Urban Martial Saint

The Executioner Scholar and several others were worried that Fu Qingping might have surpassed the acme. Now hearing him say he hasn’t, their taut nerves immediately relaxed. If Fu Qingping had surpassed the acme, this battle wouldn’t need to be fought at all.

”Fu Qingping, since you haven’t surpassed the acme, you still dare to come here to save people. It seems your courage is indeed not small!” The Sky-Killing Master pointed at Fu Qingping, saying in a deep voice, ”Your Qingping Sword is formidable, but have you looked around at how many people are here? With just one Qingping Sword, how many people can you kill? Today, I will use your arms to repay my lost arm!”

Among everyone present, the one who hated Fu Qingping the most was the Sky-Killing Master, so he spoke with the greatest anger. Upon hearing Fu Qingping hadn’t surpassed the acme, it was natural he wished to immediately pounce on Fu Qingping and fight recklessly, after all, his lost arm was owed to Fu Qingping.

In the back, the Great Lord watched, as the translator beside him had already quietly translated the conversation for him. Listening to these people’s words, the Great Lord roughly understood the newcomer’s identity; they weren’t from Nalan Jingwei’s side and even had a grudge against them, which made him breathe a long sigh of relief. If the newcomer was from Nalan Jingwei’s side, then the Great Lord wouldn’t need to think at all; he’d simply flee as his only option. Now, knowing there’s a grudge, he didn’t need to flee and saw a chance.

”Nalan Jingwei, Executioner Scholar, it seems this person wants to save Ye Qing. Why don’t we join forces and deal with him first?” the Great Lord asked loudly, and his words, translated by an elder beside him, instantly delighted Nalan Jingwei and the Executioner Scholar.

”Senior Fu is extremely powerful; fighting the three of us alone poses no problem. Great Lord, if you really want to spar, you must be exceedingly careful of Fu Qingping’s Qingping Sword!” Nalan Jingwei laughed as he spoke, essentially signaling the Great Lord his agreement to team up with the Church to deal with Fu Qingping, something they had contemplated long before. Joining forces with the Church against Fu Qingping increases their chance of victory.

Receiving Nalan Jingwei’s reply, the Great Lord was overjoyed. He sensed Fu Qingping’s terrifying strength, being extremely wary of him; hence suggested to jointly kill Fu Qingping. Killing Fu Qingping this time not only involves seizing Ye Qing but represents an achievement for him as the Church aims to invade Huaxia on a grand scale, inevitably causing major conflict with Huaxia in the future, so enduring Huaxia’s martial artists early by resolving a few is optimal. Fu Qingping’s strength certainly poses a significant threat to the Church. If they could capitalize on this opportunity to kill Fu Qingping, it would be an extraordinary achievement indeed.

Ye Qing, hearing the conversations, already knew they planned to team up against Fu Qingping, feeling anxious internally, hurriedly shouted, ”Hey, aren’t you ashamed? Three against one, and you call yourselves world-famous masters!”

”With strength like Senior Fu’s, it’s not just the three of us; even together, we cannot exert any pressure on Senior Fu,” Nalan Jingwei said with a forced smile, ”us three joining merely seeks guidance from Senior Fu. With our weak strength, how could we harm Senior Fu even slightly?”

Ye Qing was infuriated, thinking Nalan Jingwei was shameless. To join forces against Fu Qingping, yet speaking such words to mock Fu Qingping, was truly shameless.

”Why waste words with him, just attack and kill this old fellow!” The Executioner Scholar, impatient, prompted to take action.

Seeing Executioner Scholar and Nalan Jingwei eager to engage, the Great Lord behind also assembled power, preparing to take on Fu Qingping anytime.

Ye Qing stood worried in the middle, having no strength at all, naturally unable to aid. Although Fu Qingping was highly skilled, being surrounded by three peak masters posed a dangerous situation even for him.

Just then, Fu Qingping suddenly spoke. He coldly eyed Nalan Jingwei, saying, ”Fighting like this wastes too much time.”

”Waste time?” Nalan Jingwei, surprised, looked at Fu Qingping curiously, ”I wonder where Senior Fu thinks time is wasted?”

”The three of you coming at me is wasting time!” Fu Qingping pointed to the remaining peak masters afar, ”you three join first, what about those others? Not defeating me, you’ll add them to the fight afterwards, won’t you?”

Nalan Jingwei’s face turned slightly cold, gritting his teeth while watching Fu Qingping, speaking solemnly, ”Senior Fu is indeed confident. Do you really believe you can defeat us three together?”

”Don’t mind my confidence, I just don’t want to waste time,” Fu Qingping said coldly, ”So, don’t bother; come all at once!”

”Ah?” Nalan Jingwei and Executioner Scholar stunned momentarily, even Ye Qing widened his eyes, startled and asked Fu Qingping, ”Master, what are you talking about?”

Fu Qingping made a reassuring gesture to Ye Qing and then looked at Nalan Jingwei, ”I said, let all of you come, don’t you understand?”

”All...all of us?” Nalan Jingwei glanced at those behind him, noting their side still had two peak masters left, as did the Executioner Scholar with Sky-Killing Master and Slaughter Venerable. Adding them, there were seven peak masters in total.

”And them!” Fu Qingping casually pointed to the Church members behind the Great Lord, indicating them too to join.

”They’re joining too?” Nalan Jingwei’s jaw dropped, nearly biting his own tongue, as he was almost bewildered by Fu Qingping.

”Yes!” Fu Qingping nodded, saying, ”Everyone together, let’s not waste time.”

Nalan Jingwei’s mouth opened even wider. On this side, the Great Lord didn’t understand what they were talking about and couldn’t help but shout, ”What are you saying about us?”

The elder beside him was also stunned by Fu Qingping’s words. It was only now that he remembered to translate, hurriedly recounting what Fu had said earlier, which left the Great Lord dumbfounded. He stared at Fu Qingping in amazement, filled with incredulity, as if doubting Fu Qingping’s sanity.

But Fu Qingping remained calm and looked at Nalan Jingwei: ”All of you come together, don’t waste time. After this, I need to take Ye Qing back.”

”Ancestor…” Ye Qing tried to speak but was immediately stopped by Fu Qingping’s gesture. Seeing Fu’s confident demeanor left Ye Qing both surprised and shocked; he didn’t know why Fu had suddenly become so assertive. However, he didn’t ask further. Judging by Fu Qingping’s confident expression, he should be able to handle this.

Nalan Jingwei and the Executioner Scholar cast meaningful glances at each other, all three mentally prepared. Nalan Jingwei took a deep breath, nodded slowly, and said, ”All together then, Fu Qingping, I want to see just how capable you are to be so arrogant!”

After saying that, Nalan Jingwei gestured for Huang Yunfeng and another to come over. Meanwhile, the Sky-Killing Master and Slaughter Venerable had already moved behind the Executioner Scholar, all staring intently at Fu Qingping. As for the Church, they surrounded Fu in a semicircle, as if afraid that Fu Qingping might suddenly flee.

Fu Qingping glanced at the crowd around him, suddenly reaching out to grab Ye Qing’s shoulder, saying, ”Don’t be a nuisance here, go up and watch.”

As he spoke, Fu Qingping casually tossed Ye Qing up, landing him precisely on a tree branch nearby.

Nalan Jingwei and his group were surprised to see Fu Qingping throw Ye Qing out, initially wanting to stop him. However, seeing Ye Qing perched on the tree branch put them at ease. The tree wasn’t far from them; in such circumstances, Ye Qing couldn’t run far.

”Senior Fu’s Qingping Sword was once invincible worldwide. It’s a fortune for a junior like me to witness its power!” Nalan Jingwei, with his associates, encircled Fu Qingping, sneering, ”Just curious, how much has your swordsmanship improved over the past few days? Do you think you can fend off our attack of eleven combined?”

Nalan Jingwei said this and was about to signal the others to strike at Fu Qingping. At this moment, Fu Qingping suddenly spoke, ”Wait a moment.”

”Wait for what?” The Executioner Scholar furiously responded, ”Are you afraid now? Where was the fear when boasting earlier? Fu Qingping, don’t try to stall for time. Today, both you and that Ye Qing must die here!”

Nalan Jingwei wasn’t as furious as the Executioner Scholar. He merely sneered at Fu Qingping, ”Is Senior Fu having second thoughts? Or perhaps he thinks this way of fighting is slow?”

Fu Qingping looked at the eleven people around him, then at Nalan Jingwei, saying, ”You’re right, this way of fighting is indeed slow!”

The Executioner Scholar was completely enraged, pointing at Fu Qingping, shouting, ”Fu Qingping, are you mocking us? You ask us to come together, then say fighting like this is slow. So how do you want to fight? Should we all just kill ourselves, would that be fastest?”

”Is Senior Fu afraid to fight, or is he merely stalling for time?” Nalan Jingwei calmly said, ”I’d advise Senior Fu against scheming. Since we’ve agreed to fight, let’s settle this with our skills!”

”Fighting is inevitable, but going at it directly is far too slow,” Fu Qingping mused, ”How about we change the way we fight?”

”What exactly are you up to?” The Executioner Scholar angrily said, ”I don’t want to waste words with you. Let’s start fighting!”

The Executioner Scholar was about to strike but was stopped by Nalan Jingwei. He sneered at Fu Qingping, ”I wonder what method Senior Fu has in mind for fighting?”