"Who's that?"
Zhang Suannai turned and clung to the inside wall of the vehicle, peering through the narrow firing port at the figure in the distant sky. She muttered,
"He looks so badass..."
Chen Shu sat on the other side, eyes closed in thought.
Besides the elite guards escorting the Yi Nation and Blue Nation expert teams, the camp held some of the two nations' "mercenaries" stationed in Duqin. Together they numbered around two or three thousand—not many, but hardly few. Chen Shu knew little about the Blue Nation mercenaries, but Yi Nation's had excellent personnel and equipment. Even without the army's high-tier Cultivator, they could take down a Seventh Tier Watcher head-on through military strength alone.
For one thing, the escort alone had brought at least three Hunter Aircraft.
They were the pinnacle of the great powers' military technology, built specifically to fight high-tier Cultivator.
An Eighth Tier Cultivator was a formidable enemy, but not enough to make both commanders order an emergency evacuation on sight. Even if the sides were mismatched, they were still roughly on the same level. Negotiation was possible. Even if fighting broke out, they would evacuate only the noncombatants.
Besides, a Ninth Tier from Yi Nation had arrived quietly.
However strong an Eighth Tier might be, a Ninth Tier of the Great Yi Royal Family could handle him with ease.
That left only one possibility.
This man was Ninth Tier too.
Not only had he come with hostile intent, but someone important in the army must have recognized him. Otherwise, they would not have decided to evacuate everyone before even approaching him. Once two Ninth Tiers clashed head-on, it would be too late to run. No one would escape.
That ruled out Blue Nation.
Most Ninth Tier Cultivators in the world came from great