The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1067

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The allure of a Shen abode is far too tempting for anyone who knows the treasures they could get from it. In the past few hundreds and thousands of years, many families, schools, and guilds have set their eyes on them.

But no one is able to conquer any of the abode within the territory of Ogden town.

And so, it became a practice for the powerful forces in the town to use the abode of the Shens as a practice ground for their promising young ones.

And this year, the one which is located in the Serpentine River was scheduled to open. The forces in the town have long prepared for this and so they decided to send their most promising disciples to enter the abode.

One of those powerful forces from Ogden town is the Hou family. The Hou family as one of the powerhouses in the town holds a high status and is being led by strong elders that have high cultivation.. Many of their elders are already at the high peak of the Ki fighter realm.

In this trial, the Hou family sent out 5 of their strongest young disciples.

Hou Jiang is their leader. He is a 4th level Ki fighter and is showing a strong front. The guy is good-looking and his red hair made him stand out more.

Beside him stood two figures, a beautiful and tall woman that looks like a cold fairy, and a tall and overbearing-looking man wearing thick leather armor.

Opposite of their group are other members from other families, clans, schools, and guilds which Yao Xue did not recognize.

"Brother Wei… Are… are you thinking of approaching them?" Yao Xue asked with fearful eyes.

Xin Ja was a bit taken aback. How would he dare go out? He has not even reached level 1 yet. There is a difference between a human and a beast. Humans are more cunning and have many tricks, if he exposes his ability in using runes, then he would face greater danger.

Although there is a possibility to take them down if they are unprepared, yet in this place, that would be impossible. In this tense state, no one would dare lower their guards down.

Xin Ja's fighting chance is his trap rune arrays. But in a one-on-one fight, he would be easily defeated by any of the humans in the hall.

"We… we should continue observing the situation." Xin Ja said as he quickly sets up a camouflage array on the side and the two quickly hid inside.

Unknown to the group of people there are two weaklings who are observing them while they are glaring at each other.

"Hou Jiang! Do you think that your Hou family can save you here? Hahaha… Ever since that day, I have promised that I will make you pay for what you did back then…" a tall and bulky young man appears in the hall while shouting and pointing his hand at Hou Jiang.

Hou Jiang turns his attention towards the big guy.

"If it isn't my old friend, Yao Xinge…" Hou Jiang said with a smirk on his handsome face.

When the crowd saw this, they all parted to make way for the newly arrived group.

"You just wait! Once my brother arrives in this place,… then that would be your funeral!" Yao Xinge scowled.

The whole area was silent upon hearing his words, no one said anything. Then suddenly all of them erupt in a cacophony of laughter while pointing at the bulky young man.

"What? Do you think it's funny?" he shouted while glaring at the people around him.

"Stupid ass… This hall is only for 4th level Ki fighters. Those who are at the lower levels would not be able to enter this place. They would surely die if they fight against the 4th level monsters guarding the passages in this place." Hou Jiang mocked while chuckling.

The expression of the people behind Yao Xinghe turned a bit ugly. He lost most of his brothers when their group enters this place. And now only three of them were left in their entire group. When they enter the passageway, there are around ten of them.

He chooses the 4th level passage and the entire group enters the cavern. But for some reason, the group was suddenly forcefully sucked inside the passage and their only 5th level companion was separated from them.

Upon entering the cavern, the group decided to begin traveling through it. But who would have known that they would encounter 3rd level beasts and above in the passage? There are a few 1st level ones, but most of the monsters inside the cavern are 3rd level.

Plus, they encountered two 4th level monsters and their group has suffered from then on until only 3 of them were left.

Seeing the mocking expression on Hou Jiang's face, Yao Xinghe suddenly feels an outrage boiling in his heart.

He wanted to act on his feelings, but then the hall suddenly began shaking.

Then, in front of them, the gigantic stone door began to slide open. The trembling of the ground almost toppled everyone. Luckily they have comrades who are able to support the weak ones.

Meanwhile, Xin Ja and Yao Xue watches with bated breaths as they saw the gigantic door opening.

"The Yao family is here…" Xin Ja said with a smile.

"Umm… That is Yao Xinghe, one of the strongest young generations of Ki fighter level in the family." She said with a hint of fear in her eyes.

"You seem afraid of him." Xin Ja asked.

She nodded her head without hesitation. She is very afraid of that guy. He is a bully in the family, and he is one of the people who had bullied her when she was young.

"In the clan, he would always pick on me on every occasion that he could." She muttered while her eyes showed complex emotion in them.

"So… will you stay here and wait… or…" Xin Ja said but stopped halfway because when the gigantic door was fully opened a huge hand suddenly came out and held on the stone door frame.

Everyone immediately took out their weapons and ready themselves for a battle.

"Everyone! We should work together to bind this thing! If we are able to do so, then we might be able to enter the room behind it and take the treasure we needed!" shouted Hou Jiang.

The rest of the people in the hall nodded their heads in agreement. They have already heard about this from the elders of their group. So everyone agrees with this combined effort.

But it seems that not all of them are well-informed.

"Who do you think you are? Do you think we would just believe you?" Yao Xinghe shouted in anger.

How could he let the person he hated become the leader? He would rather fight alone than be led by the person he considered as his mortal enemy.

Since the day that the woman he loves chooses that guy over him, but that is not the worst thing that has happened. The woman he likes confesses her feeling to the bastard Hou Jiang while they were in the academy, but he has the audacity to actually reject the girl?

It was a big hit in his pride as a man and has been hurt because of the woman he loves. When he saw her crying while running away, he has sworn deep in his heart that he would treat Hou Jiang as his mortal enemy.

When Yao Xinghe shouted those words the people around him looks at him with confusion. They did not know what is wrong with that person?

However, what they did not understand is that Yao Xinghe is not supposed to be in this place. But ever since he has known that Hou Jiang would be coming here, he actually forces his participation.

The original leader who is his cousin suddenly felt unwell and became sick, and he was suddenly put in his cousin's place.

This series of events lead to Yao Xinghe being less informed than the original leader of the group. Yao Xinghe thought that because they have a 5th level fighter with them, everything would be fine. But that is where he made a mistake. Plus, he might have been informed but the words drowned in his desire for revenge against Hou Jiang.

"Yao Xinghe! Are you a fool?! Have you not been informed by your elders?" shouted a person from a group.

"Yeah, we should work together to trap the fellow! That is our only way to survive this!" shouted another one.

When Yao Xinghe heard those words his expression turned ugly. The people behind him just shook their heads and quickly step back.

"That Yao Xinghe is someone very prideful and is full of himself. He would not accept criticism from others…" Yao Xue suddenly muttered.

"Would he be a fool to fight against the other groups by himself?" Xin Ja suddenly asked.

"Yes… if no one stops him, then he would… In fact, he is very dangerous and has been feared by the younger generation in the family, even those that have reached the 5th level…" Yao Xue said with a hint of fear.

"Hmm… This is going to be interesting then…" suddenly Xin Ja said with a smile on his face.