"They've spotted us!"
At the same time, beyond a hillside several miles from Fang Qianyuan and the others, more than a dozen guard-like Spirit Tamers dressed in the livery of the Xuanyue Wang Family were rushing toward them under Wang Tian's command.
They rode tigers and leopards, and along the way, one of them had summoned a Swift Eagle to scout from high above. None had expected Fang Qianyuan to be so alert that he reacted almost the instant the eagle spotted him.
"It doesn't matter. We'll hurry over!" Wang Tian thought for a moment, then told several men beside him, "Circle around both sides in teams of three. Flank them and cut them off!"
"Yes!" several Wang Household Guards answered.
Sun Zhuo's guess had been right. These travel-worn men had indeed been on the road for a long time, crossing more than a hundred miles in one push to reach this place.
The mountains were high, the forests dense, and the paths rugged and winding. A hundred miles here was equivalent to several hundred miles on level ground, yet they had still rushed all the way over. Their marching speed was nothing short of phenomenal.
These men were already the elite among the Wang Household Guards.
Although their limited aptitude left their cultivation ranging from the fourth to the seventh turn, the differences between low-level realms were not great to begin with. True strength also depended on physique, physical power, spirit creatures, techniques, weapons, combat experience, willpower, and many other factors. Every one of them carried a murderous aura, clearly hardened by countless battles and long years of training. In seamless teams of three, they were opponents even a Ninth Transformation expert would not confidently claim to defeat. In greater numbers, they would make even a Tenth Transformation expert