Ordinary people can also be extraordinary

The familiar person Zhang Chen saw was Sima Feng. The number of disciples who came to support this time was not as many as last time. There were only about fifty Qi Condensation Stage disciples and fifteen Foundation Establishment Stage disciples.

With the new support, just like last time, two thousand soldiers were stationed in each passage, including eight Qi Condensation disciples. Ten of the new Foundation Establishment disciples also joined the defense of the passages. They flew on swords to patrol, and would provide support at any time if the insect swarm attacked fiercely in a passage.

This time everyone had confidence, and Sima Feng, at his own request, came to the passage where Zhang Chen and his group were. Originally, they did not have enough Qi Condensation disciples here.

Zhang Chen felt very friendly when he saw Sima Feng. He finally had a familiar person and a trustworthy companion. Jin Biao almost killed him before, so Zhang Chen had been resentful towards many of his fellow disciples in the sect and did not trust them.

"Brother Sima, you have also been assigned to provide support. The insect swarm will attack tonight, so you must be prepared."

When Zhang Chen saw Sima Feng coming, he immediately gave him instructions.

Sima Feng nodded.

"I took the initiative to apply for support and have been prepared for it."

"Oh?"

Zhang Chen was a little surprised, but then he saw Sima Feng's body trembling a little. It was not fear, but an expression of excitement. Zhang Chen suddenly understood.

"It seems that you want to train yourself through actual combat. A year has passed. I wonder how much your strength has improved, brother?"

Sima Feng looked at Zhang Chen's playful expression and smiled:

"What? Do you want to compete? See who kills more insect beasts tonight?"

"Forget it. This is teamwork. We must not disrupt the rhythm. It would be more trouble than gain if the swarm breaks through the defense."

Although Zhang Chen was somewhat tempted, he still refused.

Afterwards, he told Sima Feng about the situation here, and then quietly took out the insect mother's meat and grilled it with Sima Feng. He kept the insect mother's head and prepared to exchange it for a reward later.

After Sima Feng ate the mother insect meat, his face turned red and his whole body became hot. He felt full of energy, as if he had endless strength. He was immediately shocked.

"Junior Brother Zhang, what kind of insect meat is this? Why is it so effective?"

Zhang Chen also ate the mother insect meat and said:

"This is not ordinary insect meat, but the meat of the mother insect."

"What? The flesh of the Worm Queen? Can you kill the Worm Queen?"

Sima Feng was a little surprised. He knew something about the Insect Mother. It was very rare for a Qi Condensation Stage to kill the Insect Mother, just like a Qi Condensation Stage killing a Foundation Establishment Stage disciple. That was quite difficult and basically only disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage could do that.

Zhang Chen told Sima Feng what had happened, and he was filled with emotion again.

"It seems that there are all kinds of people. Sometimes our own people are scarier than insects and beasts."

Zhang Chen also deeply felt the same way.

Soon it was night, and the Zerg began to attack again in great force. This time they learned from the last lesson and strengthened their defenses. They also destroyed some passages to delay the Zerg's pace as much as possible.

But even so, the defense of many passages was almost collapsing. Fortunately, with the help of the Foundation Establishment disciples who kept patrolling back and forth, they were able to hold on. They persisted for a whole night. Although many passages were fraught with danger, they managed to hold on at the cost of many sacrifices.

After persisting like this for a few days, with a large number of soldiers coming to Wuyun City for support, the defense was strengthened again and everyone became more confident.

The swarm would launch attacks every night, but they could not break through the defenses. During the day, Zhang Chen and his men were able to lead the soldiers to launch a local counterattack.

As a result, an interesting phenomenon appeared in Wuyun City. Zhang Chen and his men would defend at night and attack during the day. They fought back and forth, and both sides were evenly matched, and no one could completely defeat the other.

After half a month, the insect swarm's attacks obviously decreased, and many insect beasts seemed to lose spirit and began to retreat.

When the disciples who went to investigate told everyone the news, everyone became happy, especially the soldiers. Although they could repel the insect swarms every time, many soldiers still died. Now that the insect swarms have retreated, it means that they are safe and can go home to reunite with their wives and children.

But they had not been happy for a few days before some bad news came.

Youshui County and several surrounding counties were breached by the insect swarm. A large number of insects invaded from the border, and countless people in these counties were killed and injured. In view of the fact that this place is now safe, the sect decided to send half of the disciples to provide support.

Therefore, before going to support, all of Zhang Chen and his disciples were arranged to launch a large-scale counterattack during the day, directly attacking the plain on one side of the insect swarm, launching a surprise attack on the insect swarm on the plain, and destroying a large number of them.

When they retreated afterwards, they destroyed all the passages. Even if the Zerg wanted to open them again, it would take a lot of effort. They also had no fear of the Zerg making a surprise attack when they sent half of their disciples to support other places and the defense was weakened.

Then half of the disciples began to support other places. Zhang Chen and Sima Feng were arranged to support Daliang City, the capital of Youshui County.

At this time, Zhang Chen was sitting on a spirit ship. The spirit ship flew by. Looking at the devastated city below, he felt very complicated. Youshui County was his hometown, especially the cities below. Zhang Chen had passed by them when he picked up his parents before. Now they were in ruins and lifeless. He didn't know how many people had escaped.

Whenever there is a war, the poor people are always the first to suffer. They have no way to escape in advance and can only hope for the best.

The spirit ship flew all the way and slowly approached the county town, where it gained some popularity. Looking down from the spirit ship, the swarm of insects had already approached the county town, and the outside world had basically been completely occupied.

At this moment, Zhang Chen saw a small town closest to the county town. Thousands of insects and beasts surrounded the town. The residents and soldiers in the town were defending desperately, and the defense line was about to be broken.

Zhang Chen quickly walked to the bedside and said to a short and fat middle-aged man who was practicing with his eyes closed:

"Uncle Master, the town below is about to be breached. Let's go down and rescue them."

The middle-aged man whose practice was interrupted by Zhang Chen opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Chen with displeasure, and then looked at the town below.

"No, we are going to support the county city and we can't waste time."

"It only takes a moment. We can save the people of the whole town. There will be no delay."

Zhang Chen was very anxious as he saw the spirit ship was about to fly over.

"The insect swarm has already reached that town. Even if we go down and kill those besieging insects, we can't take so many people with us. With their running speed, they will soon be caught up by a large number of insect beasts, and they will die anyway. Why give them false hope now?"

The middle-aged man leading the team shook his head and rejected Zhang Chen's proposal.

"Save as many as you can, Uncle Master."

Zhang Chen continued to persuade him, but seeing that the uncle had closed his eyes, Zhang Chen's face darkened and he turned to the people on the boat and said:

"Who's willing to go with me to save the town down there?"

Everyone looked at each other, then looked at the middle-aged man at the head of the bed. No one said anything, only Sima Feng stood up.

Seeing that the boat had passed the town, Zhang Chen glanced at Sima Feng, who nodded, and the two immediately jumped off the boat.

In the air, Zhang Chen hugged Sima Feng and immediately performed the Cloud-Stepping Step to slow down his descent. Then he landed heavily on the ground, and then the two of them continued to approach the town at the same time.

The middle-aged man sitting at the bow watched Zhang Chen and the other man jump off the boat without stopping them. He just nodded, looked at the disciples on the boat, and then shook his head.

Zhang Chen and his companion arrived outside the town, killed dozens of insects and beasts, then climbed over the city wall and came into the town, where they joined up with the soldiers and began to resist the insects and beasts.

With the addition of these two people, the morale of the soldiers in the town was boosted. Suddenly, news spread in the town that the immortal master had come to support the town. Many frightened people and soldiers who had fled gained courage and began to come back to fight the insects and beasts together with everyone.

Sima Feng was even more like a ferocious beast. After killing more than a dozen giant insect beasts with arrows, he rushed into the insect swarm with a sledgehammer in his hand and killed them all. Zhang Chen could only follow closely behind him as a guard. Holding a big sword in his hand, every time he swung his sword, a five-meter-long sword beam was emitted, taking away more than a dozen insect beasts.

Gradually, the attack of the insect beast group was thwarted. After a few hundred were killed or injured, the remaining few hundred insect beasts became frightened and retreated.

Zhang Chen and Sima Feng hurried to the town and organized everyone to flee towards the county town. Zhang Chen knew that this group of insect beasts was only the vanguard of the large number of insect beasts attacking the county town. Without the command of the Insect Queen, they relied entirely on instinct and rushed around in a swarm, so they were able to resist. If the Insect Queen was there, Zhang Chen and Sima Feng would also have to flee for their lives.