Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 816

Chapter 816: Chapter 816 - Taming the Fifth Year - Titans - End

Six times the normal strength meant that what should be impossible became feasible...

Stopping the beetle’s charge wasn’t a small feat considering that creature’s size and weight, but with multipliers of that magnitude, the hydra had the physical resources to accomplish it.

And not only that.

Selphira noticed what many less experienced spectators had probably missed in the excitement.

The mana in the hydra’s core was almost visible through the transparent diamond scales, glowing with intensity that had increased noticeably in the last few seconds. And that mana was spinning faster now.

The recovery technique working overtime. The internal system Ren had taught it, pulling energy from the beast’s core to replenish what had been spent in the extended beam assault.

Taro had clearly noticed it too because his expression had changed from focused determination to something closer to fear. Because from the ground around the beetle, small roots were beginning to emerge. Not large wood structures immediately but thin filaments that emerged from the earth like exploratory tentacles seeking contact.

But when those roots touched the beetle’s legs, they began absorbing energy from the enormous beast.

Ren was finally turning things around as he’d hoped from the beginning. After extensively testing Taro’s defense, after confirming exactly how much power was necessary to penetrate those multiplied layers of protection, he was finally using the element to which earth was fundamentally weak.

Wood...

Exceptional for stealing energy from beasts with earth affinity.

The roots didn’t need to break the physical defense when they could simply drain the mana feeding that defense from within. It was an elemental counter in its purest form, exploiting an inherent weakness in the system instead of trying to overcome all the strengths directly.

And as if adding salt to the wound, the hydra’s water control combined with the wood to create accelerated root growth...

What had been thin filaments seconds ago now thickened visibly, converting into more substantial structures that coiled around the beetle’s legs like constrictor serpents. Water fed wood’s growth while wood drained earth’s energy, recovering the hydra’s mana and strengthening the vines... a cycle that fed back on itself and accelerated with each passing moment.

Taro attempted having the beetle break the hydra’s heads’ grip, desperate movements communicating his understanding that he needed to separate now, before the energy drain progressed too far. But the hydra’s jaws didn’t yield, fangs buried deeply in the carapace’s cracks and held with all that multiplied strength that made liberation impossible.

With each second that passed, more roots emerged from the ground. More tendrils wrapping around the beetle’s legs, climbing higher up its body, seeking more contact points to drain from.

The beetle’s golden glow was dimming noticeably now as its mana reserves depleted under the sustained assault.

The hydra’s grip remained unbreakable.

Taro’s face showed the calculation running through his mind. How long could the beetle maintain itself under this drain? How much energy remained after generating all those defensive layers against the spiral beam?

Not enough.

The answer was clearly visible in the way the beetle’s movements were becoming more sluggish, more labored.

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