Dragon's Origin

“Can’t assassins be honorable?” The World Honored One’s breathing became heavy, likely due to his displeasure with Wang Sheng’s assessment of Blood Sabre, and he retorted, unconvinced.

“Of course, they can!” Wang Sheng replied without hesitation, “You have the right to use any method you want, but don’t be so naive as to think that your mere appearance guarantees the target’s death.”

In a nutshell, Blood Sabre committed the arrogant error of self-importance that Wang Sheng mentioned, thinking that Wang Sheng was doomed just because he showed up. In the name of being honorable, he gave Wang Sheng enough time to prepare, set up, and launch his attack, ultimately leading to his own death at Wang Sheng’s hands.

Not just Blood Sabre, but even the World Honored One was making the same mistake.

“Perhaps that’s how you’ve been doing things all these years.” Wang Sheng wasn’t afraid to provoke the World Honored One, stating very directly, “But if you really face off against those Song family newcomers, the legendary masters you look down on, just two of them, with your current mindset, you’re guaranteed to die.”

Maybe those newly advanced legendary masters of the Song family have their issues, but it can’t be denied that they’ve truly reached that level of cultivation, a fact the World Honored One also acknowledges. Moreover, they’ve been honed in the Thousand Desolation Ground, cultivating a tacit understanding of cooperation over more than a decade. If the World Honored One can’t kill them all in one fell swoop, he’ll inevitably be restrained, giving another person the opportunity to kill him.

In the end, the World Honored One is just too arrogant and self-important. He thinks that as long as he makes a move, everything will be settled, and his successes over the past few decades have fostered this illusory confidence in himself. Having confidence is good, but being so confident regardless of who you’re facing is a path to death.

A look of anger flashed across the World Honored One’s face. Although he felt that Wang Sheng made sense, and that Blood Sabre was indeed so arrogant that he gave Wang Sheng various opportunities to prepare, what did Wang Sheng mean by the latter part of his statement? Comparing him to those Song family wastes?

“Do you really think I wouldn’t dare to attack you?” The World Honored One’s expression changed as he threatened Wang Sheng, “You just reminded me that as an assassin, I should use every means possible to kill the target. Killing you now would also be in line with what you said, right?”

“Of course!” Wang Sheng countered, not afraid at all, “But I also reminded you, don’t be so arrogant as to think that my death is guaranteed just because you show up. You’re making the same mistake as Blood Sabre, giving me enough time to prepare.”

Wang Sheng’s reminder made the World Honored One realize that he hadn’t been closely following Wang Sheng, forcing him into a desperate situation. Instead, Wang Sheng had arrived at this place first and then stopped to wait for him. This meant that during the time he stopped to wait, Wang Sheng had probably made some arrangements here that he hadn’t yet discovered.

“My aura has already locked onto you. Do you think I don’t know what you’ve been doing?” Of course, the World Honored One couldn’t show weakness in front of Wang Sheng, a junior, and immediately retorted with a sneer.

But as soon as the World Honored One said this, he suddenly realized that Wang Sheng had disappeared. Not disappeared from his sight, the person was still standing there, but Wang Sheng’s aura had disappeared from his senses. This also meant that if he closed his eyes, he wouldn’t be able to find Wang Sheng’s location.

How could this be? The reason the World Honored One was so confident was because he felt he had locked onto Wang Sheng’s aura, and he could sense almost everywhere Wang Sheng went and everything he did. But with Wang Sheng’s aura disappearing like this, he immediately realized something was wrong.

As if by instinct, the World Honored One retreated, his speed as fast as lightning.

In the past, faced with such a threat, the World Honored One would definitely have sneered and stepped forward to kill the person threatening him with a single punch. But with Blood Sabre’s lesson just a few days prior, and Wang Sheng’s warning just now, even the World Honored One couldn’t afford to ignore it.

At this point, the cause of Blood Sabre’s death was no longer important. As Wang Sheng said, Blood Sabre was so arrogant that he thought he would definitely succeed, giving Wang Sheng enough time to prepare. Wang Sheng could have used all sorts of methods to play him to death. Considering Wang Sheng’s situation at the time, if he were in Wang Sheng’s shoes, the World Honored One himself would have had no less than five ways to kill the World Honored One, and he wouldn’t even have to lift a finger.

Now he was standing in the place Wang Sheng had chosen. Not to mention anything else, tens of thousands of poisonous insects were surging around. Even if the World Honored One didn’t care about these, who knew what else Wang Sheng had set up? Wang Sheng’s aura could disappear from his senses and mislead him at any time. The World Honored One didn’t want to make the same mistake as Blood Sabre.

“I don’t have many life-saving measures, and I don’t want to use them on you, World Honored One.” Wang Sheng’s voice reached the World Honored One’s ears from where he was standing, “Farewell!”

As Wang Sheng spoke, the World Honored One felt that there were at least tens of thousands of eyes staring at him, and he was once again startled. His figure retreated violently again, instantly leaving Wang Sheng at least twenty yards away. The dense forest immediately cut off the line of sight between the two.

The surrounding area simply radiated killing intent everywhere. In all his years of traversing the world, the World Honored One had never found any place as dangerous as this. As expected of the Thousand Desolation Ground, truly worthy of its name.

The World Honored One got the answer he wanted, and he actually had no intention of attacking Wang Sheng in his heart, so he could never put himself in danger and fight Wang Sheng head-on. The only course of action was to leave immediately.

Of course, that was only one of the reasons. Another real reason was that Wang Sheng had made some kind of arrangement over there, and that group of dozens of experts had already arrived. The three strongest of them were all in the legendary realm and had reached within ten yards of Wang Sheng.

With so many experts, was the World Honored One going to stay and wait for death? Retreating was the only option. This was also the World Honored One’s explanation to himself. He couldn’t possibly say that he was frightened by Wang Sheng, could he?

With a rustling sound, several vines in the jungle behind Wang Sheng were pushed aside, and three white-haired old Taoists darted out first. Seeing Wang Sheng standing safely under the tree, all three breathed a sigh of relief.

“Elder, who was that expert just now?” One of the old Taoists looked in the direction the World Honored One had retreated, asking with lingering fear. That expert’s aura was simply too terrifying. Even if the three of them joined forces, they would probably only be able to fight to a draw at most. If they had been a step late and been taken advantage of by the other party, and something happened to Wang Sheng, they wouldn’t know how to explain it to the Grand Master and Old Ancestor Lingxu.

“The World Honored One of Divine Might Prison.” As soon as Wang Sheng said the World Honored One’s name, the three old Taoists were even more startled.

“Why did he run so fast?” The three old Taoists certainly knew the World Honored One and understood that the World Honored One couldn’t have been frightened into a hasty retreat by them.

“I scared him a little.” Wang Sheng smiled, saying nothing more in a profound manner.