Chapter 146: Breakthrough with the Wild Wind Sword Technique: Return to Nature!

Chapter 146: Breakthrough with the Wild Wind Sword Technique: Return to Nature!

The mountains and forests outside the city were obviously much deserted today.

Standing on the official road and looking up, the road in the distance was completely silent. Not to mention the caravans coming and going, not even a single person could be seen.

All this made Zhao Ya's heart heavy.

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

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

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

Zhao Ya is now standing outside the east gate.

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

But today it was dead silent here.

No need to ask, the ambush left by the beasts must have blocked the trade route.

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

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

Today everyone is much more stable, no longer like yesterday, who would break trees with fists and kicks at every turn.

Everyone has axes, saws and other tools handed out to them.

With the help of these tools, big trees were quickly brought down, and the progress was extremely fast.

Zhao Ya didn't work. He kept walking 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 dark insect clinging to the cloth armor of a warrior, trying desperately to get inside.

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

This bug can't get in no matter what.

The warrior noticed it and reached out to grab it.

But this larva was extremely vigilant. When he saw danger coming, he actually arched his body and then ejected towards the face of a warrior next to him.

But as soon as he flew into the air, Zhao Ya arrived.

He shot like lightning and caught the larva in the air.

Even through his gloves, Zhao Ya could still feel that it was struggling hard, and its strength was so great that ordinary people might escape from it if they were not careful.

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

It still wanted to struggle, but the box was full of medicinal powder. As soon as it came into contact, the bug was like a deflated rubber ball and could no longer move.

Zhao Ya closed the lid and said to the shocked warrior: "It's okay, this should be the larvae of the black wasp yesterday."

Everyone let out a sigh of relief after hearing this.

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

Now this incident has proved that cloth armor can prevent these insects, and I am naturally at ease.

The felling continues.

The progress was obviously accelerated this time. Although they encountered seven or eight black wasp larvae in the process, without exception, they were unable to break through the cloth armor's defense and were easily controlled by Zhao Ya.

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

At this time, someone from the city brought food over, including wine and meat. The food was quite good.

People were also very hungry, so they sat on the ground and ate happily.

Zhao Ya was not so leisurely.

He was carefully identifying the traces on the ground in the mountains and forests.

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

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

But Zhao Ya was not happy at all.

Because there are so many black wasp larvae in the mountain forest more than a mile away from the city, it can be seen how many ambushes these strange beasts have laid.

This is only one city gate in the east. If the other three city gates are included, the number must be even more terrifying.

Lonely city!

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

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

In the afternoon, Zhao Ya went back and put all the black wasp larvae into the box of the zerg he had raised.

The originally lazy female insect immediately became energetic after seeing these black wasp larvae, opened her mouth and swallowed one.

Zhao Ya was slightly happy when he saw this.

The reason why he did not kill these dangerous black wasp larvae was because he wanted to see if the female worm he raised would eat it.

After all, they are all zerg, and these larvae should be considered extremely delicious food for the mother worm.

The fact was just as he had guessed, the female insect seemed to have eaten something delicious. She didn't stop for a moment and quickly swallowed all the dozens of black wasp larvae.

After eating, the female worm's entire body was stretched a lot, and then she lay down on the box and began to fall asleep.

Zhao Ya was not in a hurry to go back, but came to a fish tank next to the flower bed, reached out and fished out a few jars from the water, packed them carefully, and then returned to the outside of the city.

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

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 out of curiosity.

"Brother Zhao, what is this?"

"Some gadgets."

As Zhao Ya opened the stopper of a jar, a pungent smell hit his face.

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

In that cave, Zhao Ya relied on this fire oil to successfully counterattack and kill the five-realm beast.

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

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

Not only that, Zhao Ya also entered the mountain forest very thoughtfully and left a jar of kerosene on the tallest tree.

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

At this time, all the money and belongings of the wealthy families in the city were also delivered. Zhao Ya paid a sufficient bounty in public to everyone who went out to work in the city, and several martial arts schools came forward to jointly keep the rest.

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

Zhao Ya simply had dinner in the city tower.

Many people also stayed, eagerly waiting for the night to fall.

At night.

The mountains and forests in the distance shook.

Zhao Ya knew that this was the arrival of a herd of beasts.

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 assigned a very important task.

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

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

Pan Xuexian nodded vigorously when he heard this, then tried hard to adjust his breathing, and his whole person slowly calmed down.

At this time, Zhao Ya saw many strange beasts walking out of the mountains and forests, and then appeared in the open space in front of the city gate.

Thanks to the results of today's day's work, these strange beasts have nowhere to hide and are directly exposed to everyone's eyes.

"It's the 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 exclaimed.

But there are more strange beasts that cannot be named at all.

However, what is a bit comforting is that the level of these strange beasts is generally not high, and most of them are around the second level.

When they came to the city gate, pairs of eyes of different colors stared at the city wall, making many people feel their scalps numb.

Zhao Ya only glanced at these strange beasts for a moment, and then turned his gaze to 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.

Therefore, it is vaguely visible that there are many huge figures in the mountains and forests.

Obviously, the strange beasts in the mountains and forests are stronger than those under the city.

Zhao Ya stared at the tallest tree in the forest.

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

Because if there is really a commander, it will definitely appear at the highest point of the battlefield, so that it can easily observe the battle situation.

as expected.

A huge black shadow slowly appeared next to the big tree.

After seeing it clearly, Zhao Ya couldn't help but be shocked.

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

Although it was difficult to see the expression on its face clearly due to the distance, Zhao Ya could still read something from those lamp-like eyes.

That was condescending cruelty and teasing.

Just like a cat always plays with it before eating a mouse.

That's 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, raised the long bow in his hand, "Ready."

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

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

He didn't say give it a try, or even hesitate at all. He directly picked up a special long arrow, put it on the bowstring, pointed it at the distant mountains and pulled the bowstring.

Generally, the shooting range of bows and arrows is about a hundred steps. A good archer can hit a target within two hundred steps, which is already the limit.

But Pan Xuexian is different.

He has shown extremely high shooting talent since he was a child, and he has improved rapidly after entering the Baibu Martial Arts School. Now when it comes to shooting skills, 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 mountains and forests with just one shot of archery.

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

Pan Xuexian held his breath and concentrated, his hands as steady as mountains without any shaking.

People around him also became quiet, for fear of disturbing him.

Suddenly.

As soon as Pan Xuexian let go, the bowstring made a banging sound, and then the long arrow flew through the air into the mountain forest.

At the same time, Pan Xuexian nocked an arrow again and shot another arrow in the same direction.

This was specially added to prevent the first arrow from missing.

But the second arrow was of no use, because after just a few snaps of his fingers, the jar on the big tree was shattered by the arrow.

The flint on the arrowhead stirred up sparks, which instantly ignited the kerosene inside.

The fire shot up into the sky, covering the giant ghost-faced 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 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 was 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.

Therefore, 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-awaited meteorite 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, surrounding 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 took a deep breath and kept waving 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's spirit 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 seamless and flawless.

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

[Add 3% to the proficiency of the Gust Sword Technique, and the promotion is successful]

[Current level: Return to nature]