Detonation after detonation rings out in the narrow tunnel as Invidia weaves his intricate tapestry of death. With my enhanced mana sight, I can see ever more clearly just how absurdly overpowered his ntal gifts are. A hundred individual strands of mana writhe through the air at any given mont, pouring into the spells at a dizzying speed as the grinning demon produces magic at an absurd pace.
This is the power of specialisation! He even has ti to be weaving shields in-between explosions whenever he thinks Tiny is going to get bitten. This is the real big-brain play. In fact, this is the ga-brain play.
Large clumps of termites are not spared from his attention. With overwhelming force of will, he drives his mana forward and unleashes enormous concussive blasts that rend the air with fire and smoke. Truly, a demon of the third stratum.
Even so, despite our overwhelming power, the termite foe is able to endure far more than they ought to be able to. With their toughened carapace and hardened bodies, the insectoid enemy have been redesigned since the arrival of the Colony. The Ka'armodo wasted little ti adjusting the focus of their shock troops from being specialised anti-tree to enduring soldiers capable of fronting up to the firepower of the Colony.
As I pelt them with spears, as Tiny unleashes his almighty fists, and despite the explosions and the cruel ministrations of Crinis, the termites continue to advance. It takes a lot of effort to put them down, and when one falls, another three climb over its remains to draw ever closer. At this rate, it won't be long until their mandibles are able to reach , and we can't have that!
Too bad this tunnel is far too narrow for a Gravity Bomb, otherwise I'd wipe them out in the thousands, but this is up close and personal, just the way an insect likes it.
Bring it on, termites! You think you can possibly defeat the Colony in our favourite battleground? You must be blind!
Actually… they pretty much are blind, but that's beside the point!
Ti to get serious.
I continue the Force Spear barrage, but divert a chunk of mind constructs to other tasks, directing them like a conductor does a symphony. In monts, more mana flows and is woven, followed by the ever impressive Gravity Domain taking shape around . Pre-compressed, the crushing force exerted by the purple sphere of doom isn't enough to squash a termite flat, but given how heavy they are, it's more than enough to slow them down. Buying that little extra ti is all I need.
Heart burning with the pure fire of passionate youth, my mandibles draw back and lock into place as I brace my legs and zoom forward.
In an instant, I appear before the closest termites, my speed surprising even ! This new dash is quick, like, super quick! The strain on my legs is a serious issue, and the stamina drain is imnse, but holy moly, it's fast! But that's only the entrée, now cos ti for the main dish! The termites react quickly to my appearance, every inch of their large fras screams of their hatred for ant kind as they snap forward with their wide mandibles.
Not fast enough!
VOID CHOMP!
The mont I activate the skill I feel my stamina plumt into the dirt. Such a precipitous drop! It's not as if it just takes twice as much stamina to use as the doom chomp, this is more like five tis! What the hell? I'm not going to be combo-ing this sucker any ti soon, that's for sure.
The result, however, is enough to bring tears to my eyes.
The dark mandibles of pure energy manifest as they did before, though darker and more nacing. Beyond that, a sphere of annihilation appears several tres before , tiny at first, but swelling as my jaws slam shut.
I watch it happen as if it were in slow motion. My jaws close, and extended beyond them are the pitch black mandibles created by the Void Chomp. Twice as long as before, they extend almost five tres in front of my face. The tiny sphere of pure black flickers and grows the closer the mandibles get, drawing in the unfortunate termite in front of , warping and curving it as it's pulled in.
When the mandibles touch the sphere, it's as if a bomb has gone off, an explosion of dark light that blinds for a mont. When it's done, the termite in front of , and those near it, are… gone. All that remains are chunks of Biomass on the ground.
T-… too powerful! Too damn aweso! The Void Chomp is everything I dread of! Too bad I can't use it all that much, but with a bite that strong, I'll be able to do so real damage to my enemies with nothing but my jaws! I'm so excited by the possibilities!
I wonder what the next rank of bite is like…
No ti to think of that now, Anthony! You've got a battle to win!
Thankfully, my nurous brains are all over it and my body ducks and weaves with preternatural grace, dodging and deflecting no matter how many bites co at at once. I can't use the Void Chomp recklessly, but with so many mbers of the Colony nearby, I'll be able to charge my stamina up pretty quickly. I just have to rely on weaker skills until then.
A steady barrage of spells and acid fly forth from as I liberally apply normal bites to my enemies whenever I can. Just like this, we establish our formation, with acting as the front line, Tiny standing behind, unleashing his fists and lightning, then Crinis and Invidia bringing up the rear. Until the termites manage to tunnel around us, we'll hold this position, no matter how many of them co at us.
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