The wing turned completely numb mid flight and the bird crash landed at the roots of it's target tree
But not all was lost and it quickly turned around looking at the the two eye glowing centipedes.
They approached fast but it was ready. It waited for the moment one of them got in it's strike distance to peck it.
The moment came. It didn't miss the timing but the black centipede witch reached it faster dodged to the birds left and counterattacked with a lunge. The bird had seen that pattern so it managed to dodge backwards right.
At that moment the white one took the opportunity to strike and accelerated considerably. The bird shook and out of reflex jumped and flapped it's wings, but with a busted right wing it lost it's balance and couldn't counter mid air, still, it gained enough distance to be in the clear.
The two centipedes regrouped and then split again trying to pincer it from two sides.
The bird knew that it had kill one fast to have a winning chance, so it lunged at the white one which hadn't showed the ability to dodge.
Like they where waiting for that, the white centipede slowed down and the black accelerated with now an even better position to pincer attack with it's back exposed.
The bird dodged by jumping again, but this time out of choice, so it knew about the busted wing and managed to attack midair targeting the white one.
It dodged in time and the black one didn't miss the timing and got a strong grip with it's pincers at the belly of the bird.
It tried to wrap around the bird and immobilize it, in spite of that the bird got a solid hit with its talons out of instinct and managed not only to break free but also to wound the centipede and make it lose some legs.
Gaining distance, the two parties got in a stare down assessing the situation.
The bird was bleeding from two wounds and the poison is rapidly spreading, on top of that the centipedes are mostly fine.
The bird needed to break out of the situation and fast, even if it has to escape. So at least one last attempt at the fight then if it fails escape is the only option.
With the decision out of the way, it lunged forward now that they were together so the only option for the black centipede that was on the right side was to dodge to the right.
The bird attacked with the beak, the centipede dodged, but that was a feint for a strike with the talons of the right foot.
The talon strike landed, the damage was three crashed segments of carapace, stunning it for an instant, enough for a second strike, a beak strike, which also landed between the damaged segments and the head of the centipede, but the damage wasn't enough to cause it's death.
At that window the white one managed to jump on top of the bird, sink it's teeth in the nape and wrapped around the neck, continuously pumping venom in the bird's system from a firm position.
The bird got startled and stunned, and in panic tried to claw the centipede off of it. But the positioning only allowed to scratch it, thus loosing the opportunity to free it self along with the last chance at life, succumbing to the venom and dying.