Global Descent to Sky Islands: Getting a God-level Talent from the Start - Chapter 45

Whisperer asked, “Star River, is the first batch of Life Potions really being auctioned off?”

Han Xing replied, “Yes, the highest bidder wins.”

“Alright, name your price. We, God’s Whisper, will definitely secure that 5th place reward!”

After saying this, Whisperer added in the chat channel, “I kindly ask everyone to give me some face and not compete for the first batch of Life Potions with me.”

Under normal circumstances, with Whisperer being the leader of one of the top 3 teams in Area 107, people might have obliged his request.

But now, this concerns the leaderboard rewards and an essential item like the Life Potion, so no one would easily back down.

At this moment, Papaya Star Spirit, the usually low-profile leader of the Airplane Men, also stepped up and said, “Brother Whisperer, everyone wants the 5th place reward. Let’s go with Brother Star River’s words and give it to the highest bidder.”

His words were equivalent to undermining Whisperer.

Whisperer snorted coldly.

At this point, Han Xing spoke again, “Then let’s start the auction now.”

“The first batch consists of 5 Life Potions, with a starting bid of 1000 Spirit Cores. You can also offer other items as additional bids, and we’ll decide who gets it based on value.”

Han Xing began with 5 bottles, a number of Life Potions equivalent to several extra lives, enough for them to wear down an elite monster.

As soon as he finished speaking, survivors who thought they had a chance to compete for the leaderboards began bidding furiously.

“1500 Spirit Cores and 1 Green Gear Necklace!”

“1800 Spirit Cores and 64 Mithril!”

“2200 Spirit Cores ……”

Meanwhile, Whisperer and Papaya Star Spirit are frantically gathering supplies in their group chat.

After a series of exaggerated bids, the final offer reached 4000 Spirit Cores, plus a large amount of Mithril and other materials.

However, they felt this price was still bearable compared to a blue weapon. Besides the weapon, there was also an Advanced Class Scroll included, making it worth the cost.

At this moment, Whisperer suddenly spoke up: “5000 Spirit Cores, 107 pieces of Mithril, 13,000 Refined Iron, and a Blue Gear Plate Armor.”

As soon as Whisperer finished speaking, the chat channel was filled with sounds of people gasping.

This offer was intimidating enough to scare off many potential competitors.

Whisperer brought out the blue gear, partly for the ranking reward and partly because he was severely injured and urgently needed the Life Potion to recover.

However, Papaya Star Spirit announced his bid right then: “5500 Spirit Cores, 132 pieces of Mithril, 14,000 Refined Iron, and a Blue Gear Necklace.”

“Hiss…”

Once again, the chat channel erupted with people taking sharp breaths.

Whisperer didn’t respond immediately. He seemed to be considering whether it was worth raising the bid further and if he could recover the cost.

Just then, Han Xing chuckled softly and said, “Oh, I forgot to remind you, defeating this elite monster will drop a lot of good items, and there’s even a high probability of obtaining a potion formula.”

With that statement, Papaya Star Spirit, who had thought he had victory in his grasp, suddenly felt unsettled.

The mention of the potion formula was enough to rekindle the interest of competitors who had already given up.

At this moment, someone tentatively asked, “God Star River, do you mean that your Life Potion Formula also dropped from an elite monster?”

Han Xing smiled, choosing not to answer the question directly.

However, the survivors silently accepted this idea in their hearts.

Meanwhile, Whisperer suddenly gritted his teeth and said again, “6000 Spirit Cores, 140 pieces of Mithril, 15,000 Refined Iron, and a Basic Castle Blueprint!”

He was taking a gamble, bringing out the blueprint he had stumbled upon when he accidentally ventured into a mysterious sky island.

Han Xing’s eyes lit up. A castle blueprint sounded like a construction-oriented design.

At the current stage, no one was known to have built any territorial structures yet.

If no one offered a higher price, then this first batch of five Life Potions would go to Whisperer.

Papaya Star Spirit was in a dilemma but considered that it might not be worth bidding higher just for a piece of blue gear.

Han Xing waited for a moment and, seeing no further bids, said, “Then it’s settled.”

As soon as he spoke, many in the chat channel breathed a sigh of relief.

Han Xing also demonstrated his credibility by immediately requesting a trade with Whisperer after speaking.

In the trade window.

Whisperer, looking pained, placed a large number of Spirit Cores and precious Mithril on the panel.

This was almost all of the ‘God’s Whisper’ team’s harvest over the past few days, yet it was all traded away in one go.

A system prompt appeared.

[Trade Successful, You Received Life Potion x5, You Lost Spirit Core x6000, Mithril x140, Refined Iron x15000, Basic Castle Blueprint x1.]

Whisperer, seeing the five bottles of emerald-green potion in his territory, was so overwhelmed with emotion that tears nearly fell.

His injuries had been worsening, and his status panel showed he was on the brink of death.

If it weren’t for relying on constant consumption of Spirit Spring Water to keep his last breath, Whisperer wouldn’t have lasted until now.

He eagerly poured a bottle of Life Potion into his mouth.

The ghastly wound on his chest finally showed signs of improvement.

In that moment, Whisperer wept tears of joy.

“Phew… I almost died for real…”

At the same time, Han Xing resumed the auction.

Although the slots for blue equipment were gone from the points leaderboard, the other rewards remained enticing.

There were still 95 slots available, and just the advanced class change scroll was enough to motivate the other survivors to make a dash for it.

Thus, the subsequent auction proceeded very smoothly, with everyone’s enthusiasm propelling the transaction amounts to higher limits.

The auction continued for nearly 2 hours, and Han Xing finally managed to sell all remaining 95 slots.

He also acquired an enormous amount of materials.

He received as many as 73,624 Spirit Cores, over 1,000 pieces of Mithril, and more than 100,000 units of materials like Refined Iron and Rare Earth.

In addition to various odds and ends, such as Beast Hearts, Bl00d of the Strong, and Moon Flowers, his Storage Box was once again filled to the brim.

What he had spent in exchange for all this was merely 480 bottles of Life Potion.

The return on investment was not just 10x but easily more than 100x!

Moreover, over the course of 2 hours, many survivors who were stuck at the 900-point mark broke through one after another.

People continuously surpassed 1,000 points, receiving ranking rewards.

Half an hour later, as the 100th survivor successfully exceeded 1,000 points,

Han Xing stopped the auction mode and started listing the Life Potions for direct sale.

Unlike items like Spirit Spring Water, which can be traded by milliliter, Life Potions can only be traded by the whole bottle.

Han Xing set various initial prices, such as exchanging 1 bottle of Life Potion for 200 Spirit Cores, or 1 piece of Mithril for the equivalent of 10 Spirit Cores, or a blue blueprint for 1,000 Spirit Cores.

As soon as the Life Potions were listed, they caused another buying frenzy.

From morning until sunset, Han Xing was engaged in frantic trading with other survivors.

He was in a state of excitement the entire time.

Seeing the massive influx of materials, he felt an unparalleled sense of satisfaction!

After all, who can refuse the joy of being a hoarder?

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