The creature's transformation was both terrifying and mesmerizing. Where Julian's lightning had scorched its hide, patches of dark, chitinous armor began to form, glowing with the same sinister red as the nest's mucus. Its movements, once jerky and uncertain, now flowed with a predatory grace.
"It's adapting!" Celestia called out, her silver threads straining as the monster flexed its bound limbs. "My threads are losing integrity against its new armor!"
"Then we hit it harder before it fully adapts!" Veronica shouted, her hands weaving another complex enchantment. "[Enchant: Sunder]!" A golden aura enveloped Julian's blade. "Your next strike should pierce its defenses!"
Julian didn't need to be told twice. He channeled more energy into his sword, the lightning around it crackling with a violent, white-hot intensity.
