The Geared Immortal

Chapter 472

/*unedited*/

Forming a lightning ball in front of his arms, Ming Lao carefully filled it with his Qi as it grows rapidly. When it was about his size, Ming Lao immediately released the lightning ball which flew towards the statues.

"Hahaha… once those things are destroyed then I will kill you myself, you brat! I will avenge my family… I will gain my honor back!" he shouted as a crazed look appears on his face.

Shin Jiao felt a shiver down his spine upon looking at the crazy expression of the Lao clan head. Although he is not afraid of the guy, he just felt his craziness a bit disturbing.

"You will die today!" Ming Lao shouted as he slowly backs away from the area.

Meanwhile, the lightning ball has already reached near the four life-like statues. Shin Jiao is also prepared to make a move just in case something would happen.

However, what happened next thoroughly stunned him and Ming Lao. This is because the lightning ball actually stopped a few meters before hitting entering the circular platform where the statues are. Then as if with a great suction force, the ball of lightning was quickly absorbed by the black sphere in the middle.

"This… this is the reason why this place is protected. Haha… I guess I have forgotten about it. It's been a long time, Hehe…" the man chuckled.

Upon hearing this, Shin Jiao almost stumble to the ground. How could an AI forget something like this? However, how can he know that the thing he is talking to is not an AI but a cultivator's consciousness? A cultivator's consciousness is something that embodies the real thinking, attitude, and trait of the person who made it.

"I have learned something, today senior…" Shin Jiao said while curiously looking at the black sphere in the middle.

Right now, he is itching to study that thing and know how it ticks. But of course, he has to get rid of the Lao clan head to prevent future troubles. And so with a wave of his hand, he took out his rifle.

Ming Lao on the other hand had a troubled look on his face. He has poured ¼ of his Qi in that lightning ball and it didn't even do anything. In his estimation and experience, the whole area would have already been blown to bits if the lightning ball exploded.

"What is that b*stard thinking?" he muttered as he saw Shin Jiao taking out a weird artifact.

However, his eyes immediately turned serious as he suddenly recalled what that artifact is. But of course, he sneers as he knew the real power of those things. They might be powerful, but they are not strong enough to kill him.

Wounding him might be possible, but he is not that stupid to just sit around and wait for that to happen. So with a quick motion, he grabs a shield and also grabs some rocks on the side of the cliff and formed a protective barrier in front of him.

"Haha… Do you think you can kill me with that toy of yours? You can just dream on! I will kill you myself!" he shouted as he began forming ice spikes in the air.

Then with a wave of his hand, the ice spikes began flying towards Shin Jiao's direction. Shin Jiao didn't let the ice spikes hit him, so he tried to dodge pitifully by rolling on the ground. He barely escaped the shards and some of them hit him and his robe shows some parts of it being torn.

"Haha… I now know how you were able to defeat my men. It is not that you are powerful. You're just relying on your gears! Haha… What a scam. I will kill you now!" shouted Ming Lao in excitement.

In truth, deep in his heart, he is already coveting the gears and artifacts that Shin Jiao possesses. This is because he knew that by using those artifacts, this simple and mortal looking young man was able to defeat the powerful Huabei Chan.

So now, he began to gather more ice shards, even rocks on the side of the cliff were turned into sharp spikes which pointed towards Shin Jiao's direction. The evil smirk on Ming Lao's face is evident as he can already smell his victory in this fight.

And without another thought, Men Lao sent bombardment of ice and rock spikes in Shin Jiao's direction.

Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!

Loud explosion rocks the area as thick dark gray dust cloud was formed covering the entire crevice on the cliff. Even the rocks and land at the top were blown and slowly fell to the area turning everything into a mess.

But of course, the platform where those four life-like statues are was not affected. One can even see a circular thin energy film protecting it.

When Ming Lao saw this, he felt excited and calm. When he scanned the area, a smile crept into his face as he saw a hand under a ruble.

"Haha… only your hand was left. Where are your gears now? No matter how strong those artifacts are, true strength should always come from within one's self." He said with a smirk.

But then another problem appears in his mind, and that is the question of how he can get the ring on that young man's finger?

Since he could not approach the area, then how could he get it then?

This immediately causes Ming Lao to have a headache. But then suddenly something has donned unto him. Why is that guy able to stand calmly in that place? It even seems that that guy didn't feel the pressure.

With this, an idea came unto him… that young guy is a mortal!

With this, a sudden realization came unto him and he began to plan. He would find a village and seek out a few mortals to bring to this place. And after he got the ring, he would just dispose of those people. Upon thinking up to this part, Ming Lao felt satisfied with himself.

"That is the plan…" he said and suddenly turns around in a direction.

In their years of travel in this area, they had already discovered some small villages just outside of the ravine. And in those villages, he is sure that there are mortals. And so with this thinking, he quickly sped up his flight.

However, he wasn't able to fly too far, when he suddenly felt something hitting his back. As a nascent realm expert, his physique is quite strong that he should not have felt anything. However, his figure was pushed forward by a couple of meters when he was hit by that thing.

He suddenly found something. He can feel a pang of pain on his back and his chest. Without a second word, he quickly scanned himself and found that there was a small metal object inside his body. However, before he can make a move, another one enters from behind him and when the two metal objects hit each other they exploded.

It was all too painful, Ming Lao can see in internal organs being damaged by fragments of those metallic objects. What's worse is that he found his heart wounded as it slowly stops beating. In his desperation, he tried to heal it, but to no avail, as it seems that there is poison included in the metal.

Ming Lao's figure didn't stay floating in the air as he slumped like a kite with broken string plunging towards the ground. But before he can fall further he discovered from his fading consciousness that he is being held by someone.

"Before, dying, you should relinquish your stuff, right? Oh, by the way, your lovely daughter is in my hands. So you don't have to worry about anything… Hehe… she is in good hands." Shin Jiao's cold tone echoed to his ears and his mind and fading consciousness were filled with resentment.

"In your next life, I hope you can be a better leader." Shin Jiao said as he lets go and let Ming Lao plunge to the depths of the ravine.

Shin Jiao stored those items into his ring and flew back to the crevice.

"Alright, since I still need to go back, I can only set up a huge formation array in this place to protect this from others." Shin Jiao said as he immediately began to work.

It took him the whole day to finish the formation which immediately covered the whole crevice and made it look like it is just a normal part of the wall. The man also taught him how to prevent the powerful force from leaking out and affecting its surroundings. With that, Shin Jiao finished his task and put a teleportation mark in this place.

He knew that someday he needed to go back to this place if even he decides to enter the immortal plane and ascent to immortality.

He has learned from the old man, that although this is a short cut, it is a dangerous path. Tianji sect's Heavenly Path is only one of the paths to the immortal plane, and it is also one of the most dangerous paths.

…

It was already dawn of the next day when the crew and people inside the warship woke up. They have discovered that the ship has resumed its flight path. However, none of them remembers what had happened and they were all filled with confusion and uneasiness.

This is because their ship is the only one left out of the many warships that the Lao mercenary clan has. This only means that their hundreds of thousands of soldiers have lost their lives in that ravine. Their hearts are filled with remorse and anger, and wanted to take revenge for their fallen brothers, they swore to go back to that damned Dongxi city and raised it to the ground someday.

In all these resentments from the mercenaries, a single figure is currently smirking at the people.

In Shin Jiao's mind upon hearing the people talking, he said.

"Do you think you all will still live before that day comes?"