Chapter 351: Chapter 332: Bidding Controversy
Amidst the anticipation of everyone, the time finally reached 9 o’clock, bringing a synchronized start to the points redemption.
All the ordinary players flocked to the event messenger, eager to exchange for their desired rewards.
But a small group of people like Lin Yi turned their focus to the large display screen at the center of the square.
Under Lin Yi’s watchful eyes, twenty pieces of Legendary Equipment appeared on the screen, alongside their equipment attributes.
All twenty of these are Level 30-39 Third Transformation gear.
They include weapons, armor, and jewelry, and almost every piece has decent attributes.
However, among them, the Level 34 Legendary [Holy Seal Cloak] caught Lin Yi’s eye.
Lin Yi’s current cloak was only a Level 23 Epic Equipment, and had always wanted to upgrade, but never found a suitable one.
What attracted Lin Yi’s attention was not just the legendary quality of the cloak, but a particular additional attribute on the equipment.
It’s fair to say that this single attribute’s value itself could rival the equipment’s original level.
In fact, due to this attribute, the equipment’s value skyrocketed several times over.
The attribute is:
??? (Holy Seal): (After defeating a non-humanoid target, you can seal one of their skills for your own use. Once the skill is locked, it cannot be changed), skill activates upon equipping.
Upon seeing this attribute for the first time, Lin Yi was utterly amazed.
This game actually has such a groundbreaking attribute?
Isn’t this exactly like the ’Sharingan’ from a certain anime?
The only limitation is the restriction on non-humanoid targets, meaning skills from players or NPCs cannot be copied.
But even so, it’s still remarkable.
Since even just copying monster skills, Lin Yi could instantly think of the Rainforest Wind Demon’s skill [Resurrection];
The Yeti King’s group attack skill [Blizzard] (Group Attack + Freeze);
The Demonized Snake King’s [Poisonous Mist] skill (Group Attack + Sustained Bleeding + Reduces Healing Effect by 50%), and so on.
Currently, due to the relatively low level, each profession lacks many skills.
As the saying goes, the more skills the better, no one dislikes having more skills.
The greater value of this equipment is that it allows a close combat profession to instantly gain wide-area group attack skills.
It can also enable a non-attacking support profession to instantly grasp a strong attack skill, etc.
Just as Lin Yi was lost in thought, someone on the Goryeo War Zone’s world channel was already shouting:
[World] Cui Dongxu: I want this [Holy Seal Cloak].
Though it was just a few words, the overbearing aura and disdain for others were vividly evident.
Moreover, he seemed to worry someone might miss it, as he sent the message ten times, filling the screen.
Around Lin Yi, people were buzzing with discussions:
"President Cui is breaking the rules, wasn’t it supposed to be fair competition from the start?"
"Aish, I also had my eyes on this [Holy Seal Cloak], what should I do?"
A female player teased from the side:
"If you’re not afraid of being hunted by President Cui, I support you in competing with him."
The player who said he wanted it showed a dejected look and said:
"Don’t joke around, who here dares to go against President Cui?"
"I’d better look at something else, actually the other pieces are quite good too."
At this moment, Lin Yi looked at the screen and noticed that someone had already started bidding on the twenty pieces of Legendary Equipment, almost all starting at 5,000 points.
Based on Lin Yi’s experience, 7,000 to 8,000 points should be the limit for these people’s bidding.
Only under the [Holy Seal Cloak] did it show:
Cui Dongxu’s bid: 100 points.
Upon seeing this, Lin Yi couldn’t help but laugh.
It seemed Cui Dongxu not only wanted this equipment but also planned to reserve points for competing for pets or mounts afterward.
Moreover, Cui Dongxu’s bidding immediately stirred an uproar among the crowd, and they too started discussing it fervently.
Almost all expressed their dissatisfaction with Cui Dongxu’s actions.
Trying to take a piece of Legendary Equipment with just 100 points, isn’t this equivalent to snagging it for free?
What made them feel helpless was that they couldn’t do anything about it.
Some might say to conduct an anonymous auction instead?
But leaving aside whether you can outbid him, even if you manage to win, would you dare to use it?
With Cui Dongxu’s influence in the Goryeo War Zone, no one dared to provoke him.
Nonetheless, this Cui Dongxu seems somewhat clever, knowing where people’s limits lie, he only went after one item.
Perhaps he too understood that provoking public anger would not be worth it, overreaching would result in failure.
Among the twenty pieces of Legendary Equipment, besides the [Holy Seal Cloak] whose points remained unchanged, the situation with the other nineteen pieces could only be described as intense.
The points numbers were constantly rising, with the names of the bidders changing rapidly.
Until about five minutes later when this trend gradually slowed down, with points mostly stabilizing around 7,500, and any occasional increase being within single digits, not too much.
Lin Yi knew this was far from the limit; the most intense moment would come in the final few seconds of the auction.
That’s when everyone would throw in their trump cards and settle the score once and for all.
Seeing no one bidding, it was time for him to step onto the stage.
Cui Dongxu? Heh~
The ambush earlier must have been orchestrated by this guy, right?
Today, right here, he would ensure this guy gets nothing.
As he spoke, Lin Yi had already brought up the auction interface.
At that moment, the Guild President of the Wind Ranger, Park Renyong, was flattering Cui Dongxu beside him:
"There’s two minutes left; let me congratulate President Cui in advance for obtaining this excellent equipment, simida."
With Park Renyong’s words, several other guild leaders around him echoed:
"Yeah, yeah, congratulations President Cui, simida."
Though these people might be secretly cursing how shameless Cui Dongxu was, they were all outwardly grinning and flattering:
"With this equipment and sealing an excellent skill, President Cui will probably rank in the top ten of the Endless Tower, right?"
Hearing this, someone couldn’t help but be overjoyed:
"If so, wouldn’t our Goryeo War Zone have two in the top ten then? That would be fantastic, simida."
Listening to the compliments, Cui Dongxu smiled broadly, feeling very pleased:
"Truthfully, I have to thank everyone for their generosity in letting me have this equipment!"
Everyone promptly expressed they didn’t dare to accept credit.
As a superior, how could Cui Dongxu not know what these people were worried about at the moment?
So, to reassure them, Cui Dongxu had to say:
"Please rest assured, everyone; I’ll take this advantage just this once, and after, we’ll all compete fairly."
They all nodded repeatedly, expressing they understood.
Yet their joyful expressions showed that they appreciated Cui Dongxu’s promise.
However, an abrupt change occurred—suddenly, the name under the "Holy Seal Cloak" switched from Cui Dongxu to Bei Batian.
And the points jumped from 100 to 1000.
The scene instantly erupted in chaos:
"Oh my god, is this guy crazy?"
"Who is this person? How dare he compete with President Cui."
Observing this change, Cui Dongxu’s smile froze on his face and turned grim:
"Looking for death!"
The President of the Wind Ranger, Park Renyong, seeing the name Bei Batian, immediately gaped and pointed at the screen:
"Oh, oh, oh... Madman, this person is Feng Hua."
He was so excited that his words stumbled:
"He’s the Feng Hua from the Hua Country War Zone!"
With Park Renyong’s words, the several guild leaders around him exploded into commotion, including Yuna, who had been silent.
Bei Batian!
Yuna looked at the name on the screen with flickering eyes and slightly raised her lips: He indeed wasn’t dead.
Around Lin Yi, someone instantly recognized him:
"Bei Batian, it’s you!"
Lin Yi chuckled and calmly walked to the city guard soldiers beside the activity square, unperturbed.
Since these people had already recognized his identity, Lin Yi decided not to hide anymore. He simply took off the Stealth Ring, revealing his true face.
The same old saying, soldiers will block while water will cover earth, hiding any longer would be meaningless now.
Now Lin Yi stood next to the level 60 City Guard soldiers with no worry that anyone would dare to attack him here.
This was the reason why Lin Yi could be so fearless.
As Lin Yi removed the Stealth Ring, the name ’Bei Batian’ on the screen instantly changed to ’Feng Hua.’
This transformation left all the unaware players in the Goryeo War Zone stunned.
Feng Hua? Is it the Feng Hua from the Hua Country War Zone or just someone with the same name...
However, this confusion lasted only a moment, because everyone knew this game never allowed duplicate names.
So after the initial shock and bewilderment, players throughout the Goryeo War Zone fell into utter frenzy:
The Feng Hua from Hua Country actually appeared in the Goryeo War Zone!!
Meanwhile, someone whispered something in Cui Dongxu’s ear, and after glancing at the screen, Cui Dongxu fumingly muttered:
"Go to Channel 8."
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Today’s update ends here.