Xiaoxiao.

At that very moment, his originally innocent eyes suddenly turned incredibly fierce, as if a beast hidden deep within had awakened instantly.

A fierce light shot out from those eyes like lightning, sending chills down one's spine.

As the gaze shifted, the enormous mouth, at least half a meter in size, slowly opened, releasing a stench that assaulted the senses.

The two enormous teeth on the upper jaw, like the scythe in the hand of death, were revealed menacingly from the fleshy mouth.

These two giant teeth are over a meter long, crescent-shaped, and their sharp tips extend all the way to the inside of the body.

From a distance, they look like two deadly weapons capable of tearing everything apart, radiating endless chill.

At the same time, the soft and thick down that originally covered his body underwent an amazing change.

The downy hairs stood up, as if they had transformed into countless hard steel needles, each one upright and gleaming with a cold light.

And look again, those sharp claws that were previously hidden by fur are now finally revealed to everyone.

Each claw was 30 centimeters long and as sharp as a sword. These claws were deeply embedded in the ground, leaving shocking marks.

However, what is most eye-catching is the purple protective aura that surrounds him and keeps flashing.

This true energy crackled and popped like purple lightning, its powerful energy fluctuations distorting the surrounding air.

The creature before them was definitely no longer the lovable, iron-eating beast that people were familiar with.

The protective aura emanating from its body clearly carried a trace of spiritual energy, indicating that its strength was far from ordinary.

What's even more shocking is that after some observation and perception, it was discovered that its strength was not just at the Foundation Establishment stage as initially expected, but had already reached the threshold of the Enlightenment stage!

His body exuded a terrifying pressure, which swept over the world like a surging tide, and its strength was more than ten times stronger than the legendary Three Spirits!

Everyone felt that it was difficult to breathe, as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on their chests.

The moment his protective true energy was unleashed, his already majestic body, which was as imposing as a mountain, suddenly grew even larger!

His figure streaked across the sky like lightning, instantly reaching an astonishing height of a hundred meters!

At this moment, he was like a towering demon god, looking down upon all things in the world.

At the same time, the nine iron-eating beasts all turned their gazes toward the three people in front of them.

Their eyes gleamed with a scarlet light, revealing boundless bloodlust and madness. Their ferocious fangs gleamed coldly in the sunlight, sending chills down one's spine.

This is a huge problem! Wu Ren stared wide-eyed at the terrifying beast before him, his face filled with astonishment and disbelief. He muttered to himself, "How can these iron-eating beasts be so powerful? I can feel an overwhelming pressure emanating from them, it's almost suffocating!"

Standing to the side, Ying Yue nodded solemnly, expressing her deep agreement: "Indeed! These beasts must have had some incredible luck, some fortuitous encounter, or some other misfortune. Judging from their current strength, they hardly seem like Foundation Establishment stage demon beasts anymore! They're practically close to the Enlightenment stage! If it were just one of them, we might have a fighting chance, but there are nine of them!"

At this moment, Kuang Zheng's gaze was fixed on the vermilion fruit not far away, which was still swaying gently on the branch and shimmering with an alluring light. He seemed to be rapidly thinking of a solution in his mind.

Faced with this group of iron-eating beasts whose strength far exceeded expectations and were ridiculously powerful, even with Kuang Zheng's calm and experienced nature, his mind was filled with countless questions and confusion.

However, before the three of them could come up with a perfect solution, the group of iron-eating beasts clearly did not intend to give them any more time to think.

Suddenly, the largest iron-eating beast in the lead opened its blood-red maw and let out a deafening roar.

With this roar, the other eight iron-eating beasts behind it pounced on Wu Ren and the others with incredible speed, like arrows released from a bow.

Those massive bodies, resembling small hills, created a gust of wind as they charged forward at full speed, moving with lightning speed.

In the blink of an eye, they had closed in, getting within inches of everyone.

Because of its extremely high speed, all that could be seen with the naked eye was a blurry, indistinct black shadow.

In the blink of an eye, eight enormous, menacing beasts appeared before them like lightning! They charged forward, baring their fangs and claws, raising a gust of wind and dust.

Just as the giant beasts were about to rush towards the three of them, they suddenly scattered.

Two of the giant beasts opened their blood-red mouths, revealing sharp fangs, and fiercely pounced on Ying Yue.

The other three giant beasts quickly surrounded Wu Ren, forming an impenetrable defensive line.

As for the remaining three giant beasts, they pounced on Kuang Zheng like hungry tigers.

However, the most eye-catching was the largest beast, which stood steadily at the rear, as if it were the core commander of the entire team, giving people a powerful sense of oppression.

In an instant, the battle horn sounded, and the atmosphere became so tense it was suffocating.

The two iron-eating beasts that had approached Ying Yue raised their heavy iron palms, which were as heavy as mountains of flesh, and then slammed them down on her with overwhelming force.

This immense force instantly tore the surrounding space into countless fragments. Accompanied by a piercing whistling sound, the giant hand crashed down like a mountain falling from the sky.

In the blink of an eye, Ying Yue displayed astonishing skills.

With a swift movement, she darted through the air like a nimble hawk, and in the last second before the four giant hands closed, she slipped through the narrow gap with perfect precision.

However, before her body had fully landed, the iron-eating beast on her right nimbly rolled over and then crushed her directly.

You should know that the body of this iron-eating beast is like a towering mountain. If you were unlucky enough to be crushed by it, even a man made of steel would probably be crushed into a thin meat patty in an instant.

Fortunately, Ying Yue hadn't used all her strength in that movement.

At this critical moment, she lightly touched the ground with her feet, like a light dragonfly lightly touching the water's surface, and her body suddenly flew rapidly to one side, successfully avoiding the fatal blow from the iron-eating beast.

"Boom!" With a deafening roar, the massive, mountain-like iron-eating beast crashed into the ground like a meteorite falling from the sky. In an instant, the earth shook violently, as if the entire world trembled.

The massive tree, as thick as a person could hug, was as fragile as a blade of grass swaying in the wind in the face of this terrifying impact, and was instantly smashed into countless tiny wood chips.

The snow-white wood chips fell like snowflakes, creating a hazy scene in the air. The earth, unable to bear the weight, was blasted into a huge crater a hundred meters in diameter, filled with smoke and dust, making it difficult to see what was inside.

While still in mid-air, Ying Yue was unable to regain her footing when she suddenly felt a strong shadow enveloping her.

Looking up, I saw an enormous black shadow appear overhead like lightning.

It turned out that just as she leaped to dodge the attack from the Iron-Eating Beast on the right, the Iron-Eating Beast on the left also took the opportunity to leap up, open its blood-red maw, revealing sharp fangs, and swung a giant hand that was more than a meter long, slamming it down on Ying Yue in mid-air with a whistling sound.

The wind pressure brought by the giant hand was as fierce as a storm, causing Ying Yue's eardrums to feel a sharp pain.

At this point, it was too late to dodge again.

Faced with such a life-or-death situation, Ying Yue gritted her teeth, a resolute glint flashing in her eyes.

Without hesitation, she gathered all the spiritual energy in her body into her right palm, her body shimmering with light, and a powerful spiritual pressure erupted instantly.

Immediately afterwards, she gritted her teeth and swung her right palm with all her might to meet the oncoming giant palm head-on.

With a muffled "bang," two hands, one large and one small, collided violently in mid-air.

In an instant, the air surged and the wind howled, uprooting the surrounding trees and sending them flying.

Ying Yue and the Iron-Eating Beast were each knocked back several steps by the recoil, both feeling the other's astonishing strength.

"boom……"

With this earth-shattering roar, a shockwave as violent as a hurricane suddenly erupted, spreading rapidly in all directions with overwhelming force.

The force of the impact was truly astonishing. Wherever it went, the towering, sky-covering giant trees instantly turned into tiny wood chips flying everywhere, as if they were made of paper.

The once lush and vibrant land seemed to have been ruthlessly plowed by an invisible giant plow, leaving only a barren and desolate landscape in the blink of an eye.

The shockwave traveled nearly a kilometer before slowly coming to a stop, and as it dissipated, the sky instantly became exceptionally clear and bright.

The long-awaited sunlight poured down like a waterfall, piercing through layers of clouds and shining without reservation on this land that had been shrouded in darkness for countless years.

After a long period of time, the earth was finally bathed in warm and bright sunlight once again.

However, the effects of this violent collision are far from over.

The massive iron-eating beast, as large as a mountain, was forced back nearly two meters by this enormous force!

On the other side, Ying Yue's situation was even worse. She flew backward like a kite with a broken string, and only managed to regain her balance after being pushed back more than ten meters.