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Root clashed against one of the towering treants, its massive wooden palm dwarfing his entire body. The Skeleton Dragon roared, his bones trembling as jagged bone blades erupted from his hands.
"I can do that?!"
Stunned, Root slashed through the monster's body with his newly ford blades, now engulfed in his Golden Flas of Life. The flas weakened the undead creature, ultimately disintegrating its hand into dust.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
"GRYYAAAAHHH!"
The treant shrieked in agony as its body was consud by golden fire. Root leapt into the sky—wingless, yet his Aura transford into radiant wings of golden fla and green light. He soared toward another treant on the left and struck it squarely in the face.
CLAAASH!
"GAAAAHHH!"
The treant howled as its face ignited, but it retaliated by tearing off part of its own body and hurling it at Root. The impact destabilized him, nearly sending him crashing to the ground.
Then—
FLASH!
"Huh?!"
Root's eyes widened as he was suddenly teleported above the treant. Looking down, he saw Hers smiling and giving a thumbs-up. Hers's teleportation abilities had evolved—he could now relocate targets within his line of sight. However, Root was the upper limit of what he could manage.
"Thank you, Hers!"
Root grinned and dove downward, his skeletal body spiraling as he plunged his massive bone blades into the treant's head. He pierced through to the ground, flooding the creature with his Golden Flas of Life from within.
"GRYYAAAAAHH!"
BOOOMMM!!!
Erging from the burning rubble, Root was instantly teleported in front of Hers and Alma. The sudden shift caught him off guard.
"You've really improved, Hers. Thanks!" Root said.
"No problem! We've always been a great team. We can't solve this without working together, right?" Hers replied confidently.
"Yeah, you're right," Alma nodded.
"BLEH! DISGUSTING! YOU THINK YOUR PATHETIC FRIENDSHIP CAN DEFEAT ?!"
Toyouke-Ōmikami's fury shook the ground. A colossal black and red flower erupted from the earth, a massive red eye glaring from its center.
"{Abyssal Crimson Flower of Decay}: {Beam of Annihilation}!"
Desperate, the Kami summoned her strongest familiar. The flower charged with corrupted energy, the screams of countless specters echoing from within. A crimson beam burst forth.
TRUUUM!
"Fuck! Hers, teleport us out!" Alma shouted.
"Okay, okay!" Hers replied, his Spatial Aura enveloped the group as they vanished.
RUMBLE!
But the beam pursued them, incinerating everything in its path with terrifying speed and precision.
"Hahaha! You cannot escape! The Beam of Annihilation follows every trace of life until it extinguishes it!"
"Are you kidding ?!"
Hers teleported them again, this ti behind the flower. Root prepared to strike, but the flower spun a full 360 degrees and fired the beam instantly.
TRUUUM!
"Fuck!"
Hers cursed and teleported them farther away, yet the beam continued its relentless pursuit.
"Hers, we can't keep running in circles!" Alma said. "Teleport us to the stem! We'll cut it through!"
"It's too thick! Can you really do it?!" Hers asked. "We'll only have seconds before the beam hits us!"
"We can do it," Root said firmly. "We have to."
"Fine... fine!"
Hers teleported them to the stem. The flower reacted imdiately, the beam already closing in and obliterating everything in its path.
TRUUUM!
"It's coming! Hurry!" Hers shouted.
Root and Alma nodded. Their weapons were unconventional—nothing like what Drake or Surtr wielded—but they were effective.
Root's bone blades expanded to their maximum size, over thirty ters long, as he pushed his Divine Skeleton's power to its limits. Alma gripped Knife tightly, channeling her Aura until it transford him into a sword of pink and silver Mana.
"HAAAAAHH!"
They roared, slicing into the flower's massive stem. It was like cutting through a mountain, but they pushed themselves beyond their limits.
Alma infused her Mana into Hers and Root, sustaining them as Hers held back the beam with a Spatial Barrier, constantly rebuilding it as it shattered.
"HURRY!!!"
Root and Alma broke through the stem, their Auras propelling them at lightning speed. They sliced through the flower's core.
SLAAASH!
The flower's eye darted wildly, confused, as its upper half collapsed and died.
"You cut my flower?! My beautiful flower?! AAAGGH! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!!!"
Toyouke-Ōmikami scread. Root sensed her presence nearby.
"She's close. Just beyond that mass of trees and specters," he said.
"How do we get through?" Alma asked.
"The only way I know—brute force. Follow ."
Root charged forward on all fours, his skeletal jaws unleashing a massive breath attack that tore through the corrupted forest.
BOOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Hers shielded them with his spatial barrier while Alma crushed enemies with her conjured Mana Aura Fists.
"S-STAY AWAY!"
The Kami's voice trembled. She tried to flee but had reached the edge of her Dominion—an invisible barrier behind her. Escaping would dissolve the Dominion and leave her vulnerable.
"GRRR! DAMN IT! DAMN IT!"
Her once graceful face twisted into a monstrous Oni-like visage. A black horn sprouted from her forehead, purple veins spread across her pale skin, and her hands turned charcoal black.
Her Demonic Karmic Stigma activated, flooding her with Karmic Energy. She summoned all her power and compressed it into a massive construction of wood and plants, placing herself inside.
RUMBLE!
Root, Alma, and Hers watched in disbelief as the titan ford over five hundred ters tall, composed of decaying vegetation. It roared and stomped, trying to crush them.
BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!
Hers kept them safe, teleporting short distances and lifting them into the sky repeatedly.
"That damned teleporter has ruined all my plans! And why did that plant dragon turn into a skeleton?!"
Toyouke-Ōmikami raged, analyzing the situation. Her titan swung its fists, barely grazing them as Hers pushed himself to the brink. Alma's endless Mana had its limits, and Hers began to feel dizzy, blood trickling from his nose as he strained to teleport them again.
"I can't keep this up much longer!" Hers gasped, blood dripping from his nose. "Alma, I need more Mana!"
"I'm giving you everything I've got!" Alma shouted, her Aura flaring as she transferred energy into Hers's weakening body.
Root narrowed his eyes. "We need to end this. Now."
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