The Geared Immortal

Chapter 556

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Misty cold morning air and a deafening silence covered the whole land. The rocky mountainside and a wide path underneath are filled with the stench of death.

This is because literally there are thousands of corpses that can be seen lying on the ground painting the soil underneath crimson red. No one knew how many days has it been since this battle ended, but until now, no one ever dared venture in this place.

In this area filled with death and despair, a single living human lays breathing on the ground.

The blue cultivator's clothes that the man is wearing are in pristine condition and his breathing is calm. It was as if he is just sleeping. And if one can observe him, a slight silvery thin glow can be seen from his body.

This man lying unconscious on the ground is Shin Jiao.

It is unknown how long he had been lying in this place and how he got here, but right now, he is the odd one out in this hellish like scenery.

But as a whole, no one can notice his figure lying on one side of this death-filled battlefield.

If he is awake, he might be surprised by this scene as it looks like the battlefield of the olden times China on the earth.

But right now, Shin Jiao is still unconscious.

Inside his consciousness, Shin Jiao is currently undergoing a strenuous battle against a very formidable foe.

When he was dragged into the spatial tear his consciousness actually came back for a bit. This is when he saw the large boulders being sucked inside the void. With the loss of the Shadow Legion being, the boulder's power was immediately turned dormant. And with his barely stable consciousness, he extended his hand and absorbed those precious black stones inside his ring.

He then also found himself entering the void. He suddenly found himself lacking in oxygen and a strong force bombarding his body.

He immediately knew that this is an unstable space.

If he is unlucky his body would be ripped into shreds even with his impressive physique. But what can he do? He could not even move… and so he just put his life in the hands of fate.

And so once again he experienced intense pain as the unstable space began bombarding his body with different kinds of elements known and unknown to man.

Luckily for him, the shadow poison inside his body was suddenly dispersed along with the death of the Shadow Being. With that, he is able to absorb it easily and turn it into pure Qi. If this didn't happen, then he would surely have a hard time doing the shadow extraction technique.

But at least with this experience, he has learned how to extract shadow poison. And so he continuously uses his energy to heal his body which would almost always be torn to pieces once a corrosive element would hit his body.

Although the transfer from one space to another only took around 30 seconds, it was the most grueling 30 seconds of his life. Destruction and reconstruction of his physique were continuous. But this didn't just make him suffer. It actually gave him another chance to upgrade his physique.

Unlike cultivation, physique enhancement is different. It requires one to experience extreme baptism of pain and body tampering for one to enhance one's physique. And this is what Shin Jiao has been doing from the very start.

However, due to his already weak body and already waning consciousness, he is unable to hold on and passed out.

And now, in his consciousness, a large black dragon is currently floating in the air. In its mouth is the shadow poison that he is able to extract.

"This thing… this thing would be able to make me stronger…" the black dragon said with a laugh as it immediately tosses the black sphere inside its mouth.

However, Shin Jiao made his move and punches the gigantic stomach of the black dragon.

"Do you think I'm a fool? Do you see me as dirt that would just sit in a corner and wait for you to grow and conquer me?" shouted Shin Jiao.

Right now, he is in a sorry state as the two have been fighting for who knows how long. The only reason why the black dragon is able to overwhelm Shin Jiao is that he is already weak from the very start of their battle. This is due to the damage the shadow poison has inflicted on his body.

He discovers that the damage is not only physical but also mental and spiritual.

However, what made Shin Jiao happy is the recovery of his full memory. It seems that the shadow poison attacking his body has jogged his memory back to normal.

Remembering the things he has been through made Shin Jiao just smile. But he could not reminisce about it for now as this black dragon bastard has actually waited for this moment just to come out. It pretended to be docile and asleep until it found an opportunity to attack. If he didn't have his memory back, then he might already been defeated by this bastard. However, since he can recall who this thing is, Shin Jiao didn't hesitate to confront it head-on.

The black sphere landed on Shin Jiao's palm as he sent the black dragon flying a little distance away.

"You insolent cur… I will destroy you and possess your body… then I will destroy all the people whom you love. That is the result of your transgression against this lord!" shouted the black dragon.

But then, Shin Jiao just showed a smirk on his face.

Although he is no match for the dragon when it comes to power and energy as it seems that it wields boundless dark energy in its body. But his control of his own Qi made him able to defend against the giant creature.

"You're all talk! Let's get this over with." Shin Jiao said as he suddenly broke the sphere in his hand.

When the black dragon saw this, its eyes went wide in disbelief. It could not believe that Shin Jiao would free the shadow poison. It saw what happened to him when that thing invades his body. Although it is confident that it is able to control that thing once it enters its own nascent body, yet outside, the dragon is afraid of it and its destructive power.

And true to its conjecture, once the sphere was broken, the black sludge-like shadow immediately covered Shin Jiao's hand as it worked its way throughout Shin Jiao's nascent soul.

"Shit! You ignorant fool! You will be the death of both of us! Stop now… I agree to be under your command from now on. I will do the real oath this time… I won't rebel anymore… just… just get rid of that thing… or better yet feed it to me… yes… I can absorb it once it enters my body. You can give it to me for the safety of us both!" shouted the black dragon.

But his words, made Shin Jiao showed a sneer on his face.

As the shadow poison covered Shin Jiao's entire nascent soul, the black dragon was immediately petrified. It didn't think twice as it immediately wanted to enter Shin Jiao's dantian.

However before it could move, a strong hand suddenly caught its long black tail.

"Where do you think you're going?" Shin Jiao said.

The black figure of Shin Jiao has suddenly turned into a giant as big as the dragon. This made the black dragon thoroughly afraid now.

But before it could react, Shin Jiao didn't hesitate to open his large maw and bit the neck of the black dragon.

The dragon tried to fight back but it was all too late. It can feel its body slowly becoming weak and its immense sealed power is slowly being devoured. It tried to fight move but it couldn't. Despair can be seen in its eyes as it now knew the true feeling of fear. But it was all too late.

Due to its greed and thinking that it could now free itself from the bonds that Shin Jiao has cast on it, it tried to devour Shin Jiao. But now the reverse happened and Shin Jiao was the one who was able to devour it.

Not long later, Shin Jiao has now devoured the black dragon. And he was only able to do this due to the shadow poison and the siphon technique.

After this strenuous battle, he rested for a while as his consciousness slowly came back.

Lying on the ground, Shin Jiao opened his eyes and what greeted him is the strong smell of rusty iron.

"Blood! And decay…" Shin Jiao muttered as he squinted his eyes.

He suddenly heard the ground trembling for a bit. And from the sound, he can see that there seem to be many people walking towards his area.

Shin Jiao wanted to use his absolute sense, but his facial expression suddenly changes.

This is because as he did so, he could not send it out of his body.

"What is happening?" he thought.

Then he tried to feel the Qi in the air and was a surprise to feel a small amount of it. It's like… the feeling he had while on earth.

As he tried to send out his absolute sense and spiritual sense, the sound of footsteps is coming closer and closer.

Suddenly, Shin Jiao lowered his hand and touches a corpse on his side. Upon doing so, his absolute sense immediately extended towards that corpse and he can see its condition.

"This corpse has been dead for 3 days…" he muttered as he looks around.

Then he saw the true condition of the area. It is littered with dead soldiers wearing ancient times heavy armors. Shin Jiao was a bit taken aback and thought a particular question in his mind. And that question came from what he is seeing right now.

"Did I just went back in time? Is this the time of the dynasties? If so, what dynasty is this?"