Chapter 736: Treasures of the Uncharted Void (2)

The core material for the array interested almost all parties, including the major-level teams. Thus, what was usually only worth a million Chaos Stones skyrocketed without end.

From 2 million, 3 million, 5 million, 6 million, 7 million...

Sweating nervously, Nash felt the item was about to become out of reach. These major-level teams were really rich beyond imagination.

Having hoarded hundreds of millions of Chaos Stones, no one could compete if they were determined to win.

Even if Nash were to convert all his stock of Soul Crystals, it would only amount to about 80 million. Preparing to give up, Nash bid 8 million for the last time.

"8 million Chaos Stones! Is there any more bid?"

At this moment, Primos and Stragos, whom he had some friendship with, gave the other supreme leaders a look. Although the core material was precious, it wasn’t as if they didn’t already have some.

Giving way to this newcomer, the other major-level teams gave up the bidding war.

As for the other top-level teams, they wouldn’t waste too much money on such a core material. Wasn’t it better to use that money to purchase more battleships to venture into the unexplored domain areas? Although the Mechanical Race didn’t sell X-class battleships, those S-class to SSS-class battleships could still be bought.

Winning the bid with 8 million, Nash finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Good." Turning toward Primos and Stragos, Nash gave them a nod of thanks.

So far, his relationship with the Mechanical Race and the Azure Heaven Alliance was even better than that with the Chronos Alliance. From trade to manpower exchange, they even helped him with the materials for the dark gates. If he didn’t know any better, he might have thought they were up to something else.

After the array materials, Nash was no longer in any mood to bid. So far in this auction, he had already spent over 13.5 million Chaos Stones. Of the budget, 6 million was from the Chaos Stone mines, while the 7.5 million was from the exchange of Soul Crystals.

Watching the auction go on, there was longing and pity in his eyes. What was sold next was something that could improve the environment of the Neon Star Alliance Territory: resource stars.

These were not just simple resource stars like before, but legendary Elemental Origin Stars and Law Origin Stars. Not only could these stars provide limitless elemental and law crystals, the energy they emitted could also elevate the overall quality of the surrounding void.

If he could buy some for the Neon Star Alliance, talents would be born en masse, and powerhouses would advance like bamboo shoots springing up after rain.

"I’m still too poor..."

Elemental Origin Stars cost 1-3 million Chaos Stones, while Law Origin Stars cost 10-15 million. Such a price naturally deterred most of the top-level teams. In the end, out of all the hundreds of Elemental Origin Stars and dozens of Law Origin Stars, everything was divided among the major-level teams.

"Truly ruthless." The major-level teams didn’t even leave scraps for others and bought everything.

Afterward, some ordinary resource stars were brought out one by one.

Thinking of the newly expanded Neon Star Alliance, Nash cashed out another 1.5 million Chaos Stones and bought 14 Sun Star Voids.

Nash could only sigh at how times have changed. The treasure that they had first found in the wild void area was being sold at the auction like a common daily item. However, upon closer calculation, the Sun Star Void was actually of little worth.

Calculated in terms of wealth, it could only produce a few quadrillion Void Source Crystals a year, which amounted to only a few hundred Chaos Stones. Instead of waiting hundreds of years to earn back its value, it was better to sell it for cash, which could earn more resources.

For Nash, however, these Sun Star Voids were not merely about money, but the potential they could add to the people of the Neon Star Alliance. The more Sun Star Voids there were, the denser the void energy, the more talented people could be born, and the faster they could train.

"That’s it, I’m out of money." Having spent 15 million, he was really out of money. Unless he wanted to touch the rest of the Soul Crystals, which could destabilize the foundation of the Universal Module System, he could no longer bid on anything.

Watching the auction like bystanders, they could only sit enviously as higher-end items were sold.

Witnessing such an abundance of resources, Nash had already decided to join the next expedition. Even if they only stood on the sidelines, it would still be more profitable than sitting out entirely.

Such were also the thoughts of the rest of the top-level teams that hadn’t joined the expedition before. Gritting their teeth in determination, they decided to invest all their manpower in this coming expedition.

As the auction approached its end, the materials being sold climbed up to tens of millions of Chaos Stones. These materials were none other than the components of a Dimensional Scale Dark Gate.

A Dimensional Scale Dark Gate was worth hundreds to thousands of times that of a normal Sector Scale Dark Gate.

Meaning, once a Dimensional Scale Dark Gate was built, those major-level teams could achieve instant saturation of a domain area and move on to the next.

To control all the explored domain areas, they only needed to build over a hundred thousand Dimensional Scale Dark Gates. Of course, controlling the subsequent danger of such a massive scale was not something they could easily manage. Otherwise, given the ability of these major-level teams, they would have long since built them.

While in deep thought, the auction presented its last item, a Nether Sea Essence that could strengthen the will of an individual.

This treasure was sought after by top powerhouses, as with a powerful will, it would be easier for them to condense a domain once they advanced to the tier 8 realm.

Given the preciousness of the item, the final bid was over 120 million Chaos Stones, won by the Chronos Alliance.

When it comes to such individual power-enhancing treasures, the Chronos Saint would really spare no expense to obtain it.

With the auction at an end, Nash took Camilla and Elizabeth and left.

On the way back, the leaders of the top-level teams who had approached him earlier gathered toward him.

"Let’s discuss things in one of the conference halls," Nash suggested.

Knowing they couldn’t discuss such things in an open area, they nodded and followed Nash along.

Seeing this scene, the other top-level teams also fell into deep thought.

"Should we also..."

Looking around, everyone reached a tacit understanding and formed their own groups to discuss partnerships and alliances.

To combat the major-level teams’ monopoly, their foundation alone wasn’t enough. To avoid being left behind, they had no choice but to band together.