Urban Martial Saint

Seeing that some of his brothers had already rushed in, Wanyan Second Master followed closely from behind, shouting in a deep voice as he walked, ”Leave some alive!”

Several members of the Wanyan family had already rushed into the office, which at this moment was pitch dark. A few people were attacking someone in the center. The person in the middle was quite strong; even when surrounded by these people, he could still barely hold his ground, which showed that among peak masters, he was also considered outstanding.

Upon hearing Wanyan Second Master’s voice, the members of the Wanyan family perked up a bit, preparing to capture the person in the center. Little did they know, at that moment, the person in the center slowed down a bit and exclaimed in surprise, ”Second Brother!?”

”What?” Wanyan Second Master was stunned for a moment because he had already recognized the voice: ”Third Brother?”

”Third Brother?” The other members of the Wanyan family exclaimed in surprise simultaneously because everyone had recognized that this voice belonged to Wanyan Hongsheng.

”It’s really me!” The person in the middle let out a breath and said, ”It’s me, Wanyan Hongsheng!”

Upon hearing this, the people of the Wanyan family who were attacking him immediately stopped, and someone behind turned on the room’s light, allowing everyone to finally see the situation inside.

In the middle of the office, surrounded by people, was indeed Wanyan Hongsheng of the Wanyan family. Behind him lay six bodies. A lot of blood had flowed onto the ground, and the bloody smell they had smelled earlier undoubtedly wafted from here.

Upon seeing the situation inside the room, everyone’s expression changed. Wanyan Second Master took a deep breath; among those on the ground, he had already spotted Liang Juncai. Moreover, all the people who died on the ground were also named Wanyan. This meant that everyone with the surname Wanyan in this stronghold had been killed.

”What happened here?” Wanyan Second Master asked, looking at Wanyan Hongsheng standing in the middle, in a deep voice, ”Why are you here?”

Everyone else also looked toward Wanyan Hongsheng, as all these people were dead, and Wanyan Hongsheng just happened to be here, leaving everyone unable to help but suspect him.

”I don’t know either. It was already like this when I got here,” Wanyan Hongsheng said hastily. ”As soon as I got up here, I saw these bodies in the room. I originally wanted to check what happened, but then I heard the sound of the elevator, so I quickly turned off the lights, wanting to catch whoever was coming. Then, you came!”

Wanyan Second Master furrowed his brow. He trusted Wanyan Hongsheng relatively more; after all, he was from the Wanyan family, and he certainly wouldn’t be involved in this. Moreover, at the Mount Tai stronghold, all the people named Wanyan had also been killed; this incident had a precedent. So, Wanyan Second Master first suspected the group of people who had killed at the Mount Tai stronghold had come here to kill the ones at the Wuhui City stronghold.

After a moment of silence, Wanyan Second Master suddenly looked up and said in a deep voice, ”Let’s go to the Chengguan stronghold.”

The Chengguan stronghold was the closest stronghold to Wuhui City. If the opponent was killing people and attacked the stronghold in Wuhui City, next, they would surely go for the Chengguan stronghold. Therefore, they must hurry to the Chengguan stronghold and try to capture the opponents as soon as possible.

The members of two consecutive strongholds had been killed, which understandably enraged the people of the Wanyan family. Hearing Wanyan Second Master’s words, everyone immediately moved to go out. At this moment, Wanyan Hongsheng hurriedly called out from the back, ”Second Brother, we can’t go!”

”Why can’t we go?” Wanyan Second Master asked curiously, while the others also looked at Wanyan Hongsheng, not knowing what he meant.

”Take a look at this,” Wanyan Hongsheng said, pointing at one of the corpses.

Wanyan Second Master was astonished, not knowing what Wanyan Hongsheng wanted him to see, but he went up nonetheless and followed the direction of Wanyan Hongsheng’s finger to look at the corpse. This corpse didn’t seem particularly different from the others, except the wounds on the body were a bit narrower, as if cut by a knife.

Staring at the wounds for a while, Wanyan Second Master’s face suddenly changed, as if immensely shocked. The other Wanyan family members also came over, but upon seeing the wound, they felt nothing particular.

”What’s the matter now?” one of them asked anxiously. ”Second Brother, we should hurry to the Chengguan stronghold. If we go early, we can still catch these bastards, but if we’re too late, we’ll probably just end up collecting their bodies like this time!”

Wanyan Second Master ignored him, keeping his gaze on the corpse for quite a while. Only then did he speak up in a deep voice, ”Notify the people at the nearby strongholds immediately. All Wanyan family members must retreat and hide. Until they receive my message, no one is allowed to come out!”

”What?” Everyone was taken aback; one person anxiously said, ”Second Brother, if we let them retreat, won’t those strongholds be rendered useless? Our strongholds are very critical; if we withdraw, it might affect our plans!”

”It’s just a temporary retreat, not abandoning the stronghold. If they don’t retreat, that’ll be even more troublesome!” Wanyan Second Master looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, ”Retreating is better than getting killed!”

Everyone looked at each other, and one person said in a deep voice, ”Second Brother, I think we should capture those who are targeting us first. If we don’t deal with them, retreating doesn’t solve the problem. Also, we have many strongholds; if they all retreat, won’t we be blind and deaf? Are all our strongholds meant to retreat like this?”

”Nonsense, you think I don’t want to capture these people?” Wanyan Second Master glared at him and pointed at the wound on the deceased’s body, saying in a deep voice, ”Look closely, do you know what this means?”

”What does it mean?” Everyone was puzzled; they felt nothing special about the wound.

”The wound on his body looks as if it was slashed by a knife. However, there is no metallic scent in the wound at all, which means it wasn’t made by a knife,” Wanyan Second Master said in a deep voice. ”It looks like a knife wound but isn’t; that can only mean saber qi. However, considering the depth of these wounds, it’s not something saber qi could inflict. So, the only possibility is that someone used a Palm Blade to kill them!”

”Palm Blade?” The Wanyan family members exclaimed in shock, not knowing what it was.

”It’s a Secret Technique exclusive to the Sword Saint Sect,” Wanyan Second Master took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, ”Channeling Inner Strength into the palm, releasing it as if it were saber qi, but even more powerful. In close combat, two palms are like two Famed Instrument short daggers, having unparalleled power!”

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly understood, and one person gritted his teeth and said, ”So, it was someone from the Sword Saint Sect who killed the people in our stronghold?”

Wanyan Second Master slowly nodded. In fact, he had already suspected the Sword Saint Sect was behind this. He just didn’t dare suspect too much. After all, the Sword Saint Sect had been hidden for so long, and its power was immense. If it was indeed someone from the Sword Saint Sect who did this, it meant the Sword Saint Sect was ready to declare war on the Wanyan family. In the current situation, if the Sword Saint Sect were to start a conflict with the Wanyan family, the Wanyan family’s plans are likely to fail!

Seeing Wanyan Second Master confirm this matter, a man immediately shouted angrily, ”Those bastards from the Sword Saint Sect, we have no grudges with them, why attack our Wanyan family?”

”It’s not like we have no grudges with them.” A man lightly sighed, glancing at Wanyan Hongsheng with a hint of intention.

The incident of the Young Master of Sword Saint Sect dying at the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance had already spread, and the Wanyan family had received the message. Moreover, it was widely rumored that the Wanyan family’s beyond peerless master had killed the Young Master of Sword Saint Sect. The Wanyan family certainly did not admit to this, but the whole world believed it; they had no choice but to go along with it. When this incident happened, Wanyan Hongsheng was precisely doing business in Shenchuan City, so many in the Wanyan family put the blame on him, believing it was because of him that such an outcome occurred.

Wanyan Hongsheng himself was extremely depressed. Not only did he fail to complete a single task in Shenchuan City, but he also brought such a huge calamity upon the family. The most critical part was that even Old Sixth Wan Yan ended up in Shenchuan City, and was killed by his own hands. Not to mention Old Sixth Wan Yan’s incident, just the previous events were enough to severely lower his standing in the Wanyan family. Adding the incident of Old Sixth Wan Yan, he probably wouldn’t even need to discuss standing in the Wanyan family in the future. The fact that the Wanyan family didn’t pursue the matter was already a blessing!

Wanyan Second Master knew what everyone was discussing, and he himself was quite displeased with Wanyan Hongsheng. But as the situation had reached this point, saying any more was useless. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, ”If it really is the Sword Saint Sect, the ones making these moves can’t be simple. Just relying on us a few, we may not be able to stop them. On the contrary, if we really come across these people, we might be in danger!”

”The people from the Sword Saint Sect, are they really that powerful?” a man said disdainfully.

Wanyan Second Master gave him a glance and said in a deep voice, ”Never underestimate the Sword Saint Sect; Brother once said, the power of the Sword Saint Sect can’t be speculated by common sense. Especially the Sword Saint Sect Master, who is the only one who has entered the Heaven Earth Man Three Gates and whose body hasn’t disappeared. There must be some hidden, great secret in the Sword Saint Sect!”

Seeing Wanyan Second Master take the Sword Saint Sect so seriously, the expressions of the others changed as well. One of them took a deep breath and said, ”Second Brother, if the Sword Saint Sect really is so strong, what should we do now? Since the Sword Saint Sect has started killing our stronghold people, do we just watch them kill?”