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"45 million! Our Mount Hua Sect wants it!" He shouted with confidence.

However, Alex also followed him, "46 million."

"You…" Oliver gritted his teeth as he said, "50 million!"

Alex yawned as he raised the bid once again, "51 million."

Everyone was already sweating when they heard the money they put in the bid. They even thought that the price was already beyond the box's price. Of course, all of them did not know what the box was.

Alex could somehow understand the array on the box. It was higher than a rank 6 Array. With the key alone being higher than a rank 6 Array, the special realm would even be more amazing. To spend this little money for something like that, it was truly worth it.

Oliver was truly at his end. Even with the crown prince's money, he did not feel that he could win this item. He finally bid all of the money he had at the moment, "55 million!"

"56 million." Alex followed him again. But this time, Oliver did not raise the price anymore because he truly did not have any money again. All he had was anger that built up inside him.

This was a blatant challenge toward their Mount Hua Sect. It was the same as Jack. He was thoroughly angered by Alex.

"Father, what are we going to do with this? We can't let him just go like this!" Jack said.

"I know. We will meet him after this. Since he wants to buy those two items for us, then we will gratefully accept it from his dead body." Oliver said with anger. He looked at the crown prince, "Prince Cromwell, we don't have enough people to do this. I can take care of the one who had the 55-meter domain, as for that 6-Star Martial Lord woman, I am afraid I can't as my hand will be full dealing with that masked man."

When Prince Cromwell heard that, the rage within his heart vanished without a trace. He was indeed angry because the guy that Evelyn brought managed to win the auction. But when he heard Oliver's plan, he smiled cunningly.

He could use Oliver to remove that masked man as well as Evelyn. That way, no one would be able to threaten his position. In a decade or so, he would become the sovereign of Thiveapia Kingdom.

Since he had paid a high price to make an alliance between the Thiveapia Kingdom and Mount Hua Sect, he should utilize it to reinforce his position.

"Of course. I will send two 7-Star Martial Lords under my command. Along with me and brother Jack, I am sure we are enough to suppress their group." Cromwell said.

Meanwhile, in Alex's room,

Matthew came with both items. At first, he was a bit doubtful whether Alex had the money or not when they passed the 50 million mark. After all, he only knew that Alex had 50 million in his space ring. On the other hand, Oliver's group still had the crown prince.

When he finally received a Space Ring from him, containing 77 million Spirit Stones. He finally felt relief. But he was wondering what kind of background Alex had to fork out 77 million Spirit Stones. And he even gave the space ring that contained those Spirit Stones without batting an eye.

In other words, Alex had even more money than this. Of course, if he had more research, he might eventually find Alex's identity. In fact, as long as he investigated Evelyn, he would know that Evelyn did not have many interactions with others.

And Alex said that he was the one who taught her, they could easily erase many possible people. This was also the reason why Luna could find Alex's identity.

After receiving the money, Matthew immediately left the room.

Evelyn came to him in shock, "Big brother Alex… you… just bought two items for 77 million Spirit Stones…"

"And?" Alex did know whether she was shocked because of the Spirit Stones or because of the prices. Well, a person who had those many Spirit Stones and spent it in one go was certainly amazing as Evelyn knew that Alex was not supported by any influence. Or at least, she never saw Alex that. And even if he had influence, there was no influence that could afford his spending.

Evelyn wanted to say something, but the word stuck on her throat. She only sighed.

Alex only had around 20 million left, and he also had used all of his Gacha Tickets. It could be said that he was a bit broke in this situation. And at that time, the system finally arrived.

[Host, you still have Premium Tickets, you know. It's just you have not claimed it yet.]

"I haven't?... Holy sh*t." Alex finally remembered that. Back when he reached Martial Grandmaster stage, he got Premium Tickets and Mission Optimization. But when he advanced to Martial Lord Stage, he was too focused on the matter of the Makmur Family.

"This… is this the legendary 'revenge will cloud your mind?" Alex said inwardly.

[It is not. You just forget because you have many things to do.]

"But why didn't you tell me?... Ah, never mind. I almost forgot you are that type of system. Pretend I never ask!"

He immediately opened his mission.

[Mission: Reach Martial Lord Realm (Complete)

Reward: Premium Gacha Ticket 10x \u0026 Box Gacha]

He immediately claimed the reward. And it seemed his spirits, especially Anna. He remembered that Anna could know something about the system, and it seemed she had to check it manually too. If not, she would not forget about it.

[Gacha Ticket x0

Premium Ticket x10

Dart x0

Gacha Card x0

Summoning Ticket x0

Summoning Coin x73]

Alex facepalmed. He should already have this Box Gacha from a month ago, but because he forgot, he did not. He did not know whether it was fortunate or unfortunate that he attended this auction since it triggered the system to remind him.

"Anyway, what is this Box Gacha, and how can I get this Gacha Card?"

[Every time you use Box Gacha, you will get nine lucky boxes where you need to choose one of them, so it is basically relying on your luck. The price is ranging from Rare to Ultra Rare. To open them, you will just need to insert the card inside the lucky box, and they will open. You can get the Gacha Card from Premium Tickets. But the rarity is higher than Summoning Tickets.]

[You can even say that this Gacha Card rarity is between Summoning Ticket that could only get from Premium Ticket and Dart that could only get from Mission.]

"I see… So, basically, it is up to luck whether I can get a good item or not, or whether I can get the Gacha Card or not."

[Yes, that is what I said. Gacha System is up to your Luck and Karma, Host.]

"Anyway, it seems I need to postpone using the Premium Ticket first until I reach the inn," Alex said as he remembered that the system would appear when he used it. Or at least he would wait until he reached the inn. He was planning to wait until the war started, so he might want to make some money.

Alex then activated his Spirit Eyes as he looked at the box. It seemed, there would be a reaction if he combined the two half-boxes into one, so Alex decided to wait until he came back to the sect.

Alex then looked at the crown prince and the others. He was wondering if they had left or not. If he opened the door and met with them, Alex felt they would just waste his time. But he could not see anyone on the top floor, so Alex thought they must have left.

"Anna, can you buy me a thousand sets of Crystal Skin Pill ingredients?" Alex asked while giving his space ring. He was going to make his money back through the pills.

He was planning to make pills while waiting for the war to come. He would then sell half of them to the Alchemist Guild in this place and half of them to Heavenly Sword Sect. The Alchemist Guild should be able to fork out 20 million Spirit Stones, but he did not know whether the Heavenly Sword Sect could or not.

If they could not, he could just sell it to the Alchemist Guild in Heavenly Sword Town.

Anna nodded her head as she received the space ring from Alex.

"Oh right, can I still use the inn even after the auction ended?" Alex asked Evelyn.

"Yeah. Usually, people would not go back immediately after the auction ended. They usually stayed in this city for a while. That's why after the auction ended, you could use the inn for a month. You need to pay if you pass it."

"Alright." Alex nodded. He turned his head to Anna, "Meet me in the same room later."

Anna nodded and disappeared. Alex should ask about this earlier as he already removed the Gathering Array inside the room. But, considering he only knew about the war after he came to this VVIP room, he could not say anything.

"That's right. Big brother Alex, does… The Zhou Kingdom really invaded us?"

"Yeah, they are currently marching to this kingdom," Alex said.

"…Big brother Alex can go back to the sect first. I think I want to help the kingdom with this war. This might take a month, but I won't complain whatever big brother wants with my training later. I…"

Alex sighed. "Well, I am planning to join the war too, just a bit later. So, I will be staying in the kingdom for a while. So, you don't need to worry."

Alex was not planning to give the information about the strength of those soldiers to Evelyn. He was afraid that there might be another conspiracy in the royal family, especially from that crown prince.

If Alex gave this, Evelyn might become the second Putri. But the difference between them was Evelyn did not have any backing in the sect. Although she had been living in Song Yu's house, it was not like she was Charya's disciple or something like that.

So, if Charya or the Heavenly Sword Sect made a war over her, the Thiveapia Kingdom might claim that the Heavenly Sword Sect was too overbearing and might even incite the retaliation not only from them, but also from the other sects and kingdoms.

It would become too troublesome, so Alex decided not to give her any information so she would not rack up some achievement. Even if she helped with this war, she would only have some meager achievement with her current cultivation.

"Then… I… will go back to my family first. Maybe after the war, I will search for big brother again so we can go back to the sect together."

"Yes. Be careful." Alex nodded.

"Un!" Evelyn nodded her head, then left the room.

Alex also wanted to leave this room, but he decided to leave with his Teleportation Array. He did not know whether there would be a person in front of the auction house that would try to do something funny or not.

He also had another task to do. Alex flicked his finger as a teleportation array appeared beneath his feet and transported him away.

Of course, there was no one that was trying to do something funny in front of the auction house. Especially the crown prince's group. They were too busy to gather the men for him.

Unbeknownst to them, their plan would be hindered by the incoming Zhou Army since the crown prince was appointed as the supreme commander that led the army to clash with the Zhou Kingdom.

…

Outside the capital city, in the nearby woods,

Alex appeared after he used his teleportation Array. He speculated that the Zhou Kingdom might kill the people in the towns/cities they had passed and used them as the ingredient for the Blood Pill and Berserk Pill.

He wanted to prevent them. So, he took out Leoz's and the others' cards from the system.

"Summon!"