On the arena, the leaders of the mercenary groups looked at the girl standing before them in horror. The nightmare from years ago was happening again.
Qiao Ying slowly raised her eyes, "I'm the second Nameless. From today on, whoever dares to bully the Black Water area again, acting recklessly in my territory, will end up like him."
As her voice faded, the girl stretched out her hand and the dagger in her hand flew out like a dart, nailing itself into the wall.
Everyone looked closely and saw that the entire blade of the dagger was embedded in the wall, leaving only the hilt outside. This terrifying strength shocked everyone present.
Qiao Ying said, "Everything that was taken from Black Water this past year, give me back double. Don't wait for me to come looking."
Qin Hanyue gently exhaled, his taut expression finally relaxing as a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
Qin Hanyue stood up straight, clapped his hands together, then clapped again.
The sound of applause broke the silence, attracting everyone's attention.
Qiao Ying looked up to the second floor, their eyes meeting.
The gladiator matches these past two years had been boring. Everyone thought today's final match would be no exception.
Only some were waiting to see Black Water make a fool of itself.
But not tonight. Qiao Ying had appeared.
And Black Water didn't become a joke.
Years ago, a Chinese girl became famous overnight at the gladiator arena. The name 'Nameless' shocked everyone in the M Continent.
Almost the entire M Continent had felt the terror of being controlled by Nameless.
And today, another Chinese girl had shocked the entire arena again.
Making a name for herself in the M Continent.
The news quickly spread.
On a certain private island—
"Chief, a young Chinese girl appeared at the M Continent's gladiator tournament this year. Her skills are extremely similar to Blood Shadow from our organization who died. She made a name for herself in the same way Blood Shadow did back then."
"Blood Shadow was painstakingly nurtured by our Shadow Organization. No one in this world deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as her."
"But not only is this girl very similar to Blood Shadow, she also claims to be the leader of Black Water."
"Black Water?"
"That's right, the Black Water Mercenary Group, one of the forces under Blood Shadow's control."
No one knew that the genius killer Blood Shadow, who was covered in glory and admired by countless people, was in fact under the Shadow Organization's monitoring and control every moment.
After personally witnessing Blood Shadow's formidable strength time and time again, the Shadow Organization knew they could no longer control Blood Shadow, so they reluctantly destroyed their proud creation.
"There's no such thing as so many coincidences in this world. Investigate her background thoroughly. I want to know if she has any relationship with Blood Shadow."
"Chief, could this person be an assassin secretly cultivated by Blood Shadow? If so, she would definitely want to avenge Blood Shadow. We have to take this seriously. Her rebuilding Blood Shadow's forces could be to oppose us."
But this approach was a bit too high-profile.
The man called Chief said, "If so, kill her directly."
"There's one more thing. She seems to have a special relationship with the God's Armed Alliance in the M Continent. It might be tricky to make a move against her."
Three days later,
Bai Xiao sat in the car, looking at the headquarters of the God's Armed Alliance appearing before his eyes, feeling complicated emotions.
Qiao Ying's appearance gave them hope. Naturally they were delighted. But Qiao Ying also reminded them of their previous leader, especially that day at the gladiator arena, they really saw their leader Nameless' shadow in Qiao Ying.
Identical.
Qiao Ying was perhaps even more formidable than their leader.
But in their hearts, no one could replace Nameless.
Qiao Ying had arrived before them. At the moment, she was sitting in one of the large halls of the God's Armed Alliance headquarters waiting for them.
"Miss Qiao really kept herself hidden." Qin Hanyue sat on the sofa, legs crossed, fingers interlocked over his lap.
Qiao Ying leisurely replied, "So did Mr. Qin."
Qin Hanyue smiled, "Far inferior to Miss Qiao. I'm just a businessman, relying on money to recruit people. Miss Qiao is different. With your skills, no amount of money could buy or compare." He then added, "Since our identities are revealed, shouldn't we speak frankly?"
"What does Mr. Qin want to know?"
"Aside from touring, Miss Qiao must have other business in the M Continent? Perhaps I could help."
"Indeed there is."
Qin Hanyue's brows rose slightly.
Qiao Ying said, "To lose weight and train my body."
Qiao Ying wasn't lying at all. One of her aims in coming to the M Continent was to improve her physical fitness.
Beside them, Qin Yan almost knelt down hearing this. You call going to the gladiator arena and killing left and right training your body?
Alright, you're impressive, whatever you say goes.
Qin Hanyue nodded slightly and smiled, "Miss Qiao chose the declining Black Water Mercenary Group. Could it be related to Nameless? I heard Nameless died, real or fake, did Miss Qiao know her?"
"Mr. Qin is very interested in Nameless?"
"I won't hide it from Miss Qiao, Nameless once blew up my God's Armed Alliance headquarters. The buildings furthest left were rebuilt once already."
He actually investigated it.
Qiao Ying's eyelids twitched uncontrollably, but she politely persuaded, "The dead's debts are forgiven. Mr. Qin is generous, why bother with a dead person?"
"You're right, I just wanted to know why she was offended. Just curious about the reason."
The reason?
Should she say she simply had a fondness for blowing things up, happened to be bored then, and the God's Armed Alliance bothered her, so she did it on a whim?
"She had a habit of blowing things up. Mr. Qin need not overthink it."
"Blowing things up?" Qin Hanyue recalled Iseus' base being blown up.
Was this habit of blowing things up common?
Or do young girls like such dangerous, violent things?
"It seems Miss Qiao knew her very well."
"Quite well. Did Mr. Qin place a bet that day?"
Seeing Qiao Ying change the topic, Qin Hanyue cooperated, "No." Then a subtle smile appeared in his eyes as he looked at Qiao Ying.
That look seemed to say, "So you still owe me."
"Mr. Qin has a large business, certainly not lacking this bit of money."
"It's true I don't lack money, so perhaps Miss Qiao could repay me in another way."
"Such as?"
Qin Hanyue stared at the girl, his gaze flashing, unknown what he was thinking.
Before he could clarify, noise came from outside the door.
It was Bai Xiao and the others.
They came today for Black Water's affairs.
They wanted to acknowledge Qiao Ying as leader and rebuild Black Water, needing the God's Armed Alliance's approval, just going through the formalities.
"Boss." Bai Xiao walked in and immediately called Qiao Ying that.
Used to calling Nameless boss, suddenly changing people, in his heart it still felt a little uncomfortable.
"You're here." Yet Qiao Ying was completely unbothered, after all they were the same person.
"Mm." Bai Xiao and the others' gaze then shifted to Qin Hanyue sitting on the sofa.
Recognizing him as the man with Qiao Ying at the gladiator tournament that day.
Bai Xiao asked, "This is...?"
Qiao Ying looked at the man, smiling eyes, casually saying, "The God's Armed Alliance boss, your M Continent's king."
Bai Xiao and the others were shocked,
Looking at the man in surprise.
The God's Armed Alliance boss was the most mysterious figure in the M Continent, second to none.
No one in the M Continent should have seen his true face. Whenever they came to the God's Armed Alliance, they met his subordinates.
For any matter in the M Continent, his subordinates would be the ones to come out and resolve it.
Some had tried investigating this person's background, but no one had provided any information.
Some had even disappeared while investigating.
They didn't expect to meet this legendary figure today.
He was unexpectedly also Chinese, and so young.
Most importantly, he seemed to have an intimate relationship with their current boss.
Bai Xiao came back to his senses, "Where's Sack?" Not seeing Sack since the gladiator tournament.
"Sack went to erect a tombstone for your previous boss."
Qiao Ying's eyelid twitched uncontrollably. "Erecting a tombstone for me..."
Qin Hanyue's brow rose slightly as he looked at her.
Qiao Ying waved her hand, "Alright, erect it, it's proper." Her tone a little helpless and speechless.
