[h3]Joe vs Twig Blight[/h3]Joe's grapple was successful, and with his greater strength he was able to hold the Twig Blight's arms and keep it from clawing him. The creature struggled with shrill cries to try and get free, as it had no teeth to bite with and its legs weren't flexible enough to kick. As Joe pulverized its lower body with kicks, the twigs that made up its form were broken one after the other, and the creature slowly began to crumble from the waist down. It continued to struggle and screeched for help.

[Twig Blight searches for help! Twig Blight B appeared!]

Another monster ran at Joe from behind, swinging down both of its claws to rip into his back...

[h3]Hazel vs Needle Blight[/h3]The creature raised what was left of its arms and curled them tightly near its neck in an attempt to slow down Hazel's strike. The sword once again cut through its limbs, and even dug into its neck, but by that time it had lost enough momentum that the rest of the strike's power only threw the creature across the ground. It struggled to get up now, however, with only shoulder stumps left. It only managed to get on its knees, but with a crackling woody sound it opened its jaws wide, and unleashed another storm of needles at Hazel.

[Critical Hit! Needle Blight's HP is low! Needle Blight used Needle Spray!]

[h3]Soka and Hayato vs Vine Blight A&B and Needle Blight[/h3]With his metal blade, Soka was able to inflict some light cuts on the moving vines, but as he had said moving targets were difficult to hit. Vine Blight A withdrew the tendrils, but didn't seem too concerned. Soka was, however, able to free himself from the Vine Blight B's Entangle spell--only for Vine Blight A to cast it again, and again Entangle him.

"Ignore the foottrap and aim for the main body! Your spells don't need you to move!" Hayato advised, charging at one of the Vine Blights himself. He brought his blade down on the same one that currently had Soka trapped, cutting a huge gash into the tightly woven body. The Vine Blight screamed, its hold on Soka weakening, but its comrade cast another Entangle on Hayato--the Knight, however, was strong enough to kick the tendrils away.

But he wasn't fast enough to dodge the Needle Spray that the other Blight cast at him, and a hail of the glowing needles hit him in the chest. He cried out and stumbled backwards, bleeding from a dozen places where it felt like he'd been stabbed with a pen.

[Soka is free from Entangle! Vine Blight A took a Critical Hit! Needle Blight used Needle Spray on Hayato!]

[h3]John vs Needle Blight and Twig Blight[/h3]The Cactus-Cat's tail dealt the Needle Blight a hefty blow to the ribs, knocking the creature backwards. With a shriek it attempted to attack the Summon with its thorny claws. Meanwhile, John's attempt to grapple an oncoming Twig Blight was only partially successful. While he was able to stop it from going after the Cactus Cat, now its attention was on him, and it repeatedly began clawing at him with its one free arm...