Nox's Cafe

A youth sat in a secluded corner. It was a maze of alleys. Gangs sat at some zones. They were talking, chatting or laughing.

This was a branch of the most notorious place in the planet Dres: Nox's Cafe. Nox's cafe was a big global corporation known for its illegal dealings. Here, everything could be sold from slaves to information and illegal weapons.

Mi Xiu was one of the new members of the Blacktiger gang. He had suffered immensely just to get admitted. So, he planned to use his status to oppress others as much as possible. He was just a cultivator at the 2nd level of body refinement.

He saw a handsome youth sitting in a corner. He was about to ignore him when he noticed something.

'That trace of arrogance and pride in his eyes, his eyes are so bright and full of an unyielding aura. But, why does his shoulders look so defeated? He should be some scion of a big clan.' Mi Xiu thought.

Adopting a cool pose, he made up his mind and swaggered over to the boy. 'I am gonna talk with him for a while. If he does sound like a scion of a big clan, I will either rob him and kill him or I will make friends 9with him' His eyes flashed with a cunning glint.

'Qin Clan will regret doing this. I will stomp them down to the ground.' Qin Hao's eyes flashed with stubbornness. 'I, Qin Hao, will surely rise.'

He was also shocked when he saw the zero. He had expected that he would have been mocked, then ousted from his position as a genius. The worst he was expecting was that he would be thrown out of the Qin Clan. He was prepared to face the worst.

It turned out that he had underestimated the Qin Clan's cruelty. He was imprisoned and told that he would be beheaded the next day.

His expression suddenly turned gentle. 'An Jing. I will never forget. If the Qin Clan touches you at all...I will make sure to erase their history from this world.'

An Jing had taken the risk to hand him an iron bar secretly. She told him she was going to run away since what she did could cause her to be executed alongside him.

He had used the bar to conduct the electricity that hit him ,if he tried to move, to the earth. He disabled four of five guards then made a run for it.

Nox's Cafe was the only place that could prevent his deeds from being heard of by the long hands of the Qin Clan. It was the only place in the Qin Country that they heard no superiority over. It was filled with both outlaws and top criminals. How could a mere Qin Clan be able to command them?

In their defence, the Qin Clan had said they were beguiled by Qin Hao. They further said that Qin Hao was an ambitious youth and he had used his position to commit unforgiveable crimes.

Who didn't know that Qin Hao was too lazy to do all those? Though their defence was full of loop holes, what could the populace do? The Qin Clan was the strongest power there. Who ever had the biggest fist had the strongest say.

As he was thinking about what to do to the zero talent of his, a blonde guy swaggered up to him.

"You need some?", Mi Xiu said as he brought out a pack of cigarettes.

"No, I don't smoke.", Qin Hao replied.

"Suit yourself", Mi Xiu shrugged as he lit one. 'So what brings you here?'

"That's none of your business." He coldly replied.

'He answered me without any hesitation knowing I could be a cultivator or a gang member. He should be a scion. But what's he doing here?', Mi Xiu thought.

Ignoring his coldness, Mi Xiu continued, "Which clan are you from?"

Qin Hao raised up his head slowly. It confirmed Mi Xiu guess. He was a scion!

"Abandoned." Qin Hao said expressionlessly.

Mi Xiu's brows rose. He didn't think he will admit it so directly. He removed all forms of pretense and asked straight forwardly, 'You got anything on you?"

"No." Qin Hao replied coldly.

"Then I think you staying alive is a waste of space.", Mi Xiu's expression turned murderous.

They were in an alley so there would be few witnesses. And this was Nox's Cafe. Killing wasn't forbidden as long it wasn't done in public. Also, everyone wanted to mind their own businesses.

He rolled up his sleeves preparing to give him a good pummelling. As he raised his hand up to strike. His senses became alert. He felt he was in danger!

He ducked in response barely avoiding a punch to his chest. He swung his arm at the intruder. It was still the boy in black. He looked at where he was and saw to his surprise. It was an afterimage that was slowly fading away.

'Fast', he gasped in surprise. He didn't sense any spirit qi from him so he shouldn't be a cultivator. That meant his body was already strong as a cultivator!

Qin Hao frowned. His opponent was already at the 2nd level of body refinement. He wasn't supposed to be his match as his body though not a cultivator equalled a cultivator at the 5th level. His opponent's senses were really sharp.

He thought about it again. His opponent's senses must be his talent. His weakness should be that he was only at the 2nd level of body refinement. His senses could easily be put in disarray.

Mi Xiu began to curse his bad luck. He wanted to get away but his supposed victim's aura was just to overbearing. He couldn't run. 'Mister, how about we ta-" He was interrupted by another sudden blow to the waist. He swerved to the side just in time to avoid the blow. His brows creased. He faked a blow?

Qin Hao's frown deepened. This guy was just to bothersome to deal with. Even faking did not work. Forget it. It would take some effort to kill him. But he just revealed killing intent. I should still beat him up severely. That should do.

He tried a new method. He was no longer faking his moves but his aura. He assumed a calm and cold aura.

Mi Xiu became glad seeing this. 'Finally, I can get away from this monster.' His plans were interrupted by a fierce and straightforward blow to his left. He wasn't able to dodge in time and got the cloth he was wearing grazed by the sharp blow. He was startled. Why did his aura suddenly change?

In the next second, there was another blow coming to his....wait! My treasures! How vile of him! He felt the wind and another hole was torn. After several rounds with Qin Hao changing his aura every blow, Mi Xiu wanted to cry.

His cloth was in tatters. Why did I ever provoke such a beast? And those auras? Can't you just have a stable personality?

Meanwhile, Qin Hao was getting the hang of it. A blow finally connected to his relief. From then on, it was a bloody beating.

As he was beating Mi Xiu black and blue, he was just about to get done when nine youths ran over.

Nine men dashed to him with angry stares. A burly man in front shouted angrily," Release him and kowtow and we will spare you."

Qin Hao stopped and asked, "Kowtow?"

Mi Xiu gave a sigh of relief. Finally, he would be out of this beast's hands.

The burly man sneered proudly, "Yes. You injured a member of the Blacktiger gang. You must kowtow to be forgiven."

A skinny male reared up his head and yelled, "Nonsense. Why are you hesitating? If not for our love and justice and judgement, we would have killed you by now."

Qin Hao's aura immediately turned cold and murderous. "You want to kill me?"

They started shivering in fright because of the murderous qi. It was really thick. He must have killed so many people.

Qin Hao laughed inwardly. 'Imitating the executioner of the Qin Clan's aura is really helpful in frightening people. The executioner had witnessed more than hundred years of bloodshed and also killed countless times so he had a baleful aura.

Qin Hao was just simulating the aura.

The other eight and Mi Xiu were sweating in fright and cursed the skinny youth. 'Why did you provoke him ? Why??'

At that moment, he looked like an asura from hell to them.