Chapter 480: Gathering of Powerhouses

Ye Feng looked at the two sacred artifacts in his hands. During the crafting process, he had used the Law of Smelting and infused it with some secret runes, enabling both artifacts to reach the level of mid-tier sacred artifacts. Among mid-tier sacred artifacts, both the sword and the knife were among the finest.
“Good thing they weren’t upgraded to top-tier; otherwise, I doubt anyone could afford them,” he said self-mockingly.
Early the next morning, the threeWorld of Warcraft kings placed all the items they wanted to auction in separate storage rings and handed them to Ye Feng before leaving in a hurry.
Ye Feng sorted through the items in the rings—most of them were worthless. The most valuable items were the seven divine essences at the level of Primordial Gods, along with numerous other divine essences. After all, divine essences were extremely hard to handle; even theWorld of Warcraft could only use them as trophies.
The three rings contained the most crafting materials, followed by divine artifacts, then herbs. There weren’t many valuable herbs left—likely, those with abundant divine energy had already been consumed by them. The number of pills was the smallest, almost none at all. Even theWorld of Warcraft could eat these, and their effects were similar to those when consumed by humans.
In fact, there weren’t many items for auction—only three or four hundred in total—completely uncomparable to large auctions with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of items. Yet Ye Feng was sure that people would come, and quite a few at that.
Auctioning sacred artifacts had also occurred in the history of the Divine Realm, but within people’s memory, it had happened only four times, always as the finale items at the main city’s auctions. As for mid-tier sacred artifacts, they had appeared only once.
To be precise, there was only one known mid-tier sacred artifact in the Divine Realm, but no one knew its ultimate owner.
As for divine essences at the level of Primordial Gods, only ten had ever been auctioned in the history of the Divine Realm. Although divine essences could hardly be absorbed, they could be fused. Those whose cultivation level was below that of a Primordial God could replace their own divine essence with one of these by fusing them, thereby raising their cultivation level to that of the original owner in a very short time. However, there was a side effect: once their cultivation level matched that of the original owner, they could no longer improve further through cultivation. Still, the Divine Realm didn’t know how many wealthy individuals with limited cultivation wanted to pay a high price to acquire such divine essences.

It can be said that although Ye Feng’s auction this time was not large in scale, the total value of the items up for auction was far higher than those at the auctions held in the main cities.
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Among the many cities far from Cent City, news of the sacred artifact auction had become extremely popular. The main cities had the most up-to-date information, and among the twenty-seven main cities, this news spread the widest. Even some elders who were in seclusion couldn’t resist ending their retreat early.
The first batch of cities to hear about it were those closer to the main cities. Then came the second and third-tier cities, along with some first-tier cities located in remote areas. Discussions about it were everywhere.
“Cent City? Isn’t that the ruined city captured by the beast horde?”
“I heard it used to be a first-tier city but was downgraded to a second-tier city…”
“It’s a sacred artifact—few even among the gods-level powerhouses possess such things…”
“I heard Cent City has a new city lord, a warrior with a hundred consecutive victories. He’s quite bold, holding an auction right after taking office…”
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Another seven days passed in the blink of an eye. During these days, a large number of people flocked to Cent City. There were over forty gods-level powerhouses alone. Nearly every one of the twenty-seven main cities sent representatives, along with some other unofficial forces.
In fact, more than 90% of those who came were just there for the spectacle. They wouldn’t even be able to enter the auction hall, even though it could hold hundreds of thousands of people—yet that number was less than 1% of the total visitors. This showed just how sensational the sacred artifact was.
“Cent City is actually so luxurious…”
“Weren’t they saying this city was in ruins? These buildings are probably even better than those in the main cities!”
“How has Cent City changed so much? This is indeed where I stopped last time…”
There was also much chatter inside the city.
“What a lively place!” Zi Jin and the others appeared at the auction hall along with some of their gods-level subordinates.
“If you’re interested, I can give you some settlement tokens,” Ye Feng joked.
“Let’s think about it. No rush!” Zi Jin waved his hand and smiled.
“Humans are indeed a powerful race…” Youming couldn’t help but exclaim as he watched the many gods-level powerhouses.
“There are already twelve at the peak of godhood. It’s good we’re appearing in human form…” Mo Luo also felt a bit scared.
“Level alone doesn’t matter; true strength does,” Ye Feng said with a smile. “You three are combat experts. Among those twelve, not many can defeat you.”

“That’s true. There are only three people whose energy levels can match ours, though we can’t rule out those hiding their true strength.” Zi Jin accepted Ye Feng’s praise without any modesty.
“Blade, you’ve done quite well in Sent City…” A somewhat familiar voice came from afar.
Ye Feng looked up and saw it was Tai Hao from Titan City.
“Oh, it’s the second-in-command of Titan City. Welcome, welcome!” Ye Feng smiled broadly.
But Tai Hao’s gaze fell on Zi Jin and the others beside Ye Feng, and he was shocked. “Nine gods-level warriors, clearly led by three at the peak of godhood. Blade actually knows such people…”
“Blade, won’t you introduce me?” Tai Hao spoke in a slightly more polite tone.
“Oh, this beautiful lady is You Ming…” Before Ye Feng could finish speaking, Mo Luo interrupted him.
“Mo Luo.” Mo Luo seemed to dislike interacting with strangers, his expression cold.
“I’m Zi Jin.” Zi Jin was a bit more lively, with a slight smile on his face.
“Your friends aren’t ordinary. I wonder which city they’re from?” Tai Hao tried to get more information.
“We’re just free spirits. Where we come from isn’t important. What matters is the ownership of those two sacred artifacts.” As a veteran, Zi Jin skillfully shifted the topic with just one sentence.
“Speaking of sacred artifacts, the information we’ve received doesn’t mention their level. Can you tell us that in advance?” Seeing he couldn’t get anything more out of them, Tai Hao stopped asking.
“Both of these sacred artifacts are upper-middle grade, close to upper-grade sacred artifacts.” Ye Feng didn’t speak through telepathy, so almost everyone heard him. The crowd immediately fell silent.

“Since everyone is here, I’ll first explain the procedure for this auction, and then we can get started officially. As you all know, Cent City was rebuilt not long ago, and this auction hall was established by me and some friends, named Longteng. This is the first time it’s being held, so there aren’t many sellers or items for auction. However, the total value of the items up for auction this time is likely to be no less than that of the large-scale auctions in the main city. The auction will span three days: most of the items will be auctioned off on the first day, seven divine entities at the level of Ancestral Gods will be auctioned on the second day, and two mid-to-high-tier sacred artifacts will be auctioned on the third day. We’ve arranged such a relaxed schedule so that everyone can enjoy their time in Cent City. By the way, Cent City welcomes those who wish to settle here to purchase settlement tokens at only one-tenth the price of those in the main city. Relevant discounts and details can be found on the bulletin boards inside the auction hall. I wish everyone a pleasant time—let’s begin the auction now!”