The Geared Immortal

Chapter 770 - Life Essence

Chapter 770

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The gloomy forest covered with tall trees and thick leaves that blots out the sky give off an eerie feeling. The atmosphere inside the forest is always tense as it is filled with many types of predators and prey which would always encounter each other every day.

Right at this moment, about 50 meters away from the cave, a group of cow-sized mongoose is currently surrounding a huge bird. The bird has the head and tail of a lizard and has beautiful colored feathers.

However, its body is currently riddled with wounds and even one of its eyes is missing. It would look like this beast has encountered a deadly battle somewhere and the giant mongoose are the ones who would benefit from the aftermath.

Shin Jiao carefully observed the scene with his psychokinesis. Since it is a bit close to the cave, he would not want those things to enter the cave.

He has already lost his shield and armor. He didn't know if he could defend himself from those things.

He suddenly noticed Maga walking out from behind the rocks. She has draped on her robe partly over her wet body. The robe sticks on her wet skin which could not hide her beautiful figure.

As she walks closer to Shin Jiao she carefully observes her surroundings.

"I can sense that something is happening outside…" she muttered.

She carefully sits beside Shin Jiao but did not do anything else, but quietly tries to discern what is happening outside.

Since Shin Jiao's eyes are closed, she is not aware that he has already woken up.

Dividing his senses, Shin Jiao tried to hastily fix his body. He has to make sure that at least he is able to move, in case anything could happen.

Then all of a sudden, a loud and powerful eruption of energy came from the direction of those beasts.

Shin Jiao could not help himself but scrunch his brow upon seeing what is happening.

According to the strength that those beasts are showing it seems that all of them are at the lord level. Although Shin Jiao is able to handle that kind of strength, that is in the premise that he is fine and has enough energy in his body.

But in his state right now, how could he have that confidence?

As soon as that strong energy erupted, Shin Jiao immediately took action. Using his psychokinesis, he suddenly began pushing some boulders at the top of the cave. Everything was done naturally that it seems that those strong bursts of energy affected the mountains.

Then different-sized boulders began falling down and blocked the cave's entrance.

Maga Luan on the other hand suddenly covered Shin Jiao's body with hers. Her expression is in panic as she tried her best to protect the 'unconscious' Shin Jiao.

Her action made Shin Jiao feel a bit at ease. At least the woman is not that heartless as to abandon him. Instead, she would protect him even using her frail body.

He already has a high opinion of the woman in his mind as of this time.

After that small avalanche, the cave is now fully covered. This made Shin Jiao heaves a sigh of relief. But in contrary to his reaction, Maga Luan is now feeling a bit worried. Although they might be safe from those beasts outside, her problem is getting out of this place.

"No… this is bad… If we get trapped in here, then…" she muttered as she began checking the boulders that covered the cave.

Upon checking the type of boulders that covered the cave's entrance, her expression suddenly changes. This is because those were really hard stones. She needs to be at least in the middle rank of silver-level to be able to destroy those boulders.

All of a sudden, from below her, she feels some movement. When her sight fell towards Shin Jiao, that was the time that he also opened his eyes.

When their eyes met, Maga Luan could not help but stare at Shin Jiao's eyes. As if in a trance, a slight smile slowly curls up on her dainty little mouth.

"Hea… heavy…" Shin Jiao muttered.

Maga realized something as she quickly sat up while covering herself. Her face is already like a ripe tomato as she blushed while trying to cover herself with her robe.

At that time, she seems to have noticed Shin Jiao looking down towards her body and when she followed his sight, she could see the deep crevice which is exposed in the air. This made her truly feel embarrassed and quickly covered herself.

Shin Jiao was a bit taken aback by her reaction but did not mind it as she slowly sits down. He has already recovered enough to make simple movements; hence he is able to move a little now.

"Miss Luan… Thank you… Thank you for saving me." Shin Jiao said.

Hearing Shin Jiao's words, Maga Luan just nodded her head but dare not turn around. She is currently looking at herself and secretly began to arrange her robe. She did not want to present an embarrassing scene in front of Master Shin.

Shin Jiao waited before Maga Luan slowly turns around with her robe and hair already fixed. Seeing her worried expression, Shin Jiao did not say anything.

He carefully sits in a lotus position and before meditating, he said.

"Focus on your recovery, you don't have to worry about anything else. After I've recovered we could get out of this place."

Shin Jiao's words of comfort seem to be very effective as Maga heaves a sigh of relief. If Master Shin Jiao is not worried, why should she?

Hence she also sat cross-legged a few distances away from Shin Jiao.

Maga Luan just discovered something interesting within her memories, so she wanted to know more about it.

As she closes her eyes, she began to see something weird. Everything in her eyes is moving creatures that she has not seen before in her entire life. With interest in her eyes, she began to dive deeper into her subconscious mind and was engrossed in her learning.

She now has no sense of time outside as her mind dives deeper as her knowledge began to open. She has now learned a lot of things from that knowledge which truly baffled her at first. But as time went by, everything slowly become clearer and the things she learned made her really astounded.

Meanwhile, Shin Jiao who is looking at the meditating woman has already recovered.

It has already been 2 days since she began meditating. But from the looks of it, she seems to be still not finished and needed more time.

Shin Jiao has already recovered half of his energy, while his body has already fully recovered. To pass his time, he decided to go out.

As his figure walks out of the cave after creating a new entrance, which only a single person can fit, Shin Jiao immediately spreads his psychokinesis. Suddenly he detected that just within around 30 meters away from the cave; several corpses are lying on the ground.

Meanwhile, he noticed the giant lizard-like bird with its torn wings and almost severed neck lying on the ground. These are the creatures that he senses 2 days ago.

"It seems that everything ended up in a draw… Or… not…" Shin Jiao thought as his eyes suddenly turn cold.

If he was a bit impulsive and suddenly went to greedily take those corpses, he would have already died.

This is because, right now, he suddenly feels an invisible beast is actually standing high above the trees. If he was not using his psychokinesis, then he would not have seen that thing.

It looks like a 2 meters tall human, but its body is covered with thick fur. He could not make out everything clearly as it seems that the body of this creature is able to blend with its surroundings. However, it still could not escape his psychokinesis.

Then he suddenly saw the creature moving.

The reason for this is because a large creature suddenly appears. The creature has the legs of a spider, but half of its body is that of an ape.

Then Shin Jiao saw how the invisible creature ambushed the spider-like ape.

With a swing of its weapon which is made of animal bone, the spider-like ape did not stand a chance as its head was decapitated without it even knowing who attacked it.

Then Shin Jiao observed the creature now appearing. The creature looks like a primitive human with sharp bones protruding on its back and shoulders.

All of a sudden, Shin Jiao saw the creature turning its gaze toward his direction.

But it showed a confused expression as it seems to not see anything or anyone. Since Shin Jiao is only using his psychokinesis and the distance, how could it see him?

Yet, Shin Jiao was amazed at the sensitivity of the creature.

"This place is truly a place where the strong belongs…" Shin Jiao muttered as he returns to the cave.

As soon as he enters, Shin Jiao caught the sight of Maga Luan who is now glowing green as her body is being envelope with different kinds of plants.

Then deep inside his dantian, a green gem began moving.

"Plant… plant essence?… No… This is life… Life essence.." he blurted in surprise.