A dozen or so clumps of lava were blasted into the air like cannonballs, scattering in all directions before crashing heavily onto the ground around the lava pool. They sizzled as they burned little blackened pits into the earth, while splattered droplets of lava flew everywhere.
After hitting the ground, the lava clumps cooled at a speed visible to the naked eye. A gray-brown hard shell rapidly solidified across their surfaces.
Immediately afterward, the hard shells began to crack. Amid the "crack, crack" of splitting stone, one crimson beetle after another crawled out through the fissures.
These beetles were about 1.2 meters long. Their shells were hard and covered with sharp black spines.
A pair of enormous compound eyes glittered fiercely on each head. As their mouths opened and closed, they let out shrill "kik... kik..." cries. They looked almost exactly like giant dung beetles, but were a hundred times more ferocious.
The moment the Lava Beetles crawled out, they planted all four limbs against the ground and charged toward the Skeleton Soldiers.
Although they could not fly, they ran at an astonishing speed.
Their limbs scraped across the ground with a faint "screech," and in the blink of an eye they had rushed in front of the Skeleton Soldiers.
The Skeleton Soldiers showed no fear. They immediately met the attack, engaging the Lava Beetles in a fierce slaughter.
The spears whirled with sharp, slicing winds, precisely stabbing at the Lava Beetles' weak points.
The Lava Beetles, meanwhile, relied on their hard shells to barrel straight ahead. Their sharp spines repeatedly slashed at the Skeleton Soldiers, and from time to time they spat out small fireballs that smashed against the skeletons, producing sizzling sounds as they burned.
Hiding behind the ruins, Lin Li widened his eyes and stared fixedly at