The black liquid spurted out.
The Beetle Demon's movements slowed down a bit.
Ma Lin was very patient in probing for an opening, and after several feints, he found an opportunity to strike at the Beetle Demon's neck with his sword, almost decapitating it.
But it didn't die, and it had a way to heal such a wound.
It tried to escape, but Ma Lin relentlessly pursued it, striking it in the belly from behind with another sword thrust.
Then it could hardly move at all.
After another three rounds, he chopped off its head.
First, he pried off one side of its carapace with his canine sword and tossed it aside, then drew an Array on the ground, chanted a spell, and burned it to ashes with a ball of flame as part of a fire ritual, earning himself two thousand contribution points in the process.
He stowed the carapace in his book and swiftly ran back to Ache City.
