Dragon's Origin

Wang Sheng made it very clear: whoever wants to go in will be responsible for paving the way. If more people want to enter, they'll take turns.

This unknown, mysterious area is likely the former residence of some mysterious sect or large family from hundreds of years ago, containing countless treasures. However, along with the opportunities come countless dangers. To enter, one must risk their life.

If the person leading the way dies, Wang Sheng will definitely turn around and leave without a second thought. Everyone understands this outcome. Now it depends on whether each person is willing to use their life to help those behind them find a path.

If everyone here belonged to the same sect or the same family, it might be easier to say. But the ten people besides Wang Sheng belong to ten different forces. Is it worth sacrificing oneself only to benefit others? Such a sacrifice?

The answer to the question is simple. Leading the way with people from your own sect or family is a great achievement. If you don't die, you're a great hero of the family. Even if you die, there will be generous rewards from the family and sect. But leading people from other forces, you're dead and gone. It's even possible that your sacrifice won't be properly rewarded, and it's uncertain whether your own forces will even know what you risked your life to obtain.

In this situation, how could anyone choose to continue deeper? Even if the ten people were unwilling, they could only turn back.

No one was willing, but they had no choice. Just as everyone was reluctantly turning around, something incredibly surprising happened.

A member of a certain hidden sect—who hadn't revealed which sect they came from—suddenly stood next to Wang Sheng and pointed their sword at him.

"Wang Sheng, you lead the way!" This guy had always seemed very cooperative and hadn't stood out at first. Everyone thought he was an honest person, but who knew he'd turn on them at this moment.

Wang Sheng seemed to have anticipated this situation. He didn't move, but calmly looked at this deeply hidden fellow and asked, "Ah Da, do you think they'll agree?"

They didn't address each other by name. People who knew each other recognized each other, but they wouldn't tell others. So their mutual addresses were one, two, three, four, all the way to ten. This guy was the oldest, ranked first, so everyone called him Ah Da.

"What if they don't agree?" Ah Da sneered, looking at everyone with a seemingly disdainful gaze.

Now, if they went in, all the benefits would be theirs. But if they waited to bring in people from their families and sects later, that might not be the case. Ah Da's idea was actually very simple: to seize an opportunity. They'd already come this far; wouldn't it be a pity to turn back?

The group was stunned, and suddenly a struggle arose in their hearts as they saw this situation. It was risky for anyone to lead the way, and no one was willing. But Wang Sheng was different. He was so familiar with the Perpetual Killing Ground that he would definitely be fine going in.

Discovering the secrets of a sect that had been wiped out in the Perpetual Killing Ground was an irresistible temptation. What a great benefit! As long as they supported Ah Da now, there was a high probability they could obtain it.

The question was, should they agree to Ah Da's approach and hold Wang Sheng hostage in this place? Considering the fate of those who had chased Wang Sheng in the Perpetual Killing Ground before, it didn't seem like a good idea. Moreover, their return journey would also be fraught with dangers and they couldn't do without Wang Sheng. Was it worth angering Wang Sheng at this time?

Finally, someone made a decision, took out their weapon, and pointed it at Ah Da. Someone took the lead, and soon others followed suit. The others also took out their weapons and pointed them at Ah Da without hesitation.

"A bunch of trash!" Ah Da sneered, not caring at all about the nine weapons pointed at him, and said contemptuously, "Scared by a junior with just a few words?"

Everyone's expression changed. This guy was really not giving anyone face, was he? Originally, everyone was going to safely go out and then slowly bring people in to rely on their own abilities, but he insisted on rushing in, why should he drag everyone to their deaths with him?

"Do you think only your sect is smart, and only you know how to hide your cultivation?" Wang Sheng stood still, and also said these words with a sneer.

Ah Da's face changed instantly. The reason why he dared to act at this time was because of his hidden fifth-level cultivation. He originally thought he could completely overwhelm these fourth-level guys, but now he suddenly realized that he might have really done something stupid.

Could he turn back? Impossible! From the moment he was tempted, it was already destined that he couldn't turn back. Could Wang Sheng tolerate someone pointing a sword at him continuing in the team?

"Enough nonsense!" Ah Da thrust his sword forward, almost touching Wang Sheng's body, but it was blocked by Wang Sheng's outer garment. It seemed that as long as he exerted a little more force, it would pierce Wang Sheng's body.

"Ding," a sudden sound rang out, but it was Ah Liu, who used a bow and arrow, who shot an arrow at Ah Da's sword. The recoil force carried by the arrow directly knocked Ah Da's long sword away.

With just this arrow, Ah Da realized that Ah Liu's cultivation was probably not the fourth level he had said at the beginning, but a fifth level similar to his own.

With the long sword knocked away, Wang Sheng lightly took two steps back and completely escaped Ah Da's attack range.

One against ten, even if Ah Da was strong, he knew he had no chance of winning. Ah Liu's bow and arrow alone could make him stretched, and if the others just slightly besieged him, he could only consider it a great fortune to leave his life here. Staying here would only mean dying on the spot.

Without even thinking about it, Ah Da turned around and fled. Unfortunately, Wang Sheng and the others were all on the way they came, and were preparing to go back. If Ah Da wanted to escape, he could only escape deeper into the entrance.

“Before you die, do you have any last words?” Wang Sheng looked at Ah Da's departing back, and suddenly shouted loudly at Ah Da.

Strangely enough, Ah Da's rushing figure suddenly shook, and then he seemed to be tripped by something, and he couldn't help but stagger forward, falling into a genuine dog-eating-shit posture. The protective hat he was wearing on his head was also thrown out, revealing his entire head and face.

Lying on the ground and looking up, Ah Da saw a small, colorful snake, only half a foot away from his nose. His movements had startled the little snake, but the little snake, only a little more than a foot long, sprang up, its movements as fast as lightning, and accurately bit Ah Da on the tip of his nose.

Ah Da instinctively grabbed the little snake, and then his wrist hurt, but the little snake directly bit him on the wrist, the poisonous fangs piercing through the glove and piercing into the skin.

Everyone was watching Ah Da's fate, and no one noticed that in Wang Sheng's last words just now, the words "before death," the words "before" clearly were two of the nine-character mantra.