Chapter 55: Auction of Silver-tier Equipment

In the Purple Bamboo Forest, both sides were still locked in intense battle. However, after the high-ranking members left, the overwhelming aura of the “Pride of the World” was nowhere near as powerful as before, as they were being completely suppressed by the three major guilds.

At this moment, the leaders of “Pride of the World” exchanged grim looks, and one of them immediately issued the retreat order. The BOSS had already been snatched, and there was no reason to continue fighting. However, before they left, the leader of “Pride of the World” cast a vicious glance at the guild leaders of the three major guilds and said, “You’d better wait, we’ll settle this score with you later!” With that, they quickly retreated with the remaining members.

The members of the three major guilds were stunned. How did they go from fighting to suddenly running away? The guild leaders looked at each other, completely baffled by the turn of events.

Just then, one of their members rushed over and said, “Guild Leader, the BOSS has been stolen!”

“What! Who stole it?” the leader of the “Chaos of the World” exclaimed.

The leader of “Cold Moon” turned her gaze to where Wu Shaochen had been standing earlier, only to find that no one was there. She immediately understood and said to the other two, “It was probably ‘Sealed Dust’ who stole it!”

The other two quickly turned to look, but of course, no one was there. Their faces darkened, as they realized that while they had been fighting for the BOSS, it had been silently stolen by someone else.

“So, what do we do now?” the “Sky of Stars” asked in frustration.

“What else can we do? Let’s retreat. The BOSS has been stolen, there’s no point in staying here,” the “Chaos of the World” grumbled in anger, feeling like they had just wasted time doing nothing.

“Check the Auction House! There might be silver-tier equipment up for sale!” Cold Moon suddenly suggested.

“Silver-tier equipment?!” The other two quickly opened the auction interface. The first item up for auction was a [Blue Scale Armor], a silver-tier piece of equipment, listed under an auction mode with a 30-minute bidding time.

“How bold! Silver-tier equipment is being sold?” the “Sky of Stars” exclaimed in shock.

“What use is it to keep it? This armor is definitely dropped by that BOSS just now. Who knows how many pieces of silver-tier equipment it dropped. The equipment probably isn’t even as good now,” the leader of “Chaos of the World” lamented.

“Don’t bother comparing with him. He’s a freak. Let’s focus on developing ourselves. The people from Pride of the World are not going to let this go. We need to be prepared,” the “Sky of Stars” said.

“Right. But Pride of the World took a huge loss. They won’t be making a move on us anytime soon. We can use this opportunity to develop for a while,” the leader of “Chaos of the World” agreed.

“Yeah,” the two of them nodded in agreement. Despite the tense situation, they were now strategically cooperating. However, their minds were already on the auctioned silver-tier equipment.

At the same time, the leader of “Pride of the World,” still on the road, was gnashing his teeth in fury as he saw the auctioned silver-tier armor. He felt this was a blatant insult, as he believed the armor originally belonged to him. Now, it was being auctioned off by someone else.

“This armor is mine! No one else is allowed to snatch it from me!” he angrily declared.

Wu Shaochen, on the other hand, had listed his black iron armor and the bear king’s legguards at 20,000 each. He also listed two pieces of bronze-tier equipment and one silver-tier item for auction in a bidding mode.

With everything set, Wu Shaochen continued his journey toward the “Stone Mountain Forest.” There were still about three hours before midnight, and he planned to farm for two more hours before heading back to the city to tackle the “War God Dungeon,” which could only be challenged once a day.

The Stone Mountain Forest was a place filled with strange-shaped rocks, with not a single plant in sight. The rocky terrain looked like something out of a scenic area, and if it were real life, it would likely be developed into a tourist spot.

Wu Shaochen ventured deep into the forest to hunt his target: the level 22 Stone Ape. Originally, he had planned to fight the level 21 Stone Monkey, but after leveling up, he decided to go for the higher-level Stone Ape. The Stone Ape had 550 attack power, which couldn’t break Wu Shaochen’s defenses, and 55,000 health points with 350 defense. However, it had the passive skill of petrifying its target, which could cause some trouble, as Wu Shaochen only had one crowd control skill with a long cooldown time.

After summoning his Silver Wolf to assist with experience sharing, Wu Shaochen began grinding. The Stone Apes were numerous, and although their petrification skill was annoying, Wu Shaochen could handle them without too much trouble.

Meanwhile, in Jinling City, countless players were eyeing the silver-tier equipment in the auction house. The price of the Blue Scale Armor skyrocketed and had already exceeded 200,000. All the wealthy players were determined to win it, as owning a silver-tier item would greatly boost their stats. Due to this, the two bronze-tier items listed by Wu Shaochen barely received any bids, with their prices still under 100,000.

Not only in Jinling City but players from other major cities were also aware of the silver-tier equipment auction. Unfortunately, the teleportation network between cities wasn’t open yet, so they could only watch longingly.

In the area chat, players were commenting on the auctioned equipment:

“Silver-tier equipment! The Pride of the World must have fought hard to kill a silver-tier BOSS. How could they bear to sell it?”

“Hey, the BOSS wasn’t killed by Pride of the World. It was ‘Sealed Dust’ who killed it, and since they can’t use the equipment, they decided to sell it.”

“Wow, Sealed Dust is amazing!”

“Silver-tier gear stats are so impressive! After seeing this, I almost feel like I should quit using my bronze gear.”

Eventually, the Blue Scale Armor was sold for 260,000, while the two bronze-tier items went for only 120,000 each. All of Wu Shaochen’s black iron equipment also sold out at 20,000 each.

When Wu Shaochen checked his sales earnings, his face lit up with a smile as he saw the 520,000 he had earned from the auction.

After grinding for over two hours, he had killed 268 Stone Apes. Despite the petrification effect, his experience gain was excellent, and he leveled up to LV18 with 66,310 experience. His Silver Wolf also leveled up to 16, nearly reaching 17.

Even after leveling up by over ten levels, Wu Shaochen’s leveling speed remained astonishing, as he was killing higher-level monsters efficiently. He knew that leveling up two levels every two hours was still achievable.

With everything settled, Wu Shaochen checked his talent and immortality stats. His talent had maxed out at 540 points, while immortality had added 268 health points, bringing his total health to 6,868.

As midnight approached, Wu Shaochen decided it was time to head to the War God Dungeon. With a quick use of his City Scroll, he returned to Jinling City, ready to take on the next challenge.

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