Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 821

Chapter 821: Chapter 821 - Taming the Fifth Year - Titan’s Legacy - 5

The preparation had begun during the jump itself, mana already flowing in the necessary patterns while the space distorted around the beast.

It was perfect timing that leveraged transition moments to maximize efficiency.

The beam fired from what should have been the Terror’s completely exposed rear, an angle that most beasts would have difficulty defending because their primary defenses were oriented forward.

It should have been a decisive blow that would end the battle immediately with clean penetration of a defense more inadequate to so much power than the beetle’s.

But it encountered an uncomfortable reality at that moment... One that should have been known but forgotten in the speedy reaction, in the heat of the moment.

The Terror basically had no true rear in the conventional sense.

With its multiple legs distributed around its body and multiple hairs sensing vibrations and mana in an extremely sensitive manner, in a configuration that allowed omnidirectional movement, the creature could respond to threats from any angle almost as effectively as from the front.

It wasn’t a coincidence that some ambush predators developed that type of advanced sensory adaptation to detect prey they couldn’t see, it was an evolutionary advantage that also converted the concept of "vulnerable back" into an illusion.

And Taro had used only three of the mineral balls instead of launching them all in the first wave, only the needed to make it jump. It was his strategic reserve that now demonstrated its value when one of the remaining balls was rapidly positioned in the trajectory of the approaching beam, the Terror’s leg moving it with speed that revealed the anticipation of exactly this type of counterattack.

The hydra’s white and black beam impacted the ball directly. The collision between pure energy attack and the enhanced mineral projectile resulted in a detonation that eclipsed previous explosions in magnitude. The ball destroyed itself completely under the combined beam’s assault, fragmenting into pieces that flew in all directions while energy released in a visible shockwave.

But the beam was still more powerful and continued its trajectory after destroying the obstacle, power reduced by the expenditure of piercing through the ball but still sufficient to cause fatal damage.

The Terror attempted covering itself with its legs as well, multiple limbs moving to interpose their tips while adjusting the faces of their remaining transformed mineral to divert the beam, and if that didn’t work, even using the additional mass of all the extra legs between the beam and its vulnerable body.

But the attack was much more powerful than the simple beams the hydra had used previously, amplified by the combination of opposing elements and by the centrifugal force from the spiral movement that the intertwined energies naturally generated. The legs couldn’t stay in place to deflect the beam, on the contrary, they were deflected by the rotation and only managed to reduce its effectiveness partially before it penetrated the improvised defenses.

It struck the Terror directly, impacting the creature’s central body with force that made it retreat several steps while its low number of remaining legs desperately adjusted to maintain balance. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The Terror shrieked, a sound that was a disturbing mix of multiple harmonic tones that made several spectators shudder involuntarily. It was a genuine pain cry from a creature that rarely showed vulnerability so clearly. Sections of the chitinous exoskeleton had been destroyed and burned where the beam had penetrated, blackened areas communicating damage that would take time to heal properly.

But Taro hadn’t kept two balls, maybe by accident or simple excessive precaution.

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