“Nine Divine Weapons of the Controller? Yan Shen Bing?” Luo Feng looked down at the black token in his hand, puzzled. The screen of this auction token displayed a detailed list of 1,000 items.
“The most suitable for you, Luo Feng. Something you’d usually find hard to purchase. You must buy it.”
“I understand. I’ll take a look first,” Luo Feng said, carefully examining the screen of the auction token in his hand.
Soon, he spotted one item—Yan Shen Bing.
With a gentle tap, he accessed the detailed information about Yan Shen Bing.
Yan Shen Bing: One of the Nine Divine Weapons of the Controller for Mentality Users. Its full name is “Hunter Yan” or “Nine-Layered Hunter Yan.” In its ordinary form, Yan Shen Bing appears as a dark golden rod containing 10,081 golden mini-blades as thin as cicada wings. Each golden blade holds profound secret patterns of the fundamental laws of existence.
Among the Nine Divine Weapons of the Controller, eight of them are crafted by combining the eight fundamental laws—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, and Light—with either the law of Time or Space.
The ninth Divine Weapon, however, is forged by fusing the two most profound fundamental laws—Time and Space.
Yan Shen Bing, in particular, is crafted by fusing the two fundamental laws—Metal and Space—into a divine weapon of immense power.
Yan Shen Bing has a total of nine forms.
Each form surpasses the previous in power, but also increases dramatically in difficulty to control.
Mastering the ninth form of Yan Shen Bing is incredibly difficult!
First Form: For a Stellar Sovereign, it is extremely difficult. Anyone who can activate the first form can be considered invincible among peers of the same level!
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Third Form: For a Cosmic Sovereign, activating the third form allows one to claim invincibility among peers. Easily achieving a thousand consecutive victories in the Axe Combat Arena would be effortless.
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Sixth Form: For a Domain Sovereign, activating the sixth form makes one absolutely invincible among Domain Sovereigns. Across the entire Qianwu Cosmos Nation, and even the human race as a whole, a Domain Sovereign who activates the sixth form of Yan Shen Bing would be the most monstrous among equals, even rivaling Gold-Horned Giant Beasts.
Seventh Form: If a World Sovereign at the ninth stage can activate the seventh form, they would be among the peak of World Sovereigns.
Eighth Form: Incredibly difficult. A ninth-stage World Sovereign who can activate the eighth form could be considered invincible among World Sovereigns across the entire Qianwu Cosmos Nation!
Ninth Form: The highest form. Throughout the vast cosmos and countless years, almost no World Sovereign has ever activated the ninth form! Because generally, any World Sovereign capable of activating the ninth form would have already transcended to the Eternal level.
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Yan Shen Bing is both the strongest and the weakest.
It is the strongest because each of its nine forms surpasses the previous in power.
It is the weakest because it is extremely difficult to wield. Those with poor comprehension might find it better to use other, more ordinary mental weapons.
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Starting bid: 500 billion cosmic credits. Total of nine pieces!
“Nine-Layered Hunter Yan? Truly monstrous,” Luo Feng muttered. At that moment, the giant scaled man seated on the enormous throne to Luo Feng’s left, nearly six meters tall, turned to look at him and said in a deep voice, “Brother, you’re eyeing the Nine-Layered Hunter Yan? That Yan Shen Bing is not something just anyone can use well! The Nine Divine Weapons are all extremely difficult to operate, requiring deep understanding of the fundamental laws. Without the talent, it’s better to buy an ordinary mental weapon, which might actually allow you to display greater strength. Remember… don’t buy the best weapon, buy the one most suitable for you!”
“That makes sense,” Luo Feng smiled, glancing at the scaled giant.
The scaled giant chuckled, his blood-red mouth wide open. “The Nine Divine Weapons are difficult to wield. Take Yan Shen Bing, for example. A World Sovereign who can activate the eighth form is usually already capable of breaking through to Eternal. Young friend, don’t waste your money recklessly. Just buy the weapon most suitable for you.”
“Thanks,” Luo Feng smiled but said nothing more, thinking to himself, “This Yan Shen Bing is exactly the one most suitable for me.”
He already had a certain level of understanding of the Metal fundamental law.
As for the Space fundamental law, although he had made no progress yet, he was still striving.
With such favorable conditions, of course he had to make every effort to use Yan Shen Bing.
“Luo Feng, the maximum limit of the Dark Cloud Shuttle is at the Cosmic Sovereign level. Your current Gold-Horned Giant Beast body can fully unleash the power of the Dark Cloud Shuttle. It no longer poses a challenge to you. But this Yan Shen Bing—don’t worry about it not being enough for you to wield. The challenge lies in whether you have the talent to unleash its ultimate power. The ninth form awaits your breakthrough.”
“I understand,” Luo Feng thought with determination.
The ninth form!
I will break through each layer!
“Barbara, how much do you estimate this Yan Shen Bing will cost?” Luo Feng asked.
“There are nine Yan Shen Bing pieces in total. Among the World Sovereigns present, only the Controllers of Mentality Users who walk the path of the Metal and Space fundamental laws will compete for it. However, considering the large number of participants in this auction hall, I estimate the price will be quite high. But you should have enough money.”
“Okay,” Luo Feng nodded inwardly.
Currently, his account balance was about 398,600 billion cosmic credits. Purchasing this Yan Shen Bing should not be difficult.
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Time passed, and one expensive weapon after another was auctioned off in the vast auction hall, triggering bidding wars and quickly being bought by powerful beings from various star regions. Over 99% of the attendees were World Sovereigns, with a few rare high-profile figures and Eternals.
“The next auction item is Yan Shen Bing!”
“One of the Nine Divine Weapons of the Controller, Yan Shen Bing. Everyone here must already know its power. Many Controller World Sovereigns often struggle with the problem: after breaking through in their understanding of the fundamental laws, their current mental weapons can no longer fully unleash their maximum power! But with Yan Shen Bing, you absolutely don’t have to worry about this.”
“Don’t worry about it not being enough for you to wield—worry about whether you have the talent.”
“Yan Shen Bing has nine forms. If you can activate the ninth form, you can dominate the vast cosmos. Not only among the many human cosmos nations, but even against the mechanical race, beast race, and even Star Giants, you would be hard-pressed to find an opponent,” the old man with a turtle shell announced. “Alright, let’s begin the bidding. There are nine Yan Shen Bing pieces in total. The highest nine bids will win. Starting bid—500 billion cosmic credits!”
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Instantly, countless enormous thrones stretching as far as the eye could see were filled with millions of World Sovereigns and even Eternals, many of whom began placing bids.
Among the countless thrones, in an unremarkable one, Luo Feng sat and entered his bid: “600 billion cosmic credits.”
“Damn it,” Luo Feng widened his eyes.
The numbers on the screen kept jumping, with the ninth-highest bid displayed on one side.
550 billion… 600 billion… 660 billion… 700 billion…
The price skyrocketed rapidly.
“800 billion,” Luo Feng entered again.
890 billion… 900 billion… 960 billion…
The numbers quickly surpassed Luo Feng’s bid.
15,000 billion…
The displayed bid suddenly jumped by a large margin.
“They’re crazy,” Luo Feng widened his eyes.
“Yan Shen Bing usually sells for over 2 trillion cosmic credits in auctions,” Barbara’s voice echoed in Luo Feng’s mind.
Sure enough—
20,000 billion… 21,000 billion… 21,100 billion…
The increase began to slow.
“21,800 billion,” Luo Feng entered his bid, then stared at the ninth-highest bid displayed on the auction token in his hand. The bidding pace was slowing.
21,900 billion… 26,000 billion!
“It jumped again,” Luo Feng grew anxious. Although the auction offered treasures that were usually impossible to buy, the gathering of so many powerful beings meant that sometimes there would be fierce competition for certain items, making the final price shockingly high.
Indeed, the price kept rising.
30,000 billion… 30,800 billion… 31,000 billion…
The rising numbers made Luo Feng hold his breath, his eyes slightly reddening. “Barbara, why is the price rising so absurdly high?”
“Auctions are unpredictable. Sometimes, a dozen powerful beings who suddenly want the Yan Shen Bing and have the financial means appear, driving the price up. After all, there are only nine pieces! Once sold out, you’ll have to rely on luck to buy one in the future. Even the next Qianwu Auction might not have Yan Shen Bing,” Barbara said. “Keep bidding. You must get it.”
“I know,” Luo Feng gritted his teeth, watching the current bid before entering another price—32,000 billion!
But with the astonishing upward trend, the price quickly surpassed 32,000 billion.
“Barbara, send an email to my younger brother. Ask him how much money he can immediately borrow,” Luo Feng asked. The auction didn’t require immediate payment. Instead, after each batch of 1,000 items was sold, the payments would be deducted collectively.
“Your younger brother replied, saying he can immediately ask friends to transfer funds with just a phone call. Currently, the maximum transfer he can arrange is 2 trillion cosmic credits.”
Luo Feng felt relieved.
The bidding pace had already slowed, obviously because even the World Sovereigns didn’t have unlimited funds.
“36,112 billion cosmic credits,” Luo Feng entered his bid.
The numbers on the screen rose extremely slowly: 36,081—36,085—36,090… Finally, the numbers stopped.
The final ninth-highest bid was 36,101 billion cosmic credits.
“The ninth-highest bid is 36,101 billion cosmic credits. Three seconds countdown, 3… 2… 1… Congratulations to the nine guests! You have become the owners of Yan Shen Bing!” the old man with a turtle shell announced loudly. “We will now proceed to the next auction item…”
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Luo Feng looked at the black token in his hand, where a line of text appeared: “Congratulations, guest with ID KND99286. You have successfully bid for Yan Shen Bing. Please prepare to complete the payment and contract signing after this batch of auction items concludes.”
“Luo Feng, this Yan Shen Bing will accompany you as you advance to the Cosmic Sovereign, Domain Sovereign, World Sovereign, and even break through to Eternal! It will stay with you for ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, or even longer. It will be your most important companion, sharing life and death with you. You must wield it with all your heart,” Barbara encouraged.
Luo Feng nodded, his heart filled with excitement.
Yan Shen Bing…
My weapon!
About an hour later, this batch of auction items was completely sold out.
Luo Feng paid the fee and arranged the delivery location for Yan Shen Bing in the real world.
“This is the fifth batch of auction items. Everyone can now see the next 1,000 auction items on your auction tokens. Please prepare for the items you wish to bid on,” the old man with a turtle shell’s voice echoed through the vast auction hall. Countless World Sovereigns seated on thrones across the hall lowered their heads to check their auction tokens.
Luo Feng also looked down, and what he saw…
“Damn it! The Life Fruit?” Luo Feng shook his head in disbelief. Among the 1,000 auction items was indeed the Life Fruit.
The Life Fruit had a starting bid of 500 billion cosmic credits, with a total of 12 pieces.
“My balance… I only have about 37.48 billion left. Not even enough for the starting bid,” Luo Feng scratched his head, blinking helplessly.
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