Boom!
The collision of fist against fist produced an explosion that shook the ground.
Steel armor protected the weak points of flesh, yet at this moment, the two sides' steel plating showed a difference in quality.
"Arghhhhh!"
Torn fragments flew alongside screams. The multi-limbed martial monk clutched his seventh limb and howled in agony.
"...Looks like having too many hands and overly sensitive senses isn't always a good thing."
Lu PingAn's "limbs" had also suffered some damage, but unlike his opponent, even if the Demon Vine broke, he could not feel pain.
The upright Killer Ant had fallen into a frenzy. Despite its enormous four-meter-tall body, it moved with astonishing speed. Lu PingAn had already realized that this "martial monk's" greatest danger was its extremely high Reflexes and agility.
Its eight arms were like eight deadly weapons controlled at once. Its fully Insectified body was unpleasant to look at, yet it possessed physical strength capable of crushing ordinary beings, along with the high-speed Reflexes to match!
Boom!
Another direct clash. The two huge insect fangs protruding from its mouth snapped repeatedly at empty air, its hatred and predatory hunger impossible to conceal. In its compound eyes, Lu PingAn had become prey that had to die.
"...It's still missing something."
Faced with a monster from mortal nightmares, with malice and killing intent so close at hand, Lu PingAn was actually a little distracted.
He had fought giant beasts and giants more than once. He had even grown used to avoiding their brute strength before finding blind spots to counterattack, but this time was slightly different.
Massive limbs, incredibly tough carapace exoskeletons, and muscles beyond mortal limits ultimately formed arms of unstoppable brute force. And there were eight such arms!
Nor was it merely brute force. Every one of them carried the