Chapter 120: Someone Making Trouble

“May I ask the Master, why is that?” A guy asked puzzledly.

“A sword used to kill people doesn’t need a gorgeous appearance. On the contrary, the less attention it attracts, the more it can increase its power !” Piritz then explained: “For example, if two enemies come in front of you, one is holding a bright, chilly big sword, and the other is holding this Thunder Sword, who would you deliberately guard against?”

“Ah~” Everyone heard this and suddenly realized.

Seeing that they all understood, Piritz said with satisfaction, “Obviously, if you are fooled by the appearance of this Thunder Sword and lose your vigilance, then once the huge power of the Thunder Sword is revealed, your death date will arrive!”

“Then may I ask the Master, how powerful is this Thunder Sword?” A guy said impatiently.

“The power of the Thunder Sword is very strong. As for exactly how powerful, let the Manager demonstrate it for everyone!” Piritz said indifferently, “If I do it, I’m afraid you won’t be convinced!” Saying that, he reluctantly returned the Thunder Sword to the Manager.

Everyone understood what Piritz meant. He himself was a Saint Domain Level Warrior, and any trash would have huge power after infusing Battle Qi, so it would be easy for him to be suspected of demonstrating the sword’s power, so he asked an ordinary person without Battle Qi to demonstrate.

After taking the sword, the Manager first put the sword aside, then walked in front of Old Xie, smiled and said: “Young Master, can I borrow your Ten-thousand-year Thorn Wood?”

This was agreed beforehand, so naturally Old Xie wouldn’t refuse, and directly stimulated the seed to grow into a wooden stick and handed it over.

“Thank you!” The Manager thanked him, then took the wooden stick, turned to everyone and said: “Everyone, this is a wooden stick stimulated from a Ten-thousand-year Thorn Wood seed, extremely hard. If you don’t believe it, you can use various methods to verify it!”

“Let me try!” A tall and handsome man stood up first and said. Most people here knew him; this person was one of the Four Sword Saints of the Griffin Kingdom, the Perfect Sword Saint, Kalia. As a Saint Domain Level Warrior, Kalia naturally didn’t need to make a big fuss to test. He took the wooden stick from the Manager, and casually pinched it hard. People saw a flash of golden light in his palm, obviously using Battle Qi.

Under the Battle Qi of a Saint Domain Warrior, even ordinary Refined Steel could be crushed, let alone a wooden stick. But Kalia actually failed to break this black, inconspicuous wooden stick this time. It only made a creaking, harsh sound, obviously Kalia really used force.

“Hehe, good stuff!” Kalia couldn’t help but praise: “Worthy of the rare specialty of the Elves, this hardness is almost catching up with the Refined Steel forged by the Dwarven Master.”

“Ah!” Everyone heard this and couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Is it that hard?” Only the Dwarven Master Piritz frowned and said: “I have seen Ten-thousand-year Thorn Wood before, its hardness shouldn’t be enough to resist the pinch of a Saint Domain Expert, right?”

Kalia was obviously very dissatisfied with Piritz’s words, because this clearly meant he didn’t trust him? But luckily he knew that Dwarves had this straight temper, so he wasn’t angry, just handed the wooden stick over, smiled and said: “Do you want to try, Master?”

“Sure!” Piritz was not polite either, directly took it, gathered Battle Qi and pinched it hard, only to awkwardly find that he didn’t crush it either.

“Not right!” Piritz said in surprise: “The hardness of this Ten-thousand-year Thorn Wood seems to be much stronger than before? What is going on?”

“It is like this!” Suddenly, the voice of the Elf Prince Arthas came from upstairs. He showed his face from a private room on the second floor, smiled and explained to Piritz: “This Thorn Wood seed belongs to a relatively special type, its hardness is about twice that of ordinary ones, but it also consumes a lot more Magic Power. Obviously, for this kind of thing, Magic Power consumption is much more important than hardness, so no one in our clan likes to use it, and finally it was lost out and drifted into his hands!”

“Ah, so that’s it!” Piritz and Kalia finally understood.

“Thank you for the guidance, Your Royal Highness the Prince. I have no more doubts now!” Piritz nodded gratefully to Arthas.

“You’re welcome. I just hope you two don’t think I’m meddling!” Arthas laughed.

“Haha, how could that be?” Piritz hurriedly laughed. “I can’t be grateful enough!”

Kalia also followed with a few polite words. Actually, they both knew that Arthas had kindly pointed it out to save them from having a knot in their hearts. So, they were indeed very grateful for Arthas’s interruption. This was essentially giving them a way out without anyone losing face.

Then, Piritz returned the wooden staff to the Manager. After taking it, the Manager held it high and said to everyone, “Now, you should all believe in its hardness, right? Next, I will use it to test the power of the Thunder Sword. Do you have any objections?”

“No!” the crowd answered with laughter.

“Good, then please watch closely!” The Manager walked back to the platform, raised the Thunder Sword, and then slashed down fiercely in front of everyone. A loud ‘clang’ of metal striking metal was heard.

Everyone saw that after the Thunder Sword struck the wooden staff, it rebounded without cutting the staff in two. However, it left a very clear blade mark on it, almost as deep as a finger.

Seeing this, Piritz and Kalia could not help but be shocked. They never expected the Thunder Sword to be so terrifying. Because they had witnessed the horror of the wooden staff, they could draw this conclusion. The others, however, were still in a daze, not knowing if this result was good or bad.

Just at that moment, a strange and sarcastic voice suddenly came, “Tsk, bragging for so long, and you can’t even cut a broken piece of wood. What kind of bullshit Thunder Sword is this? I suppose that’s all it is?”

Everyone looked toward the source of the voice and saw a handsome young Noble. People from the Griffin Kingdom all recognized him; it was Pablo, the young master of the Augustus Family. Clearly, he was afraid the auction of the Thunder Sword would enhance the reputation of the Stephen Family Auction House, which would affect his own family’s Auction House, so he came to cause trouble on purpose.

The Manager understood immediately. He was prepared and smiled calmly, “So it is Young Master Pablo from the Augustus Family. I am very grateful that you could leave your family’s Auction House to support us!”

With one sentence, the Manager exposed Pablo’s ulterior motives, making the kid very awkward. However, he still stubbornly said, “No need for gratitude. As long as you have good stuff to show, I naturally won’t have come for nothing. But unfortunately, it seems your Thunder Sword is very disappointing? It can’t even cut a broken piece of wood; it might as well be scrap iron!”

“Heh heh!” The Manager was not angry at all. He just smiled and said, “I heard the Treasure Sword at your waist is the work of a Dwarven Master and is worth over ten thousand Gold Coins. I wonder if that is true or false?”

“Of course it’s true!” Pablo immediately said proudly. “With my status, naturally, I wouldn’t carry scrap metal!”

“In that case, could I ask you to try cutting this broken piece of wood with your Treasure Sword? If you can cut it on the spot, I won’t sell this Thunder Sword; I’ll give it to you for free!”

Pablo’s eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly asked, “Are you serious?”

“Of course, the Stephen Family’s golden reputation is my guarantee!” the Manager replied forcefully.

“Good, then I’ll make you lose convincingly!” Pablo said, rushing onto the stage. He directly drew the shining Treasure Sword from his waist and slashed fiercely at the wooden staff. Just as he was about to hit the wooden staff, a golden light clearly flashed across the blade, obviously using Battle Qi.

You should know that using Battle Qi can greatly increase the strength of a weapon. Experts can even use an ordinary wooden sword to cut through ordinary iron, which shows how powerful Battle Qi is. The Manager himself had no Battle Qi and naturally did not use it during his slash. But now Pablo was using it, which was obviously a form of cheating. Clearly, he planned from the start to use this despicable method to win the bet and ruin the auction.

However, this kid still underestimated the power of Old Xie’s Ten-thousand-year Thorn Wood. People heard a loud bang. Although the wooden staff was cut with another deep mark, it did not break. But Pablo’s sword could not withstand such a slash and snapped on the spot.

Seeing this, Pablo was instantly dumbfounded. The people below were stunned for a moment, then couldn’t help but burst into laughter. No matter how thick-skinned Pablo was, he couldn’t stay any longer. He hurriedly gave an awkward apology and then fled in embarrassment.

The Manager couldn’t be bothered with him. He just held the wooden staff and the Thunder Sword together to show the crowd. People could clearly see that even with Pablo’s Battle Qi slash, the wound was only similar to the mark made by the Manager, perhaps even slightly worse. But Pablo’s famous sword forged by the Dwarven Master had broken on the spot, while the edge of the Thunder Sword didn’t have a single scratch, as if it had just cut tofu.