Chapter 614: Know Thyself and Know Thy Enemy
Thirty days passed in a flash, and Ye Feng and his group left the isolation zone to witness the grandeur of this auction. While thirty days had elapsed in the outside world, over 80,000 years had passed inside the Absolute Martial Ark. During these 80,000 years, Ye Feng’s cultivation level did not advance, but his strength grew significantly. At first, challenging Star Universe-level warriors in the training hall was not successful; even those at the early stage of Star Universe could only draw even with him. However, as his combat experience increased and his mastery of divine techniques improved, he was finally able to defeat most early-stage Star Universe warriors. Even mid-stage Star Universe warriors with average strength could be killed by him. But against late-stage Star Universe warriors, he was powerless. His domain stacking had reached the eighth layer, allowing him to remain largely unaffected within their domains. Yet late-stage Star Universe warriors could stack their domains to at least the seventh or eighth layer, with some exceptionally strong ones even reaching the ninth layer. Moreover, their domains were already at the Universe Domain level, two tiers above Ye Feng’s, creating a complete advantage. Even when using space-based divine techniques combined with his seventh-level space abilities, Ye Feng’s attacks could at most injure the bodies of mid-stage Star Universe warriors—unless they were body cultivators, in which case it was another story. Yet this strength gave Ye Feng confidence that he could win the championship of the Talent Competition.
Long Tian and the others saw little progress in their cultivation, as 80,000 years was too short, especially in the main plane where the pace of cultivation improvement was much slower than before.
Upon entering the auction hall, Ye Feng led Long Tian and the group to the VIP room. The room was spacious enough, with sofas and chairs sufficient for everyone. The various fruits and drinks on the coffee table were beyond the reach of the many bidders below.
When the auctioneer stepped onto the auction stage, it caused a stir among the crowd below. Inside the VIP room, sound was contained—Ye Feng and the others could hear everything outside clearly, just like being in the main hall. But whatever they said remained unheard by the outside world or other VIP rooms.
Chatter filled the crowd. Ye Feng glanced at the auction stage and saw that the auctioneer was actually a woman. “It’s Li Jingjing, the chief auctioneer of Longquan City!”
“Even she has appeared, which means the matter of the Second-Class Divine Skill is likely true.”
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“A Star Universe-level powerhouse!” The golden-eyed man beside Ye Feng stared intently at Li Jingjing, seemingly eager to fight her.
“She’s at the peak of Star Universe level!” Luo Yan added, “Dragon Spring City really goes all out—just an auctioneer with such extraordinary cultivation, and she’s a woman at that.”
That auctioneer seemed to be around the same age as Zhuge Ling’er, quite young.
“Stronger than Si Kong Youlan?” Ye Feng frowned slightly. He found it strange—since even the owner of the auction hall was only at the mid-stage of Star Universe level, this auctioneer actually had peak Star Universe cultivation…
At that moment, the female auctioneer finally spoke. Her voice seemed to carry a strange charm, making it hard to resist. “Now, let’s introduce our first auction item…”
Ye Feng frowned slightly. “A soul-based charm technique… I never thought it could be used like this. No wonder…”
Watching the restless crowd, Ye Feng shook his head helplessly. Although the woman named Li Jingjing was stunningly beautiful, the main reason for such a stir was that she had used a small amount of charm technique in her voice. This technique didn’t directly ensnare others but made them unconsciously influenced by her, which was even more terrifying.
“Hmph.” Bai Yiyi also noticed and snorted coldly. “To use charm technique in a place like this—she really came up with that.”
“Her technique is indeed quite masterful,” Ye Feng said with a smile.
In fact, the first auction item wasn’t anything valuable—just a pill for healing injuries. Yet everyone in the auction hall bid frantically as if crazy. This was the effect of Li Jingjing’s charm technique.
“Luo, can you use the restriction array in this VIP room to detect the conditions of the other VIP rooms?” Ye Feng asked, absentmindedly watching the auction below.
“I’ll give it a try!” Luo Yan said as he sent his soul power out. After a while, he replied, “I can detect it. The restrictions here only work on those with cultivation at the Pseudo-Empty level or below. I’m already at the peak of the True-Empty level.”
If we must say who has improved the most in these thirty days, it is undoubtedly Luo Yan. During the 80,000 years in the Arche of Ultimate Martial Arts, he relied on the resources from that supreme virtual treasure to rapidly reach the pinnacle of the True Void realm. In fact, such resources could only be used by zombies, as his method of improvement involved drinking the blood of powerful tamed beasts. The Bloodline Hall housed a large number of such beasts for him to consume. These beasts were all powerful entities beyond the True Void realm, but inside the Bloodline Hall, they were utterly powerless to resist Luo Yan and could only wait obediently to be eaten.
“Who are in these VIP rooms?” Ye Feng asked.
Suddenly, a mirror made of ice crystals appeared in front of Luo Yan. Inside the mirror, the scene of another VIP room was visible.
“This is VIP Room No. 1. The strongest one there is that old man, at the peak of the False Void realm. His miniature universe is estimated to be over 97% complete…” Luo Yan introduced them one by one, and Ye Feng memorized everything he needed to know.
“Show the scenes from each VIP room!” Ye Feng ordered.
Seventeen ice mirrors appeared instantly in front of Luo Yan, arranged slightly above Ye Feng’s line of sight, so as not to obstruct his view of the auction below.
“Can we make sounds come from them?” Ye Feng asked.
“No problem!” Luo Yan formed several hand seals, and the sounds were heard one after another.
“Good. Knowing oneself and the enemy ensures victory in every battle. Now that we know their movements, there’s not much suspense left about this auction.” Ye Feng nodded in satisfaction.