Chapter 136: The Grand Arena Medal
“I originally wanted to eat up the Treasure Gold Merchant Alliance fleet.
“But in the end, the Lightning Pirates robbed it first!”
“Hmph, if Dian Wan didn’t put the Sun Halo up for auction, I would have attacked him.”
“With that halo, my cultivation efficiency will be improved by 20%.”
“I must have it!!”
Yang Cong Tou was determined to win.
A short time later.
Bang.
The auction master’s hammer clacked once, and he loudly proclaimed, “Congratulations to room 21 for obtaining the Sun Halo.”
Yang Cong Tou was ashen, and with a sneer, he growled, “Investigate them for me who is in room 21! I want them to know that my things are not so easily taken!!”
A small box was then delivered to the auction stage.
Ladies and gentlemen. So sorry, a small incident suddenly occurred. Another item has taken its place at the last moment.”
“Let me first see what’s inside.”
The auction master’s words successfully stirred the interest of many buyers.
Under the stares of many people, he opened the small box.
Instantly, everyone sensed a silver level aura emitting from the box.
“What is it?”
“It is a last minute item. Since it passed inspection and was let onto the auction stage, its bound to be valuable.”
“Will it be sold to room 21? They have won so many items; shouldn’t they be running out of money?”
Whispers rippled through the audience.
“Oh!” The auction master exclaimed in surprise with a somewhat exaggerated expression, “What am I looking at?”
“Honored guests, this is actually a medal.”
“A Grand Arena Medal!” He reached into the box, took out the treasure, and raised it high, allowing all of the magic beams of light to focus on what was in his hand.
Everyone was in an uproar.
A Grand Arena Medal was a significant thing!
The Grand Arena was not a building of the main world.
Its master was the Abyss Demon Clan’s Demon God – Serene Fury.
Serene Fury was an ancient war god, far older than many of the elven gods. He established the Grand Arena in the Abyss, then forced or invited all sorts of powers and cultivators from all regions to enter the Grand Arena to impartially test their skills.
The victor would obtain Serene Fury’s medal as a reward and the loser often lost their life.
The ancient war god’s rewards were naturally extraordinary!
The Grand Arena Medal had two main functions.
The first function was to absorb a defeated opponent’s battle experience, skills, and so on, then imbue them into the medal’s wearer.
The second function was that it amplified the owner’s overall growth rate, including strength, speed, defense, attack, recovery, and so on. There was one more characteristic: the more people were watching the medal’s owner fight, the stronger the growth rate amplification was.
“I didn’t expect that Grand Arena Medal would actually appear.” Qi You’s eyes opened, revealing an excited glint, “It’s also a silver level Thousand Victory Medal.”
In room 1, Song Shou also sighed, “Such a good thing is indeed rare.”
Hun Tong chuckled.
This so called last minute placement was just a deliberate trick of his.
This had been a treasure he had collected intentionally and kept secret for several years.
Any information that he’d be selling it this auction was kept tightly sealed. If it was leaked, it might provoke thieves and other unsavory types to visit the city government building.
“A Thousand Victory Level Grand Arena Medal, even in the Sheng Ming Continent’s Grand Auction, it is seldom seen.” Zi Di exclaimed in admiration.
Cang Xu was eager to give it a go.
The Grand Arena Medal not only suited fighters, but its growth rate amplification had a wide application that included a magician’s spiritual toughness, magic power restoration rate, casting range, casting speed, and even casting success rate, among other attributes.
Therefore, it was a marvelous jack of all trades that suited all cultivators.
In room 14, because of the medal, Zong Ge too stated his interest in it, “A thousand years ago, the demons attacked the main world, bleeding the earth for a thousand kilometers and savaging its people.”
“While the alliance of races fought back, the Demon God Serene Fury often chose or invited the strong that sprung up during the war and had them compete fiercely in his Grand Arena.”
“The victorious had a chance to leave the Grand Arena.”
“If they only had one victory, the Grand Rena Medal they would get would an ordinary level item and had no extraordinary effects.”
“If one stayed to continue the challenge, and accumulated ten victories, they would leave with a Ten Victory Grand Arena Medal. It would be bronze level.”
“Going to a hundred victories, it would then be iron level.”
“A thousand victories, silver level.”
“Ten thousand victories, gold level.”
“Regardless of whether it was demons, us humans, elves, or dwarfs, all cultivators would enter the Grand Arena. Some successfully escaped and obtained a Grand Arena Medal.
“Some warriors wanting to fight to the death even prayed to the demon god Serene Fury at their own volition in hopes that they’d be able to fight in the Grand Arena.
“However, later on, the demon army was routed, and the allied forces sealed the planar passages and many weak regions of space. This has led to few people entering the Grand Arena.”
“In one millennium, the Grand Arena Medal was a common thing, but now it has become rare, especially a Thousand Victory Level like that one.”
The dragonman youngster understood, “Will a silver level Grand Arena help a gold level? If that is the case, its selling price most certainly won’t be small!”
As expected.
The auction master opened the price at 200 gold, and every increase had to be at least 30 gold.
As a silver level item, 200 gold was already a high price for it.
Even so, many people were rushing like ducks at it.
The main reason was that this medal had an immense range of applications. It was also difficult to find, and was equipment that suited everyone, fighters, casters, and clergy.
Therefore, even if one’s life level rose in the future and its practical nature declined, if one considered getting rid of it or needed emergency cash, selling it would be very easy.
The bids had raised the medal’s price to 360 gold, and it was still going up.
Song Shou also joined the bidding.
After he announced his price, he said to Hun Tong, “The demon war a thousand years ago has made the Gran Arena know to everyone in the world.”
“To obtain that silver level medal, it is rare for someone to rely on duels to accumulate a thousand victories, the optimal way would be participating in large scale melees. Becoming the final survivor of close quarters battle with several hundred people in it.”
“I also heard that there is a faster way to obtain medals in duels. Through winning streaks!”
“Three victories in a row will net a bronze level medal. Five wins in a row can obtain an iron level, ten for a silver, twenty four for a gold.
At this time, the medal had reached a price of 460 gold.
Song Shou stated, “600 gold.”
Everyone went silent.
Song Shou smiled as he explained to Hun Tong, “This equipment suits the younger generation of my family. The silver level medal won’t help me that much. The medal can gather a defeated opponent’s experience and skills, nourishing the growth of the younger generation.”
Hun Tong nodded, “That’s right. Alas, if it weren’t for the fact that this was a last minute replacement, I would have traded to you ahead of time.”
“Hehehe, perhaps in the future there will be an opportunity to do that.” Song Shou was laughing when he heard a voice.
“1000 gold!”
Song Shou’s smiling expression immediately stiffened.
“It’s that guy in room 21.” Song Shou’s tone was cold.
“1000 gold going once.” The auction master yelled.
Everyone was silent.
“1000 gold going twice.”
Everyone was still silent.
“1000 gold going thrice. Good, let me congratulate the customers in room 21.” The auction master’s small hammer fell.
At that time, all of the buyers seemed to sigh in relief, then began to whisper to each other.
“1000 gold to buy a silver level equipment, that’s simply insane!”
“Even though it’s a Grand Arena Medal, that’s too outrageous.”
It had far surpassed the market value of silver level things.
1000 gold could unquestionably buy a gold level weapon.
The gold dagger Hun Tong assassinated the seafloor mountain snail with was only 900 gold.
Who would spend 1000 gold to buy a silver level medal?
Room 21 gave everyone an answer.
They didn’t lack money!
A trench!
Before the auction started, some guessed that perhaps room 21 had been the seller, so that they could make up for the cash they spent, but everyone knew those guesses were superficial.
“How much cash do those people have on them?”
“They aren’t emptying their accounts for this auction?”
“Even if it is a power, is it really worth it to spend so much om a single piece of equipment?”
Even the great merchant alliance representatives were also analyzing Cang Xu’s Zi Di’s financial resources and intentions.
Zi Di’s and Cang Xu’s hearts were awash with joy.
The two had made up their mind, they would not hesitate to purchase the Grand Arena Medal at a premium for the dragonman youngster.
“The captain has the Bloodcore and can theoretically transform into any lifeform. However, in practical use, many systemic problems are discovered in doing so.”
“The amount of energy, time, and labor spent to be able to use each life shape skillfully is always massive.”
“Under these circumstances, the captain limiting himself to humanoid shapes is very sensible.”
“However, with the Grand Arena Medal, things will be different!”
Cang Xu smiled as he said that.
“That’s right.” Zi Di nodded, the girl’s eyes were twinkling with a warm and soft light, “This arena medal can absorb the loser’s experience and skills. That is very crucial.”
“In the future, even if it isn’t a humanoid, the commander can still absorb as much as he likes. He only needs to defeat said type of lifeform as much as possible so the Grand Arena Medal can acquire sufficient experience and skills.”
“With that experience and skills, the commander can save large amounts of time and energy and swiftly master the strengths of every life shape.”
Cang Xu pushed up the spectacles on his nose, “In theory, everything is feasible. I hope that it really works, that the results can satisfy us.”
The world had unnumerable alchemy treasures.
Even the same treasure has a different worth to different users.
If the Grand Arena Medal had a great practical result, then the assistance it would bring to the dragonman youngster would be no less than a quasi-divine artifact!