Strangulation.
In an instant, it wrapped that Entwined Crowd into a giant "mummy."
Layers upon layers of flesh buds wound around it, tighter and tighter, denser and denser, completely encasing that Entwined Crowd in writhing flesh.
Then...
Crack, crack, crack.
The sound of bones shattering rang out.
When the flesh buds parted, the Entwined Crowd inside had vanished without a trace.
Nothing remained.
Not even a drop of blood.
The sight made the scalps of the Entwined Crowds still lingering at the edge of the fissure prickle...
"Run!"
A head that looked like an old man was the first to shriek.
"Run! Run!"
The other heads were all shouting for them to run, too.
Their minds tried to drive their bodies to flee quickly.
But suddenly...
Hands began fighting hands.
Feet began fighting feet.
Some wanted to run left, some wanted to run right, some wanted to turn around, and some wanted to jump across.
For a moment, instead of managing to run, they tripped themselves up.
The three Entwined Crowds at the very front were knocked straight down by their companions tumbling into a heap behind them.
"You...!"
The heads on those three Entwined Crowds cursed wildly, more than a dozen mouths letting out furious roars at once.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
Countless flesh buds surged up.
In the space of a single breath, the three Entwined Crowds were devoured completely by the flesh buds.
Then an even more terrifying sight followed.
The flesh buds grew longer and thicker, stretching out of the fissure and snatching at the Entwined Crowds all around it.
A flesh bud only as thick as an arm suddenly shot out, coiling around an Entwined Crowd three or four meters tall and binding it outright.
That Entwined Crowd struggled desperately, the dozens of