Squelch!
The tentacle whipped toward the outcropping like a giant wet hammer.
"MOVE!" Holden shouted.
Everyone scattered. The tentacle slammed into the rock where they'd been standing, sending chunks of stone flying. Acid splashed across the surface, hissing and bubbling.
The Amalgamation pulled back its arm and formed two more tentacles. They writhed in the air like angry snakes, dripping toxic sludge.
Henry drew his sword. "I'll hold it off!"
He leaped off the outcropping and swung at the nearest tentacle.
Swish!
The blade passed clean through the slime. The tentacle didn't even flinch. It just reformed around the cut, purple mud flowing back together like water.
"What?!" Henry stumbled backward. "My sword just went through it like nothing!"
The tentacle he'd cut whipped around and caught him across the chest.
Whap!
