Dragon's Origin

## Chapter 508: Entering the Core Area Again (Part 2)

Many years later, some people still couldn't forget the scene they witnessed that year: the overwhelming swarm of man-eating ants, a vast and mighty horde passing by them, becoming a permanent nightmare in their memories.

These same people, many years later, when recounting their experiences in the Perpetual Kill Region to their descendants, were most often met with the question of which demonic beast was the most terrifying.

In the minds of their grandchildren, it must have been some legendary beast, or perhaps some incredibly enormous and terrifying monster. However, when their grandparents heard their answers, they would all shake their heads.

"The most terrifying demonic beast is a creature the size of a finger, only a one-star demonic beast," they would answer themselves, before falling into terrifying recollections.

"How is that possible!" Every time this answer was given, it would elicit exclamations from the younger generation, followed by incessant questioning about what this most terrifying one-star demonic beast could be.

The answer was the boundless and endless swarm of man-eating ants before them. No matter how strong a demonic beast, even one with super-thick armor that a legendary expert couldn't break through with all their might, it was no more resilient than paper in the face of the man-eating ants' powerful mandibles and potent formic acid. It was simply a matter of tearing through a few more layers of paper. In fact, not just a few layers, but even dozens or hundreds of layers, were nothing in the face of a swarm of man-eating ants covering an area of ten miles with billions of individuals.

This experience was etched into the memories of everyone who witnessed it.

Wang Sheng paid no attention to the people along the way unless someone truly blind and foolish jumped out to block his path. However, even if there were such people, Wang Sheng wouldn't see them. Wang Sheng was at the very center of the ant swarm, controlling it to move forward, avoiding only the bases. Even if there were people ahead, those who dared to show off within five miles would have been directly killed by the ant swarm long ago, and Wang Sheng wouldn't even see them.

Wang Sheng swaggered all the way to the edge of the Perpetual Kill Region's core before controlling the ant swarm to patrol along the periphery. Wang Sheng wanted to enter alone and didn't want anyone causing trouble. He ordered the ants to kill any living thing they encountered along the way.

Descending from the edge of the mountains into the icy snow basin, Wang Sheng looked at the flat snowfield and, sensing that there was no one around, took out the components crafted by Iron Lao and his group of grandmasters from his storage ring and assembled them.

This time, Wang Sheng assembled a snowmobile. It had two skis in the front for steering and a wide track in the back. The track was made of detachable metal, crafted to be quite thin yet strong enough, and large enough in area that even with Wang Sheng and a batch of supplies, it wouldn't sink into the snow.

The engine was still based on the principle of formations, driven by Wang Sheng's own spiritual Qi to rotate the formation and drive the track forward. Because it only needed space for a rotatable formation stone and didn't require fuel, the entire snowmobile weighed less than fifty pounds.

The components were not large. The formation stone, two skis, a steering handle, a seat, a track, a frame, and a drive ratchet were all sized to fit in Wang Sheng's other storage ring. For Wang Sheng, who had manually assembled tank tracks, it was easy to assemble and disassemble everything with his current strength, making it very convenient.

All the supplies were in Wang Sheng's storage ring, so he didn't have to consider the weight. As long as Wang Sheng had enough spiritual Qi, he could drive this snowmobile anywhere in the glacial basin.

The terrain here was too flat, with nothing but ice mountains formed for unknown reasons. Everywhere else was flat ground. Snow covered the ground, and walking on two legs meant sinking into waist-deep snow, so the speed was not fast. Even with Ling Xu Lao Dao, Wang Sheng's speed last time was less than ten miles per hour, slower than a normal person walking on flat ground.

Single skis were prone to sinking, but now with this snowmobile, there was no need to worry about sinking into the snow. Wang Sheng drove the snowmobile with his spiritual Qi, and it sped out. Just by looking at the scenery, Wang Sheng estimated he could reach a speed of at least thirty kilometers per hour, which was several times faster than walking.

The entire icy snow basin was only two hundred miles in circumference. With Wang Sheng recklessly driving straight in, he could reach the core area of the Perpetual Kill Region in less than a day.

With the snowmobile artifact in hand, Wang Sheng was not in a hurry. Plus, the old Daoist had warned him not to rush into the central area, so Wang Sheng leisurely spent half an hour putting away all the components, setting up a triple-layered warming, aura-concealing, and stealth tent, and taking all precautions. After using the Five-Word Formula to drive away the surrounding demonic beasts, Wang Sheng began to cultivate.

As soon as he entered a state of cultivation, Wang Sheng realized that his guess was correct. Countless strands of spiritual Qi carrying a hint of coolness continuously gathered from the surroundings, entering his body, entering his Yuan Soul space, and then gathering into droplets, dripping into the large pool.

With each cycle, Wang Sheng could gather a ball of spiritual liquid droplets that was at least several times more potent than cultivating outside. This filling speed alone was equivalent to several times the improvement in Wang Sheng's cultivation speed.

The Gluttonous Dragon Yuan Soul's breathing speed also accelerated. With each breath, a few more strands of color appeared on its body, again several times faster than outside. Now, almost the entire latter half of its body had solidified. At this rate, Wang Sheng could cultivate to the point of advancing and breaking through within a month here.

Being in the core area of the Perpetual Kill Region, Wang Sheng was naturally cautious in everything he did. He would cultivate for a maximum of nine cycles, twenty minutes, before stopping to continue using the Five-Word Formula to drive away demonic beasts while maintaining sufficient vigilance. Although there was no danger from demonic beasts, who knew if there would be people inside? However, no one had yet appeared within this area who could approach Wang Sheng within twenty minutes from beyond his visual, olfactory, and auditory range. As long as Wang Sheng maintained sufficient vigilance, he could avoid all crises.

To be able to live like Wang Sheng in this place was absolutely unique. Only Wang Sheng could do this, still leisurely in the core area of the Perpetual Kill Region. Which other expert who entered this area wasn't on high alert? They would be exhausted every day, only Wang Sheng could still be so lively.

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On the first day of cultivation, Wang Sheng only felt that the spiritual Qi carried a hint of coldness and nothing else special. But when Wang Sheng advanced another fifteen kilometers the next day and continued to cultivate, Wang Sheng noticed a completely different feeling from the edge area.

The spiritual Qi absorbed into the body and finally rushing into the Yuan Soul space carried not just a hint of coolness, but a bone-chilling coldness. Even when a ball of spiritual liquid droplets entered the large pool, Wang Sheng could feel the entire pool of spiritual liquid becoming ice-cold.