Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 229

The strange creature writhed with evident rage, the tentacles severed by Ren’s dagger regenerating slowly as they undulated like serpents in the purple light.

Ren tried to activate his knowledge, searching for information about the creature, but his ability seemed to fail. The information arrived fragmented, inconsistent, as if the beast were too anomalous to be understood through his usual parameters.

It was then that Ren noticed something on one of the worm’s final segments: a distinctive mark, artificial, that stood out against the natural plates.

He recognized it immediately: it was the mark that Julius had made on the lesser worm they had found the previous night. The precise pattern of cuts was unmistakable, even amid the creature’s grotesque anatomy.

Understanding hit him like a physical blow.

"It’s... it’s assimilating the beasts in the area," Ren murmured, his voice barely audible as the creature slowly approached. "Shadow stalkers, living tunnels, stone lurkers, mimics..."

’How is this possible? The residual abyssal energy? That hasn’t generated anything like this beneath the school, and it’s stronger there…’ His mind raced through possibilities.

Ren observed the purple glow emanating from each segment until he distinguished one with an incrustation and a more intense brightness. Inside, a sphere very similar to the core of a corrupted male shadow stalker he had, pulsated with energy. The orb throbbed with sickening rhythm, veins of darkness spreading outward from its center like a parasitic network.

"That must be what allows it to fuse such disparate characteristics."

Ren recalled the agent who had merged with the monster that day beneath the academy, but was instantly pulled from his reminiscence.

The creature emitted a sound that reverberated painfully in his ears, a discordant symphony of screeches and rumbles that seemed to vibrate the very air in the chamber. Its tentacles extended again, this time moving more slowly, with predatory curiosity.

Ren evaluated his options, none promising. They were trapped in the monster’s main chamber, weakened, and facing a creature whose capabilities he couldn’t even fully comprehend.

The thin tunnel he’d begun digging was too far, and even if they reached it, the creature would simply follow.

Ren knew that even with his enhancements and his beast’s abilities, the odds were completely against him. The creature possessed the strength of multiple beasts combined, its regenerative capabilities were extraordinary, and its absorption powers were already draining the chamber’s ambient mana.

The abyssal beast moved with terrifying speed. While Ren was evaluating his options, the creature had already made a decision. Its tentacles didn’t target him, but instead shot toward Han, who lay unconscious and vulnerable on the chamber floor.

There was no time to think. Ren’s body reacted on instinct.

"NO!"

The veins of light pulsed with great intensity, flooding the chamber with a radiance that battled against the abomination’s purple glow. The hydra responded to his desperation, manifesting not just as partial armor, but as the most complete fusion possible for a Yano tamer.

Scales covered around 30% of his body, the hydra’s muscles merging with his own, reinforcing every fiber, every tendon. The claws weren’t typical tactical extensions, but blades of condensed light, fueled by the energy his mushrooms emitted in frantic pulses from within his body.

With all his attributes enhanced by 120% thanks to the ring and hydra, plus additional improvements to defense at 140% and strength up to 160%, Ren became a living projectile. The months of training with Lin had transformed his body into a more efficient machine, and now that efficiency multiplied exponentially.

He launched himself toward the monster’s head in a perfect straight line, intercepting it before it could touch Han. His light claws cut through the air with a whistle, impacting against the central mass.

The chamber air crackled with displaced energy as he moved, leaving a brief afterimage of light in his wake.

Yet, the resistance was greater than expected. Instead of cleanly separating, the monster’s plates barely suffered a superficial cut, but the impact force was enough to divert it from its course. The blow reverberated through Ren’s arms, nearly dislocating his shoulders despite his reinforced structure.

"Too hard!" he grunted, regaining his balance in mid-air to land on his feet. "Its resistance is at least Silver rank..."

The abyssal worm emitted a shriek that seemed to tear the air itself. More tentacles emerged, this time all oriented toward Ren.

He at least had achieved what he wanted: drawing its attention.

Verify captcha to read the contentVerify