Translator: Lordbluefire

Xu Mo brought Bai Wei outside the black market. After that, he spoke to her, “You should be fine now. You can go.”

Bai Wei lifted her head and looked at Xu Mo. All the things she had experienced earlier were clear in her mind. Be it in the gambling den or fighting arena, Xu Mo had handled everything skillfully and easily. This was especially so in the fighting arena..Xu Mo didn’t look like a ‘good person’, however, he was willing to release her and even escorted her all the way out. Hence, he didn’t seem to be a ‘bad person’.

“I still have something on, so you can leave first.” Seeing that Bai Wei didn’t move, Xu Mo spoke again.

However, Bai Wei still didn’t leave. She continued standing there with a lowered head.

“Is there something else you need?” Xu Mo asked.

“I have no place to go.” Bai Wei lifted her head and looked at Xu Mo. “If I return home, my father won’t spare me.”

Xu Mo stared at Bai Wei. There were still tears in the corner of her eyes. To her, everything she had experienced today was simply too cruel. Her blood father wanted to sell her off. In the black market, she was like a piece of merchandise and had become part of the betting stakes.

Xu Mo then took out 200 federal coins and passed them to Bai Wei. His other hand pointed to the road on the right. “Continue down this path until you reach the main road. After that, walk for three kilometers and you will arrive at a crossroad. Several people are renting out their houses in that area, so you will be able to find a place to stay.”

Bai Wei hesitated, but she still took the coins Xu Mo passed her and exerted force to hold them tightly in her palms.

“Go.” After Xu Mo spoke, he turned and returned to the black market.

“Thank you.” Bai Wei stared at Xu Mo’s back as she whispered. She then wiped her tears away and began jogging in the direction Xu Mo pointed.

..

Bray was very depressed. He had received an order to follow Hunter secretly. Although he had done such things quite often in the past and was also very proficient in it, this time around, he actually didn’t really want to do it. This was because he had personally seen how Hunger killed Bonescrapper. Hunter was an extremely ruthless character.

Bray naturally didn’t want to offend such a ruthless character. Besides, Lane had also died in Hunter’s hands.

Right now, Bray was leaning against a wall at the side. Not far from him, there was a hooker who kept trying to attract his attention. Bray then shot a harsh glare over and scolded in a low voice, “Scram further away.”

The woman rolled her eyes and cursed, “Poor wretch.”

Bray spat out a mouthful of phlegm. After that, he trampled the cigarette butt underneath his boots and began to walk forward after adjusting his jacket. He noticed Hunter’s return, but the veteran Bray understood how to act. Hence, he didn’t look at Hunter directly. Also, to not draw any attention, he deliberately walked toward Hunter.

As the distance between them got closer, it was unknown why but Bray suddenly felt a hint of nervousness and had a bad premonition.

Their distance grew increasingly closer. After he exhaled and was about to walk past, Hunter suddenly took a step toward him and the two of them directly collided. Bray’s reaction was very quick. His hand, which was holding on to a dagger, immediately shot out from his pockets. However, he soon felt a powerful force directly clasping his arm. At the same time, he felt a sharp pain from his chest region. Bray’s countenance then paled. He didn’t understand how he had exposed himself.

His mouth was clamped by one of Hunter’s hands, and his body was being dragged into an alley. Since the black market was a slum in the past, there were alleys everywhere here.

“Pui!” The hooker who had scolded Bray earlier spat out when she saw the two men hugging in the alley. So Bray liked men. This must be why he wasn’t attracted by her ‘beauty’.

“I’ll ask the questions while you answer them. If there’s a lie in your answers, you will die.” Xu Mo dragged Bray deeper into the alley and pressed him into a corner as he spoke in an ice-cold tone.

Bray nodded urgently and only then did Xu Mo release his grasp on Bray’s mouth.

“AH..” A hoarse scream of misery rang out from his mouth, but Bray was stopped by Xu Mo’s arm. He lowered his head and saw a dagger piercing his chest. Right now, terror could be seen all over his face.

“Who told you to stalk me?” Xu Mo asked.

“Brother Snake!” Bray replied, his breathing somewhat hurried due to panic.

“Who is Brother Snake?” Xu Mo continued to ask.

“His real nickname is Cobra. Many people in the black market know him.” Bray’s head was drenched in sweat. “If you don’t believe me, you can ask around in the fighting arena. The fighter named ‘Lane’ whom you killed was Brother Snake’s subordinate.”

“As expected!” Xu Mo silently mused. Bray was also one of the thugs who had barged into ‘his’ home. He was the same as Lane, so Xu Mo didn’t show any mercy.

Bray and Lane belonged to the same group. They were Cobra’s subordinates. From the looks of things, the mastermind behind the incident should be Cobra.

When the munition factory wanted to do something, they didn’t need to do it themselves. It was undoubtedly very convenient to find people from the black market to do their biddings, and Cobra might be someone who specialized in such things.

“Why did Cobra send you guys to kill the Xu Family of four?” Xu Mo stared at Bray. When Bray heard this sudden question, he became dumbfounded and fear appeared in his eyes. So, this person knew his identity.

However, the Xu Family of four were merely minor characters. How did Hunter know them?

“I don’t know.” He suddenly struggled intensely, wanting to flee. Evidently, Bray knew there was no way he could live. Hunter came prepared.

“Chi..” Xu Mo roughly moved the dagger in Bray’s chest. Bray wanted to shout, but an immense strength covered his mouth once more, causing him to feel extreme terror.

“Speak!” Xu Mo stared at the thug before his eyes and released his hand covering Bray’s mouth.

“I really don’t know.” Bray struggled violently. He knew that Xu Mo wouldn’t spare him.

The dagger continued penetrating and stabbing into his heart, so Xu Mo covered the other party’s mouth once more. Although Xu Mo looked at the terror and despair in Bray’s eyes, no hint of pity could be seen on his face. He recalled that the thugs had smiles on their faces when they killed ‘his’ parents.

Bray’s body twitched, and his movements gradually ceased.

Xu Mo then released his hands, allowing Bray’s body to fall to the ground. Bray probably didn’t know the truth about why the munition factory wanted to kill ‘his’ parents. Most probably, only Cobra and those people from the law enforcement team would know something about it.

After that, Xu Mo looked at the corpse on the ground. He wiped away the blood traces on his body and left the alley from another direction.

He discovered that the number of people stalking him had reduced, but two of them were still watching him closely. In addition, one of them was moving closer and closer to him.

Xu Mo intentionally walked to a remote area before stopping. Behind Xu Mo, a middle-aged man also stopped. He did nothing to conceal his tracks.

Xu Mo then turned and looked at the other party. The middle-aged man was clad in leather clothes, and he also wore a cap, only revealing his face.

“Hunter!” The middle-aged man shouted in a deep voice. His figure was tall and his frame was very broad.

Xu Mo didn’t reply. His body suddenly sprinted madly toward the middle-aged man. As a sharp dagger appeared in his hand, he directly stabbed it toward the middle-aged man’s throat.

“Bang!”

The man in leather clothes then took a step forward. His fists were covered in white-colored steel boxing gloves, and he directly punched at Xu Mo’s dagger.

As a result, a huge sound rang out and the dagger almost flew out of Xu Mo’s grasp. He could feel the web between his index finger and thumb aching with pain, and his body flew back from the impact. He glanced at the dagger and discovered that it actually broke.

“Expert!”

Xu Mo realized that he had encountered an expert. There were many things he didn’t know about this world’s foundation, so everything he saw was merely the tip of the iceberg. The prime example was this man before Xu Mo. He was much stronger compared to the fighters Xu Mo had fought before. His previous opponents were merely slightly stronger than ordinary people.

The man walked toward Xu Mo only to see Xu Mo tossing away the dagger in his hand. Xu Mo then stealthily stretched his hand into his waist area, bringing out two meteor darts.

After that, Xu Mo turned and abruptly started fleeing madly. Currently, the middle-aged man was in the open, and there was still another guy in the shadows observing him. They weren’t easy to deal with.

The middle-aged man also chased after him. Just when he picked up speed, he saw Xu Mo suddenly turning and firing the two meteor darts at him. Xu Mo seemed to have eyes at the back of his head. The meteor darts spun at a high speed through the air and pierced toward the man’s eyes.

However, the man’s reaction speed was terrifying to the extreme. He stretched out both arms and actually grabbed the meteor darts.

“Chi..” A third meteor dart shot through the air. Seeing this, the man coldly snorted and actually leaped up like a spring, evading the dart before lunging toward Xu Mo. However, a fourth meteor dart was what welcomed him.

The current Xu Mo was abnormally calm. Everything in the surroundings was exceptionally clear for him, including the trajectory when his opponent leaped earlier. As he fired the meteor dart, his mental energy was also fully focused as he sensed the energy field in the surroundings.

“Heh!” The middle-aged man shouted and smashed his fist at the meteor dart. However, he only saw the meteor dart move in a perfect arc and fly above the location he punched. It zoomed past his arm and moved toward his throat.

“Bang!”

A huge sound rang out, and the meteor dart was sent flying to the side from an impact. At this moment, the man slumped onto the ground. Taking this chance, Xu Mo directly turned and sprinted away without stopping.

This time around, the middle-aged man didn’t chase him. Cold sweat beaded his forehead as he stared at Xu Mo’s back.

At the same time, a figure from afar appeared and walked toward the middle-aged man. This was a girl whose dressing style was extremely sexy. She wore a butterfly mask and had a gun in her hands. Earlier, she was the one who fired a shot that knocked away the meteor dart flying to the middle-aged man’s throat.

“What origin does that guy have? His combat strength isn’t high but is extremely bizarre. Earlier, if it wasn’t for your shooting skills, I would have died here,” the man spoke depressedly. Why didn’t his fist manage to strike the flying dart?

“Did you sense any origin energy?” the girl asked.

“It’s very strange. His body didn’t emit it but earlier, I could sense fluctuations of origin energy. Also, his control and calculation ability are extremely shocking. The trajectory of every flying dart he fired was calculated.” The man shook his head and revealed a strange expression.

“Someone is here, we should go,” said the girl. The middle-aged man nodded and the two began to retreat. The eyes beneath her butterfly mask revealed a puzzled look. She felt that Hunter had long since known that they were tracking him. Hence, he intentionally retaliated and killed one person earlier.

..

Xu Mo left the black market. When he was on the streets, he changed back to his normal attire, and no one paid any attention to him.

He recalled the battle earlier. Regardless of the man in the open or the girl in the shadows, both were very strong. This especially so for the girl’s marksmanship. If she had attacked him, things would have most probably been very troublesome.

However, the other party didn’t seem like they wanted to kill him; they only wanted to probe. Who were these people? Were they from the fighting arena?

Upon returning to the general store, Miss Mia was still at the counter. She smiled when she saw Xu Mo. “You took so long before you came back.”

“Mn, there was some delay.” Xu Mo smiled in reply. “Miss Mia, please allow me to take over.”

“Don’t worry about it. You’ve just returned. Just go and take a break first,” Mia gently spoke.

“I’ll go change my clothes first then,” replied Xu Mo.

He went up and placed his items. After that, he returned to the counter in the general store. However, the moment he sat down, he saw a figure across the road staring around randomly. After that, the figure walked toward the general store. When Xu Mo saw who this person was when she got near, he was stunned. How did she know how to pick a place so perfectly?

Bai Wei listened to Xu Mo’s words and came to this region after she had found a place to rent. However, the black-hearted landlord wanted a deposit, and he took most of the federal coins Xu Mo had given her. Since that was the case, she had to find a job so she could maintain her livelihood.

She had applied in a few places, but none was hiring. After that, Bai Wei decided to apply here for a try when she saw a girl younger than her working in the general store while bringing a five-year-old kid along.

“Hi Miss, may I know if this place is hiring?” Bai Wei bowed slightly toward Mia. She had yet to wash up and change, and she also didn’t have any clean clothes, so she could only casually tidy up her appearance. But even so, one could see her haggard expression, as well as the injuries on her face.