For the first time, Zhang Ping knew what it felt like to have every eye on him.
He had been waiting until his eyes nearly popped out. When the monsters formed from the Metal Virus turned toward him, he covered his body in a layer of Metallic Coating and beckoned to them, inviting them to attack.
His provocation worked.
Every monster roared and charged. Even the red fungal mat on the ground spread toward him. The nearest monster leaped up and came crashing down like a meteor.
Zhang Ping opened his mouth. The monster's knee smashed his teeth, and blood gushed from his nostrils, but he sucked it straight into his mouth. In the blink of an eye, Metal Eater converted it into metal elements.
"Now that packed a punch! More!"
His nose and teeth swiftly healed, and he burst out laughing.
An endless tide of monsters surged in and swallowed him. But after a while, a vortex seemed to form in the red sea around him, and the fungal mat began to shrink rapidly.
Both Zhu Chengmian and Zhu Zhaotian looked grim.
They had seen the Metal Virus's terrifying, domineering power for themselves. Although the battle between Coiling Dragon Venerable and Situ Shibai had driven the powerful creatures from this area, many groups of Mutated Beasts had remained.
Individually, those beasts were weak. Moving as a group, though, they could make even a Top-Tier Mutated Beast give them a wide berth.
Yet under the Metal Virus's assault, every Mutated Beast had become a monster without putting up any resistance.
Between Zhang Ping and the Metal Virus, who would emerge victorious?
"The Metal Virus looks like it's shrinking."
Zhu Zhaotian narrowed his one eye, a trace of panic entering his voice.
"It doesn't just look that way. It really is