Getting the fruits
Sam observed similar incidents for the next few days, there are some groups that worked together. They shielded a few people for the first half and returned from there, the remaining small group shielded an even smaller group for a certain distance before returning and the last group shielded one person until he is a few steps away from the tree.
The last guy took the final punishment and plucked a fruit, before trying his best to escape
But this method is not extremely suitable. All the people who participated in the group have to elite and they also have to be good at fusion.
They took significant damage as they not only have to protect themselves, they have to shield others.
So, a group could at most take one fruit away and they would have to recover for a good ten days before they can even think of stepping foot in the valley again.