The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1064

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As the two traverse the cavern path, they suddenly heard some noises ahead of them. When Xin Ja tried to hear the noise using his enhanced hearing, his expression suddenly paled. The reason for this is because… right in front of them there is a monster that looks like a hairy man with a rat for its head.

The wererat is wielding a pointed wooden spear in his hand like some primitive being.

What made Xin Ja feel scared is that this rat man is actually a 3rd level beast.

Without hesitation, Xin Ja hurriedly threw some flags on the ground and quickly backs away.

Covering her mouth Yao Xue hid behind the masked young man. She dare not make any noise to prevent that monster from noticing them..

Soon, the wererat appears and the two saw it walking aimlessly. It seems that it was not able to notice them at all.

But as soon as it enters the rune array formation, its movement became sluggish. And at this time, the eyes of the wererat suddenly turned red. The once lifeless glow on them turned crimson bright red. It was as if it suddenly became berserk.

It began shrieking which shook the entire cavern walls.

"Damn it! This thing would attract move of its kind in here!" cried Xin Ja as he quickly dashed to the side of the wererat and with one quick move, his short sword lopped off its head cleanly from its hairy shoulder.

It did not take long before the two suddenly heard a shrieking sound from both sides of the cavern walls.

"Shit! We cannot escape… the sound seems to come from both sides of the…" Xin Ja said but suddenly stopped when he felt a strange sensation entering his body.

He could feel the Ki in his dantian becoming denser as if absorbing some kind of strange energy. Then his eyes landed on the headless wererat on the ground…

"This… I… I think I absorbed some of the power of this monster…" Xin Ja muttered.

"This wererat is a strange creature that is not found anywhere else… I think by killing it, the energy of its body went to us…" Yao Xue also said on the side.

"So you also felt it…" Xin Ja asked in surprise.

Yao Xue nodded her head.

"It's not pure Ki or chaotic Ki… I think the energy source is something else. But it is able to blend with my Ki perfectly." She explained.

"Hmm… Should we… retreat, or fight them?" Xin Ja asked.

"We… have no way to retreat… I think they are coming from both sides… I guess you can just increase the range of the rune array…" she said with a hint of fear in her eyes.

"Here take this…" Xin Ja handed her his old folding stone sword.

He then quickly rushed to the wall and using his sword, he expertly craved some runes on its surface.

However, it seems that their luck is against them as the rune that Xin Ja carved on the wall slowly disappears. It was as if the wall quickly repairs itself after the scratch.

"Damn… The wall can repair itself!" he cursed in anger.

He gritted his teeth and quickly takes out a few more flags and threw them on the ground.

Xin Ja suddenly noticed that the wall would not repair if a foreign substance is embedded in it. When he saw that, an idea came to his mind.

"Miss Xue… Please take out the bones of that wererat… I need it as materials…" Xin Ja said.

When Yao Xue heard this, her face immediately paled.

She then quickly shakes her head. How could she do that? She could not even look at that thing directly as it made her feel nauseous. On the side, she has already thrown up a bit after the decapitation, so how could she disembowel the creature and take its bones?

Seeing the reaction of the woman, Xin Ja could not help but shake his head. He could only lament his luck for having a bad partner. Although their situation is dangerous, he could use this opportunity to strengthen himself. It might be a little underhanded to use rune arrays in this place, but one could only rely on his own skill and tricks when he is weak and powerless.

"Ah… Never mind… Can you help me kill some of them then?" he asked.

This time, the expression of Yao Xue turned a bit grave. Killing a monster should be common, but she has not experienced such a thing before. She might have seen dead people and all, but committing something like killing others is not something she has ever done in her life, so how could she feel at ease?

Seeing the reaction of the young woman, Xin Ja could not help but shake his head one more time.

"Alright, just… just stay on the wall and do not move recklessly, okay?" Xin Ja said as he prepares himself for the fight.

Suddenly a few blurry shadows came out of the dark passageway and jumps towards Xin Ja's location. Although he is concealed the scent of blood is strong which has already wafted inside the cavern walls. So the wererats are able to find the whereabouts of their fallen comrade.

When the wererats appear, they showed confused expressions on their faces upon noticing that something is wrong.

They could not see anything except for an empty space and the scent of blood.

They suddenly fall in the range of the rune array and their movement suddenly slowed down. This time, they saw their dead companion, and alongside it are two humans.

They wanted to shriek but the human wearing a mask is a bit faster.

In just two swings, Xin Ja was able to cut off their heads.

He then swiftly slashed and then cut the flesh of one of the wererats. When the white bones are exposed, he quickly pulled them out.

Xin Ja needs to move faster, and he is already a little proficient in creating materials from monster bones. Before getting his hand on his sharp and strong short sword, doing such a thing is far too laborious. But now, cutting these things became easier.

And so, he was able to cut the piece of rib bone into several pieces.

But before he could finish, his ears once again picks up some movements in the darkness.

This time, Xin Ja saw a large group of wererats, around 10 of them.

They are rushing towards their location. But then they suddenly stopped.

"Hmm… They cannot see us…" he muttered.

His eyes then darted towards the corner where Yao Xue is huddled while shaking. A slight smirk appears in his mouth.

"Since you are just here to get a free ride on obtaining this unique Ki, then you should also contribute a little, right?" he said with a slight smirk on his face.

Seeing the cautious army, Xin Ja quickly made up his mind and adjusted the run array formation. This time, the figure of Yao Xue suddenly appears huddled in the corner. When the eyes of the wererat saw this, they quickly showed a menacing look at the same time extreme perversion on their rat faces.

Shriek!!!

The wererat group suddenly cried and rushes at Yao Xue.

At the same time, Yao Xue did not dare open her eyes. She did not want to see a bloody scene. She even covered her nose to prevent herself from smelling the rancid odor of the blood of the wererats.

On the side, Xin Ja could only nod his head. He did not want her to see what is happening. This is because there might be a chance for her to panic and suddenly run away. That would surely be more dangerous and far messy for him.

As the wererats began to attack, they all entered the range of the formation array and after that, Xin Ja made his move.

He began to clean up the wererats one by one while also taking their one rib bones. He did this from wererats after another and has finally accumulated around 200 thumb-sized bone materials.

At this time, Xin Ja has already killed more than hundreds of the wererats.

He is already panting and gasping for his breath in this laborious work. But his heart is also feeling excited.

He can already feel that he is about to break through and would soon reach the bright gold sphere in his dantian. According to what he has learned from his unique vision, he would soon be reaching the deity realms.

But then he has no time to think about this thing for now. Since he could not hear any movements from the shadows anymore, Xin Ja decided to begin crafting the materials he got from the wererats.

As soon as he was about to do so, the ground suddenly began to shake. His ears immediately prop up and try to sense his surroundings. Suddenly, he feels heavy footsteps coming in their direction. The heavy footsteps are coupled with strange heavy breathing.

When Xin Ja heard this, his expression has already changed and his face turned pale. How could he not be afraid? From the way that the incoming monster walks, he could already deduce that it would be a giant creature.

"Damn… we have to leave now!" he shouted as he kept everything in his bag and grabbed Yao Xue to run away.