Even though the mother anomaly's body had been crushed, she didn't perish as a result. Instead, a pile of silken threads appeared between Adam's palms, and they adhered themselves to his hands before spreading toward the rest of his body.

What the hell is this stuff? 

Adam attempted to shake off the silken threads, but to no avail. The threads were extremely sticky, and it was virtually impossible to shake them off with brute strength alone.

In fact, even as Adam was attempting to shake them off, the threads were already burrowing into him through the gaps in his stone body.

"Hellhound, hit me with some fire!" Adam instructed, and the three-headed Hellhound immediately sprang toward him, then opened its mouths to blast flames directly onto Adam's hands.

However, the silken threads seemed to be impervious to flames. In fact, the flames were only making them...