My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 2571

It was all thanks to Raylee that things had not escalated further. Afterward, the security guards removed the unconscious people who had been knocked out from the auction hall.

Once the chaos subsided, Dorothy Duerson said again, "Well then, Mr. Auctioneer, let's proceed."

The auctioneer picked up the wooden gavel.

"A hundred billion, going once. A hundred billion, going twice. A hundred billion go–"

"I bid 150 billion." Nash stepped forward and made his bid.

Everyone turned to look at Nash, who remained calm and composed. Dorothy glanced at the man in front of her and asked Raylee, "Who is this guy?"

"Nash Calcraft."

"Nash, I see."

Dorothy raised the bid by another 50 billion. Nash continued to outbid her, and the two went back and forth, each raising the stakes higher.

At this point, Theo grabbed Nash's arm. "Nash, you can't keep bidding!"

Yet Nash, who had his adrenaline pumping, ignored Theo's warning entirely.

"I'll raise it by another ten billion!"

"Very well, Mr. Calcraft has bid 710 billion," announced the auctioneer.

Dorothy immediately followed up by adding another ten billion. Nash, determined to continue, was about to place another bid when suddenly, Theo punched him in the face.

Nash was stunned as he looked at Theo, bewildered.

"W-What's going on?"

"Nash, snap out of it! What's gotten into you?"

This was not the same as the natural transformation that came with the Profound Oriental Realm—it felt more like these energies had minds of their own.

With a bang, the wooden gavel struck.

Nash snapped back to reality.

"And with that, this treasured All Souls Token goes to the lady here!" announced the auctioneer.

Nash stared at the astronomical figure on the display, momentarily dazed. If Theo had not snapped him out of it earlier, the numbers would have kept climbing.

Grateful, Nash wiped his face and stood up, turning to Theo. "Thanks. Let's get out of here."

"Yeah, let's go," Theo responded.

With that, Nash, Theo, and the rest of their group left the auction hall.