Gao Yuan used his homemade long-handled shovel to carefully collect the foot-sized clump of magic grass on the ground in front of him.
Then he followed Shi Jun's previous actions and shoveled some of the surrounding dark soil, carefully covering up the remaining roots.
At this moment, his heart throbbed violently, and he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have not opened his blind spot for a while!
This is already the third time today, and the reason is still due to mental fatigue.
He has maintained a high degree of concentration for several days in a row, and even though his spiritual consciousness is quite strong now, he is still a little unbearable.
It was even worse this morning. Even though he tried his best to gather his energy, he still forgot to let go of his blind spots several times.
This is very dangerous in the gray desert. If it is not discovered in time, it will be a lot of fun when the number of hidden succubi reaches a certain level.
Fortunately, the shielding time this time is only a little over ten minutes. When the shielding is released later, more than a dozen succubi may appear at the same time.
Although it is a bit tricky, if you prepare in advance, you can still get through it safely!
As his mind raced, he tried his best to control his mind, and then carried out the preparations before the battle in an orderly manner.
I saw him quickly condensing the 'Explosive Flame Curse·Triple Power' while using his spiritual thoughts to communicate with the storage bag and release four spherical puppets from it.
"Buzz..."
As soon as the four puppets appeared, under the guidance of his spiritual thoughts, each activated their own talisman defense.
"Ka! Ka! Ka! Ka!"
Along with a series of strange sounds, several evil-proof charms popped out from each puppet, forming a ring to protect him in the center, and then were activated one after another under the sweep of his spiritual thoughts.
After doing all this quickly, Gao Yuan felt a little at ease.
He did not dare to delay any longer, and directly controlled the power of his spiritual thoughts to slowly retract, gradually creating a circular blind spot in the area thirty meters away from him.
At this moment, he felt a chill all over his body. Whether it was physical or psychological, he felt that the temperature of the surrounding environment suddenly dropped a lot.
Although he did not perceive the specific situation immediately due to the withdrawal of his spiritual mind, he was very clear about the reasons for this change.
The divine thought that had just been restrained expanded instantly under his control, and he suddenly saw pale white figures appearing one after another in the blind spot of perception that was originally empty!
When he sensed the traces of these succubi with the power of his spiritual thoughts, dozens of spooky and evil auras were clearly reflected in his mind along with the power of his spiritual thoughts.
Damn it!
Although Gao Yuan had been mentally prepared, when Gao Yuan experienced this scene personally, he still felt his scalp tightening.
At the same time that his mind sensed these succubi, the latter also reacted instantly. Their movements were surprisingly consistent, and they all screamed loudly.
"ah!……"
As these soul-stirring screams sounded one after another, illusory sound prints visible to the naked eye spread out with these succubi as the center.
I saw that these voiceprints were like ripples, entangled with each other and repeatedly stirring in the limited space around them. Instead of interfering with each other and canceling each other out, they had a tendency to overlap each other.
Its momentum also gradually grew, causing the surrounding void to rumble with echoes.
Gao Yuan, who was at the center of these superimposed sound waves, was the first to bear the brunt. Although he had prepared in advance, he felt his head was going numb under the influence of these superimposed screams.
The movement of the true energy in his body was also greatly affected and began to stagnate. Even the most condensed spells were almost interrupted, and he wasted no effort to maintain them.
Fortunately, he had placed dozens of evil-proofing talismans around him in advance. The moment the succubus screamed, the rich energy of the sun mixed with evil-fighting power emerged out of thin air, centering on these talismans on the ground.
In an instant, the strange energy that had invaded Gao Yuan's body was knocked to pieces, and his control over his body was finally restored.
At this moment, after these succubi screamed, their bodies swayed and they quickly floated toward him like ghosts.
Gao Yuan did not dare to neglect this. While he continued to concentrate the spells in his hands, he used his spiritual thoughts to control the four spherical puppets and simultaneously activated a thunder talisman towards a succubus on the right.
And his people also flew away in this direction under the influence of the Wind Curse.
"Click~ la la..."
Four blue-purple lightning chains shot out and wrapped around the oncoming succubus like spiritual snakes.
The flashing arc and the succubus' body-protecting black smoke interacted together, and suddenly a dense "chichi" explosion was heard, and the latter's originally erratic body was also forcibly frozen on the spot under the paralysis of the electric current.
Taking this opportunity, Gao Yuan's body passed the succubus in a few flashes under the influence of the wind spell.
At the same time, with the help of the power of divine thoughts that enveloped the entire audience, he sensed that the three late-stage succubi closest to him had pursued them less than ten meters away from him.
He made a prompt decision and directly gave the order to self-destruct all the talismans to the two spherical puppets guarding the back.
"boom!"
"Zi la la..."
Nearly a hundred second-level talismans detonated at the same time, accompanied by deafening thunder sounds and intense flashes of light that reflected the heaven and earth.
At the same time, violent energy surged out, not only sweeping in the several succubi that hit the head on, but even Gaoyuan not far ahead was affected.
The jumping arc bombarded him, and even though the air film produced by the Vajra Talisman blocked him, half of his body was still numb from the electricity, followed by a burning sensation on his back.
But he didn't have time to check the injuries on his back. As his mind turned, two brand new puppets appeared in front of him again.
Together with the other two puppets, carrying various talismans and guided by his spiritual thoughts, he constantly intercepted the subsequent attacks of the succubi.
I saw that these puppets used the thunder talismans and blazing sun talismans stored internally as weapons, either activating or shooting out and detonating, and constantly launched counterattacks towards the pursuing succubi.
Taking this opportunity, the spell he had been concentrating on for a long time finally took shape. His flying figure suddenly turned around, and his sealed hands pushed forward in time.
The expanding legal domain enveloped the dozens of succubi behind him, as well as the two spherical puppets that had no time to retreat.
"boom!"
"Zi La~"
The fire that reached the sky spread out along with the ear-splitting roar, and some fragments of rapidly melting limbs could be seen scattered out.
"Source of Mutation 29..."
"Source of Mutation 36..."
…
The gray-white system prompts flashed across the screen, and Gao Yuan was slightly relieved.
Although there are still two succubi left on the field, without the cluster effect, it is difficult to pose much of a threat to him.
Not long after, with the cooperation of the puppets and talismans, he killed them one by one.
Gao Yuan quickly collected the crystallized magic cores in these succubi's bodies. Gao Yuan did not dare to delay. While concentrating his energy, he tried his best to maintain a fixed frequency and open and close the blind spots of perception while quickly heading towards the outer reaches of the gray desert.
The area flew away.
It wasn't until the dark figure of Shadow Demon appeared in his field of vision that he truly felt relieved.
…
Twenty-five days flew by.
Just after afternoon, Gao Yuan walked out of the depths of the gray desert as planned.
Seeing the Shadow Demon leaping out of the shadows not far away, his expression finally relaxed.
He pointed it out casually, and the light from the spell flashed away, instantly blasting the shadow demon seeking death to pieces.
Then he briefly identified the direction and flew straight towards the wild forest.
He was in a very good mood. After a month of exploration in the gray desert, he had gained a lot from his trip.
Thirty-nine clumps of magic grass alone were collected. In addition, there were 518 second-order crystallized magic cores at all levels, and there were also a bunch of materials special to the Gray Desert.
If sold, these items together would be worth almost 20,000 intermediate spiritual stones, not to mention the harvest of 17,633 sources of mutation.
Of course, the cost of his trip was not small. The 10 spherical puppets that had all been scrapped and the large amount of talismans and elixirs consumed added up to the cost of several thousand intermediate spiritual stones.
But these are not important. What he values most is the thirty-nine bushes of magic grass.
According to the record of the body refining elixir recipe, thirty-nine clumps of magic grass can already be used to refine 19 furnaces of elixirs.
In two days, the alliance auction will begin. As long as I successfully purchase the alchemy furnace, I can officially start the journey of body refining.
At the thought of this, Gao Yuan's heart became a little hot.
…
"Dear Exile, the 10 kilograms of 'Five Spiritual Jade' you consigned in the trading area have been sold. After deducting a 10% handling fee, 72,000 intermediate spiritual stones have been credited to your name."
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"Dear Exile, the second-level intermediate magic weapon 'Five Tortoise Rings' you consigned in the trading area has been sold. After deducting a 10% handling fee, 936 intermediate-level spiritual stones have been credited to your name."
As soon as he entered the Exile's exclusive secret room, Gao Yuan saw at a glance the alliance transmission symbols suspended in mid-air wrapped in light of different colors.
After clicking on them one by one, as expected, all the messages showed that the consignment items were sold successfully.
Open the identity information panel:
[Permission]: Xuan level
[Alliance Contribution Points]: 550
[Storage of spiritual stones]: 269842 intermediate spiritual stones
[Transaction Information]: Expandable
[Task information]: Expandable
Looking at the number of spirit stones in his account, Gao Yuan returned to reality and submitted more than 30,000 intermediate spirit stones in his body to the alliance through the cross-border disk.
Returning to the exclusive secret room again, seeing that the number of intermediate spirit stones stored under his name had exceeded 300,000, Gao Yuan felt proud and couldn't wait for the auction to start.
…
Two days later, on the first day of March.
The day when the Exile Alliance spring auction officially opens.
Early in the morning, Gao Yuan put on a mask and entered the exclusive secret room.
There is still a quarter of an hour before the opening of the exclusive trading area, and the black light door in the corner has not been activated yet and remains dim.
In mid-air in the center of the secret room, an orange-yellow light group about a foot in size was quietly suspended. As soon as he entered, it floated over spontaneously.
Gao Yuanyuan reached out and an orange-yellow jade slip fell into his hand.
He curiously dug his consciousness into it, only to find that what was recorded inside was the introduction information of the auction, as well as the specific schedule.
According to the description in the jade slip, the auction is still divided into four sessions over two days based on the types of items being auctioned.
Specifically, it is divided into a special session for spiritual materials, a special session for elixirs, a special session for exercises and diagrams, and the finale, a special session for weapons, talismans, and magic weapons.
Each session is expected to last three hours, with a total of 275 lots participating in the bidding for this auction.
During these two days, the exclusive trading area will continue to be opened for alliance members in need to set up stalls and trade items.
Tsk, it is indeed an auction officially organized by the alliance. Items such as exercises and formation diagrams that are rarely seen in the outside world can be auctioned in a special auction here!
Gao Yuan sighed in his heart and became more and more looking forward to it.
…
As soon as the hour came, a slight buzzing suddenly came from the black door in the corner of the secret room.
An oily sheen spreads on its surface, indicating that the exclusive trading area is open.
Gao Yuanyuan arrived at the door in a few flashes and went straight in.
As usual, he still appeared in an area wrapped in countless thick fogs. He walked slowly towards the bright side and walked out of the thick fog after a while.
Around him, various figures wearing black masks appeared in droves. In just a few minutes, hundreds of people passed by him.
Some of these people walked directly towards the huge hall where the auction was located in the distance, while others took advantage of the half hour before the auction started to run to the stalls in the trading area to set up stalls.
Gao Yuan watched for a while, then followed the flow of people towards the main hall in the distance.
This unique style hall has a circular layout as a whole, with more than a dozen entrances and exits evenly distributed around it.
Therefore, although there were many people attending the auction, the entrance to the venue was not crowded at all.
Not long after, he arrived inside the main hall.
Its overall layout is somewhat similar to a theater on Earth. What catches the eye are rows of densely packed fixed seats arranged in staggered steps, facing a small suspended platform in front of it that is dozens of square meters in size.
A short distance away, Gao Yuan sat down on an unoccupied seat and waited quietly for the auction to begin.
The first event was a special event for spiritual materials. He himself had no items to purchase in this event. Even if he did, he would not be able to spend the spiritual stones here before the alchemy furnace was finalized.
But he still came on time to participate in the auction. Without him, he just wanted to see the world.
After all, those that can appear at auctions are basically not common street goods, and they must have some kind of rare label.
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The time soon came to the second quarter of the morning, which was 7:30 in the morning, and it was time for the first auction to start.
On the originally empty platform opposite, a figure wearing a black mask appeared out of thin air. He walked slowly to the small table beside him, picked up the small hammer on it, and tapped it twice.
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Even though he was hundreds of meters away, the sound of a light hammer suddenly appeared clearly in Gao Yuan's ears.
At the same time, the commotion in the venue subsided instantly, and everyone focused their attention on the small platform where the light gathered.