After everyone was seated, the auction began.
It started with a bang.
The emcee held up a black box. Even though it was closed, the air in the entire auction hall became scorching hot.
Fortunately, there were Water System mages cooling it down, which was much more efficient than air conditioning. In a short while, the temperature returned to a comfortable range.
"This is a Fire Elemental Seed, classified as a Sub-Heavenly Seed. It originates from the Sahara Desert, which is perpetually scorching hot…" the emcee introduced.
The origin was no longer important; what mattered was that this Elemental Seed was a Sub-Heavenly Seed!
Jiang Yuan didn't expect such a rare auction item to appear right at the beginning.
If he didn't lack a Fire System, he would have definitely acquired this Sub-Heavenly Seed.
After all, naturally formed Heavenly Seed are extremely rare, belonging to the same highly scarce category as nian stone. Even the weakest Sub-Heavenly Seed can elevate its owner to a superior status!
The atmosphere was ignited.
After the emcee announced the starting bid, bids rose one after another.
It was eventually bought by a brown-haired, blue-eyed European.
The second auction item was slightly more ordinary, a magic armor piece originating from an Asian Dragon with Black Dragon bloodline.
This Asian Dragon Magic Armor had the effect of magic immunity, capable of immunity to all primary-level magic damage.
Magic immunity effects generally only appear on Dragon-type demons; it is their racial talent.
Other demons can only achieve an effect similar to magic immunity through powerful physical bodies, but the essence is still very different.
Jiang Yuan was very interested in magic immunity and planned to study it.
At this point, the bidding had reached 150 million.
Jiang Yuan whispered into Liu Xian's ear, and Liu Xian immediately raised her bidding paddle, calling out, "Two hundred and fifty million!"
Raising the price by 100 million instantly drew many people's attention.
"It's that Asian!" Kello gritted his teeth.
If his family hadn't been holding Duchess Eileen's inheritance ceremony a while ago, he would have already sought trouble with that Asian.
He thought he had already left London, but he didn't expect him to still be here.
Kello decided that as soon as the auction ended, he would make sure that Asian left London with a memory he would never forget for the rest of his life!
"Two hundred and sixty million!" someone called out.
"Two hundred and sixty million, any more bids? It's currently two hundred and sixty million."
As soon as the emcee finished speaking, Liu Xian raised her paddle: "Three hundred million!"
"Three hundred million, this gentleman bids three hundred million! Any more bids?"
"Three hundred million, first call!"
"Three hundred million, second call!"
"Three hundred million…" Someone was about to bid, but Jiang Yuan directly took the paddle, raised it, and preemptively bid: "I bid five hundred million!"
When five hundred million was called out, that person was speechless.
This already exceeded the value that this magic armor piece should have.
Immediately, there was no more competition in the venue.
As the emcee's hammer fell, the deal was sealed.
This magic armor piece with magic immunity effect now belonged to Jiang Yuan.
The next few auction items were a bit more ordinary. Jiang Yuan was not interested in them.
Eileen sat in the private box, never making a bid.
Until the emcee once again brought out a Water System Elemental Seed.
It was a top-tier Water System Soul Seed with a domain.
"My Water System has already advanced to the high-level, and my Spirit Seed should be replaced with a Soul Seed. Can you help me acquire this Soul Seed, Catopa?" Eileen's pleasant voice rang out, and Catopa, the middle-aged knight standing silently behind her, stepped forward:
"Of course, my lady!"
This Soul Seed was one of Eileen's goals for coming to the auction.
"One billion!" Catopa bid.
When everyone saw that it was Duchess Eileen's private box making the bid, they immediately lost the desire to compete.
Moreover, a typical domain Soul Seed only sells for about eight hundred million, so this top-tier one selling for a billion is considered a normal price.
The emcee scanned the surroundings, and the hammer handle fell: "One billion, first call, any more bids?"
No one responded.
The emcee symbolically asked a few more questions and quickly dropped the third hammer, and the Soul Seed was acquired by Eileen.
Immediately after, the next auction item was still a Soul Seed.
As soon as this Soul Seed appeared, Jiang Yuan immediately noticed subtle changes in the surrounding electromagnetic field.
Sure enough, the emcee introduced this Soul Seed as a top-tier Thunder domain Soul Seed, on the same level as the Water System Soul Seed just now.
Its effect, besides a six-fold power bonus, had a somewhat unique domain effect.
"This Soul Seed is called Magnetic Thunder Summon. In a strong magnetic field environment, it can summon Thunder Spirits of different ranks based on all the magic energy consumed within its domain. According to tests, it can summon up to Commander-level Thunder Spirits!" the emcee said.
Simply put, the domain of Magnetic Thunder Summon needs a very strong magnetic field environment to function.
Within the domain, regardless of friend or foe, any consumed magic energy will be counted and used to summon Thunder Spirits, making it very suitable for group battles and prolonged battles.
However, the conditions for using the domain are too demanding, requiring a strong magnetic field as a foundation.
Without this foundation, it is identical to a Thunder Soul without a domain at other times.
Upon hearing this domain description, most people lost the desire to bid, as these people were either high-ranking or wealthy and could have better choices.
Having to pick a strong magnetic field environment just to fight is truly a useless Soul Seed.
However, Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this description.
Magnetic Thunder Summon was tailor-made for him; his Thunder talent was equivalent to having a strong magnetic field environment built-in!
Moreover, his Thunder System had not even absorbed the most ordinary Spirit Seed until now.
It could be said that the Thunder System was currently his weakest magic system.
"Liu Xian, acquire this Soul Seed. Bid eight hundred million directly," Jiang Yuan said.
"Okay!"
Liu Xian was already starting to like the feeling of spending money like water. Although the money wasn't hers, it didn't stop her from happily picking up the paddle and shouting out eight hundred million.
At the high price of eight hundred million, no one chose to compete.
Ultimately, this Magnetic Thunder Summon was successfully acquired by Jiang Yuan, awaiting his payment and pick-up when he left the venue.
The subsequent auction items still didn't attract much of Jiang Yuan's attention.
However, he did acquire a few other things.
One was the Ring of Precious Flow, which could be manually or naturally charged to release a single high-level Water System magic.
Its effect is determined by the first high-level magic used by the user. For example, if the first use is high-level Tier 1, then all subsequent uses will be high-level Tier 1; if high-level Tier 2, then all subsequent uses will be high-level Tier 2, and so on.
Currently, this Ring of Precious Flow has not had a user yet.
Another was the Fruit of Dawn, which allowed a Plant mage's Plants to emit a Dawn Light that countered darkness and enhanced their toughness.
There was also an item for Mo Fan, a silver-white helmet that could continuously resist five mental impacts and also recharge automatically.
It was just a single helmet, without matching armor, making it look very strange when worn alone.
However, this was still very important for Mo Fan. He had no means of resisting mental magic, and due to Jiang Yuan, Mo Fan did not obtain the Concentration Necklace.