"Hey, Ah Cheng! We seem to have had good luck these days, there are a lot of wild boars, wild deer, roe deer and other prey, and we return with a full load almost every day. Why don't you wait and ask the good brewery in town to bring some drinks, and everyone can celebrate together tonight?"

At this time, a voice came into Zhang Teng's ears from the front, and he saw a group of people walking towards him, about thirty or forty people, looking like hunters from a certain village with bows, arrows, knives, forks, ropes and other things.

They seem to have gained a lot, some of them carry roe deer on their shoulders, some carry wild deer on their backs, and some carry wild boars in pairs, and each of them has pheasants, hares, wild foxes and other small prey hanging from their waists, and they are all happy and happy.

The leader was a rugged beard, and he turned back to a mustache behind him with a smile on his face and said, "It's okay, go back and ask your mother-in-law to cook some good dishes, bring them all out, and everyone will have fun together." ”

In the middle of the team, a young hunter said to the bearded man: "Uncle Cheng, Ah Hu, Ah Min, Ah Hui, the three of them are seriously injured, I'm afraid they can't drink tonight, remember to ask the guys from the good brewery to send one or two jars less." Although their wine is delicious, it is not cheap, so we can buy some candy and shortbread and distribute them to the children in the village. ”

"Okay!" said the bearded man, "after the prey has been sold, the injured will have a little extra money for the drink, which can be regarded as compensation for not being able to celebrate together." ”

"Uncle Cheng, although there are many prey in the past few days, they are also much more fierce than usual, and there are also many small demon beasts that appear. I heard that the hunting team in the next village encountered an injured second-class demon wolf, and it has lost a lot of manpower, so we will have to be careful tomorrow. The young hunter said something and asked the bearded man, "But, Uncle Cheng, this is a bit strange, it stands to reason that Suining is surrounded by wild beasts, why are there a lot of demon beasts popping up these days?"

The bearded man thought for a moment and said, "I don't know much about this, maybe there are some high-level demon beasts in the forest in the west, and some low-level demon beasts have been forced to leave the territory and break into the area of human activities." Hey, what's it all about, if there really is a high-level demon beast, there will naturally be people from the three major villages to solve it, what should we do. ”

"That's right, but the three major villages have been a little strange recently, it seems that something has happened, and each village is under martial law. ”

"Brother Cheng, you said that if there were really high-level demon beasts attacking the village again, would the three major villages go to solve it? Will they help? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, there is also the matter of Chen Village. You've all heard about it, right? It's miserable, there are only some old, weak, sick and disabled, women and children, who seem to have something to do with it. ”

"Didn't you take care of it? Didn't you say that Wang Shaozhuang's master of Wangjiazhuang killed that demon tiger? ”

"But some people say that it was someone else who killed the demon tiger, not Wang Teng. ”

"It's possible, but it's not Wang Teng, could it be someone from the other two villages?"

"Okay, let's talk less about the three major villages, don't talk about it. ”

......

When this group of hunters saw Zhang Teng, they were first surprised, and then they became nervous one by one. They lowered their voices to remind their companions, stopped talking, and passed by Zhang Teng quickly without a sound, until they had walked a long way before they spoke again.

"Uncle Cheng, it looks like a person from the Three Great Villages. ”

"Well, I just don't know if it's the descendants of that village, no matter what, don't gossip in front of them, we can't afford to mess with the people of the three major villages. ”

"But then again, the kid of Da Zhuang just now is about the same age as the second girl in the village, and he looks quite handsome, so I don't know if he is a good person. ”

......

Zhang Teng stopped and turned to look at them, wanting to hear what else they had to say.

The hunters also happened to look back at him, and when they saw Zhang Teng looking at them, several of the speakers immediately became cautious, and their words became cautious.

"There are good people in the three major villages, not many. There are many wicked people, especially Wang ...... Forget it, let's go back and talk about it. ”

"Yes, the person who practices martial arts has a bright ear and a sharp eye, and his voice is quiet, so that he does not have to be heard. ”

He looked at it, and it seemed like he had heard it...... Don't say it, don't say it. Hurry up and get ......."

......

The hunters did not dare to say more, they quickened their pace, went farther and farther, and finally disappeared.

"Alas, the three villages. Zhang Teng shook his head when he saw this scene, sighed, and continued to hurry.

Since then, two days after Nie Qingniang's family returned, Zhang Teng did not go out much according to her instructions.

However, while doing his daily weight-bearing training near the bamboo courtyard, he still noticed some abnormalities.

Some small low-level demon beasts began to appear around, and there were many more snakes, insects, rats and ants than usual, gathering in groups on the main road and gathering in unison towards the crowded village.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Teng remembered Nie Qingniang's advice, and combined with the conversation of the group of hunters he met on the road before, he suddenly realized that this was a precursor to the approaching beast tide.

So, Zhang Teng went to Suining Town, not only bought oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, rice noodles and other sauces and edibles, but also bought sulfur, fire, water, medicine and other things, and went to Moyu Iron Shop again to bring some iron nails, iron nets, animal trappers, iron arrowheads, fine iron blocks and other things.

Another day passed, and Zhang Teng felt more and more that this time the beast tide seemed to be different from the beast tide of previous years.

Because on this day, Zhang Teng actually saw rare second-level demon beasts such as carnivorous demon rabbits, flower-colored demon civets, blood-hoofed deer, black-spotted demon hyenas, etc., and also found the footprints and paw prints of third-level demon beasts such as thorn armor giant demon pigs, flaming demon leopards, and black-maned demon cows.

He had been in Suining for more than five years, and there were almost three or four beast tides every year.

However, the earliest animal tides of the year generally occur at the intersection of spring and summer, and are mostly wild animals, coming from the western forests. And this time the beast tide actually happened in early spring, mainly demon beasts, and what is even more strange is that these animals come from all directions, and they do not spring out of the western forest as usual.

This situation is a bit unusual, it seems that high-level demon beasts appeared in all directions of Suining at the same time, faintly forming a kind of encirclement.

You must know that except for the west of Suining, all other directions are areas of human activity. In some wild forests in those three directions, basically most of the third-level demon beasts, even if there are a very small number of fourth-level demon beasts, they are either hiding or being cleared by human masters, it should be impossible for them to appear at the same time and cause a beast tide. What's more, the demon beasts that appeared this time not only have more types than the previous beast tide, but also seem to have a higher level than the previous beasts, which is very unreasonable.

In view of this, Zhang Teng decided to immediately start preparations to deal with this beast tide.

He first spent a day forging another horizontal sword, calling it the "Black Tiger".

Zhang Teng forged the Black Tiger, mainly intended to use it to slash and kill the demon beasts that might break into the bamboo courtyard, while Shuangying was a backup.

The black tiger is different from the frost ying, it is made of 100 refined steel, weighs about nine catties, the total length is three feet two, the handle is nine inches long, the width is three inches, the tiger head gauntlet is about two inches long, the blade is about two inches wide, two feet long, the back of the knife is two points thick, and the arc of the tip of the knife is larger, similar to the shape of a saber.

Of course, the handle of the black tiger is also engraved with the peculiar lines on the dagger, sharpening iron like clay and having the attribute of sharpness, but the effect of sharpness is much worse than that of frost. When the aura is infused into the knife, the blade of the knife produces a layer of faint blade, and the blade is basically only wrapped around the blade, which is equivalent to increasing the sharpness of the blade.

Generally speaking, the Black Tiger is a second-grade treasure knife, which not only sharpens iron like mud, but also has sharp attributes, and the grade is second-grade inferior.

Then Zhang Teng spent two days, quickly arranging various traps around the bamboo courtyard, and using wood to enclose a rough and sturdy outer wall to protect it along with the bamboo forest. At the same time, a ring of traps was laid outside the outer wall, and a cordon was made with wires and bells.

Of course, such a large amount of work was completed by Zhang Teng in two days, thanks to the help of the Black Tiger and the Dragon's Tooth.

"Dragon's Tooth" is the name of the black dagger. Ever since Zhang Teng created Frost Shadow, he seems to have become addicted to naming weapons, and also named the black dagger, calling it "Dragon Tooth".

These two sharp knives that sharpen iron like clay and blow hair can be broken temporarily replaced a variety of bamboo carpenter tools in Zhang Teng's hands, not only in the construction of exterior walls and traps, but also to help Zhang Teng complete his daily martial arts lessons. Although it is a bit overkill and destroys the heavens, it can be regarded as making the best use of things, killing two birds with one stone.

After the defense of the bamboo courtyard was completed, Zhang Teng hunted many pheasants and hares around, pickled and smoked them, and dried them as a reserve for meat.

Zhang Teng knows very well that this time the beast tide is coming, and the wild small animals around Suining will be preyed upon by demon beasts, and if you want to get meat when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be much more difficult. Although the meat of the demon beast can be eaten, it takes a lot of effort and the great risk of being swept up in the beast tide.

As the so-called "ants bite dead elephants", with his current strength in the late stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm, he can barely cope with a group of first-level demon beasts. If you encounter a group of second-level demon beasts, you are only afraid of nine deaths. If you encounter a group of third-level demon beasts, you will be dead and lifeless.

"I don't know what the situation in Chen Village is, the beast tide is coming, I'm afraid that Chen Li's family will not survive. ”

When Zhang Teng completed all the preparations, he suddenly thought of the Chen Li brothers and sisters, he hesitated again and again, and finally made a reluctant decision.

At the same time, the three villages of Suining Town also carried out the animal tide defense work intensively.

The local villagers of Suining have lived here for more than 100 years, and they have long dealt with many animal tides.

Since this beast tide seemed to be dominated by demon beasts, the villagers realized that the situation was a bit serious, so they strengthened six or seven percent on the basis of the original defense. Tall and sturdy wooden walls have been built around the villages, and all kinds of traps are arranged outside the walls, and everyone in the village is equipped with weapons, swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows, axes, forks, hooks, and so on.

However, in the eighteen villages of Suining, there is a village whose defense preparations are extremely weak and useless.

This village is Chen Village.

Due to the last tiger plague, Chen Village lost most of the young and strong population, and now there are only some old and young women and children left in the village, and there is no manpower and material resources at all. In the face of the beast tide, the people who can leave in Chen Village have already left.

In the end, some villagers who had nowhere to go simply dug some traps outside the village, built a thin bamboo fence, and tied bells to serve as a cordon. The only way to survive is to dig deep into the cellar and store food.

From the beginning to the end, they did not intend to resist, nor were they powerless to resist, so they could only hide and resign themselves to fate.

Wangjiazhuang, who originally governed Chen Village, still ignored this and left the villagers of Chen Village to fend for themselves. Today's Chen Village is no longer of much value to them.

Wangjiazhuang's plan is to wait for this beast tide to wipe out the remaining villagers of Chen Village, and then take over the original land and property of Chen Village and build a new village.