Dragon's Origin

Chapter 729: Lava Lake (Part 2)

The experts from the other factions wasted a day before they reorganized a group of ninth-level masters to enter the underground passage.

The underground passage had only been washed by water, and the resulting silt wasn't thick, so the traces left by Wang Sheng were very clear.

Before the ninth-level masters from all sides went down, the few who had entered earlier had already explored several miles ahead with torches.

However, faced with the traces left by Wang Sheng's snowmobile, these experts couldn't figure out what kind of transportation Wang Sheng was using to travel on the silt, no matter how hard they tried.

Fortunately, after such a long time, even the silt in the underground passage had mostly dried up, not hindering the experts' movements at all.

Song Yan, because of her ninth-level cultivation, became the leader of the team without question. The elders from the other families couldn't come down because their cultivation was too high, and they couldn't find anyone in their camps who could match Song Yan in cultivation and status, so they could only instruct their own experts to listen to Song Yan's command as long as it didn't infringe on their own interests.

With this, Song Yan rightfully obtained command of more than three hundred ninth-level experts. Moreover, she was leading the experts from various families outside, giving her a bit of an air of 'a general abroad is not bound by the emperor's commands'.

In the underground passage, as soon as Song Yan and the others came down, the experts who had come down earlier reported their exploration results.

An empty underground passage, obvious traces of travel, what else was there to say? Just follow the traces.

Simply following the traces that Wang Sheng had explored was much faster than Wang Sheng checking and exploring the path alone. It took Wang Sheng a full five days to reach the dark river, but Song Yan and the others only took one day to reach the place where Wang Sheng entered the water by the dark river.

All traces of travel disappeared here, and there were no other obvious signs. Wang Sheng seemed to have suddenly disappeared here.

"He didn't disappear," Ah Qi's voice sounded in Song Yan's ear. "He just went by water."

The dark river didn't go far before it became a submerged area. Everyone knew that there must be river channels inside, but no one knew where they led or if there were any dangers. Everyone looked at the dark river, at a loss.

Then, everyone's eyes turned to Song Yan. Song Yan was the commander, so naturally she had to make a decision. Song Yan didn't care about these gazes, and just asked Ah Qi, "Can you be sure?"

In fact, this question was nonsense. What Song Yan really wanted to ask was whether Ah Qi could sense Wang Sheng's location here.

"He's over there," Ah Qi obviously understood Song Yan's thoughts, and without caring whether the people around could understand, he pointed in a direction and said with certainty.

Among the group of ninth-level experts, a sixth-level junior like Ah Qi was as bright as a firefly in the night. Originally, the experts from all sides were wondering why Ah Qi was brought along, but now that Ah Qi spoke, the smart ones immediately realized that Ah Qi must have a way to track Wang Sheng's location.

No one wanted to explore the specific method. Many people knew that different primordial souls had some different magical aspects. Even the same kind of primordial soul would develop in different directions due to different cultivation methods or individual differences. No one could envy it. What was important was that Ah Qi could track Wang Sheng, right?

Go into the water? Everyone felt a little uneasy. It wasn't that they were afraid of anything in the water. Everyone understood where the water in this dark river came from. In fact, as long as they had enough patience, they could wait for a while, and after the water in the ice lake above had all flowed away, the river channel would naturally be empty.

But, weren't they tracking Wang Sheng now? They had finally explored the core secrets of the Thousand Desolation Land, who could resist?

"Go into the water!" Song Yan decisively ordered, "Since there are no submerged river channels here, there must be some elsewhere. Everyone be careful, it's best to tie a few people together with ropes to take care of each other."

No one retreated, so there was only advancement. Song Yan's method was indeed a good one. Being tied together would at least prevent them from being completely annihilated or lost in the water. But there were still risks. Who knew how long the submerged waterway was, and whether they could hold on?

Ah Qi gave Song Yan a very inexplicable look, and Song Yan understood instantly. Wang Sheng must have a way to breathe in the water. Ah Qi might even know this method, which could allow Wang Sheng and Ah Qi to stay in the water for a long time, but this didn't mean that everyone could last for a long time.

At this time, Song Yan needed to make a decision, whether to sacrifice some people from other families, or to go together.

Song Yan only hesitated for a while before making a decision: "Everyone try to find a way to breathe a few more times underwater, just in case it takes a long time."

Not everyone had Wang Sheng's compressed air cylinder, but there were also many local methods. For example, using the urinary bladder of certain demon beasts could provide dozens of breaths of air. These were all ninth-level experts, and dozens of breaths were enough for them to stay underwater for more than an hour.

After Song Yan issued the order, she waited for a quarter of an hour, waiting for everyone to prepare. Then, together with Ah Qi, she took the lead and jumped into the dark river hand in hand. Behind them, hundreds of ninth-level experts jumped down one after another, without hesitation. This space quickly returned to complete darkness.

Wang Sheng had already opened up a passage that was hundreds of feet long. With Wang Sheng's strength and his current mastery of carving, mere volcanic rock was nothing to him. In fact, what really took time was Wang Sheng going back and forth to transport the excavated volcanic rock out, rather than the excavation itself.

He dug for a full day and night. When Wang Sheng's hammer fell, the chisel in his hand felt lighter, but it had already penetrated the stone wall.

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Wang Sheng was overjoyed. Ignoring everything else, he put away his hammer and chisel, mustered his strength, and leaned his shoulder forward. A three-inch-thick volcanic rock wall completely shattered, and Wang Sheng's figure rushed out with it.

The rushing figure was very cautious. Wang Sheng only took two steps forward before stopping, then breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the scene in front of him.

A huge lava lake, just as Wang Sheng had sensed before. As far as the eye could see, it was a dark red expanse.

The place where Wang Sheng was standing was a piece of solidified volcanic rock. Fortunately, Wang Sheng didn't continue to rush forward, otherwise, two more steps would have put him in the flowing lava lake.

The smell in this cave was very pungent, and the heat was astonishing. Just standing here for a while, Wang Sheng was covered in sweat.

Thinking that this lava lake was right below a frozen area, Wang Sheng couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of this formation.