Daeho's fist connected like a falling meteor, sending a shockwave through the air that cracked the earth beneath the monster's rooted stance. The impact rattled buildings down the block. For a moment, it looked like the strike had worked, the amalgamated mass of bark and vine buckled slightly, vines whipping wildly in the air.
Then one of the glowing vine-limbs snapped forward with sudden speed.
It slammed into Daeho's side with a sound like a battering ram crashing through steel. His massive form launched backward, carving a trench through the pavement before slamming into the side of a parking structure. Dust exploded from the point of impact.
But when it cleared, he stood.
Unmoved.
Not a scratch on him.
He rolled his shoulders once, cracking his neck.
"Now that," he muttered, grinning wide, "felt like something."
The others didn't wait.
