Dragon's Origin

Chapter 232: The螳螂捕蝉, 黄雀在后 (tánglángbǔchán, huángquèzàihòu) (II)

Even a desperate strike from a ninth-level master is more than Flying Fox, at the eighth level, could withstand. Yet, even spitting out his internal organs and on the verge of death, Flying Fox stubbornly held onto his last breath, throwing the ten storage rings on his person towards a magma-bubble-filled geothermal vent not far away.

The commander was caught off guard for a moment. Seeing the storage rings about to be thrown into the geothermal vent, he couldn't care less about landing another blow. He hurriedly flew out, desperately trying to catch the storage rings in mid-air.

Just as the commander had frantically caught the fourth storage ring, a realization dawned on him: he had been tricked! Turning his head, he saw Flying Fox throw five more storage rings towards another geothermal vent.

This time, the commander couldn't care about the remaining storage rings. He used all his strength to rush towards that direction. As he passed Flying Fox, he didn't forget to stomp heavily on Flying Fox's head, directly crushing it.

Even though the commander had rushed fast enough, he only managed to snatch two of the five storage rings Flying Fox threw later. The remaining three all fell into the geothermal vent. Before the commander could use his dagger to retrieve them, they had already disappeared into a suddenly emerging magma bubble. The same fate befell six of the ten thrown earlier.

Standing between the two geothermal vents, the commander could even hear the loud bangs of the items inside the storage rings exploding as they were incinerated by the geothermal heat. Unfortunately, even if they did explode, it was all within the magma. No matter how high the commander's cultivation, it wasn't high enough to reach into the magma and retrieve anything.

It was all because of Flying Fox. The commander looked at Flying Fox, whose head he had crushed, wishing he could tear him to pieces and scatter his bones to the wind. But alas, no amount of venting could change the facts.

His two subordinates were still cleaning up, but the battle was already decided. The Precious Fragrance Hall's team was completely annihilated. Those still alive had lost their ability to fight and were being finished off one by one by the two eighth-level Song family experts.

The commander suppressed his agitated mood and began to check the storage rings in his hand one by one. By the third one, a look of surprise appeared on his face. Inside this storage ring were scrolls and scrolls of documents. Just taking one out and feeling the residual warmth told the commander that these were recently taken from that stone cave.

By the time he checked the fifth one, the commander could no longer suppress his joy and cried out happily.

Inside this storage ring was clearly the jade box. Flying Fox had painstakingly tried to destroy these things before his death, even using tricks, but alas, fate was not on his side. The storage rings the commander randomly retrieved actually contained the most important thing.

The other storage rings contained insignificant things like food, water, supplies, and medicinal herbs. The commander unceremoniously pocketed these things, then continued to search Flying Fox's body, unwilling to give up.

The three Song family experts were doing the same thing, each searching the bodies of the dead Precious Fragrance Hall guards for spoils, ensuring nothing was missed.

After carefully checking everything once, the three people, still unwilling to give up, searched each of the stone caves again, spending over an hour before they finished. Finally, only the largest stone cave, sealed by the formation, remained. The three of them gathered at that place.

The stone door of the cave had been shattered, and the scene inside was clear at a glance. Aside from what was hidden after the bend, there was nothing special.

The divine pill was in hand, and even the pill formula filled an entire storage ring. This trip's harvest could be considered perfect. The only thing not yet completed was taking the opportunity to kill Wang Sheng.

However, the three of them were actually very curious about how Wang Sheng and the female boss had crossed the hundred-meter-wide geothermal vent to the other side. Did they walk across the geothermal vent?

Despite being extremely curious, the three of them didn't forget the main goal of this trip. Seeing Wang Sheng and the female boss seemingly unafraid of them crossing over, the commander pondered for a while, shook his head, and decided to give up on killing Wang Sheng.

There was no benefit. Anyway, if they didn't attack, leaving Wang Sheng here to fend for himself wasn't exactly doing nothing. As long as the two huge, heavy stone doors at the entrance were closed, could Wang Sheng and the female boss possibly get out? Even if there was a group of shopkeepers outside waiting to support them, with the cultivation of those few fat guys, it would be good enough if they could survive in the Thousand Absolutes Ground themselves.

"Son-in-law, take care!" The commander cupped his fist towards Wang Sheng on the other side of the magma lake and said loudly before turning around and leaving with his two subordinates, without looking back. Duke Song was waiting for the divine pill to save his life, and they had to hurry back as quickly as possible.

Watching the three experts walk far away, the female boss angrily returned the scope to Wang Sheng. She had no choice but to give it back; Wang Sheng had already reached out for it. After returning the item, the female boss asked, not hiding her annoyance, "The Song family? And calling you son-in-law, the Song family's eldest daughter really cares about you!"

The only people in this world who call Wang Sheng son-in-law are the Song family. Wang Sheng found it funny looking at them. Song Hongde was scheming to kill him, yet these subordinates seemed willing to spare his life and ease the relationship between the two sides. It was truly interesting.

Watching the three people enter the long, dark staircase tunnel through the scope, Wang Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. If the commander and the others had charged over at that time, Wang Sheng would have only been able to hold off one at most. The remaining two would definitely have been able to easily kill Wang Sheng and the female boss.

Now he was finally temporarily safe. Wang Sheng found a place to sit down. Although the temperature wasn't low, it was more comfortable and easier than standing all the time.

"Are you just going to let them take the things away like that?" The female boss was very unwilling, but she had no other choice. She could only sit next to Wang Sheng, asking unwillingly.

"Then what else do you want to do?" Wang Sheng asked in return, "Among these three from the Song family, at least one is a ninth-level expert. Can you beat them?"

The female boss was just saying it. In fact, she knew much more clearly than Wang Sheng that this operation had completely failed. The people she had planted had all been killed, and she and Wang Sheng were sealed down here. Even getting out might be a problem.

"Don't be too sad." Seeing the female boss somewhat depressed, Wang Sheng thought she was mourning her subordinates and comforted her, "Even if they hadn't attacked then, if Flying Fox hadn't killed them, the Song family would have killed them. You couldn't save them."

This was the truth, and the female boss finally felt less uncomfortable. Looking at Wang Sheng's indifferent face, she asked curiously, "Aren't you worried?"

"Worried about what?" Wang Sheng asked, "Worried that I'll find something better?"

The female boss's eyes lit up instantly.