Chapter 143: Strange Beasts Besiege the City, Fortify the City and Clear the Countryside

Hearing this shout, Zhao Ya reacted almost instantly.

"Zui'er, take the things you prepared before and go to the martial arts hall to find the master immediately."

While speaking, Zhao Ya had already returned to the house and took out all the necessary things such as the poison crossbow.

"Brother Ya, where are you going?" Zui'er asked anxiously.

"Let's go to the edge of the city to see what's going on!" Zhao Ya said calmly.

"Then... be careful!" Zui'er's face was full of worry.

Zhao Ya smiled at this, "Don't worry, if I want to run, no one in the county city can stop me!"

After saying this, Zhao Ya jumped onto the roof, and then disappeared in a few flashes.

Zui'er followed Zhao Ya's instructions, picked up the bag he had prepared in advance, and went to Dingtai Martial Arts Hall.

Although the place where they lived was only a stone's throw away from Dingtai Martial Arts Hall, Zhao Ya still asked Zui'er to go to the martial arts hall for safety reasons.

There was Lu Dingtai in charge there, which was the safest place in the entire county city.

At the same time, Zhao Ya had already rushed to the edge of the city wall and flew to the top of the tower.

After entering the tower, it was empty.

The dozen soldiers responsible for guarding the city were hiding in the corner and shivering.

In fact, it was not their fault. You have to know that among these dozen soldiers, the youngest one must be over fifty.

Opening and closing the city gates and maintaining order on weekdays are OK, but when encountering such emergencies, they can't be relied on at all.

Zhao Ya ignored them and walked straight to the lookout to look out. He saw black shadows swaying in the darkness, and the mountains and forests in the distance were shaking constantly.

At the same time, many strange beasts had gathered under the city wall, and they were cruising back and forth at this time, as if they were waiting for something.

"Who discovered it first?" Zhao Ya asked in a deep voice without turning his head.

At this time, there were a few people at the lookout, all young warriors, and Zhao Ya was asking them.

"Reply to Master Zhao, I discovered it first." One of the men said very respectfully.

"Oh?" Zhao Ya looked back at the man and felt that he looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.

"Do you recognize me?" Zhao Ya asked.

"Master Zhao is really a forgetful person. Didn't you save me and Senior Brother Pan in the forest before?"

Zhao Ya suddenly realized, "You are from the Baibu Martial Arts School..."

"Yang Ping, this is my Junior Brother Jiang Zhong!" The man pulled the person next to him, and the two of them saluted Zhao Ya with fists.

Zhao Ya waved his hand, "No need to be polite, how did you come to the tower and find the traces of strange beasts?"

"To answer Master Zhao, our Baibu Martial Arts School is the closest to the city gate, and since the last incident in the forest, Senior Brother Pan has always been worried, so he sends people to the tower every night to watch, and tonight it happens to be my and Jiang Zhong's turn." Yang Ping said.

Hearing this, Zhao Ya couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Unexpectedly, the person who was saved at that time played a big role now.

At the same time, some martial arts schools that were closer to the city wall also came here after hearing the noise.

Baibu Martial Arts School was naturally among them.

Pan Xuexian carried a longbow on his back and climbed up the city wall. When he saw Zhao Ya there, he couldn't help but be happy.

But this was not the time to greet and reminisce about the past, so he just nodded to Zhao Ya and then went to the lookout to observe carefully.

After watching for a while, he frowned slightly.

"Did you see anything?" Zhao Ya asked.

He knew that archery masters like Pan Xuexian usually had extremely sharp eyesight and could see details that ordinary people could not see.

"These strange beasts under the city wall have been just cruising, and although the mountains and forests in the distance are not very clear, there should be a large number of strange beasts hidden. Such a large group of beasts gathered together but did not attack. What are they trying to do?" Pan Xuexian asked in confusion.

"Are they waiting for the opportunity?" someone said.

"Don't be funny, this is a beast, not a human, how can it have such a high IQ? Waiting for the opportunity, you might as well say they are arranging their troops." Someone refuted.

But Zhao Ya's face became more serious.

Because he had always had this guess in his heart.

If these beasts launched an attack in a mess, Zhao Ya would be relieved.

What he was afraid of was the current situation of forbearance.

"It's a pity that I can't see what's going on in the distant mountains and forests." Zhao Ya sighed.

He had thought about making a simple telescope before, but found that there was no usable crystal near Yunxiao County.

As for glass products...

This world does not have such high glass smelting technology, and the transparency of the produced glass is very poor and cannot be used at all.

He had no choice but to give up.

After hearing what Zhao Ya said, Pan Xuexian took off the longbow behind him, and then pulled out a special arrow from the quiver. The arrowhead was round and bulging, and liquid was stored inside.

After lighting it with a fire starter, the arrowhead burned like a huge torch.

Then Pan Xuexian drew his bow and shot the arrow at the distant forest.

With a whoosh, the arrow shot out like a meteor, breaking through the darkness and passing over the forest.

The forest became much clearer under the illumination of the arrow torch.

Although it was still blurry, it was enough for a master of Zhao Ya's level.

He saw at a glance that there were many ferocious beasts hidden in the forest.

There were jackals, tigers, leopards and so on.

But at this time, all these beasts were lying dormant in the forest without moving.

At this moment, a sharp cry suddenly came from the night sky, and then a huge bird flew by at a very fast speed, and its wings just flapped on the arrow.

With a snap, the arrow fell into the forest, and everything returned to darkness.

"It's a flying beast!" someone exclaimed.

Flying beasts are very rare, and they are extremely difficult and terrifying. If you encounter them in the wild, it is extremely dangerous.

"Fortunately, there are not many of these flying beasts, and they all have a strong sense of territory, and they will not appear in groups!" Someone thanked.

At this time, more and more people gathered on the tower.

Shen Dao and Miao Shaocheng also came.

"What's the situation?" Shen Dao asked when they met.

"Besiege the city without attacking, that's the situation." Zhao Ya said.

While talking, someone suddenly shouted: "Retreat, retreat, they retreat."

Everyone looked over, and sure enough.

The herd of beasts that were originally cruising under the city wall gradually retreated into the forest and disappeared.

As the beasts dispersed, the tense atmosphere in the tower relaxed a lot.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief.

Someone even laughed and said, "I think these beasts are not stupid. They probably saw that there are so many of us and knew they couldn't beat us, so they were scared away."

But Zhao Ya didn't feel relieved at all. Instead, his face became more solemn.

He certainly didn't think that these beasts were scared away.

Moreover, when these beasts retreated, they were orderly, and there was even a shadow of the army.

This made Zhao Ya even more worried.

Shen Dao naturally saw Zhao Ya's worry and asked, "Is there any way?"

Zhao Ya shook his head.

He was not a god.

These beasts were clearly waiting for the opportunity, and they would attack in a big way after accumulating enough strength.

This situation is not something that can be changed by one person.

Unless a master of the fifth realm comes forward, there is a possibility of controlling the situation.

Shen Dao couldn't help but fall silent when he saw this.

Perhaps the solemn aura of their fellow apprentices infected others, and the warriors in the tower gradually shut their mouths and stopped talking.

Pan Xuexian, who was standing by, heard the conversation between Zhao Ya and Shen Dao just now. At this moment, he finally couldn't help but asked.

"Master Zhao, do you have any opinions? Can you tell us for reference?"

"Yes, Master Zhao, you are smart. If you have any ideas, just tell us and let everyone hear them!" Someone echoed.

"We all listen to you!" Someone simply expressed his support.

Now, with Zhao Ya's reputation growing, his status in the minds of the warriors has also risen.

Many people looked at him expectantly.

Zhao Ya pondered for a moment, then said: "This wave of beasts retreating is by no means the end. I guess they should also be waiting for the opportunity, so we must not take it lightly."

"In my opinion, starting from today, each of our martial arts schools should send people to guard the tower. This is the first priority. After all, if the brothers of Baibu Martial Arts School had not discovered the situation in time today, we might have suffered."

Everyone had no objection to this and agreed loudly.

"Okay!"

"It should be so!"

"Our Zhenshan Boxing School will be the first to guard the night tomorrow!"

Amid the shouting, Zhao Ya continued: "The second is outside the city. With the cover of the mountains and forests, the beasts can easily hide, so they must be cleared."

"Wait until daytime, I will lead the team, and all martial arts schools will send more people. We will first clear the mountains and forests within two miles outside the city wall, leaving no place for the beasts to hide."

Everyone naturally had no objection to this.

So after discussing it, they left first.

After Zhao Ya said a few words to Pan Xuexian and others, he also returned to Dingtai Martial Arts Hall.

When he met Lu Dingtai, Zhao Ya told him what happened, and Lu Dingtai frowned slightly.

"These beasts are so disciplined, which shows that there must be a powerful and intelligent beast in command."

Zhao Ya nodded, "My disciple also guessed so, so I decided to clear the fields and cut down the forest outside the city, and try to force the beast to show its body. As long as it is destroyed, the pressure will be greatly relieved."

"Okay, do it as you want."

With Lu Dingtai's support, Zhao Ya brought dozens of disciples from Dingtai Martial Arts Hall to the city gate after dawn.

At this time, people from major martial arts halls also arrived.

All parties gathered together, then opened the heavy city gate and began to cut down trees outside the city.

For these warriors, cutting trees is simply easy.

Sometimes they don't even need knives or axes, they can just chop down the tree with a palm.

Everyone was talking and laughing, and the progress was very fast.

But at this moment, a martial arts disciple suddenly felt an itch on his face.

He scratched it with his hand without paying any attention, and then howled miserably the next second.

When Zhao Ya arrived, the disciple had already rolled on the ground, his cheeks swollen like a watermelon, and he howled miserably.

At the same time, he exuded a sweet smell.

The martial artist's fellow apprentice pressed his hands and feet hard to control him from scratching.

Zhao Ya walked closer and found that there was an inconspicuous small wound on the cheek of the young martial artist.

But it was this small wound that made his face swell up, and it seemed that something was wriggling inside.

Zhao Ya was startled, and just as he was about to say something, he saw the young martial artist suddenly roared, suddenly broke free of his arms, and struggled to grab his face.

With a puff.

The skin that had stretched to the point of being transparent was scratched, and dozens of black bees flew out from it.

Zhao Ya's face changed drastically, "Get out of the way!"

But it was too late. The closest brothers were instantly surrounded by black bees, and then they also screamed miserably like the young warrior.

The rest of the black bees pounced on the crowd, and some of them even pounced on Zhao Ya.

But as soon as they got close, these black bees fell to the ground.

At the same time, Zhao Ya's body flashed and secretly transported poison, and finally successfully poisoned all the dozens of black bees to the ground.

Looking at the people on the ground at this time, their skin had already ulcerated and they were dead.