Urban Martial Saint

Seeing Handsome Fatty Wang go in, Ye Qing immediately followed closely behind him. In fact, he had been keeping a close watch on Nine-Fingers Wu Yong all along, as he was always on guard against him, never straying too far away.

The subordinates of Nine-Fingers Wu Yong, seeing that he had entered as well, naturally didn’t dare to linger and hurriedly followed him inside.

Upon entering the cave, everyone realized that it was indeed not very large. After rounding the corner, they found themselves in a stone chamber. This stone chamber was about thirty square meters, devoid of anything, surrounded entirely by stone walls. It seemed as though they had reached a dead end.

”Is this the end?” Handsome Fatty Wang asked in surprise. The situation inside the stone chamber was completely unexpected for him. He had been in various tombs before, but this was the first time he encountered one like this.

”This is definitely not the end!” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong glanced at Handsome Fatty Wang, his face showing displeasure and surprise, and asked, ”Fat Wang, how have you been tomb-robbing all these years? Why do you seem like you know nothing?”

”Are you... are you calling me the Fat Lord brainless?” Handsome Fatty Wang flared up instantly.

Nine-Fingers Wu Yong didn’t answer. He took a small hammer and slowly tapped around the walls. When he tapped on one of the walls, oddly, a hollow sound echoed, immediately lifting everyone’s spirits.

”This wall is hollow!” Handsome Fatty Wang exclaimed excitedly, ”There must be space behind this wall, and there must be a mechanism around to get behind it.”

As Handsome Fatty Wang spoke, he wanted to go look for the mechanism but was stopped by Nine-Fingers Wu Yong.

”Let me do it!” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong, holding the small hammer, gently tapped around the walls once again, as if listening for something unusual in the sound. After three rounds, he suddenly stopped, switched to a striking hammer, and knocked on the wall a few times.

This striking hammer was usually used for crushing stones, but this time, when Nine-Fingers Wu Yong used it against the stone wall, he couldn’t knock off even the tiniest speck of dust. The wall seemed to be incredibly hard.

After examining the wall, Nine-Fingers Wu Yong frowned tightly and said, ”This stone wall has no mechanism. It’s made of an extremely hard Fine Steel Stone, typically used to seal tomb chambers. It must be broken open with external force.”

”What do you mean by external force?” Handsome Fatty Wang asked.

Nine-Fingers Wu Yong glanced at the scabbard in Ye Qing’s hand and said, ”For example, breaking it open with a Famed Instrument.”

Ye Qing was slightly taken aback, looked at the stone wall, and asked, ”This stone wall needs to be broken open with a Famed Instrument?”

”That’s right!” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong nodded, ”I checked several times just now. There’s no mechanism in this stone wall. Moreover, it’s made of this kind of stone, which clearly indicates it’s meant to be sealed. It seems it can only be broken open with a Famed Instrument.”

”Isn’t that a bit strange?” Ye Qing said, ”Why would the tomb owner create such a stone wall, claiming it’s for sealing the tomb, but it can be opened with a Famed Instrument? Isn’t that just a futile exercise?”

”It’s not that simple.” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong shook his head and said, ”The tomb owner used this Fine Steel Stone to seal the tomb not to keep outsiders out but to contain something inside. There must be something extremely dangerous hidden inside this tomb, and the tomb owner sealed it to prevent it from coming out. So, the real danger lies behind this stone wall!”

Nine-Fingers Wu Yong’s words caused everyone’s face to change color, including Ye Qing, who furrowed his brows tightly. According to Nine-Fingers Wu Yong, the real danger was indeed behind this wall. But they had already lost so many people on their way here. If they entered the tomb, who knows how many more would die or be injured.

Seeing Ye Qing silent, Nine-Fingers Wu Yong became agitated and said, ”Mr. Ye, why haven’t you broken open this entrance yet? At this point, are you going to say you’re not going in? I’ve lost so many brothers, and I haven’t even seen what’s inside the tomb—I definitely won’t give up!”

Of course, Ye Qing wouldn’t give up. This was the only method to deal with the Corpse Ghost Dragon; he had to go in no matter what.

Hearing Nine-Fingers Wu Yong say this, Ye Qing didn’t hesitate. He tightened his grip on the scabbard, walked to the stone wall, and stabbed the scabbard into it.

The stone wall was indeed incredibly hard, but compared to the scabbard of The Ancestor of Miao Dao, it was nothing. Ye Qing used the scabbard to pierce it, slowly carving out an opening large enough for a person to pass through.

Everyone watched from behind, and the entire stone chamber was enveloped in silence; everyone was eager to know what was hidden behind the stone wall. Just when Ye Qing withdrew the scabbard from the wall, a piercing scream suddenly came from behind him.

”What happened?” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong immediately turned his head to see one of the men at the back clutching a blue snake, screaming and rolling on the ground in agony. The entire body of the snake was a crimson red, about two meters long, clearly a highly venomous snake. The man had barely screamed a few times before he fell silent; the snake’s venom was indeed lethal upon contact with blood.

”What kind of snake is that?” Handsome Fatty Wang, eyes wide open, quickly moved to Ye Qing’s side, visibly shaken by the sight.

Ye Qing was observing the surroundings carefully, trying to figure out where the snake had come from. Creatures like this were truly terrifying. Encountering such a deadly snake in this kind of environment was indeed fatal.

”Damn it, where did these snakes come from!” a man cursed, raising his Luoyang Shovel and striking at the venomous snake.

The snake slithered away swiftly, attempting to attack the man again, but was struck on the head by another man with a Luoyang Shovel. The first man cursed as he approached, reached out to help up the man on the ground, checked his breath, and his face changed. He turned and said, ”Ninth Master, it’s not good, he’s dead!”

Nine-Fingers Wu Yong’s expression changed. He looked at the snake on the ground, then at the deceased, suddenly exclaiming, ”Da Feng, let go of him quickly!”

”What’s wrong?” The man obediently released the other man and stood up, looking at Nine-Fingers Wu Yong in confusion, unsure of what had caused such an upset.

Without saying a word, Nine-Fingers Wu Yong drew a machete from his body, walked over, and directly chopped off the man’s right arm.

”Ah!” The man screamed miserably, holding his severed wrist and looking at Nine-Fingers Wu Yong in horror, not understanding what he meant by this.

”Ninth Master!” The people under Nine-Fingers Wu Yong were all shocked, and Handsome Fatty Wang’s expression changed as well, urgently saying, ”Are you crazy?”

Nine-Fingers Wu Yong ignored everyone else and instead pointed at the man Da Feng’s arm, exclaiming, ”Look at his arm!”

Everyone quickly looked over. Da Feng had his right arm chopped off by Nine-Fingers Wu Yong, severed at the elbow. Strangely, there was no blood spurting from his body, nor from his severed wrist. His blood vessels were showing a corrupted black color.

”What… what’s going on?” Everyone was shocked. Those who were closer to Da Feng instinctively backed away as if avoiding a plague, keeping their distance.

”This snake venom is truly vicious!” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong said in a deep voice. ”Not only does it instantly kill, but the person bitten still carries the venom. Touching the deceased will transmit the poison. I noticed something was wrong too late. Chopping off his wrist was initially intended to save him. But now it seems, that’s impossible!”

Da Feng had already collapsed to the ground, his screams gradually weakening, and his body was becoming stiff, showing the strong potency of the poison.

Seeing the situation, Ye Qing’s expression also changed drastically. He quickly took out Mu Ling from his body, intending to help detoxify Da Feng. But by the time he had taken Mu Ling out, Da Feng had already stopped moving, having been killed by the poison, and there was no time to save him with Mu Ling.

Looking at Da Feng’s corpse, everyone was shocked, while Ye Qing sighed heavily. In this short period, two more people had died. Out of everyone who had entered, only twelve remained. This tomb was indeed dangerous.

”What kind of snake is this?” Handsome Fatty Wang looked at the crimson snake from afar, frowning and asking, ”Where do you find such a venomous snake?”

”This should be a venomous snake deliberately cultivated by someone to guard this place,” Nine-Fingers Wu Yong said, glancing around. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he urgently said, ”You guys, back up quickly.”

Seeing Nine-Fingers Wu Yong like this, his subordinates didn’t know what was happening but immediately ran to stand behind him.

Ye Qing followed Nine-Fingers Wu Yong’s gaze, seeing two crimson long snakes slithering down the stone wall near the entrance. In such a short time, they had already come into the Stone Chamber. Thankfully, Nine-Fingers Wu Yong had his people back away. Otherwise, when the long snakes reached overhead and dropped down, two more lives would be lost here.

”I’ll handle it!” Ye Qing shouted, gripping the scabbard of The Ancestor of Miao Dao tightly and leapt forward, using the scabbard to slice one of the long snakes into two.

The other long snake seemed enraged, immediately rushing at Ye Qing. However, Ye Qing’s speed was incredibly fast. With a similar strike, he severed the long snake as well.

The crowd with Nine-Fingers Wu Yong watched in fear as Ye Qing battled the two snakes. In their minds, these snakes were like a plague, fatal upon contact. They didn’t even want to look at them for long.

Ye Qing wasn’t as afraid of the snake, though, as he had Mu Ling protecting him from all poisons. Although the snake was very venomous, could it be more toxic than the deadly poisons of the Miao Borderlands? Mu Ling could counter even those, let alone this snake venom.

Just after dealing with these two snakes, Handsome Fatty Wang started shouting again, ”Quick, quick, quick, more are coming, more are coming!”

Ye Qing looked up, and his face changed. It wasn’t two more snakes; it was five!