Occasionally opening its mouth, it grasped an irregular piece of broken crystal cluster and carried it to the center of the beast horde.
There, a "small" Rust Beast stood, its exterior forming a thick, solid shell of what looked like alloy, not the dirty rust color but rather a seemingly hard metal, its limbs evolved into power claws, not flesh and blood, as if transplanted with refined steel.
"Beast King, huh."
Qin Shi looked at the Boss Level Rust Beast, which was about the size of a wolfhound, with a pile of broken crystal clusters stacked in front of it like a small mountain.
Other Rust Beasts offered "tributes," while it lowered its head to gnaw at them. As it consumed more, a mechanical roar suddenly emerged from within it.
It seemed to be undergoing some mutation, the Boss Level Rust Beast, with "rust" covering its chest constantly peeling away, revealing an iron heart.