Dragon's Origin

Chapter 235: You Picked the Wrong Place (Part 1)

The one missing was Black Snake. As a senior killer in the Divine Might Prison, he was skilled at killing, and equally skilled at hiding and escaping.

When the three experts from the Song family hid behind the crowd, preparing to reap the benefits, Black Snake had already sensitively detected the faint murderous intent emanating from one of them.

Many of Flying Fox's subordinates carried murderous intent, directed at Wang Sheng and the female boss. However, Black Snake was familiar with the murderous intent on those people after spending so much time with them. But that powerful and unfamiliar murderous intent immediately put him on alert.

Black Snake's presence among the crowd was already low. He was one of the lower-修为 guards, usually behaving in a low-key and honest manner, doing just enough work, neither outstanding nor inconspicuous, rarely talking to people, and unlikely to be remembered when things happened.

Precisely because of this, Black Snake was able to decisively choose to protect himself when he discovered that there were unfamiliar experts with murderous intent in the underground space. Black Snake's mission was to assassinate Wang Sheng, not to live or die with Flying Fox and the others. On this point, Black Snake, as an assassin, never had any integrity to speak of.

Under Black Snake's exquisite hiding skills, even the three from the Song family did not notice that Black Snake had disappeared from their sight. When the three made their move, the hidden Black Snake saw their superb skills, and didn't even dare to breathe loudly, directly disappearing into the dark tunnel.

If it weren't for Wang Sheng's cautious habit of counting the bodies, the female boss, eager to get out, would have ignored the missing person and rashly entered the tunnel, which would definitely have been taken advantage of by Black Snake.

Wang Sheng and the female boss understood that with the Song family's three experts having such high cultivation, they would definitely not let a single fish escape when they opened the stone door. In other words, the missing expert was probably still in the underground space. Either hiding in these stone caves, or hiding in the dark tunnel.

Because of the underground fire vein, this underground space was always dimly lit with red light, so hiding was not a very suitable option. But the long tunnel was completely dark. If Wang Sheng and the female boss were to carry torches, they would be discovered from a distance, making it very easy to launch a surprise attack.

Considering both possibilities, the missing guy was more likely to be hiding in the dark tunnel.

The facts also proved this point. Wang Sheng and the female boss, for the sake of safety, checked almost all the stone caves and found no one. In other words, the missing guy was really hiding in the dark tunnel.

The tunnel was more than ten miles long, winding and twisting, without any light, making it too easy to hide a person. Precisely because of this, as long as Black Snake, who was proficient in hiding, didn't actively expose himself, he could remain undetected even under the noses of the Song family's three experts.

Now the problem facing Wang Sheng and the female boss was that the hidden guy wouldn't dare attack the Song family's experts, but he would definitely dare attack Wang Sheng and the female boss.

Wang Sheng and the female boss, one with a cultivation that was only superficially exposed as being in the late to peak stage of the Third Realm, and the other almost as weak as an ordinary woman, the opponent probably wouldn't hold back against them, whether they wanted revenge or to rob them.

In the dark, with the enemy in the shadows and them in the light, and Wang Sheng having to carry the burden of the female boss, the odds of winning against an expert who could hide under the noses of the three Song family experts were probably not high. Wang Sheng understood this, and the female boss thought of it as well.

Instantly, the female boss's face turned pale. Although Wang Sheng couldn't see it through her veil, he could still see the sudden change in her expression. The female boss was now anxious about her loyal shopkeepers. If she couldn't get out to meet them soon, they would probably also meet with misfortune. If that were the case, the female boss would really be completely defeated this time.

"Don't panic!" Wang Sheng saw that the female boss was so anxious that she was about to cry, and quickly comforted her, "There's a way!"

Strangely enough, although the female boss's trip could be considered a failure beyond failure, she quickly calmed down upon hearing Wang Sheng's words. There seemed to be a magical power in Wang Sheng's words that calmed people down, making the female boss involuntarily believe him. Perhaps it had something to do with the many miracles Wang Sheng had created before! After all, this was the Thousand Absolute Land, Wang Sheng's territory, wasn't it?

If it were just Wang Sheng alone, he would be confident in discovering the other party before that guy discovered him, even in the pitch-black tunnel. All of this stemmed from the equipment Wang Sheng brought from Earth.

Although the infrared telescope had run out of power and was later given to Lu Wenhou, Wang Sheng still had a piece of equipment that could be charged with solar energy at any time, which was the individual combat terminal. In addition, the individual combat terminal not only had a camera, but also an infrared lens, just without the telescope function.

In the dark, Wang Sheng only needed to use the individual combat terminal to look after every turn to clearly see if there was anyone in the dark tunnel. With this powerful function, Wang Sheng wouldn't dare say that he could directly assassinate that expert, but self-preservation was definitely not a problem.

However, now that the female boss was present, that was another matter. Taking her along, they wouldn't be able to go far before being discovered. Then the situation would be completely reversed.

Standing at the dark entrance of the tunnel, Wang Sheng looked at the tunnel entrance like a dark mouth for a while, then turned his gaze elsewhere.

The female boss clearly noticed Wang Sheng's movement. After Wang Sheng looked around for a while, she asked doubtfully, "What are you looking for?"

"Looking for the control hub for the formation in the tunnel," Wang Sheng didn't hide anything from the female boss and answered directly.

Wang Sheng had previously analyzed with the female boss that the reason this place was safe and hadn't been breached was because of the long tunnel, which must have contained powerful offensive formations, so ordinary experts couldn't break in. The control hub was usually near the entrance of the tunnel.

The female boss's eyes lit up instantly. Suddenly, she was once again full of confidence in Wang Sheng. This person was indeed her lucky star, and any problem had a solution in his hands.

Where couldn't that hidden guy have hidden? He had to hide in the dark tunnel. It was indeed easy to hide in here, but didn't he think that it would also be easier to be attacked here?

As long as they found the control hub, the female boss wouldn't mind personally activating the formation to let these traitors of Baoqing Yu Tang taste her anger.