Urban Martial Saint

Ding Lianshun ran into the courtyard, and together with Yin Xianzi, flanked the female sorcerer from left and right, surrounding her in the middle. Then, looking at Yin Xianzi, he said, ”You watch, I’ll take care of her!”

”Don’t go over!” Yin Xianzi hastily waved her hand, eyeing the liquid covering the female sorcerer, and said in a deep voice, ”She just applied Color Changing Liquid on herself, she can already turn invisible!”

”What!?” Ding Lianshun’s expression changed; he knew well what it meant for the female sorcerer to turn invisible at such a time. Now that the female sorcerer possessed inner strength equal to his, and if she could also turn invisible, both he and Yin Xianzi might end up dead at the hands of the female sorcerer!

Yin Xianzi nodded slowly and said in a deep voice, ”I should’ve realized earlier. She has absorbed the strength of the male sorcerer and his abilities, naturally allowing her to turn invisible!”

”You’re clever, but it’s already too late to know all of this!” The female sorcerer sneered coldly. Under the gaze of everyone present, her body began to gradually fade.

Ding Lianshun, seeing the situation, suddenly surged forward with an arrow-like step, swinging his hand with a blade, aiming at the female sorcerer’s neck, hoping to kill her before she completely turned invisible. However, Ding Lianshun’s action was still a step too slow; the female sorcerer retreated rapidly, amidst her eerie laughter, her body completely turned transparent and vanished!

”Come back!” Yin Xianzi urgently shouted, quickly stepping to Ye Qing’s side.

At this moment, Ye Qing had no intention of threatening these two; the terrifying female sorcerer was the real concern.

Ding Lianshun also ran over and, together with Yin Xianzi, protected Ye Qing from front and back, ensuring Ye Qing’s safety.

”Ah hahaha...” The eerie laughter of the female sorcerer echoed around, particularly unsettling in the darkness. The female sorcerer moved swiftly, and her voice was erratic, making it impossible to pinpoint her location.

Ding Lianshun and Yin Xianzi dared not act rashly, instead surrounding Ye Qing with vigilance, their eyes scanning all around. Both focused their attention completely, not daring to be careless at all. After all, the female sorcerer possessed similar strength to them, and she could turn invisible, making her extremely difficult to deal with.

The female sorcerer didn’t attack directly, rather she ran around the three of them, emitting strange laughter that agitated their minds.

Ding Lianshun gritted his teeth, speaking in a deep voice, ”Is this all you’ve got? If you have skills, come out and fight me!”

”Hahaha...” The female sorcerer still laughed wildly but did not reveal herself.

Ding Lianshun, enraged, chased the echo of the laughter with his eyes, clenching his fists tightly. Suddenly, he leapt forward five or six meters, swinging a punch into the air, calculating the potential position of the female sorcerer for a blind strike.

However, his punch hit nothing; the female sorcerer did not appear where he anticipated.

Ding Lianshun’s expression changed; swinging at nothing put him in danger. Instantly, he sprinted backward, trying to return to his original spot, but it was a step too slow. Suddenly, a powerful gust came from the left. Ding Lianshun had no time to dodge and could only twist his body to protect his vulnerable spots, taking the hit on his back.

The attack was clearly a punch; after receiving the blow, Ding Lianshun felt intense pain in his back, emitting a muffled grunt. Before he could react, another forceful gust came, targeting his temple.

Ding Lianshun gritted his teeth, stepping rapidly on the ground to retreat to the side. At the same time, Yin Xianzi lunged forward, swinging her long whip horizontally, sweeping toward the direction behind Ding Lianshun.

Fortunately, Yin Xianzi arrived in time, her whip sweeping a wide range, forcing the female sorcerer away, allowing Ding Lianshun to evade the hit.

”Back off!” Yin Xianzi commanded in a deep voice, shaking her long whip several times to encircle the area, preventing further attacks from the female sorcerer.

Having suffered a secret loss, Ding Lianshun felt extremely irate but dared not be careless, quickly retreating beside Ye Qing. Meanwhile, Yin Xianzi also swiftly withdrew, returning to Ye Qing’s side, encircling him alongside Ding Lianshun.

”Cyclops, don’t let her laughter confuse your mind!” Yin Xianzi warned in a deep voice, ”She only has one hour of life left. As long as we endure this hour, we’ll be fine. Acting rashly won’t hurt her; instead, we’ll fall for her trap and risk getting ambushed!”

Ding Lianshun slowly nodded his head. Although he felt very unwilling deep down, he dared not relax at this moment and stood alertly with Yin Xianzi, watching the surroundings cautiously.

Ye Qing stood in the middle, completely unable to help in the current situation. The strength of this female sorcerer far exceeded everyone’s expectations, no wonder Ding Lianshun and Yin Xianzi had repeatedly stressed before how difficult sorcerers were to deal with. Now he finally understood just how strange these sorcerers were.

However, the female sorcerer, having been forced back by Yin Xianzi earlier, now started to run and laugh around the crowd again, trying to disturb their minds. But after having suffered a loss earlier, Ding Lianshun was more cautious now, and dared not charge forward recklessly anymore. For a moment, the two sides were in a standoff here, unable to do anything to each other.

Just as the situation fell into a stalemate, a person swayed in unsteadily from outside. The three of them saw clearly that the person walking over was actually the man who had been turned into a puppet by the female sorcerer earlier.

”He can still come over!” Ding Lianshun exclaimed in shock, having just torn off the man’s arms and broken his leg bones before he managed to run over.

In theory, with broken legs, even if he weren’t dead, he shouldn’t be able to crawl over. Who could have thought that this man would sway and walk over again, scanning around with beast-like eyes, fixating finally on Ye Qing and the three, then swaying toward them.

Seeing this man appear, the female sorcerer’s laughter became shriller as she kept running around Ye Qing and the three, making them dare not act rashly, let alone change positions. And although the man’s speed was not fast, it was about the same as a normal person walking, and soon he reached the three of them, stretching out a hand toward Ding Lianshun’s neck.

”Courting death!” Ding Lianshun roared angrily, ready to chop off the man’s hands with the Wu Hong Dagger in his hand. Just then, a sudden gust of wind came from behind, it was the female sorcerer seizing the opportunity to attack him!

Ding Lianshun hurriedly stepped aside, dodging the female sorcerer’s strike, while reversing his hand to grab toward the direction the gust of wind came from. Yin Xianzi didn’t hesitate either, shaking the Long Whip in her hand, the whip coiled like a flexible Long Snake straight toward the spot the attack came from.

However, both of them were focused on the female sorcerer on their side, completely ignoring the man standing nearby. The man swayed up, directly grabbing Ding Lianshun’s neck, opening his mouth to bite toward Ding Lianshun’s throat.

Ding Lianshun reacted swiftly, striking back with a punch as the man pressed on his shoulder, striking the man’s face squarely. The man’s face was almost caved in by that punch, a blow that could kill an ordinary person. However, the man seemed unfazed by the pain and took the full impact without retreating, his hands locked on Ding Lianshun’s neck, lunging again.

This man’s beast-like frenzy placed Ding Lianshun at a disadvantage, forcing him to divert all his attention to deal with this man.

Meanwhile, Yin Xianzi’s Long Whip swung out just in time, clearly capturing something, undoubtedly the female sorcerer. Yin Xianzi couldn’t hide her delight, tugging backward with her hand while simultaneously flicking out three Golden Needles, stabbing toward the thing caught by the whip.

These Golden Needles were Yin Xianzi’s exclusive concealed weapon, named Blood Rain Needle. Despite their small size, they packed quite a punch. The needle was forged from an extremely rare metal, soluble in blood, and once entered into the human body, it would dissolve into tiny metallic powder circulating in the blood vessels. This metallic powder was deadly if present in the bloodstream.

An ordinary person, pierced by a single Blood Rain Needle, could be enough to take his life. This time Yin Xianzi struck with three needles at once, indicating her high consideration for this female sorcerer, aiming to resolve her with one move.

Under Yin Xianzi’s watchful eyes, the Blood Rain Needle clearly stabbed into something, but soon vanished out of sight. Delighted, Yin Xianzi exclaimed, ”Cyclops, she got struck by my Blood Rain Needle, no need…”

Her words hadn’t finished when a sudden gust of wind came from her back, swift in both power and speed. Startled, Yin Xianzi hadn’t managed to finish speaking before she was sent sideways like a kite, shifting directly a foot’s width in distance. Despite her fast reaction, she was still slightly late, taking a hit on her left shoulder, causing Yin Xianzi to furrow her brows in pain.

Over there, Ding Lianshun had already hacked the man into pieces with the Wu Hong Dagger. Witnessing Yin Xianzi’s mishap, he hurriedly turned around, delivering consecutive palm strikes in all directions, only stopping when he heard the female sorcerer’s cold laughter moving away.

”Red-Striped Snake, are you alright?” Ding Lianshun asked nervously.

”I’m fine!” Yin Xianzi replied solemnly, rubbing her left shoulder, ”This woman is particularly cunning, you must be cautious!”

”Didn’t you catch her with the whip? How did she end up behind you?” Ding Lianshun questioned in surprise.

By now, Yin Xianzi had already pulled the whip back to her side, and the thing caught by the whip had fallen at her feet. Since she didn’t capture the female sorcerer, what did she catch? Could there really be some invisible object?