The beast stood over thirty feet tall. Purple-and-white fur covered its tiny head, a purple horn jutted from its crown, and two enormous green eyes like bronze bells stared coldly at the Five Fiends of Huangling. Sharp fangs filled its bloody maw, protruding beyond its lower jaw. Coarse purple-black hair covered its body, and its two massive forelimbs hung below its knees, with claws several feet long extending from its paws. One glance was enough to tell that this was no ordinary giant beast.
"A Claw Beast? But how can it be so huge?!" the Five Fiends of Huangling cried out when they got a clear look at the monster.
"ROAR!"
The enormous Claw Beast fixed its huge eyes coldly on the Five Fiends of Huangling, let out a roar, and charged straight at them. Their hearts instantly turned to ice. Forget Li Xiaoya—they hastily stopped their forward rush, turned, and fled. This was no joke. Although only one rank separated second-rank and Third-Tier Demon Beasts, a Third-Tier Demon Beast possessed cultivation equivalent to a Core Condensation Stage cultivator. How could the Five Fiends of Huangling possibly match it? Every one of them ran even faster than they had coming downhill.
But the enormous Claw Beast lunged into motion, its pounding footsteps booming as it chased the Five Fiends of Huangling. Despite its lumbering appearance, its speed was astonishing.
"This is bad! The brute is too fast! We'll have to fight it!" The pockmarked cultivator went pale. Steeling his heart, he stopped fleeing and turned around. His hands rapidly formed spell seals, sending a massive pillar of white light at the Claw Beast. With a thunderous boom, it struck the beast's body, briefly slowing it.
Seeing this, the other four also stopped and turned, fiercely launching their Dharma Artifacts at