The giant tree didn't just stay still and let Amon hack it. It fought back with countless vines, branches, and flowers that sprouted from its trunk.
Amon swatted them using his tail and the dark tentacles on his back. As for his lightning flying knives, they were busy impeding Xia Gao's slim sword, which continued hounding him. With those obstacles cleared, he focused his effort on delivering an attack with the highest destructive power.
He used Death Trinity again. Using this arcane art so soon after each execution drained him, but he figured he couldn't nullify Xia Gao's Sacred Forest art if he pulled his punches.
