The appearance of the Wild Beasts was utterly abrupt. The city wall had originally been peaceful, but then a tiny black dot suddenly appeared amid the yellow sands.
The black dot grew larger at a visible rate, moving at incredible speed.
Immediately afterward, seven or eight more black dots appeared behind it, relentlessly pursuing the one ahead.
A stir rose atop the wall, and someone shouted, "The scout is back! Prepare to receive him!"
The black dot rapidly drew near the wall, and only then did Feng Jun realize, "He's actually a sword cultivator?"
There was no need to mention a sword cultivator's combat strength. More importantly, they could fly on their swords. But serving as scouts... it somehow felt out of place.
This sword cultivator was at High Qi Condensation, and his flight speed was naturally extraordinary. Behind him chased four Black-headed Sand Swallows and two Storm Gulls.
Behind them was a massive Scarlet Flame Vulture, one of the rulers of the desert—a genuine Wild Beast.
The sword cultivator flew extremely fast, but the Black-headed Sand Swallows were not slow either. From time to time, they opened their beaks and spat sand and stones at incredible speed.
The sand swallows and Storm Gulls were both Spirit Beasts. The sand and stones they spat could injure Qi Refining Stage cultivators with a certain probability, and they were especially effective against sword cultivators—though sword cultivators had formidable combat power, they were fragile and had poor defenses.
Fortunately, despite his weak defenses, the sword cultivator's movement technique was extremely agile. While flying on his sword, he darted left and right, up and down, nimbly evading the attacks.
But by dodging like that, he naturally could not fly in a straight line, so they clung tightly to him.
With the city wall in