The giant Tree Spirit shrieked.
The thick vines covering its body turned into dozens of "venomous snakes" and lashed at Nate.
The vines became blurs of whipping motion, striking from fiendishly tricky angles.
But Goting and Merlin had already moved into position.
The Lava Whips in their hands turned into shields, blocking the attacks in front of Nate.
The shields shattered beneath the lashing vines.
But they bought Nate enough time. Before his lava longsword, all the vines were like butter, severed one after another with each swing.
Green sap sprayed through the air.
Goting and Merlin charged forward as well, throwing out their whips to coil around the giant Tree Spirit's branches. Each supported Nate with one hand while pulling back on his whip with the other.
With both men boosting him, Nate leaped high into the air, rising above the giant Tree Spirit.
He raised his lava longsword high overhead, poised for a mountain-cleaving downward strike, and unleashed all the lava energy in his body.
"Lava... shall purify everything."
The lava longsword suddenly grew enormous. Flames stained the sky red as it slashed down mercilessly before the giant Tree Spirit's terrified eyes.
"No..."
The lava longsword cleaved the Silver Tier Giant Twisted Treant in two from top to bottom.
At that moment, flames swept across the land.
Scorched by lava, the Giant Twisted Treant's massive body began to burn.
The vines clinging to its enormous crown still writhed and struggled.
One after another, they turned to ash.
Nate stood atop the Giant Twisted Treant's corpse, raised his lava longsword, and let out a victor's roar.
"The glory of the Lord of Lava shall illuminate all civilization."
"The glory of the Lord of Lava shall illuminate all civilization."
Goting, Merlin, and all the lava believers looked at Nate standing