A branch punched through the tyrant's shoulder, while Shu was already tearing another one free before the thing finished roaring. Mana ran through the wood, hardening it in his grip, then he twisted and launched it straight into the monster's side.
The hit landed deep enough to make the huge body lurch. Bark, blood, and splinters burst out together, which made him let out a short laugh while he sprinted across the ground.
'No way,' he thought, grabbing a snapped limb off the ground. 'This is actually working.'
The tyrant slammed both arms down where he had been a second earlier, blowing apart the ground, but he was already gone. His body felt too light now and every dodge came so clean that the monster started looking less like a wall and more like a target.
Another branch flew out of his hand and buried itself in the tyrant's upper arm. Before the thing could rip it out, he cut around a tree, yanked loose a thicker one, and drove that spear through the side of its neck.
