The Martial Saint Arrives

In the bar.

Princess Anna rubbed her eyes and looked at the light screen again.

The Grandmaster's corpse still lay on the ground.

"This is unreasonable..." Her eyes were full of disbelief.

The young man on the screen had deeply shocked her from the first moment she saw him. Even as he went out to face the enemy, she was still thinking that if things went wrong, she would step in to save him.

She never expected this outcome.

Gu Qingshan seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mystery, making him impossible to see through, yet irresistibly attractive.

"Yes, this is completely wrong. He's improved too fast, unless he was hiding his strength last time," Feng Huo De said.

He fiddled with the Light Brain, bringing up the assessment results and enlarging them on the light screen.

"Target's strength preliminarily assessed as Grandmaster realm, abilities undetermined, suspected Heaven Chosen or Extraordinary, specifics unknown."

"Loading target's life file..."

"Target has not used gene potions."

"Conclusion: Gu Qingshan, male, 18 years old, potential assessment: S."

Feng Huo De looked at the light screen and sighed, "To be able to fight a Grandmaster at 18, I really want to know what kind of Heaven Chosen Skill this monster has."

Suddenly, the communicator beside him buzzed incessantly.

Anna pressed it and asked, "What is it?"

"Mole reports, the White Sand County Mobile Armor squadron is advancing and will arrive on the battlefield in 7 seconds. A hundred kilometers away, the White Manor's battle fleet is gathering."

Anna hung up the communicator with a snap, stood up, and said, "I'm going to save him."

Feng Huo De hurriedly stopped her, "Your Highness, you absolutely cannot show yourself. An imperial princess wreaking havoc in the Federation would be the most serious political dispute in history and would trigger a full-scale war!"

"I don't care!"

As Anna spoke, she put her hands together in a praying gesture.

"God of Death! From the flames, I call—"

With a snap, her hands were broken apart by Feng Huo De.

"Your Highness, let me go and take him away. You leave first," Feng Huo De said with a serious face.

"No! Your Shadow Heaven Chosen Skill's evolution level is too low. You definitely won't be able to avoid the battle fleet's life scans."

The buzzing of the communicator sounded again.

Feng Huo De was extremely anxious. He slapped the communicator and shouted, "What is it!"

The communicator transmitted an uncontrollable, terrified cry, "Flying Bird reports! Flying Bird reports! The Federation's Martial Saint is here!"

"What!" Anna widened her eyes. "Where did he come from? I didn't sense him."

"He's landing! He's landing!"

Gu Qingshan drew an arrow and squinted as he sized up the rapidly approaching Mobile Armor squadron.

"091 Harrier Assault Armor, decent firepower," he fully drew his bow, "but the construction isn't very reasonable."

He released his hand, the bowstring snapped back, and the arrow flew out, wrapped in a faintly visible layer of Spiritual Power.

A flash.

With a pop, the arrow grazed the Mobile Armor, veered off course, and disappeared.

"Tsk, one more."

Gu Qingshan quickly drew his bow and fired another arrow.

Boom—

The arrow pierced the knee joint connection center of a Mobile Armor. The steel-forged Mobile Armor had its leg shot through by the arrow and fell to the ground, askew.

Gu Qingshan retreated again and again, dodging the miniature cruise missiles fired by the enemy. He drew another arrow and pulled back the bow.

The arrow shot through the air.

A Mobile Armor was raising a heavy rotary high-explosive machine gun when the arrow pierced through the barrel, all the way to the end, detonating the loaded laser-guided high-explosive round.

The high-explosive round was quite powerful, blowing away half of the Mobile Armor's body. Components fell to the ground, and it stopped in place, unable to move.

"Damn it, is that really something a bow and arrow can do?" Feng Huo De watched the screen and said through gritted teeth.

Anna stared intently at the screen and said, "The spot he hit is a hidden weakness of the 091 Harrier Assault Armor. It's recorded in our intelligence research."

"Just a lucky shot, how would he know such a secret thing?"

"It wasn't a lucky shot, I saw him aiming."

"Crap, the Martial Saint is here!"

The two immediately stopped talking, even holding their breath.

Anna put her hands together, nervously watching the situation on the screen.

Outside.

Gu Qingshan took a quick aim, pulled back the bow, and was about to continue shooting.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he stopped and looked up at the sky.

A black shadow fell from the horizon.

So fast!

Gu Qingshan quickly retreated, hiding behind a high wall.

With a loud bang, a meteorite crater ten meters in diameter was smashed into the street.

Several Mobile Armors stopped warily.

"The enemy's arrows are too powerful, suspecting a Transcendent, calling for backup! Calling for backup!" The leading Mobile Armor seized the time to report.

"Backup?"

A voice came from the meteorite crater.

"Looks like the situation isn't too bad."

Accompanied by the voice, a figure leaped out of the meteorite crater.

It was a middle-aged man.

Thick eyebrows, hawk-like eyes, dark skin, and a figure as straight as a javelin.

Dark green military uniform, black military boots, and a long sword and shield on his shoulder straps—the long sword and shield signified a general-level rank.

Facing the Mobile Armor group waiting in formation, he said, "I am Zhang Zongyang."

All the Mobile Armors stopped immediately, and several soldiers jumped out of the cockpits and saluted with their heads held high.

"Martial Saint!"

"Military God, sir!"

"The 477th Special Company of White Sand County reports to you."

Zhang Zongyang looked at the people opposite him and said, "As soldiers, who allowed you to pilot Mobile Armors and kill people in the downtown area?"

The soldiers looked uneasy, and the leader said, "It was the order of the White Sand County Governor."

As troops stationed in White Sand County, they had an obligation to serve the White Sand County Governor.

"Damn nobles."

Zhang Zongyang spat and stopped blaming the soldiers, turning to shout towards where Gu Qingshan was hiding, "Gu Qingshan, come out."

Gu Qingshan thought for a moment and walked out.

Zhang Zongyang looked at the young man, his expression complex, and said, "The President wants to see you."

Time rewinds to a quarter of an hour ago.

The universe.

Temple.

Still the same huge room Gu Qingshan had stayed in.

On hundreds of light screens, symbols and numbers flashed by incessantly, barely pausing for even a second.

These light screens were arranged in a circle, tightly surrounding a uniquely shaped Mobile Armor, and frantically analyzing every detail of the armor.

The Mobile Armor stood silently.

It wasn't as bulky as ordinary mechs, nor was it loaded with various advanced weapons like other special mechs.

It looked much more agile.

The soft white light emitted from the light screens shone on the mech, like rhythmically flowing water.

The mech's head moved slightly.

After a while, it changed its posture again.

Yes, the mech was silently observing its surroundings.

—Just like a living being.

Suddenly, hundreds of light screens went dark simultaneously.

Only the light screen closest to the Mobile Armor remained lit.

Two words appeared on the light screen.

"Perfect."

After those two words disappeared, three more words emerged.

"Epoch-making."

Immediately afterward, lines of text appeared.

"According to the verbal agreement, Gu Qingshan's personal information is hidden, and the Goddess of Justice will weigh the use of the scientific research results."

"Increase citizen Gu Qingshan's personal merit points, calculated according to the merits of 21 breakthrough major scientific research projects, as follows:"

"Gu Qingshan's total personal merit points: 7,998,739,572,814,39 points."

"Increase Gu Qingshan's personal authority level."

"Based on the Law of Contribution to Human Civilization Progress, calculate Gu Qingshan's authority level."

"Calculation complete, citizen Gu Qingshan's authority level is raised to: Supreme Leader."

"Detected murder and theft charges in his personal information, starting analysis of the charges."

"The charges are not valid, corrected to legitimate self-defense, and pardoned. Starting further analysis of the situation."

"Changning Prefecture's military forces are mobilizing, the target is identified as the Supreme Leader."

"Situation level raised to: Critical."

"In view of Gu Qingshan's Supreme Leader level, initiating security protection measures."

"Generating plans: one, two, three, four."

"Based on the success rate principle, selecting plan three, contacting the President."