In the azure blue flames, yellow-green viscous blood spurted from the charred wounds, erupting into a pungent green mist the moment it encountered the flames.
The cracks in the shattered armor rapidly spread under the high temperature, emitting a brittle "crackle" like glass being quenched.
The once seemingly indestructible chitin shell began to peel off in pieces, exposing the thick rope-like fibrous muscle tissue underneath. Under the gnawing of the spores attached to the blue flames, a burnt protein smell was released.
"Can it be burned to death?"
Watching the mantis creature burn fiercely amidst the fireball, Gauss, without receiving the kill prompt from his panel, had to drag Edith, who was weak-limbed not far away, to a safer distance.
After confirming she was uninjured, he casually grabbed the one-handed crossbow and the short arrows scattered on the ground beside her.
He placed an arrow in the groove, cocked it, aimed, and fired!
