There were three figures flying towards Xiaolianzi Mountain, but it was too far to clearly see their features.

However, judging by their clothes and hairstyles, it's safe to say they are likely two men and one woman, although the possibility of a cross-dressing character is open for discussion.

One man and one woman among them were flying atop a black bird, soaring swiftly.

This bird's wingspan was about twelve or thirteen meters, and it seemed at least in the mid to late first tier in terms of presence, with feathers as black as ink and sharp eyes. Naturally, the one-armed man sitting atop it was Yang Guo and Brother Diao.

It's obvious.

This is a flying beast that has been tamed and used as a mount.

Flying in front of the bird was a robust man in a purple robe. Judging by his flying techniques and speed, there's a 90% chance he's a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

But unlike Patriarch Wei's graceful sword flight, this person's flying magical artifact was somewhat unusual.

It was a massive meteor hammer, with several triangular spikes protruding from it.

The head of this meteor hammer was about two meters wide; if a normal person were hit in the head with this thing, they'd undoubtedly have their account deleted on the spot.

Yet, despite the odd style of this meteor hammer, it's actually the mainstream flying tool in the Damo Realm.

In the Damo Realm, cultivators can begin crafting their life-bound magical artifacts after breaking through the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

A life-bound magical artifact refers to a finished magical artifact connected to the cultivator's heart and spirit, with a chance to possess a bit of sentience.

If given the right fortune, there's a chance for further evolution.

For example, in the legends of the Damo Realm, there was once an instance where a magical artifact transformed into a sword maiden.

Only when a cultivator successfully crafts their life-bound magical artifact can they use spiritual sense for flight—except for flying ships, which are special tools that don't take up the refining slot... ahem, don't take up the number quota for refining.

Normally, a cultivator's life-bound magical artifact is also their weapon to handle enemies.

Additionally, the floating force mainly depends on the mysterious power atop the magical artifact, so the pilot's rear won't directly contact the magical artifact, removing any talk of contact experience.

Therefore, when flying, Damo Realm cultivators often see all kinds of weird and wonderful things.

Those with slightly better style have red silk ribbons, bracelets that resemble Nezha.

Slightly off-kilter ones have axes, Wei Fan's big cauldron, and long spears.

More off-kilter ones have coffins, meteor hammers, pipes, and abacuses.

Let's return our gaze to those who flew from afar.

Because the group's position was somewhat secluded, their presence was first detected not by humans, but by rabbits' anti-missile system.

If it weren't for the warrior at the operation station reacting swiftly, three HQ17 missiles would have been launched by the fire-control system.

Afterwards, the anti-air warriors promptly reported this situation to Longxing River. After confirming where the three were coming from, headquarters quickly had a rather accurate guess at their identity:

The three were most likely cultivators from Dingxing City!

Within a hundred miles surrounding Xiaolianzi Mountain—or within a fifty-kilometer range—there were only two cities.

One was the relatively distant Giant Spirit City, the other was the closer Dingxing City.

The rabbits had long since analyzed.

Due to the beast tide being close to the city, Dingxing City would certainly have arranged for people to monitor the beast tide constantly.

Previously, when Bo Binghui was scouting around Xiaolianzi, a drone had detected the trace of scouts.

Afterwards, Longxing River and others quickly made a series of countermeasures based on headquarters' layout.

As the rabbits were preparing, the three visitors in the sky were also contemplating.

As the rabbits had thought, this group of three was indeed from Dingxing City.

The leader was a nearly two-meter tall man with a full beard, flying a meteor hammer, dressed in a purple robe. He was the City Lord of Dingxing City, Luo Xiaotai, a Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer cultivator.

The man and woman behind him were Dingxing City's second and third-ranked fighters, two members of the Luo Clan at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Their realms alone indicate that Dingxing City isn't a very strong city—at least Chixian City has three Foundation Establishment experts for protection.

And because of this lack of strength.

When the beast tide occupied Xiaolianzi Mountain at the beginning, the entire Dingxing City was filled with unrest and trepidation.

Fearing the beast tide might attack at any moment.

In just a few days, thousands of citizens fled the city, preferring to be refugees rather than stay.

But while the lower-class citizens could run away, Luo Xiaotai's Luo family couldn't easily abandon the city, since all their businesses were located there.

Unless things reached the worst stage, people's hearts usually held onto hope—whether in their homeland or the Damo Realm.

Therefore, Luo Xiaotai had to spend a considerable price to send trustworthy clan members to keep a vigilant watch on Xiaolianzi Mountain, reporting any developments immediately.

Luo Xiaotai even came to investigate personally, since much intelligence relies on seeing is believing.

But upon seeing the dense beast tide and the few third-stage beasts within, his courage promptly shrank like his name, hastily scurrying back to Dingxing City.

According to Luo Xiaotai's estimation.

This beast tide at Xiaolianzi Mountain would require at least ten Core Formation experts to eliminate at the cost of two to four lives, not ruling out worse outcomes.

So, Dingxing City had been in a state of high tension for the entire time.

Yet just recently, Luo Xiaotai was in his courtyard peeling apples when he suddenly received a report from a scout:

"There's an unknown force attacking Xiaolianzi Mountain!"

Good grief.

Upon hearing this, Luo Xiaotai, holding the apple knife, almost turned himself into Luo Xiaodao.

Uh, a little~ bit.

Once he recovered, Luo Xiaotai didn't care about the knife in his hand; his mind only had one thought:

Who the hell is stupid enough to mess with that beast tide?

Given the beast tide's scale at Xiaolianzi Mountain, the only force capable of organizing a cleanup operation within a thousand kilometers was Celestial Fate City.

And at this time, Celestial Fate City hadn't even caught its breath yet, making an assault impossible.

Upon further inquiry, the scout revealed another shocking piece of information:

The force attacking Xiaolianzi Mountain had many people, but no cultivators capable of flying!

Hearing this, Luo Xiaotai was genuinely flustered.

The scout who reported back had returned after the rabbits had just arrived in the dense forest and before they started attacking, while other personnel stayed behind for further observation.

So this scout hadn't seen the rabbits' powerful firepower and efficient thermal weapons—headquarters deemed helicopter night movements too noisy, opting for ground transportation along the forest's edge.

Thus, the scout's claim of no fliers wasn't entirely false.

Though the scout later described the appearance of heavy-duty vehicles.

Mechanical puppets were niche subjects in the Damo Realm, so in Luo Xiaotai's view, regardless of whether rabbits would meet their end soon, the risk was undoubtedly high.

After all, facing Xiaolianzi Mountain showed that this force surely had some trump cards.

But who knew what their trump cards were?

There's a possibility too that they were misled by false intelligence from enemy forces, believing only second-tier demons resided in Xiaolianzi Mountain and marching to their deaths.

Such scenarios theoretically exist, and are quite common—luring enemies into a trap with false information is a long-standing 'tradition' both in the Damo Realm and on home soil.

The crux was this force acting unbeknownst; should they retreat quickly or perish, the beast tide might rage, and Dingxing City might bear the brunt.

So upon receiving the news, Luo Xiaotai dared not delay.

He hurriedly yanked the second and third in command of the city onto the clan's sole usable late-stage Black Feathered Eagle, rushing towards Xiaolianzi Mountain.

Coincidentally, due to their swift mobilization, the group missed the second wave of scouts' reports.

Quite a sad story.

No choice.

The Damo Realm lacks telecommunication devices, not even pagers, and Sound Transmission Talismans are exorbitantly expensive. Faced with such situations, one simply has to accept it.

After leaving Dingxing City.

Flying with full efforts heightened by elixirs for quite a while, the three of them finally reached Xiaolianzi Mountain.

Looking afar, they saw artillery at the dense forest area and figures moving on the peak of Xiaolianzi Mountain.

Luo Xiaotai virtually choked up, almost falling from his magical artifact:

"Where did such a huge group of beasts go???"

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