Chapter 21: The Beast Tide is Coming

After a long time, Shui Ling'er seemed to calm down, as if she had returned to her former coldness, she raised her tear-stained cheeks, and whispered: "Senior Brother Yun, the night is dark, rest as soon as possible." As soon as he finished speaking, he got up and left.

Yun Feng looked at Shui Ling'er's departing figure, was stunned, then sighed secretly, and also entered the tent to rest.

Yun Feng had just laid down when suddenly, a shrill fox cry broke the silence of the night. Then a piercing alarm sounded, and the sentry master came to report: "There are a large number of wild beasts gathering here, and everyone is likely to have encountered a wild beast tide, and they need to be prepared to resist immediately." "A beast tide is a situation in which a large number of wild animals gather and impact human villages or towns due to extreme weather or other abnormal factors.

Beast tides rarely occur, but every time they occur, they cause a lot of casualties, and even cases where villages with poor defense are wiped out and no one survives.

Judging from the situation reported by the patrol post, this beast tide is a small-scale beast tide, only two or three hundred, if such a small-scale beast tide in the town naturally does not pose a threat, relying on the city wall, heavy crossbows and other military equipment can easily resist, but in this helpless wilderness, only a hundred or so people can resist this beast tide.

The north and south dart bureau is worthy of the famous north and south dart board, extremely well-trained, less than the kung fu of tea, with Zeng Wanqi, Zeng Wanjiu led by the dart board everyone has been assembled, ready to fight.

Although everyone's expressions were grim, they didn't see the slightest timidity and panic, and Yun Feng secretly admired it in his heart. The Seventh Master first ordered the communication team to disperse in all directions, break through to nearby towns to find support before the beasts were surrounded, and send a signal for help.

The first outer circle consisted of archers, skilled in hidden weapons, and some strong men with javelins, relying on traps for the first round of long-range defense, and when the monsters approached, they retreated to the second layer of defense.

The second layer of defense circle is composed of shield soldiers and highly skilled dart masters, which is the core force of defense, led by Zeng Wanjiu, relying on recommended defense equipment such as spiked fences to engage in hand-to-hand combat with beasts.

The third circle of defense is made up of swordsmen and archers withdrawn from the first circle, who assist the second circle in the attack at the right time, replenish the gaps in the defense, and are responsible for receiving and replacing the wounded.

Inside the third layer of defense are two carriages, an ordinary dart cart is used as an emergency shelter and treatment place for seriously injured people, and a heavy armoured dart cart is used for breaking out at a critical moment.

Zeng Wanqi thought that although Yun Feng and the others had some kung fu, they had never seen any bloody scenes after all, and they were afraid that they would be injured by wild beasts in the panic, so they arranged the two around the heavy armored dart cart inside the third layer of defense circle, if they were defeated, they would have the best chance of escaping.

After everything was arranged, the seventh master smiled apologetically at Yunfeng and the two: "I didn't expect it to be a good intention, but it affected the two of them, I don't know if the beast impact tide tonight can be avoided, and I will definitely do my best to protect the two of them, please rest assured." Zeng Jiu Ye also hugged his fists and said to them: "Little doll don't worry, with my Ninth Master here, a few beasts are nothing, and see that Lao Tzu slaughtered them, and peeled off the fur to make a jacket for Ling'er sister." As he spoke, he burst out laughing, and everyone laughed when they heard it, and the solemn atmosphere seemed to be diluted a lot for a while.

Yun Feng knew that ordinary beasts posed no threat to him at all, so he obeyed their arrangements for the time being, if everyone's lives were really in danger, he would try his best to rescue them without revealing their identities.

After everyone set up a defensive array,

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" sound sounded, three bright signal flares rose into the air, forming the shape of three swords, which is the most critical signal for help in the rivers and lakes, and the chivalrous people within a radius of 100 miles will rush to the rescue as soon as they receive the signal.

As soon as the signal lifted into the air, everyone felt that the earth began to shake, as if countless demon beasts were rushing towards them.

All kinds of high-pitched and terrifying roars came and went, and they looked particularly frightening in the middle of the night. Because Zeng Wanqi had the foresight to station the camp at the water's edge to prevent the enemy from being attacked on the back of the abdomen, so that the defensive force only needed to be arranged in front and on both wings.

In this way, manpower can be saved to the greatest extent, and the best combat power can be maintained, and casualties can be reduced. Everyone was waiting with bated breath for the beast to arrive, and in a moment, the surrounding forest was already filled with a faint green light, and the beast had completely surrounded them.

Through the light of the fire, everyone found that this group of beasts was mainly composed of fire foxes and gray wolves, and they didn't know what had happened, they were more than twice the size of ordinary fire fox gray wolves, their sharp teeth mixed with the smell of blood, and their eyes were full of cruelty and rage.

After hearing a sharp fox roar, the beasts launched a frenzied attack on them like a tide, and Zeng Wanjiu immediately launched an attack order.

The outermost defensive circle took advantage of the light of the torches thrown out, immediately pulled the bow and shot arrows, launched hidden weapons, and the rain of arrows flew away, all kinds of hidden weapons were fired together, and the dart master holding the javelin threw the heavy javelin fiercely.

Everyone is a good martial artist, aiming at the vital point of the beast, a burst of wailing sounded, some beasts were shot in the throat by bows and arrows, and some were shot in the eyes by hidden weapons, but the most harmful is the javelin, often a javelin can penetrate two or three beasts.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of beasts were killed or wounded, and the death of their companions made the beasts even more furious without fear of anger, and rushed forward fearlessly with bloodthirsty madness in their eyes.

After a few waves of impact, the beasts had already rushed to about five feet in front of everyone and entered the trap area that had been set up long ago.

The beasts in front fell into the trap in groups, and were pierced to death by the sharp bamboo, and the beasts behind could not stop because of the impact of running, and also fell into the trap in waves, and in the blink of an eye, the trap had been filled with the corpses of the beasts, and those beasts that were not yet dead were often supplemented with arrows.

After a few more rounds of rapid fire, the archers' arm strength had reached its limit, and by this time the beasts had been killed and wounded by half, and the remaining beasts had also crossed the trap and began to charge towards the spiked fence that everyone relied on.

The people of the first layer of the defensive circle quickly retreated to the innermost layer, changing their equipment and recovering their strength. The shield soldiers in the second circle of defense raised their shields to form a defensive momentum, and the dart masters holding long swords, broadswords, and spears behind the shields were also ready to fight the beasts hand-to-hand.

The crazy beast rushed to him in the blink of an eye, Zeng Qiye frowned and looked at the bloodthirsty beast in front of him, and gave the order to attack.

For a while, blood was splashed, wailing all over the field, and the attacks of the beast tide were wave after wave, but fortunately, the people in the north and south dart bureaus were trained in an orderly manner, and they were extremely fierce, and the scene was stalemate for a while, and the people in the innermost defense circle immediately supported when they saw that the strength was insufficient, and replaced the wounded with bandaging treatment, and Shui Ling'er and Yun Feng were also on the side to help take care of the injured.

Seeing the gradual increase in the number of wounded, Yun Feng couldn't bear it, and said: Senior Sister Ling'er, these bold Jianghu knights treat us like relatives, I really can't bear to see them being bitten to death by wild beasts and eaten.

If it is a matter of life and death, I will try my best to expose my identity and help them out of the risk of mission failure. At this moment, Shui Ling'er no longer saw the sadness and weakness by the lake, and returned to her previous arrogant and willful look, and responded: "Life and death are fateful, but these Jianghu men are all chivalrous, and I naturally won't watch them die, but ......" Speaking of this, Shui Ling'er suddenly made a move and pasted a piece of talisman paper on Yun Feng's chest.

Yun Feng only felt that his breath was stagnant, and the spiritual power of his body suddenly stopped running uncontrollably, and after a few breaths, he couldn't even mobilize a trace of spiritual power.

Yun Feng asked in horror: "Senior Sister Ling'er, what does this mean?" Shui Ling'er didn't look at him, but looked in the direction of the Phantom Sword Sect, and said firmly: "Senior brother, don't blame me, this place is not under the jurisdiction of the Phantom Sword Sect, before arriving in Firefox Town, once the identity of the Phantom Sword Sect's Dao cultivator is exposed, it will inevitably attract the attention of the other four major sects. Annoying, not to mention that there are rumors that there is a strange treasure in the world now, it is almost impossible to complete the task with our humble cultivation, please Senior Brother Yun put the sect first. After saying this, Shui Ling'er's eyes darkened, and she silently thought in her heart: I don't want you to make a big mistake because of a momentary kindness and be severely punished by the sect, I know you will hate me, but for the sake of the path of seeking immortals in your heart, I have to do this.

Yun Feng was extremely annoyed, at this moment, the spiritual power of his body was sealed, and he was already no different from ordinary people, but fortunately, he still had the Divine Transformation and Assassination Body Technique improved by Senior Brother Leng Yu to use, and even if the two body skills were combined, even if they did not use spiritual power, they would not be much worse than ordinary Jianghu masters.

Shui Ling'er helped to bandage and take care of the wounded beside the carriage, while restricting Yunfeng not to act rashly.

At this time, it has been half an hour since the start of the battle, the corpses of the beasts have been piled up, but the beasts that attack in the follow-up are as if they are tireless, still impacting and biting the defensive circle composed of everyone, and at this time, the attacking beasts are more fierce and brutal than at the beginning, the pressure of everyone is getting bigger and bigger, the defensive circle is being compressed smaller and smaller, the reserve manpower of the third layer has been all on top, and the injuries of the people who have withdrawn from the defensive circle are getting more and more serious.

The night is deeper, and the wind is stronger. The situation is getting worse and worse, and if this trend continues, in another quarter of an hour, I am afraid that even the wounded will have to return to support to stabilize the situation.