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For ordinary people, the value of such armor is not as great as that of ordinary legendary-grade equipment.

"Gentlemen, please do not doubt the credibility of our auction house. Since we have brought out this adamantine armor, it means it has sufficient value," the host said confidently, fully aware of what everyone was surprised about. "As a darksteel armor of the 'Rosethorn Seal' level, which has only been made three times even among the dark elves, its effectiveness needs no further elaboration from me. What I want to say is just one thing, please look—"

The host gestured with his hand, and naturally, someone beside him received the instruction and activated a mechanism. With a few sounds, a skylight suddenly opened in the ceiling of the auction hall, and the afternoon sunlight poured down, precisely illuminating the adamantine armor.

"Oh—"

This time, the audience let out a genuine exclamation of surprise.

The adamantine armor, which was said to be absolutely unable to withstand sunlight, was now bathed in sunlight, still shining brightly and completely unharmed.

"Hmm? That is..." Chen Xuanfeng, with his sharp eyes, keenly noticed something unusual. Under the sunlight, a very thin silver halo appeared on the adamantine armor.

At this moment, the host smiled and explained, "You must be very curious, right? Anyone with common sense would find it strange to see this armor appearing with sunlight. But in fact, the reason is very simple. After this adamantine armor left the underground world, it eventually fell into the hands of the mountain dwarves. The dwarf master, Tima'an Thunder, modified it with mithril and Onyegin metal. Later, a Grand Prelate of the Light God purified it with holy light. The powers of light and darkness were unified on this armor, with the divine power of the Spider Queen Rosethorn and the Light God simultaneously blessing it. The final result is that this quasi-epic armor has finally demonstrated its true value..."

As the host continued to hype up the atmosphere, the audience's eyes gradually lit up. The effects of mithril need no explanation, and the Onyegin metal, known as the "Divine Metal" or "Eternal Metal," is not only stronger and rarer than mithril and adamantine but also has a specific "eternal" property that makes any item mixed with it highly resistant to destruction and capable of self-repairing. Therefore, even a simple iron sword, if mixed with even half a gram of Onyegin metal, would directly upgrade to legendary-grade equipment. With adamantine, mithril, and Divine Metal as the foundation, plus the assistance of light and dark divine magic, this armor might truly become epic-grade equipment.

However, there were still some who were not convinced.

"Hmph, what a load of nonsense!" Jin Luosha in the private box muttered softly, then, as a magic expert, quietly explained to Chen Xuanfeng, "The processing of that armor might be as he said, and the auction house wouldn't dare to lie about that. But the divine magic effects inside are not as good as he claims. The original twelve dark divine spells of Rosethorn formed a self-contained system, combined with the darkened adamantine, and indeed had effects close to low-level epic equipment. But after adding those light divine spells, the two could not merge, and at least eighty percent of the dark divine spells were sealed. Then they used this to add a few light blessings, which had no complementarity with the original dark spells. In the end, although this armor has both light and dark blessings, its actual power is only at a relatively good legendary level."

Chen Xuanfeng listened and smiled faintly, not taking it to heart. Although his once-impenetrable Golden Bell Shield had lost its luster as his strength continued to soar, he did not consider armor and the like as necessities. In his view, having such things was good, but even without them, he could rely on his hands and swords to keep all dangers at bay.

However, the girl's words were not purely to show off her knowledge. Immediately after, a look of anticipation appeared in her eyes, and she said with some longing, "But those precious magical metals, as well as the craftsmanship of the dark elves and mountain dwarves, are not wasted. They actually provide an excellent magical foundation. If that armor were in my hands, and I balanced the distribution of magic within it, it could definitely become a truly perfect magical artifact!"

"Haha, if you're interested, just buy it," Chen Xuanfeng still smiled.

Since Jin Luosha had an interest, whether it succeeded or not, he could let her do as she pleased. Chen Xuanfeng now had the means to indulge in such extravagance. Although many buyers present were wealthy nobles with fortunes comparable to nations, "wealth comparable to nations" still could not compare to the true wealth of a nation. With Chen Xuanfeng's current fortune, having swallowed several countries, he naturally had no need to worry about small fry causing trouble.

Sure enough, after Chen Xuanfeng made his decision, the climax of what should have been a heated auction came to an abrupt and strange halt. When the host announced a starting price of 200,000 gold coins, before others could react, Chen Xuanfeng directly bid 500,000. Then, when a few wealthy individuals tried to continue bidding, Chen Xuanfeng raised the price to a staggering 1 million, scaring everyone off, even leaving the host momentarily speechless.

The cold atmosphere also cooled the audience's enthusiasm, reminding them that even if it were epic-grade equipment, it was not worth such a sky-high price for those without absolute martial power. Moreover, how much of the auction host's words could be trusted was something they, having frequented auctions for so many years, could guess.

Thus, despite the host's continued efforts to hype it up, no one bid again, and the adamantine armor ultimately fell into Chen Xuanfeng's hands.

The adventurer team couldn't help but admire Chen Xuanfeng's boldness and decisiveness. They were both amazed by his wealth and analyzed that if Chen Xuanfeng hadn't directly dominated the scene, the armor might have soared to 1.2 million or even 1.5 million in a bidding war. Therefore, although Chen Xuanfeng spent a fortune, he didn't actually waste too much money.