The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1071

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The expression of Hou Jiang and his two companions suddenly became horrified as they noticed the large tail of the dragon falling towards the masked young man. They did not expect the dragon would suddenly attack and that its target would be the masked youth.

Hou Jiang wanted to shout, he truly wished he could have grown another pair of legs just to save the young man, but his speed is really not enough.

Suddenly, his expression changes as he remembers the thing that was given to him by the masked youth.

Without a second thought, he suddenly threw out a bone filled with runes. The bone flew like a bullet and it immediately hits the incoming tail of the dragon.

Suddenly, the tail which is falling down towards the masked youth stopped in midair.

Everyone who saw this scene was flabbergasted and could not explain what just happened. They did not know what that small object the Hou Jiang just threw and how it was able to freeze that gigantic tail.

However, the freezing time of the tail did not last long and soon it began to move once again.

Roar!!!

The dragon roared in anger as it did not expect that such a thing would happen. How could such a small thing stop its attack? In its mind, it is cursing the humans for being too crafty.

At this time, Xin Ja has already finished what he is doing and shifted his gaze up. When he saw the tail coming towards him, he showed a faint smile.

How could he not know what is happening? In fact, he could have stopped that tail, but of course, that would also hinder him from completing the rune array. At most he has to start over again. But since Hou Jiang was able to stop that tail from crushing him, then it gave him time to fully complete the array.

At this time, the three have already reached the spot where Xin Ja is.

"We should go now!" shouted Hou Jiang.

But as soon as the three of them step near Xin Ja, they suddenly feel this body freezing.

"What… What is happening?" shouted Hou Malou as she fearfully glared at her surroundings.

"Senior brothers and sisters… I needed your Ki to trap that thing in this formation. Please do not fight back, okay?" Xin Ja suddenly said.

Then suddenly a glow of white light erupted from the center which immediately caught the incoming tail.

The dragon at this time has suddenly shown a fearful expression on its face. It did not expect that such a trap would be laid out by a small ant that has not even developed his own Ki aura.

It began to struggle, but it suddenly felt its body slowly freezing over.

Roar!!! Roar!!!

The dragon frantically roared as it felt that it is losing control of its body. It could not move its legs, its wings, and now its long arms, then suddenly its head and its consciousness froze over.

Everyone showed a dumbfounded expression on their face.

At this time everyone also heaves a sigh of relief upon seeing the dragon freezing over. They could not expect that only a single runemaster would be able to do such a thing. Plus it seems that the person they are looking down upon might actually be a runemaster rather than an apprentice, so how could they not be surprised? This is true, especially to those runemaster apprentices.

"Hey, I still can't move! What is happening?" Hou Jiang shouted.

"Calm down… We need some time to fully…" Xin Ja was explaining things but then suddenly he stopped as an eruption happened.

Boom!!!

Everyone was startled at this, and their eyes landed on the crater where the Yao family is.

Suddenly the figure of Yao Xinghe jumped out of the crater and as he landed he glared at Hou Jiang and his group.

At this time, Yao Xinghe's appearance is in a sorry state. With disheveled hair, a bare upper body filled with wounds, and his pants are even in tatters. One could tell that he was beaten up pretty badly in just one look.

However, his glowing red eyes sent chills running down the spines of the people in the hall.

"Hou Jiang! I will kill you! I will kill you, you bastard!" he shouted in anger.

"Get them!" he shouted at the two people beside him who also looks in a sorry state.

To protect Yao Xinghe, the two used up a precious artifact given by an elder of the Yao family. However, the constant bashing of the dragon's tail broke that artifact into pieces and the two did not have a choice but to use their Ki to block the attack.

Each attack, the two of them would spew mouthfuls of blood and have suffered many internal injuries. But they did not have a choice but to hold on. They have to defend Yao Xinghe at all costs. And so, they began to take out one defensive artifact after another, but those are lower-grade ones.

With just one strike from the dragon's tail, those things would shatter immediately.

But their effort was well paid as the dragon suddenly shifted its attention towards an unknown masked person. With this chance, they quickly turn around and feed the unconscious Yao Xinghe some potion. And after a while, Yao Xinghe woke up.

But it seems that the effect of the berserk skill has not yet dissipated and there is still a small amount lingering in his consciousness.

As soon as Yao Xinghe wakes up, he immediately jumps out of the crater and tried looking for his enemy, Hou Jiang.

And he quickly finds him as soon as he landed.

"Grrraahhh!!!" he began rushing forward but then suddenly stopped as he felt weakness overcoming his body.

"Damn it! Why now!?" he shouted in anger.

He fell on one knee as he tried to support himself to prevent himself from falling down. Large beads of sweat covered his forehead as he could feel weakness overcoming his body.

The two stopped and quickly stood beside Yao Xinghe.

"Young master!"

"Are you okay?"

The two cried in concern.

Yao Xinghe waved his hand and forces himself to stand up.

He then looks in the direction of Hou Jiang.

He suddenly noticed that Hou Jiang seem to be in a precarious situation. Upon realizing this, Yao Zinghe's eyes glowed.

"Haha… The heavens are helping me! This is truly awesome!" he shouted with glee.

"Give me a weapon!" he shouted.

But no one made a move. The two beside him has already expended everything they were carrying on their body. All they have right now are their clothes and their fists.

"Young Master… We… We already used up everything we brought. Nothing is left…" one of them said in a fearful manner.

Yao Xinghe slowly shifted his gaze at that guy and with an ugly expression lifted his hand to slap the guy. But his hand suddenly stiffens as he noticed something.

Behind that guy, the frozen dragon's head suddenly moved.

Crack! Crack!

Then its frozen state was suddenly interrupted as its huge maw suddenly came crashing towards the three people below it.

Yao Xinghe's leg almost buckled as he helplessly looks at the approaching maw. He could not help but say in despair.

"Mo… Mommy!"

The two with him wanted to run, but it was all too late.

Crash!!!

Thick dust clouds flew in the air as the large dragon head descended.

Everyone closed their eyes at this scene as they did not expect the already frozen dragon could still move and in a last-ditch of effort bits down the three from the Yao family.

The dust cloud did not last and everyone suddenly noticed something.

The head was frozen on the spot and the mouth of the dragon was not closed entirely. Its long sharp teeth seem to close just right as to serve as a prison bar for the two figures inside of its mouth trapping them in place.

Meanwhile, one of the Yao family Ki fighters were actually spared. And he just stood on the spot frozen and with his eyes closed.

Everyone suddenly heaves a sigh of relief as it seems that nothing happened.

But upon seeing the situation, many began to laugh.

"That's karma! That's what you get for being an ass!"

"Haha… That's what you get… stay there and rot in place!"

"Let's go, guys!"

The people in the hall laughed and began moving towards the gigantic inner chamber where the dragon walked out from.

At this time, Hou Jiang is already freed and is smiling from ear to ear.

"See, that's why I told you that I met someone really awesome!" He said while patting Xin Ja's shoulder.

Xin Ja could not help but cower a bit because he began to feel that many eyes are glued on him. As an introvert, he feels uncomfortable gaining too much attention to himself. If only he could run, he would have already run and hide.

At this time, Hou Malou who is observing the masked youth suddenly noticed the uncomfortable movement of the eyes of the youth inside his mask. She immediately knew that the guy feel uncomfortable while being looked at by others.

A slight smile crept on her pretty face upon seeing this.