The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1329

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Inside a luxurious carriage, Xin Ja sits calmly with a chatty fellow beside him. Rong Guan talked non-stop that Xin Ja almost wanted to cover his ears just try and stop listening to the guy.

Even though Xin Ja showed an icy expression on his face, the guy seems to not have noticed it.

While traveling outside the town, Xin Ja has noticed something strange. He could feel a slight killing intent towards himself. He looks outside the carriage but noticed nothing.

As he activates his absolute sense, he still could not find anything within 100 meters.

Then he closed his eyes and concentrate on his hearing.

With his sharp hearing, he could sense anything around him even at a range of more than 200 meters. But because of the loud hooves of the mounts, he could not pinpoint the exact enemy targeting him.

So he chooses to just be vigilant just in case.

Not long later, they stopped to rest as it was already nighttime. Most travelers would not travel during nighttime because they would be easily attacked by the beasts of the forest.

At this time, Xin Ja has chosen to spread his hearing. Right at that instant he immediately covered around 200 plus meters and the silence of the night helped him hear any sounds within the perimeter.

From where he is, he could now sense that there are around 30 people slowly approaching their group.

The carriage is composed of Rong Guan, Xin Ja, and around 5 Ki-Adepts with strong fighting abilities. These are some of the retainers of the Ao family.

But the strength of the assassins coming right at them is equal to the 5 guards… this means that those that sent these people are not individuals with simple backgrounds.

Xin Ja began to plan in his mind what he should do next.

He walked towards the head of the guards.

"We have some enemy coming…" he said in a low voice.

The head of the guards showed a confused expression on his face.

"There are around 30 of them… All at your level…"

This time, the rest of the guards showed doubts but also vigilance.

"I need three of you to follow me…" Xin Ja requested.

Then the guards look at each other. With a nod of their heads, they immediately arrive with a tacit understanding. They may not know who this guy is, as they only knew of him as an alchemist that Rong Guan recruited, but they will not lower their guards down.

The four of them quickly walked deeper into the forest.

The enemy is around 200 meters and closing slowly, so Xin Ja did not have enough time to prepare.

He just gave the three guards some land mines and asks them to plant them in the surroundings.

Soon, they came back and the guard captain showed a questioning look on his three subordinates.

The three in reply shrugged their shoulders as they did not know what they had just done and how it would ensure their safety against their enemies.

Soon the dead of the night has come and the silence in the air is a bit eerie and disturbing. The guards are alert while Rong Guan is unaware of the impending danger.

Soon, the guard captain has already detected the presence of the enemy. As a warrior, he could sense that slight killing intent from afar.

He suddenly looks at the calm youth sitting cross-legged on the ground. They did not know what that youth is doing, but he is now a bit appreciative of him.

He did not know how that youth was able to detect the enemy, but he now knew that the youth is not that simple.

Suddenly…

Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!

A series of explosions startled everyone into awakening. It rocks the surroundings and sent debris flying all over the place.

About 50 meters away from them, the darkness was suddenly lit up as a loud explosion began to erupt in the air.

Using runes and Ki stones, Xin Ja was able to create simple landmines and he has been keeping many of those in his ring.

After the war, he was not able to use them anymore, but in this place, he has found some use for them against his enemies.

The guards are now aware of the danger. Rong Guan who was sleeping is now being protected by one of the guards and was advised to lay prone on the ground.

By this time, Xin Ja's figure has already vanished and is now unable to be seen anywhere.

"Where did that guy go?" asked the guard captain as he did not see Xin Ja anywhere.

The rest shrugged their shoulder as they too did not know.

"He was just there a while ago…" one of the pointed at the corner where Xin Ja was meditating.

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In the meantime, deep within the forest

The assassins were startled when the eruption happened.

Half of them have already suffered grievous wounds even before they could see their targets.

"Damn it! Young Master Bou would skin us alive if we let that brat escape!" shouted their leader as he gritted his teeth.

Suddenly, his eyes landed on the spot where the campfire was previously in.

This time, the campfire is already gone and they seem to have lost their target.

"Everyone, attack!" he shouted while gritting his teeth.

They should have been stealthy in their approach and should kill in silence. But their group has already been exposed, so he decided to just charge by force.

With his command, the rest shouted their war cry and began charging at the center.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

But since the landmines are not set in just one place, those that have not been touched yet erupted and blasted those that were unlucky enough to step on them.

Around 5 of them died in that instant.

Now only around 10 were left but still, they charged in the center.

At this time, they could see the five guards waiting for them.

But their target is not around.

Urk!!!

Suddenly, one of them feels that something just pierced his throat. He did not have time to cry as blood began pouring out of the hole on his neck.

Then another one died in the same way, but no one noticed.

This is because the group is now fighting against five people.

At this time, the leader of the assassins felt that something is wrong.

This is because out of his remaining men, only 5 are fighting. As he turns around, he saw his other men slumped on the ground already dead.

With wide eyes, he quickly looks around him in vigilance.

His hand began to shake as he could now sense intense fear deep in his heart.

If he could feel the killing intent of his enemy, then he would not fear as much. But if an enemy does not have any killing intent, then that would be the worst enemy he could have ever encountered.

A perfect assassin…

Beads of sweat are now covering his forehead as he looks around while holding his blade in his slightly trembling.

But no matter how hard he looks around, he could not find his target. It was like the guy just vanished in thin air.

Suddenly, he noticed that the fighting had stopped and when he turns around, he saw five glaring men looking straight at him.

They interrogated the leader of the assassins and Xin Ja stopped the man from committing suicide.

He then learned that the guy was sent by a young master named Bou Kong. When Xin Ja heard that name he showed confusion in his eyes as he did not know such a guy.

After disposing of the assassins and taking their important stuff, the group continues with their travels.

After learning that Xin Ja was a gladiator in a coliseum, the guards became enthusiastic about talking with him.

Although a gladiator is just a slave set to fight for their lives, these five guards knew that the young man is more than that.

Since the youth could escape that place, they knew that he is not some simple slave. How could a slave escape easily and they could sense that there is no slave marker on his body.

Soon, Xin Ja became close with the rest of the guys and the travel to the town where their Ao family is currently staying became a breeze.

Rong Guan, on the other hand, felt proud of finding such a talented person. What happened last night is truly something that he did not experience before. And being able to survive and lived to tell the tale is something exhilarating for him.

After a few days of travel, they soon arrive in the big town of Yok.

The town of Yok is where the Ao family has bought a new manor and this is the place where their mistress Ao Meixi decides to build the new family.

The remaining guards and retainers of the Ao family are willing to make the Ao family big again. And many of them trusted the strength and the ability of their new young mistress to raise the family from the ground.

The five and Rong Guan excitedly introduced the family to Xin Ja.

As soon as they arrive at the manor's gate, they became elated and lead Xin Ja inside.