The bear shook the bark and splintered wood from its head. Charging headfirst into a tree barely did anything.
'What about ice? If I could slow it, maybe it would do something? But what if it just absorbs it again and somehow becomes stronger?'
The bear charged at him again.
'I can't overthink it.'
Kai extended his hands and channelled magical frost into his fingertips. He increased the pressure of the ice within him until the pain from the cold reached his elbows.
A sharp, bone-chilling cold crackled through the air as he unleashed a cone of ice magic across the ground.
Spikes of ice spread across the ground in zigzags towards their target.
The ice encased the bear's front legs and stopped it in place. Freezing tendrils spread over its joints, creeping like ivy and locking the thick muscles in place. The bear roared, shaking violently to rid itself of the encroaching frost. It broke free from some of the ice, but the bear had already lost all of its momentum.
