The mantis' body convulsed violently as its internal vitality was crushed inward, compressed beyond stability. Cracks spider-webbed across its jet-black exoskeleton from the inside, glowing a blinding white as impossible amounts of energy tried to escape containment.
Then the collapse reversed.
Violently.
A sphere of annihilation erupted from the mantis' core, swallowing its body in a sun-bright detonation. Wings disintegrated mid-beat. Chitin vaporized. Space buckled as the blast detonated outward, releasing a catastrophic surge of heat, pressure, and distorted mana.
The dungeon howled.
The explosion tore through the scorched wasteland like divine retribution, expanding faster than sound, faster than thought. The ground beneath Bruce shattered into molten fragments, shockwaves rippling outward and slamming into the dungeon's spatial boundaries with deafening force.
Fire and light consumed everything.
