The commotion caused by their fight alarmed everyone within the barracks. Curious male and female trainees rushed outside, only to see Qin Hao locked in an intense battle with a senior trainee.
"Isn't that Qin Hao? He's fighting Senior Cao!"
"What happened?!"
"I heard there was a conflict between Senior Pei and Qin Hao."
"What kind of conflict?"
"You know Senior Pei likes Jiang Fei, right? Somehow she's gotten close to Qin Hao, which made Senior Pei jealous. They're probably fighting because of her."
"Qin Hao is fighting a senior trainee over Jiang Fei!?"
"How daring! Isn't he afraid of offending them?"
Even the new batch of trainees those who didn't know Qin Hao began discussing the matter heatedly.
As for the senior trainees who came out to see what was going on, they were dumbfounded. A rookie trainee was challenging their strongest member and had even injured him.
"Brother Cao was once a Civil Guard. He's close to becoming a rank-three Martial Master. But because of his lustful nature, he assaulted a village girl. The matter reached the higher ups, and he was suspended. Later, he was charged with insubordination and relegated back to being a trainee. Still, to think a rookie could injure him!"
"He doesn't seem that strong though…"
Pei Hong stared with widened eyes. Never in his dreams had he imagined Cao being defeated by Qin Hao, a mere rookie. Losing both eyes meant Cao was as good as dead.
"Brother Cao are you alright!?"
"Clam down, let's take him to the infirmary." Senior trainees rushed forward to help him.
"Stop." Qin Hao spoke. "No one is to take him away."
"What? You crippled his sight and still refuse to let him receive treatment? How audacious!" a senior trainee bellowed angrily.
Cao had finally calmed down. Realizing his eyes were gone, fear sprouted in his heart. Without his sight, he wouldn't be able to fight. In the end, he would be expelled from the military.
Pei Hong also felt the situation was a bit tricky. Firstly, dealing with Qin Hao turned out to be extremely difficult and secondly, even if he mobilise the senior trainees to deal with him under the eyes of such huge crowd it'll surely reach the ears of the higher ups. It can't be guaranteed that everyone will keep their mouth shut.
"Qin Hao, you attacked the camp of a senior trainee, injured someone and even refusing to let him get treated? This is a violation of the rules!" Pei Hong spoke in a righteous tone, his voice was loud for everyone to hear. This was his way of deterring him.
Qin Hao chuckled. He understood Pei Hong's intentions.
"How could I stop him from receiving treatment? He is my senior, after all." Qin Hao paused, the corners of his lips curling upward. "But… I want both of his arms as well."
"Audacious!"
Feeling their dignity trampled, the senior trainees roared in anger.
"You just said i'm violating rules, right? What about you? Blackmailing, threatening, kidnapping, killing, there's nothing left that you didn't. Rules aren't for dogs like you." Qin Hao's words cut Pei Hong's face like a knife.
When he uttered these words, many turned their gaze away. They knew how Pei Hong was but chose to turn a blind eye.
"Such slander!" Pei Hong's face flushed with rage. He was someone who had always been fawned upon, but now a rookie trainee dared to speak to him like this. How could he bear it? Even though he was angry, he couldn't do anything to him at the moment because Qin Hao was strong.
Qin Hao stretched his muscles to the limit and dashed forward. A short knife was already in his hands. In a flash, he appeared behind Cao and kicked the back of his knees. Before he could react, Cao's knees met the ground. Qin Hao placed the dagger on his neck, blood trickled down his neck. With his eyes gone, Cao didn't dare to move rashly.
"Stop!" Suddenly a loud voice sounded.
A skinny middle aged man walked in with hands behind his back.
"Trainer!" Pei Hong's eyes lit up. The middle aged man was Luo Zhuo, he was in charge of training the senior trainees.
Pei Hong had already sent someone to call him right after Cao lost his eyes.
Trainee Luo Zhuo's gaze fell on Qin Hao as he spoke coldly. "You are Qin Hao right?"
Qin Hao was silent. The dagger in his hand was still in touch with Cao's neck.
"You broke into the senior trainee barracks, injured a member, threatening to kill him, and attempted murder. According to the military law, you will be imprisoned for twenty years, along with a hundred gold coin as fine."
Jiang Fei's pretty face paled further. She heard the commotion and came to take a look. Never did she imagine that Qin Hao would go this far for her. She was touched and worried.
"Tsk… another dog." Qin Hao spoke dismissively. "I have no time to debate the law with you."
His blatant disrespect caused the trainer's face to turn red from embarrassment. As a rank three mid tier martial warrior, no trainee had ever dared to speak to him like this.
But he reigned in his anger when he saw Qin Hao's eyes. How could a fifteen year old kid have such eyes? Those eyes were devoid of any emotion. The pitch black pupils emanated something eery, something evil, striking fear in his heart. Luo Zhuo's heart skipped for a moment.
"People like him will never bow down to threats. I should try to calm him down lest he kill him." Luo Zhuo thought.
"Wait." He spoke, lowering his voice.
"Don't kill him."
"I never said i'm going kill him, did i?" Qin Hao smiled.
Luo Zhou's eyelids twitched. "The way how your blade is already an inch deep into that guy's skin, are you sure that you don't want to kill him? Who would believe it?" Of course he didn't say this out loud.
"Calm down…"
"I am calm." Qin Hao chuckled.
Luo Zhuo took a deep breath before speaking. "If you have grievance with him, he has already paid the price. If you let him go, i am willing to drop this matter."
His words caused a small uproar among the crowd. No one had ever thought that the cold blooded trainer Luo Zhuo would relent.
Qin Hao's eyes narrowed slightly. "Alright." He said.
Luo Zhuo heaved a sigh of relief. But his eyes suddenly turned wide as he saw two severed arms drop in front of him along with an agonising scream.
Lying on the ground, Cao's body convulsed violently as blood gushed forth from both his severed arms.
Seeing this Jiang Fei broke down in tears completely. She felt a strange emotion within. Cao was the one who had personally killed her brother. He had tortured him everyday, brutally torn off his limbs before killing him. Qin Hao did exactly the same. Her heart started beating faster than ever as her bloodless face regained vitality.
"My Son!" Luo Zhuo dashed in front of Cao, his eyes bloodshot.
Everyone was bewildered. No one knew that Cao was trainer Luo Zhuo's son. Even Pei Hong was surprised. More importantly he was pleased with how wantonly Qin Hao acted.
He smiled coldly, blending himself into the crowd.
Qin Hao gazed down at the father and son duo with cold eyes. When he saw how Luo Zhuo was trying to protect Cao, a sudden thought appeared in his mind. If observed deeply, one could see faint familiarity between Cao and Luo Zhuo.
"I'll kill you!" Luo Zhuo glanced at Qin Hao with bloodshot eyes, his voice hoarse. In a second, he directly appeared in front of Qin Hao.
Qin Hao focused his mind to the maximum. No matter what Luo Zhuo was a rank three martial warrior.