Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 897

Chapter 897: Chapter 897 - Taming the Fifth Year - Attrition - Chaos - 3

Ren observed while the serpent appeared in the arena covered with roots the Wolverine had established. The creature seemed aware of the danger the vegetation represented, coiling cautiously in a defensive position rather than charging directly.

But cautiousness wasn’t sufficient when the complete field was so saturated with threats that couldn’t be avoided simply by being careful.

The roots responded to the serpent’s presence fast permitting no evasion by their sheer numbers. They coiled around the long coiled body, still with dozens of contact points, establishing simultaneously as the vegetation took advantage of every centimeter of exposed surface. Within seconds the serpent was surrounded almost as completely as the Amphibian had been, with constriction preventing movement while the roots began the parasitic drainage process.

It seemed that despite the weird color it would be a quick victory replicating the success against the Amphibian.

Same element beast... Same fundamental weakness.

So same inevitable result when facing complete wood dominance in a field now specifically prepared to exploit that vulnerability.

But then the serpent exploded.

Not figuratively in the sense of sudden ordinary, subjective or moral release. It literally detonated in fire in all directions, a heat liberation so violent and unexpected that the Wolverine instinctively retreated several meters.

It can’t be! Ren thought with shock. Can it do the same as the Amphibian? Had Min developed a similar explosive technique for his second beast, chemistry converting defense into counterattack?

NO!

Ren and the audience realized simultaneously as they watched the incinerated vegetation and processed what they’d just witnessed. It wasn’t a biochemical explosion like the Amphibian had used, no reaction of controlled secretions detonating under water manipulation. It was something different that explained the anomalous coloration Ren had noticed immediately.

The serpent, now clearly visible after the explosion had dispersed the roots that had tried trapping it, had a new elemental characteristic it definitely hadn’t possessed the last time Ren had seen it at Silver 3.

A strange film of red tissue crowned around its head like a lion’s mane but composed of fins instead of hair, a structure pulsing with energy. The fins were arranged in a circular pattern around the head and upper neck. They glowed faintly with internal heat.

And the explosion it had just executed hadn’t been water or any aquatic technique of any type. It had been a detonation of... fire. Genuine flames that had burned the plants in direct contact. Intense heat that had caused vegetation to wither and release its grip before parasitic drainage could even establish itself appropriately.

The roots within 3-4 meters of the serpent were charred... Blackened to the point where they crumbled when the serpent moved. The root network that had been attempting capture was destroyed in that single burst.

Ren slapped his face with the palm of his hand, a gesture communicating his new found exasperation, but maybe even reluctant admiration, and absolute recognition that of course this was exactly the type of thing Min would do.

Of course... It had to be Min.

If anyone in their entire generation was going to force two completely opposing elements into a beast without appropriate balance between them, it would be Min without any doubt. The chaos agent who rejected convention simply because it was convention, who experimented without sufficient fear of consequences that would have stopped more sensible people.

Probability of failure causing permanent problems and some system damage: maybe 30-40%. Probability of subtle long-term problems: maybe 50-60%. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

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