Dragon's Origin

“Everyone, let’s get the unpleasantries out of the way first. I have no guarantee of success for this trip inside,” Wang Sheng said, facing the fourteen experts from various factions, and began to instruct them: “So, if you really encounter unavoidable danger, fight if you can, run if you can't. Don't hesitate!”

The more Wang Sheng emphasized the potential downsides, the less people doubted him. This was an open strategy; he wasn't forcing anyone. It was all voluntary.

Originally, Wang Sheng intended to go in alone to see what kind of expert was there, whether they posed a threat to the camp, and whether they would disrupt the camp's operations, delaying their ability to earn gold coins. It was all out of self-interest. He didn't invite anyone, nor did he force anyone. They insisted on joining him, so they couldn't blame anyone if something happened.

Especially the top experts from several principalities, who had been cultivating here for several months and felt like they were on the verge of a breakthrough, only for this to happen.

This was a great opportunity to enter the core of the Perpetual Killing Ground for the first time. If they missed it, even if their cultivation broke through, they would probably be喷死 (scolded to death) by the various lords when they returned to their own countries. So, even knowing that entering meant a narrow escape from death, these experts had to risk their lives to go in once.

If they could discover any clues or anything else, it would be a great benefit to their respective principalities. If they could really find the Lin Family Valley recorded in various texts, then it goes without saying that all parties would be willing to pay any price to obtain it.

Wang Sheng's encouragement to fight if they could and run if they couldn't further demonstrated that he wasn't forcing them, which made these people trust him even more.

“If no one is withdrawing, everyone can briefly state their cultivation level so everyone has a rough idea.” Since no one wanted to withdraw, they needed to understand each other to avoid miscoordination.

When the fourteen people reported their cultivation levels one by one, Wang Sheng was embarrassed to mention his own. Everyone was at least at the peak of the eighth level, and the strongest had already reached the ninth level, having broken through just a few days ago. The various principalities indeed had a batch of highly promising younger generations. The oldest of these people was not even forty years old.

“Let’s make it clear first, no matter if you have feuds or grudges outside, no one is allowed to fight each other inside. If you want to settle them, do it outside. Agreed?” Wang Sheng stated another prohibition before assigning tasks.

“Agreed!”

“Agreed!”

“Agreed!”

…

No one disagreed. When they were in the outer regions of the Perpetual Killing Ground, these people knew that they must not easily fight there. Now that they were going to the core of the Perpetual Killing Ground, it was even more unnecessary to say. Anyone who fought would definitely implicate everyone and would be attacked by the group.

“Who understands formations?” Wang Sheng asked again.

A member of the Tang family raised his hand. The others turned to look, and after seeing who it was, no one said anything.

Wang Sheng directly threw a formation stone to the Tang family expert. The other party was stunned, and Wang Sheng had already begun to explain: “This formation stone can amplify slight formation fluctuations tenfold. Inside, there may be some formations that are difficult to defend against. You need to hold this and pay attention at all times, don't let everyone get trapped.”

Whether there were formations in the core of the Perpetual Killing Ground was something that, in theory, no one knew. But since Wang Sheng said so, those people were not surprised at all, which suggests that they must know some inside information passed down from their families.

Just as Wang Sheng was about to continue, suddenly, in the direction of the Perpetual Killing Ground's core, another burst of strong aura erupted. It was still fleeting, but everyone present changed their expressions.

A group of people quickly rushed out of the room and came to the open space in the center of the camp. Not only them, but almost everyone cultivating in the camp rushed out. Since the last time that strong aura erupted, few people had been in long-term seclusion. They were all doing short-term cultivation.

After waiting for a while, and there being no further movements, the crowd returned to Wang Sheng's room where they had been discussing, with unpleasant expressions.

“What is everyone's estimate of the cultivation realm of the aura just now?” Wang Sheng asked directly as soon as he sat down, without waiting for the others to speak.

The fourteen people looked at each other, none of them speaking, as if none of them wanted to say, or as if none of them were sure.

“Are you still hiding your abilities at this time?” Wang Sheng frowned, his tone immediately becoming somewhat unkind. If they cooperated like this, these people would be going in to die.

“Unable to determine, hard to say.” The Tang family expert spoke first to avoid embarrassment.

“Give a rough estimate. Higher than you? Lower than you? Everyone has an expected value, say it out loud, so everyone can be prepared.” Wang Sheng's tone softened a little, and he slowly said, “You speak first, after you finish speaking, I will say my judgment.”

“Ninth level peak!” The Tang family expert's prediction.

“Ninth level late stage!” The Dai family expert's prediction.

“Ninth level peak!” The Song family expert's prediction.

“Ninth level late stage!” The Gan family expert's prediction.

……

One after another, no one said anything lower than the late stage of the ninth level. Everyone's face was very ugly. The highest cultivation here was only the early stage of the ninth level. Facing a ninth level late stage or even peak expert, no one was confident.

Wang Sheng sighed inwardly. Clear Dust Old Daoist had just entered the peak of the ninth level himself. His aura triggered the resonance of the expert inside. The old daoist himself judged that the expert was higher than the peak of the ninth level. None of the people present judged correctly, and they all underestimated him.

This also meant that perhaps only one or two of them would survive this trip. Fortunately, these people were all from the various principalities. Even if they all died, Wang Sheng would not feel sorry. What he cared about was how he could use this opportunity to investigate the situation inside.

Seeing that everyone was waiting for him to speak, Wang Sheng did not continue to remain silent, and followed up with his own judgment: “I won’t embarrass myself with my personal cultivation realm since it's relatively low. But one thing I can be sure of is that this expert's position is the same as last time, it hasn't moved.”

“How is that possible?” “How do you know?” As soon as Wang Sheng's voice fell, everyone asked questions.

Wang Sheng made a gesture, and everyone closed their mouths, and the scene suddenly became quiet. At this time, Wang Sheng said the reason for his judgment: “This is a personal ability of mine. My spatial positioning sense has always been relatively accurate. This is also why I never have to worry about getting lost when I enter the Perpetual Killing Ground.”

“I compared the approximate positions of the last time and this time.” Wang Sheng pointed to his head: “The distance between the two will not exceed half a kilometer. Believe me, in this regard, I am ten times more professional than all of you combined.”