Facing the increasing number of beetles, Rocky, in order to evade the sprayed green slime, had to fly high into the mid-air of the Dissolving Cave.
Although they also launched an attack on these beetles, bombing them extensively and killing swathes of them, this left the deep pit undefended, causing even more beetles to surge up like a tide. More importantly, without Dusa to hold them off, those enormous Mantis Demons finally crawled out of the deep pit!
When the first Mantis Demon crawled out of the deep pit, the ground around the pit emitted a slight tremor, and then more Mantis Demons climbed up, quickly numbering five or six next to the pit.
Each of these Mantis Demons was over three meters tall with massive bodies, and while continuously hissing, their scythe-like forelimbs were also constantly swinging at Rocky and his group.
"Thank goodness, thank goodness these things can't fly..."