Urban Martial Saint

Chapter 1744 - 1744: Grand Gesture

(This book has been renamed "Urban Martial Saint". When searching, you can just search for Urban Martial Saint.)Ye Qing jumped onto the great dragon crocodile's head without any hesitation, lifted the scabbard in his hand, and stabbed it into the dragon crocodile's eye.

This great dragon crocodile's entire body was impervious to blades and bullets, and Ye Qing didn't know how to kill it. However, he thought its eyes shouldn't be impervious too, right? So, Ye Qing risked jumping onto the dragon crocodile's head, hoping to give it a desperate try. If this blow could kill the dragon crocodile, it would solve the predicament. If even this couldn't kill the dragon crocodile, Ye Qing surely had no other way to kill it.

As it turns out, Ye Qing's method was effective. He stabbed down with the scabbard, piercing directly into the dragon crocodile's eye. The dragon crocodile let out a piercing scream, its tail swept Ye Qing away, sending him flying, and it began to jump around frantically in pain, clearly severely injured!

Ye Qing was swept away by the dragon crocodile's tail once more, crashing into the stone wall, causing a metallic taste in his throat, nearly spitting out a mouthful of blood. The dragon crocodile's power was indeed terrifying, as if he had been struck twice by someone on par with a peak master, inevitably inflicting internal injuries.

However, the great dragon crocodile's situation was even more troublesome now. Its eye was blinded by Ye Qing, leaving it with only one eye, and it couldn't see clearly. It rolled around in pain, no longer attacking Ye Qing.

Ye Qing pulled a piece of the Devouring Demon Flower from his body and ate it, while adjusting his breath to restore his strength, quietly observing the dragon crocodile, preparing to find another opportunity to strike.

The great dragon crocodile rolled and howled for a while, finally managing to stand up slowly. It looked at Ye Qing with a venomous glare through its one eye, and suddenly, it charged at Ye Qing with a roar.

Ye Qing immediately tightened his grip on the scabbard, sidestepping to avoid the oncoming charge of the dragon crocodile, intending to counterattack. Who would have expected that the dragon crocodile had no intention of attacking him but instead bypassed him completely to plunge with a splash into the wide Underground River.

The water of the Underground River was not shallow. As the dragon crocodile surged in, a flurry of splashes ensued in the water, and not long after, it vanished without a trace.

The dragon crocodile actually jumped into the Underground River to escape!

Ye Qing was stunned for quite a while; he had thought he'd have to clash with the dragon crocodile once more. Unexpectedly, the dragon crocodile fled on its own, saving him considerable effort.

Standing on the shore, observing for a moment to confirm that the dragon crocodile had escaped far away, Ye Qing finally let out a sigh of relief. He walked to the edge of the passage and shouted loudly, "Fatty! Fat Wang!"

After a moment, a voice echoed from afar in the passage, belonging to Handsome Fatty Wang: "Young Ye, are you alright?"

The people in the passage had retreated, but not too far, as they could still hear Ye Qing shouting.

"It's fine now," Ye Qing replied. "I dealt with those dragon crocodiles; you can come out."

"Oh?" Handsome Fatty Wang exclaimed joyfully and shouted, "Damn it, Nine-Fingers Wu Yong, you useless! Didn't I tell you? Young Ye could definitely handle those dragon crocodiles, yet you were so scared, running and running, running like a fool!"

Ye Qing didn't hear a reply from Nine-Fingers Wu Yong. It seemed Wu Yong was left speechless. After a while, someone emerged from the passage, one of Nine-Fingers Wu Yong's men.

As this person appeared, others followed, one after another, coming out from the passage. Soon enough, everyone arrived in the cave, including Nine-Fingers Wu Yong.

Upon seeing the surrounding scene, Nine-Fingers Wu Yong's face turned extremely grim, especially at the sight of the bodies of their fallen comrades, all subordinates he had brought along.

Nine-Fingers Wu Yong had brought twenty-three men with him. In just a short while, eight were already dead, and two more were concussed and injured, unable to continue into the tomb. Nine-Fingers Wu Yong dispatched two more to send them out, leaving them with only eleven people, including himself, twelve. Adding Ye Qing and Handsome Fatty Wang, they had fourteen people left.

"Never thought there would be dragon crocodiles hidden in this cave!" Nine-Fingers Wu Yong said with a sullen face as he glared at the two dragon crocodiles nearby. "The tomb owner really went all out; three dragon crocodiles are exceedingly rare!"

"Not three, but four!" Ye Qing said in a grave tone. "There was one even bigger, whose eye I blinded, and it escaped into the Underground River."

"What?" Handsome Fatty Wang, who was standing by the Underground River, quickly moved aside upon hearing Ye Qing. "Damn it, not dead yet?"

"The one that escaped was the largest dragon crocodile and the strongest," Ye Qing stated solemnly. "It's certainly waiting somewhere in the Underground River, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment. Everyone be cautious, and if there's nothing urgent, avoid going near the Underground River!"

Hearing Ye Qing, those who had been near the river's edge moved away almost simultaneously, unwilling to be even a bit closer to the water. Joking aside, if the dragon crocodile caught someone by that riverbank, there'd be no escaping death.

"So many dragon crocodiles, who went to such great lengths?" Handsome Fatty Wang frowned and said, "I've been to so many tombs yet never seen such extravagance!"

"This kind of grandeur is beyond the reach of royal nobles," Nine-Fingers Wu Yong frowned at Ye Qing and said deeply, "Moreover, we are only in the outskirts of this tomb, or perhaps these dragon crocodiles are merely gatekeepers. We likely haven't truly entered the tomb yet."

Everyone exchanged glances, with so many deaths and injuries, they still haven't entered the tomb—what does it mean to enter the tomb?

Ye Qing suddenly remembered something. He quickly walked to the riverbank and drilled into the passage. Not long after, he emerged from the passage, holding an iron chain as thick as a child's arm. This iron chain extended from the passage into the underground river, entangled with something unknown.

"I used this iron chain to determine there's an issue nearby," Ye Qing said holding the iron chain, "What did the makers of this tomb intend to lock with such a thick chain?"

Nine-Fingers Wu Yong walked over, picked up the iron chain, examined it, and his expression changed abruptly. He said deeply, "This isn't an ordinary iron chain. It's a Mysterious Iron Chain!"

"What is a Mysterious Iron Chain?" Ye Qingqi asked, intrigued.

"Mysterious Iron Chains are much sturdier than average iron chains," Nine-Fingers Wu Yong said deeply, "Most ancient famed instruments are made of mysterious iron. Mysterious iron is harder than ordinary iron and won't rust. Otherwise, this chain would have rusted away years ago being submerged in water!"

"Mysterious iron is used to forge famed instruments, and yet here, it's used to make a chain. What were the ancients doing?" Handsome Fatty Wang walked over, staring at the chain in stunned curiosity, "What's so important that they wanted to lock with such a thick mysterious iron chain?"

Everyone exchanged glances, unable to figure out the reason. However, the appearance of the Mysterious Iron Chain added a supernatural and terrifying hue to the cave.

Handsome Fatty Wang looked toward the underground river and asked, "The Mysterious Iron Chain extends into the underground river. Could something be hidden at the riverbed?"

"If you're curious, why don't you dive in and see?" a skinny person beside Nine-Fingers Wu Yong suggested.

"Why don't you go down then?" Handsome Fatty Wang responded immediately.

"I'm not curious," the skinny one replied.

Handsome Fatty Wang: "Does my curiosity mean I deserve to die?"

"Of course," the skinny one said, "There's a saying, curiosity killed the cat."

"You're the cat, your whole family is cats..."

Their banter left everyone speechless. Ye Qing and Nine-Fingers Wu Yong ignored them, and Ye Qing took the opportunity to carefully observe the cave's situation.

The cave was elongated, extending forward along the underground river, one side was the river, and the other was a stone path. Looking ahead, the end was nowhere in sight, and the cave's length was uncertain.

Ye Qing surveyed everywhere, then suddenly wondered, "This cave is closed off, light can't enter, and it's nighttime, why is it so bright inside?"

Nine-Fingers Wu Yong was pondering this, too. He turned and glanced around before focusing on the direction of the water flow, "Judging by the light, it seems to be coming from over there. There must be a light source."

"This cave hasn't seen people for who knows how long. What light source could endure for that long?" Handsome Fatty Wang wondered, "Is it possible the light source is electric with a continuous power supply?"

"Probably not," Nine-Fingers Wu Yong shook his head, "The light seems gentle and its coverage broad. It should not be artificial. I've seen situations like this before in a tomb, illuminated by Night Pearls."

"Night Pearls?" Handsome Fatty Wang became interested, "Wow, those things are valuable. A tomb fitted with Luminous Pearls for illumination, who would be so extravagant?"

"A single Luminous Pearl doesn't have sufficient brightness. The tomb I saw last time had a wall entirely paved with Luminous Pearls, illuminating the whole tomb," Nine-Fingers Wu Yong observed the surroundings, "Looking at this light source, it's much stronger than that tomb. If Night Pearls were used here, I can't imagine how many are embedded."

"Wow, what are we waiting for? Let's check it out!" Handsome Fatty Wang jumped up and sprinted toward the direction Nine-Fingers Wu Yong mentioned, completely forgetting about the great dragon crocodile hearing about Night Pearls.

Ye Qing feared for Handsome Fatty Wang's safety and hurried to follow with the Scabbard of The Ancestor of Miao Dao. Nine-Fingers Wu Yong and the others didn't linger and quickly ran toward the vicinity of the light source.