The Geared Immortal

The three academy contest 5

/*unedited*/

While others are conversing Shin Jiao busied himself analyzing the array in front of him because he knows that the life of Fey Ouyang is already in danger. If he wasted more time then she would truly die.

Meanwhile, the students and the rest of the people who were watching the contest have already gone out of the stadium and are now currently were looking at the huge building waiting while preparing themselves for anything that would happen any minute from now.

"Look! The soldiers are coming!" Suddenly someone from the crowd shouted.

"How did they know what's going on?"

"It can't be that they are expecting this from the start right?"

"Yeah, this is really too fast."

The people in the surroundings said as they observe the large group of cultivators wearing the Great Wu Kingdom armor as they approached the huge stadium.

"I can sense the disturbance in Qi inside the stadium… The prince was right. This is truly a big problem." The man in the front said as he observes the huge stadium from the air as they approached.

"Captain, how did the prince know of this? We were with him in the castle talking to the king when he suddenly stopped."

"Maybe the prince is a fortune-teller?"

"What rubbish are you talking about? The youngest prince, Mingsha Wu is a martial artist just like us. He is not a diviner."

"Then how can you explain this then."

"I don't know, from what I saw, he is wearing something on his right ear when he came to the palace. I thought that it was just a decoration but I guess it's something else."

"Stop talking you guys. The prince commanded us to secure this place and also assist his friend, master Shin Jiao to safety." The captain sternly said after hearing the discussion of his troops.

They didn't know how Prince Mingsha Wu was able to know this, but he did. He was one of the captains in charge of taking care of Prince Mingsha Wu's safety. And he knew that ever since the prince befriended the youngest son of the Jiao, many unimaginable things have happened.

Although he didn't like the Jiao family for their way of handling things and the internal strife within their family, yet he approves of the young master of the Jiao, Shin Jiao.

He is a very knowledgeable young man who had helped the prince gain honor for his father and siblings. The prince has given new artifacts that helped them in their cultivation and even promoted the prestige of the royal family.

And they currently they are going to have a massive project for this massive city.

The goal of that project is for a person to be able to communicate with anyone anywhere in this city in an instant. This undertaking made the captain doubt if it is true or not. But today he has seen the light of that project and he was too amazed and stunned upon seeing it.

The stadium was a few kilometers away from the castle. Even if they flew back and forth in their extreme speed it would take them a couple of minutes, plus the drain of the Qi in their body would not be worth it. Hence, when he saw the prince talking to someone by himself made him see the truth of the project.

When the king saw this, it also made him apprehensive of the artifact and wanted to know more about it. So he let his sons and daughters listen to Mingsha Wu's explanation of the project, while he and his soldiers rushed out to the stadium.

The captain and his soldiers immediately surrounded the stadium and barred anyone from entering. Then he asked some random teacher information about what's going on inside.

After a while, he furrowed his brows as he thinks of the situation.

"This situation is too troublesome. We need to employ all of the city soldiers in protecting this place. If what they say is true and that 'gate' if a way for other beings to enter this continent, then this is truly dangerous." The captain thought.

"Soldier come here." The captain said as he called for a soldier on the side.

"Go back to the castle and give this jade slip to the king. Tell them to prepare for the worst." The captain said as he handed the soldier a red jade slip.

The soldier knew the urgency of this matter from the color of the jade slip and didn't tarry further as he immediately rushed out and flew like a comet towards the castle's direction.

Meanwhile, disturbance inside the stadium died down but still thumping sounds can be heard as Gu Ouyang mustered all his strength in attacking the dark cloud protecting the formation bubble with his trapped daughter inside.

"Fey'er hold on! Your dad is coming! I won't let you be in danger… I will save… save you…" Gu Ouyang shouted as he continuously bashed the protective barrier.

The infant soul realm cultivators have already given up in attacking as they were all poisoned by the cloud protecting the array, yet Gu Ouyang didn't give up.

As he continuously bashed the protective cloud, his robe and body became a mess. With every punch, they can see the determined look on his face. The loving and affectionate father that he is can be seen at this time as he is willing to sacrifice his life for his beloved daughter.

Many shook their heads in this scene and most of the young women who were considered as brave to stay in this place have their eyes wet as tears wanted to rush out from them. But they controlled their emotion at this scene of a father trying his very hard to save his daughter. As their mind would think of the fathers they have at home and if they are willing to sacrifice their lives just to save a daughter.

Some felt apprehensive, but others felt helpless. This is because some of them have parents who treat them as a bargaining tool for power. And in this scene, they are both envious and disappointment at their luck.

Fey Ouyang now looks haggard and weak as she slowly turns her eyes to the man who is struggling to free her. Although in pain, her heartfelt warm. She knew that her father loves her and that their relationship is very close. But she is not willing to sacrifice her father's life along with hers. She didn't want her family to be sad and lose two members because of her mistake. So she looks at her father with a smile and shook her head.

If she gave up and her life ends, would her father stop and be saved? She is now deciding on the best course of action. But she could not think any more a suddenly another bout of pain rushed through her body making her almost faint.

"Arrggghhh…"

All she can do is clench her teeth as she closes her eyes.

"No! No! Fey, don't give up! Don't give up… I'm coming to save you okay, please hold on." Gu Ouyang shouted as tears streamed down his eyes.

He couldn't do anything, he felt helpless.

Even with his high cultivation, he still could not save his daughter.

This powerlessness and desperation have made him truly wanted to die along with her. He is now considering offering his life as a sacrifice; maybe if he exploded his core then his daughter would be saved. But then, what if she would also die in that explosion? Then everything would be useless.

As the desperation of the father and child made the atmosphere gloomy a tall figure slowly walks towards the sphere.

He then squatted down and carefully drew a circle around it.

This made everyone look at him in confusion.

"Young man, what are you doing?" suddenly an old man asked.

He knew that the young man is drawing an array from the way he wrote that circular mark on the ground.

When Gu Ouyang saw the young man, his eyes suddenly show hope. He knew who this young man is, as he was one of the new yet outstanding students of the Great Wu Academy.

"Young Shin…" Gu Ouyang weakly said as he forced himself to stand up.

"Teacher Ouyang… Please move back." Shin Jiao calmly said as he began scribbling on the floor with haste.

He could not waste any more time as he can see that, Fey Ouyang is truly weak and would be almost in her last breath. So he immediately drew the array runes on the ground as fast as he could.

When the formation array masters saw this, their jaw almost fell to the ground. No one knew what that array is but them. Yet, they wonder why this young man is doing as such?

"An array outside of an array is not new, but a spatial array over another one is crazy." An old man said as he looks at the array formation on the ground.

Suddenly before anyone could react, Shin Jiao suddenly bit his finger and a drop of blood fell on the runes. As a blinding light appear a loud scream sounded out in the surroundings.

Everyone closed their eyes and activated their shields.

Fey Ouyang is almost at the brink of death as she can now feel her life force ebbing. Tears kept flowing down her eyes as she felt reluctant in her heart but she is now resolute in giving up.

Suddenly, the eerie voice sounded in her ears.

"Who?... who dares disrupt my gate? I will kill…" Shouted the voice but it was cut off in the middle.

But before she could realize something, she felt a warm hand holding her back and carefully assisting her. The warm embrace made her feel comfortable as a flow of warm Qi gushes slowly inside her body. Then she felt a hand carefully pulling her jaw and prying her mouth open. Although she wanted to resist yet she is already powerless as her strength has already left her way back.

Then something slid down her throat which melted quickly. Although her eyes are closed, she can tell that her body is gradually healing itself up.. Although her dantian still feels painful, however, she is aware now that her life was saved.