The Geared Immortal

Chapter 36

The majestic golden ball of light slowly descended unto the horizon bringing with it its glory and brilliance. What comes next is the blanket of darkness that slowly engulfs the whole land. In one corner of a village, camp stood two young women surrounded by a group of people wearing black cloaks. In front of these people stood a young man with an evil grin, it is clearly an ambush but the young man is confidently showing his face to his target. This young man is the prodigy of Floating Lotus Alchemy School, Xing Meng, and the two young women are Qin Lou and Susu Ling.

"Xing Meng! You shameless bastard… Do you dare to use an underhanded method? You're no better than a thief!" Susu Ling shouted while pointing her finger at Xing Meng.

"Haha… this junior sister is truly a beauty and fearless. I didn't believe the rumor about you being a beauty but I see it now, I would like to see how brave you can be when I ripped your clothes off and f**k you myself like crazy. Hehe" Xing Meng said as he looks at Susu Ling with his lascivious eyes.

"Truly a spineless and a shameless person, I wonder how your master could have chosen a wastrel like you as his disciple." Susu Ling said in disdain.

"Enough talk! I'll let you see how shameless I am when I'm up and down your body. Haha!" Xing Meng said as he raised his hand.

Then all of a sudden two shadows appear in front of Xing Meng facing Qin Lou and Susu Ling. The two people now in front of them are carrying two long shotel swords on their backs. They then remove their hoods and showed two long square-shaped manly faces. Upon seeing this Susu Ling was shocked and her body shuddered involuntarily. Even Qin Lou felt a little scared as she knows who those two are and their infamy.

They are known as one of the top 5 fighters in the whole Er kingdom, the Twin Tigers. There is a rumor that the two sometimes works as an assassin for hire, but no one could prove so as they would always leave a bloody path when hunting their target. This made them both infamous in the kingdom of Er, but because there is no concrete evidence of their crime both brothers still roams free until now.

After seeing these two people, Qin Lou hardened her resolve and decided to face them so that she could give a chance to let Susu Ling to at least escape. She didn't know if she could escape this ordeal, but at least deep in her heart, she could say that she did her best.

At this time, Qin Lou actually didn't feel fear but instead, she felt calm and a little bit excited at the same time. The reason for this is that she discovered something unique about the crystal covering her eyes. When the two people suddenly leap out from their hiding place, she actually clearly saw where they would land. Qin Lou felt shocked at this it's like everything was in slow motion. She is not sure how to use it yet so she wanted to test it out. If it would be of any use to her then she could possibly use it to fight against these ruffians.

"Hehe, I want that little woman unharmed. Just subdue that masked one and extract the information we need." Xing Meng commanded as he waved his hands arrogantly.

The twin nods their heads and unsheathes the shotel from their backs. Qin Lou also unsheathes the sword that Susu Ling gave her, on one hand, she held the scabbard and on the other the unsheathed sword. She stood there preparing to face the deadliest enemy so far in her life.

Then, as if time suddenly stopped as both parties are faced with each other. Qin Lou could feel her heart beating wildly on the inside but outside she showed a calm expression. She then saw her two opponent nods to each other and as if with an unspoken mental connection, both men suddenly rushed towards her with their weapons ready to strike.

Upon seeing this she was once again dazed, as there it goes again. She can clearly see their action in advance of about 3 seconds, and she knows that this is not the ability of the eyewear she is using but her ability affecting the eyewear instead. But before she could analyze it she didn't have time to evade anymore so she decided to just block the two strikes. Then she found out that she had underestimated those two incoming shotel sword blades. As Qin Lou felt a really powerful force sending her flying backward because of the strong recoil. She felt her hands shaking as if she was hit by two large boulders. She didn't crash on the wall but instead regained her balance after being flung for about 10 meters.

"Their strength is clearly greater than mine. At most both of them is almost at the middle-stage of the gold core realm. If I fought them while defending, I would be clearly outmatched in strength and Qi reserve. Right! How can I forget what Shin Jiao taught me? Sometimes I think that he saw this happening to me that's why he taught me those moves?" Qin Lou said to herself as she analyzes her situation.

"Still able to fight, eh? This one is truly a worthy opponent."

"Yes, a worthy opponent, a worthy opponent indeed."

Both brothers said in unison, as they once again prepare to launch another attack. This time they plan to finish things as quickly as possible. So now both decided to stand side-by-side and attack Qin Lou simultaneously. With a flicker of their swords, they began their flurry of attacks. At first, it was slow and then it began to increase in its pace as the twins began to feel that something is off.

Qin Lou now had a little bit of understanding of what her new skill can do. It's like her mind can read her opponents next moves before they make it. So she tested her conjecture by not fighting back and just doing some basic evasion. The first sword strike is a stab directed to her neck, so she slightly tilted her head to avoid being hit. The second one is a two sword combo still a stab going to her shoulder and right thigh, and she just steps sideways. This dangerous situation became her practice ground for her new found skill. Even though she was able to evade some of the strikes but since the blades are coated with Qi, Qin Lou still receives some minor damages.

"Haha, is that all you got a senior sister? All you did was evade are you that scared?" Xing Meng laughed in contempt upon seeing the bloodied appearance of Qin Lou.

"You!..." Susu Ling wanted to rebuke him but seeing the situation she cannot argue with the fact but felt her heart ached as she can see the blood from Qin Lou's body dyeing her clothes red.

"But I'm getting bored now. I wanted the recipe for the rapid Haemostatic pill. Either you give me the recipe or I kill your mortal… boyfriend. Hehe…" Xing Meng said.

The twin brothers suddenly stopped attacking and stepped back. Their shoulders are moving up and down clearly already having spent a lot of energy. Seeing this Xing Meng felt a little irritated, so he just decided to interfere and decided to use threats.

"Wait… I will… I will give you the recipe but you must promise to release him in front of me." Qin Lou put forth her condition.

"Okay, then show me the recipe first."

"No! I need to make sure that he is alive before anything else." Qin Lou stubbornly said.

"Tsk, such a stubborn woman. Tell the others to send that mortal here." Xing Meng suddenly shouted.

But then someone whispered something and his face contorted. He had forgotten that he already commanded his men to get rid of the mortal. Seeing his reaction Qin Lou suddenly had a bad premonition so she suddenly said.

"Where is he? Show him to me now!" Qin Lou shouted.

Xing Meng suddenly had an epiphany and stood up. He then whispered something to another man behind him. After the man moved out, Xing Meng leisurely walks towards Qin Lou.

"I had my men get him. Show me the recipe now! I don't have my patience anymore." Xing Meng said with an annoyed face.

But before Qin Lou could say something, she saw from behind Xing Meng a person walking with his head covered with a dirty sack. She then noticed the clothes and heaves a sigh of relief; she wanted to scan Shin Jiao but was suddenly interrupted by Xing Meng.

"Na, hah… The recipe first…" Xing Meng said with one hand spread towards Qin Lou.

Without a choice, she tossed him a piece of a palm-sized scroll. Then Xing Meng opened it and checked the contents. With a wave of his hand, the recipe disappears and a blade suddenly appears in Xing Meng's hand. This means that Xing Meng has a spatial tool in his body. Then without any word he slashed towards Qin Lou who is standing near him.

"Sister Qin, look out!"

…

When Shin Jiao was begging for his life while being carried like a pig to a slaughterhouse, he already had an idea of what was the command this group received. So he just let himself be carried to the back of the house, then the young man unsheathes his sword.

"Any last word mortal?" the young man with a blood thirty aura said as he lifted his sword.

"Ah… can you not kill me please!?" Shin Jiao said in a begging tone.

"Haha… is that your last word? Then Die!"

"Wait! Wait! Okay, last word… umn… Can you blush?" Shin Jiao said with a smile.

"What? Are you insulting me?" the young man shouted in annoyance but decided to just swing his sword downwards attempting to cut Shin Jiao in half.

But then the young man suddenly found that he hit nothing but air. And from behind him, he could feel the cold hands of someone holding his neck like an immovable clamp. Suddenly cold sweat began to trickle down the young man's spine. He didn't know what happened, he wanted to say something but words won't come out of his mouth as if something is blocking his throat, making his face turn red in anger.

"Oh, it seems that you can really blush. But, it's too late as I already told you to spare me, but you wouldn't agree. Is it because I'm just a mortal that you think my life is no better than a bug that you could just casually crush?" Shin Jiao said feeling a little annoyed.

But before Shin Jiao could react, he heard footsteps it seems that someone is approaching the place. The young man in his hand also heard this and suddenly gathered his remaining strength and swung his sword sideways towards Shin Jiao. He was hoping that this would grant him time after which his companions would suddenly rush in and help him. But when he swung his sharp sword, a person had suddenly appeared and entered the door. That person didn't have time to react and become decapitated by the sword. The head flew high up and its body spurting out a large amount of blood, the expression of that person's head was incredulous with his eyes wide in disbelief as all he wanted to do was to check why it's taking the young man too long just to kill a mortal. What he didn't expect is that it would be his last time living before he got killed.

Shin Jiao squinted his eyes in an awkward manner and almost said sorry, but it was not his fault. He just evaded the sword and although he knew that a man would come out from the door, he actually didn't expect it to happen this way. With this incident, the sound of the falling body which is a loud 'thud' was heard by their companions outside the backroom. Shin Jiao then heard some footsteps running towards the room where they are.

"Sigh, I have to get rid of them somehow while making sure that they would not make me their prime suspect." Shin Jiao thought.

Then an idea pops out of his mind and his eyes lit up. He then looks at the man in his hand and an evil grin appears in his face.

"You wanted to kill me, right. Then, let me show you a unique way of killing others… it's killing with borrowed hands." Shin Jiao said as he drags the young man towards his incoming comrades.

Then, he used the young man in his hand as his sword and as his shield at the same time. Shin Jiao began assaulting the other cultivators which were startled as they didn't understand what's going on.

From the looks of it, the young man seems like, he is protecting the mortal while he is trying to attack his own comrades. Of course to do this Shin Jiao has already disabled the man's pressure points making his body soft like jelly and susceptible to Shin Jiao's machination. The clashing of swords and flesh being cut can be heard inside this house. Shin Jiao didn't actually have a hard time defending as he would always use the body of the young man to block any incoming sword giving him some frightening wounds all over his body.

After some time Shin Jiao found the young man in his hand is already almost full of wounds all over. Although he is already weak, his hand is still holding his sword tightly, and his eyes are glaring dagger at Shin Jiao. Upon seeing this, Shin Jiao glared back at him. Then Shin Jiao diverted his gaze on the ground where 6 people lay, if someone checked this scenery they would conclude that there was a brawl that happened in this place and the group killed each other. It's like they had an internal dispute which led to them killing one another.

"This is what you call karma. This is what you get for disturbing my peaceful life. And, if you had just spared me, you and your group would still be drinking and enjoying your lives. Sigh, I guess this is what you chose to be… right?" Shin Jiao noticed that the pulse of the young man is getting weaker.

So he let go of him and the young man slumped to the floor and his sword actually buried itself to the person which acted as their leader before. Then the young man with a bloodthirsty aura, slowly closed his eyes as his heartbeat gradually stopped.

Shin Jiao dusted himself, then he carefully checked the area if there is anything that would point towards him as the culprit.. Upon seeing that everything seems almost perfect, he walks out of the old house.