The Geared Immortal

Chapter 469

/*unedited*/

Somewhere within the kingdom of Si, a group of warships are flying high up in the air as they slowly approach a deep ravine in the middle of two high mountains that reach to the skies. This place is called the Dragon's ridge.

The Dragon's ridge is a well-known dangerous place within the Si Kingdom. It is a place known for producing the ever expensive and rare Phoenix plum. It is a fruit that is rumored to have the power to revive even the dead. And ever since this rumor appears thousands of brave men and women would go and wade through the danger just to obtain such a fruit.

However, out of those who ventured inside only a few were able to escape the danger and the worst is that those who have escaped lost their minds. They would mutter the word, 'Dragon' while shaking once asked about what happened to them in that place.

Hence the name Dragon's ridge was given to this place.

The dragon's ridge is a few thousands of square kilometers and has several of the most dangerous beasts in the kingdom. And in some part, there are also the presences of demon beasts which are more ferocious and dangerous than normal beasts.

When the warships were about to approach the Dragon's ridge, an alarm in each ship woke the mercenaries. This alarm is very familiar to the mercenaries and each of them immediately scuttles to the deck of the ship with their weapons and armor on tow.

Shin Jiao was also jolted up from his rest by this sound and an annoyed expression appear on his face. Right now, he has already changed his appearance to look like an ordinary cultivator and a long hair is tied up behind him in a ponytail by a simple rope.

He appears to be a normal rough mercenary among the crowd. Some of them even greeted him when he walked out and appear on the deck. Of course, those people are his roommates. It seems that the mercenary group is too lax and didn't even know that someone has already infiltrated their number.

Each of them is carrying an identification palm-size wooden slab with traces of spiritual Qi in it. But who is Shin Jiao? How could he not figure out how those wooden slabs work? So he immediately made one as his own identification and was able to pass the inspection.

While standing beside a group, Shin Jiao is trying to keep himself from killing anyone in this warship. This is because the people on this ship are talking about what they have done in Dongxi city. Although he is not related to any of the people from that city, the atrocity these cowards have done in there truly ticks off Shin Jiao's self-control. Right now he is currently holding himself through his will. So instead of listening to the disgusting whispers of the people around him, he shifted his gaze towards the view outside of the warship's deck.

Looking at the misty area outside of the ship, Shin Jiao can feel and sense murderous eyes looking at them although the outside is filled with mist. Since the warship is covered by a barrier the mist is unable to penetrate to the deck. But Shin Jiao can feel the cold air as the warship slowly passes through the dangerous area.

He immediately spreads his absolute sense outside and what greeted him almost made Shin Jiao jump back in fright and surprise.

This is because he saw a huge head looking down at their warship. This huge head has four eyes and a semi-long snout with razor-sharp teeth covering its mouth.

It seems that the creature is flying along with the warships following its direction.

"Ah… so you've seen them too." A low voice said beside Shin Jiao.

This person is the one who boosted the most on how many women he violated in the city. Although he said he abhors killing and has not taken any lives, the man according to Shin Jiao is the lesser evil among his roommates.

"Most of these fools could not detect those things as they are hiding their presence. I have a special constitution that makes me different from others. I can steal female abilities through sexual interaction with them. And I got this sharp sense and sharper spiritual sense because of one of the women from the city that begs for me not to kill her family. Hehe… That one was a fine one." He muttered in a low voice.

Shin Jiao didn't reply and just look upwards and through the mist, he truly cannot see the large beast. He knows that if that beast decided to attack then the warship would receive a huge damage.

"Young one, it seems that you are not aware of this? Are you a new recruit?" the man asked.

Shin Jiao just nodded his head in reply.

"I guess so… you didn't even draw your weapon." He said with a smile while shaking his head.

"I am Beaver, that's what others call me. And you are?"

"I'm Si Ji…" Shin Jiao just said as he shifted his gaze back to the side of the ship.

He began to spread his absolute sense as far as he could and discover a far more frightening scene.

There are hundreds of those huge creatures flying along with the warships. He can now clearly saw their full feature. They look like those flying dragons from the western fantasy stories, but their bodies are as big as their heads. Covered in dark scales and long wings that look like that of a bat, the dragons silently soar through the wind.

Suddenly, a loud roar was heard that reverberated throughout the wide and deep canyon. This roar made every mercenary prepare their weapons on hand and takes on a vigilant stance.

The man named Beaver standing next to Shin Jiao patted Shin Jiao's shoulder.

"Lower your stance young lad… This is a dangerous situation we are in. This is the first time I have heard that roar ever since we began traveling through the Dragon ridge." Beaver said with obvious worry in his eyes.

"You mean this didn't happen before?" Shin Jiao asked in confusion.

"Out of my many years in traveling through this canyon, this is the first time I hear of it," he said as his eyes darted on his surroundings.

Shin Jiao also saw the panic in the eyes of the dragons that are flying above and below their ship.

Then suddenly, Shin Jiao can feel a strong energy fluctuation coming from afar.

"Some people are fighting." He muttered as he shifted his gaze in the middle of the bow and the starboard of the warship.

The man squinted his eyes as he could not see nor detect anything. But then Shin Jiao suddenly saw some people walking out of the captain's cabin of the ship. When his eyes gaze upon the woman clad in black a smirk appears on his face.

"It seems that this is her unlucky day." He thought.

He remembers the woman to be a member of the Lao clan when he enters the city she was one of those people who tried to assault him and Wen Mo Yang.

A smile appears on Shin Jiao's face. As he thinks of what is happening in the direction where the warships are going. He knew that many of these warships would encounter some misfortune. So he didn't want to intervene. He would at most save the warship he is in, as he still needs it to be able to reach the capital city of the Si Kingdom.

And true to his conjecture, the dragons around the warship was immediately startled when huge energy blasted towards their direction. With the dragons in chaos, some of them rammed on the warships causing the ships to go out of control and hit the other ships near them.

Luckily for Shin Jiao's ship that they are located near the wall of the gorge. And they are not that affected by the dragons trying to dodge the powerful force in frantic direction.

However, a dragon from under their ship still flew upwards and directly hit the hull of the warship making it lost its control and flew upwards. This in turn hit the dragon above making it angry. Then a yellow bright light suddenly appears on its mouth.

Everyone was in a panic already as they scramble all over the ship. Some even jump out of the ship due to the sense of danger they are facing.

"Raise your shields!" shouted Fifi Lao as she already took out a talisman and throw it upwards.

However, she knew that this is futile judging from the cultivation level of the dragon alone. Everyone in the ship knew that, if the level 5 dragon released its breath to the warship it would be destroyed even with its protection array.

As everyone is in panic, Shin Jiao's figure is nowhere to be seen. And unknown to them, he is already outside the ship and is currently hovering atop the dragon.

"I can't let you destroy that warship yet. It still has its use for me." He said as he took out his trusty sniper rifle.

The dragon suddenly detected a dangerous premonition and suddenly stops charging its dragon's breath. Then it shifted its gigantic head towards Shin Jiao's direction. Its bestial instinct is telling it that the small human floating behind it is dangerous. So it because cautious and didn't dare make its move.

"I guess, these beasts are more reasonable than most humans." Shin Jiao said with a smile as he hid the sniper rifle back to his ring.

With a nod of his head, he returns back to the ship while the dragon looks at the human who spared its life with a complicated expression on its face.