Though more than ninety percent of the Beast Tide consisted of Monster Beasts in the Qi Refining Stage, there was no shortage of Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts, and Golden Core-level ones appeared from time to time. Lei Dong even faintly sensed a terrifying presence within one enormous horde. That aura was undoubtedly at the Nascent Soul level.
If it had been just a small Beast Tide, Lei Dong and the others would have thought nothing of it. After wiping out two or three small hordes, each made up of around a hundred Monster Beasts, Lei Dong finally fled in disarray. The large Flying Boat was far too conspicuous in the sky, so they had no choice but to put it away. The group found a secluded cave in a cliff, hid inside, and suppressed their auras.
The Great Desert was simply the name for a region more than a hundred times larger than Kang Prefecture and Zhao Prefecture combined. Most of it was indeed barren desert and sand dunes. In truth, however, it also contained countless towering mountain ranges, swamps and lakes, dense forests, and great rivers. There were even plenty of small and medium-sized netherworlds and purgatorial regions. Since ancient times, countless Monster Beasts had bred and thrived across this vast expanse.
The region was so immense and home to so many Monster Beasts that the Great Desert was effectively a forbidden land where no one dared venture. Even Nascent Soul Realm cultivators wouldn't dare roam recklessly through it. For who knew how many years, after losing wars, sects and intelligent races alike had fled into the Great Desert in search of a slim chance at survival. Many races had been wiped out there, but others gradually adapted to the environment over a long period of evolution and put