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Crack!
Crack!
The top of the Insect Cocoon was drilled open, and the tender body of the Thousand-Handed Centipede crawled out of the cocoon.
The freshly molted body was a pinkish color, but as it came into contact with the air, the insect shell quickly turned black and thickened, turning into a heavy chitin shell.
By now, the fully transformed Thousand-Handed Centipede had reached an astonishing length of 12 meters, comparable to the size of a bus.
Sizzle!
The new insect shell was somewhat itchy, and the Thousand-Handed Centipede stood up straight and rubbed against a large tree to scratch the itch.
However, this action unexpectedly caused the tree, tens of meters high, to collapse, and the falling branches and leaves landed on the Thousand-Handed Centipede's head. It looked very confused, still not quite adapted to the sudden increase in its immense power.
