Chapter 104: Difficulty in achieving success
As soon as these words were spoken, the audience suddenly became lively. Only some people who had heard of the reputation of the murderous knife remained unmoved and quietly waited for the auctioneer's next words.
"We at Starlight Auction House have always been fair and honest, so please allow me to finish my words. I'm sure you can guess that the ranking knife can appear here because it has certain problems."
"To be honest, this is a cursed carving knife. This carving knife was actually made by an evil soul master. After it was lost among the people, it had a total of thirty-seven owners, and all of these thirty-seven people died tragically without exception, and nine of them even became evil soul masters."
After hearing the “battle record” of this carving knife, the people in the audience finally understood why the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife appeared here, and those who were just ready to fight suddenly fell silent.
"The Soul Devouring Carving Knife has a starting price of 100,000 Gold Soul Coins. Each bid increase must not be less than 5,000 Gold Soul Coins. Dear guests, you may begin bidding."
Time passed minute by minute, and the audience remained silent.
Although the owner of the Starlight Auction House promised that the auctioneer who could sell the knife would receive a 1% commission because the knife kept failing to sell, the auctioneer on the stage didn't actually hold out much hope. After all, this wasn't her first time auctioning the Soul-Devouring Knife.
"One hundred thousand gold soul coins."
The auctioneer looked down at the stage, and his eyes instantly brightened.
"One hundred thousand gold soul coins once."
"One hundred thousand gold soul coins twice."
"One hundred thousand gold soul coins three times, deal!"
The auctioneer on the stage seemed to be afraid that the bidder would go back on his word. The intervals between the three bids were shorter than at other times, and the hammer fell quickly.
"Is this your goal?" Ma Xiaotao leaned close to Wang Nan's ear.
She knew Wang Nan a little bit, and it was impossible for him to bring her here for no reason. Although she didn't know where he got the information, it was obvious that he came here for the carving knife.
Wang Nan nodded slowly.
It was naturally him who bought the Soul Devouring Carving Knife. As a disciple of Shrek's inner courtyard, he could afford 100,000 gold soul coins. Moreover, Wang Nan was very experienced in dealing with the evil thoughts and curses on it.
The essence of the Soul-Devouring Knife is a large piece of living gold. Although he cannot use the power of another world to make it do more like Alex did, carrying it with him all the time is of great benefit to his body.
In addition, the engraving knife made of living gold has the ability to decompose almost all metals and ores, and it is also a good choice as a weapon.
"Let's go."
The most important goal has been achieved, and Wang Nan does not plan to stay any longer.
"Is it really okay for you to buy this carving knife?" Ma Xiaotao asked somewhat worriedly after walking out of the auction hall.
"Don't worry, the evil thoughts on this carving knife are not as strong as the evil fire in your body."
Although the one who cursed the Soul Devouring Knife was a Title Douluo-level evil spirit master, how much could he do on such a small knife even if he used all his strength?
With Wang Nantian's ability to smelt the Fu Sheng Long and his mental strength, purifying it was not a difficult task.
Wang Nan didn't rush back to the hotel. He took Ma Xiaotao to the night market in Xingluo City. Although he had other purposes for this trip, he really wanted to take Ma Xiaotao out to play.
Late at night, after returning to his room, Wang Nan immediately took out the Soul Devouring Carving Knife he had just bought. Although the curse on it might not affect him, there were always some hidden dangers when carrying it with him, so it was better to resolve it as soon as possible.
When he placed the dark carving knife with ancient patterns on the table, he suddenly felt an uncomfortable feeling coming from it. Wang Nan's mental strength shook slightly and dispelled the feeling completely.
It doesn't seem like it poses much of a threat to itself.
With this thought in mind, Wang Nan's mental power slowly extended forward.
The moment it touched the Soul-Devouring Knife, an extremely cold and sinister aura mixed with murderous intent flowed along his mental power toward his sea of spirituality.
However, before Wang Nan could make any move, the Tianye Fusheng Dragon began to swim as if by instinct. Golden light shot out from Wang Nan's eyes, and a tremendous amount of mental power surged out, instantly crushing the Soul-Devouring Knife.
The Soul-Devouring Knife trembled slightly, as if it let out a shrill scream. The next moment, wisps of green air slowly emerged.
The green air currents gradually gathered together and condensed into a hideous and distorted face in the air, with its mouth wide open and letting out a silent roar.
It's a pity that its resistance is in vain.
Wang Nan's mental power seemed endless, constantly pouring out from the sea of spirituality and falling on the Soul-Devouring Knife. Every mental fluctuation would make the green face dim a little.
In a moment, the last trace of black on the Soul-Devouring Knife had completely disappeared, and its body was no longer the dark black color as before, but instead emitted a soft light like a piece of cyan crystal.
When Wang Nan picked it up, he felt as if he had held a piece of warm and soft jade. A vigorous vitality slowly emanated from it, cleansing his limbs and bones.
Wang Nan shook his head slightly dissatisfied.
It is no wonder that the evil soul master three thousand years ago, after obtaining the Gold of Life, was unable to use its true power throughout his life. In the end, he had no choice but to make it into a carving knife and left behind evil thoughts and curses before his death.
Before you master its true usage, whether you use mental power or soul power to contact it, you can only gain some weak vitality from it, while other abilities cannot be used for the time being.
However, Wang Nan is not a greedy person. It is enough to have such a harvest. The rest depends on fate.
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The three days of elimination matches passed quickly, and on the fourth day of the Fighting Spirit Competition, the schedule entered the round-robin stage.
There were sixty-seven teams remaining, which were divided into eight groups, each with eight to nine people.
The order of appearance in the round-robin tournament is based on the qualifying order of the first round of eliminations. There are a total of eight college teams participating in the group that Shrek Academy is in, and they will also appear in the first round.
The host is already using his passionate voice to stir up the audience's emotions.
"Next, please invite the continent's number one academy, the Shrek Academy team, and their opponents, the Xingluo Empire Yunluo Advanced Soul Instructor Academy team, to enter the waiting area. At the same time, please invite the captains of the two teams to the stage to confirm their competition methods."
After entering the round-robin tournament, the way of playing has also changed. In addition to the seven-on-seven team match, there are two more game modes: one-on-one and two-two-three. Before each game, you need to choose one of these three methods to play.
Wang Nan walked onto the stage, and the captain of Yunluo College opposite him was a sturdy man. Generally, soul guides do not have high requirements for soul rings, but their physical strength is generally not too bad, otherwise they cannot carry so many soul guides.
It’s the first day on the shelves, and all the previous drafts and today’s updates are posted together. Thank you all for your support!
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