Dragon's Origin

Song Yan's words awakened the pondering crowd, who then instantly reassessed the situation before them.

Originally, Wang Sheng was on the same side as everyone else, sharing the same goal: to kill the sealed, peerless master. To this end, even though each family had some irreconcilable feuds with Wang Sheng, they forcibly suppressed them, choosing to cooperate and face the great enemy together.

However, everything before had happened right under everyone's noses; everyone could see and hear it all. From the moment that woman emerged from the ice pillar, with just a single sentence, Wang Sheng went from wanting to kill her to protecting her. This change of stance was nothing short of a sudden about-face.

Between the Lin family and the eight great families, Song Yan naturally stood with the eight great families. Regardless of any internal conflicts among the eight great families, their attitude towards the Lin family was always consistent, with no possibility of deviation. The eight great families and the Lin family shared the kind of irreconcilable hatred that could only end with the extermination of one side; there was no chance of reconciliation unless one side was completely wiped out.

At this moment, Song Yan felt a pang of sorrow. She and Wang Sheng had such a long-standing friendship, so much interaction, so many intimate moments, yet a single sentence from the woman in Wang Sheng's arms was enough to make Wang Sheng stand against her. Wang Sheng was too heartless! A fickle man!

The other experts were awakened by Song Yan's words, and then all broke out in a cold sweat. This peerless master from the Lin family was indeed a master, manipulating people's hearts with consummate skill. With just a few words, she had stirred up all sorts of wild thoughts in their minds, almost making them forget what they were originally there to do.

Everyone in the eight great families secretly became vigilant. In fact, the peerless master from the Lin family had created a rift between the various parties and the Shi family with just her first sentence. Regardless of whether the phoenix soul was real or not, the Phoenix Flight mental technique had already been firmly pinned on the Shi family with just a few words.

The Shi family couldn't defend themselves, nor could they explain it clearly. At least the Gan family and Wang Sheng had both participated in the excavation and distribution of the treasures from the secret vault. Everyone had witnessed the Shi family's elder directly demanding to choose first. No one would believe the Shi family if they claimed they didn't have the Phoenix Flight mental technique.

This matter could only be addressed after the current situation was resolved. Right now, the most important thing was to kill this peerless master from the Lin family.

"I won't let her die," Wang Sheng sighed, once again giving Song Yan the answer she didn't want to hear.

"Then we will become enemies!" In Song Yan's eyes, a mist had appeared at some point. She looked at Wang Sheng, biting her lip and speaking firmly.

"I'm sorry!" Even Wang Sheng, looking at Song Yan's eyes filled with incomprehension, grievance, regret, and anger, felt a pang of guilt. At this moment, he could only say sorry to Song Yan; he couldn't say anything else.

Chirp! Just as Wang Sheng finished speaking, a sharp sound of air being pierced rang out urgently. Three white lights shot out from the hands of the Dai family's head, directly towards Wang Sheng and the dreamlike girl in his arms.

Anyone could see that the dreamlike girl was now extremely weak. If Wang Sheng weren't holding her, she wouldn't even have the strength to stand up. This was a golden opportunity; once they attacked, it would almost certainly succeed.

Two of the three white lights were aimed at Wang Sheng, and at his vital points. If Wang Sheng ignored them, the only result would be death. If Wang Sheng tried to block them himself, then the girl in his arms would be exposed. The third white light was aimed at the Lin family's peerless master, who was currently at her weakest.

As expected, Wang Sheng's reaction was as the Dai family's head had predicted. He had to free one hand to block the two flying knives aimed at his throat and eyes. Naturally, the dreamlike girl, held by only one arm, was also exposed to the third flying knife.

However, Wang Sheng still hugged the dreamlike girl and tried to turn his body, trying to block the third flying knife with his body as much as possible. Wang Sheng was wearing an inner layer of diving suit made from the skin of a fourteenth-realm super sperm whale, with a liquid bulletproof vest on top, plus an outer layer of ordinary protective clothing made from the skin of an eighth-realm demon beast. Blocking this attack was not a problem at all.

The others all stood still, watching the Dai family's head's attack. Everyone was smart; some things didn't benefit from rushing ahead. They would observe the situation first. If everything looked good, then they would naturally follow suit and beat a dog in the water. But if there were still variables, then the Dai family would bear the consequences first.

With two dings, Wang Sheng's Tiger Tooth saber accurately blocked the two flying knives aimed at his throat and eyes, emitting two crisp sounds. However, the third flying knife that Wang Sheng expected to hit his back never did.

Wang Sheng was facing away from the flying knife and couldn't see it clearly, only able to sense the direction of the flying knife with his spiritual energy. However, the people in the direction Wang Sheng was facing could see it very clearly.

Just as the flying knife was about to hit Wang Sheng's back, a slender arm appeared out of nowhere. The slender fingers looked long and delicate, and a gentle, incredibly precise tap landed on the blade of the flying knife.

The rapidly shot flying knife suddenly seemed to have hit a soft wall, stopping seemingly slowly but actually very quickly. Under everyone's gaze, that fair and delicate finger made a very beautiful and thrilling flicking motion, silently flicking the flying knife that had already stopped.

Chirp, the flying knife flew backward at several times the speed it had come, and before the Dai family's head could react, it had easily pierced through his throat, flying directly out of the back of his neck and embedding itself in the ice wall behind him.

The Dai family's head didn't even have time to cover his throat. Instantly, his eyes lost their light, his knees weakened, and with a bang, he knelt on the ground. Then, he fell cleanly and neatly, a wisp of blood flowing from under his body, staining a small patch of ice red, then immediately freezing, the bright red color dazzlingly striking.

The arm that had made this movement then gently drooped down again, returning to that weak and feeble state, as if it would collapse with the slightest touch. It looked so soft that it seemed like even raising a hand would take a lot of effort. If the people in this direction hadn't clearly seen the arm's movement, no one would have believed that the reflected flying knife was related to that arm.

The scene became unusually quiet, and the crowd watched, not daring to breathe loudly. In this situation, being able to instantly kill a ninth-realm master with a casual gesture, no wonder the ancestors' instructions repeatedly warned future generations to be careful, careful, and careful, and to take the opportunity to kill her.

"Combat instinct!" After a moment of silence, the Tang family's head finally uttered a term. Everyone who heard it was shocked.