Urban Martial Saint

Ye Qing’s face changed, almost gasping out loud. Who would have thought such a thing could happen?

Invisible footsteps, a dead person sitting up, this was beyond reason, were they seeing a ghost?

Ye Qing quickly turned to look at Ding Lianshun and Yin Xianzi, but Yin Xianzi’s face showed little surprise. As for Ding Lianshun, he was more straightforward, with a flick of his hand, he directly threw the fruit knife out.

However, Ding Lianshun’s fruit knife was not aimed at the female sorcerer’s corpse, but at a direction next to her. The fruit knife was thrown out with great speed and power from Ding Lianshun’s hand. Ye Qing only saw it fly out, then a miserable scream sounded from outside, the fruit knife actually froze beside the female sorcerer’s corpse, suspended in mid-air, just hanging there!

”What is going on?!” Ye Qing couldn’t hold back any longer, crying out loud. The fruit knife seemed to have stabbed into an invisible person, hovering in the air, appearing extremely eerie.

”It’s that male sorcerer!” Yin Xianzi replied in a deep voice.

At this moment, Ding Lianshun had already dashed out, Ye Qing only saw him rush into the yard, chopping several palms in the place next to the fruit knife. Immediately, the fruit knife quickly retreated, heavily crashing into the back yard wall, Ye Qing clearly heard a muffled groan, seemingly the painful grunt of a person being struck.

”Why... why can’t I see anyone?” Ye Qing asked in surprise.

”This is a type of invisibility sorcery within the sorcery!” Yin Xianzi said: ”It’s considered a relatively advanced form of sorcery, not many can master it, we’ve encountered a master this time!”

”Invisibility sorcery!?” Ye Qing widened his eyes, saying: ”This... can this person really turn invisible?”

”Of course humans can’t turn invisible, they’re actually using a kind of blinding method!” Yin Xianzi said: ”This invisibility sorcery is more popular over in Nanyang, using the principle of a chameleon changing color based on the surrounding environment. Sorcerers apply the color changing liquid from chameleons onto themselves, thereby gaining the ability to change color like a chameleon, which makes them appear invisible!”

”Can... can it really be like this?” Ye Qing was even more surprised, saying: ”According to you, isn’t this sorcery easy to practice, as long as you extract color changing liquid from chameleons?”

”Hmph, I make it sound simple but it’s definitely not that easy in reality!” Yin Xianzi said in a deep voice: ”The chameleon’s color changing liquid is basically useless once it leaves the body, let alone changing other organisms. To practice this invisibility sorcery, one must modify their body to adapt to the chameleon’s color changing liquid, to contain it and thus able to change color. Otherwise, it’s impossible to practice this kind of invisibility sorcery!”

”Modify their body? How is it modified?” Ye Qing asked curiously.

”The simplest method is using toxins to alter the body structure, changing one’s body structure to resemble that of a chameleon!” Yin Xianzi glanced at Ye Qing and said in a deep voice: ”In Nanyang, sorcery is mostly practiced at the cost of damaging one’s own body, hence the term evil spell. The most terrifying aspect of sorcery lies here, you never really know what kind of transformation the sorcerer you’re facing has undergone. For instance, this male sorcerer has virtually become a half-human, half-beast, resembling a chameleon. Some who practice poison curse even turn themselves into something similar to venomous snakes!”

Ye Qing sucked in a breath of cold air, unaware of how sorcerers practiced their sorcery. Hearing Yin Xianzi’s explanation, he was also greatly startled. It seems that practicing sorcery is no easy feat. These sorcerers indeed have courage, going to such lengths to practice sorcery. They become neither human nor ghost, even if sorcery is achieved, what use is it?

Outside, Ding Lianshun had already rushed to the wall, stomping on the spot where the dagger was, shouting back: ”Bring water!”

Yin Xianzi quickly ran to the bathroom, grabbed a basin of water and threw it out. Ding Lianshun caught it with one hand and splashed the whole basin of water on the spot underfoot.

”What’s he doing?” Ye Qing asked curiously.

Yin Xianzi said: ”Washing away the color changing liquid, revealing the sorcerer!”

Ye Qing immediately widened his eyes, watching carefully, he had to see if this sorcery was really as miraculous as Yin Xianzi claimed.

Sure enough, after a short period, beneath Ding Lianshun’s feet, a lean male figure slowly appeared. This man was completely naked, without a thread of clothing, some parts of his body were still indistinct, but it was clear to see that he had a fruit knife sticking out of his chest, being stomped on the stomach by Ding Lianshun, grimacing in pain without any strength to resist. Moreover, the most surprising thing was that the sorcerer’s entire skin resembled a chameleon, with that unique lizard-like skin, looking extremely unsettling.

Yin Xianzi said in a deep voice: ”To perform invisibility sorcery, they’ll have to strip completely, apply color changing liquid over their body. Additionally, their body must adapt to the chameleon’s color changing liquid, becoming more like a chameleon. Look at his skin, just like that.”

”Why can’t they wear clothes?” Ye Qing asked curiously.

”Because clothes can’t change color!” Yin Xianzi said: ”The sorcerer’s body is transformed to resemble a chameleon, but clothes can’t be transformed!”

”Oh!” Ye Qing suddenly realized that this sorcery indeed had a lot of mysterious elements.

”Alright, we can go out now!” Yin Xianzi called out to Ye Qing and walked out first.

The male sorcerer was under Ding Lianshun’s foot, already on the verge of death. Seeing two more people come out of the house, he opened his eyes and looked over, trembling as he said, ”Who...who are you people? Why are you ruining our plans? Do you not know the consequences? Meddling with the sorcerer’s affairs will bring retribution upon you!”

”Shut your mouth!” Ding Lianshun said coldly, ”Retribution? Hmph, even if all the sorcerers from Nanyang come, I wouldn’t take them seriously!”

The male sorcerer glanced at Ding Lianshun, a trace of panic flashing across his face. He wasn’t sure about others, but when Ding Lianshun had attacked him earlier, he already knew that Ding Lianshun’s strength was something they couldn’t contend with.

”You are martial artists from Huaxia!” the male sorcerer gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, ”We have no grievances with you, why are you targeting us?”

”Since you know we are martial artists from Huaxia, why ask such questions?” Ding Lianshun pointed to the child in Ye Qing’s arms and said, ”See that? Our friend doesn’t like what you did to these children, so today we are acting on behalf of justice, to put an end to you!”

Ye Qing frowned slightly. Ding Lianshun could have just spoken, why did he have to drag him into it so bluntly? Was he trying to make these sorcerers hold a grudge against him?

Actually, Ye Qing didn’t quite guess right. Ding Lianshun brought him up to let Ye Qing take full credit for the matter. In essence, they were just helping out, assisting Ye Qing in this task, thereby consuming Ye Qing’s luck. It was an order from Heavenly Master Lin Xuan Yue; otherwise, Ding Lianshun wouldn’t have put in so much effort into dealing with these sorcerers!

The male sorcerer glanced at Ye Qing and said in a deep voice, ”You...what is your relationship with this child?”

”I’m not related to him...” Ye Qing paused and said, ”But your actions of wantonly killing innocents, even children, deserve death!”

”Hmph, deserve death!” the male sorcerer gritted his teeth and said angrily, ”This child has nothing to do with you, aren’t you afraid of retribution for meddling?”

”If there really is retribution, it should fall on you!” Ye Qing replied coldly.

”Enough, no more nonsense!” Ding Lianshun looked at Ye Qing and asked, ”Are we going to kill him? If we do, the sorcery on the child will be lifted!”

Ye Qing had nothing to say regarding these sorcerers, he simply nodded.

”Alright!” Ding Lianshun was waiting for Ye Qing’s reply. This affirmed that he was helping Ye Qing by killing the sorcerer, and it would deplete Ye Qing’s luck.

Ding Lianshun casually grabbed the fruit knife from the male sorcerer’s chest and was about to slash his throat. Just then, a shrill scream suddenly came from behind, and the three turned their heads to see the female sorcerer, who had already died on the ground, standing up again at some unknown moment.

Earlier, the female sorcerer had been slammed into the wall by Ding Lianshun, her head got a hole, so it was now covered in blood. Combined with her terrifying appearance, she looked like something out of a horror story.

Seeing the female sorcerer stand up again, Yin Xianzi charged forward and delivered a blow from mid-air.

The female sorcerer had no power to resist and was struck by Yin Xianzi’s blow. But she struggled to her feet once again, roaring as she ran towards Ding Lianshun.

Ding Lianshun frowned. He hadn’t expected the female sorcerer to still be alive. Apparently, she had pretended to be dead earlier, trying to deceive them. Now, with both sorcerers here, she couldn’t remain calm when her husband was truly about to die.

However, as the female sorcerer got up again, she seemed much more resilient. Even Yin Xianzi’s strike couldn’t kill her, which surprised Ding Lianshun.

Yet, Ding Lianshun didn’t regard the sorcerer as a threat. Although the two sorcerers were considered experts among sorcerers, they were of no use to Ding Lianshun.

”Hmph!” Ding Lianshun snorted coldly and casually threw the fruit knife in his hand at the female sorcerer.