Forest Dweller

You continue going up, but it is clear that it won't be long before the shard catches you. You try more complex maneuvers and that works for a while, even though you miss death countless times, the sharp needle, the shard of Venach's body, by inches.
Finally you see him. A small dot, he is much, much higher up than you are. You focus all of your energy on him and succeed in teleporting directly in front of him. Although dizzy from the experience of moving so far, you succeed in slicing one of his nails off, grabbing it and flying down to meet the needle in head-to-er...needle combat. You still feel slightly dizzy from the great distance you teleported.

You realize that one false move equals death, and you have only one shot at this. If you miss by an inch and it grazes your arm, it's over.

So how will you go about it? You can only think of two possible ways...