Message function, fierce bidding

The first match concluded.

After the settlement, Lin Xuan gained a skill point.

It was a good start.

It was still early, so Lin Xuan planned to play in the Arena until he went to sleep.

“Received a message from your Arena opponent. Would you like to view it?”

Lin Xuan wasn't overly surprised to see the prompt pop up on his panel.

He had thoroughly researched the Arena before playing.

Many people would leave messages after winning or losing to an opponent.

Lin Xuan thought for a moment and opened the message.

“Hello, how much for the Arena cheat?”

“…” Lin Xuan was a bit speechless.

Did this guy lose his mind after being instantly killed?

Ignoring the message, Lin Xuan continued his Arena matches.

This time, his matched opponent was from Xia Country, as shown in the opponent's info panel.

Similarly, a Flash opener followed by a Splitting Mount Hua easily annihilated the opponent.

The duel ended, and he received another message.

Having learned from the first experience, Lin Xuan chose not to open it this time.

He continued his challenge.

In fact, the content of these messages had long been summarized online.

They were nothing more than taunts, pleas for pity, insults, and attempts at recruitment.

Of course, some people would also leave messages of admiration, but that was very rare.

After all, this was a balanced arena.

Even a level 60 could potentially defeat a level 100.

Naturally, everyone had the mindset of not wanting to concede to anyone.

Flash.

Splitting Mount Hua.

Flash.

Splitting Mount Hua.

Under the effect of a hundredfold damage amplification, Lin Xuan achieved instant kills in almost every match.

He maintained a winning streak of nine matches, reaching the Black Iron Nine Star rank, and when he entered the promotion match, Lin Xuan finally encountered a slightly more troublesome professional.

The opponent was a Shadow Assassin.

He had not only awakened the Shadow Shuttle awakening skill, allowing him to move through shadows, but also possessed a life-saving skill.

To deal with him, Lin Xuan had to use two more skills: Bone Cage and Great Buddha Hand.

“Congratulations on your successful rank promotion!”

“Current Arena Rank: Bronze One Star!”

“Rank promotion increases the probability of gaining skill points, attribute points, and mysterious rewards. Do you wish to continue challenging?”

“No,” Lin Xuan exited the Arena.

It wasn't because he was tired.

Rather, Lin Xuan was preparing to pick out two skill books for himself.

First, the level 60 skill tree.

The unlockable skills were Slow Curse and Scythe of Death.

Slow Curse was a control skill.

Its effect was self-explanatory: it could cause a slowing effect on targets within its range.

Lin Xuan chose to decline it.

If he wanted to control an opponent, he only needed to summon Skeleton Soldierss.

Moreover, he already had the powerful crowd control of Bone Cage.

As for Scythe of Death, Lin Xuan hesitated a bit.

This skill was an offensive one.

Swinging the weapon forward would create a phantom of the Scythe of Death.

Upon hitting an enemy, there was a chance to reset the skill's cooldown.

It seemed very good.

After all, if he was lucky, he might be able to keep resetting it indefinitely.

However, the skill's casting range was too small.

Lin Xuan ultimately decided to give up on it.

He planned to save the level 60 skill slot for other skills for now.

Besides, someone was selling the skill book for this skill in the auction house.

It wouldn't be too late to learn it later if he truly wanted to.

After giving up, Lin Xuan had an extra skill slot.

Flash only had one segment of displacement in its normal state, so it was time to buy a multi-segment displacement skill.

Lin Xuan first opened the school's credit exchange store.

There were many skill books inside.

Unfortunately, good items were also exchanged quickly.

Unless it was something valuable and high-credit demanding, like a talent card.

After half an hour of browsing, Lin Xuan finally settled on a skill called Swallow Return.

This skill had two segments of displacement.

However, it was a bit special.

The displacement could only move to the semi-circular area in the back half, with the user as the origin.

In other words, during combat, to displace in front of an enemy, one would need to face their back towards the enemy first.

“This… let's keep it as a backup for now.”

Lin Xuan closed the school exchange store and opened the auction house.

Although the school's resources were abundant, they were still slightly inferior compared to the national-level auction house.

Of course, resources in the auction house were also more expensive.

Lin Xuan spent another half an hour browsing before finding two suitable skill books.

“Skill: Spatial Shuttle”

“Cooldown: 60 seconds”

“Mana Cost: 100”

“Effect: Perform a short-distance spatial shuttle. After casting, it can be cast again within five seconds, up to a maximum of three times per single cast!”

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“Skill: Void Walk”

“Cooldown: 30 seconds”

“Mana Cost: 100”

“Effect: Flash a short distance to the target area. After casting, reduce the skill's cooldown by half!”

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Two very powerful displacement skill books.

However, Lin Xuan didn't find them in the regular auction house, but in the auction house.

Both skill books had a starting bid of five billion each!

They were listed at 8 PM last night and would last for twenty-four hours.

Now, there were still two hours left.

The bidding price for both skill books had already reached nineteen billion!

This was already a very high price, directly approaching an A-grade talent card!

It was hard to say which of the two skills was stronger or weaker.

Spatial Shuttle was equivalent to three segments of displacement, while Void Walk seemed like one.

But a level one skill only had a thirty-second cooldown.

If it was maxed out to level ten, plus the skill's cooldown reduction by half, Lin Xuan even had a premonition that he could displace infinitely!

Of course, this was just a guess.

Information on both skill books didn't exist online.

New skill books were even more valuable.

It was estimated that many people were struggling with their choice at this moment.

Of course, as an adult, Lin Xuan naturally wanted both.

However, he glanced at his bank account.

He only had a balance of 35 billion.

After much thought, Lin Xuan finally decided to participate in the auction for the Void Walk skill book.

He wanted to bet that this skill's cooldown would be very short after upgrading!

Each bid for Void Walk could not be less than ten million.

The skill book did not have a 'buyout' price set.

Therefore, the highest bid would be taken at the end of the auction.

If there were multiple bids of the same price, it would be random.

There were still two hours until the auction ended.

Lin Xuan was not in a hurry.

He just followed along, adding ten million to each bid.

He even planned to play a few more Arena matches during this time.

After all, each battle wouldn't last more than five seconds, so it wouldn't waste time.

Time slowly passed.

As it approached 8 PM, Lin Xuan had already achieved a sixty-game winning streak in the Arena!

He successfully advanced to Emerald One Star.

He was just one rank away from unlocking the Ladder Tournament and earning honor points for himself.

At this moment, there were three minutes left until the auction ended.

The bid for Spatial Shuttle was thirty billion, while Void Walk was thirty-two billion.

At this price, if it weren't for his gains from the ruins this time, Lin Xuan truly couldn't afford it.

Thirty-one billion, thirty-two billion, thirty-five billion…

The auction price was rising rapidly.

Lin Xuan watched with trepidation.

He currently only had a little over thirty-five billion on him.

Looking at this momentum, he felt it wasn't very stable!

Sixty seconds later, only two minutes remained in the auction.

Spatial Shuttle was thirty billion, Void Walk was thirty-two billion.

At the one-minute mark:

Thirty-two billion, thirty-three billion.

With ten seconds remaining:

Thirty-three billion, thirty-four billion.

With two seconds remaining, Lin Xuan directly withdrew all his previous transaction orders from the auction house.

All in on Void Walk!

“Ding-a-ling!”

The moment he paid all his gold, the phone rang, suddenly interrupting the auction screen.

“Damn it!”