"Don't smash its head! Leave those two long horns for me!"
Thunder King shouted, his Flight Wings swinging sharply behind him as he circled to the giant insect's side.
Brute Force Yields Miracles drove his fist downward into the seam between the monster's chest and abdomen.
The blow flipped the giant insect over. Its dozen-odd jointed legs kicked wildly. The two long horns on its forehead curved inward, and violet-white lightning gathered between them, illuminating the surrounding parasitic tissue in an instant.
This level 61 Tier Three parasite stored psychic energy in the Lightning Sac growing inside its abdomen, then released lightning through its horns. Its last discharge had forced the players around it to retreat, leaving scorch marks even on the chitinous armor of several Mecha.
Brute Force was about to land another punch when Thunder King raised his staff.
Two bolts of lightning collided head-on!
Blinding light exploded outward. Thunder King's shoulders trembled slightly as Energy Devour absorbed part of the lightning surging down his staff. The veins in his arm glowed purple.
He still had strength to spare.
Rather than absorb more, he spread his Flight Wings and dodged the second bolt that followed.
His abdomen slowly tightened, and tiny sparks flickered in his exhaled breath. The psychic energy he had just taken in spread across his shoulders and back instead of piling up in his right arm.
The next moment, several bolts split from the tip of his staff and plunged into the crack Brute Force had punched in the insect's shell!
The Lightning Sac spasmed, and the glow gathering between the horns on its forehead abruptly dimmed.
"Now!"
Brute Force planted a foot on the struggling insect, gripped its broken chest armor with both hands, and tore it apart.
Thunder King's lightning stabbed into the