The Geared Immortal

Chapter 753

…

The darkness in the dungeon is daunting and unnerving especially for those who have experienced its horror before. It's like a gigantic mouth of a beast from hell that could devour and slowly chew man whole while experiencing the most excruciating pain one could feel.

As Olivia enters the 5th floor of the dungeon, she suddenly feels horror and dread as her body subconsciously shivers. Deep inside her memory, she suddenly recalls the screams and the crushing of the bones and flesh of her comrades and herself as they are devoured by the beasts inside this dungeon.

And worst, if they do not follow the command of the vampire inside the chamber to go out and play his games, they would be tortured and be sucked dry and dying painfully. With its voracious appetite for their blood, the vampire seems to enjoy devouring and tormenting them.

She could remember every minute and every second of such torture that it's making her scalp go numb and her body shiver.

Feeling the changes in her emotion, Shin Jiao suddenly patted her shoulder.

"Hey…"

Swoosh!

The rapier on her hand suddenly swung towards his head while Olivia's face is showing a surprised and horrified expression.

Shin Jiao just extended his hand and caught the blade with ease. With the tense atmosphere, he is prepared for anything, even a surprise attack from his teammate.

"Relax… Take a deep breath…" Shin Jiao said while trying to calm the emotion of the female elf.

Suddenly, he saw Olivia breaking down into sobs.

Sob… sob… sob...

Her shoulders tremble as she hugs herself and suddenly squatted on the ground while trying to bury her head on her knees. He could somewhat tell what she is feeling, but he could not empathize with her as he has not felt the same hopelessness and dread that she felt.

Though Shin Jiao has fought against monsters before, it did not cause him to despair that much. Instead, those experiences made him become stronger.

He waited for a while until Olivia calms down her emotions.

"Are you okay now?" he asked.

Seeing the woman still shaking, he heaves a deep sigh and slowly held her shoulders, and drew her closer to his chest. Olivia did not react as she just let him hug her. When she felt the warmth on Shin Jiao's body, her chaotic emotion suddenly calms down.

The two stayed like this for a while until Olivia seems to have fallen asleep.

Shin Jiao helplessly shook his head and then looking around the dungeon, he saw a small crevice just like those he has noticed on the other floors.

Those small crevices seem to have been purposely made for the survivors to have a place of respite. He carefully held the female elf in his arms, which is now sleeping soundly as she looks exhausted, and enters the crevice.

Shin Jiao laid Olivia on a makeshift bed he made and carefully checked the surroundings. He noticed that it really looks like the same place where he first rescued her.

"You should stay here…" he muttered as he looks at the woman lying helplessly on the bed on the ground.

Shin Jiao carefully brushes the loose golden hair, and a beautiful face that seems to be from a goddess is shown in front of his eyes. He could not help but heaves a sigh. It's like his heart was moved, yet he could not help but feel pained.

He clenches his fist and slowly walks out of the crevice.

As he was about to walk deeper, he suddenly heard an eerie voice reverberating through the walls of the dungeon.

"Hihihi… Human… you truly impressed me. Your resolve is somewhat vexing. You seem to be not fully affected by the illusion in this place… You truly are a magnificent specimen. I want to play with you more… Hahaha…"

Shin Jiao is familiar with that voice, it was the same eerie voice of the vampire that he killed.

"I am interested, fascinated even, by your power. You are even able to kill my other body. And that caused me too much pain. Now I will inflict the same pain that you gave me as soon as you are able to enter my chambers. I hope that you won't die before that… Hihi…"

upon hearing those words, Shin Jiao just sneered and lifted his head towards the darkness in front of him.

"You are nothing to me… Though you are the lord of this place... for me... you're nothing but just another dead... demon." Shin Jiao then took a step forward.

It did not take long for Shin Jiao to soon arrive in a large dome-shaped part of the dungeon. Just like the place where he fought against the vampire on the top floor.

In the middle of the dome, he could see a large figure that looks like a two-headed giant black dog. But from the bones protruding out of its body, Shin Jiao knew that the dog is an abomination, an undead abomination.

It is a combination of two giant dogs that seem to have been stitched together to form a new monster. He could feel powerful energy inside its body which seems to be the cause for its life.

As soon as Shin Jiao takes a step inside the dome, a wall suddenly appeared and blocked his path of retreat.

"It seems that the vampire has really planned this out very well…" he thought as he takes out his black katana.

Swinging it and resting it on his shoulder, Shin Jiao takes a step towards the giant two-headed abomination.

As soon as he did this, the stationary two-headed giant dog suddenly sprang into action. With its large and powerful paws, it leaped into the air and pounces towards Shin Jiao without warning.

Shin Jiao did not hesitate and immediately swings his blade. He could tell that the two-headed giant dog is at a lord level. So he would not be foolish enough to face it in a head-on collision of power.

Instead, he shifted his body lower and dashed under the charging undead beasts. As soon as he is under it, he did not hesitate to strike his katana and cut open its belly.

Foul stench wafted through the air as the rotten internal organs of the beasts fell to the ground. Shin Jiao also noticed the toxicity of the beast's blood which began to emit smoke as it drips on the ground.

When Shin Jiao noticed that the ground was not affected by the corrosive blood, he felt awed at the material and array used for this dungeon.

He suddenly rolled to the side as he soon discovers that the beast suddenly turning and its large claw swinging towards his direction.

He was successful in dodging, but the beast did not stop there. It began to rampage as it tried to hit the fast-moving figure of Shin Jiao to no avail.

Not long later, Shin Jiao frowns as he could already tell the strength and ability of the beast. It just uses physical attacks combined with dark energy in each strike. But it was useless as it could not hit him. 

He did not want to waste more time and decided to end the fight.

As soon as another of the beast's large paws strikes, Shin Jiao's figure vanished and he suddenly appears floating above the beast's body.

Then two large heads suddenly fell rolling to the ground.

Shin Jiao wanted to relax after the fight but he suddenly discovers something. And that is even without the head, the body of the undead beast could still move on its own.

His eyes were then fixed on the glowing object inside its body. With a swing of his sword, a strong burst of blade energy suddenly ejected from his katana. It was one of his skills Primal Slicer.

The sword energy easily bisected the abomination and a large core suddenly rolled to the ground as the corpse fell apart.

Shin Jiao did not hesitate and immediately took the glowing core in his ring. He would not want to waste this chance to get a lord-level core.

After the beast died, Shin Jiao saw the blocked path opening and he continued walking deeper into the dungeon.

Meanwhile, inside the chamber, the expression of the vampire lord turned ugly.

"This human is truly making me angry. In my thousands of years of existence, he is the first to really tick me off. I Grunak Litra will not let you succeed." The vampire said as he clenches his fist and smashes the table in front of him.

Then his reptilian eyes shifted to the figures on the side. They all look in a sorry state with tattered clothing and everyone is huddled together with fear in their eyes. The high elves which were supposed to be filled with pride and strength are now wearing rags while wearing chains on their necks and limbs.

One could see the lifelessness and desperation in their eyes as they cower in fear in front of the demonic vampire lord.

They all knew that their strength is not enough to fight against the vampire which they all have already discovered to be a high-ranking vampire lord.

Grunak Litra just snorted after seeing the reaction of the once-proud figures who tried to fight for their survival before. Now they are all his prisoners, his plaything.

"Hihi… The good thing about you immortals is that, no matter how I played with you guys, you will not die… Hahaha… Hihihi…" Grunak's maniacal laughter sends shivers running down the spine of the high elves that are now in a sorry state devoid of their previous grandeur.

…

Meanwhile, outside of the dungeon, Luna Halil is furiously digging through the rubbles trying to find a way to reach Shin Jiao.

The rest gathers the materials they needed from the shadow creatures that were killed. To their dismay, they discover that the pangolin seems to have escaped from the area in an unknown direction and time.

"Si Ji… you must not fall in the enemy's hand… I must not let you fall in their hands…" Luna muttered as she removes one large boulder after another.