Nyx looked at her bid with a faint smirk on her face, "They would all be panicking right now!"
She wanted to join the fun from the start, but when she thought about the importance of this item, she decided to wait and only strike towards the end.
Furthermore, even after the time was up, as long as someone placed a new bid, the three seconds would begin again to ensure that others wouldn’t take advantage of the time system.
Moreover, she wanted to see how much money those guys would be willing to spend on this information, and truthfully, she was flurried because Jacob only had 12.9 million Legendary King Rank Star Crystals.
That’s why when she saw the three absolute factions showing signs of giving up at 5 million, she thought it was probably the maximum amount they were willing to spend or allowed to.
After all, the matter of Yang Flame was a private matter, and had nothing to do with the origins behind them, and those legendary kings had to bid with their personal wealth. They might be able to borrow some from others, but it would not be easy to use the organization’s funds, especially with all the security in place.
Just as Nyx expected, the legendary kings were instantly alarmed when this sudden bidder appeared out of nowhere and directly increased the price so much. Furthermore, because of item no.28, Nyx’s anonymous ID was still fresh in their minds, and many legendary kings became furious.
"Bid increased: 6,010,000 Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) by [Pontiff of Holy Justice]"
The Holy King’s counter bid appeared without any surprise, but for some reason, the other factions didn’t bid.
Nyx also noticed it, and she frowned slightly as she sensed something was amiss, and she bid again.
"Bid increased: 7,000,000 Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) by [Anonymous483934029]"
She was being aggressive to scare away the others, despite reaching her limit. She wanted to create the false impression that she was loaded with Star Crystals of Legendary King Rank. Just like Jacob taught her before she came into this auction, and it was working.
"Who is this guy?!" The Giant War King released killing intent as two other interfaces opened in front of him, in addition to the auction interface.
"I have no idea, but whoever it is, they are clearly not here to play around. It seems we really need to bleed this time around. I even suspect they are the Star Hackers!" The crisp, yet icy voice of Spirit Eye King rang from one of the two interfaces.
"Sigh, and here I thought, I’ll be able to hoard all the profits. Let’s combine our wealth then. Those Neutral Factions’ old guys have probably reached the same conclusion and made the Holy King in charge. Whichever faction gets it will be able to demand any price since we don’t want war, especially when our armies are about to march into the Sagittarius Continent. The Neutral Faction wants to earn profits from them. The Dead Faction guy has probably already given up since their situation is no longer optimal. Tsk, tsk, this map appeared at the dastardliest time." The Wise King said with helplessness.
A new bid appeared at this moment,
"Bid increased: 7,500,000 Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) by [Golden Wiseman]"
And then another...
"Bid increased: 7,550,000 Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) by [Pontiff of Holy Justice]"
A hint of panic surfaced in Nyx’s eyes, and she cursed, "Those cheating rats are teaming up on me!"
Furious, she decided to become even more aggressive and bid...
"Bid increased: 10,000,000 Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) by [Anonymous483934029]"
"Don’t let me catch you!" Even the Holy King’s composed voice was twisted at this moment, as she never expected someone other than an absolute faction would give them such a hard time.
"Bid increased: 10,100,000 Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) by [Pontiff of Holy Justice]"
"Bid increased: 10,500,000 Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) by [Golden Wiseman]"
"Bid increased: 11,000,000 Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) by [Anonymous483934029]"
"Just give up!" Nyx was feeling agitated as she glared at her screen with fury, "I’ve decided, you all will be my first ’life-banks’, just you wait!"
Just when everyone was holding their breaths and relishing the bidding war between an unknown bidder and the two absolute factions, a newcomer joined the fray and blew everyone away.
"Bid increased: 20,000,000 Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) by [Mortal Champion]"
This time, the new bidder’s ID wasn’t hidden, and most of the people didn’t know who this Star ID belonged to or why this person was being so bold by showing off like this, since those factions won’t let them go if they grab this item. Moreover, why was this guy so rich?
However, unknown to those new fable legendary states, and legendary nobles, those extremely old legendary lords, and legendary kings instantly identified the owner of this ID.
How could they not? After all, the owner of this ID was a terrifying existence, who was proclaimed retired and even dead for thousands of years.
"Champion King?!" The Giant War King’s appalled, shrilled scream rang filled with disbelief and fear. If he feared anyone, it was the Champion King, who was now the Overlord of the Star Pirates and was recently active.
"Impossible! He’s a 4-star criminal. How could the Star Network allow him to log in to the Virtual Star World without taking action? In fact, just wearing the Soul Star Watch is enough to reveal his whereabouts and the location of the Evanesce Hub!" The Wise King was also in disbelief and appalled.
"We’ll think about it later, but right now, we need to bid!" The Spirit Eye King was more worried about the map.
"What bid?! That pirate bastard is probably the richest guy in the Legendary Plains! Don’t forget how many organizations and powers those pirates have raided, especially the Champion King. He didn’t earn a 4-Star Criminal badge by robbing those low lives!" The Giant War King retorted with flurried.
"I’m contacting the other side! We can let anyone but him have that map!" The Wise King quickly said, but alas, the timer had already run out.
In fact, the life faction wasn’t the only one entirely thrown off guard by the appearance of the Champion King; the neutral faction was the same.
Nyx was also dumbfounded as she absent-mindedly looked at the 20-million-bid, and she knew it had already surpassed her limit by a huge margin.
The timing of the Champion King was extremely impeccable, and he bid at the right time with the right amount, which didn’t give anyone a chance to reach fast enough.
At this moment, a thunderous voice rang, "Item No.29 Sold for 20 Million Star Crystals (Legendary King Rank) to the Mortal Champion!"
The Auction Spirit announced emotionlessly, and the map vanished from the list!