He looked again at the annotation:
"Its combat strength is equivalent to that of a martial artist with a Great Sage Realm physique. It is the most powerful strange beast in the outer region. It ordinarily lies dormant in the mountain forests and does not actively attack cultivators or other strange beasts."
"Unless it senses a threatening aura from another strange beast or cultivator."
After reading this annotation, Xu Taiping's heart immediately sank, and he said:
"In all likelihood, this strange beast is that Eroding Fei Hou!"
But before he could examine the Old Daoist's annotations on this strange beast in detail, a boom rang out, and a strange beast measuring a full one or two hundred zhang suddenly pounced toward him like a small mountain.
"Bam!..."
The entire ground shuddered as the strange beast landed.
Xu Taiping focused his gaze and saw that the strange beast resembled a red fox, but its body was incomparably enormous.
A gemstone resembling solar metal essence was embedded at its throat. Its fur was mottled dark red, and lava-like cracks all over its body brightened and dimmed with its breathing.
Its eyes resembled crescent moons that had been gnawed away, and three masses of black flame had condensed at the tip of its tail.
Although Xu Taiping had read descriptions of this Eroding Fei Hou in some ancient texts, when he truly saw it today, a thought still rose unbidden in his mind-
Could such a terrifying demonic beast actually exist in this world?
Just as Xu Taiping was thinking this, the solar gold crystal stone at the Eroding Fei Hou's throat suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
The next moment, it abruptly opened its enormous mouth and let out an extraordinarily piercing roar.
A mass of light even more dazzling than the great