Chapter 600 - Under City

Chapter 600

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Six thumb-sized glimmering stones are currently in the dainty palms of the female calling herself as Klo. Out of those six truly precious stones, Shin Jiao noticed two particular stones. One is pure black with a glimmer of red, and the other one is milky white with a hue of yellow.

Though he didn't what type of stones are those, he can feel that they are special.

When the woman named Klo saw the eyes of Shin Jiao and where he is looking, a faint smile appear on her face.

"This guy is really unique. He can even see that these two stones are special." She thought to herself.

That is because those two stones have some properties which seem to absorb energy and store it. Then if they are needed, one only has to break that stone and the energy would be released. However, the air seems to absorb that released energy almost immediately.

Hence in their colony, they use these stones as a power source. They have found a way to harness the energy within the stones and use it to power the Under City. Plus most of their weapons have these stones melted on them. And this makes their weapon deadlier than any normal weapons but a bit more brittle than iron.

However, one a weapon stabs its victim. They would become weak until all of their energy is absorbed by the blade leaving the victim vulnerable like a weak human.

This is also the reason why the Li'angs is feared by the beasts in the forest. No beast would dare cross their borders and intrude lest they provoke these overlords of the forest and become their food.

Even humans fear them because of this.

When Shin Jiao curiously extended his hand and wanted to touch the black stone with a glimmer of red, Klo extended her other hand and stops him while she retreated the palm holding the stones.

"Do not touch the black and white stones. They would absorb your energy." She warned.

Shin Jiao thought for a moment and then asked.

"Can I… Can I touch your hand then?"

Hearing the handsome man's words, Queen Klo was a bit fl.u.s.tered. Although she is already a mother with different husbands who bore her many possible princesses, she still felt a bit shy for some reason. But she didn't hesitate and just nodded her head.

Shin Jiao carefully extended his hand towards hers and immediately uses his domain to control her body.

Once this happened Queen Klo was immediately terrified. She can feel her body stiffening as if some strong force is holding her. Even breathing is a bit hard now.

But Shin Jiao didn't think of anything and just sent a flow towards those two black and white stones resting on her palm.

As the flow of his domain made contact with the black stone surface, Shin Jiao immediately felt a strong suction force as it hungrily feeds on Shin Jiao's energy. This made him feel a bit fl.u.s.tered and immediately wanted to retreat, but it seems that the black stone has seen its target and wanted to absorb more of that energy.

But as Shin Jiao cut off his connection, the black stone also stopped. Then a realization occurs in him. He had actually felt the same wavelength of energy as what that black stone is emitting. It was the same as the female in front of him.

"So that is the reason why she is unaffected by the black stone. She emits the same energy and when the two meet each other they cancel each other's energy." He thought.

He suddenly had an idea and took out a pair of weird gloves from his ring. These pair of gloves was the gloves he would use to craft when he was first starting to learn crafting technique. One of the gloves magically inserted itself in his left hand and with concentration. He controlled the energy in his body and combined them.

When he was about to touch the stone, the expression on the one immediately turned into horror, but she is unable to move or even talk at this moment, hence she just looks in exasperation at the action of the man in front of her.

Suddenly, Shin Jiao felt a weird sensation in his body and immediately adjusted the energy at the fingertips of those gloves.

He failed once and then tried again. In every failure, he didn't give up and continue trying until he has adjusted the energy level for so many times he could not even count. The woman named Klo already had an expression of anger and frustration on her beautiful face. She didn't know what this crazy man is doing and just wanted to go back to the army.

She truly regretted coming to this place and meeting this crazy man and showing those stones. She regretted thinking that her craftiness has captured the man's attention. Instead, she was tricked and has to stay for almost an hour frozen on the spot without any way to escape.

When the adjustment that Shin Jiao went to around 99%, he suddenly felt a familiar sensation and knew that he succeeded at last after so many trials.

"Haha… this is it." He chuckled as he suddenly picks up the black stone.

Upon doing this, Queen Klo was dumbstruck.

"How? How could he hold that in his hand? I have not seen any human being able to hold that in their hand… This… This is impossible…" she thought.

Suddenly she felt her body recovering and slowly staggered back.

"This… this is very useful for me." Shin Jiao muttered with his eyes fix on the stone.

"Let's go to your city. I wanted to see more of these stones." He said with excitement in his eyes.

Although a bit took aback and feeling wronged, Queen Klo cleared her throat and composed herself.

"Ahem… I think we should arrive at an agreement first." She said.

"Well, what kind of agreement do you want?" shin Jiao asked while checking the stone attentively.

"Hmm… I want you to fight for us in this war and I will show you more of that stone…"

"Do you use these stones as a weapon?"

"Against humans, yes. Against our kind we cannot."

"I see… okay, I'll agree. However, I can only kill the leader. Point me the leader and I'll eliminate them, then you handle the rest, deal?"

"Okay… Deal."

The two arrive at an agreement and shook hands. Meanwhile, Shin Jiao asked her about the stones while the two began walking back to the army.

When Shin Jiao arrives at the site, he was dumbstruck to see the countless number of soldiers standing at the ready. He was thoroughly dumbfounded when some of the female soldiers greeted the woman beside him.

"Queen Klo, you have arrived."

"Queen? You're their queen?" Shin Jiao suddenly asked after being shocked for some time.

"Yes, why? Did you regret not making a move on me?" she chuckled while showing a coquettish smile on her lovely face.

"I'm… It's not that. Sigh… I guess that is the reason why you just told me your name." Shin Jiao said with a helpless smile.

"Anyway, we already have an agreement. So backing out." She reminded.

"Okay, so… where is the enemy?"

"The enemy is also a Queen but she is wearing a red robe, which looks like this. And also it has a different mark... Her robe symbolizes their colony." Queen Klo showed her long black cloak.

"Okay, wait for me here and I will end this war." Shin Jiao said as he was about to walk out.

"Wait? What are you thinking? Do you think you can approach her? Their number is almost the same as ours, can you traverse that huge number of Li'ang warriors and kill her?" she said with exasperation.

With a mysterious smile, Shin Jiao just turn around and left the place.

"Crazy human…" one of the general spat to the ground.

"Does he think he is that powerful? Where did you find him, my queen?"

"Well, I hope he comes back. He looks charming for a human, Hihi…"

The generals around Queen Klo began to discuss while looking as the disappearing figure of Shin Jiao down the forest.

Soon the group noticed that a large army has already gathered in the opposite hill overlooking the forest. They knew that the battle is imminent and that there would only be one winner. Queen Klo and her colony are confident of their win. They have defended this place for centuries and they will always be.

"Ready to battle!" Queen Klo shouted in their language.

With her shout, everyone immediately draws their weapons and goes into a fighting stance. The army is truly moving like a human that even their fighting stance is like a martial technique from a martial cultivation sect.

This is because there was once a sect that tried to attack the Under City. Thinking that the Li'ang living in that place is simple and the sect wanted to exterminate them and make the Under City their sect headquarters. But who would have known that it was their doom and that the Li'angs living in the Under City is far more ferocious than the wild Li'angs living in the outside world?

Hence the Li'ang got a lot of sect elders and members as prisoners and extracted a fighting method from them.

And so this is what they are going to use in this battle.

As everyone began to prepare to charge a single person is also preparing to begin his assault.

High up in a tall tree stood a single man, it took him a while before reaching this place and finding the right spot to begin his assault.

From afar he can see numerous soldiers of the Li'ang race marching towards the hill at the opposite side of the people of Queen Klo. Upon seeing the number, Shin Jiao could not help but felt a bit of excitement and tension in his heart. He is excited because if he pulls this off, he would really feel elated. The same feeling he had before when he assassinated an enemy general. However, he was not recognized on that assignment as he works in the shadows. However, this time, he would be able to get recognition plus a great reward, the black and white stone.

From the moment he laid his eyes on those two stones, he already knew of their value. And after touching it, his mind already has an idea of how to use them.

As he stood at the top of the tree a smile crept on his handsome face and muttered.

"That's it... Come to daddy!"