The Geared Immortal

The end of the war

/*unedited*/

A young man donned in his metallic black suit dodges the seemingly fast and powerful strikes from a figure twice his size. The two began to exchange blows as they were locked in mortal combat.

Meanwhile, as Shin Jiao and Belfast, Qin Lou called Agnes in her intercom.

"Agnes, what is happening? Why can't we help Shin Jiao in this fight?"

"Sigh… It can't be helped. This is a fight on who would win the battle between demon leaders. Shin Jiao is acting like my representative. If he wins, then the demons would be under my rule and the war would stop… However… if he lost, then all of these demons would be under the control of Belfast, the demon king."

"What?! That young lad is only at the primary stage of the infant soul realm! How can he defeat someone with the strength of a nascent realm?" suddenly General Ligong Xi shouted in exasperation.

Right now everyone in the command center is listening to Agnes's words and is feeling a bit disappointed.

If their generals and the Beast emperor are unable to defeat the demon king, how can a mere gold core realm brat stand against it?

"Guys, don't worry. I trust Shin Jiao." Agnes said trying to calm the atmosphere on the other line.

"Me too… I trust Master Shin." Qian Li seconded.

"Me too!" followed by the rest of Shin Jiao's friends listening.

"Sigh… then our fate is on that young lad's hands once again. I hope that he can make another miracle." The Beast clan emperor sighs in exasperation.

Everyone is now looking at the direction of the two figures fighting on the ground. Right now, many crater-like holes are already scattered on the ground which evidence of the brutality of the battle.

Although Shin Jiao's battle suit is sturdy and strong, there are already traces and parts of it that have been destroyed.

However, Shin Jiao wasn't worried. In fact, right now he felt exhilarated. He is using every skill in his arsenal in fighting against the demon king. This feeling of going all out in battle is something he truly wanted.

And just like himself, Belfast is also showing extreme happiness as his eyes are filled with bloodlust and killing intent. In his journey as a demon general, he has fought many powerful figures. In each and every fight he would always go all out. However, those fights are too short and would always end leaving him wanting more. Even the previous demon king is only stronger than him by a margin. If not for the presence of the demon queen he could go all out and could even kill the previous demon king.

But now, this human in front of him is something else. His movements are weird, his battle technique is refined, and his strikes are deadly. He has not experienced this kind of battle for a long time.

Every blow he sent and received makes his blood boil, and his body shivers in excitement.

"Hahaha! This is it! This is what I have been looking for!" suddenly shouted Belfast as he laughed out loud.

Shin Jiao can see the excitement in the eyes of the demon in front of him.

"What a psycho!" Shin Jiao muttered.

"I've spent a lot of my bullets in this fight and it just caused him flesh wounds. This is exhausting." Shin Jiao thought as he reloaded another clip on his handgun.

With a black katana on the other hand and a handgun on another, Shin Jiao once again dashed towards the demon king.

Shadow step…

Humming blade…

Bursting point…

Primal slicer…

Thunder blade…

…

Using the many skills he has developed, Shin Jiao poured every skill in his arsenal to fight against the strong demon in front of him.

His skills have already reached the perfection stage at this point which caused Belfast to have almost all of his armors destroyed. Right now only his abdominal plate remains and the rest of this armor has already been destroyed by Shin Jiao.

But Shin Jiao himself didn't fare well too.

His battle suit is already in ruins, and his bare top is already exposed with gashes of wounds all over his upper body.

Hah… Hah…

The two are already trying to catch their breath as they panted while floating in the air.

"I never thought that as an ant, you are this powerful… But with your armor being destroyed, you can never escape death… I already have my fun, now it's time to end this." Belfast said as he suddenly relaxes as he has already recovered his breath.

"Damn it… my energy is already exhausted." Shin Jiao cursed.

His core energy is almost gone, and the energy on his mind dantian is also almost depleted. Right now he is running out of option.

"This huge and empty place would be your graveyard. You will die in this barren and useless land… Hahaha…" Belfast said as he laughed.

Shin Jiao clenched his fist upon hearing the demon's words, however, his expression suddenly changed. He recalled the demon's words…

"Barren and useless land… Barren and useless land…"

"Barren… yes… but useless?" Shin Jiao thought as his mind suddenly lit up.

Belfast saw the changes of Shin Jiao's expression and sneered. He suddenly dashed towards Shin Jiao with his spear on hand. With a full swing, he blew Shin Jiao's figure away.

Shin Jiao's figure plummeted like a comet to the desert sand and created another large crater.

"No!!! Shin! No! Shin Jiao!" Qin Lou suddenly shouted in anguish upon seeing the blow from the demon lord.

She dashed forward to go to where Shin Jiao landed, but she was restrained by the people around her.

"No… Shin…" she cried as she tried to get away from the people holding her.

Her anguish cry reverberated throughout the warship making the atmosphere gloomy. In fact, many of those who sneer at Shin Jiao was silent at this time. Even General Ligong Xi and the Beast clan emperor could not believe what they have seen in that battle.

Those exquisite skills and the power they delivered is something they themselves could not withstand. Hence they were truly amazed. However, his strength is still not on par with the demon king. That's why his defeat is still inevitable.

"Hahaha… Your champion has been defeated! Now, I will take your life demon queen…" Belfast laughed victorious as he descended from the sky and calmly walks towards Agnes and Silvira.

However, what he saw surprised him.

He can actually see a sneer on the demon queen's exquisite human face. His mind suddenly became confused.

"Why is she still confident? Don't tell me…" Belfast suddenly realized something as he turns around towards the crater where Shin Jiao is.

Suddenly he felt a very strong mana fluctuation in that area.

Meanwhile, in Agnes's mind, she recalled Shin Jiao telling her about those strange crystals he dug up under the desert.

"These are the jewels of this place. The most important material in this continent… or should I say on this planet…"

Then she saw him taking out a single crystal different among the rest. Its luster is something unique which filled her with great curiosity. However, she could not feel anything from it so she didn't bother with his words.

But now seeing the fluctuating power from Shin Jiao she knew that he must have used that strange crystal.

"This… this is impossible! You should be dead!" shouted Belfast.

In his rage, he suddenly flew like a cannon towards Shin Jiao's direction with his weapon on hand planning to directly skewer Shin Jiao's body.

But before he can reach Shin Jiao's position, he suddenly saw him disappearing in a flash.

Then he felt an ominous feeling from his side and immediately change the direction of his weapon.

Clang!!!

Two metals hitting each other reverberate through the air in a deafening ring.

What astonished Belfast is that he saw the handle of the spear which is made of the finest metal in the mage continent was actually cracked.

Suddenly, he felt Shin Jiao moving the black sword on his hand and cut through the already cracked spear handle. Now his weapon was cut in half by the seemingly simple-looking sword.

"Where… where did you get this strength?" Belfast felt a bit scared.

His confidence in the fight seems to have dwindled. But Shin Jiao didn't give him another chance to think as he suddenly uses his shadow steps.

This time his speed is ten times faster than his previous speed, and like a blur, he suddenly appears in front of the stunned Belfast.

But Belfast is a war veteran so he immediately brandished his half spear as he defended and attacked at the same time.

The tip of his spear inserted itself on Shin Jiao's shoulder as he didn't dodge anymore. But the black katana on Shin Jiao's hand was unstoppable as it directly inserted its tip on Belfast's lower chin.

This made Belfast drench in a cold sweat, but he was happy because of his fatal strike on Shin Jiao's shoulder. Now that his enemy's shoulder is pierced, he knows that the human's death is inevitable.

But before he can rejoice, he heard the words that change his happy and elated expression into horror.

"Bursting Point, Primal slicer…"

Everyone was stunned at this time as they saw what happened next…

Belfast's head was turned into minced meat and then followed by his upper body bursting into a mist of blood and flesh like a balloon.

Hah… Hah…

Shin Jiao tried to breathe as it seems that one of his lungs was a puncture. But he has no time for that right now. He quickly touched his belly and retrieves the core, because if he doesn't then his body would blow up as he could not contain the amount of energy it produces.

"Argh… At least I defeated that guy… Damn it… My body hurts…" Shin Jiao muttered as he weakly tried to stand.

However, before he knew it, something seems to have popped in his head and before he lost his consciousness he saw inside his mind dantian the fiftieth sphere was formed…

"Nice…"

Shin Jiao can see within his blurring vision many figures rushing towards him, this made him smile as he can sense their worry. He knew that in this fight he has protected something that he values and loved. And for the very first time, he felt contented.

The smile hanging on his blood-drenched face is the evidence that he has no regrets and that he did all he can to protect them all.

The many faces of the familiar people surrounding him and their happy expressions made Shin Jiao realized that combining his life in this world and the Earth, he would say that he has lived a full and exciting life.

"Hey, young lad... What are you doing? Don't let go! This stupid bastard..."

"Why is this black dragon's life so hard?"

"Wake up!"

"Shin... I will always wait for you, okay? I... I love you."

"Master, I... I have loved you for a long time... I hope that you won't leave us."

The many voices echoed through his head as his vision gradually... turn black. 

Thud…