First, two more hammers struck its main trunk, then a reverse hammer smashed a support column transformed from a vine tentacle.
Anyone with support experience knows that once integrity is broken, trying to reinforce it with external force requires much more strength, and balance is easily disrupted.
The Lord of Withering is now in this situation; the balance he painstakingly found can be destroyed by Gaven with just a few hammers.
Moreover, its gigantic crown can't be abandoned in just a few seconds.
Some parts cannot be abandoned yet, like vine tentacles; if only a bare trunk is left, it wouldn't have much combat power, almost no different from being cut in half.
In fact, most of its attack methods have been rendered useless due to balance issues.
Now, all it can use are the entangling roots and thorn spikes.
But these pose a very small threat to the second phase Dragon Oak Incarnation.
