The Geared Immortal

A New Quest Part 3

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The darkness covers the shadows that are lurking from within as the scent of death emanates in the air. The atmosphere within the castle of Wu is weird and a deathly silence covers the surroundings. Even the guards standing by the door feels like the air seems stale. Their vigilance is high and their senses are spread wide.

However, no matter how prepared they are, if death comes, then they can only blame their fate for it.

Within the shadows, several figures blended in the darkness of the night as they carefully approached the great castle of Wu.

Two guards are currently talking while observing their surroundings.

"Hey, don't you find this atmosphere weird?"

"Yeah, I've been scanning this area because I feel uneasy, but I can't sense anything."

"Maybe it's just the air. It's almost time for the change of shift, we'll just for it then."

As the two are talking while standing ramrod straight, a whistling sound caught their attention. But before they can react, two sharp objects suddenly pierced the wall behind them while blood slowly drips from its tips.

The two guards found themselves unable to talk anymore as they slumped down the ground and blood flowed from their chest armor wound.

After the two guards have been taken out, a number of figures suddenly came out of the shadows and dashed towards the gate. Immediately, not long after that sounds of fighting can be heard from a certain courtyard.

…

Meanwhile, a figure is currently rushing towards the castle at a really fast pace.

This is Shin Jiao who immediately ran towards the castle to try and save the two princes of Xi. Although the two princes didn't have anything to do with him, the 2nd prince can already be considered his acquaintance. Plus he respected the 2nd prince for being blunt with his feelings. And it would cause too much of a trouble if the 2 princes would die. It may be the reason for the empire to attack the kingdom of Wu as retaliation.

It has already taken him too much time running towards the palace because of the distance. He wanted to fly but it would cause him too much energy, and if he used his energy, then what's the use of rescuing the prince?

He might even be a burden at that time. So he should trust that the princes and their guards can hold off the assassins.

Then after some time, he has already reached the castle gate while catching his breath.

And from there he saw the dead bodies of the guards and the soldiers who faced against the assassins. He can also see some black cloth men on the ground.

At this time the castle ground is bathed in crimson red and the scent of foul blood is all over the air.

Shin Jaio didn't know what had happened but he is sure that the fight was intense judging from the debris he can see around.

"From the number of assassins, it seems that they are not a small group." Shin Jiao muttered as he followed the trail of blood made by the assassins.

While carefully walking inside the castle and into a certain courtyard, he noticed the sound of swords clashing and the eruption of turbulent Qi in the air.

Upon seeing this, he immediately rushed in and hid in a corner.

Although Shin Jiao can be considered as a powerful cultivator, he is not stupid to fight against multiple enemies.

"Protect the crown prince and the second prince!" shouted a guard as he fought valiantly against an assassin.

Although they are already overwhelmed, the guards still fought with all their might.

Shin Jiao noticed that the cultivation level of the assassins is actually high. Many of them have already reached the peak of the gold core realm nearing the infant soul realm. And there are at least ten who are already at the first stages of the infant soul realm.

"These assassins are not that simple. From their attacks and sword style, they seem to be soldiers…" Shin Jiao thought as he tried to observe the situation.

Since the princes are not in danger yet, he didn't want to make his move.

Suddenly, Shin Jiao noticed something which made him squint his eyes. He is sure that it was a signal because an assassin actually nods his head in reply and suddenly flew up.

Then the crown prince moves forward and pushed the guard in front of him while shouting.

"Look out! Dodge it!"

The guard didn't expect that something like this would happen and was caught off-guard as his body tumbles down the ground in a sorry state. Then the crown prince who is in the way of the sword suddenly shifted his body to the right and this exposed the 2nd princes back to the blade.

When Li Yan Xi turns his head, in a slow-motion he saw the sinister look on his older brother's face which made his heart skip a beat.

Then he saw the sharp blade drawing closer to his head.

Puchi!

Bang!

A spray of blood-drenched the face of the 2nd prince; however, the figure of his attacker is nowhere to be seen in front of him. Then he slowly tilted his head towards the figure of the assassin on the wall with a big hole on his head.

Then the two princes turned their gaze at a figure atop a ledge standing near the castle's ceiling.

The two then saw something that shocked them.

Because the assassins are busy fighting against the guards, they didn't notice the figure of Shin Jiao as he jumps down like a wraith and released multiple shots of bullets piercing the heads of the black cloth men in the large hall.

Like flies, the cultivators in the gold core realm fell down with bloody holes in either their heads or their hearts. As Shin Jiao's figure flew down the battleground, every shot cost a single life of an assassin.

However, the ten infant soul realm cultivators were fast enough to hide or take cover as they also threw some spells at Shin Jiao making the whole place chaotic.

So now that there are explosions the whole castle ground is now aware of the assassins and multiple numbers of soldiers began running towards the courtyard of the princes of Xi.

"We must finish this fight right now! Kill the target; I'll take care of this nuisance." shouted one of the infant soul realm cultivators.

A figure immediately moves out of his hiding place and ran towards the second prince who has already retreated behind some guards and away from his older brother.

The second prince couldn't believe that his best friend and older brother would dare sneak attack and tried to kill him with a borrowed knife.

This made him truly disappointed while looking at his older brother, the crown prince's, sinister expression.

DIE!

Although this said without a word, he can read the movements of his brother's mouth.

Suddenly in the 2nd prince's mind speculation and doubts filled his heart.

"Did my father planned this? Why am I being targeted by my own brother?... wait… did he know about the legacy?... If he does then, should I stop my own brother just to hide it and to keep this world safe?"

These many questions entered Li Yan Xi's mind as he showed a dazed expression.

Suddenly he felt the strong aura trying to lock him down in place.

However, it was not enough to stop him. No one knew, but Li Yan Xi's fame on the battlefield is not unfounded. He is merciless when fighting against the beast clan and has killed many experts. His cultivation has already reached the infant soul realm and is just forcefully suppressing it to the gold core realm using a technique.

He wanted to make a move; however, he suddenly saw a sharp blade piercing the man from behind. The Qi field protecting the man bursts like a bubble as the black blade easily penetrated his body. Shin Jiao used the skill humming blade which is a very deadly skill when combined with his black sword.

When they saw the situation getting worse and one of their comrades with high cultivation was easily killed, the rest was angered. And then they too began to attack simultaneously.

Suddenly, Shin Jiao heard something and immediately shifted his body and disappear.

When the nine remaining people with higher cultivation saw this, they became vigilant, but it was all too late.

Li Yan Xi also made his move and faced a cultivator as he uses his true strength in this fight.

Two of the nine people who are rushing forward suddenly dropped to the ground with a hole on their heads.

Shin Jiao can now see two shooters on the rooftop.

"Thanks!" he said as he shows thumbs up.

"You're welcome, master!"

It didn't take long before the rest of the infant soul realm cultivators fell.

"Damn it! My rifle is almost at its limit! Infant soul realm cultivators are really hard to kill."

"Haha… it's your shooting that's bad. You have to go back and train again."

The voice of Qian Li and a young man can be heard on the short-range radio.

Shin Jiao then saw Li Yan Shi taking down his opponent as he flashed a proud smile on his face. It is like he is challenging Shin Jiao and showing off his cultivation base.

Then a sweet voice echoed through the hall as the figure of the princess Yun Bo Xi and her bodyguard came rushing in.

"Big brother! Big brother! Are you okay!" shouted Yun Bo Xi as she ran happily towards Li Yan Xi.

However, her eyes suddenly showed a horrified look as she pointed as her big brother with her shaking hands while one of her hand is in her mouth in disbelief.

Li Yan Xi was stunned into place as his eyes slowly lowered towards a metallic object protruding from his stomach.

The bloody blade made his body cold as he can feel the intense killing intent from behind him.

Everyone was shocked at the sinister look on that man's face, especially when he grinned evilly while saying.

"Good-Bye!.... little… BROTHER…"