Urban Martial Saint

These giant snakes were also very crafty. With two of them in a row already heavily wounded by the Great Lord, the remaining two naturally saw something was wrong and immediately plunged into the nearby pond, not daring to confront the Great Lord head‑on at all.

The Great Lord naturally wasn’t going to chase those two giant snakes. Instead, he ordered everyone to run along the edge of the pond at once. The snake horde behind had already caught up and was now less than three to five meters away from them. If they were completely overtaken, then everyone would really be dead for sure.

Seeing that snake horde, everyone was scared out of their wits, tumbling over themselves as they fled for their lives, not daring to linger here at all. The swarm of snakes was massive, but in terms of speed it was still far inferior to these people, so naturally it couldn’t catch up to them.

At this time, Ye Qing in the pond had already swum quite a distance, with less than twenty to thirty meters left to the shore. Hearing two splashes behind him, Ye Qing subconsciously looked back, just in time to see those two giant snakes leaping into the water. This scared Ye Qing even more. He was still in the water—those two giant snakes couldn’t handle the people on shore, would they come attack him instead?

It really proved the saying true: the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen. Just as Ye Qing was worrying, those two giant snakes really did start swimming straight toward him. Judging by their posture, the two giant snakes had decided they couldn’t beat the people on shore, so they intended to deal with Ye Qing in the water first to vent their rage.

Seeing the two giant snakes coming after him, Ye Qing shuddered inwardly. He didn’t dare slack off and frantically swam for the shore with all his might. But in the water, how could his speed possibly compare to those two giant snakes? It wasn’t long before they had already closed in on him from behind; Ye Qing could even feel the waves surging toward him as the two giant snakes charged.

Just then, the Great Lord led his men over to this side as well. Seeing Ye Qing being chased in the water by those two giant snakes, these foreigners not only had no intention of saving him, they actually all started laughing gloatingly. That made Ye Qing even angrier inside. However, he didn’t even have time to curse them out; the only thing he could do was rush to the shore as fast as possible, climb up, and evade the two giant snakes behind him.

But Ye Qing’s speed still ultimately couldn’t match those two giant snakes. When he was still seven to eight meters from the shore, one giant snake had already caught up, opening its bloody maw and lunging at Ye Qing in a bite. This giant snake was biting down from above. Its gaping mouth almost enveloped the entire area around Ye Qing’s head; Ye Qing could even see straight into its tubular stomach.

Knowing he couldn’t dodge this one, Ye Qing simply stopped trying to evade. He gripped the Metamorphic Iron Dagger tightly, kicked hard with his legs to shift himself a bit. Of course, the bit he dodged only allowed his head to slip past the snake’s mouth; his body still couldn’t get out of the way. The giant snake’s bloody maw clamped down, practically biting Ye Qing sideways into its mouth.

Ye Qing had already prepared himself. At the same time as the giant snake’s maw bit down, he swung the Metamorphic Iron Dagger in his hand with all his might, slashing toward the giant snake. But he had still underestimated the size of that mouth. As it bit down, it actually clamped both his hand and the Metamorphic Iron Dagger inside.

Bitten by the giant snake, Ye Qing only felt his body tighten as the snake’s sharp fangs sank into him, making him cry out in pain.

If it had been someone else, being bitten like this by the giant snake, their body would probably be riddled with dozens of puncture holes. But Ye Qing was different. He carried the power of the Buddha’s Relic and the Devouring Demon Flower within him, protecting his body. So when the giant snake bit down, it simply couldn’t pierce through Ye Qing’s flesh. On the contrary, the Metamorphic Iron Dagger in Ye Qing’s hand pierced through its upper jaw, carving a huge gash across it. The pain made the giant snake let out a sky‑shaking hiss and it directly spat Ye Qing back out.

Right at that moment, the second giant snake also rushed over. Although this giant snake seemed to possess some intelligence, it was still just a beast in the end. The first snake being injured didn’t intimidate it much at all; it actually opened its bloody maw and lunged at Ye Qing again.

With the experience from just now, it was much easier for Ye Qing to deal with this giant snake. Seeing it charging in aggressively, there was no longer time for Ye Qing to use treading‑water techniques to shift his position, so he directly grabbed hold of the snake body of the one behind him and gave it a hard yank, pulling himself backward a bit. At that moment, the head of the second giant snake was already coming down and almost bit onto Ye Qing’s legs.

Dodging the second giant snake’s attack, Ye Qing didn’t hesitate in the slightest. He lunged fiercely at the head of this second giant snake, wrapping one arm around it while his other hand, gripping the Metamorphic Iron Dagger, chopped down, stabbing straight into the snake’s head.

This second Giant Snake was just like the one before. It let out a sky-shaking hiss, then thrashed about madly, trying to fling Ye Qing off its body. But it miscalculated, because the Metamorphic Iron Dagger in Ye Qing’s hand was still stuck in its head. When it shook like that, Ye Qing was indeed thrown off, but with Ye Qing gripping the dagger, a half-meter-long gash was carved across its head. Blood gushed from the wound, and the Giant Snake howled in pain, rolling and thrashing in the water. Its body twisted wildly, whipping up vortex after vortex in the water, the spectacle utterly terrifying.

Ye Qing had just been flung out, shooting seven or eight meters through the water. But before he could turn and get away, he was swept back by the huge waves churned up by the two Giant Snakes, and he was about to be dragged straight into a vortex. Ye Qing was anxious to the extreme. If he fell into that vortex, his life would probably be completely finished!

Right at this moment, a black shadow suddenly shot over, grabbed Ye Qing in one hand, and hauled him out of the water. Ye Qing saw clearly: the one who’d struck out to save him was actually that Great Lord!

Both Giant Snakes had been wounded by Ye Qing and were hell-bent on killing him for revenge. Now, seeing the Great Lord come over and pull Ye Qing out, they naturally flew into a rage, opening their maws and lunging at the Great Lord at the same time.

The Great Lord’s Qinggong was truly impressive. Holding Ye Qing with one hand, he pressed down on the head of one Giant Snake with the other, and his body instantly spun in midair, changing direction. In that move, he not only dodged the attacks of the two Giant Snakes, he also seized the opportunity to tap with both feet on the heads of the two Giant Snakes. His body shot out of the water like an arrow leaving the string, and he carried Ye Qing straight to the shore!

The whole sequence looked very fast, but it was perilous to the extreme. It was only because the Great Lord’s Qinggong was superb. If it had been someone else, never mind whether they could save Ye Qing, they themselves would probably have lost their lives here.

Reaching the shore, the Great Lord directly flung Ye Qing to the ground, then turned his head to glare fixedly at the two Giant Snakes.

The two Giant Snakes were seething with rage, hissing nonstop in the water, churning up towering waves, yet they didn’t dare come ashore. They had just watched with their own eyes as this Great Lord killed two Giant Snakes; they weren’t stupid enough to rush up and throw away their lives. But they themselves were injured, and that made them all the more furious. They kept hissing and circling in the water, clearly unwilling to accept this.

Seeing that the two Giant Snakes didn’t dare come ashore, the Great Lord ignored them and instead turned to look at Ye Qing, who had just climbed up off the ground. He sized Ye Qing up from head to toe, then asked in a deep voice, ”Who exactly are you?”

Hearing this, Ye Qing’s heart sank. Although he’d been saved by this Great Lord, the Great Lord had begun to suspect his identity, which meant he was still in great danger.

Ye Qing continued to act as if he didn’t understand. The old man beside the Great Lord immediately translated the Great Lord’s words, and only then did Ye Qing put on a panicked expression and repeat his story about being a Hunter.

”You still want to fool me? You’re not a Hunter at all!” The Great Lord pointed at Ye Qing and roared, ”You were bitten by that Giant Snake just now, but there isn’t a single wound on you. That proves you’re not an ordinary person at all. And the weapon in your hand is no simple thing either. It can pierce that Giant Snake’s body, and it cut through its flesh as easily as slicing a cake. That shows this weapon is extremely sharp. I’m guessing this weapon is what you people of Huaxia call a Famed Instrument. What kind of Hunter carries a Famed Instrument? Who exactly are you? Don’t think about lying to me, or I’ll throw you into that snake swarm over there and let you taste the pain of Ten Thousand Snakes piercing your heart!”

Those people had already been puzzled by the Great Lord’s attitude toward Ye Qing, and after hearing this speech, they all suddenly put the pieces together. Yes, Ye Qing had been bitten by the Giant Snake, yet he didn’t have a single injury on him. That was unbelievable in itself. And the weapon in his hand could casually cleave open a Giant Snake’s body—that was anything but simple. You had to know, earlier even two Peak Masters joining forces in one strike had only made the Giant Snake writhe in pain for a moment. That showed just how strong a Giant Snake’s endurance was. How could an ordinary weapon possibly pierce its body?

The old man who could speak Huaxia was also glaring angrily at Ye Qing as he loudly translated the Great Lord’s words again. Hearing the Great Lord, Ye Qing knew he could no longer hide it. However, none of these people knew who he really was, and he naturally wasn’t about to reveal that he was Ye Qing. Otherwise, he’d be asking for trouble.

”Since you’ve all figured it out, I won’t hide it anymore. That’s right, I’m not a Hunter, and I didn’t come to Mount Wendao to hunt!” Ye Qing answered in a loud voice while secretly scanning his surroundings. From the looks of it, there was no way to reason with these people. He had to first find himself a way out. If they couldn’t come to terms, he’d have to find a way to escape rather than stay here and let himself be slaughtered.