The nearest Treant lunged. Its tendrils shot forward like spears. Kaito dodged, his sword cutting through two of them. The tendrils regrew instantly. He cut again. They regrew again.
Arthur charged a second Treant, his sword blazing. He cut deep into its chest. The bark split. A pale core glowed inside. He thrust his blade into it. The Treant shuddered and collapsed.
"The core! Aim for the core!"
Elise froze a third Treant's tendrils. The Frost Golem slammed its fists into its chest, cracking the bark. Nathan fired a Focus Shot into the crack. The core shattered. The Treant fell.
Garrett and Red charged a fourth. Red's horns caught its tendrils. Garrett's Volcan erupted against its chest. The bark cracked. Another Focus Shot from Nathan finished it.
Amara's spirits wrapped around a fifth Treant, holding it still. Long Wei's fists shattered its chest. Han Seo-jun's daggers found the core. It collapsed.
The sixth Treant fled into the canopy.
The battle was over.
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