Dragon's Origin

“He’s helping me find a way out.” Wang Sheng didn't hide anything from Song Yan, directly telling her what A' Qi was doing, and didn't forget to add: “Another route that should have been there originally, without having to return the same way.”

“You distrust me that much?” A look of aggrievedness appeared on Song Yan's face, as if she had suffered a great injustice, and her eyes were red.

“Letting you return the same way, how long can you go against the current in the underground river?” Wang Sheng glared at Song Yan unhappily. This woman was increasingly showing a little woman's appearance in front of him, and even learned to pretend to be jealous. Wang Sheng didn't believe that Song Yan hadn't thought about how to get out.

Wang Sheng himself certainly had no problem. He had a thruster and a compressed air cylinder. The underground river's current wasn't particularly turbulent, so going against the current was no problem. But what about Song Yan and the others? Relying on a few inflated bladders to come and go freely in the underground river? What wishful thinking!

Wang Sheng could think of this problem, so would Song Yan not be able to? It wasn't that Wang Sheng was underestimating himself, but Song Yan was definitely one of the smartest women he had ever met, absolutely comparable to the Empress and Mei'er. She was just using this question to express her dissatisfaction in disguise. What she cared about might be what she herself said, fearing that Wang Sheng didn't trust her.

While the two were talking, the experts who had entered with Song Yan had successively found the stone pillars marked by Wang Sheng, standing in front of the stone pillars, waiting for Wang Sheng's order.

“There are formations inside and below these stone pillars.” Wang Sheng had to shout loudly so that everyone could understand. Fortunately, he had the Nine Syllable Mantra skill, so even with so many stone pillars blocking the way, his voice could be heard by everyone.

“Before attacking, everyone maximize your defenses.” Wang Sheng continued to urge everyone. Actually, even without him saying so, those people would do the same, but saying it could make people feel better: “The formation will definitely counterattack, but it doesn't matter. This formation is just a connecting formation, and the backlash won't be very strong. Formation experts, use formations to protect yourselves.”

“Don't worry, the formation's backlash won't be too strong. Everyone's cultivation can resist it.” Wang Sheng continued to reassure people, reiterating that the formation's backlash wouldn't be too strong: “I'm also within the formation's range, so you don't have to worry at all.”

The experts from each family were originally on guard, but after hearing Wang Sheng's last sentence, those who were close to him looked at Wang Sheng's position and nodded silently.

Wang Sheng's position was actually the very center of the one hundred and eight stone pillars, definitely surrounded by the formation. This was definitely a fact. Since even Wang Sheng himself wasn't afraid, and he was standing next to Song Family's Miss Song Yan and four maids/guards, then it was naturally true. If the formation's power was great, then Wang Sheng and the others wouldn't be able to escape.

“Stand by my side and don't move.” Wang Sheng turned around and urged Song Yan and the four women beside her. The 'Line' word incantation had already sensed that everyone was in position.

“Prepare!” Wang Sheng shouted loudly, and everyone around the stone pillars maximized their defenses, and then their spiritual Qi began to accumulate.

“Attack!” With Wang Sheng's order, everyone used their greatest strength to attack the stone pillars in front of them fiercely.

Boom boom boom boom, a series of sounds continued to ring out. Although Wang Sheng's order was unified, everyone's attack speed and timing were slightly different, so the attacks on the formation were also different, which led to these sounds being continuous but not consistent.

Fortunately, the slight difference wasn't particularly critical. A difference of a few milliseconds or even a few seconds wasn't a big problem. One after another, the stone pillars began to tremble under the attack. But obviously, the first attack failed to destroy the formation.

Of course, there was an effect. The limestone skin originally wrapped around the formation had all been shattered, revealing the smooth and round stone pillars inside. Those on the outside were just disguises, and this was the true face of the formation. There were also many regular and irregular lines on the stone pillars, which at a glance were related to the formation.

Those formation experts' eyes lit up, wanting to study it, but unfortunately, the stone pillars had already begun to tremble, and nothing could be seen clearly.

“Continue attacking!” Wang Sheng's voice came again, and everyone didn't hesitate, immediately gathering strength for a second attack.

This attack was even less uniform, but the attack effect was very significant. After a series of uneven sounds, everyone had already seen that cracks had appeared on the stone pillars.

Without Wang Sheng reminding them again, everyone put in their full strength and attacked a third time. Three full-strength attacks from Ninth Realm experts, and each stone pillar had to withstand the attacks of two or three people. These stone pillars were only providing energy channels. The person who set up the formation probably hadn't thought that someone could come down here. There was protection, but it wasn't very strong. After three consecutive attacks, the protective formation outside the stone pillars had completely shattered.

Then it was easy. All formations would be damaged to some extent when subjected to strong attacks, unless there was a continuous supply of energy to restore it. There was energy here, but the stone pillars responsible for connecting didn't have the abnormal recovery ability of the sealing formation above. Under the continuous attacks of several Ninth Realm experts, the recovery speed couldn't keep up with the destruction speed. After ten minutes, the first stone pillar, which was the most severely damaged, finally cracked with a snap.

The shattering of this stone pillar seemed to herald the beginning. Then there was a continuous sound of shattering. In less than two minutes, all one hundred and eight stone pillars had turned into powder.

When the last stone pillar shattered, everyone, including Wang Sheng, was on guard as if facing a great enemy, waiting for the formation's backlash. At that moment, the entire underground space was dead silent, and only occasionally would one or two magma bubbles rise in the lava lake, making a slight cracking sound.

Suddenly, Wang Sheng instinctively sensed a chill. He looked up, and a layer of frost appeared on the top of the rock wall in that short moment. The frost seemed to have turned into a living thing, spreading downwards and bringing more cold air.

The others also noticed this, and everyone exclaimed in a low voice, but there was no more panic. If it was just frost, it wouldn't be a threat to the people, at most they would just feel cold.

Watching the frost spread down along those stone pillars that were not part of the formation, it had already reached the vicinity of the lava. To everyone's surprise, the frost actually covered the lava lake directly.