The frenzied energy filled the barrel, turning what was originally a white barrel into a purple one.

The massive heat even distorted the air around the barrel.

This time, the charging process took much longer, up to a full minute.

And the massive energy condensed from a light purple into a deep purple, and as the energy continued to gather, even the floating [Wolf King] began to shake unnaturally.

At the instant the machine reached its limit, Grey Wolf immediately pressed the fire button.

A thick beam of deep purple energy blasted out from the muzzle, carrying terrifying high temperatures, descending from the sky to strike the protective shield released by the [Devouring Demon Tree].

Overwhelming!

The silver protective shield didn’t last even a second before twisting and shattering under the energy strike into fragments.

In the next moment, the residual power of the deep purple energy beam pierced through the three-times-thick protective tree roots almost instantly.

Then came the spiritual telekinesis shield, which also twisted and deformed in almost an instant, and after holding for one second, finally broke apart into countless translucent light spots, scattering into the surroundings.

The originally thick energy beam lost more than half of its energy after three rounds of consumption, with the remaining energy pouring all at once onto the silver trunk.

The silver trunk was tinged with a purple sheen but did not melt or shatter from the energy. Instead, it lit up once more with a faint silver light.

The head on the crown of the [Devouring Demon Tree] began to melt again, transforming into a massive energy injected into the trunk, forming a silver light defense to counter the energy beam.

Meanwhile, the silver trunk was bent bit by bit by the energy beam’s impact, tilting toward the ground, and even though countless roots sprouted from the ground trying to hold the trunk, they only slowed down the bending.

However, with this resistance, the energy in the beam quickly depleted, and following this overloaded shot, it lacked the power to continue output.

The trunk of the [Devouring Demon Tree] was only bent halfway before withstanding this wave of damage.

"A full-power strike from a Monarch-level late stage still couldn’t break its defense. But this thing’s heads on the crown, five of them disappeared, formed from condensed energy!"

Whose Exotic Beast would condense energy into head-shaped attachments? That’s insanely sinister!

"Can it be scanned, how many more heads are hung on its crown?"

This [Devouring Demon Tree] doesn’t know how many monsters and Exotic Beasts it devoured in Red Mist City to upgrade its tier, storing a massive amount of energy in head form.

"Boss, it can’t be scanned. This thing’s tier is too high; the [Wolf King’s] detectors cannot scan a Super Tier Nine Exotic Beast.

Moreover, the imaging devices are blocked, only capable of capturing blurry images.

To find out how many heads are hanging on the crown now, you’ll need to use a micro-detector at close range to count."

Grey Wolf shook his head. Early on, when this [Devouring Demon Tree] burst from the ground, he used the [Wolf King]’s equipment for a detailed probe.

Unfortunately, nothing was found out.

This is why he used the [Wolf King’s] attack intensity to test this thing’s power levels.

"If you want to capture this thing, it seems you’ll have to destroy its accumulated energy."

The overloaded shot earlier only slightly damaged some roots of the [Devouring Demon Tree] and consumed a bit of energy.

At least the heads hanging from its crown didn’t show obvious consumption.

"Boss, the underground laboratory has new findings."

Grey Wolf tapped his claw on the screen, and a probe video appeared before their eyes.

In the isolation chamber where the [Devouring Demon Tree] resides, tiny Insect Robots crawled through the cracks formed by breakages.

And in the projected image at the moment, some special metal emitting a blood-red glow was observed.

"The detector data indicates the gravity inside this isolation chamber is extremely abnormal, at least a hundred times greater than outside.

Moreover, this blood-red glowing metal seems to possess a special magnetic field that greatly suppresses the growth of organisms within and limits their power.

And the strength of this metal exceeds that of the [Wolf King] today, likely at a Super Tier Nine level."

The Insect Robots, crafted from special metal, are tiny yet exceptionally sturdy. To allow these Insect Robots to fly, they are equipped with anti-gravity devices inside.

Thus, the hundred times external gravity inside the isolation chamber only means an increased energy consumption for these Insect Robots.

This probing Insect Robots don’t just scout; their mouthparts also hide some tools.

Yet, after using all the tools, they couldn’t pry off even a bit of metal residue.

In other words, they were completely helpless against this blood-red metal.

Grey Wolf even maneuvered the Insect Robots to the crack in the ceiling broken by the [Devouring Demon Tree], attempting to collect some metal shards.

Yet, it was also fruitless.

Although the [Devouring Demon Tree] tore through the ceiling and ripped apart the metal layer, it only left cuts in the whole metal, leaving no metal fragments behind.

It was even discovered that this metal has a memory feature and can auto-repair back to its original form!