The Geared Immortal

Chapter 685 - The Contest Begins

Chapter 685

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The alley is not that dark and is not that well lit either. But because it is already dark, the surroundings are only lit by those ancient style lamp posts. However, those lamp posts are not using ordinary candles. Instead, the same light that is being used to drive out the shadow creatures are what are used in those lamp posts which is all over the city. With hundreds of thousands of those lamp posts all over the city, no shadow creature dare come near it.

This is one of the reasons why the city has a livelier atmosphere than the towns and villages.

Right now, in this slightly lit alley, stood a tall young man while blocking the path of Shin Jiao. With a wide grin on his face, Baihao Klein is looking at Shin Jiao like he is his prey.

"Senior Klein, it's nice to see you here…" Shin Jiao greeted with a faint smile.

Baihao Klein sneered at Shin Jiao. He swore in his heart that he would beat this gigolo to his heart content. If ever he would tell on him on Lord Aiya Wine, he would just make up a story, at most, he would just suffer a bit from her.

Baihao Klein knew that Lord Aiya is more lenient than other lords because he is one of her subordinates.

While he was thinking up to this part, Baihao Klein looks at his surroundings and when he noticed that there are no people, he suddenly rushed towards Shin Jiao without warning.

This time he would control the fight and promised himself to not be led by the nose by the peasant. However, he is still baffled at the uncanny speed of this young peasant, so he is also being wary of that speed.

As his foot swing towards Shin Jiao's wait, the latter did not dodge and just held both of his hands to defend himself.

Bam!

The figure of Shin Jiao was sent flying towards the darker part of the alley. And in this place, Baihao Klein is sure that no one would be able to notice them. As of this moment, the tall young man truly wanted to praise himself for being too awesome to think of this way to get his revenge.

As he saw his enemy slowly picking himself up, Baihao Klein once again rushed to deliver his attack. This time he is going to use techniques and not just some simple punch and kicks.

"Rushing tidal punch…" Baihao Klein thought as he sent something which looks like thousands of fists crushing towards Shin Jiao.

When Shin Jiao saw this, he suddenly turned serious. He knew that this skill would surely cause him to be injured severely, or even die. He didn't want to wait for 3 days and be resurrected. So he has no other choice but to fight back.

As the grinning smile of Baihao Klein came to his mind, he could not help himself but feel angry. So he suddenly shifted his weight to his other foot and he put his hand on his breast pocket. He then takes out a small metallic object.

Shin Jiao suddenly began moving really fast and dodges the multiple fists flying at him.

Bam! Bang! Swoosh! Bam!

The sound of things being broken apart and flying in the air reverberated through the dark alley as Baihao Klein's skill rampages in that place without being able to hit his target.

Shin Jiao on the other hand nimbly dodges like a monkey and waited for an opening.

Then suddenly his eyes squinted as he saw something.

Raising the black pistol in his hand, Shin Jiao did not hesitate and suddenly squeeze the trigger.

Bang!

This time, instead of the usual muffled sound produce by his old crafted artifacts, Shin Jiao's new pistol which he tested for the first time in this place was as loud as a normal pistol on earth. It immediately attracted the attention of many people within a hundred-meter radius.

Once the people came flooding into the dark alley, all they saw was a headless corpse. And then on the side of a building, a large part of its wall was chipped and broken.

Meanwhile, Shin Jiao is already running away from the crime scene. He did not expect that such a thing would happen.

"The energy I put in the ammunitions are too much. I was thinking, because of the strong physique of the people in this place, I need to use more power, I guess my calculation is wrong this time." He muttered as he flashed out of the alley.

Then his figure blended among the crowd and disappears.

Meanwhile, atop a tall building, several figures are standing while seeing Shin Jiao disappearing into the crowd. One of them, wearing a red silky robe, grabs his blonde and long goatee. Gera Vin who now looks like a westerner immortal cultivator stood while trying to analyze what he and the others just seen.

In fact, they were following Shin Jiao from the start and see what he would do in the town. Who would have thought that they would see such an interesting show?

"Lord Aiya, you are very close to this young immortal, what do you think of his attitude?" Gera Vin asked while his eyes are fixed on the dark alley.

"High Lord Gera, in my opinion, this young man is very intelligent. He is not that wise in other things like scheming, the Dao, and such, but he is intelligent when it comes to understanding something and has a curious attitude toward mysterious things." Aiya Wine told him her honest opinion of Shin Jiao.

"Hmm… So, you are saying that he would not be easily roped in by those people in the dark clans?"

"Yes, I could assure you that," Aiya said with confidence.

For the past month that she has observed Shin Jiao she has learned that Shin Jiao has a righteous disposition, good to his friends but cruel to his enemies. But he did not like to bully those who are weaker than him.

However, what she is not telling the High Lords is the mysterious power enveloping Shin Jiao's body. That mysterious power was seen by her accidentally when he was sleeping in the laboratory one time. It was dark and ominous. It contains a lot of resentment and evil in nature. However, what baffled her is that the thing actually could co-exist with Shin Jiao in the immortal land.

However, she could say that right now because of the rising threat that the dark clans hold. In the immortal land, there are actually two types of forces, those in the light and those in darkness. Although those in the dark are not affiliated with the shadow beings, they still use the power of the devils to fight in this war.

And this is something that most immortals could not accept. Hence the people who belong to these factions in the clans are only a small amount among the seven great clans.

They are not a threat as for now, but the leaders of the cities are aware of the real implication of these immortals and their practices. Once they come out of the immortal land, they would either be a menace in the universe or spies for the demons and the shadow beings.

Though their karma is good for being able to reach the immortal land, no one can predict the future. Hence the High Lords and the saint immortal rulers in every city are against those people growing and becoming a threat to mankind.

"That is good then, I am really curious about that artifact he just used. It is very powerful, if we can arm our soldiers with that kind of weapon, then the war in the borders against the other races would be a cinch." Gera Vin said while touching his goatee.

He really likes his goatee which he copied from Lord Jin of Vitol town in their last visit. He thinks that Lord Jin looks like a true immortal god with his black goatee. And when he grew his own, he realized that he looks more imposing due to his blonde hair.

As Gera Vin and his group left the area, Aiya Wine still tried to look for Shin Jiao who has now vanished. She, as usual, becomes awed with his unconventional ways of dealing with things and those weird artifacts.

Meanwhile, right at this moment, the contest is already about to start. Many are already seated in the large coliseum waiting for the city leaders to start the contest.

The hundreds of towns and their representatives are already gathered in their corners. Those who won last year were given a good booth with good accommodation while those who did not reach the top ten were seated in ordinary booths.

Then suddenly a tall young man stood up and floated in the middle of the huge arena with many fighting stages. He looks around and showed a faint smile on his face.

He then introduces the participants and the rules of the fighting game to the audience.

While this is happening, the figure of Shin Jiao appears at the entrance of the arena. His curiosity was piqued upon seeing the many people entering it and hearing about the upcoming matches. He was really curious when he heard about the elven race which won the championship last year because of two strong fighters among them.

The two are the favorite of the crowd due to their elegant way of fighting. They are given the name, a golden couple of the high elven race by the people of Ta'al city.

When Shin Jiao heard this, he immediately remembers the couple standing at the front deck of the airship and that woman who attacked him last time.

He is really curious about the power of those two and really wanted to see them in action. And since he is already in this place, Shin Jiao decided to go inside.

As soon as he followed the crowd someone suddenly grabs his shoulder.. When he turns around, his eyes met two people wearing different clothes and the distinct appearance of their long ears attracted his sigh.