very satisfied, feeling it was worth it, and looked forward to the subsequent bonuses from Legendary, Mythical, and True God tiers.

“Haa—”

A long yawn. After two or three days, he finally felt tired and decisively logged off to sleep.

Three hours later, past eleven in the morning.

Li Si slowly woke up and logged directly into All Heavens.

Tianzi Number One was already packed with people, from the first floor to the fifth, all filled with players.

“Damn! This is utterly ridiculous!”

“Who is the boss of this Tianzi Number One? A single auction ticket actually costs 10,000 gold coins, are you kidding me?”

“I’m speechless, the scalper tickets have already been hyped up to 30,000 gold coins.”

“This wave, the boss of Tianzi Number One must have made a fortune.”

“Who is the boss of Tianzi Number One?”

“Crazy God is holding an auction in Tianzi Number One, could Tianzi Number One belong to Crazy God?”

“No way? That’s too exaggerated!”

“…”

The players were buzzing with discussion everywhere.

Indeed, he was making a killing.

Li Si couldn’t help but sigh; setting aside everything else, with this kind of customer traffic, he was bound to rake in profits.

The auction on the 6th floor of Tianzi Number One had already begun.

A sexy host strutted onto the high platform, picking up a piece of armor: “The first auction item, a Level 30 Gold-tier heavy armor top. It has high defense, HP limit bonus, and physical damage reduction bonus.”

“Starting bid is 100,000 gold coins, each bid must not be less than 10,000 gold coins. Please do not bid maliciously, or you will be expelled from the auction house.”

“120,000 gold coins.”

“130,000 gold coins.”

“150,000 gold coins.”

“170,000 gold coins.”

Time passed, and the Gold-tier equipment gradually completed its auction, with an average price of about 300,000 gold coins. Weapons were more expensive, at 400,000 gold coins, accessories around 300,000 gold coins, and armor was the cheapest, at 200,000 gold coins per piece.

Next was the highly anticipated Guild Token.

“Starting bid 10 million gold coins, each bid not less than 1 million.”

“I bid 10 million gold coins.” In the front row of seats, Zhang Youdao was the first to speak: “I hope everyone will give Zhang Corporation some face.”

“11 million.”

Qian Miaomiao said nothing, merely raising her bidding sign.

“12 million. Qian Miaomiao, I hope you don’t bring trouble upon yourself.”

“What are you? Do you even deserve to yell here?” Qian Duoduo slowly raised his bidding sign, pushing the price to 13 million gold coins.

“Qian siblings, you are really something. Again and again, you provoke me. Do you think I have no anger?”

Zhang Youdao stood up with a “boom,” his gaze coldly fixed on Qian Duoduo.

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PS: I have something today, depending on the situation during the day. If I don't have time, there will only be 3 updates.