Blood Beetles

The Blood Beetles are carnivorous red insects with red shells found mostly within the Beetle Land in the Hellish Mountains where they can be controlled by The Rat King. They are one of the few known indigenous insect species of the Never Never Land. They made their appearance only in Mortal Kombat: Return of The Dragon King.

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The Blood Beetles can be seen crawling all over the Beetle Land arena walls and floor and even the ceiling. Combatants tend to step on them and squish their insides all over while fighting, but not on purpose. Some can even be found crawling around The Rat King's Castle, though they will not attack him.

Given the arts of Deception game, it is likely that Quan Chi was once ambushed by the beetles here and devoured whole before his resurrection thanks to Shinnok.

Trivia

 * In a way, they are similar to the Butcherflys of Sota.
 * They feed off the onis and demons send into their lair by the Rat King.

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