The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1022

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Meanwhile, outside of the Heaven and Earth valley, the contest is about to end and the winners are about to be selected for the semifinal round. In the top 50 contenders which reached the semifinals, five of them are humans. For the first time in the history of mankind, they have so many candidates that have reached the semifinals.

Those five are the most promising talents of the younger generations of the human race. One of them is Linja Ya who is already a level 79 gold realm expert and is about to break to level 80 but seems to be suppressing her breakthrough just for the honor of the Heaven and Earth opening.

Another is Mason Vin, the red-haired saber-wielding young man, who has the same level as Linja Ya. Then there are Suha Loo, the blade shield user blue-haired young warrior, who is at level 78, and also John Moss who belongs to the Kiwazo clan and uses a ship anchor for a weapon.

And of course the last and not the least is Shin Jiao's representative, Hao Long. Hao Long was the last one on the team but was able to enter the semifinals due to his luck.

His opponent suffered some unknown encounter which made him unable to exert his full prowess in the virtual arena.

And so, the humans have attracted a lot of races' attention for having 5 of them able to enter the semifinals. But for those who are really strong like the Dragons and the Gigantes races, they did not put this in mind.

No matter how skillful or powerful the humans could get, they would not be able to surpass the inherent ability of the dragons and the giants.

Inside the lounge of the teams, in the elven race group, everyone is quiet and a gloomy atmosphere envelopes everyone.

The reason for this is because only two of them are able to enter the semifinals. In the past, with the High Elven rule and machinations, they are able to send 5 or ten of their promising warriors. But the virtual arena is different; they could not use those cheating methods which have proven their prowess for thousands of years.

In fact, when the other races propose the use of the virtual arena, the elves wanted to protest. But how could they have words in the council right now? A part of their race is in collusion with the demons and Shadow Beings, so they have no say in the council for the time being.

The two who are able to enter are from the dark elven clan, and the other is from the forest elven clan. Those two are the strongest of the representative this year.

"You two… do you think you can best any of the top fighters of the other teams? We do not want to ask for more. We could only aim to reach the top 20, that's it." An elven elder asked.

The two looks at each other and nodded their heads. In fact, the elves have not experienced the virtual arena before. However, when they did, they discovered that they can actually use their full strength in the arena without thinking of any repercussions.

The fatigue is real, and the damages they receive seem to feel real. But going all out in that place is like being free from any worries and all they should think about is winning the battle.

It was a freedom they have never experienced before. So how could they not feel confident of their own skill and power?

"Good… that is good. Those humans have truly created something good for once. I will suggest that the other elven clans stop their prejudice against humans. We should embrace this new artifact and make full use of it to our own advantage…" the elder said.

"Elder… I… I suspect that the artifact can actually detect demonized beings…" one of the female elves suddenly said.

When the elder heard this, his expression change, but it was just for an instant. He then looks at the young female elf and nodded his head.

"Okay, everyone… prepare for the finals tomorrow. You should rest well and prepare…" he said as he turn around and left the lounge.

The elder then walks to his quarters and then takes out a talisman.

"I wish, the thing called phone would enter the elven race. Instead of using this one-way communication talisman…" he murmured.

He tried activating the talisman, but suddenly his expression changed.

"Communication talisman does not work!" he felt a little perplexed at this discovery.

He was too confident that the secret communication talisman is still able to work, but it seems that it would be impossible. The elder's expression immediately showed a panic expression.

"No… I must… I must do something." He said as he rushed out of the room.

But as soon as he rushes out, he felt that something hit him from behind and his vision suddenly turned black and his consciousness slowly faded.

The last thing he heard was a female voice.

"Take him… do not let him and the others escape."

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Meanwhile, from outside of the valley's barrier, the vampire sitting on a cross-leg slowly opened his eyes.

"It is done…" he said in a low tone.

"Umm… Good, we should enter the city then. I have already mixed your power in the barrier. After we activated everything, we can send our troops in the world we've chosen." The Shadow Being said in an eerie voice.

"Good, this time, we will not fail this mission. If we succeed then we could bring the rest of our brothers and sisters in here. This would surely bolster our number and conquer this part of the universe…" the vampire said with a grin.

"Those foolish deities thought that they could control everything… Hehe… Balance my ass. There is no such thing as balance. We should conquer everything and bring everything to our knees. We should gain the glory and not those gods and their creator." The Shadow Being said with a vicious tone.

"Yol-gar did you forget that our master is also one of the deities… Hihi…"

"Well, that may be true, but our creator is a demon god."

"Ahh… This is making my headache. I do not want to think about what those gods in the higher realms are thinking. All I know is that we need to finish our mission and conquer a world, then open a portal to the higher realms. That's it…" the vampire said while scratching his head.

"Well, since we are done, let's go to the next part of our plan. I suspect that tomorrow our army will be arriving. This city will not be able to do anything against us, the demon emperor Yol-gar. Hehehe…" the Shadow Being said.

The two then merge into one entity and the body of the vampire slowly morphed and turn into a dark elf.

He dons on a hood to cover his face and then quickly walks in the direction of Heaven and Earth city.

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At this time, Shin Jiao is already feeling fine after finishing the bowl of medicine.

"Deity, how should I call you?" Shin Jiao asked.

The female deity in front of him just shook her head.

"Our names are sacred and should not be said callously, because our true names would either cause curses or blessing the individual that would learn it. For now, you can just call me Phoenix…"

She then looks at Shin Jiao and then said.

"Fate is truly a complicated thing. Even for us deities, we could not escape its vicious clutches…"

"Go now, the fate of this world will be resting on your shoulder and a few others." She said and waves her hand.

Shin Jiao suddenly found himself flying away from the bed like a feather. He suddenly hit a wall and saw that his surroundings became different. As he looks back, he saw that where he came from is a small forest and in that small forest, he could detect a few other powerful individuals other than the goddess who helped him.

"So that is the graveyard of the gods." He muttered to himself as his figure continue floating.

Soon he discovers himself in a valley where there are many portals everywhere.

The portals seem to be dormant, but Shin Jiao has already seen this scene before. He checked his communication device and saw that he is still able to connect online.

"If I am to enter one of these portals, then… I would not be able to come back to this place for a while. How could I save this place then?" he thought.

Suddenly, he received a message from the dragon emperor. When he reads it, Shin Jiao was suddenly dumbfounded. From the message alone, it seems that the dragon emperor actually has an idea of what is going on.

He seems to be clear on what the deities protecting the immortal land plans are. Plus it seems that he is also aware that he is already inside the Heaven and Earth Valley.

"Is this the goddesses' doing?" Shin Jiao could not help but think as he floated weightlessly in the air.