Eventually, Slav was cornered with nowhere to go. With nowhere left to go, Slav turned his attention to the thorns themselves. He decided to deal with them to create a way out of his predicament.
So he used the Space Tear Metac on his hands, which caused the space around his hands to vibrate. Then he used his hand as a blade to cut the tentacles and thorns.
Loki couldn't control the tentacles the way he could control the whips, so he couldn't make them avoid Slav's hand and ensnare Slav. The tentacles were mostly stationary, which made it easy for Slav to cut them.
Slav's hand went back and forth severing the black thorny branches. But this was only a stopgap that could, at best, buy a short reprieve. He couldn't cut the tentacles faster than they could regenerate and grow new tentacles. So despite his hard work, the thorns were still slowly and surely encircling him.
Eventually, Slav couldn't hold back anymore. So Slav activated the Space Freeze Metac.
