"It bleeds, that's for sure," Ayan said, raising the katana that had wounded the creature to show its crimson stain to her subordinates. The blood glistened on the blade's edge, proving that this seemingly invincible monster wasn't beyond their reach after all.
The monster, however, didn't wait for them to strategize. Spiked protrusions elongated from both of its clenched fists with an ominous scraping sound, and the team immediately recognized the telltale signs of an incoming attack.
But just as they noticed the threat, the beast was already moving. It covered the distance between them in a single, devastating lunge and aimed its right fist, with a spiky protrusion—straight at the group.
The team immediately scattered in all directions, leaving only Jeremy, who raised his massive shield and braced his weight behind it, hoping to absorb the monster's strike. Unfortunately, the creature's spiked fist rammed clean through the reinforced steel shield as if it were paper.
