Chapter 1643 – Sky High Auction Bid
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"President Song, hurry up with the auction. Sir Lin has already proven his strength. If he wishes to sell those promissory notes then Setting Sun City's Far East Family is willing to bid!"
"I am Great Yang City's Ouyang Hou, I am also willing to…"
For a time, many people were shouting out loud, urging Song Wen to hurry with the auction.
Seeing this, Song Wen faintly smiled. "Since everyone feels this way I won't waste your time with idle talk. The auction shall now begin. The base price is zero! Every increase in price cannot be less than 20 million!"
Zero base price?
As Song Wen's voice fell, everyone was stirred into an uproar.
Song Wen starting the base price at zero was in order to have all the bidders lose any sort of standard in their heart. It was impossible for them to weigh the value of these 500 Heavenly Fire Symbols. Like this, it was possible to produce a sky high bid!
On the other hand, setting a high base bid at the start would cause many people to lose all courage to bid. This would dampen the atmosphere and prevent the fiery competition required.
This was the first time that Song Wen was auctioning promissory notes; before this, he had never tried before. This was simply an amazing precedent, especially for the Divine Rune City Auction House that was renowned throughout the entire inner Asura Road.
If these promissory notes had sold for a low price then the Divine Rune City Auction House would be mocked by their peers. But now, it seemed the chances of that were extremely low!
And once sold for a dramatic amount, Divine Rune City Auction House would actually create a legend!
"100 million!"
Someone shouted out from the lower seats.
"150 million!"
"200 million!"
Just as that person finished bidding another person immediately increased the bid. There were even several people shouting at once.
As the auction started, many of the martial artists in the scattered lower seats were impatiently bidding.
100 million? 200 million?
"This is just a joke!"
The first person who urged President Song, Far East Miao from Setting Sun City, suddenly sneered.
Lin Ming had just drawn up a divine runic symbol and had even received an 800 million advance to do so. Wasn't it just an insult to bid 100-200 million?
At this time, Far East Miao stood up and loudly shouted, "My Far East Family bids 1.3 billion!"
Those with different status and perspective often had decidedly different judgments.
Many people in the lower seats were shocked. They had shouted out 100-200 million just then, but now someone had shouted out a bid of over a billion. This was just a bit too odd for them.
"1.4 billion!"
An indifferent voice shouted out from the VIP suites. It was unknown who the bidder was.
"1.5 billion!" Suya's senior-apprentice brother suddenly shouted after a moment of silence,
The Extreme Star Holy Lands definitely wouldn't miss out on shouting a bid!
As it was, they had already missed a chance to be on good terms with Lin Ming. After experiencing Lin Ming's monstrous talent in the divine runic arts, who would miss out on a second time?
And, what was even more important was that if they obtained these fifth grade divine runic symbols from Lin Ming, the effects they would have on their war against the Heaven Strife Holy Lands would be immeasurable!
Of course, Suya's senior-apprentice brother knew that 1.5 billion was only the start. Wanting to buy these Heavenly Fire Symbols with this amount was far from enough.
"1.8 billion…" On the west side, a crisp voice sounded out from a mysterious VIP suite. As Suya's senior-apprentice brother thought, 1.5 billion fell far short of being enough.
At this time, no one in the lower seats was able to speak.
This was now a battle between the VIP suites!
The shouts of bids had already slowed down. It wasn't that 1.8 billion approached the upper limits of the Heavenly Fire Symbols' value, but because many people in the VIP suites were using secret techniques to contact their headquarters.
Of these people, many of them had tools similar to the Thousand Mile Heartlink. As long as they were all in the same universe they could contact each other no matter how far they were.
"High Elder, there is an urgent matter I must report to you. There is a talented divine runic master that has produced a batch of divine runic symbols… these are promissory notes. Don't be startled, please allow me to explain…"
"Open the image transmitting array. I must transmit an image of the fifth grade Heavenly Fire Symbol to the Sovereign… I must ask the Sovereign to authorize at least 2.5 billion points for us to bid with…"
When Old Xue tested the Heavenly Fire Symbol, there was a good number of people who were interested and had recorded a phantom video with array discs.
As multiple sound transmission stones lit up throughout the VIP suites, more and more influences joined in on the auction!
"I haven't even finished speaking with headquarters and the bid has risen to 2 billion! These damned people!"
Suya angrily thought. She had just applied for 2 billion points with some difficulty, but just as she was about to call out a bid, the current bid had surpassed 2 billion! It seemed that even 2.5 billion wouldn't be enough!
"Junior-apprentice Sister Suya, don't worry. The Sovereign is already contacting several Elders of the Heavenly Palace to have them help."
Because of the war against the Heaven Strife Holy Lands, the sect reserves of the Extreme Star Holy Lands had nearly run dry.
To increase the bid again, that would be with the Elders taking out their own private wealth and adding it together. Once the sect regained their strength these Elders would naturally be repaid.
As the bid climbed to 2.3 billion, the entire auction hall arena had calmed down.
To bid 2.3 billion for promissory notes written by Lin Ming, this was simply a crazy scenario!
2.5 billion!" Setting Sun City's Far East Miao shouted out between clenched teeth. However, even though he had tossed all his chips onto the table, he still wasn't able to stop the price from dramatically rising.
And 2.5 billion wasn't even high enough to give Song Wen a chance to start a countdown. At this time, Suya emerged from her VIP suite. She gracefully floated in the skies of the arena hall and clearly said, "2.6 billion!"
Suya had already applied for all the points she could. Originally, she thought that it was enough but now she realized it wasn't. The points she had requested had all been reserved. If she had used too many then they really wouldn't be able to win the white birch spirit root later!
However, the Vice Palace Master had informed her that they could find other solutions to search for points for the white birch spirit root.
Seeing Suya push the bid to nearly 3 billion points, Far East Miao's complexion changed. Even 2.5 billion wasn't enough to shake off these competitors. He had wanted to obtain these 500 Heavenly Fire Symbols no matter what and had applied for a massive volume of points to do so. But, he never thought that the auction battle for these promissory notes would intensify to such a brutal degree!
He lifted his hand, wanting to bid once more. However, his hand was shaking already. This was not a small number! It wouldn't be something their Far East Family would be able to easily withstand.
He grit his teeth, wanting to raise the bid once more. But at this time, from the highest sections of the VIP suites, a dignified voice echoed out. "3 billion!"
This voice shocked everyone. They all looked towards the VIP suite that shouted this price and as they did they all sucked in a breath of cold air.
Those were the rooms of Empyrean Lionheart!
Empyrean Lionheart had actually shouted out a price!
Since the auction started, the two Empyreans here had yet to say a single word. It was clear that up until now, there was nothing that was able to arouse their interest.
But now, Empyrean Lionheart actually spoke for the first time, and his first words were to issue a mindboggling bid!
Before this, who would have thought that an Empyrean level character's first words at the Divine Rune City Auction would be to call out a sky high bid, and all for the promissory notes of a Divine Lord realm junior!
"3… 3 billion…"
Hearing Empyrean Lionheart's voice, Far East Miao paled and slumped back into his seat. 3 billion was a bid that caused him to lose all heart to continue bidding. With the background of their Far East Family, they had no qualifications to struggle with Empyrean Lionheart.
To compete with an Empyrean… not everyone had the courage to do so. This was not just pressure that came from a high bid, but pressure that came from strength. How could common martial artists dare to struggle with an Empyrean?
But at this time, from another VIP suite, Suya bit her lips. With an unwilling expression she took a deep breath and called out, "3.1 billion!"
This feminine voice had a powerful piercing strength, spreading through the entire audience. For a time, Suya caught the attention of everyone!
The audience was shocked. This woman dared to challenge Empyrean Lionheart!
At this time, Suya's milk-white breasts were violently heaving. Her back and her palms were both wet with sweat! To compete with an Empyrean was to directly face their majesty and dignity; this was an incredible level of pressure.
"3.2 billion!"
Empyrean Lionheart spoke out again, raising the bid once more!
"3.3 billion!"
Suya seemed to have been roused to anger. She refused to concede!
"Oh?" Empyrean Lionheart's eyebrow arched up. He fell quiet for several breaths of time, and then his voice once again spread through the entire audience. "3.6 billion!"
Empyrean Lionheart had poured a powerful momentum into his voice, making anyone who listened feel afraid to disobey.
As soon as this bid of 3.6 billion was called out, everyone
audience felt their hearts shake!
Suya was also pale white. Through today's sudden development she had been keeping in contact with the Extreme Star Holy Lands even as she engaged in a bidding battle with an Empyrean; she was already unable to continue!
"Junior-apprentice Sister, please give up! Don't fight anymore, we'll have more opportunities in the future." Suya's senior-apprentice brother said, feeling a little bitter.
At this time, Suya's cheeks were blushing red and she was dripping fragrant sweat.
She bit her lips as if she wanted to bid again but she didn't have the energy to break past the barrier of 3.6 billion that Empyrean Lionheart had set up.
At this time, her eyes touched upon Lin Ming. Although his expression was indifferent, his lips still moved as he spoke two simple words to her.
Suya was stunned. Lin Ming had said, "Don't worry."
With these two simple words, Suya felt the tight pressure over her heart lighten.
She knew that Lin Ming would certainly have another way to help her so that she wouldn't need to struggle with something she couldn't win against.
Suya's heart warmed. Her nose burned just a little.
"Thank you…"
Suya replied as she slumped down in her VIP suite. Even if Lin Ming didn't say anything she truly didn't have the means to continue competing for the bid.
"3.6 billion, is there anyone willing to bid higher?"
Song Wen's eyes flitted over the audience. His gaze stopped on the VIP suite of another Empyrean – Empyrean Minor Violet. However, this famous woman Empyrean had yet to say a single word.
He counted down. No one challenged the current bid price.
"Then, I declare that Lin Ming's promissory note of 500 Heavenly Fire Symbols has sold for 3.6 billion points! Congratulations to Empyrean Lionheart!"
Song Wen loudly proclaimed as he struck his mallet against the podium. At this time, even his hands were shaking!
In Song Wen's life he had already presided over countless auctions. There were even many treasures he had auctioned off which sold for far more than 3.6 billion. But, to auction a promissory note for 3.6 billion, that was definitely a first!
That meant that on average, every Heavenly Fire Symbol sold for 7.2 million! This was a truly mindboggling price!
By relying on these Heavenly Fire Symbols, Lin Ming had drawn up a single one and had auctioned off 500 in advance for a total gain of 4.37 billion points!
Earning this amount of points so quickly couldn't even be described as crazy!
The final bid price of 3.6 billion left the entire audience stewing in silence for some time.
After a while, there was a round of applause from the audience that originated from their innermost respect and shock.
Afterwards, through the representatives sent to the auction by the various influences, this news spread out via a variety of means!
If these were ordinary times, then people would suspect this was just some fake hype being created, or that the one buying was an idiot. But, the final bidder to win was Empyrean Lionheart!
Who would dare say that Empyrean Lionheart was an idiot? Empyrean Lionheart's judgment was far from what an ordinary person could compare with!
Moreover, with the status of an Empyrean, how could they possibly work with an auction house as a bid manipulator?
With this, no one dared to question the veracity of this news!
The Divine Rune City Auction had originally been under the attention of many people and had been a great topic of discussion. But after this event, it was like a wildfire had been set off!
The one to sell the promissory note was only a human, Divine Lord realm junior!
Not just that, but this Divine Lord realm junior had drawn up a divine runic symbol in front of an audience of hundreds of thousands, including even Grandmaster Overflow and over a dozen other dark divine runic masters!
And what was even more ridiculous was that not only did this Divine Lord realm junior not fear these dark divine runic masters copying his techniques, but he instead forced them to hand over almost 800 million points as a viewing fee!
From the complexions of Shadow Overflow and those dark divine runic masters, the audience had been able to speculate that they hadn't been able to learn anything at all, even after paying the fee to spy!
This left many people even more panic-stricken, causing the news to spread further out!
For a time, news of 'an Empyrean spent 3.6 billion points buying a promissory note', and 'a Divine Lord realm junior spent less than a day to earn 4.37 billion points' spread throughout the various intelligence networks. Many people spoke of this in restaurants and city squares. This news could be said to overwhelm the world!
This also caused the popularity of this year's Divine Rune City Auction to dramatically rise!
Because of this news, many people began to rush towards Divine Rune City. Seeing was believing. All of them found it hard to believe that a Divine Lord realm junior was able to accomplish such miracles.
However, matters didn't end here!
As everyone believed that the auction of the Heavenly Fire Symbol promissory note was the greatest and most explosive news of the Divine Rune City auction, and would even surpass all other news that the other surrounding auction houses would be able to come up with, the Divine Runic Masters Guild actually released yet another astonishing burst of news!
It was that, in half a month, the creator of the improved Heavenly Fire Symbol would hold an auction for another improved version of a divine runic symbol – the Heretical God Symbol!
As for this Heretical God Symbol, its power even surpassed that of the Heavenly Fire Symbol! All representatives of great influences were invited to attend the Divine Rune City Auction!
For a time, many great influences within the inner Asura Road began to stir.
Even many Empyrean level characters started to quietly enter Divine Rune City…
Chapter 1644 – Gathering of Greats
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Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period of time, the treasure fair also auctioned off many valuables treasures, all of them triggering a wave of enthusiasm.
But, what people loved to talk about the most and what attracted the most attention was an auction that had yet to begin – the Heretical God Symbol.
Half a month ago, a Divine Lord realm divine runic master called Lin Ming had used an improved Heavenly Fire Symbol and a promissory note for 500 Heavenly Fire Symbols to create a miracle in the history of the auction hall.
Now, just how amazing would this Heretical God Symbol be, one purported to be stronger than the improved Heavenly Fire Symbol?
Nearly everyone's gaze was focused on the Heretical God Symbol that was soon to be auctioned.
During the last auction, when the improved Heavenly Fire Symbol had severely wounded a powerful vicious beast like the Golden Phoenix Crow and had even reformed multiple times afterwards, the images of this event had been recorded in an array disc and spread all throughout Divine Rune City.
Of those that saw the image recordings, all were left shaking.
It wasn't just the inner Asura Road, but even some influences in the outer Asura Road had heard about this event and were quickly catching up.
After the long wait of half a month, the hope and desire had brewed for so long that it was a volcano waiting to explode.
On this day, the dappled sunlight was bright. The deep blue sky was as clear as a mirror, crystal bright and beautiful.
From the moment that Divine Rune City lifted the guardian array formations that protected the city, all sorts of space channels opened up in the skies. Massive ships emerged from these space channels, all of them powered by potent energy crystals.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
The smallest of these ships was more than 30 feet high. They flew forwards like floating treasure palaces, emitting bursts of radiant light.
The hulls of these ships were carved with images of phoenixes and dragons. Innumerable runes shimmered around them like a sea of stars.
"Holy crap, I fear that every single one of those ships is holding a Sovereign level character… incredible, too incredible…" In the crowd of people, a visitor that came from outside of Divine Rune City stared up at the treasure ships in the sky, praising the scene.
"Sovereign?" A local of Divine Rune City looked at this visitor with disdain in his eyes. This visitor's cultivation wasn't high and he had only relied on a little bit of business sense to earn some money. Such a person didn't have status nor did they have much respect. "Each of those treasure ships is seating a concubine. They are the concubines of the ruler of Providence Edge Nation, Xu Wuzi."
What? Concubines!?" The visitor's eyes widened. He found this hard to believe.
"What's so strange about it…?" The one speaking seemed annoyed. "Providence Edge Nation's ruler is an Empyrean that has been safeguarding the destiny of the nation for over 10 million years. He rarely leaves but today he actually came to visit our Divine Rune City. It seems this year's treasure fair is becoming increasingly splendid!"
"Empyrean?"
The visitor was panic-stricken. This was yet another Empyrean!
The divine runic symbols that Lin Ming created were not of much personal use to an Empyrean. However, they were extremely useful to the influences that these figures raised. In other words, they were sharp weapons of war!
And this auction of divine runic symbols would inevitably involve a large number of points. Only an Empyrean personally attending would be able to instantly increase the price as they wanted. Their subordinates wouldn't have the courage to do so.
As the day of the auction neared, heroes gathered from all corners of the world. Large numbers of different races and clans rushed in like tidal waves.
The flying castle added on eight space channels constructed with top quality space crystals. These space channels connected to massive sphere-like VIP suites within the auction hall arena.
Looking up from the ground, it was like the floating castle had grown eight long tentacles.
At this time, within the entire castle, everyone single seat and room was packed to the brim.
Several items had already been auctioned at the start, but these items hadn't been able to stir up much of a wave.
The atmosphere was extremely strange. There wasn't much movement originating from the VIP suites.
A tall hourglass floated high in the sky. The yellow sand within rustled to the bottom, soon about to finish.
Finally, within the many peaceful rooms, there was movement.
Song Wen wore a meticulously-prepared robe as he stepped onto the auction stage. He smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you've had to wait a long time. The next auction will be for the Heretical God Symbols!"
Song Wen's voice was brief and potent. Although it was short and to the point, it rumbled through every corner of the castle, spreading into every room.
For a time, the movements in the various rooms slowed down.
The auction for the Heretical God Symbols was finally about to begin!
"Is this Heretical God Symbol even more powerful than the improved Heavenly Fire Symbol?" Many people thought, their eyes burning with a blazing light. Their eyes locked onto Song Wen as he took out a gray spirit stone box.
"This Heretical God Symbol is known as being even stronger than the improved Heavenly Fire Symbol? How is it stronger?"
Many people began to ask from the VIP suites.
In truth, besides the Empyreans, although many people waddled over here like packs of ducks to join the auction for the Heretical God Symbol, almost none of them had hopes of successfully winning the bid.
The previous auction for the Heavenly Fire Symbol promissory note had already left them feeling powerless and frustrated. Moreover, this Heretical God Symbol was said to be stronger than the Heavenly Fire Symbol. It was hard to predict just how high and terrifying the final bid price would be. Thus, most people came because they wanted to see the might of the Heretical God Symbol with their own eyes.
Song Wen had already expected this situation. He placed his hand on the spirit stone box and turned around to look behind. At this time, a black-clothed youth silently entered the auction stage from the back. His aura was restrained, his figure was tall and straight, and his steps were slow and steady, each step he took seeming to resonate with the heartbeats of those in the audience.
This youth was Lin Ming.
The one to personally test the Heretical God Symbol would be Lin Ming!
Only by demonstrating the true potency of the Heretical God Symbol in front of everyone would the following bidding war be at its most intense. This was all in order to raise the final bidding price as much as possible.
"He is the creator!"
In the entire auction hall arena, many people recognized Lin Ming.
As people recognized Lin Ming and pointed him out, Lin Ming could feel countless senses locking onto him from the VIP suites.
In particular, several senses were as deep as the vast sea. Compared to those dark divine runic masters that spied on him just half a month ago, these senses were dozens and hundreds of times more terrifying!
It was clear that the masters of these senses were supreme beings of the Asura Road, many of them being Empyreans!
These senses did not offend Lin Ming nor did they attempt to pry into the situation of his spiritual sea. Even so, they made Lin Ming's skin tighten as if the vision of these people was more than enough to lock him in place.
Lin Ming didn't waste time. He rubbed his hands against the spirit stone box, tracing strange lines across the surface. The seventh grade divine runic box opened, revealing a simple blue divine runic symbol.
As this symbol appeared, it brought with it an ancient and desolate aura, as if it weren't just drawn up not too long ago.
"What wonderfully mystical Law fluctuations…" Within a VIP suite, a terrifyingly strong old man lowered his hands, his fingers flicking back and forth so fast they created illusions. It seemed as if he were calculating the meanings behind these lines.
However, the Asura Heavenly Dao Laws' dao patterns were left behind by the Asura Road Master. How could an Empyrean level powerhouse hope to unravel their mysteries?
No matter what this old man tried to calculate, the only result was a frown on this face. He was simply unable to understand what these lines meant. All he could conclude was that this was a special inheritance that Lin Ming studied. That powerful and mysterious master behind Lin Ming… just what sort of person was he?
At this time, on the auction stage, Lin Ming held the Heretical God Symbol in his hands, all of his focus concentrated on it.
His two pupils flashed with a blinding electric purple light. In the palms of his hands, pitch black nirvanic flames slowly emerged, crackling as they burned.
A vast and great aura emerged from the center of that symbol.
The uniqueness of the Heretical God Symbol was that it simultaneously utilized the Fire and Thunder Laws!
And Lin Ming was the ideal candidate to demonstrate the powers of the Heretical God Symbol!
The Heretical God Symbol was an extremely special divine runic symbol. Although its origins lay with the Extreme Dual Polarity Symbol, it had already become fundamentally different.
It had all sorts of special effects. If other people tried to use it and didn't have Lin Ming's instruction and didn't learn the way to activate the Heretical God Symbol, they wouldn't be able to display any of its mysteries!
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that this divine runic symbol was the manifestation of Lin Ming's current highest level of skill!
At this time, Song Wen activated the auction house's illusory magic array.
Bang - !
The world trembled.
At this time, the surroundings weren't the previous time's primal grasslands. Rather, it was an endless desert of yellow sand, bleak and dreary.
Immersed in this world of yellow sand, everyone was focused on Lin Ming.
All of them wanted to know – just what was so special about this Heretical God Symbol that the Divine Rune City Auction House had propagandized so much about?
Chapter 1645 – Offensive and Defensive
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Deep in the yellow sands, one could see two faint tornado-like things sweep up into the air.
In the depths of these yellow tornados, two eyes shined like lanterns in the dark.
As the tornados appeared, one could see an approaching creature whose entire body was wrapped in thick earth-yellow scales, bizarre and otherworldly.
"That's a mystic yellow tihu!"
In the audience, many people immediately recognized the vicious beast produced by the illusory magic array. The mystic yellow tihu didn't possess a strong striking power but its defenses were extremely formidable.
Deep in the distant Great Desolate, there were powerhouses that used this vicious beast as a moving castle to lead their people around.
The defensive capabilities of this creature were several times that of an ordinary World King! It even achieved the standard of a weak Great World King!
The Divine Rune City Auction House was actually testing the Heretical God Symbol with this kind of vicious beast. If so, that meant they had full confidence in the strength of the Heretical God Symbol!
"Could it be that this Heretical God Symbol can injure a Great World King?"
The entire audience fell quiet. Many people looked at Lin Ming with rapt attention, waiting for the answer to be shown.
Lin Ming took up the Heretical God Symbol in his palm. Pitch black flames and blazing purple thunder flashed together. At the same time, countless Asura Heavenly Dao Laws gathered together, connecting with the thunder and fire in Lin Ming's palm.
Seeing as the power of thunder and fire fused together with the Asura Laws, in that moment, Lin Ming's sense and the perception of time seemed to slow down to a crawl, like the slowly flowing grains of sand in an hourglass.
Pulled up by Lin Ming's soul force, the Heretical God Symbol floated up in front of him.
Lin Ming raised his left and right hands. Using his two index fingers, he pierced towards the Heretical God Symbol, causing two light ripples to spread out like a rock hitting a lake surface.
His two pupils immediately flashed with a jolt of electricity that twined around one ripple.
Then, a thin strand of black fire twined around the other ripple.
In front of him, waves of substantialized soul force appeared. The two ripples began to twist in the air as if they were being manipulated by an invisible hand, quickly twisting until they seemed like images of blooming flowers.
The entire process seemed very slow, but it was also completed almost instantly.
And just a few miles away from Lin Ming, at the edges of the desert, one could see those two faint tornados rolling towards him, leaving a swallowed world in their wake.
As for Lin Ming, he remained motionless. All that remained in front of him were these two flashes of thunder and fire.
The auction house's testing array formation was different from the rented testing array formation at the Divine Runic Masters Guild. The rented testing array formation was only an illusory magic array, but this one being activated right now was actually a true illusory killing array!
If one stood motionless and allowed the array formation to freely attack them then they would definitely be grievously wounded!
"What is Lin Ming doing? Has he not activated that Heretical God Symbol? That mystic yellow tihu is about to trample over him!"
But as everyone saw Lin Ming control the faint circles of thunder and fire around him and yet the Heretical God Symbol didn't activate, some people began to develop doubts. Just what was Lin Ming doing?
If Lin Ming was luring the mystic yellow tihu to close range before he detonated the Heretical God Symbol, then he too would be affected by the explosion if the beast was too close!!
Then, people watched as the mystic yellow tihu crossed the 100 foot line from Lin Ming. That distance was the best chance to detonate the Heretical God Symbol!
At this time, the two groups of energy around Lin Ming began to produce tiny patterns of energy composed of threads smaller than silk. These lines of energy pulled into the void, developing into numerous patterns.
In just a twinkle of the eye, a series of thin energy lines spread out, surrounding Lin Ming. Moreover, these energy lines were all different from each other. They were energy patterns that those present had never seen before, and seemed to contain tens of millions of possible changes within them. Each energy line seemed to entangle with the others, inspiring more and more changes. In just an instant, half of these energy lines that were drawn out developed into threads of shining lightning and the other half developed into glistening threads of fire, rapidly condensing into a red and purple two-colored array diagram.
At this time, the tyrannical tsunami of sand that rushed over struck Lin Ming, but was completely submerged into the thunderfire array diagram in his hand.
Seeing this, Xiao Moxian couldn't help but cry out in alarm. Although she knew in her heart that Lin Ming was safe, she still couldn't avoid her heart clenching upon seeing such a sight.
Bang!
A massive explosion occurred!
The mystic yellow tihu with its incomparably firm body and its maximum velocity crashed into the thunderfire array diagram!
It was a meteor impacting into the earth. A powerful impact swept outwards, bringing up waves of yellow sand that were tens of thousands of tons heavy!
This terrifying strength left the entire auction hall shaking! Everyone found it hard to remain still and some of the weaker martial artists couldn't help but cry out in alarm.
Lin Ming hadn't attacked from beginning to end. Instead, he used the thunderfire array diagram to block the frontal dash of the mystic yellow tihu!
As the yellow sands settled, everyone saw that the mystic yellow tihu had its head left bloodstained after colliding with the thunderfire array diagram. As for the thunder array diagram, it only slightly bent without any sign of breaking! By using the power of the Heretical God Symbol alone, Lin Ming had defended against an attack with the all-out strength of an ordinary World King.
Could this be a defensive divine runic symbol?
Everyone immediately thought. A defensive divine runic symbol was rarely seen and was often much more expensive than offensive divine runic symbols.
But when they heard the description from Divine Rune City, the Heretical God Symbol should have been an immensely destructive divine runic symbol!
Before people had more time to think, Lin Ming suddenly grasped the Heretical God Symbol with both hands and pushed it out.
The palm-sized Heretical God Symbol suddenly rose and countless threads of thunder and fire spun around until they formed a massive vortex, instantly covering the heavens and earth. This vortex formed a giant web that wrapped around the massive mystic yellow tihu.
In that moment, within the endless yellow sands, a brilliant light erupted like a rising sun.
In the middle of this light, crackling bolts of thunder twisted around with a conflagration of raging flames.
The flames and thunder twisted together, roaring like the birth of a fire dragon and thunder dragon.
Several hundred earth-shaking explosions echoed out from the midst of the giant vortex of raging flames and twisting thunder, illuminating the world like a descending apocalypse.
Thunder collapsed the earth as snakes of fire shot to the heavens.
Within this vortex, the mystic yellow tihu roared out again and again, but its howls slowly turned lower and deeper as it gradually faded away…
The explosions produced a brilliant light that formed an incomparably thick swirling column of thunder and fire. As it rapidly spun around, the world seemed to tear apart around it as the surrounding ground caved in, forming a massive crater hundreds of miles deep.
From where the explosions occurred, a pit so deep appeared that one couldn't see the bottom.
The mystic yellow tihu's scales had nearly all fallen off. Its giant tail dangled to the ground.
Although it was still living, it was on the verge of death, approaching death with every breath it took.
"Within the Heretical God Symbol, the mark of the Asura Heavenly Dao patterns will reverse in the void to reform yin yang patterns of the Asura Heavenly Dao… this also agrees with the true meaning of the Extreme Dual Polarity Symbol, the absolute polars of thunder and fire… the power is as expected. Moreover, with the revolution of yin and yang, it can attack but also instantly form a defensive barrier when the symbol is activated!"
Drops of sweat dripped down the tip of Lin Ming's nose. He was extremely satisfied with the performance of the Heretical God Symbol.
In creating the Heretical God Symbol, Lin Ming had consumed a great deal of effort and diligent care. As he created the Heretical God Symbol, his comprehension of the Asura Heavenly Dao Laws also became much deeper…
At this time, in all the rooms and seats, everyone had forgotten how to speak.
This was a dual offensive and defensive divine runic symbol!
Normally, divine runic symbols were one-time use items that could either be used to defend or attack. But, the net of thunder and fire formed by the Heretical God Symbol was an offensive and defensive form!
Imagine. Two martial artists were in a life or death battle and both had utilized all of their abilities and were completely exhausted.
At the end, they both used their ultimate finishing blows. But at this time, one side took out a Heretical God Symbol, defending against the opponent's attack but also erupting with a terrifying attack, directly covering the enemy in a sea of thunder and flame! Just what sort of effect would that have?
Moreover, this Heretical God Symbol had reached a terrifying degree of strength whether it was in defense or offense. Even that mystic yellow tihu with an incredible defensive power comparable to a weak Great World King had been beaten half-dead!
In other words, even if one were a Great World King, if they didn't understand the unique attributes of the Heretical God Symbol and were fooled, they would be placed in an extremely difficult situation, possibly even injured!
For a time, the entire castle fell silent. One could clearly hear the breathing of others even from a long distance.
And at this time, that brutal and violent power of thunder and fire in the skies began to gather together. The lines of the Asura Heavenly Dao condensed, forming endless starlight that sprinkled down.
The power of thunderfire and the Asura Heavenly Dao was sucked into a giant vortex. Then, it shrank until it finally transformed into a perfectly intact divine runic symbol that fell into Lin Ming's hand.
The Heretical God Symbol was reborn!
Seeing this scene, although many people had expected it earlier, they couldn't help but feel their jaws drop down, shocked speechless.
To be reborn and reused, this was the special attribute of the 'Lin' logo!
However, when one considered the Nirvanic Tribulation Flame Symbol that wasn't much stronger than the original, it wasn't too amazing even if it could be used multiple times.
Following that was the Heavenly Fire Symbol. It was ridiculously powerful, to the point of being obscene. Moreover, it could also be used multiple times. This was far more impressive and also the reason that they sold for a sky high price of 3.6 billion points.
But now, this Heretical God Symbol was both offensive and defensive, and in the attack process there seemed to be all sorts of incredible changes as if there were many more mysteries waiting to be unlocked, but Lin Ming simply hadn't had the time to reveal them.
This divine runic symbol that could nearly bring the dead back to life in a dire situation, that was so abnormal that it could wound a Great World King, could actually be used multiple times!
This just destroyed all common sense! If one had several Heretical God Symbols in hand, then an ordinary World King would be able to challenge and speak the last words with a weak Great World King!
And if used in a war, there was definitely no need to speak of their efficacy! These were different from the Nirvanic Tribulation Flame Symbol because these Heretical God Symbols could be used in battles between high level figures of the sects. If using a Heretical God Symbol was able to turn certain defeat into victory between a battle of World Kings, then this would be worth an astronomical level of wealth!
It had to be known that every World King was formed by piling up an immense amount of resources!
Thinking of this, the complexions of the several Empyreans in the VIP suites began to change.