Chapter 1228 Thunder Island

Thunder Island is no longer a secret to the major powers.

Even second-rate guilds with slightly better information know about Thunder Island.

Now, the various super powers are frantically collecting Thunder Island passes. However, these passes are not easy to obtain. The various super powers have paid an unimaginable price in manpower and resources to get their hands on a few.

Each additional pass allows ten more experts to enter Thunder Island, naturally increasing their advantage there.

Therefore, the various super powers are offering sky-high prices to purchase them, attracting many adventurer teams to the Sea of Death to kill sea beasts and try to obtain passes. However, no adventurer team has been reported to have successfully acquired a pass yet.

Yet Candlelight Auction is auctioning off passes…

This is just an auction held by a new guild, yet it has already presented two treasures that have moved even super powers. Furthermore, it has a grand finale item: a slot for Holy City. How could this not be shocking?

"Everyone has seen the second item. The starting bid is 3,000 Magic Crystals, and each bid must increase by at least 100 Magic Crystals. Let the bidding begin!" Melancholic Smile immediately announced the starting price.

This price once again surprised many adventurer players in the first-floor hall. It was outrageously high. However, the various super powers in the second-floor boxes were not surprised. On the contrary, they felt this price was already very cheap, even cheaper than their own purchase price of 1,000 gold coins per pass.

As soon as Melancholic Smile announced the start,

the various super powers in the VIP boxes immediately took action.

"4,000!"

"4,300!"

"4,700!"

"5,000!"

…

The various super powers, who initially weren't very interested in the Candlelight Auction, began to compete frantically. The players in the first-floor hall couldn't get a word in edgewise. Each slight increase in price represented the entire fortune of many expert players, making many free experts who had come to join in the fun want to cry.

Even some of the second-rate guilds that had come to participate felt that this kind of auction was not for them. The level difference was simply too great.

As for the players and guilds who thought Candlelight Auction was being greedy, they completely shut their mouths.

In the end, Feng Qianyu obtained the Thunder Island pass for 8,300 Magic Crystals.

"Guild Leader, are we just going to let Feng Qianyu take the pass?" Long Wu looked at Jiu Longhuang and asked curiously.

"It doesn't matter. Any higher and it wouldn't be worth it. It's just ten slots anyway. Feng Qianyu won't be able to make much of a splash," Jiu Longhuang said dismissively.

Long Wu thought about it and realized that it was true. The gap between Feng Qianyu's side and theirs in terms of slots was not small. Even with ten more slots, it wouldn't affect the overall situation.

As the second auctioned item came to an end, Melancholic Smile once again pointed to the screen on the stage, which had not changed, and said with a smile, "We will now begin the auction for the third item, another Thunder Island pass, starting at 3,000 Magic Crystals! Let the bidding begin!"

"No way, there's more!"

The venue erupted in exclamations once again.

Thunder Island passes were so difficult to obtain. Having one was already remarkable, but there was another one.

This greatly surprised Feng Qianyu in the VIP box, and of course, she was even more delighted.

While it seemed like just one more pass, the difference between being able to bring ten more people and twenty more people was significant. And in the venue, the force with the most Magic Crystals to spend was undoubtedly her side.

As soon as the auction started, the price of the Thunder Island pass soared to 8,000 Magic Crystals.

Unlike before, this time the various forces also attached great importance to it. They were very clear about what it meant for a force to suddenly have twenty more slots, so the competition was even fiercer.

In the end, Feng Qianyu obtained it again for 15,400 Magic Crystals. Although the price was shockingly high, Feng Qianyu felt it was well worth the cost.

Just when everyone thought the competition for Thunder Island passes was over, Melancholic Smile once again presented a third pass.

"They're crazy, they're crazy! How many passes do they actually have?" Everyone in the entire hall felt a chill run down their spines, especially the super powers in the VIP boxes on the second floor.

One or two wouldn't affect the overall situation.

But if Candlelight was selling a large number of passes, it would definitely affect the upcoming battle.

At this moment, Melancholic Smile did not immediately start the third round of bidding for the pass, as everyone expected. Instead, she took out three Thunder Island passes from her bag at once, leaving everyone in the hall dumbfounded.

"How is this possible? How can there be so many passes?" Jiu Longhuang looked at the three passes in Melancholic Smile's hand, and his entire being felt unwell.

He couldn't understand how Zero Wing Guild had managed to obtain so many passes. It was clear that the number of passes in the Sea of Death was already very low. They had taken almost everything that could be taken, yet Zero Wing could still get their hands on five…

His side only had sixty more people than Feng Qianyu's side. Although the previous two passes could offset some of the difference, his advantage was still very obvious.

If Feng Qianyu's side obtained three more passes, the gap between them could be ignored.

"No, I must get my hands on these three passes!" Jiu Longhuang immediately ordered, "Immediately notify Xuan Ling to mail me all the Magic Crystals in our inventory!"

"Guild Leader, I have already notified Xuan Ling, but it will take at least ten minutes for them to be mailed over, given the distance," Long Wu reported.

"Ten minutes! Damn it! Why does it take so long?" Jiu Longhuang looked at the Thunder Island passes with a hint of regret and anger in his eyes. "Immediately go and tell the person in charge of Zero Wing Guild that we request an extension of the auction time!"

Candlelight Auction had not stated in advance that it would be selling these items, otherwise, he wouldn't have been caught so off guard.

In fact, it wasn't just Jiu Longhuang who felt this way. The representatives from Miracle Guild, Pantheon, Return of the King, War Wolf, and Saint’s Hand who had come to the Candlelight Auction were also caught somewhat off guard. After all, no one had expected Candlelight Auction to sell such amazing items. They had only prepared to purchase the core land in Holy City.

Almost at the same time, the representatives of the various super powers reported this matter to the high-level members of their guilds, asking them to mail the Magic Crystals over as soon as possible. In addition, they were to negotiate with Candlelight Trading Firm to extend the auction time or offer other things as collateral.

This shocked the various forces and adventurer teams in the entire venue.

After all, asking an auction to extend the time was a rather embarrassing thing, as it would prove that they did not currently have the financial resources to purchase the items and needed time to prepare.

And what were the various super powers?

Needless to say, everyone knew that they were absolute overlords of God's Domain, existences that dominated one side. The fact that they were willing to set aside their pride at this time was simply unbelievable.

"Guild Leader, should we extend the time?" Melancholic Smile contacted Shi Feng and asked quietly.

It was not common for the five super powers to jointly request an extension. If this had been hosted by any other first-rate guild, they would have extended the time without saying a word.

"Extending the time is fine, but tell them that they must compensate us for the time we lose, at a rate of 300 gold coins per minute. They can extend the time as much as they want," Shi Feng said indifferently.

"Guild Leader, this…" Melancholic Smile was startled when she heard this.

This price was a bit of a rip-off. Only a fool would be willing to do that.

"It's okay, just tell them separately," Shi Feng said with a smile.

There weren't many days left until the battle for Thunder Island, and the sea beast Bosses that could be killed had already been killed. Even if they killed the respawning sea beast Bosses afterward, it would be difficult to get passes. After all, the number of slots for each battle was limited. He was able to get passes entirely because he had killed a King-ranked sea beast, which was how he had gotten the passes.

If he didn't know this secret, it would be fine. But since he knew it, how could he not fleece these big shots for a sum, to make up for his hard work in killing the King-ranked sea beast?

Melancholic Smile was speechless. Their Guild Leader was too good at doing business.

However, being under orders, Melancholic Smile could only relay Shi Feng's words to the five guilds.