Fantasy: Ten Dragons Compete for the Throne, I, the Villain, Choose to Play it Off

Chapter 228 The Iron-Eating Beast Devours the Immortal Fruit

Iron-eating beasts were born out of necessity, blessed with unique advantages. Once they grew up, some of them possessed unparalleled strength.

Moreover, the characteristics of the Iron-Eating Beast are extremely unique. It can devour the heavens and earth, and can devour anything. Its greatest pleasure is to devour the world as food.

It can be said that such a creature would be an absolute disaster for any world, which also represents the power of this creature.

"System, could this thing betray us?"

Li Qiye asked in his mind.

He wouldn't mind raising an iron-eating beast, but he was worried about how terrifying it was. What if it rebelled and swallowed the world whole?

[Dear host, the Iron-Eating Beast will never betray you and will be absolutely loyal to you.]

Upon hearing the system's voice, Li Qiye nodded to himself, saying, "That's for the best."

Just then, a black and white bear cub crawled to his feet, peeking out with its small eyes and making a mournful sound, as if saying it was hungry.

"This young iron-eating beast really looks like the national treasure of Earth in my previous life."

Li Qiye picked up the Iron-Eating Beast. The Iron-Eating Beast was only in its infancy, probably just born, and its strength was extremely weak, only at the Divine Treasure Realm level.

Divine Treasure Realm!
Although it's called the Divine Treasury Realm, Li Qiye suspects that even a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator could swallow it whole.

These creatures, born of the times and blessed with unique advantages, possess combat power that cannot be measured by realm.

In the original work, the Iron-Eating Beast appeared several times, each time in a grand scene, with countless worlds being swallowed up by its opening.

In the original novel, the protagonist Xiao Yunting and Su Bai were almost swallowed by the Heavenly Mandate, and they made a vow to subdue an iron-eating beast.

However, in the end, that guy failed to subdue a single iron-eating beast.

"This thing looks really honest, simple, and cute. I doubt anyone knows how terrifying it is."

Li Qiye pinched the Iron-Eating Beast's chin and said in a low voice.

Newborn iron-eating beasts are extremely cute, and they look somewhat silly and adorable, and they don't seem to pose any threat at all.

But who could have imagined that this thing was an ancient ferocious beast feared by countless immortals?

"On another note, it can devour the Immortal Fruit."

Li Qiye suddenly remembered something. Immortal fruits had great limitations for them, and they would only refine them when they were desperate.

However, for a peculiar species like the Iron-Eating Beast, the Sage Fruit has no effect on it.

I don't know how it's digested, but no matter what kind of spiritual fruit or sacred fruit it is, once it's consumed, it will only be refined into its own power, just like food.

Therefore, consuming the Immortal Fruit has no effect on the Iron-Eating Beast.

"Although the Iron-Eating Beast is extremely terrifying, it takes a long time for it to reach adulthood."

"I wonder if consuming the Immortal Fruit will allow it to grow rapidly, but I'm also worried that it might overeat after consuming it?"

Li Qiye hesitated.

It takes a long time for an iron-eating beast to reach adulthood, probably tens or even hundreds of millions of years.

Although this powerful creature was born of necessity and is blessed with unique advantages, it is subject to many limitations.

At the very least, reaching adulthood is an extremely long process, and most humans don't live to see that time.

However, once it reaches adulthood, it becomes extremely difficult to encounter an opponent; few at the same level can rival it.

Li Qiye really wanted to throw the Immortal Fruit to the Iron-Eating Beast, but he thought that the Iron-Eating Beast seemed to have just been born not long ago, and he was worried that if he threw the thing to it directly, the beast would overeat.

Let's wait until it's a bit bigger; maybe then it can manage to digest the Immortal Fruit. "The original work does record that the Iron-Eating Beast can refine anything from a young age."

"Perhaps even though it has just been born, it should be able to refine the Immortal Fruit."

Thinking about this, Li Qiye fell into a dilemma again, and in the end he threw the Immortal Fruit to the Iron-Eating Beast.

Sensing the aura emanating from the Immortal Fruit, the Iron-Eating Beast was incredibly excited, as if it had spotted a delicious delicacy, and swallowed it whole.

Then the iron-eating beast lay down, as if it had been stuffed to death.

Li Qiye sensed the aura emanating from the Iron-Eating Beast; otherwise, he would have suspected that the thing had been overeaten and died.

"Forget it, I'll just keep it with me for now. I don't know if it can reach the Immortal Realm. If it does, I'll just let the Iron-Eating Beast sweep through."

"What Demon Emperor? Just smash him to pieces!"

Li Qiye simply tossed the Iron-Eating Beast aside, leaving it to fend for itself.

These creatures don't need much care; letting them live or die on their own is the best protection.

Another month passed.

The iron-eating beast seemed completely dead and never woke up.

During this time, Li Yueyao, Wei Lingshuang, and others asked Li Qiye how he obtained the Iron-Eating Beast, and he made up a random excuse to brush it off.

Meanwhile, during this period, Li Qiye's cultivation also reached the fifth level of the Void Realm.

After entering the Void Realm, his cultivation progress slowed down significantly, which is actually quite normal.

In fact, his cultivation speed was already incredibly fast, since most Void Realm experts would not be able to break through in less than several decades or even hundreds of years.

A few days later, the Grand Elder finally returned to receive his orders.

"Fortunately, we have fulfilled our mission and completed it successfully."

The Grand Elder was clearly in a good mood and said with a smile, "I also reminded the Snow Moon Holy Land to tell their Holy Maiden Lu Xiaoxiao to stay in the Holy Land and not to wander around recently."

"In that case, the Heavenly Demon Realm will be helpless."

Li Qiye shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true, Elder. You underestimate the Heavenly Demons of the Heavenly Demon Realm. Their determination is terrifying."

"After this failure, the Heavenly Demon Realm will definitely try every means to attack the Snow Moon Holy Land next time, just to capture Lu Xiaoxiao."

"We will still need to deal with this matter, but it is not necessarily a bad thing. We can use it to weaken the power of the Heavenly Demon Realm."

As soon as these words came out.

The First Elder, Zhao Wuming, exclaimed in shock, "The Heavenly Demon Realm actually dares to attack the Snow Moon Holy Land? The Snow Moon Holy Land is a super power, and it also possesses an Emperor-level divine weapon. How dare the Heavenly Demon Realm?"

If Snow Moon Holy Land is just an ordinary major power, Elder Zhao Wuming feels that there would be no problem if the Heavenly Demon Realm were to take action.

After all, there is still a gap between large forces and super forces. Whether it is the strength of the experts or the foundation, they are far behind.

In particular, the existence of Emperor-level divine weapons is irreplaceable by any other foundation.

Li Qiye smiled and said, "Elder, you can put yourself in the shoes of the Heavenly Demon Realm. If you were one of those people in the Heavenly Demon Realm, and you knew there was a chance to break the seal that the Eternal Emperor once set up, wouldn't you do anything to obtain it?"

"If it were me, of course I would."

The Grand Elder pondered for a moment and then said, "It seems I underestimated the determination of the Heavenly Demon Realm. In that case, we'll be busy from now on. However, we can't completely destroy the Heavenly Demon Realm, otherwise it will eventually become a great scourge and affect the entire world sooner or later."

(End of this chapter)