Chapter 279: Stay Sharp, Don

After hearing it was Shen Qing of the Shen family, Yuris panicked completely; in just a few breaths, the cold sweat on his back had already soaked his inner lining.

This was the first time since breaking through to the Primordial Core Realm that he felt what it meant to sweat like rain.

Zhang Dao yi laughed loudly beside him: "You're interesting, but I have to say, your eye for picking opponents is impeccable."

"With so many of us, you precisely picked the strongest one!"

Xiong Tian also laughed: "Indeed impressive, thanks to you."

"Shen Qing wasn't even supposed to participate in this grand match; I thought I wouldn't see him act, but thanks to you, I finally get to watch."

"You say Yuris is strong? Actually he's just average, still a certain distance from the top-tier geniuses."

"But if you say he's not strong, Shen Qing was even sent to the bench by Zhu Wu and Shen Wen dao, yet he still managed to pick Yuris out—his technique and eye are flawless."

Yuris's throat rolled; everyone around could clearly hear him gulping.

Yuris now really wants to say he won't fight, but he clearly feels that scorching gazes from front, back, and sides are all fixed on him.

If he doesn't fight, he might completely lose face in the future.

He gritted his teeth: "Fight! Even if I get beaten half to death—I can't lose face even if I'm half dead."

He turned his head, looking for someone to talk to, to ease his tension.

But when he turned around, he discovered that the Sheng Luo Empire's geniuses who had just been standing beside him had already retreated to a distance.

One person nodded at Yuris: "Yuris, stay sharp."

"Don't lose face."

Yuris's mouth twitched; he silently cursed, a bunch of unfaithful bastards.

He turned his head, looked at Shen Qing, and stepped forward, gathering his courage.

"World-crossing Yama, your reputation is huge, but my White Water Knight's name in the Sheng Luo Empire isn't small either."

"Others may fear you, but I don't!"

"Then let's go; there are several sturdy platforms in the Myriad Heroes Hall."

Shen Qing waved his hand: "No need; going back and forth wastes time. This place is fine—I'll count down three, and you can strike first."

Yuris's face instantly turned a shade paler as he recalled Shen Qing's battle record in his mind.

His publicly known record shows Shen Qing has defeated several Half-Saints, even killed a few, and he always attacks ruthlessly, never dragging things out.

Adding to the reactions of Zhang Dao yi and the others just now, Yuris can now hear his own heartbeat.

"Three."

All he heard was Shen Qing's countdown, and Yuris realized Shen Qing was serious.

He couldn't just sit and wait for death.

He had to take the initiative.

Shen Qing's strength in defeating several Half-Saints is indeed terrifying, but the White Water Knight Yuris has at least managed to last ten moves under a Half-Saint's hands.

Yuris drew a deep breath, forced himself to calm, while water vapor flowed over his whole body and a white light flashed in his pupils, locking his gaze onto Shen Qing.

"World-crossing Yama, I, the White Water Knight, am not made of mud—I'm here! Are you ready?"

Having said that, Yuris stepped forward; heavenly water vapor surged, condensing into dozens of phantom figures that rushed toward Shen Qing.

With a soft "tink", it was very crisp.

Yuris's fist was blocked by a single finger of Shen Qing, and his fist didn't budge an inch.

Yuris was dumbfounded—his all‑out punch was stopped just like that, without even using his vital energy?

"Kid, your attitude's not bad; I'll hold back."

Shen Qing said, applying slight force, a white ripple appeared, and Yuris was instantly bounced away.

Before he could even steady himself, Shen Qing's attack arrived; Yuris flew backward like a cannonball, landing precisely in the snow pile and fallen leaves.

Yuris hadn't lost consciousness yet, but a faint awareness remained; his eyes were vacant.

He strained to look at Shen Qing's silhouette: "World-crossing Yama, how much power did you use in that kick just now?"

Shen Qing chuckled: "How much power? That's hard to calculate, but fighting you is quite taxing—I'm even a little afraid."

Yuris showed a relieved smile—until Shen Qing's next words came out.

"I'm afraid one kick might kick you to death."

Yuris's pupils suddenly widened; his head then tilted, and he fainted straight onto the snow.

This is the truth—now Shen Qing's kick, landing solidly, would even make a Martial Saint black out and shut down.

Holding back his strength so as not to kick Yuris to death is indeed quite taxing.

Shen Qing turned and looked at the other Sheng Luo Empire geniuses.

"Since you're already warmed up, would you like to give it a try too?"

Seeing no one speak, Shen Qing added another line.

"Of course, I'm not saying you one by one—you can all come up together."

As soon as he said that, the Sheng Luo Empire's geniuses retreated several steps again.

"All together? All go up to get beaten?"

But there was one person who was different—he took a step forward, though he didn't walk toward Shen Qing; instead he headed for a side wall.

"Hey, you know, I heard there's a candied hawthorn stall in the capital; I've been craving it in the Sheng Luo Empire—are you going?"

Saying that, he scurried up the wall and left; immediately, the remaining Sheng Luo Empire geniuses clung to him like a lifeline.

"Come on! I've been wanting to eat it for a while."

Candied hawthorn, from its inception to now, has reached its peak moment; a dozen or so Primordial Core Realm geniuses went especially for it.

In no time at all, the Sheng Luo Empire's people had all left; Shen Qing muttered dissatisfiedly: "Boring."

Saying that, he walked toward the outside of the Myriad Heroes Hall.

I thought I could still move my hands and feet, but Shen Qing had already feigned innocence; he didn't directly kick Yuris unconscious, but gave him a chance to speak, yet this bunch of Holy Roland Empire people still didn't fall for the trick.

After Shen Qing left, the heavenly pride of Great Wu also dispersed.

Only Yuris, unconscious in the snowy ground, remained in the courtyard.

Until two people in Great Wu's official uniforms came over and hoisted Yuris onto their shoulders.

One person said: "Brother Ye, what are you doing? Why are you still looking after this Yuris? Haven't you seen the Holy Roland Empire's behavior these past two days?"

Official Ye said: "Little Sun, the methods of Great Wu have just been demonstrated by Officer Shen for us."

Next is the time for us to display the magnanimity of Great Wu.

No matter how you put it, Yuris was invited from afar; we naturally can't just leave him unconscious in the snowy ground.

Official Sun nodded and raised a thumb: "Brother Ye's thought is more thorough."

Wasn't the one who just made a move Officer Shen? That's too awesome—one person alone cowed the Holy Roland Empire's heavenly pride into silence.

Official Ye gave a mysterious smile: "Not only that—Officer Shen actually released an entire East Sea's worth of water."

Official Sun's eyes lit up: "What do you mean by that?"

Official Ye glanced around and said: "I'm telling you, don't go spreading this around."

My great-uncle is Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard of Youzhou, Ye Kong—you know about this, right?

Not long ago, Officer Shen briefly visited Youzhou; in just half a day he killed three Heavenly Gang Stars and six Earthly Fiend Stars of the White Dragon River.

Official Sun's eyes widened in amazement: "Whoa!"

This is just the beginning—does this get you excited? There's even more frightening stuff to come!

It so happened that the day Officer Shen arrived in Youzhou was the birthday of the White River Martial Saint of the White Dragon Sect.

Oh?

Later, Officer Shen showed up alone with a single blade and personally slew the White River Sage.

Ah?!!

At that moment, Yuris, who was being carried on Official Ye's shoulder, woke up and just happened to overhear the earlier conversation.

As it turns out, Shen Qing wasn't boasting—he really was afraid that one kick would kill him.

Thinking of that, Yuris rolled his eyes and fainted again.