The black market was a trade fair held by all of the Roving Bandits and the Whale Gang in the Chaotic Ridge.
This trade fair was similar to an auction, but it was also different.
This was because there were usually two types of trade.
The first type was free trade. The seller would bring out all of the items for those who entered the black market to choose from. As long as both parties had no objections to the price, they would be able to reach an agreement.
The other type was auction, which was similar to an auction.
Usually, the final auction would be for the best items, and their value would be relatively high. Naturally, the highest bidder would be able to win.
The first type had all sorts of items, but they were usually items that weren't too valuable or couldn't be identified. These items could be purchased with top-grade mysterious crystals.
The second type, on the other hand, mostly contained divine items that required divine crystals.
Before the black market trade began, the leaders of the Roving Bandits had gathered together.
These Roving Bandits were the Whale Gang, the Bloodthirsty Gang, the Fierce Bandits, Ma Ying Gang, the Ox Gang … There were more than ten leaders in total, and all of them were God Kings.
The Whale Gang's leader wasn't the Whale Gang's leader, but a supreme elder. He held quite a bit of authority within the gang.
His name was Hai Kao, and he was dressed in a set of blue robes. His face was thin, and his eyes were as small as a mouse's. There were two thin eyebrows at the corners of his mouth. One look was enough to tell that he was a crafty person.
The leader of the Bloodthirsty Roving Bandits was Kong Xue-kyung. He looked like a middle-aged man, but he possessed the strength of a high-level God King. His bright, piercing eyes were filled with bloodlust, and a vicious aura swirled around him. Anyone who saw him could tell that he was someone who would kill without batting an eyelid.
There were a few others with similar strength, including Lu Biao, Ma Ying Gang, Ma Ying Gang, and Niu Dayi Gang …
Hai Kao stroked his mustache and said in a shrill voice, "Brothers, how are the preparations for this year's goods?"
"Brother Hai Kao, looking at your glowing face, it seems that you've brought a lot of good things. Why don't you take them out first and let us see if there are any suitable things for us?" Lu Biao said in a rough voice.
Lu Biao was a straightforward person with a strong sense of brotherhood. If he had not been betrayed by one of his brothers, he would not have become a bandit.
"Hehe, us giant whales make a living on the sea. Every year, we go back and forth with the same stuff," Hai Kao said modestly, then continued, "But this time, we really got some treasures."
At this moment, the eyes of the Roving Bandits lit up. Something that could be called a treasure by the Sea Examiner was definitely not an ordinary item.
At this time, Hai Kao took out a silver stone. There were red lines around the stone that looked like blood stains. The stone was also emitting a faint glow.
This rock was only a few dozen kilograms, but when it was gently placed on the ground, it immediately pressed the ground down.
"This … This is a Bloodstain Silverstone!" A few of the bandit leaders cried out in surprise.
Hai Kao stroked his mustache and said proudly, "That's right, it's a Bloodstain Silverstone. For it, we lost a few elders to kill the Class 10 Blood-Scaled Snake near it."
The Bloodstain Silverstone was a kind of refining material, but its use should not be underestimated. Its price was definitely more precious than a divine tool.
Adding the Bloodstain Silverstone to a divine tool could not only increase its grade, but it could also allow the divine tool to produce a kind of Blood Qi. This would increase the user's combat power and cause great damage.
This kind of Bloodstain Silverstone was not easy to find. It needed tens of thousands of years to be heavy, and it also needed to be formed in a special environment.
In the eyes of ordinary people, its value might not be high because they had no use for it.
But in the eyes of a divine tool master, its value was different.
This piece of Bloodstain Silverstone was enough to satisfy the needs of a dozen divine tools. Moreover, among the divine tools of the same rank, the value of the Bloodstain Silverstone was twice as high.
Therefore, this piece of Bloodstain Silverstone was more than several times more precious than ordinary divine tools.
However, none of the people present were divine tool masters, so they did not care much about this Bloodstain Silverstone. They were just a little envious.
"This Bloodstain Silverstone is a treasure for those blacksmiths. Brother Hai Kao can get a good price this time!" Lu Biao praised.
The others also expressed their admiration.
Hai Kao smiled and said, "This Bloodstain Silverstone of mine is not worthy of your attention. I wonder what other good things you have?
But … I heard that brother Xue Jing made a big profit, so you must have some heavyweight divine objects, right? "
The Whale Gang was the local tyrant of the Chaotic Ridge and Clear River City. They had heard a little about Bloodthirsty's robbery of the Blazing Flame Merchants, which was why they asked this question.
Kong Xue-kyung maintained a cold expression from beginning to end, as if everyone owed him millions of divine crystals. He said coldly, "You'll know when we get to the auction!"
After saying this, he did not say anything else. His attitude was quite arrogant.
However, everyone knew Kong Xue-kyung's personality, so they did not dare to press him.
The others took out the items they wanted to auction to show off.
Afterward, everyone discussed many things about the transaction and was about to leave.
At this time, Niu Dayi said to Kong Xue-kyung, "Brother Xue Jing, the Blazing Flame Merchants might be coming this time, but not many of them are coming. I just don't know if they are coming in batches."
Kong Xue-kyung frowned slightly and sneered, "If they are coming, then so be it. Maybe they are coming for the trade fair. They have plenty of divine crystals, so when the time comes, we'll take more from them!"
After saying this, he ignored Niu Dayi and walked forward again.
Niu Dayi shook his head and thought to himself, "This guy is still as arrogant as ever. If you say a few more words, I, Old Niu, will cooperate with you to kill the Blazing Flame Merchants. In that case, you can avenge me!"
Kong Xue-kyung shook off everyone and returned to his hidden camp. He then immediately ordered everyone to pay attention to the Blazing Flame Merchants.
"Hehe, this is my, Bloodthirsty's, territory. Even a dragon has to coil up and a tiger has to lie down. So what if it's the Blazing Flame Merchants? In my eyes, they are just big fat sheep!" Kong Xue-kyung muttered with a somewhat cold-blooded smile.
… …
In the depths of the Chaotic Ridge, there were all kinds of poisonous and ferocious beasts. Ordinary people did not dare to enter.
However, in such a dangerous place, a tall figure was walking barefoot.
Every step he took covered a distance of ten thousand meters, as if he had the supreme power of shrinking the ground into an inch.
From a closer look, this person was actually a monk. He looked middle-aged with six Buddhist precepts on his head. His face was resolute and his body was extremely sturdy. His bright eyes flickered with an indescribable profound intent.
"Human, get lost!" An extremely ear-piercing, hoarse voice came from not far away.
A small figure appeared a hundred meters in front of the monk. This person was naked, and his entire body was covered in abscesses and tumors. His appearance was extremely disgusting and frightening.
It was a humanoid poisonous beast. Its arms and back were covered in sharp bone spikes that looked extremely ferocious and sharp.
The monk ignored the poisonous beast's words and actually opened his mouth to suck in the poisonous gas in front of him.
If other Godly Monarchs were to see this scene, they would definitely jump in fright. Then, they would call him a madman.
This was the Abscess Poison, one of the hundreds of Origin Poisons.
Anyone who absorbed a little of it would die from all over their body. Even a God King would find it difficult to force it out.
"Is this human crazy? He actually dared to absorb my poison source. He really doesn't know how to die!" The poisonous beast said in disdain.
After the monk absorbed the poison source, his entire body began to fester. Abscesses and tumors constantly grew, and streams of poisonous blood flowed non-stop. He immediately became extremely terrifying.
However, the monk did not show any signs of pain. Waves of light energy circulated around his body, and a dignified appearance rose up behind him. This power seemed to be resisting the poisonous gas, preventing it from poisoning him to death.
In addition, at this moment, another strange aura appeared on the monk's body, fighting against the poison source.
The three powers constantly intertwined, forming balls of evil aura that revolved around the surroundings. They were like demons, ghosts, venomous snakes, venomous insects.
When the poisonous beast realized that the monk could actually resist the source of the poison, its triangular eyes revealed waves of hostility.
"Damn human, I'm going to eat you!" the poisonous beast said sternly.
Immediately after, it pounced towards the monk.
Its speed was abnormally fast, and ordinary people could not catch it at all.
However, when the monk was fighting against the poison source, he could still capture the poisonous beast's figure. A dazzling light shot towards the poisonous beast.
"Ah!"
The poisonous beast seemed to be most afraid of this kind of light-attribute power. After being shot, it let out a miserable cry.
However, this could not make it retreat. Even though it knew that this human was very powerful, it was not weak either.
It roared again and immediately changed back to its true form.
Its appearance was strange and very ugly, but its strength was very low. However, it was already a Rank 10 vicious beast.
It opened its mouth and spat out a mouthful of terrifying poisonous gas. This poisonous gas carried a strong corrosive force as it rushed towards the monk.
As long as they were hit by this poisonous gas, anyone who heard it would probably die without a corpse left.
"Good!" The monk finally spoke for the first time.
He did not dodge or evade, and once again completely swallowed this mouthful of poisonous gas.
His body became even more disgusting and ugly, and waves of evil aura shot into the sky. His entire person turned into a poisonous person, as if he could die at any moment.
Who would have thought that at this moment, another kind of power would burst forth from his body and clash with the poisonous gas?
Pfft!
The monk could not help but spit out a mouthful of evil aura, and even a lot of blood was spat out. It was a ghastly sight.
However, after this mouthful of evil aura was spat out, the monk's condition actually became much better, and the poisonous gas on his body decreased sharply.