At that moment, everyone was drawn by the piercing bird cry and turned to look toward the horizon.
Purple flames spread across half the sky like a blazing sunset, sweeping toward them like a violent storm.
"Th-That... what is that...?"
The cultivators from the major factions stared at the horizon, their faces filled with shock and fear.
Judging by its appearance, it was clearly a ferocious beast, and the pressure it emanated was terrifying—at least at the late Integration stage. Unlike the ferocious beasts they had encountered before, however, the pressure it gave off carried a faint sense of nobility. It was a suppression on the level of the soul, making people instinctively fearful, even giving them the urge to kneel in worship.
This meant that this ferocious beast was very likely far more terrifying than those they had faced before—perhaps even more frightening than that Integration-stage Great Perfection Black Tortoise Turtle. After all, it was a fire-attributed ferocious beast. Such beasts were most terrifying for their offensive power, fundamentally different from a beast like the Black Tortoise Turtle, which was entirely geared toward defense.
"It's a late Integration-stage fire-attributed ferocious beast. It's extremely powerful!" Lin Ru's expression immediately turned grim after sensing the creature within the flames.
He sensed more than the others. That pressure from its bloodline indicated that this ferocious beast likely had a bloodline connection to certain terrifying creatures of ancient times. Its bloodline was incomparably more noble than that of the Black Tortoise Turtle before them. Such ferocious beasts were naturally much stronger than others, and their attacks carried a kind of law power beyond comprehension, power originating from their ancient bloodline.
"What do we do? We're being attacked from both sides—we have to split our forces!" Mu Bai's expression was equally ugly. He had