The Geared Immortal

Dawn of a new day: End

/*unedited*/

The figure of Shin Jiao and Jiyi was stunned upon seeing what had happened in the small hut. Shin Jiao, in particular, was dumbfounded upon seeing the scene. His gaze immediately turns to the village and saw the middle-aged man holding a rifle.

In just one look he immediately recognizes that it was the first rifle they had used against the beast horde before he was sent to this faraway place.

"How did that man get that thing? I need to know what happened to the underground base." Shin Jiao thought but didn't put more emphasis on it because right now he is going to face and an enemy that he has never faced before.

Shin Jiao turns his gaze towards Jiyi and showed a smile.

"You need to wait here… I will try and end this chaos as quickly as I could." Shin Jiao said with confidence in his eyes.

As he stood up, he turns his back on her, Shin Jiao immediately jump to a grove of trees and shrubs. Then he quickly changed the core in his dantian into a new one. Because he is not sure what the result would be he used a core that's nearing level 5 in power. When he fit it in his artificial dantian he suddenly feels uncomfortable.

This is because of the incompatibility of the core to his cultivation. Shin Jiao's body is only at the primary to middle stage of the gold core realm, while his spheres numbers around 45 or something. Hence the core he is using right now is giving him an over-boost of energy. Though because of the regulation of his artificial dantian he is able to control the output of Qi and mana, he is still feeling a strong power surge; it's like having an adrenaline rush all of a sudden.

 "Ohhh… Wow! Damn, that hits the spot!" Shin Jiao muttered to himself as he winces in discomfort.

He then turns his eyes towards the small hut and then took out his rifle. Jumping high up to a tree, Shin Jiao not has a clear view of everything down below. He is now at a distance of 500 meters from the small hut.

"I need to stop that thing from using the woman first." Shin Jiao thought as he turns his scope to the figure of the woman who is slowly closing in towards Su Aw and Jester.

…

Meanwhile, Mer Li's figure has already ripped apart a portion of the wall of the hut and sluggishly walks towards the two men on the ground. She began to act like those mindless zombie cultivators who have no other thing in their minds but to eat.

"Master Aw, it's my pleasure sharing your dreams. Though it was just for a short time period you already helped me get what I wanted. And for that I thank you..." Jester said as he stood up and rushed towards Mer Li.

Jester gathers his Qi to his remaining hand and immediately sent a forward punch towards Mer Li who seems to not care about his action. But then, before his punch could connect a thin layer of Qi suddenly stopped his fist. Upon seeing this, Jester felt dejected.

"I'm really not a match to an infant soul realm cultivator." Jester thought as he immediately jumps back.

But before he can get away, he saw Mer Li move her hand like a snake. Then he found himself caught by her iron-like grip by his neck.

Because of being a zombie, Mer Li is unable to control her strength and the force she has exerted made Jester winced in pain. He feels like his neck would snap any moment now. He wanted to struggle but he is powerless against her though her hands are small. This simple grip from her seems to stop him from doing anything. Jester regretted that he didn't take out his weapon and attack her with all his might in his first attack. Because now he could not do anything, as if he is just a lamb to be feed to a lion.

"Arrgghhh!!!"

Jester shouted as he was dragged towards Mer Li. He can feel the burning pain on his neck as her fingers have already dug in and a stream of red blood flows. Then with his fading vision, he can see Mer Li opening her mouth wide to bite his incoming neck.

CRUNCH!!!

"Ugh…"

Without an ability to resist, Jester's neck was immediately bitten in half and a stream of warm blood sprayed towards her now already disfigured face.

While this is happening Su Aw is looking helplessly on the ground as he could not exert any effort to help. Meanwhile, Vexi Muxin is busy looking for the culprit who shot him while he is controlling Mer Li. His gaze scanned the whole ruined village of Yong. But then he could not find any trace of the person who shot him. This is because Ping Gui has immediately hidden the rifle after shooting as it didn't have any bullets anymore.

Then Vexi Muxin turns towards Mer Li who is now gorging on the fresh human flesh she just caught. This scene made the ghost smile.

…

"Damn it I cannot get a clear shot of that guy on the ground… Hmm… let's try this." Shin Jiao muttered to himself because currently Su Aw is lying on the ground and there are many obstructions covering his figure.

Without a second thought, Shin Jiao turn his scope back to Mer Li. Because her cultivation is at the primary stages of the infant soul realm, Shin Jiao adjusts the energy on the rifle. Making it vibrate a little because of the amount of natural energy and Qi being poured into a single bullet.

Psst!!!

A silenced burst came after Shin Jiao pulled the trigger.

Vexi Muxin suddenly felt a glint of killing intent making the ghost suddenly turn vigilant.

But it was too late, though he controlled Mer Li to use the lifeless body of Jester as a shield, however, Shin Jiao's bullet already contains enough energy of both Qi and mana to penetrate an infant soul realm cultivator.

Puchi!!!

The silver flash appears as the bullet went straight through the body of Jester towards Mer Li's dantian. Even though she has activated the Qi field but it was not enough to protect her. The bullet tore a hole in her dantian and with the contact to the energy inside her core a loud explosion surprised everyone.

That explosion blew up the whole hut; it's like when a powerful cultivator blows up their core. And in that instant, a figure can be seen flying out along with the debris.

When this happens, the large figure of Vexi Muxin suddenly vanished and followed that figure like a cloud of black smoke.

"DAMN IT!!! DAMN IT!!! DAMN IT!!!" he shouted while he retracted inside Su Aw.

Vexi Muxin is already too close in attaining his goal, but he didn't expect this new chip to jump out of nowhere and ruin his plan. But he is confident that as long as he can control Su Aw, or jump out of Su Aw and get the attention of another power crazy person, then he can continue his reign of terror.

…

Shin Jiao was also surprised at the outcome. He didn't expect that the core would blow up like that.

"I guess I have to be careful when shooting a cultivator's core." Shin Jiao muttered while shaking his head.

This incident was also seen in the big mansion as the rest of the cultivators turn their gaze towards the small mushroom cloud on top of a hill.

"What happened there?"

"Is someone fighting against the necromancer?"

"No, I think they are fighting against each other."

"Whatever… as long as things end, it's all good."

The surviving cultivators murmured as they talk to each other. Ping Gui, on the other hand, took out the rifle and turn his scope towards the location of the explosion. After a while, he saw a figure flying out from behind the trees.

"I knew it! There is someone waiting up there." He muttered.

"What do you mean?" Jin Fu asked beside him.

"Can we leave this barrier now?" Ping Gui suddenly asked as he turns his gaze towards Ling Ya who is standing next to Jin Fu.

"No, not yet. We still have around 5 minutes before the barrier collapses on its own." Ling Ya replied.

They know that the barrier is a very strong barrier that would repair itself when penetrated. Hence after the explosion, it almost immediately closed after some of the debris was able to enter. And they are unable to shut it down as it is a self-sustaining defensive array. So they have no other choice but to wait.

…

Su Aw slowly opens his eyes but didn't move as he can feel pain all over his body. He didn't know what had happened as his mind is currently in confusion. Memories and images of Lingling flow through his mind like a sudden flashing back of a black and white movie reel.

Then suddenly a voice sounded within his mind.

"Hey… you're in a bad shape... I would want to help you but… I… I don't have a body of my own." The voice of Vexi Muxin said in a languid tone.

"Ugh… What… what can we do then?" Su Aw asked.

"Well… there is a way, but I… I don't know if you would permit it?" Vexi Muxin replied calmly and with a sincere tone.

"Do you have another way? Then tell me!" Su Aw suddenly felt anxious.

He has faced another setback but he still wanted to fight. This time his mind has already been clouded by the lust of power, as he has forgotten his main goal of revenge. He didn't care if he has already wiped out almost half of the villages surrounding the town of Snowpeach, or that he has already killed the people responsible for the demise of his wife. Right now his mind is in chaos and the only thing he can think of is to gain more power so that he can once again fight back.

"Those people have trampled against your honor… we must crush them. Lend me your power and I will lend you mine. Let us be one so that we can take our revenge!" Vexi Muxin said in an encouraging voice.

Su Aw's mind is now clouded and the formless form of Vexi Muxin suddenly showed a sinister grin. He has already won and can now freely manipulate and possess the body. After he has fully taken control, he plans to take Su Aw's soul and use it as his main nourishment to immediately rise to the infant soul realm. Then after that, he would break through and become a Devil Born.

As his goal is to become devil cultivator, he would now follow their cultivation paths which are almost the same as normal cultivators except when a devil cultivator reaches nascent realm then it's is called in a different name: which is the Devil Born realm, then the World Demon realm, and Sky Demon realm, and then High Demon realm, and the last is the Demon God realm.

Now that Vexin Muxin now has his goal in front of him, he didn't hesitate and immediately grabs the opportunity.

On the ground, Su Aw's body began to convulse at the same time started to twitch while his expression is in pain. His eyes suddenly turned white as if he is already on the verge of passing out. This made Vexin Muxin excited and expedites the process of possession.

 Suddenly…

"Wow, you're excited ain't you?" a voice coming from a young man standing on a rock beside the figure of Su Aw said.

"I figure this is your plan, can't wait to get a new body now ain't you? You've fooled the guy into thinking that you can help him. But the truth is that you will take over his body and consume his soul. What a pathetic ghost." Shin Jiao added as he scrutinized the process of possession that's happening inside the body of Su Aw.

Right now what he can see are two souls, one of the souls is being kicked out by a dark ghost. The process is not yet complete; luckily he was able to arrive on time.

"Su Aw right? With what you are doing, do you think your wife's soul would be at peace? No matter how I look at it, I don't think so." Shin Jiao said.

Upon hearing that, Su Aw's soul suddenly began to glow. The weakening willpower within him seems to be slowly coming back.

"Do not listen to him. He is not our ally. He is here to kill both of us." Vexi Muxin's hoarse voice accidentally came out from Su Aw as he suddenly felt agitated.

If only he can have a corpse to control he would immediately send it to the bastard who is disturbing his plan.

"I'm already here if I wanted to kill you I can. But right now, I don't want to judge you for what you did. I can actually understand your flight. But as of this time, if you already accepted that you are going to die, then how can you face your wife? How can she be happy with a husband who has killed many? There is still a chance. You have to let go… don't fight it anymore... Just gladly accept your fate. Don't bow down to the darkness." Shin Jiao's words echoed through Su Aw's soul.

Then suddenly a woman's voice enters his mind and echoed the words which Shin Jiao has said. Su Aw suddenly felt warm within his heart.

"Let go… my love…" the voice said.

"De… dear… Lingling is that you? Wait… wait… don't go!" Su Aw's soul shouted as he fought back against the surging flow of darkness in his heart.

"NO!!! You can't. You cannot give up! I will have your soul!" Vexin Muxin shouted as he also struggles to devour the soul of Su Aw.

But since Su Aw has already absorbed enough dark energy from their combined effort, Vexin Muxin was not able to overcome Su Aw's will power.

So instead of forcing himself to the man he has helped to become strong, he turns towards the young man sitting on the rock.

"This is all your fault! I will devour you, soul, instead!" Vexin Muxin shouted as he flew out of Su Aw's body.

A fist-sized black ball of pure soul essence flew out from Su Aw's dantian and directly rushes towards Shin Jiao who calmly sits on a rock. Vexin Muxin is confident that the young man could not see him so he directly rushes towards Shin Jiao.

But suddenly he saw Shin Jiao lifting his head and a wide grin appear on his face. Then he saw darkness engulfing him as his consciousness slowly faded.

The last thing that Vexin Muxin could hear is the last word coming from the young man which made him immediately lost all his will power to fight…

"Gotcha!"