196: Felipe's defenses were breached

Karona and Olivia sat on either side of Arthur, gazing at him with infatuation.

Arthur's domineering CEO behavior of forcefully giving gifts was too handsome!

Even Avril, who was beside them, couldn't help but feel a little envious of Karona and Olivia when she saw Arthur spend one billion gold coins without hesitation to buy the immortality potion, which wasn't particularly useful.

There are too few men who are both powerful and dote on their women!

Compared to the harmonious atmosphere inside the box, the reactions of others in the auction hall varied regarding Arthur's sudden bid and his immediate addition of one hundred million gold coins.

Those who were poor and just came to watch the excitement were thrilled: the big shots were fighting again!

Those who were actually participating in the bidding frowned, lamenting the arrival of another formidable opponent!

One must know that a price of one billion was already very high. The main reason an immortality potion could fetch this price was its so-called uniqueness.

In other words, those who could continue bidding at this price were either extremely wealthy or had a specific reason!

Arthur was the former!

And Felipe from box number four was the latter; as merely the First Prince of the Heine Kingdom, his wealth was not as substantial as imagined!

After the previous auctions, Felipe only had 1.5 billion gold coins left.

1.5 billion gold coins should have been enough to secure the immortality potion, which didn't have significant practical value.

But facing Arthur's sudden aggressive increase of one hundred million, Felipe felt a bad premonition.

Speaking of which, the reason Felipe was spending a fortune to bid on the immortality potion was primarily to pursue the legitimate daughter of a Duke from the Thunder Empire!

There were two reasons: first, for the benefit of the Kingdom, to deepen the ties between the Kingdom and the Empire.

Second, the Duke's legitimate daughter was very beautiful, and her personality was to Felipe's liking.

Of course, the first reason was the main one.

Felipe met the Duke's legitimate daughter from the Thunder Empire while studying at the Imperial Academy, and their relationship was decent.

Soon after, it would be the Duke's legitimate daughter's birthday, and Felipe planned to win the immortality potion.

He believed that with the boost provided by this immortality potion, he would surely win over the Duke's legitimate daughter!

Therefore, Felipe was determined to obtain this immortality potion!

Numerous thoughts flashed through his mind, and Felipe pressed the button representing an increase of one hundred million.

He wanted to use this method to express his determination and thus scare off many opponents, including Arthur.

"VIP number four bids 1.1 billion gold coins!"

Following Lorraine's announcement, several people were indeed startled by the Aura of Arthur and Felipe, who were increasing the bid by one hundred million at a time!

But there were still several people who continued bidding!

Their bids were smaller!

"1.11 billion, 1.12 billion. 1.13 billion!"

Increasing by ten million at a time!

Seeing this, Arthur couldn't be bothered to waste time and pressed the button representing one hundred million gold coins again!

"VIP number three bids 1.23 billion gold coins!" Lorraine shouted excitedly.

"Holy crap, the person in box number three is too rich! Another hundred million increase!"

"Yeah, I calculated it, box number three has already spent almost 2.3 billion gold coins before this!

And now they still have over a billion gold coins to bid on the immortality potion. They are truly wealthy! I wonder which power they belong to!"

As the crowd in the hall discussed animatedly, the last few bidders were essentially scared off by Arthur's outrageous behavior!

It's 1.2 billion gold coins already. It's not worth it!

However, there was one exception: Felipe, who was determined to win the immortality potion.

Although Felipe had to continue bidding, he was worried about Arthur's financial strength and secretly prayed that Arthur was just someone pretending to be rich.

He must just be putting on a show!

Yes, he definitely is!

Holding onto this thought, Felipe also showed no weakness and increased the bid by another hundred million!

"VIP number four bids 1.33 billion gold coins!"

"Wow, the person in box number four is also so fierce and rich!"

"I originally thought the person in box number three was guaranteed to win, but now I'm not so sure!"

...Listening to the discussions in the hall, a hint of smugness appeared at the corner of Felipe's mouth.

But before that smugness could fully bloom on his Face, a familiar shout sent Felipe's mood plummeting!

It was Lorraine's familiar shout:

"VIP number three bids 1.43 billion gold coins!"

"Damn it, who exactly is in box number three, going against me like this!"

Felipe was somewhat broken; he only had a total of 1.56 billion gold coins left.

Arthur had directly driven the price up to 1.43 billion. If Arthur increased it by another hundred million, Felipe could only afford one more round!

Then if Arthur bid again, he wouldn't be able to afford the price!

This was something Felipe could not accept!

He secretly regretted it even more, wishing he hadn't bought so many items earlier!

He really hadn't expected that there would be a Freak like Arthur willing to spend so much money on the immortality potion!

Felipe couldn't afford the price, yet he desperately wanted the immortality potion, so he disregarded the auction rules and spoke directly:

"Friend in VIP room number three, I am Felipe Da Silva, the First Prince of the Heine Kingdom.

I desperately need this immortality potion. I hope Your Excellency can let me have it. If Your Excellency agrees, you will be my eternal friend."

No matter how polite Felipe's tone was, revealing one's identity during an auction was a means of applying pressure!

At the same time, this would cause the auction item's price not to reach its proper height!

This was an act detrimental to the auction house's interests!

However, considering that the Heine Kingdom possessed ten Legendary Experts, which was double the number held by the Dawn Merchant Guild, the Auctioneer Lorraine merely cautioned him:

"Prince Felipe, please immediately stop your actions. If you violate this rule again, the Dawn Merchant Guild will revoke your bidding qualification!"

Felipe did not respond to this.

On the other side, Arthur was completely indifferent to Felipe's purported identity as the Prince of the Heine Kingdom.

If he were truly provoked, he could casually send out five Silver Dragons, and the Heine Kingdom would Face annihilation!

"Sorry, I'm not interested in being friends with you!"

While speaking, Arthur pressed the one hundred million increase button again, pressing it twice consecutively, immediately driving the price up to 1.63 billion!

This completely broke Felipe; he didn't have that much money on him now!

Moreover, as the First Prince of the Heine Kingdom, he had never been ignored like this among the various kingdoms!

At this moment, in Felipe's heart, his hatred for Arthur far surpassed that for box number two, which had previously snatched his Breakthrough Grass.

"Good, very good. If you have the guts, state your name! I want to see who dares to disregard my Face, Felipe's Face."

Hearing this, Arthur smiled. Among the kingdoms, he truly feared no one!

He teased:

"Is your Face worth a lot?"

Then, after waiting a few seconds for Felipe to digest the information in that sentence, he continued:

"Arthur the Mad Lion, that is my name!"