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Meanwhile, Nix created swirling shards of frost with his [Ice Storm] skill, forcing the other wooden bear to seek shelter.

Gradually, their tactic of dividing and conquering took shape. Each wooden bear could only rely on the faint synergy they had in common as they had similar wood-based techniques. 

But it was nowhere near as practiced as the synergy of the Reaper Wolves or War Lions. Separated even slightly, the bears found it harder to cover each other's flanks.

Crack!

One of the wooden bears pounded the ground with its paw, releasing a spiky wave of roots that shot out in spirals, aiming to entangle Nix from a distance. 

In response, Nix battered the wave aside with a swirling cone of freezing breath, shards of ice colliding midair with snapping roots in an explosion of organic splinters. The wooden bear roared, outraged by Nix's defiance, and stomped closer.