Dragon's Origin

Chapter 690: Revenge Continued (4)

With a formidable enemy at hand, complaining is useless; one must find a way to face the strong foe.

The problem is, Wang Sheng has blocked all the passages they could use to escape. Digging out from elsewhere isn't something that can be done overnight. They can't even get out, let alone fight.

This situation is utterly humiliating. Over eighty masters of the Legendary Realm, trapped underground by one person, unable to escape—how frustrating is that!

What to do? The leaders gathered to figure out how to deal with Wang Sheng.

At this moment, Wang Sheng was carefully examining the bodies of the three masters responsible for guarding the ice house, whom he had killed not long ago. The first master was shot dead with a heavy sniper crossbow, which was not surprising. However, during the face-to-face battle with the second and third, Wang Sheng clearly felt that the two masters' strength didn't seem to be fully utilized.

At first, Wang Sheng thought it was because the two masters were suppressed by the aura of the super-class demon beast. But after blocking the second exit, Wang Sheng realized something was not quite right. The Xia family had been here for over a year and a half; they should have gotten used to the suppression if it were from the super-class demon beast.

Wang Sheng himself could get used to it after experiencing it multiple times, so why couldn't others? Wang Sheng never thought he was superior, so he immediately concluded that the super-class demon beast's suppression was partly the reason, but definitely not the main one. There was another reason why their strength had decreased so much.

Out of a sniper's caution, Wang Sheng carefully examined the three bodies. On all three corpses, the legs were somewhat bluish. Wang Sheng thought it was due to the low temperature, but he quickly realized it wasn't right. Upon closer inspection, all three corpses had varying degrees of subcutaneous hemorrhage, concentrated around the hair follicles. Looking closely at the gums, obvious bleeding and recession could be seen, and Wang Sheng understood.

Even without the suppression of the super-class demon beast's aura, the strength of the Xia family's masters inside was greatly affected, without a doubt.

Besides Wang Sheng, no one knew that these guys were actually sick. They probably only thought that these masters had been staying in the core inner circle of the Perpetual Killing Ground for a long time, influenced by the violent spiritual energy, and coupled with living underground without seeing the light of day. They never thought that their strength decreased due to physical illness.

Perhaps because there was no reference, these Xia family masters didn't think their strength was inferior to before? At most, they thought their performance was affected by the spiritual energy of the Perpetual Killing Ground's core inner circle. Not just the Xia family, but the masters of other families probably thought the same.

"A bunch of poor wretches!" Wang Sheng shook his head with a smile on his face but sighed in his mouth: "They have scurvy and don't even know it, how ignorant and pitiful!"

Scurvy is a malignant disease that sailors in the Age of Exploration often contracted before they knew the cause. The root cause is vitamin C deficiency.

Eighty-plus masters had to live in the Perpetual Killing Ground for more than a year, and it wasn't convenient to resupply back and forth, so all the supplies they needed for life must have been brought in one go. Vegetables and fruits do contain a lot of vitamin C, but compared to meat, they take up too much volume. Therefore, the Xia family's masters must have brought enough meat as food, but not many vegetables and fruits.

Even if they brought them, the quantity must have been unbalanced. After eating them in the early stages, they wouldn't have any left in the later stages. A lack of vitamin C intake for a long time would inevitably lead to scurvy. It's only because they have a high average cultivation level and are nourished by spiritual energy that their bodies didn't deteriorate too quickly, but a year and a half was enough for scurvy to slowly erode their bodies.

Bleeding and receding gums, and subcutaneous hemorrhage around hair follicles are all typical symptoms of scurvy. Last time, the Shi and Gan families were trapped inside for more than a year and were so weak they were almost dead, and they only survived because Wang Sheng provided them with a batch of supplies. However, Wang Sheng always had the habit of bringing vegetables and fruits, but he didn't teach this habit to others. In other words, the Shi and Gan families' masters not only had decompression sickness last time, but also had severe scurvy, but Wang Sheng kept it a secret.

Now it seems that the Xia family has fallen victim to this inconspicuous disease that no one has ever heard of, but they themselves don't know it. There's no way, the ocean is too dangerous in this world, and how many people have the opportunity to go to sea?

In other words, the Xia family's guys are already sick, and their overall strength has decreased by at least 20 to 30%. Since this is the case, why should Wang Sheng use this suffocating method to suffocate them to death underground?

"Chang Sheng Gong, if you have the ability, let's fight one-on-one. What kind of heroics is it to block the door like this?" Just after Wang Sheng confirmed this, Wang Sheng suddenly heard the Xia family's masters calling for a battle.

When he first heard the voice, Wang Sheng was stunned, not realizing that among the Xia family's masters, there were people who could transmit their voices so clearly through the thick ice. But after a few moments, Wang Sheng realized that it wasn't because those masters had high cultivation levels, but because they had really made a lot of preparations here.

Wang Sheng originally planned to suffocate these guys to death underground, but this voice reminded Wang Sheng that the Xia family had dug such a long passage, and they must have left ventilation holes in all directions. These voices were transmitted through some inconspicuous ventilation hole nearby.

Thinking about it, it makes sense. Since they planned to fight a protracted war here, how could they not prepare in these aspects? Even if they didn't know about the existence of oxygen, it didn't prevent the Xia family from making ventilation holes in several places in the passage. The thin ventilation holes were dozens of feet long, and with a few turns, no demon beast could detect human气息 from the ventilation holes, not even super-class demon beasts.

In other words, Wang Sheng's method of suffocating all the Xia family's masters to death underground was no longer feasible. Unless Wang Sheng could find all the ventilation holes, but that was obviously impossible.

Since it couldn't work, Wang Sheng immediately changed his method. Although trapping them like this could still achieve his goal, it was obviously too inefficient. Since the other party called for a battle, a one-on-one duel, Wang Sheng immediately followed suit and gave them the opportunity.

"Come out from your remaining spare passage, and I'll give you a chance for a one-on-one fight!" Wang Sheng didn't use any special techniques, and directly shouted in the direction the voice came from. Wang Sheng believed that the other party would definitely be able to hear his voice.

Sure enough, after a while, the voice came again: "Chang Sheng Gong is straightforward enough, we'll have a big battle!"

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Boom, it was unknown how many people gathered to attack, near the second spare entrance, countless ice and snow flew up, and then a large hole was instantly revealed.

As soon as the hole appeared, swish swish swish, at least a dozen figures rushed out, quickly occupying all sides, fearing that this exit would also be blocked.