the total arrogance that oozed off Ma Qing, strangely made them question why they ever tried something on him?
‘the same boy who cut his face without flinching?
and this boy is still young, only 13!’ yet he exudes someone who has experience, particularly in killing!
they gulp and tell him to follow, and Ma Qing does.
within 30 minutes they find a large supply house, which seemed to have been altered.
the crest on the building though, was of the Su Family’s!
‘their either arrogant enough to take a supply house of the Su’s or that’s their backer…’ ‘this discovery changes somethings, but that’ll have to wait…’ as 2 members are fighting in the centre, of the Supply house, while people are actively betting.
meanwhile, sitting on a pile of copper, was a man, with a scar across his left eye.
“wait for the-” before the thug could finish he broke into the circle, and easily knock out the 2 thugs with one swift motion of my pickaxe.
the man propped up by the pile of money, narrowed his eyes, staring at Ma Qing, almost everyone abruptly shuts up, as streams of killing intent rushes at him.
but that only makes Ma Qing grin, with utter confidence and control.
“Hello, Boss of the Shark Teeth Gang, Liu Yung~ I am Ma Qing, prodigy of the slums, and killer of multiple of your men!” I flicker of hatred clouds the eyes of the leader, “what arrogance!
to not only interrupt my gangs fun, but to also mention death of my members in front of my eyes!” “well, I’ll propose you this than!” he grins wider, “I’ll become your 2nd martial artist of this gang to make up for it!” the gang members look bewildered, than, they start laughing.
a hint of amusement passes through the eyes of Han Yung, who is also, rather interested.
‘even if the kid is all talk, he would be fun to kill~’ he already showed off his arrogance, and violent nature, so killing him is already a guarantee.
“you Fool!
you attack our members, than blatantly say you’ll be martial artist!” “don’t worry kid!
just get on your knees already!” “This Idiot!
he must have a screw loose!” …
they all continued laughing, so, like any good villain, he started laughing too.
obnoxiously, loudly, and continuously until he was the sole one who was laughing.
than carried on, for a little while longer.
“ahh, well, how about it~ you willing to test me, Martial artist Liu Yung!” Ma Qing, taunts him, swinging his pick in a circle.
the gang leader chuckles, then laughs, SWOOSH, CLING a saber meant to pierce straight through Ma Qing was blocked my the top of the Pickaxe!
“so a martial artist is this fast~” Liu narrowed his eyes, and pulled his arm back, leading to a vertical slash, but what easily parried by the chisel end!
after 10’s of connections, the flow of battle was at a stand still!
and the gang members were completely amazed by the sheer control the young man had!
meanwhile, the Liu Yung, was confused and baffled by the fact that no matter how much power he put in, the mere child was still keeping up!
on Ma Qing’s end though, he was experiencing a true battle!
a battle that had deeply accelerated his learning considerably!
within moments of each clash, he realised how to wield his pickaxe for defence, parrying and gaining control!
[Stone Crushing, head Piercing Pick Technique: 1473/10,000 Perfection] within moments he gained 500 points!
than in a swift motion, he hooked the arm of Liu Yung, twisted it to the point where his saber fell, and swung his Pick to his throat!
‘in the nick of time Ma Qing stopped, letting out a flourishing gust of wind, showing that amount of pressure could have easily pierced through the neck, making Liu Yung grin and accept him into the gang!’ ‘everyone applauded, calling him cool and amazing!’ well that’s what Ma Qing wished would happen…
the pickaxe that was meant to stop at the throat, went through his neck fully!
the reason?
Liu Yung thought it the perfect time to claw at the back of Ma Qing, which meant the original power that he presented and control of where he wanted to stop, pierced the neck of the gang leader…
the already quiet members were even more astonished!
their voices lost in the unrealistic happenings of this battle!
yet it remained…
the Gang Leader, Liu Yung never got up.
and then, a huge amount of bloodlust starting pouring!
everyone of their thoughts were: “rip him to shreds!” “make him suffer!” but within a moment that all quieted down a second time…
Blood Lust, Killing Intent, Murderous Aura, the Killing Dao…
whatever you call it, they all experienced the same thing!
the unstoppable, thick, murderous intent, that pooled near their feet, scent that clawed at their throats, stealing their breathes..
no one could move a muscle!
and at the centre of it all, was the child, Ma Qing!
“Kneel!” a single command, that every, single, one, respected and obliged!
but running through the mind of Ma Qing, was far from the respectable man they knelt to!
no, this was a boy regretting getting so good at killing!
‘holy shit!
I just wanted stability!’ his original plan was to go to the gang leader, put on a show, get accepted and treated as a martial artist, get a shit ton of resources, get connections and become a highly capable martial artist!
‘so what the hell do I do!…
unless….