Meanwhile, Jay was in a precarious situation.

Top stop himself from falling, he had dug his gauntlet deeply into the root while continuing to slash at the giant's hand, doing as much damage as safely as he could - so not a lot. And without Blue to help, the hand was getting stronger.

At this moment, Jay was glad he didn't get the skeletons to cut all the way through the black-liquid carrying root. In fact, he regretted it as he guessed that this carnivorous giant would be dead by now, as much of the pressure pushing the black fluid was being lost because of the hole they made.