Zhao Ya felt a surge of joy in his heart and reached out to pick it up, but suddenly a sharp sound pierced the air above, heading straight for the back of his head.
If Zhao Ya continued to bend down to pick it up at this moment, he would surely be injured by this sudden attack.
But if he dodged, it was clear that the attack was also aimed at the shell.
Despite this, Zhao Ya remained unflustered. One hand reached for the shell between the stones, while the other hand suddenly pressed on his waist, then lifted and swung back.
A flash of blade light appeared.
A tragic cry echoed from the sky, and several large bird feathers fluttered down.
By this time, Zhao Ya had already picked up the shell and put it in the pouch at his waist, then turned to look.
He saw several giant white birds circling in the air, glaring at Zhao Ya menacingly.
One of them had a wound on its chest and abdomen, with blood continuously dripping down.
"Free-Loading Bird?"
Zhao Ya had a profound impression of these birds.
He just didn’t expect them to be interested in the shell as well.
Now these birds were watching Zhao Ya with full alertness, but dared not rush down again easily.
A moment later, the injured Free-Loading Bird turned and flew away into the distance.
The remaining ones also left with a cry, following closely.
Zhao Ya raised his eyebrow slightly, "Gone?"
He was just about to deal with these Free-Loading Birds.
He didn’t expect them to just leave like that.
But Zhao Ya felt that these Free-Loading Birds would not give up so easily.
After all, from their previous behavior, these birds were quite vengeful and intelligent.
Of course, Zhao Ya didn’t care about this.
After all, although these Free-Loading Birds were fierce, their strength was at most just at the Meridian Opening level, posing no threat to Zhao Ya.
But even if he didn’t care, it didn’t mean the Sea Gatherers could ignore it.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhao Ya approached this group of Sea Gatherers.
"Folks, just now, some Free-Loading Birds tried to ambush and got injured by me. They must be going back to report it now. You should leave this place quickly to avoid losses."
Unexpectedly, none of the Sea Gatherers cared about Zhao Ya’s goodwill.
After all, the tide had receded completely, which was the best time to gather from the sea. These people were eager to grow more hands to pick up fish, not bothering about anything else.
Especially since the speaker was the "Young Master" who just joined today, making them even more disbelieving.
Some even sneered, "Sir, if you’re free, please leave, but we can’t. We have families to support! As for those Free-Loading Birds, they’ve been here before, at most we’ll just lose a few dried fish."
"Exactly!"
The crowd agreed in unison.
Zhao Ya frowned upon hearing this.
He had good intentions, but didn’t expect this group to be so ungrateful.
Since that was the case, Zhao Ya was even less inclined to care, shrugged, and turned to leave.
Just then, a cloud-like flock of birds suddenly flew from afar, reaching the shore in the blink of an eye.
"It’s a flock of birds! My God, so many Free-Loading Birds!" a Sea Gatherer exclaimed in astonishment.
Indeed.
The sky was darkened, full of Free-Loading Birds.
Those who previously said at most they’d lose some dried fish now had changed expressions.
Zhao Ya also halted his steps, looked up with narrowed eyes at these Free-Loading Birds.
One of them had a wound on its chest and abdomen.
Well, they really did go back for reinforcements!