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The night sky blanketed the whole city H in darkness. Within the city, a chaotic scene woke some people as they watched on their TV screen the sight where a large area of a building is burning and the street littered with potholes and burn marks.

In this darkness, a figure of a person standing above a building blended within the shadows.

s.h.i.+n Jiao is observing the situation below and inside the building, he is standing on while watching the man, the terrorist leader, takes out an orb. Chou Man walked out of the room while his men look at him with befuddlement upon seeing their leader holding an ordinary crystal ball.

Suddenly, Chou Man chanted something and the orb began to glow. This was followed by the soul-rending screams of the men inside the room.

s.h.i.+n Jiao saw the horrific scene where the souls of the 25 cultivators inside the large room were forcefully torn from their fleshly bodies along with their screams.

He didn't bother to help as he can see the darkness within those souls and knew that these people have acc.u.mulated a lot of negative Qi within their bodies. The darkness within their souls immediately turned the orb black combined with the anguish wails that those souls inside the orb, making it now look very eerie.

But s.h.i.+n Jiao could not deny the power it now contains after absorbing 25 cultivators' souls.

Though those people are just 2nd to 9th level body refining realm cultivators, yet if their Qi are combined, it is enough to boost someone to the 2nd level spirit refining realm.

While watching this, s.h.i.+n Jiao had a premonition of what the orb is and is now interested in how it was crafted.

After seeing that no one was left but the leader of the terrorist group, s.h.i.+n Jiao suddenly disappear from his spot.

"Hahaha… With this enough Qi, I can boost my cultivation and finish the mission. I can just tell the headquarters that the people from that company killed everyone in my team… With this, I can have my subordinates' revenge and also gain 4 million dollars… Hehe…" he said with an evil grin.

"What a greedy man…" suddenly a voice interrupted Chou Man's thought.

He immediately turns his gaze around the room as he could not determine where the voice came from.

"Who… Who are you? Come out!" he shouted as he suddenly takes out a short sword from his waist.

He carefully and slowly walks back while observing his surroundings. Although his eyesight has been enhanced since he reached the 1st level of the spirit refining realm, it was not enough for him to see through the darkness.

"s.h.i.+t! Come out!" he cursed as he slowly back away.

Suddenly a hand stretched out from the darkness from behind him and grabs his neck.

The sudden jerk of his body made him lose his grip on the orb he is holding making it flew towards a wall. If the orb hits the wall it would probably break into pieces. Hence Chou Man has a look of horror on his face as he shouted.

"No!!!"

But he was not able to move as his neck is being held by a powerful hand.

He could not believe the situation because his strength is more than that of an ordinary man but he could not even move from the person holding the back of his neck.

Suddenly he found himself moving really fast and saw the person grabbing the orb with his hand and then the orb suddenly disappears.

"You… who are you? Do you know who we are?! Let go of me or else our clan would destroy you…" he shouted while threatening the person behind him.

"I am not afraid of you or your clan… you have offended me… Plus you have used a taboo artifact, hence you will lose your life for this." The voice said then…

Snap!

Chou Man's body fell to the ground lifeless as his neck was snapped by s.h.i.+n Jiao.

s.h.i.+n Jiao then turned to the body on the ground and began checking for ident.i.ties. He found each of them holding a wooden slab with a character engraved on it.

"The Fangs… I guess this is the name of their group." s.h.i.+n Jiao muttered as he took the rest of the items on them which he deemed useful.

Then he conjures a small blue fireball on his palm and sent it flying towards the body of Chou man which immediately burns into cinders. The blue flame didn't stop there as it began burning the building where the bodies are turning everything into dust.

s.h.i.+n Jiao, on the other hand, looks down and when everything was already turned to dust, he waves his hand canceling the blue flame.

He then disappears through the darkness.

…

The next day, the news was widespread and the two Mech Frame from the NXT Element Company became the topic of the whole city.

The news was too sensational as videos of the fight were shown online and on TV where a single mech was able to bring down 25 men all by itself. The face of Susan Tang was immediately seen as she is being interviewed by the media last night.

However, n.o.body saw anyone coming out of the suits. Hence s.h.i.+ Anne Li and Park Jiyong were not in the news. s.h.i.+n Jiao told them to just leave War Frames as a way of advertising their new products to the public. He is expecting a lot of calls from many people today.

Meanwhile, Marie is now back to her old self as one of the ice queens in the company. She began leading the marketing teams in receiving the calls and arranging appointments according to their boss's instructions.

The day became too busy for the NXT Element Company as their employees are cramped with work especially the PR and the Marketing teams. Meanwhile, Susan Tang and s.h.i.+ Anne Li are listening and looking at s.h.i.+n Jiao and Park Jiyong explaining about the basic Mech Frame they have designed.

Unknown to them a large military convoy is coming towards the company. Inside a black SUV sits a middle-aged man with a large scar on his face.

He is wearing a military combat pine green uniform, with his left breast filled with medals and four golden stars are on his shoulders.

"General Xing, we have arrived sir." The driver said to the middle-aged military officer who seems to be s.p.a.cing out.

General Xing went out of the black SUV and directly walked to the s.p.a.cious lobby of the NXT Element Company.

Then a group of people walked out to greet the general and his group.

"General Xing, it's nice of you to visit me…" s.h.i.+ Anne Li said with a wide smile on her pretty face.

"Ah, it isn't little s.h.i.+ Anne… I've heard that you left your father's company and began working here. He would always grumble whenever he calls me and wine about you leaving him alone to deal with that large family company of yours… Haha…" the middle-aged general said with a laugh.

"Well, I decided to leave because I found my own place here." She just said with a smile.

"Let's go, uncle… Miss Tang is waiting for you inside." She said as she suddenly clings to the man's arm like a child.

General Xing just showed a loving face of a father was lead to the elevator.

When the group enters the room, General Xing looks at s.h.i.+n Jiao without blinking. Of course, he knew who the young man is.

As once part of the Secret Agency of the government, he knew almost all of the agents they have. The young man in front of him is not that well-known in the field because of his ability to scheme, but his deadly fighting prowess.

But then he quits and turned to research and development, since then he never heard of the young man again until the discovery of the orb which he once again saw s.h.i.+n Jiao.

"General, I heard that the government is interested in purchasing the basic Mech Frame?" Susan Tang said breaking the silence.

"Hmm… I saw the capability of the unit on video yesterday. And the office immediately sent me here. In truth, we have been monitoring your progress and are just waiting for your company to produce something that you are willing to sell to us."

"Oh, then you are in luck… We can sell this unit to you…"

Then the discussion began as the two groups created a contract.

Meanwhile, s.h.i.+n Jiao excused himself and disappear from the crowd as he walked towards his underground research facility.

He doesn't care about the money or anything else. His purpose is to make something that can help humans protect themselves from anything that might happen in the future.

"After this, I need to go back to Daemon forest and explore that place once again." He thought.

Suddenly his eyes caught the TV screen as many players and actors from the 'Merging Worlds' game are having an interview. He knew that the entertainment industry has been hugely affected by the virtual world he has created.

Although people could not go to the other world, at least in the game world, they can experience it firsthand.

With a smile, s.h.i.+n Jiao felt content of his work as his figure disappears from the lobby into his private elevator.

…

Meanwhile, in the dilapidated building that s.h.i.+n Jiao has burned, a few figures are checking the ashes of the room. As everything has been turned into dust, the people are unable to detect anything.

Then a person walked towards a figure and bowed.

"Master… we cannot find the orb… it… it seems that it was lost or have been taken by someone."

Hearing the man's words, the figure turn around and walked away.

"Get the others from the hands of the government. Wage war if needed be… How dare they look down upon us…" the figure words said before his figure disappears.