In the blue-hued flames, yellow-green viscous blood sprayed out from charred wounds, burning into pungent green mist the instant it touched the fire.
The shattered shell's cracks spread rapidly under the intense heat, emitting a crisp "crack" sound reminiscent of tempered glass.
The once seemingly unbreakable chitinous armor began to peel away piece by piece, exposing thick, rope-like fibrous muscle tissue underneath, releasing the stench of scorched protein as the spores' attached blue flames gnawed at it.
"Can we burn it to death?"
Watching the Mantis Man burn fiercely inside the fireball, Gauss—who still hadn't received the panel kill notification—could only drag the trembling Edith farther away.
After confirming she wasn't hurt, he casually grabbed her nearby one-handed crossbow and the scattered short arrows from the ground.
Arrow loaded into the groove, draw the string, aim, fire!
Just like that, he kept shooting arrows one by one toward the Mantis Man.
