Urban Martial Saint

”Sun Shooting Bow! Sun Shooting Bow!”

No one knew who exclaimed first, but the entire crowd was immediately ignited by this loud cry. Initially, after hearing Master Yuan Le’s words, no one was prepared to approach the gate. However, upon hearing ”Sun Shooting Bow,” they couldn’t restrain themselves any longer and rushed toward the gate.

”Not good!” Ao Wuchang’s expression changed, and he urgently said, ”Whatever you do, don’t go inside, or else the gate will immediately close, and all the mechanisms inside will activate. At that point, not only will those who enter not come out alive, but even the Sun Shooting Bow will be impossible to retrieve!”

The few top-level masters present were somewhat calmer as they understood the situation. If anyone was squeezed into the gate by so many people, it would be disastrous.

”Get back!” Huang Yidao shouted in fury, drawing his long sword and rushing forward, slashing down the person at the front.

That person’s strength was far inferior to Huang Yidao’s. Being struck by Huang Yidao, he was immediately decapitated, blood spraying everywhere. Yet, amid the current chaos, Huang Yidao’s lethal action had little effect. Except for those around him, others continued rushing toward the gate.

”Let’s work together to stop them!” Prince Wan Yan shouted aloud, leaping with his Supreme Elders to the gate. With combined efforts, they pushed back those who were rushing forward.

Seeing Prince Wan Yan and others take action, other top-level masters quickly joined in, blocking the path to the gate and stopping the advancing crowd.

With this intervention, the scene gradually stabilized, and the initially excited crowd began to calm down. Faced with the top-level masters guarding the gate, they didn’t charge forward because they simply couldn’t break through.

”Everyone, disperse from the gate.” Once the situation stabilized, Ao Wuchang breathed a sigh of relief and loudly advised, ”If anyone enters, the mechanisms inside will activate. We’d best not approach this gate, or no one will ever see the Sun Shooting Bow!”

The crowd exchanged glances and refrained from pushing forward, but all kept a vigilant eye on the gate.

Huangfu Ziyu stood in the farthest corner, carrying Ye Qing. During the chaos, she hadn’t moved forward much, instead observing from where she stood. She held little hope for the Sun Shooting Bow; she only wished to resolve the current matter, then leave Humeng City with her siblings and Ye Qing to rebuild the Huangfu Household.

Unbeknownst to Huangfu Ziyu, several hateful gazes were continuously sweeping over her and Ye Qing. This included Zhou Chengtian, Zhou Chengxian, and Bai Qingming. Zhou Chengtian and Bai Qingming, having failed to win Huangfu Ziyu’s heart, blamed Ye Qing, persistently looking for a chance to kill him.

Amid the earlier chaos, they were initially ready to act. However, the disorder hadn’t lasted long, making them hesitate to strike, leaving them standing by, waiting for another opportunity.

With everyone settled down, they all stared unblinkingly at the gate, waiting for the Sun Shooting Bow to appear. From inside the gate, following the first loud sound, various noises continued, mostly footsteps, along with some screams and disputes, mingling with the resonant call of the Sun Shooting Bow, leaving everyone’s hearts on edge.

”Damn it, could those fourteen people have already acquired the Sun Shooting Bow inside?” a man suddenly asked in a deep voice.

This question stirred up a commotion, with everyone preparing to move toward the gate once more.

”What’s the rush?” Huang Yidao lifted his blood-dripping long sword and said coldly, ”If I’m not worried, what are you feeble lot anxious about?”

Seeing the still-bloodied long sword in Huang Yidao’s hand, the crowd recoiled, truly not daring to move forward again. Truthfully, even reaching the gate, without being able to enter, was pointless anyway.

As time passed, the noises inside the gate grew louder, suggesting that the fourteen people and the Sun Shooting Bow were moving closer to the gate.

The people outside grew excited; the Sun Shooting Bow was about to surface, offering them a chance to compete for it. Everyone was prepared; the moment the Sun Shooting Bow appeared, they would leap forward to seize it.

Just as the crowd waited in anticipation, a joyous voice suddenly emerged from inside the gate: ”Sister, step aside, I’ve got it!”

This voice changed the expressions of those present. Could it be that someone inside had obtained the Sun Shooting Bow?

Outside, Huangfu Ziyu’s expression shifted as she recognized it as Huangfu Zilong’s voice. Who could have imagined Huangfu Zilong would seize the Sun Shooting Bow? She didn’t know whether to be pleased or worried!

The reactions of the Seven Families were also mixed, each person feeling differently. The Right Protector was certainly ecstatic, but the other family heads were not as pleased. Whoever acquired the Sun Shooting Bow could become a peak master; if Huangfu Zilong got it, wouldn’t their families lose the chance to produce a peak master?

But not long after that voice fell, a woman’s scream suddenly came from within.

”What’s going on?” Everyone was taken aback, not knowing what was happening inside, and they all looked nervously towards the doorway.

”What happened!” Huangfu Ziyu’s heart also jumped, and she quickly ran over, loudly asking, ”Zilong, what happened inside?”

Huangfu Ziyu heard clearly that the scream just now was from her sister. Therefore, her heart was also on edge, worried about what exactly had happened to her sister inside.

”Zhou Chengyun, you are so despicable!” Huangfu Zilong’s angry voice came from inside, followed by the sounds of a fight.

”The Sun Shooting Bow didn’t recognize you, so of course, anyone can snatch it!” A man’s voice came out.

”Don’t waste words with him, take the Sun Shooting Bow first!” Another man’s voice came out, and it was obvious that the scene inside was very chaotic.

Even among the Seven Families, there is constant infighting over the Sun Shooting Bow. After all, whoever gets the Sun Shooting Bow will become a Peak Master, something no one wants to miss out on.

”Zilong, how are you guys?” Huangfu Ziyu asked nervously.

After a while, Huangfu Zilong’s weak voice came from inside: ”I’m fine, sister was injured by Zhou Chengyun, and the Sun Shooting Bow was taken by them!”

Huangfu Ziyu’s expression changed, and she turned her head angrily towards the Zhou Family members on the side. However, the Zhou Family members didn’t even look at her, turning their heads away as if they hadn’t heard anything happening inside.

”Hahaha...” Prince Wan Yan suddenly laughed: ”The Seven Families are constantly infighting among themselves, yet they talk about the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance, what a joke. No wonder the strength of the Seven Steering Committees has been declining year by year; it seems this is where the problem lies!”

Under such mockery from Prince Wan Yan, the members of the Seven Families looked somewhat embarrassed. Among them, the Patriarch of the Zhou Family looked particularly gloomy; he glanced at Prince Wan Yan and said deeply: ”There is normal competition among the younger generation. No matter how the fight goes, it’s a matter of the Seven Families, and not for outsiders to criticize!”

”I wasn’t planning to criticize; I was just laughing a couple of times. What’s wrong, is the Seven Families not allowing others to laugh?” Prince Wan Yan coldly looked at the Patriarch of the Zhou Family, showing no sign of backing down. With so many masters around him, he didn’t need to regard the Seven Families at all.

The Patriarch of the Zhou Family’s face turned cold, but he also understood that with Prince Wan Yan’s strength, he could not intimidate him. Thus, he could only hum in anger, turning his head to look at the doorway.

”The contention for the Sun Shooting Bow is a matter of strength. If your strength is lacking and you get snatched, or injured, who can you blame?” Zhou Junhan suddenly said loudly: ”The Huangfu Household, among the Seven Families, has insufficient strength to begin with. Moreover, they betrayed the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance years ago, so of course, they cannot be allowed to have the Sun Shooting Bow. Chengyun, you did well!”

Zhou Junhan’s words were an open endorsement of the Zhou Family members’ ambush on the Huangfu Household.

Upon hearing this, Huangfu Ziyu could no longer hold back. She gave Zhou Junhan an angry look and said in a deep voice: ”The Sun Shooting Bow is about to appear, and what use are these unnecessary words? Everyone is vying for the Sun Shooting Bow based on their own skills. If you really had skills, you would have already become as formidable as Uncle Helian, shaking the world, instead of bullying juniors like us!”

”You junior, how dare you speak to elders like this?” Zhou Junhan was furious, suddenly rushing to Huangfu Ziyu and slapped at her: ”I will discipline you on behalf of your father!”

Zhou Junhan was indeed arrogant, daring to hit Huangfu Ziyu in front of so many people, really taking himself seriously. However, Huangfu Ziyu’s strength was far inferior to his, and she couldn’t dodge, getting slapped on the face, which made half her face swell, and she fell to the ground, with a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, showing Zhou Junhan’s forcefulness.

”Zhou Junhan!” Seeing the situation, the Right Protector could no longer hold back, hurried over, and said deeply: ”How dare you hit my niece!”

”She dared to contradict me, so I dared to hit her!” Zhou Junhan looked up and down at the Right Protector and said: ”What, you’re not convinced?”

The Right Protector’s strength was only comparable to Huangfu Ziyu’s, far inferior to Zhou Junhan’s. Although he felt anger, at the moment, he was unable to say anything.

”Zhou Junhan, we are all members of the Seven Families, don’t push people too much!” The Right Protector said deeply.