The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1018

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Unknown to the two, Shin Jiao is already traveling towards Heaven and Earth city at a high speed. How could they know that he has the ability to teleport in a long-distance? Hence their preparation would only serve as their exposure to the rest of the immortals in the town of Joule.

Meanwhile, Shin Jiao suddenly received a call from Luna.

'Shin, I have already sent the data you've sent me and the saint rulers are trying to figure out their next course of action… But I have bad news for you…' she said in the other line.

"Bad news?" Shin Jiao muttered.

'Yes, I… I accidentally spied on the conversation between the higher-ups and I have learned that the deities are really not going to be involved in this matter. It seems that we are on our own… Plus… The… the Heaven and Earth opening… Is… is already out of our control.' She said.

Shin Jiao could feel helplessness in her tone.

"Damn… was I really too late?" Shin Jiao thought as he recalled what had happened in the lair of the demons.

"No… there should still be a chance for us to save this…" he said.

'Well, actually there is… The only way for us to be able to stop this is to enter the Graveyard of the Gods in the Heaven and Earth valley…'

"The Graveyard of the Gods? Wait a minute… the center of the valley?" Shin Jiao suddenly recalled something.

When he was sent there by accident, he actually noticed a strong presence in the middle of that valley. At that time, he was too weak to explore deeper, so he decided to escape that place.

If he is correct, the center of the valley where that strong presence is would be the one called the Graveyard of the Gods.

'Eh… You... know that place? That's right… the center. But only those in the gold realm and below could enter that place. Since the activation of the Heaven and Earth opening started the saints are unable to interfere in this anymore…'

"Then all I have to do is to go there, right?"

'Well, those who would win the contest would be sent to that place, so yeah, you can go there… it will take around 3 days before the valley would open. Then that's the right time that we can enter it.'

"Three days… Hmm… I will try my best to speed up." Shin Jiao said as he squeezes the throttle to the fullest.

While Shin Jiao is speeding up to Heaven and Earth city, within the valley of Heaven and Earth, two figures are standing outside its pulsating barrier.

One of them, the shadow being, is currently standing just outside the barrier while channeling its energy on the barrier's surface.

"Haha… The information we receive is right… I am able to get the control of this valley from those stupid immortals with ease." The shadow being said with a sneer, it concentrated its dark energy on the surface of the pulsating barrier.

The demon beside it nodded its head and then carefully removed all of its armor and clothing. After removing everything, what appears is a petite-bodied young man with pale skin. Although his body is petite looking, one could still tell that his body is well-defined.

He then lifted one of his fingers and his sharp nail slowly protruded out.

He mumbled some words and his finger suddenly glowed in a crimson aura.

Puchi!

He suddenly inserted that finger in his skin, just below his navel where the position of the dantian is. Then suddenly, strong energy began escaping his body.

Only those below level 90 could enter the valley, and since he is already around level 92, then he is unable to enter it. So now, he is going to release his power and damage his dantian so that his power level would truly fall below 90.

"This… This would… take a… while…" he said with gritted teeth as one could tell that he is enduring through the painful process of severing his own power.

Although this would waste too much of his time and effort, yet the plan of the higher-ups would not be impeded, they must succeed at all costs.

And so, the situation in this place is a bit peculiar, one is trying to control the Heaven and Earth valley, while the other is extracting a huge amount of power from his own body.

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Meanwhile, inside Heaven and Earth city, the contest is already starting. Cheers could be heard from the crowd while on the stage, the elites are showing their best to win the Heaven and Earth opening contest for the pride of their race.

Inside the main hall of the city

"What is happening in the valley?" the dragon emperor asked with a frown.

"It seems that the one who took control of it is looking for something…" Falkir Drumbeat said as he tried to explain what is happening.

"Can't we go and search for them?" the Gigantes king asked.

"We have already tried searching, but the fog and the strong resonance of the surroundings are interfering with our soldiers… It's a bit hard to locate them. Plus the valley is too huge… without fully controlling the formation in it, it is almost impossible to locate them." Falkir Drumbeat explained.

"Then are you saying that we just have to wait like this? No, we should do something. The very fate of the immortal land is hanging in the balance here." A handsome young-looking human said with a worried expression.

"Well… we actually have another shot at this. But we need someone who is really good at array formations. If that guy who created the complicated holy barrier could come here, then he might be able to figure what is happening in the valley."

Everyone turned silent. They all turned their gazes at the human saints amongst their group.

One of them moved forward and then said.

"I received a piece of news that he is already coming our way… but I don't know if he would be able to reach the city within 2 days…" the human saint said showing a slightly awkward expression.

"Then we could only put our fate in his hands… And also... I hope that some of our talents would be able to enter the valley and forcefully defeat those demon bastards…"

"This is not hard for them. I am confident in my dwarven race's ability… Hehe…"

"No, I think we Insectodians would be able to defeat those bastards… They have enslaved a lot of my race for millennia… We should pay them back for this…"

"Sigh… Your races might be strong and all but can your young ones defeat us?" suddenly a tall green-skinned orc said with a sneer on his face.

The saint rulers began to boast and try to exalt their champions and representatives in this contest. They are all confident of the prowess of those they have sent as they are considered as the best of the best of their respective races.

The heavy atmosphere seems to suddenly change and everyone seems to have forgotten the current dilemma they are facing.

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While the higher-ups are inside the main hall of the city, the contest has now proceeded to the next phase.

The representatives have already introduced themselves, and each race presented a performance that lasted almost a day. And now, after the crowd, which is oblivious of the danger the immortal land is facing, ended their cheering for the performances of each race.

The real contest is about to begin…

The council has decided to use the virtual world in those contests that would pose great threats and dangers which might take the lives of the participants. This way, they would not let anyone die just in case something might really happen.

This way, the elite forces would be preserved if something crops up in the valley.

Since the saint rulers are unable to enter the valley, and only those who are below the saint realm could enter, then they would have a fighting chance against those demons.

The contestants are only at the gold realm at most as this is the rules of the contest. And also, only those in the gold realm and below could approach the portals. Although the Lord and High Lords could enter the valley, they would still be hindered once they approached the core of the valley where the portals to the worlds are located.

So if the gold realm representatives along with the Lords and High Lords could enter the valley, then they would not fear the demons anymore.

And so, the virtual world is the only platform they could use to at least preserve their full force even after the entire Heaven and Earth Valley open in two days.

Since the contest is about to begin, the excitement of everyone is in the air. Since each individual could exert their full force in the virtual world without worry, everyone knew that they are about to see what true geniuses of each race could do.

And so, the first day of the Heaven and Earth opening has finally begun.