The Stalker shrieked again but didn't fall. Instead, it lunged forward, ignoring its injury completely, trying to bite Satou's arm with those rows of jagged teeth.
Satou jerked back, his sword coming up in a diagonal slash that opened the creature's throat. It collapsed, gurgling, black blood pooling beneath it.
[Blind Stalker Defeated]
[+75 EXP]
But there was no time to celebrate. The other four were already on him, and now they were more aggressive, as if the death of their packmate had enraged them.
Two attacked simultaneously from different angles. Satou couldn't dodge both, so he activated Earth Manipulation, channeling it through his feet into the floor.
The stone rippled, then spiked upward in a jagged wall between him and one of the attackers. The Stalker crashed into it face-first with a sickening crunch. It fell back, its face caved in, but even with that injury it tried to get up, its limbs flailing.
