Chapter 146: Breakthrough in the Wind Sword Technique: Return to the Original Nature!

The forest outside the city is much quieter today.

Standing on the official road and looking up, the road in the distance is silent. Not to mention the caravans, not even a single person can be seen.

All this makes Zhao Ya's heart heavy.

You should know that the main entrances and exits of the county city are the east and west gates, which are connected by this official road through the city.

The west gate faces the direction of Wuxiang City and Wanshou County, and the east gate faces the direction of Dayan Capital.

Although there are roads at the south gate and the north gate, they all lead to the forest and are not counted.

Zhao Ya is standing outside the east gate now.

On weekdays, there are constant merchants coming and going here, and it is very lively.

But today it is dead silent.

No need to ask, it must be that the ambush left by the beast group has blocked the trade route.

"Everyone should be careful, and don't touch unknown objects casually." Zhao Ya said in a deep voice.

Everyone behind him agreed, and then Zhao Ya led them to the forest that was cut down yesterday.

Today, everyone was much more stable, and no longer used fists and feet to break trees like yesterday.

Everyone had axes, saws and other tools in their hands.

With the help of these tools, big trees were quickly felled, and the advancement speed was extremely fast.

Zhao Ya did not work. He kept shuttling through the mountains and forests, carefully observing whether there was any danger ahead.

At this moment, after cutting down a big tree, someone suddenly exclaimed.

"Fuck, what is this?"

Zhao Ya rushed over immediately.

I saw a black insect attached to the cloth armor of a warrior, desperately drilling into it.

But these cloth armors of the Zhu family are made of three layers of thick kudzu cloth and lining, which are extremely tough.

The insect couldn't get in no matter what.

After the warrior found out, he reached out to catch it.

But the larva was very alert. Seeing the danger coming, it actually arched its body, and then shot towards the face of a warrior next to it.

However, Zhao Ya arrived just as it flew to the middle of the air.

He moved as fast as lightning and grabbed the larva in the air.

Even through the gloves, Zhao Ya could still feel that it was struggling hard, and it was so strong that it could easily escape if ordinary people were not careful.

Zhao Ya was prepared for this. He reached out and took out an iron box from his waist, opened the lid, and then threw the larva in.

It still wanted to struggle, but the box was full of medicine powder. As soon as it touched, the insect was like a deflated ball and could no longer move.

Zhao Ya closed the lid and said to the frightened warrior: "It's okay, this should be the larva of the black bee from yesterday."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard it.

To be honest, even if they were wearing cloth armor, many people were still a little scared, fearing that they would encounter the weird black bee again like yesterday.

Now this incident proves that cloth armor can prevent these strange insects, and they naturally feel relieved.

The felling continued.

The progress this time was significantly faster. Although they encountered seven or eight black bee larvae in the process, they were all unable to break through the defense of the cloth armor and were easily captured by Zhao Ya.

Before noon, everyone had cleared all the trees within a mile outside the city.

At this time, someone in the city sent food, with wine and meat, and the food was quite good.

People were also starving, so they sat on the ground and ate heartily.

Zhao Ya was not so leisurely.

He was carefully identifying the traces on the ground in the forest.

Through feces and smell, Zhao Ya could roughly infer the type of strange beasts lurking in the forest last night.

Not only that, he also caught four or five black bee larvae. Counting the eight or nine encountered when cutting trees today, Zhao Ya's small box was almost full.

But Zhao Ya was not happy at all.

Because there were so many black bee larvae in the forest more than a mile away from the city, it can be seen how many ambushes these strange beasts had set up.

This is just one city gate on the east side. If the other three city gates are counted, the number must be even more terrifying.

Lonely city!

This group of strange beasts obviously want to turn the county city into an isolated city.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ya's expression became more serious.

In the afternoon, Zhao Ya went back and put all these black bee larvae into the box of the strange insect he raised.

The lazy mother insect instantly became energetic after seeing these black bee larvae, and swallowed one with her mouth.

Zhao Ya was slightly happy when he saw this.

The reason why he did not kill these dangerous black bee larvae was to see if the mother insect he raised would eat them.

After all, they are all strange insects, and these larvae should be extremely delicious bait for the mother insect.

The fact is just as he guessed. The mother insect seemed to have eaten something supremely delicious. She did not stop for a moment and soon swallowed all the dozen black bee larvae into her stomach.

After eating, the mother insect's entire body was expanded a lot, and then she lay down on the box and began to sleep soundly.

Zhao Ya did not rush back, but came to a fish tank next to the flower bed, reached out and took out a few jars from the water, carefully packed them, and then returned to the outside of the city.

At this time, the work of clearing the forest was nearing its end.

With the concerted efforts of everyone, all the trees within two miles of the city were cleared.

When Zhao Ya came back with these jars, many people came forward curiously.

"Brother Zhao, what is this?"

"Some small things."

As Zhao Ya said this, he opened the stopper of a jar, and a pungent smell hit him.

It was actually filled with Zhao Ya's special kerosene.

In the cave, Zhao Ya successfully counterattacked and killed the fifth-level beast with this kerosene.

Today, Zhao Ya wanted to try to use it to deal with these low-level beasts.

Under Zhao Ya's command, everyone quickly hid the kerosene in these jars.

Not only that, Zhao Ya was very considerate to enter the forest and left a jar of kerosene on the tallest tree.

After everything was ready, Zhao Ya and everyone returned to the city.

At this time, the money and things of the various wealthy families in the city were also delivered. Zhao Ya publicly gave enough bounty to everyone who went out of the city to work, and the rest was jointly kept by several martial arts halls.

This move was done openly and honestly, and no one could find any fault with it.

Zhao Ya simply ate dinner in the city tower.

Many people also stayed, waiting for the night to fall with great interest.

At night.

The forest in the distance shook.

Zhao Ya knew that the beasts were coming.

But he was not in a hurry, just waiting quietly.

But he was not in a hurry, but Pan Xuexian next to him was a little uneasy.

Today he was called by Zhao Ya and entrusted with a very important task.

Although Pan Xuexian was very confident in his archery, he couldn't help trembling when he thought that this matter was related to the safety of the county city.

"Don't be so nervous, this is just a small harassment." Zhao Ya suddenly said.

Pan Xuexian nodded vigorously, then tried to adjust his breathing, and the whole person slowly calmed down.

At this time, Zhao Ya saw that many strange beasts were walking out of the forest and appeared on the open space in front of the city gate.

Thanks to the work results today, these strange beasts had nowhere to hide and were directly exposed to everyone's eyes.

"It's a jade-spotted python!"

"That's a giant-horned deer!"

"Oh my god, there's even a golden-eyed fox?"

Some people recognized several of the strange beasts and couldn't help but exclaim.

But there were more strange beasts whose names they couldn't even call out.

However, it was a little comforting that the levels of these strange beasts were generally not high, and most of them were around the second realm.

Before they came to the city gate, pairs of eyes of different colors stared at the city wall, making many people feel a little numb.

Zhao Ya only glanced at these strange beasts, and then cast his eyes into the mountains and forests in the distance.

Although it was dark and the distance was very far, Zhao Ya deliberately marked the mountains and forests with fluorescent powder during the day.

So there were many huge figures in the mountains and forests.

It was obvious that the strange beasts in the mountains and forests were stronger than those under the city.

Zhao Ya stared at the tallest tree in the mountains and forests.

He applied the most fluorescent powder on that tree, just to see what the commander of this wave of beasts looked like.

Because if there really was a commander, it would definitely appear at the highest point of the battlefield, so that it would be convenient for it to observe the battle situation.

Sure enough.

A huge black shadow slowly appeared beside the big tree.

When he saw it clearly, Zhao Ya was also shocked.

Because it was a nearly four-meter-tall ghost-faced giant ape.

Although the expression on its face was not clear due to the distance, Zhao Ya still read something from its pair of eyes that looked like lamps.

It was a kind of cruelty and teasing from a high position.

It was just like a cat would always play with a mouse before eating it.

That was not something that should appear in the eyes of a strange beast.

Zhao Ya said in a deep voice: "Are you ready?"

Pan Xuexian nodded and raised the longbow in his hand, "Ready."

"First shoot the tallest tree in the distant forest. I have already told you the mark in advance. Can you do it?"

Pan Xuexian took a deep breath and said firmly: "Yes!"

He did not say to try it, and did not even hesitate at all. He directly picked up a special long arrow, put it on the bowstring, aimed at the distant forest and pulled the bowstring.

Generally, the range of a bow and arrow is about 100 steps. A good archer can hit a target within 200 steps, which is already the limit.

But Pan Xuexian is different.

He has shown a very high shooting talent since he was a child. After entering the Baibu Martial Arts Hall, he has made rapid progress. Now, if it comes to archery, even his teacher is not as good as him.

This is also the reason why he was able to deal with a ghost-faced giant ape in the forest with his archery skills.

But even for him, it is still not an easy task to shoot a jar on a big tree two miles away in the dark.

Pan Xuexian held his breath and concentrated, his hands were as steady as a mountain, without any shaking.

The people around him also quieted down, fearing to disturb him.

Suddenly.

As soon as Pan Xuexian let go, the bowstring made a bang, and then the long arrow flew into the forest.

At the same time, Pan Xuexian put the bow on again and shot another arrow in the same direction as before.

This was to prevent the first arrow from missing, so he made up for it.

But the second arrow was not used, because after just a few snaps of the fingers, the jar on the tree was shattered by the arrow.

The flint on the arrow head sparked a spark, instantly igniting the kerosene inside.

The flames shot up into the sky, just covering the ghost-faced giant ape next to the tree.

The ghost-faced giant ape did not expect this move, and was caught off guard, immediately covered in a lot of fire oil.

Under the scorching flames, it couldn't help but let out a roar of pain.

Everyone on the tower became excited.

Only Zhao Ya looked calm and said, "Shoot other targets."

In fact, there was no need for him to give orders at all. Pan Xuexian drew his bow like a full moon and had already struck other targets.

Bang bang bang!

I saw that the kerosene that had been ambushed in the open space in advance was ignited one by one.

The fire filled the sky, which also caused the strange beasts under the city to fall into panic.

After all, they are all beasts. Even if they have some intelligence after alienation, they are still far inferior to humans.

Especially after the ghost-faced giant ape was disturbed by the fire and could not command them.

Out of a natural fear of fire, the herd began to riot.

Many people looked excited, and some asked: "Brother Zhao, what should we do now?"

Zhao Ya drew his sword out of its sheath, "Of course I took advantage of his illness to kill him."

"Don't open the city gate. Anyone who can fly down to the top of the city will follow me."

After saying that, Zhao Ya jumped down and flew down. After landing, his sword flashed and he directly chopped two strange beasts into pieces.

Seeing his move, many warriors on the top of the city who thought they were good at Qinggong and Shenqiu drew their weapons and rushed down.

Only some people who were not strong enough stood on the top of the city and looked on with envy.

These beasts were already in panic, and coupled with the charge from Zhao Ya and others, the situation was immediately in chaos, and many strange beasts began to retreat desperately.

Zhao Ya didn't care about them either.

His eyes were always fixed on the dancing fire in the forest.

Zhao Ya knew that this ghost-faced giant ape was a strange beast from all four realms. It was absolutely impossible for a being of this level to be burned to death with just a jar of fire oil.

The reason why the giant-winged blood bat was eliminated was largely due to the help of the mysterious woman.

Otherwise, it cannot be burned with kerosene alone.

But at this time, Zhao Ya is no longer what he used to be.

Although it can't deal with the five-realm beasts, it should be enough to deal with this ghost-faced giant ape.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ya jumped out of the crowd, and after a few leaps, he came to the mountain forest.

As soon as he entered, there was a giant ape and a tiger attacking Zhao Ya from front to back.

They are all exotic beasts at the pinnacle level of the Three Realms.

Zhao Ya ignored them at all and relied on his superb Qinggong movement to fly out extremely quickly, heading straight for the fire.

At this time, the flames on the ghost-faced giant ape had gradually extinguished.

Although the skin was burnt black, and in some places it was even bruised, but for a creature with the strength of the Fourth Realm, these were just superficial wounds.

So when it noticed Zhao Ya rushing towards it, it couldn't help roaring and then slapped Zhao Ya with its palm.

The wind howling in the palm was extremely powerful.

But Zhao Ya, who was in mid-air, suddenly fell down. He dodged the palm in the blink of an eye, and then rushed forward.

The long-prepared Meteor Iron Sword fell directly, hitting the lower abdomen of the ghost-faced giant ape.

Then Zhao Ya felt that the meteorite iron sword, which was invincible, felt sluggish.

It was as if it was chopped on thick cowhide, and it was impossible to cut it off for a while.

At this moment, the ghost-faced giant ape suddenly let out a strange cry that sounded like a ghost crying.

The strange beasts in the mountain forest gathered together after hearing the cry. At the same time, it waved its palms and kept slapping Zhao Ya.

Bang bang bang!

Trees in the forest were broken and rocks flew everywhere.

Zhao Ya dodged left and right, but never found a chance to counterattack.

At this time, the strange beasts in the mountains and forests had also gathered around Zhao Ya.

But the more this happened, the calmer Zhao Ya became.

He knew that this opportunity today was very valuable.

Although killing this ghost-faced giant ape does not mean that this beast wave has been solved.

They are probably just the vanguard before the real beast tide comes.

But killing it will greatly boost people's morale.

Don't underestimate this, morale and people's morale are extremely important at critical moments.

So Zhao Ya did not retreat, but instead took a deep breath and waved the knife in his hand along the line he was already familiar with.

The sword was as powerful as the wind, killing all those who dared to get close to Zhao Ya.

When he was under heavy siege, Zhao Ya was highly concentrated, and the Meteor Iron Sword seemed to have become one with him.

Gradually, each strike of Zhao Ya's sword would bring up the wind, and the next strike would naturally follow the wind of the previous strike.

The whole process was natural and flawless.

Zhao Ya suddenly realized something, and a prompt sounded immediately.

[Add 3% to the proficiency of the Gust Sword Technique, and you will be promoted successfully]

[Current level: Return to nature]