Chapter 557: Rules Card

Mingxi let out an ‘ah’ in her heart.

The Wu family’s little princess? Who is that? Did she just pick a random name that someone else already had?

“No, that’s not right!”

Before Mingxi could deny it, Mama immediately shook her head: “That woman Wu Cai is big and brawny, even three parts stronger than a strong man. How could she be so petite and cute?”

Hearing her words, Zhou Fang nodded in agreement: “Yes, this Five Colors is definitely not that Wu Cai. Wu Cai’s voice is absolutely not this pleasant.”

Mingxi suspected these two were secretly trying to bewitch her and corrupt her will!

Hmph.

“Ahem, my Five Colors, is the ‘cai’ from ‘Five Colors and ten shades’.”

Mama was still scrutinizing her, “You didn’t pick a good name. That woman Wu Cai must have come today, and if she finds out you’re called Five Colors, she’ll definitely target ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) you.”

Mingxi was curious: “Why?”

It’s just a name, it can’t be that serious, can it?

“She’ll think you’re deliberately impersonating her. That woman is a bit self-important, oh no, not a bit, but extremely so. She always believes she’s the center of this world, and the universe revolves around her.

If you pick an alias that’s the same as her real name, in her grand mind, it must be that you want to ride on her coattails and make others give way to you by three, four, five, six, seven, or eight points.”

Mingxi: “...”

“It’s hilarious, right? But believe me, that’s just the kind of person she is.”

Zhou Fang nodded in agreement again: “Mama is right, if Wu Cai finds out your name, you’ll definitely suffer a big loss. That person really does have some issues.”

“Heh.”

Da Diao still had his arms crossed, looking as if he could convince people with his nostrils.

“If someone really wanted to ride on coattails with a name, they definitely wouldn’t ride on Wu Cai’s. Isn’t Mingxi’s name more appealing?”

Mingxi: “Huh?”

Zhou Fang, Mama, Devourer, and Fengshen exclaimed simultaneously.

“Mingxi? Are you talking about that genius girl Mingxi?”

“I know her! Number one on the New Talent Rankings!”

“This year’s global Martial Exam champion!”

Da Diao lifted his chin even higher: “Exactly, it’s her! If I wanted to impersonate someone to show off, I would never use an alias like Five Colors. The name Mingxi is much more convincing!”

“Brother Da Diao is right, Mingxi is the true prodigy! Compared to her, Wu Cai is nothing.”

“Great minds think alike.”

“You guys, do you think Mingxi might also come to this event?”

“Possibly, she’s already a sure bet for the top of the New Talent Rankings, so she’ll definitely come to Emperor Capital.”

“Not necessarily, Mingxi’s family background is very ordinary, she probably can’t get an Advanced Level membership card for the Sealed God Stage.”

“No, no, no, for a top genius like her, what does family background matter? If she wants to enter the Sealed God Stage, would the Sealed God Stage refuse her?”

“That’s true, too. If Mingxi really came to this event, which team do you think she’d be on?”

“Definitely the Loli Team!” four male voices said in unison.

“Exactly, she’s super cute and super sweet, just like a mochi!”

Mingxi: “...”

You’re the lolis, your whole village is lolis!

“Maybe she prefers aunts?”

Mingxi herself felt it necessary to clarify her identity.

The five people: “Impossible!”

Mingxi slowly closed her mouth. In this day and age, no one believes the truth, indeed.

At this moment, a deep male voice rang out in everyone’s ears.

“Welcome, distinguished guests, to the Sealed God Stage’s special event, Team Clash. I am your host for this event, Ye Linyu.”

“The ten teams have now been formed.”

“The Team Clash event officially begins! The participant who earns the highest points in the event will be the winner and will receive the prize provided by our Sealed God Stage: the sss-grade material, Ming Xiao Thunder Eyes.”

Ye Linyu: “Now we enter the first phase of the event, the auction.”

The auction, which is the bidding for items.

However, this was not a simple auction, but merely one part of the Team Clash event.

Every event participant could use their star coins to participate in the auction, and those who successfully bid on an item would receive corresponding points.

The point rule was: for every 100 million star coins successfully spent, 1 point was gained.

“...Please note, participants, we have set hidden rule cards for some auction items. As long as you participate in the auction, you might trigger a rule card. These rule cards are divided into open cards and hidden cards, and their effects are also divided into positive and negative categories.

Ye Linyu would like to offer everyone a warm reminder: rule cards will have a significant effect in the later stages of the event, and can even change the final outcome.”

Open cards were rule cards whose effects were revealed to everyone.

Hidden cards, on the other hand, were rule cards whose effects were only known to the person who acquired them.

Evidently, hidden cards were more useful than open cards.

As for positive and negative cards, they were even easier to understand.

Cards that brought more benefit than harm to oneself were positive cards, and vice versa were negative cards.

However, acquiring a negative card didn’t necessarily mean it was a bad thing, as Ye Linyu hadn’t said that rule cards could only be used on oneself.

“This event is probably specially designed by the Sealed God Stage to fleece the prodigies,” Mingxi muttered to herself.

For participants to gain high points, this auction method would inevitably lead to one result.

That was item overpricing.

Meaning the actual transaction price would be far higher than the item’s listed value.

Mingxi’s prediction was correct, and the situation was even more exaggerated than she had imagined.

The first auction item, an S-grade energy crystal, originally worth around 100 million star coins, was ultimately sold for 900 million star coins.

Mingxi, who had a great need for energy crystals, withered without even making a single bid.

900 million for an S-grade energy crystal, why doesn’t it just fly to the heavens!

This was more than just overpricing, it was a surge in price!

So scary, so scary.

The auction for the first item quickly began and ended, and the second item immediately appeared before everyone.

“Today’s second auction item is the Exquisite Stone Glue, known as a soul treasure.”

Mingxi’s eyes lit up.

She hadn’t heard of Exquisite Stone Glue, but she knew about soul treasures.

They were a kind of heavenly material and earthly treasure that could light up the Star Fate stars of the soul!

She could use it for Lan Yue!

But—

“【Loli Team】 member 【Bingbing】 bids 350 million!”

“【Male God Team】 member 【Yehua】 bids 400 million!”

“【Funeral Love Family】 member 【Angel’s Heart】 bids 600 million! Congratulations to this guest for triggering the open card 【Double Card】, which allows you to designate any one person and double their points.”

The first rule card was triggered.

Double points.

It was a positive card.

Ye Linyu said with a smile: “Congratulations, Angel’s Heart. The rule card has been sent to your personal event backend. You can use it at any time.”

“The auction continues now.”

Immediately, someone eagerly began to add to the bid.

“【The Big Tree Grew Chili Peppers】 team member 【Great King】 bids 880 million!”

The 【The Big Tree Grew Chili Peppers】 team, which hadn’t even made a peep in the first round of bidding, finally couldn’t hold back and increased the bid by 280 million with their first move.

It seemed the triggering of the rule card had ignited everyone’s ‘shopping desire’.

Mingxi thought for a moment and also entered her ‘heart-moving price’.

“【Street Brawling Aunts Fear Nothing】 team member 【Five Colors】 bids 1.11 billion! Congratulations to this guest for triggering...”