Wang Zheng waved his hand to drive away the flying ants around him, carefully observing the four strange beasts.

Although their limbs are thick, they are not long and are located on their sides, which causes their abdomens to be almost pressed tightly against the ground.

The exposed carapace is also very hard, and sparks fly out when impacted by the flying ant's mouthparts.

These are clearly alien beasts with extremely high defense. They even have thick keratin on their eyelids, making it impossible for these bloodthirsty ants, who are protecting their home, to bite them. They can only scatter and flee.

The soldier ants floating in mid-air seemed quite wary of their agile long tongues. After their attacks failed, they could only spew out formic acid from afar, trying to corrode the spiritual energy of these strange beasts, but to little avail.

The crimson carapace covering the back of this strange beast seemed to be hot, and after the soldier ants sprayed formic acid onto it, it sizzled and crackled in no time.

Then, in the blink of an eye, it turned into wisps of white smoke, emitting a foul odor, which drifted away into the distance on a gentle breeze.

After exhausting all means of attack to no avail, the bloodthirsty golden ants around Wang Zheng seemed to sense the presence of a natural enemy on him and began to flee rapidly.

In just a short while, the swarming ants had almost dispersed, even sparing Wang Zheng, the culprit who had destroyed their home.

Seeing this scene, Wang Zheng had some guesses in his mind.

'Could this be an anteater? But I don't recall anteaters having shells, right? Yet, its appearance and ecological characteristics seem very similar.'

Wang Zheng didn't immediately fall asleep; he quickly searched his memory.

After several minutes of searching, the relevant information was finally found in an extracurricular book called "Record of Rare and Exotic Beasts".

He was right; this strange beast and the anteater were indeed closely related.

Red Armored Beast (Rank 5): A small wild animal of the Armadillo family, order Xenoldii, that evolved after being affected by the spiritual energy revival.

Except for its abdomen, its entire body is covered with a red carapace. Its long, thin tongue can catch flying insects, and its saliva has a strong paralyzing effect. It mainly feeds on ants, snakes, insects, and carrion.

Its flexible body can curl into a ball, roll quickly, and defend itself against predators.

After their spiritual energy revived and evolved, their carapaces became harder, and they had vents on both sides of their abdomens that could be closed. When stimulated, these vents would release a gas with strong paralyzing properties, and this gas would ignite upon contact with fire.

When enraged, the Crimson Armor Beast twists its body and rubs the shell on its waist to generate sparks, which can trigger a violent explosion.

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After learning the detailed information about the Crimson Armor Beast, Wang Zheng was completely bewildered.

According to the book, this is a rare and exotic animal that only lives in South America. How could it suddenly appear on the border of Yunnan and Yunnan?

In the current international situation, almost all countries are in a semi-closed state, except for the top powers with great strength who may be able to barely go out to sea and cross the ocean by taking a detour.

It can't be that some big shot was bored and wanted to expand the variety of exotic animals in China, so he caught them and released them in this remote corner of Yunnan, can it?

Wang Zheng was getting more and more confused. He still didn't understand why these strange beasts from other continents would travel across the ocean to appear in Yunnan, the inland region.

However, the situation before them was already quite clear. It was obvious that these red-armored beasts were the natural enemies of the bloodthirsty golden ants. If they were to continue eating them, they would no longer be able to gain any more experience points.

They were so frightened by the absence of these bloodthirsty golden ants that they ran away.

Besides, such a rare, high-level 5th-grade beast must have a lot of spiritual energy, right? We can't just let this windfall slip by.

Although the Crimson Armored Beast is considered an elite and rare beast due to its powerful strength and scarcity, Young Master Wang only cares about the clusters of spiritual energy and doesn't care whether it's an elite or not.

"Hmph! Elites? I'll take on the elites!"

Wang Zheng acted decisively, his spiritual energy surged, and he shook off the sparse, half-dead bloodthirsty golden ants on his body.

Then, a cold glint flashed in Wang Zheng's eyes. He stomped his right foot heavily, and with a whooshing sound that seemed to tear through the air, Wang Zheng leaped up, actually crossing the distance of several dozen meters, and his figure suddenly appeared above the Crimson Armor Beast.

"I see you as snatching bones from the jaws of a tiger and pearls from the chin of a dragon—how dare you ruin my plans! Die!"

Wang Zheng roared, spun around in the air a few times, and then suddenly a large hammer appeared in his hand, smashing it hard towards the slender neck of the Crimson Armor Beast.

The immense force seemed to shatter the air, unleashing a violent sonic boom.

The red-armored beast, which was enjoying its delicious meal, seemed to sense the impending doom. As the hammer fell, it slightly shifted its body, causing the deadly iron hammer to deviate slightly from its neck.

Immediately afterwards, the hammer in Wang Zheng's hand collided with the carapace on the back of the Crimson Armor Beast, producing a muffled "bang" and sending sparks flying. The entire massive body of the Crimson Armor Beast was blasted away.

It crashed heavily into another red-armored beast that was enjoying its meal nearby.