Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 451

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Chapter 451: Chapter 451 - Tamers War - Turning Points - Failed Promise - 2

Moments before... Ren’s POV

Things were going extraordinarily well for Ren’s energy network.

Each healing provided him more power, each infected soldier who touched the roots added energy to the system. He could feel how his capacity grew exponentially, as if he had directly connected with an enormous power source that expanded his consciousness.

Mooshito was ecstatic.

"Incredible, so many golds and high silvers shouldn’t be underestimated!" he communicated with emotion that Ren rarely had felt from the small mushroom. "Practically the entire space covered by the infected is already very close to being trapped in our network!"

His companion’s enthusiasm was contagious. Ren could feel the network extending farther and farther, connecting soldiers he couldn’t even see from here.

"With so much energy in the environment it seems the fungi absorbed more than expected," Mooshito continued, "even rising to Silver right now wouldn’t be impossible if we skip some processes. It would be a bit of an energy waste and a bit slow, but..."

The sentence remained unfinished when Ren suddenly tensed.

Joy completely vanished when the new "nervous" network he had developed gave him much higher perception of the surrounding battlefield.

Through connections he had established, he could see mana and "feel" what was happening within the high-level battle arena with clarity that terrified him.

Selphira and the others were in serious trouble.

The rival ominous energy that had been growing since the battle’s beginning now pulsed with intensity that rivaled the World Dragon’s light they had absorbed. But what really alarmed him was feeling how the energy of the ring on the ancient woman diminished rapidly, as if something was actively draining it.

Ren opened his eyes completely, breaking his concentration on the network to use the new powerful perception and create a plan at record speed.

"No, don’t even think about it!" Mooshito in the same network immediately realized what he was considering. "Think about it one more instant! We will lose the power, we also may lose that battle! It’s too dangerous!"

But Ren had already made his decision.

Without warning, he absorbed all accumulated power at once. The sensation was like swallowing liquid lightning; pure energy flowing through every cell of his body while withdrawing the complete network into his interior.

Soldiers who had been gradually healed felt a sudden pull when roots retracted, but healing was already complete for most and almost complete for a few.

"Ren!" Liora shouted when she saw him stagger from energy overload.

Luna moved beside her instinctively to help him stay standing too, but Ren extended his hand toward Larissa specifically.

"Sorry," he murmured, his eyes glowing with power.

Larissa heard the apology and saw his expression... she understood without need for any more words.

Ren needed her to give him her hand, maybe he needed her light-jumping ability for some reason. And if he apologized, maybe it was because he needed her to risk her safety to transport him directly into some danger.

She accepted the risk instantly.

"Take my hand," Larissa said simply, extending hers toward him.

The moment their fingers intertwined, Ren used his new understanding of light to take control of the light jump.

Instead of the paired jump they had been practicing, this was pure raw power channeling Larissa’s technique in a more advanced mode.

The jump that followed was much longer than they had ever done before.

They rose above the battlefield like a shooting star, crossing the distance toward the upper part of the arena where Selphira fought for her life in a flash. From their aerial perspective, Ren could see the complete situation: Julius wounded and barely conscious, Yano commanders scattered and overcome, and in the center, Selphira with claws piercing her side while Kharzan prepared for the final blow.

With another light jump they appeared just behind Selphira just as Kharzan raised his arm to finish the ancient warrior.

"Well, I suppose we’ll have to level up normally," Mooshito murmured, resigned but determined, "you’re going to need improved fusion and give almost all accumulated power to beat that parasite... if we’re going to do this, let’s do it right... maybe that way, in the end, I can keep that ring on her finger as a prize."