Pokémon: Hoeel/Ghost)

  Level: 33

  Potential: Green

  Ability: No Guard

  Held Item: Focus Sash

  Gender: Male

  Moves: Fury Cutter, Tackle, Shadow Sneak, Autotomize, Aerial Ace, Metal Sound, Ssh, Night Ssh, Retaliate, Iron Defense

  TMs: Sor Bde, Protect, Swords Dance, Psycho Cut, Close bat, Iron Head, Reversal, Brutal Swing

  Egg Moves: Wide Guard, Destiny Bond, Block

  —

  A very ordinary Honedge, with Green-grade potential.

  But for Julian, the potential wasn't an issue. In the system shop, the potion to upgrade Green to wasn't even expensive.

  The real expense grading it from to Blue.

  At first, Dawn had wao buy the Honedge as a gift for Julian. But Julian refused.

  With so much money in the family, spending a little be regarded as redug the pressure on his uncle, after all, there were not many pces to spend the money he earned.

  The following 28th and 29th items also sold for over 10 billion each.

  Finally it was time for the 30th and final item, the grand finale of the au.

  As the st item, its value had to surpass everything else.

  Everyone showed an expet expression, curious about what the st lot was.

  Acc to Dawn, st year, the final aued item had been a Peak Elite Pokémon, and the year before that, it had been a Top-tier Water-type treasure.

  The Mystery Au of Rockwell City happened once a year, and the final item never disappointed.

  So Julian also became ied.

  As the aueer removed the red cloth, many in the audience ed their necks to get a better look.

  On dispy alm-sized, irregurly shaped white sto had a hazy, dreamlike appearance.

  "What is that?"

  "Looks like a crystal."

  "Or maybe a diamond?"

  Most people had no idea what they were looking at.

  "Young Master Julian, do you know what this is?"

  Dawn racked her brain, searg for anything simir but she couldn't match it with anything she had ever seen.

  "Soul Crystal"

  Julian withdrew his gaze and said slightly surprised.

  This was a Soul Crystal—the very same type of crystal that had bee behind when he helped Celebi destroy the Spiritomb.

  However, the oained back then had been the size of a basketball, and this one was only palm-sized and of lower quality.

  "Soul Crystal? What's that?" Dawn asked.

  Soul Crystals only formed under extreme ditions, and evehey were incredibly difficult to find, because of this, almost no one knew about them.

  Back when Julian had first entered one, he wouldn't have known what it was either if not for his Probing Eyes.

  Soon, the aueer revealed the item's name and specifi.

  Roughly the same as what Julian already knew.

  This -tier Ghost-type treasure. Oned by a Ghost-type Pokémon, it would:

  - Enhas potential and strength

  - Boost the power of its Ghost-type moves

  With proper use, and bined with other rare treasures, it could even further enhahe potential of a Pokémon to Blue-grade potential.

  "The starting bid is 50 Billion."

  It was araordinary treasure but the price was just as extraordinary.

  50 billion as the starting bid immediately eliminated half of the people present, and among those who remained, maated.

  A treasure like this owerful but it was also dangerous. Obtaining it could bring disaster upon their families.

  Those who had the ability to buy, might not have the strength to keep it.

  But with so many people present, there were always a few who had both.

  "55 billion."

  The voice came from Box #1.

  "60 billion."

  This time, it was Box #5.

  The au hall had only ten private boxes, reserved for those with immense wealth and influence.

  And none of them were locals of Rockwell City, they were outsiders, just like Julian.

  No one else in the venue made an offer—they weren't eligible to make an offer, because ten sharks were vying for this thing.

  And if small fish like them ehey would be torn apart by these sharks instantly.

  Soon the price had soared to 90 billion.

  In Drakoria, many corporations were worth more than 100 billions and some even trillions in assets but that referred to fixed assets. Very few could pull out 90 billion in cash on a whim.

  The bids slowed as the numbers climbed.

  After ten mihe price finally broke 100 billion.

  Of the ten private boxes, only Julian hadn't bid yet.

  It wasn't that he didn't want to but he was waiting for the right moment.

  Even though he already had a treasure like this, and of better quality, there was no such thing as too many. Especially when money alone could buy them.

  For top-tier families, the ohing they had the most was money.

  "110 billion! Any more bids?" The aueer looked around.

  "110 billion, going once!"

  In Box #7, a middle-aged man ched his fists.

  "120 billion."

  A calm voice came from Box #8.

  The aueer's eyes lit up.

  In Box #7, the middle-aged man's face darkened. He ched his fists even tighter as he gred toward Julian's box, through gritted teeth, he raised the bid.

  "121 billion!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, a calm voice followed.

  "131 billion."

  He added one billion, but Julian directly added ten.

  The middle-aged man smmed his fists on the chair, the temperature in his box plummeted by dozens of degrees. The attendant beside him colpsed unscious from the sheer cold.

  "131 billion, going once!"

  "131 billion, going twice!"

  "SOLD!!"

  The aueer's gavel fell.

  "gratutions to the guests in box #8 fetting the fiem of this au"

  The middle-aged man in Box #7 stood up abruptly, the anger in his heart seemed to ignite his whole body, as he looked toward Box #8 with eyes filled with killing i.

  "Do you know who the person in Box #7 is?"

  Sensing the Aura of strong malice emanating from Box #7, Julian frowned slightly, and asked the attendant beside him.

  "The identities of our VIP guests are fidential, only the manager knows," The attendant shook his head.

  If not for the i with Caleb, Julian's identity wouldn't have been exposed and no one would know that he was in Box #8.

  So whoever that person was he k was him in Box #8, and they still had the iion to kill him.

  Julian didn't know if this was just a momentary outburst, or if this person really wao kill him because of a Soul Crystal.

  "Young Master Julian, if you want to know the other party's identity, I think of a way to find out," Dawn said.

  "Do it."

  Julian nodded. He also wao know who had such malice towards him, it was always better to be prepared.

  He had merely bought something the other party wanted. And if they didn't have enough money—

  That was their problem, not his.

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