Chapter 0566: Bidding for the Chaos Stone

“One hundred and one trillion!” As soon as the host’s voice fell, someone immediately raised the bid.
“One hundred and ten trillion!” A delicate voice rang out at that moment.
Raising the bid by nine trillion divine stones at once was rare, as such a large fluctuation was unusual. Everyone turned their attention toward the bidder, and their expressions changed upon seeing who it was.
Huang Long was also stunned—the bidder was the girl from Skarn, the one who had mocked him as a country bumpkin earlier.
Seeming to sense everyone’s gazes, the girl proudly lifted her pretty face slightly.
“One hundred and eleven trillion!” After a pause, although some hesitated due to her status, others still followed suit.
The girl frowned and pouted, clearly displeased that others dared to bid against her. She glared at them before continuing, “One hundred and twenty trillion!”
Her next bid sparked considerable discussion.
As the bidding between her and the others continued, the price for the divine tree eventually reached two hundred trillion! It was a member of the Domino family, a fat man, who reached that amount.
“Two hundred and twenty trillion!” Used to being pampered, the girl, angered by someone persisting in bidding against her, suddenly raised the price from two hundred trillion to two hundred and twenty trillion!
Instantly, the crowd grew quiet.
The fat man from the Domino family also looked hesitant. Although this unnamed divine tree was said to be too precious even for the divine flames of powerful gods to refine it, who knew what use it might have? It might turn out to be just trash, and even just a broken branch. Two hundred trillion divine stones was already a very high price; any more would make it seem overpriced.
Besides, the other party was from the Skarn family. Though the Domino family wasn’t afraid of them, there was no need to compete with them over this matter.
After some thought, the fat man gave up.
On the auction stage, the host smiled broadly. Initially, he thought the divine tree would sell for at most two hundred trillion, but now it had surpassed his expectations by twenty trillion.
“Is there anyone else bidding for the first time?” the host asked with a smile.
No one responded.
“Is there anyone else bidding for the second time?” the host asked again with a smile.
Just as the host was about to decide that the divine tree would belong to the girl from Skarn, suddenly, a deep voice rang out, “Two hundred and thirty trillion!”
Not only the host but everyone in the room was shocked. They looked at the last few rows in the first circle.
It was Warner who had bid.
Under Huang Long’s orders, Warner had no choice but to confront the girl head-on.

The girls of the Skarn family were also stunned. Then they saw the Yellow Dragon beside Warnerat, and to their surprise, it was that country bumpkin they had mocked earlier who showed up as the final bidder. Her pretty face turned red with anger. But now it seemed he wasn’t a country bumpkin after all?! The beauty beside the green-clothed girl also recognized the Yellow Dragon, her eyes flashing. Although it was Warnerat who set the price, they knew Warnerat was under the Yellow Dragon’s command, so it was clearly the Yellow Dragon’s decision. “250 trillion!” After getting angry, the green-clothed girl raised the price by another 30 trillion. The beauty beside her frowned but said nothing. With Warnerat’s final bid and the green-clothed girl’s price increase, everyone in the audience became even more interested in watching. Warnerat looked troubled and glanced at the Yellow Dragon. The Yellow Dragon remained calm, ignoring the murderous gaze from the green-clothed girl and nodded at Warnerat. “260 trillion!” Seeing the Yellow Dragon nod, Warnerat had no choice but to raise the price again. Seeing Warnerat indeed increase the price, the crowd began to discuss. Clearly, since Warnerat dared to compete with the Skarn family in bidding, people speculated about the identity of the Yellow Dragon’s group. The green-clothed girl was even angrier, her eyes seemingly eager to devour the Yellow Dragon. Just as she was about to raise the price again, the beauty beside her spoke up to stop her: “Second sister!” Then she shook her head at her. But how could the green-clothed girl give up so easily? If it were someone else, it might be fine, but for some reason, she simply couldn’t stand that country bumpkin’s smug look. The green-clothed girl looked at her elder sister pleadingly, while the red-clothed beauty softened her heart upon seeing her gaze and sighed, nodding: “Within 300 trillion!” The green-clothed girl’s expression immediately brightened. She naturally understood what her elder sister meant—anything within 300 trillion would do. “300 trillion!” The green-clothed girl turned around and shouted, then glared fiercely at the Yellow Dragon. The auction host, hearing her bid at 300 trillion, was overjoyed. The Yellow Dragon remained calm; he was determined to get those branches of the Netherworld Divine Tree. No matter how much the green-clothed girl bid, he would match it, even if it meant spending all the divine stones from the Five Pits Divine Cauldron and not buying the Chaos Stone. However, the Yellow Dragon wouldn’t raise the price too high, lest others suspect something and become interested in the “divine tree” on the stage, which would not be good. Right now, everyone must think his competition with the Skarn family girl over that tree was just a momentary impulse. “310 trillion!” This time, it wasn’t Warnerat who spoke, but the Yellow Dragon.

The moment the Yellow Dragon spoke, it saw that the green-clad girl’s gaze seemed to emit flames.
310 trillion!
When the Yellow Dragon bought that nameless divine tree for 310 trillion, an old man sitting not far away wisely glanced at it.
Although many believed that the conflict between the Yellow Dragon and the Scarn family’s girl was merely a matter of pride, a few others saw through it, but no one bid against the Yellow Dragon.
Soon, the auctioneer handed the branch of the Netherworld Divine Tree to the Yellow Dragon, which paid with a divine stone and calmly placed it inside the Five Pits Divine Cauldron.
As the Yellow Dragon took the branch, it could sense an unusual tremor in the Netherworld Divine Tree inside the Immortals Pavilion.
At the Tianchen Divine Temple, after the Netherworld Divine Tree absorbed the main body and divine power of the Gold Element Dominator, the Yellow Dragon found that it did not grow taller as expected, as if a person had reached a certain level in cultivation but hit a bottleneck.
Now, encountering another branch of the Netherworld Divine Tree—what did this mean?!
Was the branch it had obtained earlier just a part of the whole tree?!
What would happen if the tree merged with this branch later? The Yellow Dragon suppressed these thoughts.
The auction continued, with increasingly rare items and higher starting prices. Bids rose one after another, and everyone was focused on the items being auctioned, paying no attention to the Yellow Dragon and others.
Only the green-clad girl from the Scarn family occasionally glanced at the Yellow Dragon, her gaze no longer friendly.
The Yellow Dragon naturally knew about her “resentment” toward it, but it ignored her—she was just a direct descendant of the Scarn family. Even if it were the Scarn family’s patriarch, the Yellow Dragon wouldn’t care.
The patriarchs of the major families in the Chaos Divine Realm were merely powerful main gods.
Of course, the Yellow Dragon knew that families like Scarn surely had supreme divine powers behind them.
“Next up is the Chaos Stone!” the auctioneer announced.
The Yellow Dragon couldn’t help but look toward the auction stage, where two palm-sized, light-green ores lay. Within their faint green glow, a faint mist seemed to flow.
The appearance of the Chaos Stones naturally caused a stir among the crowd.
The two women from the Scarn family—one green and one red—had gleaming eyes. Their mission here was to buy those two Chaos Stones.

The host began to elaborate on the functions and value of the Chaos Stones. Of course, most people were already aware of their rarity, but he still felt the need to explain. After finishing his introduction, he paused for a moment before saying, “Auction begins now. Two Chaos Stones together, with an opening bid of twenty trillion divine stones!”

The opening bid for two stones was twenty trillion, which meant ten trillion each. Of course, the actual price of Chaos Stones was far higher than that; generally, a single stone was worth over two trillion, and the opening bid was merely a nominal figure.

As expected, as soon as the host finished speaking, someone called out, “Forty trillion!”

Forty trillion was already close to the price of a Chaos Divine Stone.

The first person to bid was a middle-aged man dressed in the Gaudri family’s attire, with small, cold eyes. The Gaudri family was one of the super-large families on the Kale Continent, roughly on par in strength with the Skarn family.

Forty trillion! When the middle-aged man from the Gaudri family spoke, the crowd fell silent. This bid was far too high, and those who had intended to gradually increase the bid lost interest immediately.

“Four trillion one hundred billion!” After a brief silence, a delicate voice rang out.

Huang Long glanced over and saw a beautiful woman with graceful manners. However, when he noticed the Lanbo family’s attire on her, his eyes narrowed.

After killing that Reddi in Fas City, Huang Long had also done some research on the Lanbo family and learned that it was another super-large family on the Kale Continent.

“Four trillion two hundred billion!” Then, the red-clothed beauty from the Skarn family spoke in a sweet voice.

Huang Long could tell from her tone that she was determined to win these Chaos Stones. He shook his head inwardly, realizing there would be another fierce competition ahead.

However, Huang Long wasn’t in a hurry to bid and chose to observe.

As time passed, more and more people started bidding. By the end, dozens of families were competing.

Eventually, the price reached five trillion six hundred billion!

After that, fewer people bid, and the increases were no longer as large as before—usually just tens of billions or a hundred billion at a time.

“Five trillion six hundred billion and one hundred billion!” called the red-clothed beauty from the Skarn family.

The crowd fell silent.

Generally, five trillion five hundred billion was a price most people would accept, but this one was already quite high.

“Five trillion seven hundred billion!” Just as everyone was hesitating, a voice suddenly broke the silence.

Everyone was surprised and turned to see that it was Warner.

Although there was no further activity from the Huanglong side after the anonymous sacred tree was auctioned off, people still remembered Huanglong and the others, and they became agitated upon seeing Warner compete with the Skarn family again.