Chapter 96: Comparable to the Blood Butcher—a Set of Legendary Equipment!-Mass Job Change: My Skills Are All Forbidden Spells with a Ten Thousand Times Boost(By the banks of the Ruoshui River, the wine cups drift along the gentle current.)

"What a cunning move, but what can you do about it?" Ma Tianxin sneered. "You all said it yourselves: at an auction, the highest bidder wins. If I offer a price none of you can accept, doesn’t that settle it?"

"Let’s see if you can keep up with my pace." Ma Tianxin’s voice was icy. "Fifteen billion Star Dragon coins."

Fifteen billion...

"Xin’er, is this really necessary? It’s like hurting yourself to spite an enemy," Wang Xu said helplessly. Then his expression sharpened. "Sixteen billion!"

"No wonder you’re called the Smiling Tiger, Wang Xu. That was a quick change," Gongsun Qian’er laughed. The price had already reached sixteen billion, a testament to how much these families valued the Blood Butcher Greatblade.

"Gongsun family bids seventeen billion."

The more you desire it, the less I can let you have it!

"Azure Dragon Guild bids eighteen billion!"

"All right, all right, so you’re all against me?" Gongsun Qian’er’s composure was beginning to crack as she snapped, "Gongsun family bids twenty billion Star Dragon coins!"

Twenty billion!

"We’ve struck gold, truly struck gold," Lin Han rejoiced inwardly. He hadn’t expected the Gongsun family to be the one to hand him such a fortune in the end!

Twenty billion—that was twenty times what he’d planned to make! Manager Liu was right: the auction was truly a marvelous thing. In just these few minutes, he’d already made twenty billion!

Becoming a millionaire was only a matter of time now!

"Sister Tianxin, you really are generous. The Ma family’s wealth is awe-inspiring," Wang Xu said with admiration. "Since your family wants the Blood Butcher Greatblade so badly, the Wang family will step aside and give you this honor."

With that, Wang Xu sat back down, signifying his withdrawal from the contest.

"Hmph, a mantis trying to stop a chariot."

Ma Tianxin turned to Chen Feng. "Your Chen family hasn’t bid at all. If you want it, you’d better act soon, or there won’t be another chance."

Chen Feng stood up. "Our Chen family can’t compete with the Ma family. We withdraw from bidding on this treasure."

"Good, very good." Ma Tianxin was pleased. Now only Li Sanjin, Gongsun Qian’er, and the ever-opposing Azure Dragon Guild remained.

"Sister Tianxin," Gongsun Qian’er smiled, "it’s just us now—two fewer competitors."

"Looks like you’re ready to compete with me to the end, Qian’er," Ma Tianxin replied.

"Gongsun family bids twenty-one billion!" Gongsun Qian’er said with a smile. "But we can’t compare to you, Sister. These are just small sums—mere pocket change for you, I’m sure."

"Miss..." the middle-aged man behind Gongsun Qian’er stepped forward and whispered, "This price may be a bit too high."

"It doesn’t matter," Gongsun Qian’er replied coolly. "Even if we win, it’s worth it. If we don’t, I want to make them suffer a little. If we can’t have it, we certainly won’t let them get it so easily."

Li Sanjin let out a breath and cupped his hands. "Gentlemen, our Li family will not muddy these waters further. Please continue."

"Well, Qian’er, you really are bold," Ma Tianxin laughed. "Twenty-one billion, one hundred million Star Dragon coins!"

The pace was slowing down!

No, keep going!

Lin Han was a bit dissatisfied. He wanted the bids to keep climbing by several billion each time. At this rate, things were moving too slowly for his taste.

Li Sanjin slowly opened his eyes and smiled. "It seems Miss Ma Tianxin is feeling the strain. Now she’s raising the bid by only one hundred million at a time."

"That won’t do. Let me speed things up—twenty-three billion Star Dragon coins!"

At this, Gongsun Qian’er said, "Since Brother Sanjin is interested, our Gongsun family will withdraw."

With that, Gongsun Qian’er stepped back from the contest.

Ma Tianxin ground her teeth. "Li Sanjin, are you planning to fight me to the very end?"

"You think the Ma family is inferior to you?" Li Sanjin replied earnestly. "Miss Ma, you’ve already said it yourself—how could our Azure Dragon Guild compete with your Ma family? We’re just playing around."

"The Ma family are the true wealthy ones."

"I believe your Ma family’s true resources haven’t even been brought to bear yet. To be honest, our Azure Dragon Guild is nearly out of funds."

"Trying to provoke me?" Ma Tianxin sneered. "Do you really believe you can outbid the Ma family?"

"Not at all, not at all."

"Twenty-five billion!" Ma Tianxin announced coldly.

"Sister," Ma Tianxing urged, "we can’t go any higher. With this much money, we could buy two top-tier weapons. If we spend twenty-five billion on this, we’ll have only eight billion left. If the next item is of similar caliber, we won’t even have the strength to compete."

"This round of bidding is just too intense."

"It’s fine. I’ll take responsibility for whatever happens," Ma Tianxin replied, her mind made up. No one could stop her now.

Ma Tianxing knew his sister’s temperament. She did nothing by halves; once she decided on something, there was no stopping her.

All he could do now was hope that the Azure Dragon Guild would bid higher.

"Twenty-six billion Star Dragon coins!"

"Twenty-seven billion Star Dragon coins!"

"Twenty-eight billion Star Dragon coins!"

At this price, even Ma Tianxin was stunned. She couldn’t bring herself to bid further.

It was simply too high! If she bid again, the price would break thirty billion. If it went higher, the Azure Dragon Guild might just bow out, and if it went over thirty billion, it wouldn’t be worth it.

"I give up!" Ma Tianxin sat back in her seat, finally letting reason win out.

"Thank you for yielding, Miss Ma Tianxin," Li Sanjin said with a respectful nod as he returned to his seat.

"Twenty-eight billion Star Dragon coins, once!"

"Twenty-eight billion Star Dragon coins, twice!"

"Twenty-eight billion Star Dragon coins, thrice!"

"Sold for twenty-eight billion Star Dragon coins!"

"Congratulations to our honored guest, Li Sanjin of the Azure Dragon Guild, for winning the legendary weapon, the Blood Butcher Greatblade!" Xiao Yun announced excitedly.

We’ve struck gold, truly struck gold!

Never before in the Millennium Commerce Center of Huiyue City had anything sold for such a high price. This was truly unprecedented.

What had happened today would be recorded in the history of the Millennium Commerce Center.

We’ve struck gold, truly struck gold!

Lin Han’s heart was pounding with excitement. Twenty-eight billion—an entire twenty-eight billion!

What could he possibly not buy now? He could come up with some reasonable pretext to help his family out of their difficulties; life was about to get so much better!

"Honored guests, next, let us welcome the final item of today’s auction!"