Its multi-segmented mouth was shut closed and pointed forwards like a spear.
Mikhail looked at it as it approached. His mind was just fast enough to keep track of it. But, unfortunately, it was anything but fast enough to react to it.
Just before it would've hit him, the maw opened up wide, revealing rows upon rows of sharp wooden teeth.
'Ah, shit.'
The maw closed around him, abruptly changing his sight from the mundane version to the ethereal Shade-Vision that his elemental awakening had bestowed upon him. And, at the same time, he felt the crushing impact of the five segments as they clamped around him.
He did not feel the sharp wooden teeth, however. And that was because they only left white scratch marks upon his skin before shattering against his extremely tough muscles. His bones felt as if they were grinding against each other, though.
