Chapter 1368: Heaven Suppressing Necklace

"500 MIL A MONTH? You can’t be serious!?" Lu Chao uttered through gritted teeth. Even after his group arrived with a partnership with Shanghai Shenyi, the total capital they got was just 1 billion RMB. Of course he found it difficult to swallow October Rain’s demands.

So far, the absolute best players of Heavenblessed across the world earned between 100k to 2 million per month via grinding bosses, selling equipment and items, competing in competitions and more. Some examples were Lin Yixin, Li Chengfeng, Candlelight Shadow and more. Below them were the first-rate players who made a monthly income of 20k to 100k such as Heaven’s Rain, Eyes Like Water and Blue Sky Scar. Further below them were the second-rate players who made between 5000 to 20k such as Du Thirteen and Zi Chuanyu, the middle-rank players who made between 500 to 1000—basically only enough to guarantee a full meal and paying the electric bills—and finally the bottom tier who not only didn’t earn anything, they were losing money just doing basic stuff such as repairing their equipment and buying potions.

This was why October Rain’s demand that Purgatory Mad Dragon paid them 500 million just to rent 10k Gold Cavalrymen for a month was definitely way over the top. She was butchering them like a pig for her profit and not even bothering to hide it—though of course, why wouldn’t she when she had the power to do so?

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"Too much for your taste? How much do you think is enough then?" October Rain tilted her head questioningly.

Lu Chao replied without hesitation, "200 million, and no more than that!"

"Deal!" A Cheshire smile spread across October Rain’s lips.

Roaming Dragon knew at that moment that he had been tricked. October Rain had intentionally called out an impossible price so that his counter offer would be as close to his bottom line as possible.

Warsky asked, "Are you sure you want to rent them our troops, October Rain?"

"Why not?"

And so October Rain rented 10000 Gold Cavalry to Purgatory Mad Dragon, but the deal weighed in Warsky Alliance’s favor so much that even I found it difficult to look at. For starters, the 10000 Gold Cavalrymen would only participate in that do-or-die guild challenge, meaning that Purgatory Mad Dragon couldn’t use them for anything else. Two, these 10000 Gold Cavalrymen had no loyalty toward Purgatory Mad Dragon whatsoever, so it was like they paid 10000 spies to spy on their own guild. Until the guild challenge was over, Purgatory Mad Dragon would have no secrets before Warsky Alliance.

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Beside a ledge, Wang Dongliang chided Lu Chao, "Brother Chao, that was too impulsive! Not even 10k Gold Cavalrymen are worth 200 million!"

Lu Chao said, "I know, but the alternative is even worse. Little Piglet has gone completely bonkers, and the only way out of this is to defeat him in battle. If Purgatory Mad Dragon is disbanded, even if we remake a new guild, it won’t have the guild points we’ve accrued before and after the merger. We’ll fall out of the Top 10 guild ranking and be forced to restart from zero. That is absolutely unacceptable!"

"So, what are we going to do next?" Wang Dongliang asked.

Lu Chao replied with a sneer, "We rent some more troops to bolster our army, of course. This time, we’re going to borrow 10k Lantern Girl tamers from Candlelight Shadow. Then, we’ll borrow 10k Holy Mages from Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. Any price is acceptable as long as we survive the month.

After that, I’ll speak with my dad to allocate more funds to further polish the guild’s brand. Also, I heard that a lot of new maps have recently spawned in Russia’s Frostsword City and Iron Horse City. I bet that there are high-level mounts we can capture and forge our own exclusive troop. Long story short, I’ll do everything in my power to establish a foothold for Purgatory Mad Dragon during this one month!"

Wang Dongliang nodded. "Mn, that is very reassuring.."

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I watched the two chuckleheads from above and let out an audible sneer. No way in hell Ancient Sword was going to rent them anything.

Suddenly, a system announcement dinged across the sky—

Ding~!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Luo River God of the Capital" has listed the item "Heaven Suppressing Necklace" (Seventy-two Ghost Armaments, Outstanding★★★★★★★) for auction. The item will enter the bidding phase with a starting bid of 1 million gold at Wind City in 3 hours. All players are welcome to make a bid!

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"Fuck!"

I swore out loud while tapping the equipment name on the system announcement to check its stats. I was immediately stunned by what I saw—

Heaven Suppressing Necklace (Seventy-two Ghost Armaments, Outstanding★★★★★★★)

Strength: +2700

Stamina: +2540

Agility: +2500

Intelligence: +2450

Tactics: +171

Ghost Armament Effect: Heaven Suppressing. Gain 100% lifesteal when attacking a target. All damage dealt is converted into HP.

Passive: Increases user’s Attack by 20%

Passive: Increases user’s Defense and Magic Resist by 15%

Passive: Increases user's max HP by 10000

Level Requirement: 220

Luck Requirement: 30

Class Requirement: Warrior, Magic Knight, Wanderer

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He Yi, Gui Guzi, Li Chengfeng, Chaos Moon and everyone else were stunned as well.

"Holy shit!" Gui Guzi clenched his fists tightly. "Heaven Suppressing Necklace, 100% lifesteal? This Ghost Armament is completely busted!"

Li Chengfeng exclaimed in astonishment, "Oh yeah, its bidding price is gonna be busted as well.."

I said, "Luo River God of the Capital wouldn’t have sold this if she had even one cavalryman who could be considered super-tier."

He Yi pursed her lips for a moment before saying, "Lu Chen, you’re coming with me to Wind City."

"Eve? What are you planning?"

He Yi clenched her fists together. "I’m bidding for this Heaven Suppressing Necklace, of course! Hmph, this item cannot fall into an enemy’s hands, or they may as well be invincible!"

I licked my lips before giving my cautious assessment, "I don’t know. I’m being conservative here, but I reckon that this necklace is gonna be sold for at least 100 million gold. It isn’t worth it especially since it’s not as OP as you imagine. Let’s say a random player gets the Heaven Suppressing Necklace and challenges Gui Guzi’s Dragonlight Cavalry. All it would result is a complete stalemate because neither side possess the firepower to kill one another. Even if the enemy is a super-tier player, we still have a way to counter this. No one can survive a concentrated volley from our Holy Mages even if they have 100% lifesteal. Finally, we aren’t Purgatory Mad Dragon. We grind our own high-level equipment via our own abilities, not RMB.."

He Yi chuckled. "Fine, but we’re still going to participate in the auction. This is an auction of one of the Seventy-two Ghost Armaments, so it’s going to be even more exciting than the Dragonbone Whip."

"Sure!"

The Heaven Suppressing Necklace was definitely an amazing piece of equipment, but my Ancient Divine Armament necklace—Pity of the Purgatory Gods—was even better. For starters, the four attributes it added completely blew the Heaven Suppressing Necklace’s out of the water. Two, its Outstanding Property "Pardon of the Gods" gave me a 30% chance to avoid magic attacks, which was in no way inferior to the Heaven Suppressing Necklace’s 100% lifesteal. Finally, and this was the biggest reason of them all, the final price of this Ghost Armament was destined to be astronomical. Even we couldn’t free up that much money to purchase it. Also, what do you do when you can’t get something you want? You shittalk it to make yourself feel better, of course! The Heaven Suppressing Necklace is total ass! Boo! Boo!

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Whatever fighting spirit the players had mustered to slaughter Dark Mercenaries was completely dispersed by this single system announcement. Everyone took out their return scrolls to teleport back to their main cities before teleporting again to Wind City. Even Lin Yixin and Nangong Lexi had shown up as well. And so I took Lin Yixin, He Yi, and Beiming Xue with me before paying 70 gold for a cramped and leaky F Rank box to watch the upcoming show. Yes, I am aware that the most luxurious box is SSS Rank. Ever heard of "to each their own"? Good. Now scram...

Lin Yixin brushed away the cobwebs on the window sill and propped an elbow on it. While watching the stage, she said smilingly, "So, Heaven Suppressing Necklace, 100% lifesteal. Are you guys going to bid for it?"

I shook my head. "Sorry, we can’t afford it!"

Lin Yixin chuckled. "Yeah, same here. Still, if it’s below 10 million, then maybe..."

He Yi put her down gently, "Yiyi, wake up. That’s impossible.."

"I know.."

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Many familiar figures entered the auction house while we waited for the auction to begin. Warsky, Stranger of Three Lifetimes, Candlelight Shadow, Wang Dongliang and more had all arrived in person.

While clutching my sword against my chest, I sat on the other side of the window and immersed myself in the sights for a moment. The auction house was honestly gigantic, but somehow the players still managed to pack it to bursting volume. It was almost ridiculous.

Lin Yixin put a hand on my leg and shook it. "So, Lu Chen, did the Chains of Freedom ever cross your mind?"

I shuddered unnaturally. "Noooooo, I would never!"

"Liar!"

"Fine, fine. If the Heaven Suppressing Necklace falls into an enemy’s hands, why shouldn’t I consider a robbery?"

"Mn mn! We’ll keep a line to the Intelligence Agency and wait for them to contact us. Once they feed us a coordinate, you’ll catch up to the prey, immobilize them with the God Binding Art, hit them with the Chains of Freedom, and pierce their invincibility with the Xuanyuan Slash. One Heaven Suppressing necklace get! Heehee.."

I snorted. "Already counting your chickens before they hatch, I see.."

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Three hours passed by in the blink of an eye. A beautiful host stepped onto the stage, smiled at the sea of people below and began the auction. "Everyone’s here for only one thing today, so I’ll just get straight to the point, okay? The theme of today’s auction is the Heaven Suppressing Necklace. Is everyone here? Well, time waits for no one. The auction begins now. Bidders, please make sure that your account-bound cards contain a sufficient amount of money. You will not be able to overdraft to make a bid."

Next, the beautiful host waved her hand and brought up the Heaven Suppressing Necklace’s amazing stats screen. Well, to be honest, its stats and passives were utter shit even compared to some lower-ranked equipment, but that 100% lifesteal effect made up for everything and more. It was just that godlike...

"Alright, players may make their bids now!" the host declared in her sweet voice.

A brawny man immediately raised his hand and called out, "10 million gold!"

It was Dominating Heaven Blade of Gods of Destruction. The guy was going all out from the start!historical

"Bastard!"

Lin YIxin stomped her foot angrily, "He blew me out of the water before I even got the chance to make a bid!"

I shrugged. "So? You were never going to get the necklace anyway.."

Then, my beautiful guild leader raised her arm and declared sweetly, "20 million!"

Everyone in the room shuddered at the same time. The bidding had just begun, and already we were throwing around sums of money that some people might never be able to accrue in a lifetime.

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"30 million!"

A guy from an SSS Rank box above us declared. Looking at the big display on the stage, the bidder was none other than Roaming Dragon himself. I knew that this idiot would bid for the necklace.

Another man from another box shouted, "70 million!"

This one was Warsky. Clearly, he had lost his cool as well.

The greed permeating across the air was almost tangible.

He Yi was red-faced with excitement. Not about to wait and see if she would make a regrettable decision, I hastily flipped down the window sill and covered her mouth, "Eve, calm down, girl. We don’t want to bid for this in the first place, remember? Just let them bleed each other dry and enjoy the show."

Thankfully, He Yi relaxed and nodded into my hands.

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Candlelight Shadow’s voice boomed next, "90 million!"

His reputation as the Martial God meant nothing here as Warsky countered that bid. "100 million!"

Then, Roaming Dragon did something incredible. He leaped out of his SSS Rank box , landed on the stage, and pointed two fingers at the crowd. "TWO HUNDRED MILLION!"

Candlelight Shadow fell silent for a couple of seconds before smiling derisively at himself. He didn’t try to match the bid.

Warsky fell silent as well.

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Bang!

The beautiful host slammed her hammer once and declared sweetly, "The Heaven Suppressing Necklace goes to player ‘Roaming Dragon’ at the price of 200 million gold. Congratulations!"