The Geared Immortal

Human versus Zombie cultivators: Chapter 5

/*unedited*/

The anger in his eyes made everyone around him felt flustered and almost unable to breathe. They did not expect the calm leader which they look up to can make such expression upon losing someone he loves. But they could not blame him as he saw his wife being stabbed right in front of his eyes. But the man behind Jing Fu didn't let him go.

Bok Du is aware of how cruel the situation is, but if they lost the support of their leader now he knows that it would be dangerous.

So he didn't let go of Jin Fu until he feels his breathing slowly calms down.

"Trust in Sister Ling Ya… don't disappoint her." the voice of Bok Du entered Jin Fu's ears which made him slowly calms down.

Upon hearing Bok Du's words a certain person comes to Jin Fu's mind and then immediately calms down. Then his eyes turn towards the dragon that has already landed on the ground and now trying to attack the dome covered in green smoke.

"Everyone! Attack! Now is the time to finish this." Jin Fu shouted with his eyes turning red.

He is now going to divert his anger to the undead beast.

As the people behind him rushed forwards, Jin Fu suddenly made hand gestures as he carefully cast a spell. Behind him stood Elder Jugs who is now eyeing the sword in Jin Fu's hand. He immediately noticed the flow of Qi in the sword as it seems to amplify the output of the Qi spell being cast upon it.

"What a strange artifact? How did he get it? Hmmm…" the middle-aged man thought.

Elder Jugs has been traveling the land for quite some time now. Those who know him thought that he is just a traveling cultivator, but in truth, he is an agent of the kingdom of Wu masquerading as a simple old man.

After Jin Fu was able to generate enough spiritual Qi in his sword, he began to feel amazed at its capacity to hold Qi. Now the energy on the weapon is like that of a peak stage of infant soul realm cultivator. When he realizes that what Shin Jiao told him is true, his confidence grew and he became bolder as his trust to his weapon is now high. He had used many artifacts even those ancient ones which his father thought to be very powerful. But he is warned to only use them in a hopeless situation as those things would break.

But now in his hand is a weapon with the same potential, but would not break like those other artifacts.

"You're going to die today." Jin Fu muttered as he stepped forward.

But right as he was about to run, a figure dashed out from the bushes and suddenly sneaked attack him from behind. Jin Fu noticed this and immediately turned around. But before the figure could reach Jin Fu, the figure of a middle-aged man stood in front of it.

"Ai… it seems that I'm really an old man that everybody is trying to disregard my presence anymore." Elder Jugs' calm voice made Jin Fu smile.

"Go, lad, I'll take care of this ant." Elder Jugs said with a smile.

"Hiss… Get out of the way old man!" suddenly the figure wearing a dark cloak said.

"You people are getting in our way. You will all turn into our undead army. Kekeke" the man in cloak added.

"Oh! The people from the slums really hid your selves so well. Even the town's trackers didn't know the snake in the midst of them." Elder Jugs said eyeing the man in front of him.

"Snake!? Hahaha! Yes, we might be snakes, but no one can stop us from our vengeance. We will destroy the town of Snowpeach and kill that coward of a mayor…" the man said in a husky voice.

"Vengeance? Che… You're all just petty thieves and robbers. You think too highly of yourselves." Elder Jugs said with a sneer.

"As if you know anything… my… my wife… I will kill that mayor for protecting his son after killing and ravaging my wife. This is for our revenge." The man muttered as his face suddenly turned sinister as memories came to his mind.

Then his gaze turns towards the middle-aged man in front of him. Brandishing his sword he immediately sends a slash towards Elder Jugs, who looks at him nonchalantly.

With a sneer in the man's face, he suddenly exerted his Qi in his sword making it glow red. But before his sword can penetrate the chest of the middle-aged man, it was stopped. This situation stunned the man as he didn't expect an invisible shield would appear in front of the middle-aged man.

"Rest… you can now accompany your wife in the afterlife. This is the only thing I can give you." Elder Jugs said as he slowly retracts his hand from the man's chest.

A quick death was given to him because Elder Jugs felt that the man seems to be pitiful. As the man's figure fell to the ground, Elder Jugs' sight turns towards Jin Fu.

"Sigh… Many have died in this tragedy. I hope that my bet to that young lad is right…" he muttered as he followed behind the rushing figure of Jin Fu in the distance.

With the blade in hand, Jin Fu was able to fight with the undead beast equally. With the help of the remaining cultivators in the area, they were able to take down the beast after a long while. What astonished Jin Fu this time is that he never actually received any major wounds in this fight even blood stain was not able to reach his clothes. But the core embedded in the chest of the armor seems to be a little faded, which means that it has consumed a lot of energy in this fight.

After checking that everything was done, he turns his gaze towards Ling Ya's direction. A show of concern is now in his eyes.

He quickly ran towards the location and saw the green gas has almost dissipated. Then from inside the transparent dome, he can see Ling Ya's figure still standing, and behind her is a headless corpse. This made him heave a sigh of relief.

Later did he know, that when the assassin delivered a sneak attack towards Ling Ya. A thin film of energy actually stopped the long dagger. And before the assassin could react from being stupefied, Ling Ya has already severed his head off from his body. Everyone around her was surprised and didn't expect her movements to be so fast. They know that she is an array formation expert from the way she formed the arrays. But they didn't expect her to also be a martial arts expert.

When the dome was removed, Jin Fu didn't hesitate and quickly threw his arms around his wife and hugs her small and soft body. He didn't even let her go after a long while, making her blush as many people are already looking at them.

"Jin, I'm okay… See…" Ling Ya said as she extended her hand towards his face, she slowly wipes the silent tears from his eyes.

She already knows how much her husband loves her, which means that going with him is the right decision.

After the battle, everyone started to gather and take care of those who died in the battle, and they continue advancing.

…

The cloud of miasma in front of their eyes seems like a living creature. Sometimes they can see a thick cloud which is like a body of a snake rolling on its surface. After a tedious and long fight, the crowd of not more than six hundred cultivators has finally reached the borders of a small village. In front of the crowd stood a man wearing a white cultivator's robe looking at the miasma with a serious expression.

This man is Jin Fu, and on his side stood Ling Ya and the rest of his main crew.

"Brother Jin, this… this thing is too mysterious. I cannot send my spiritual sense in it as it seems to absorb even my soul when my sense touches its surface." The young woman Bei Wei Tang said as she tried to stretch forth her little hand towards the rolling cloud.

"Sister, stop that! It's dangerous!" suddenly her quiet sister exclaimed as she pulled Bei Wei Tang towards her.

"Don't move yet. I'm trying to determine whether this is a formation or a natural occurring. It might be dangerous, but I've seen that five enter this place… So, right now I'm not sure yet how were they able to enter." Ling Ya said with a serious expression while she is doing some strange calculations with her fingers.

Sometimes her brows will knit together and sometimes they would relax, and her eyes would also do the same thing.

"Hey! What's the hold-up?" suddenly someone from the crowd shouted followed by others.

They now have become restless after the long fight as they had pushed their way towards this place. Many of their friends and acquaintance has fallen in that fight. Especially when they face the huge zombie dragon, this is where most of the cultivators have fallen.

But now in front of them is another hurdle, which made them suddenly feel uneasy.

Who said that it's just a walk in the park to rescue the mayor's son? They thought that with their number they are able to breeze through the quest, but now it turned out to be their greatest nightmare and everyone wanted to be wake up from it.

But now it's too late to go back because it seems that they have already lost their sense of direction as no matter how hard they try, their spiritual sense has become useless in this place anymore. They seem to have fallen into a great array formation and the only way to leave it is right in front of their eyes.