章 116: Worthy Challenge I

The enemy specimen reacted to the Collector stabbing at it with its monomolecular blade at the very last second. The creature's eyes narrowed as it thrust out its arm to the side, intercepting the Collector's arm at the end of the forearm.

Yet, intercepting the arm that far down was not sufficient. The specimen possessed enough strength to stop the Collector's thrust in its tracks, but the Collector still managed to stab into the specimen's side with a third of the length of the blade, easily slicing through the durable mesh of grey scales.

The beast, no, there was in intelligence in its eyes, the specimen growled in reaction to the blade so easily cleaving through it, though the wound was too shallow to be lethal.