Chapter 101: Million Realm Lords

"Puta, over 1.31 million Realm Lords attended this elementary auction last time. Do you think this session will surpass that?"

"Mm, it will definitely surpass that. It's said that this year there will be an opportunity to enter the 'Primordial Universe' for enlightenment—a slot meant for Realm Lords. At best, a Realm Lord can be sent in to contemplate. Many Immortal experts have come, wanting to purchase this opportunity. Just for this one slot, the Realm Lords attending this time will certainly be numerous."

Luo Yuan and his three companions were like huskies mixed into a savage wolf pack, listening carefully as these big shots held forth.

Primordial Universe? When Luo Yuan heard those four words, he couldn't help but reveal an expectant smile. With his current foundation, even contending for first place in the upcoming Universe Genius Battle was possible.

All ten of his domains had already reached the ninth-layer realm. If he could pick up another wave of attributes among the hundred billion geniuses, he should be able to break through directly to the "World" level, and might even fuse them into the legendary "Chaotic World." When his "World" unfolded then, those geniuses would become fish on his chopping board, utterly at his mercy.

This wasn't even counting the ten great law powers Luo Yuan had picked up. However, geniuses who comprehended the laws at the Star level or Universe level were pitifully few. In the battle space of the Virtual Universe, Luo Yuan had challenged super geniuses of the first and second tiers of the Universe level beyond his rank, yet the law powers he gathered only amounted to a dozen threads or so. As for those Star-level geniuses, most had merely touched the threshold of the laws.

If not for Luo Yuan's code name "Demon King," whose reputation was fearsome in that battle space, and his mastery of multiple domain powers, those first- and second-tier Universe-level super geniuses wouldn't have bothered to accept his duel applications.

Luo Yuan felt he was very close to breaking through to the Universe level. With his formidable foundation, he wondered what the cosmic world formed within his body would be like after the breakthrough—especially what changes would occur in his eight dantians. He was full of anticipation.

……

Some of the nearby Realm Lords knew one another and chatted about such topics, but Luo Yuan and his three companions could only blink in silence.

"Young friends, which family or organization do the four of you belong to?" From a group beside them, a lean one-eyed man smiled and greeted Luo Yuan's party.

"No family, no organization," Luo Yuan answered flatly.

"Oh!"

The one-eyed man nodded and did not press further.

Simply by bearing, one could discern the strength of many around... The crowd of Realm Lords could easily tell that Luo Yuan and his three companions were young folk of comparatively weak strength. Yet on such an occasion, the weaker they seemed, the less one dared to offend them. Because if the weak could become three-star clients, their backgrounds were usually terrifying!

……

"Greetings, gentlemen. Welcome to this session of the Qianwu Auction. These are your seat numbers."

Luo Yuan received a token. On the black token was a translucent screen displaying a seat number—KND99287. Since Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God had come with Luo Yuan, they were arranged in adjacent seats.

……

"So huge!" Entering the auction hall, Luo Yuan and his three companions stood half-dazed.

The entire auction hall resembled a "stadium" on Earth, its surrounding stands packed tight... Yet the number of seats in this hall was simply too vast.

Each seat was six meters wide and ten meters tall—what enormous seats! There were fully three million of them, arranged in ring after ring until one couldn't see the end at a glance. It was as if countless seats formed a world of their own. The seats were designed so large mainly to accommodate clients of immense build.

Luo Yuan and his companions found the carved numbers on their seats and sat down.

A seat six meters wide was even larger than his own bed.

Countless seats...

Murmuring voices echoed through the auction hall, as if countless gods were conversing.

"So many Realm Lords?" The four held their breath.

"The Qianwu Universe Country has over thirteen thousand starfields! The Black Dragon Mountain Starfield alone has nearly a hundred Realm Lords! So across the whole Qianwu Universe Country... on average, there are over a million Realm Lords! And in fact, because so many Immortal beings teach there, the probability of Realm Lords emerging in the Qianwu Universe Country is even higher. The entire Qianwu Universe Country has several million Realm Lords at this point," Luo Yuan said.

……

Three hours later.

"Everyone!"

A clear, bright voice instantly spread and echoed through the entire auction hall, and the vast hall fell silent at once. Everyone consciously stopped talking.

Luo Yuan and his three companions looked toward the center of the auction hall.

An old man with a shaved head and a black tortoise shell on his back stood at the center of the hall, while above him appeared a three-dimensional projection nearly a kilometer tall.

"Welcome to this session of the Qianwu Auction. We thank the Virtual Universe Company, the First Bank of the Universe, the Galaxy Bank of the Universe, the Giant Axe Arena, the Universe Mercenary Alliance, and the Qianwu Universe Country for their strong support." The old man smiled. "I believe many of you know me. You may call me Old Barto. As always, Old Barto will be your host for this top-tier grand event!!!"

"At the previous Qianwu Auction, there were 1,316,038 participants. The statistics for this auction have just come out. Do you know how many there are?"

"1,823,959 people! 1.82 million—over 500,000 more than last time."

Immediately, a wave of clamor surged through the auction hall.

The minimum requirement to come here was being a three-star client...

Amid the dense sea of seats, Luo Yuan clicked his tongue and sighed inwardly. "Within the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield, my wealth ranks in the top hundred, but across the entire Qianwu Universe Country..." Different standings let you see different things. Without reaching the three-star client threshold, one wouldn't even qualify to attend this Qianwu Auction.

"Enough idle talk!"

"The official start of this auction session will arrive very soon. Before it formally begins, as per the old custom, we'll hold a preliminary auction to warm things up." The tortoise-shelled old man pointed to the side, and a giant screen appeared, showing a breathtaking cosmic starfield. Star system after star system swept past, each containing many life-bearing planets, and those planets held many powerhouses.

"This is the Tanna Starfield!"

"Among the more than thirteen thousand starfields of our Qianwu Universe Country, this is a small starfield ranking near the bottom, with a total of 668 star systems in the whole starfield. Previously, it was the territory of an Immortal expert. But this Immortal being is preparing to undertake a life-or-death adventure and so wishes to part with the entire starfield. Therefore, the warm-up auction of our auction house is this starfield—the Tanna Starfield!" the tortoise-shelled old man announced in a loud voice.

The auction hall erupted in uproar.

Seated high in their enormous chairs, Luo Yuan and his three companions were somewhat shocked as well. "The Tanna Starfield? They're auctioning off an entire starfield right at the start?"

One should know that the "Silver-Blue Empire," a primary civilization state of the universe, had only eight star systems. Although the Tanna Starfield was a small one, it still boasted over six hundred star systems.

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