The announcement of stone slabs priced at 200,000 Magic Crystals each sent the players in the first-floor hall into an uproar.
"Two hundred thousand Magic Crystals?! Did I hear that right?!"
"What on earth are these stone slabs?"
"This has to be some kind of scam!"
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The vast majority of players in the first-floor hall were curious about the Secret Technique Slabs. The most expensive item sold at the auction so far had been the Magic Knight's Legacy at 165,000 Magic Crystals. Now the starting price for the Secret Technique Slabs was 200,000 — it was truly hard to imagine what miraculous effects these things could possibly have.
However, the players in the second-floor private boxes were not the slightest bit surprised. The secret of the Technique Slabs had always been kept under wraps by the major superpowers. Even among first-rate guilds, those who knew about it were few and far between, let alone the lesser guilds.
Then the host displayed the Secret Technique Slab in its entirety.
The slab was bronze-colored and bore the name "Caster's Secret Technique."
Caster's Secret Technique: the patterns on the slab were extremely blurry and incomplete, making it impossible to extract any information. However, it contained a certain divine power. If all slabs could be gathered, the blurry, incomplete patterns could be restored. Quantity owned: (1/12).
"I knew the organizers wouldn't be that generous. Sure enough, they're selling a bronze slab." Qianli Wuya sneered from a second-floor box.
As far as was currently known, the Secret Technique Slabs were divided into three tiers: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. The secret techniques on bronze slabs were the weakest, while those on gold slabs were the strongest.
"It's already good enough that they're willing to sell. They are Secret Technique Slabs, after all. Our guild already obtained one Caster's Secret Technique slab. If we get another, the casting techniques we can learn will be far more comprehensive." Alice, the Witch of the West, was quite pleased.
Secret Technique Slabs were Secret Technique Slabs no matter what. Regardless of tier, the techniques recorded within provided tremendous help to their users. The fact that she had been able to master dual-casting techniques so quickly was largely thanks to the Caster's Secret Technique. If she could collect two Caster's Secret Technique slabs, her skills might improve even further. Just thinking about this filled Alice with intense desire for the slab on display.
"True. If they weren't trying to make the Dark Auction a big deal, they probably wouldn't have put these up for sale." Qianli Wuya smiled, determined to claim the Caster's Secret Technique no matter what.
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"Sister Qianyu, look — that's a Caster's Secret Technique! We don't have a single one in our guild!" Qinghuang's eyes lit up as she gazed at the bronze slab.
Although the Dragon and Phoenix Pavilion had obtained slabs before, they were all suited for physical-class jobs. Not a single one was designed for magic users. Even so, they had benefited greatly from them. If they could win the Caster's Secret Technique on display, it might elevate their abilities even further, giving them a better edge in the upcoming battle for Thunder Island.
"This time, we have to win that slab." Feng Qianyu stared at the slab on stage, her eyes blazing with determination.
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"A bronze slab?" Zi Qiong couldn't help but sigh. "I knew they wouldn't be that generous."
She had experienced Secret Technique Slabs firsthand, and the gap between bronze and silver was enormous. Two or three entries into a bronze slab probably wouldn't match a single entry into a silver one. Rumor had it that a gold slab had once appeared in Black Wing City, only to be seized by NPCs.
"What a pity — it's a magic-class slab." Yuan Tiexin looked at the slab with slight disappointment. "Forget it. Let's just bid on it anyway."
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When the bronze slab appeared, the players in the first-floor hall were completely bewildered. They had no idea what this Caster's Secret Technique was for and showed little interest. Even a fool could tell that the organizers had no real intention of selling the Secret Technique Slab — otherwise, they wouldn't have set the astronomical starting price of 200,000 Magic Crystals. Having to produce that many Magic Crystals at once would make even the superpowers flinch, let alone the fact that this was merely the starting price.