Instantly, everyone at the scene fell silent. After some deliberation, even the most prestigious and renowned Blood Clan families were unwilling to offend both Bread Ashford of the Ashford Family and Vivian of the Nuo Weiya Family just for a single Blood Ancestor Essence Stone. It simply wasn't worth it. Thus, they all fell silent and ceased bidding.
"Heh heh!" Seeing this, Bread seemed to rediscover the heady feeling of prominence he'd had at the start. With his head held high, his face was a mask of arrogance and conceit, as if he were an unrivaled figure.
"I bid thirty-two thousand Magic Gold Coins!"
Yet, the next bid that arose, serene and unrippled, immediately caused Bread's expression to freeze. It then turned monstrously, unspeakably ugly. His face turned ashen, his expression grim to the extreme.
