Bloodied, missing limbs and growing weary the creature couldn't keep fighting like this. Now it was just a desperate race towards the village, to where it hoped it could find an easier meal in the villagers before fleeing from these three. With its side burning from the wounds it had sustained it tunneled through the ground as hastily as it could, hardly burrowing as deeply as before. Up above it could feel the vibrations of those strange creatures chasing it, drawing closer by the second despite how quickly it tried to flee. As the ground became denser, the more fertile land around the village coming up, it felt a curious sensation at its back. At first there was pressure followed by a gust of wind and then, in a split second, it was airborne, thrown skyward by a sizable blast. Screeching as it came slamming down back to earth it landed awkwardly, writhing about on its back as it tried to right itself. As it had only just been getting onto its feet again the glint of Viral's cleaver caught its eye, and it would be the last thing it ever saw as steel dug into its flesh, its head toppling from its body and falling into the selfsame crater it had been blown out of. Squirming with jarring motions its body moved about briefly before finally collapsing as well, motionless in the dirt.

It was a long shot having Shu blast away like that but Takeshi didn't have much other plan in mind. He knew they had to get it out from underground and sooner rather than later; it became increasingly apparent the further along they went that it was indeed a village up ahead, there was no way they could let this thing get there and attack the residents. Watching as his brother lobbed a shot ahead it had just the results he'd hoped for as the ground erupted from the attack, tossing the creature into the air and causing it to tumble back down to the ground. Not skipping a beat Viral was on it in a second, beheading the beast with one clean strike and putting it down for good. Waiting just to be sure it was dead he sighed heavily seeing it motionless, his posture slumping slightly as he relaxed. When a peculiar bubbling noise drew his attention back to the creature he paled seeing it melting away for some reason, leaving little more than a shell in its wake as its flesh vanished. Feeling his stomach churn Takeshi groaned before turning away and emptying what little food he had in there into the grass at his feet.