Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 1176: The Original ’Finale

Chapter 1176: Chapter 1176: The Original ’Finale

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd,

Wyatt Barnes, who had killed Jasper Evans and four others, descended from the air and returned to the pavilion, positioning himself next to Winnie Romero as if nothing had happened.

It was as though he hadn’t been the one behind the recent acts.

For a moment, everyone present felt a tingling sensation on their scalps.

"Who exactly is he? He actually killed Jasper Evans!"

"The Sect Leader of the True Martial Sect, Levi Evans, has lost two sons consecutively... Once he learns about this, he is bound to leave the True Martial Sect’s territory in a fury and rush to the City of Peace."

"It’s not just the Sect Leader of the True Martial Sect... Once the news of Jasper’s death gets out, the strongest among the other elders in the True Martial Sect surely won’t let this go easily!"

...

Many people whispered among themselves, secretly anxious for Wyatt Barnes.

However, seeing Wyatt now sitting in the pavilion with a calm expression on his face, the others were clearly ’more anxious than the emperor himself.’

"The auction, continue!"

Realizing that a conclusion had been reached, Justin Campbell regained his composure and spoke loudly.

As for the five corpses scattered around, they were taken care of by the staff of the Campbell Family auction house.

For a time, everyone’s gaze shifted from Wyatt Barnes back to Justin Campbell, who was the host of this auction.

The auction continued.

However, during the bidding of the following items, many glanced occasionally at Wyatt Barnes, seemingly curious to know whether he was interested in the current auction item.

They feared that their own bidding might displease this mysteriously powerful figure, potentially bringing about deadly consequences.

In the Cloud Skies Continent, the powerful were respected, so they had to be cautious.

If Wyatt Barnes knew what they were thinking, he would certainly find it absurd.

He was there to participate in the auction, not to act like a bandit.

Besides,

did he look like a bandit?

When they saw that Wyatt Barnes was continuously resting with his eyes closed and showed no interest in the upcoming auction items, other guests finally relaxed and bid freely.

Time quietly passed.

One after another, auction items were purchased for high prices.

"Originally, this ’Grade One Spirit Sword’ in my possession was supposed to be today’s final highlight."

On the auction stage, Justin Campbell’s voice reached all the guests, eliciting a round of disbelieving sneers.

"A Grade One Spirit Sword? The final highlight? Mr. Campbell, you must be joking."

As soon as Justin Campbell finished speaking, someone couldn’t resist mocking him.

"Yes, Mr. Campbell. A mere Grade One Spiritual Artifact, how could it qualify as the highlight of your Campbell Family’s auction held every three months... It’s wise to auction it off earlier."

"Exactly."

"A Grade One Spiritual Artifact, though precious, isn’t much of a deal in an auction of this scale."

...

Many spoke with a laugh.

"Humph!"

Of course, there were also those who disagreed with the previous statements, "Don’t forget, there were also two Grade One Spiritual Artifacts auctioned earlier by Mr. Campbell."

"Do you think the Grade One Spirit Sword, previously considered the final highlight by the Campbell auction house, is just an ordinary Grade One Spiritual Artifact?"

The speakers were all well-considered.

So far, this auction had seen two Grade One Spiritual Artifacts, and now, the ’Grade One Spirit Sword’ in Justin Campbell’s hands was the third.

Justin Campbell mentioned that this Grade One Spirit Sword was initially meant to be the final highlight of today’s auction, indicating that it must have extraordinary qualities.

"Mr. Campbell, is it so?"

Soon, many inquired.

"Indeed!"

Facing the multitude of gazes, Justin Campbell nodded and explained, "This Grade One Spirit Sword in my hand is the ’Top-grade’ among Grade One Spiritual Artifacts! Now, you should understand why it qualifies as the once planned final highlight of today’s auction, right?"

With those words, the entire venue fell silent, leaving only heavy breathing sounds.

A ’Top-grade’ among Grade One Spiritual Artifacts.

They all knew what that meant.

Only a Grade One Spiritual Artifact whose amplification power reached ’eighty-nine percent’ qualified as the ’Top-grade.’

Meaning, the auction item, the Grade One Spirit Sword in Mr. Campbell’s hands, was one that could amplify ’eighty-nine percent’ of power.

A Grade One Spiritual Artifact amplifying ’eighty-nine percent’ power was almost no different from one amplifying ’eighty-eight percent’ power.

At least, in the clashes of martial artists, the difference wasn’t significant.

Such slight power discrepancy could entirely be compensated with combat experience and martial techniques.

Yet such a Grade One Spiritual Artifact was an exceptional treasure for ’Grade One Artifact Refiners,’ who might study it to enhance their refining skills.

Thus, its value was extraordinary.

Of course, owning such a Grade One Spiritual Artifact was also a matter worth boasting about, for such artifacts were extremely rare on the Cloud Skies Continent.

As the saying goes, ’rarity brings value’—and this was exactly such a case.

"A ’Top-grade’ Grade One Spiritual Artifact?"

At that moment, Wyatt Barnes also opened his eyes, surveying with great interest the "Grade One spirit knife" in Justin Campbell’s hand.

As someone who had merged with the memories of a lifetime of a Martial Emperor, inheriting the Martial Emperor’s artifact refining techniques and experience, Wyatt naturally knew how difficult it was to create a Grade One spiritual artifact that could enhance strength by "eighty-nine percent."

"I hadn’t expected that in this day and age, someone could still craft such a Grade One spiritual artifact."

Wyatt mused.

While Wyatt’s gaze was on the Grade One spirit knife in Justin Campbell’s hand, the focus of the others in the VIP area had shifted from the spirit knife to Wyatt.

They all wanted to bid for that Grade One spirit knife.

But, the thought of the ’bane’ Wyatt being present made them involuntarily shift their gaze to Wyatt, wanting to know whether Wyatt was also interested in the Grade One spirit knife.

"He’s looking at the Grade One spirit knife too!"

"Could he be interested in it as well?"

"Isn’t that obvious?"

"If he wants it, who would dare compete with him?"

"Aren’t you wearing a mask? What are you afraid of?"

"Do you think, to someone of his caliber, it makes any difference whether or not I wear a mask? He could simply kill me after I win the bid on that spirit knife."

"That’s true."

...

The people in the VIP area buzzed with discussions, and as time passed, those not wearing masks showed bitter expressions on their faces.

As for those wearing masks, their expressions were unseen, but they still shook their heads and sighed.

Their discussion reached Wyatt’s ears verbatim, and it left Wyatt speechless, making him frown and say, "What are you all implying...do you view me as a bandit?"

"Even if I wasn’t interested in this broken knife, and even if I were, I wouldn’t use such despicable means to snatch it!"

"Besides! If I wanted to snatch it, there wouldn’t even be an auction at Campbell’s auction house here, I would just take everything."

Wyatt said.

Hearing Wyatt’s words, everyone felt a bit awkward.

However, they could understand from Wyatt’s words that he was not interested in the Grade One spirit knife and even referred to it as a ’broken knife.’

"You can all rest assured...this guest is not interested in the Grade One spirit knife I’m holding."

At that moment, Justin Campbell said.

He knew the reason all too well.

Among the final two auction items replacing the ’Grade One spirit knife,’ there was one that was even more perfect than the spirit knife.

That artifact was consigned for auction by this youth in purple.

Naturally, the youth in purple would not be interested in the Grade One spirit knife.

Hearing Wyatt’s words, and then Justin Campbell’s words, everyone nodded their heads, no longer apprehensive, focusing fiercely like wolves on the Grade One spirit knife in Justin Campbell’s hand.

"Now, let’s start the bidding for this Grade One spirit knife in my hand that can enhance strength by ’eighty-nine percent’... The starting bid for this Grade One spirit knife is three thousand top-grade original stones!"

Three thousand top-grade original stones!

Hearing Justin Campbell’s words, Wyatt couldn’t help but click his tongue.

One should know, refining a ’Grade One spiritual artifact’ with all materials combined only costs around a hundred top-grade original stones at most, for the materials alone of course.

"It seems the starting bid for the Grade One spirit sword I consigned will be higher than this."

Wyatt mused inwardly.

Just as Wyatt’s thoughts were turning sharply, the ’Grade One spirit knife’ in Justin Campbell’s hand had already been bid up to ten thousand top-grade original stones.

And the price was still climbing.

"Thirty thousand top-grade original stones!"

"Forty thousand top-grade original stones!"

...

Now, those bidding were primarily the guests in the VIP area; the guests in the common areas had all backed down.

"These people can easily produce so many top-grade original stones."

Wyatt scanned the VIP area, his eyes glittering as he swept over each person, thinking that if he killed these people, wouldn’t he obtain a great fortune?

However, Wyatt was just contemplating this.

Top-grade original stones, he didn’t lack them at the moment.

With Heaven Fortin Sect under his control, the annual extraction of top-grade original stones from the ’top-grade original stone mines’ he controlled ranged from hundreds of thousands to even millions.

If he chose to, he could deploy more disciples from the Heaven Fortin Sect to mine for more top-grade original stones.

In the end, the Grade One spirit knife that could enhance ’eighty-nine percent’ was bought for a hundred and ten thousand top-grade original stones by an old man wearing a mask with white hair.

"Haha...thank you, everyone, for letting me have it."

The old man chuckled after winning the Grade One spirit knife, taking out a Storage Ring containing a hundred and ten thousand top-grade original stones to exchange for the spirit knife.

"Great knife!"

The old man was very pleased with the spirit sword.

"A hundred and ten thousand top-grade original stones for this broken knife?"

Wyatt hadn’t expected a mere Grade One spirit knife that could enhance ’eighty-nine percent’ strength to fetch such a high price.

"When the Grade One spirit sword I consigned comes up... couldn’t it fetch an even higher price?"

Wyatt was looking forward to it.