Urban Martial Saint

Inside the inner tomb, the moment Huangfu Ziyu rushed in, she triggered the traps within. Before she could take a clear look at the situation, something struck her head, and she fainted immediately.

It was unknown how much time had passed before Huangfu Ziyu slowly came to. Her head was still somewhat dizzy, a bit muddled, and for a moment, she forgot what had just happened and where she was exactly.

Rubbing her aching head and shaking it hard, only then did Huangfu Ziyu regain some clarity. She looked around, trying to figure out where she was. However, when she finally saw everything around her clearly, her face suddenly turned extremely pale, her eyes filled with an incredulous expression, as if she had seen something impossible happen.

Inside the inner tomb, strangely, it was not dark. No one knew where the light came from, but it illuminated the surroundings clearly. On the ground, several corpses lay scattered and disordered, precisely those who risked their lives to rush into this inner tomb. And these people, now dead here, mostly decapitated, died in extremely horrific states.

The ground was littered with protruding steel knives, with many corpses pierced through. Among these steel knives, many poisonous snakes slithered, weaving in and out of the bodies, with each corpse entwined by numerous serpents, looking extraordinarily terrifying.

On a distant wall, several corpses were also nailed, and those people, even at death, had their eyes wide open, with not much fear on their faces. It can be seen that they did not even know what happened up to the moment they died.

On another side, a few corpses looked as if they had been crushed by something heavy, spread on the ground like pancakes.

Elsewhere, a dozen bodies seemed to have been thrown into a burning pit, their bodies charred black; many were already reduced to ashes. The air was filled with a burnt odor, nauseating to whoever smelled it.

The twenty to thirty people who rushed in moments ago all died here, none spared. And these people died in extremely horrific manners, clearly triggering the traps within, causing their deaths here. Apparently, just as Ao Wuchang said, the traps inside this tomb are truly terrifying; those who enter simply don’t expect to come out alive!

In fact, what truly shocked Huangfu Ziyu was not the corpses around her. Who was Huangfu Ziyu? The East State Poisonous Mantis, she had killed countless people; mere corpses wouldn’t shock her. What truly shocked her was herself. Because she discovered she was actually floating in the air!

She was about five meters above the ground, with nothing beneath her feet, no ropes suspending her, just like this, relying on nothing, she was floating in the air.

How is this possible? How can a person float in the air?

Huangfu Ziyu was extremely shocked, unable to comprehend how she was floating. However, without a doubt, it was precisely because she was floating that she escaped those traps. Otherwise, she would likely have died to these traps like the ones below her.

Turning her head and observing for a long time, Huangfu Ziyu finally realized she wasn’t floating in the air with nothing to rely on. On her back was a long bow, and this long bow emitted a radiant glow. It was this glow from the long bow that illuminated everything around her.

Upon seeing the long bow, Huangfu Ziyu was struck with another wave of shock. She just saw clearly; this long bow was the Sun Shooting Bow!

But she had more questions in her heart. Hadn’t the Sun Shooting Bow already flown out of the inner tomb? How did it now appear on her back in an instant? Moreover, how was this Sun Shooting Bow emitting light? And how was she floating in the air; could it be because of the Sun Shooting Bow?

With astonishment and questions in her heart, Huangfu Ziyu reached to hold the Sun Shooting Bow in front of her. She saw clearly that the Sun Shooting Bow had a small notch as if it had been damaged before, which was now slowly merging. And the moment she held the Sun Shooting Bow, for some reason, Huangfu Ziyu suddenly felt a surge of power envelop her, as if she could control the heavens and earth.

”Sun Shooting Bow!” Huangfu Ziyu couldn’t help but murmuring. She had never thought she would hold this heaven-defying famed instrument; she originally just wanted to protect her family and Ye Qing. But, as fate would have it, she failed to protect her family and Ye Qing, yet ended up with the Sun Shooting Bow in her hands. At this moment, she really didn’t know whether to feel joy or sorrow!

She sighed gently, ultimately having to accept reality. Since things have already come to this, and since she now held the Sun Shooting Bow, she should use it to avenge Ye Qing and her family!

”Anyone who is an enemy of the Huangfu Household, anyone who is an enemy of Ye Qing, anyone who has harmed us, I will show you the power of the Sun Shooting Bow!” Huangfu Ziyu swore silently in her heart.

The Sun Shooting Bow is in Huangfu Ziyu’s hands, its glow gradually becoming faint and flickering, possibly influenced by her mood.

Huangfu Ziyu glanced at the Sun Shooting Bow in her hand, feeling slightly surprised. It seems that because of this Sun Shooting Bow, she is floating in the air. But how can this Sun Shooting Bow make people float? And why did it choose her?

Huangfu Ziyu didn’t know that the Sun Shooting Bow chose her due to Heavenly Master Lin Xuan Yue’s arrangement. For now, she’s not prepared to think that far, as she is still floating in the air.

”How do I get down?” Huangfu Ziyu was somewhat perplexed, floating in the air, with no place to leverage around her, figuring out how to descend was troublesome.

Huangfu Ziyu looked around, everything was a considerable distance from her, making it difficult to use something to descend. Reluctantly, she looked at the Sun Shooting Bow in her hand and spoke helplessly, ”If you truly have a spirit, let me get down first.”

The Sun Shooting Bow stayed silent, showing no sign of having a spirit. Huangfu Ziyu shook her head helplessly, saying, ”It seems you can’t help me. I’d better think of another way.”

Huangfu Ziyu looked around; the nearest place was the ground, about four to five meters below her. Unless she could grab something to yank herself down, descending seemed challenging.

For now, she had no other options. Holding the Sun Shooting Bow, she reached out to the side to see if anything would work.

As she reached out with the Sun Shooting Bow, something strange happened. Her body moved in the direction the bow was extended.

”What’s going on?” Huangfu Ziyu was astounded, turned her head to look around, ensuring no one else was there. Looking again at the Sun Shooting Bow, could it be because of the bow?

Shocked and amazed, Huangfu Ziyu experimented and extended the bow further, and with her motion, her body moved forward slightly again. Ecstatic, she may not fully understand what’s happening but realizes how to control the bow to move herself.

She slowly extended the Sun Shooting Bow downward, and amazingly, her body started descending gently. Finally, she landed on the ground, accompanied by a slight sound from the bow. Huangfu Ziyu watched closely as a small mechanism on the bow’s body bounced back. At that moment, inexplicably, the Sun Shooting Bow now felt light, as if weightless.

Huangfu Ziyu was further surprised; the changes in the Sun Shooting Bow were beyond her expectations. She never anticipated the bow to be so miraculous. No wonder it caused so many to fight over it with no regard for their lives. Beyond making a person a Peak Master, its magical attributes suffice to ignite fierce competition.

Filled with curiosity, Huangfu Ziyu pressed the mechanism that had bounced back again. With this, the Sun Shooting Bow regained some weight. When she raised the bow upwards, it lifted her body into the air again. This revelation left Huangfu Ziyu astounded, finally understanding how the bow is used.

”What a marvelous Sun Shooting Bow! It truly deserves to be one of the world’s ten famed instruments!” Huangfu Ziyu couldn’t help but praise, controlling the bow to land herself on the ground. As her feet touched the ground, the bow’s mechanism bounced back again, regaining its weightlessness.

Tightly gripping the Sun Shooting Bow, possessing such a weapon in hand brought much confidence to her heart. However, leaving this Inner Tomb now posed a problem. With the door closed and being inside a sealed cave, escaping wouldn’t be easy.

Turning her head and searching around, Huangfu Ziyu did not find an exit but discovered a dying man. This man was Zhou Junsheng, who Huangfu Ziyu previously pushed in, avoiding death by mechanism but pierced by several blades. He lay in a pool of blood, groaning continuously.

Upon seeing Zhou Junsheng, Huangfu Ziyu’s expression turned cold instantly. Slowly bending down, she gazed at the dying Zhou Junsheng, cold glints in her eyes, spoke somberly, ”I didn’t expect you’d still be alive! Good! Indeed, good! I finally have the chance to personally kill you!”

Zhou Junsheng also locked eyes with Huangfu Ziyu, astounded to see her holding the Sun Shooting Bow.

”How... How did you get the Sun Shooting Bow...” Zhou Junsheng gritted his teeth, speaking in a deep voice, ”Huangfu Ziyu, quickly... Quickly give me the Sun Shooting Bow, or else... I’ll have the Family Head wipe out... wipe out everyone in the Huangfu Household...”