Deep in the Dreadshade Forest, a place where no human had ventured in a thousand years, a blinding dot appeared in the distance, hurtling toward them at an extraordinary speed.
Bang!
A massive Roaring Claw Bear crashed to the ground, its massive body sliding for hundreds of meters before coming to a jarring halt.
The ghastly injury on its body was horrifying. Its chest bore a gaping wound, and some of its fractured bones had broken through its flesh.
Blood gushed out from its mangled body, forming a sinister crimson stream on the forest floor. The Roaring Claw Bear struggled to breathe, attempting to move, but every attempt only made it cry out in agony.
Suddenly, the ground beneath its immense form trembled, and hundreds of spider-like cracks spread in all directions. Emerging from the depths of the earth was a colossal beast: the Devil Flame Centipede, an intermediate grade-3 creature.
