Dragon's Origin

Chapter 310: Returning to Camp (Part 1)

It felt like something had gotten into my eyes, causing both pain and itching. Not only that, but looking in any direction felt like being stabbed, I was sensitive to light, couldn't open my eyes, and tears streamed down constantly. Every so often, my vision would blur, and I couldn't see clearly.

This was clearly not caused by a demonic beast injury. Dai Laoqi and the others didn't understand what was happening, and could only subconsciously assume that this was the price they paid for peeking at that peerless expert.

A cold snort had nearly made them faint. Was it strange that he would do something punitive to their eyes?

The four did not dare to delay. Enduring the discomfort in their eyes, they wanted to reach the edge of the basin as quickly as possible. In the core of the Thousand Absolute Land, where demonic beasts could pop out from anywhere, being unable to see was no different from walking blindly to their deaths.

They rubbed their eyes hard, and their vision seemed a little clearer. Dai Laoqi and the others dared not linger and strode forward. Unfortunately, the snow was knee-deep, making it difficult to walk fast. When they turned back, the footprints they had left behind hundreds of meters away had already disappeared. Even if they wanted to turn back and find Wang Sheng, they probably wouldn't be able to.

Even Tang Laowu and the red-badge assassin, who were resting with their eyes closed, didn't know that the discomfort in their eyes wasn't because the expert had injured them, but because of another reason—snow blindness.

A recent study by the U.S. military on Earth showed that the biggest cause of snow blindness is the emptiness of the snow-covered ground. When the eyes look, they automatically search for a focal point, but in the snow, the eyes will be tense because there are no objects to focus on for a long time, eventually causing short-term contraction of the eye muscles, leading to snow blindness.

The solution is to wear high-quality goggles, or to create some points of focus with high color contrast on the snow. Because of this, Wang Sheng put on military goggles when entering the basin. Not only that, but there were also several special black dots on the goggles to serve as temporary objects, allowing Wang Sheng's eyes to focus and completely prevent snow blindness.

Obviously, these experts, despite their high cultivation levels, did not have experience marching in the snow and did not know this technique. Wang Sheng did not teach them these things until Dai Laoqi and the others revealed their true nature.

When Dai Laoqi and the others had already shown severe symptoms of snow blindness, Wang Sheng, Tang Laowu, and the red-badge assassin had just set off. They chose another route.

Tang Laowu and the red-badge assassin had already felt some discomfort in their eyes, but they were lucky. With Wang Sheng's reminder, they had just closed their eyes to cultivate for a while, so they were not too uncomfortable. In particular, Wang Sheng told them not to rub their eyes no matter how uncomfortable they were, and the two completely obeyed.

With only three people, and two of them showing early symptoms of snow blindness, Wang Sheng dared not relax at all, and almost pushed the combat awareness villain to the limit. Not only did he combine all sixteen combat awareness villains into one, but he also used the 'Travel' rune non-stop, striving to discover the demonic beasts before they discovered him.

Four times in a row, the three narrowly avoided several demonic beasts whose shadows they didn't even see. Tang Laowu, although he couldn't see the demonic beasts, could feel the existence of terrifying demonic beasts just a hundred or two hundred meters away, and kept calling out 'how dangerous'. Fortunately, he followed Wang Sheng, otherwise, they would have had to fight four times in such a short time.

However, fighting was inevitable. Some of the demonic beasts were very cunning, burying themselves under the ice and snow, quietly waiting for their prey. Even Wang Sheng found it difficult to use the 'Travel' rune to detect the demonic beasts hidden under the thick ice and snow in advance, and could only rely on the combat awareness villain.

As in previous battles, Wang Sheng could call out in advance to remind Tang Laowu and the red-badge assassin before the demonic beasts attacked, but that was all. However, these two were more trusting of Wang Sheng's warnings than others. As long as Wang Sheng called out, they would immediately attack without hesitation, making them more efficient than a team of a dozen people.

However, no matter how efficient they were, there were only three of them. With coordinated attacks, although they could kill or drive away the demonic beasts they had to fight, each of them had several more cuts on their bodies. In the core of the Thousand Absolute Land, almost any demonic beast could harm them.

Wang Sheng's 'All' and 'Array' runes worked well against the insects outside, but had basically no control over large demonic beasts. If it were just Wang Sheng alone, he could still win the goodwill of large demonic beasts and prevent them from attacking him. But in the core area, this effect of increasing intimacy was greatly reduced, and even more so when he was with two other people, it became useless.

All three of them were injured, but the route Wang Sheng took the two of them on, although slightly winding, avoided more than 80% of the ferocious demonic beasts. However, the physical exertion was not difficult for the two eighth-stage and ninth-stage cultivators.

Dai Laoqi and his group had vaguely realized that they had made a wrong choice. Since they left Wang Sheng, the frequency of being attacked by demonic beasts had increased at least threefold. All four of them were injured as well. The most seriously injured had terrifying cuts on his chest and legs, and it was clear that he would not be able to keep up with the team.

His eyes were getting more and more painful, the more he rubbed them, the more painful they became, and the less he could see. He could only vaguely see the direction of the edge of the basin. As for the attacks of the demonic beasts, he could only rely on his ears and each person's respective unique skills to deal with them.

The edge of the basin looked very close, but it was still a dozen miles away. Dai Laoqi and the other two experts who could still walk quickly abandoned their seriously injured companion without hesitation and embarked on their return journey. With one less person knowing, the family's advantage would be even more obvious.

The seriously injured expert knew that he could not escape. Feeling the departure of Dai Laoqi and the others, he gritted his teeth and took out a pile of hidden weapons from his storage ring, attacking the three who were about to leave. Since he had to stay, he wouldn't let anyone else leave alive.

The ugliness of human nature was vividly displayed at this moment. The sudden attack left the Xia family's expert also seriously injured. After Dai Laoqi and the Shi family's expert killed the companion who launched the attack, they realized that they would probably lose another companion.

Dai Laoqi had completely regretted it. He had realized that he had done the stupidest thing. Wang Sheng, as a guide, although his strength was low, could lead them around most of the demonic beasts. Unfortunately, he realized it too late.

The two of them, both injured and with eyes that were half-blind and could hardly see anything, were now hoping to cross more than ten miles to reach the edge of the basin, which had become a luxury.

In another direction, Wang Sheng, Tang Laowu, and the red-badge assassin had already reached a place less than five miles from the edge of the basin.