A second later, another carnivorous plant initiated an attack from behind. The man with the shield was rather slow in his reaction speed and thus could not detect nor defend in time.
Fortunately, the team leader's reaction speed was at another level from him. He withdrew his sword and in a quick motion, cut off the plant behind him in two.
As soon as he did, another plant came at them from the other side. This time, the man with the shield saw it coming and raised his shield elongated with the formless energy, facing the plant.
The full length of the plant's open maws was slightly shorter than the elongated shield's width.
Bang~
With a bang, the plant slammed into the man's shield pushing him back a couple of meters.
The man was about to slam into his leader, to which, the team leader moved slightly to the side avoiding the man with the shield's staggering and qucikly slid smoothly to his front, slashing at the plant.