Chapter 1172: Sudden Accident

Zhu Youfu only relaxed a little after Ye Liuyun had rearranged the defenses.

But he also didn't continue grilling meat; instead, he voluntarily went onto the city wall and took on the duty of patrolling.

The Fourth Prince and the Black Phoenix both thought Zhu Youfu was overreacting.

But when Zhuge Feiyu saw how cautious Zhu Youfu was, he also said to the Fourth Prince: "After all, the competition hasn't ended yet; we should still be careful. I'll go up onto the city wall too and keep an eye on the outside situation with him."

The barbecue just ended like that.

The Fourth Prince and the Black Phoenix, having nothing else to do, also went together to the city wall to stand guard.

After they had guarded for several days, everything remained peaceful and uneventful.

Zhu Youfu himself was rather lazy, so their guard gradually became lax.

As for those metal puppets, they only carried out orders and would never pay attention to anything else.

That day, the few of them were idly chatting on the city wall.

With a loud "Boom", a flame also immediately ignited within the formation.

A ferocious beast charged into the formation and was killed on the spot.

The metal puppets and the ferocious beasts glanced at it, but paid no attention.

The Fourth Prince and the others also heard the noise and looked over, only to find a charred carcass of a ferocious beast. They thought the beast had mistakenly stumbled into the formation, and they all drew their heads back.

Only Zhu Youfu examined it carefully for a moment, then shouted loudly: "They're here, they're here!"

Everyone was startled by his sudden shout.

"What's coming?" Zhuge Feiyu saw his tense expression and also became cautious himself.

Zhu Youfu didn't have time to explain to him, and immediately summoned Ye Liuyun.

These days Ye Liuyun had been inside the Xuan Kong Stone, and his divine soul power had fully recovered.

Feeling Zhu Youfu summoning him via divine-sense voice transmission, he immediately came out from within the Xuan Kong Stone to check the situation.

"Boss, look!"

Zhu Youfu pointed at the ferocious beast's carcass to show him.

Ye Liuyun also looked at it seriously, but found nothing unusual.

"What's wrong, is there anything abnormal?" Ye Liuyun also couldn't see anything, but he still asked Zhu Youfu: "What did you say is coming?"

"Boss, this set of formation flags will not attack on its own unless a ferocious beast attacks it; it will only use an illusion array to trap the beast. The fact that this beast was attacked shows it was actively assaulting the formation. Isn't that danger arriving?"

Zhu Youfu understood formations, so his knowledge of this set of formation flags was clearer than Ye Liuyun's.

Ye Liuyun only knows how to use them, but does not understand the underlying principle.

"You mean, the ferocious beast is actively attacking the formation?"

As soon as Ye Liuyun's words fell, a commotion also came from the other side outside the city, and a ball of fire flared up.

Ye Liuyun and the others hurried over to check, and found another charred carcass of a ferocious beast.

Immediately afterward, similar incidents occurred all around Stone City, and in each direction there was only one ferocious beast.

"Probing!"

Ye Liuyun immediately realized that someone was probing his formation; otherwise it would be impossible for such a coincidence to have ferocious beasts recklessly appearing on all four sides of the city.

"Everyone, prepare for battle!"

Ye Liuyun immediately had the people on the city wall and the ferocious beasts become alert.

"Who wants to attack us?" Zhuge Feiyu shared Ye Liuyun's thought, and they both confirmed that someone intended to attack them.

But he couldn't figure out whether it was the Crown Prince or the Seventh Prince.

Ye Liuyun's divine sense and golden pupil also spread out to search everywhere, but for the time being they detected no living creatures near the city.

But the more this happened, the more he felt danger.

Over such a large area, under normal circumstances it would be impossible not to see even a single ferocious beast.

"I'm not sure, but this time the strength seems not weak! You all need to be extra careful!" Ye Liuyun reminded Zhuge Feiyu.

"See, I didn't lie to you, did I?" Zhu Youfu was still boasting on the side.

"You really are divine!" Ye Liuyun couldn't help but praise him.

"That's right, my intuition has never failed me! This time it's definitely a great danger!" Zhu Youfu said proudly.

Upon hearing that, Ye Liuyun and Zhuge Feiyu's faces both changed.

What Zhu Youfu said was "great danger"!

Everyone immediately split up to inspect the city's defenses.

Ye Liuyun also released his clone to assist in defending the city.

Thus, he, his clone, the Fourth Prince, and Zhuge Feiyu each guarded one side of the city wall, ready to report conditions from all directions at any time.

Soon, Ye Liuyun's divine sense detected that ferocious beasts were appearing in all directions within its detection range, and these beasts were clearly heading for Stone City.

"Qingcheng!"

Ye Liuyun immediately summoned Wu Qingcheng.

"Use the war horn to make these ferocious beasts slaughter each other!"

The ferocious beasts surging forward grew more and more numerous; if they were allowed to approach, the defensive formation would bear great pressure.

Wu Qingcheng immediately blew the horn, causing those ferocious beasts to fall into chaos.

The ferocious beasts from all four sides immediately tangled together, stalled, and forgot that their attack target was Stone City.

Seeing this, Ye Liuyun also felt somewhat relieved.

But just then, a mighty roar came from afar.

Ye Liuyun and the others all heard this roar; judging by the sound alone, it was at least a ferocious beast of the Tianzun realm.

The ferocious beasts on all four sides also stopped fighting, stared blankly for a moment, and then charged again toward Stone City.

"The war horn's effect was negated by that beast's roar!" Wu Qingcheng told Ye Liuyun.

"Keep blowing, try to delay their attack speed as much as possible."

After arranging Wu Qingcheng, Ye Liuyun immediately prepared to open the city gate.

Because of his Divine Sense, he discovered that the Seventh Prince, Fourth Prince, and others were being chased by the beasts, running toward this place.

Along the way they kept slaughtering the beasts, carving a bloody path out of the beast horde.

"Ye Liuyun, quickly open the gate, save our lives!" the Seventh Prince shouted from afar.

The Crown Prince, fearing Ye Liuyun wouldn't believe him, added: "The beasts in the Secret Realm have united, specifically attacking us humans!"

"Open the city!"

Ye Liuyun delayed no further, directly ordering the Metal Puppet to open the city gate.

He also wasn't worried that it was a scheme by the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince. If they were playing tricks, Ye Liuyun wouldn't mind directly killing them.

As soon as they entered the city, the gate was immediately closed again.

The Fourth Prince and Zhuge Feiyu also gathered around, asking about the situation.

"We don't know what's happening either; these beasts kill us on sight. Moreover, different kinds of beasts can actually join forces and attack us together." the Crown Prince explained.

"Not bad, we've encountered the same situation!" the Seventh Prince added.

"Get on the city walls and help defend! There should be a powerful Beast King in this Secret Realm that we have to deal with!"

Upon hearing that, Ye Liuyun immediately had them join the defense, jointly guarding the city.