When Mr. Kira raised the price of this dagger to five hundred thousand dollars, the entire auction scene fell silent. No one except Lu Ting attempted to challenge him for ownership.
And now, Lu Ting had directly doubled the price of this dagger from five hundred thousand dollars to a staggering million dollars!
Even though this dagger was a burial item from an ancient tomb, its true value was far from a million dollars!
At this moment, not to mention the others at the auction, even Mr. Kira, who was most eager to obtain it, could only stare angrily at Lu Ting, yet hesitated to bid any higher.
On the auction platform, seeing no one else bidding, Xingyue spoke again, "So, one million dollars, first call!"
"One million dollars, second call."
Although she knew that no one would bid higher than one million dollars, Xingyue paused briefly when she called the second bid.
Seeing the quiet atmosphere in the auction hall below, Xingyue finally said, "One million dollars, third and final call!"
As her words fell, she firmly struck the small hammer on the table and looked at Lu Ting, saying, "Congratulations, Mr. Zhao Ting, you've won the item for one million dollars!"
Clap clap clap clap—
Suddenly, applause erupted throughout the entire auction hall.
However, the looks they gave Lu Ting were filled with extra layers of complexity. It was unclear whether they genuinely congratulated him on his purchase or admired his courage for daring to offend someone at the Cangsheng Casino underground auction.
Regardless, Lu Ting had indeed struck back with retaliation.
Seeing the extremely unsightly but unwilling to act on it face of the other party, Lu Ting's disdainful smirk grew even stronger. He even added insult to injury, "Mr. Kira is really something. Thanks for the 'painful sacrifice'!"
"Hmph!"
After being stabbed again by Lu Ting's sharp tongue, Mr. Kira's face turned even darker. With a malicious cold snort towards Lu Ting, he reluctantly turned away.
At the same time, Mr. Kira looked at Xingyue on the auction platform with great dissatisfaction. His actions made it clear that he hoped for a reasonable explanation from Cangsheng Casino after the auction.
In response, Xingyue could only show a comforting smile, nodding slightly to Mr. Kira to indicate he should calm down. She then looked back at the entire auction hall.
Although there had been some unpleasantness between Zhao Ting and Mr. Kira, the auction had to continue. Moreover, the upcoming items for auction were the real highlights of tonight!
In fact, most of the people attending this auction tonight were here for these upcoming highlights.
Without wasting any more time, Xingyue's face lit up with a perfectly curved smile. With a solemn tone and expression, she continued, "Next up is our final auction item for tonight!"
The moment Xingyue finished speaking, Lu Ting could clearly feel the increased interest from those around him who were participating in the auction.
They had originally been exchanging glances between Lu Ting and Mr. Kira, but now their eyes were all focused squarely on the auction platform ahead.
Mr. Kira, standing in front of Lu Ting at this moment, seemed to have completely set aside the grievances and enmity with Lu Ting, focusing intently on the auction platform.
At this moment, Lu Ting's eyes, looking at the auction platform, revealed a hint of darkness.
Of course, he knew why this group of people, upon hearing the woman's words on stage, showed such keen interest in such a 'coincidental' manner.
It should be noted that under normal circumstances, unless it's an auction specifically set up for a particular precious item, the number of items auctioned at this auction will definitely not be as few as tonight.
And the items auctioned at this auction, excluding those about to be introduced, are just a few.
In such cases, there is only one possibility, that is, the last item to be presented is the real thing to be auctioned off tonight at this casino. The rest are just for show, to follow the formalities.
Before attending today's underground auction, Nikola had already checked out some information about the underground auction of Cangsheng Casino on the dark web worldwide.
Since they held this underground auction, there has only been one real purpose behind it.
The last highlight of the underground auction at Cangsheng Casino is not a object, but living being.
Of course, the living things Lu Ting knows are not rare animals.
Because even those things are not worth their effort.
At the underground auction site of Cangsheng Casino, the most valuable things are.
People!
Living people!
Moreover, those 'auction items' that can enter the underground auction of Cangsheng Casino are all carefully selected and selected!
All of these people listed as auction items are girls between the ages of ten and sixteen!
They are not only required to be outstanding in appearance, but also to be perfect all over. Some with special blood types are even specially marked, after all, this can also double their value.
Lu Ting didn't know where they got these little girls from, but every once in a while, in the underground auction of Cangsheng Casino, such auction items would be displayed.
And those interested in the auction items truly exhibited in this auction will gather here when the Cangsheng Casino issues an auction announcement!
In fact, Lu Ting felt that the people involved in the auction of the last auction item were already far from being called people, but real animals!
What they really wanted to do with these little girls at high prices was self-evident.
Therefore, this underground auction is far from being as normal and peaceful as it seems on the surface!
(End of the Chapter)