Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons

Chapter 819 - Taming the Fifth Year - Titanʼs Legacy - 3

The hydraʼs first head rose, light concentrating rapidly…

The beam shot out toward the Terror with a speed that should have been almost impossible to block without preparation.

But the beam was split and deflected before reaching its target despite its speed.

The faces of the mineral adhered to the Terrorʼs legs had been positioned at specific angles, a geometric formation that wasnʼt accidental but carefully calculated. When the light beam impacted, it struck surfaces that were no longer matte yellow but brilliant orange and black with refractory properties that wouldnʼt have been sufficient before. The attack had been divided into components of multiple colors that dispersed in different directions.

Several of the beastʼs legs had arranged themselves in front and in perfect geometric formation to achieve exactly that effect. It was a defense that required understanding of optics and physics of light that Taro probably couldnʼt articulate theoretically but executed instinctively through the bond with his beast. The Terror knew how to position its legs to maximize deflection, and Taro trusted that instinct completely.

Ren felt something in his chest tighten slightly with cold recognition. It wouldnʼt be so easy now to finish this. The Terror wasnʼt simply a strong beast that could be overcome only with superior brute power.

The Terror launched forward without waiting, surprising speed for a creature of its size but believable seeing so many legs moving in coordination.

Ren decided to use his other shot from the second head to stop the advance, to maintain distance while he better evaluated how to handle the enhanced defenses. Simultaneously he ordered the hydraʼs first head to use earth control, creating an enclosure similar to what the beetle had used against it moments before but fully closed. If he could trap the Terror in a rock cage while bombarding it with beams of different elements...

But the Terror already had a response for that too.

One of the balls, which were actually cores processed by the Terror, began spinning around itself like a hunting sling, connected to the beastʼs leg by a sticky substance that resembled spider silk but was more viscous, more elastic. The ball accelerated in its rotation, gaining velocity and kinetic energy with each ultrafast turn, and then was released at the precise moment of maximum speed.

The projectile flew toward the earth walls the hydra was constructing. It impacted with a mana explosion that massively amplified the physical impact damage of the projectile. An energetic detonation destroyed the point where two walls met, taking them down completely before they could finish forming.

Fragments flew in all directions, the enclosure attempt failing before establishing itself appropriately, letting it escape in an instant.

And the Terror didnʼt stop there... Without ceasing its movement towards the hydra, three of its legs rose simultaneously, each one with its own ball spinning in individual patterns.

The movements were coordinated in a way that didnʼt block each other despite the proximity of the legs and the trajectories of the balls.

It was a feat that seemed more like the performance of an expert juggler than preparation for an attack, precise control over multiple objects in complex motion executed without apparent error.

Three more projectiles preparing to launch.

Not at the incomplete walls this time… but directly at the hydra itself.

Renʼs mind raced through calculations. The Terror had just demonstrated it could break through earth constructions with one explosive core. The geometric mineral positioning could refract light beams. And now it was preparing a triple assault while closing the distance rapidly.

This was the nightmare scenario heʼd helped Taro develop years ago finally reaching battlefield maturity.

The synergy between beetle and Terror wasnʼt just about defense or offense separately. It was about creating an adaptive combat system that could respond to multiple threat types simultaneously. The balls still flew against the hydra in rapid sequence, launched with timing that made it difficult to respond to all of them effectively.

The hydra was forced to stop its beam and generate a larger barrier in its place. Ren ordered a double-element defense, adding with one of the heads the wood element to the already resistant wall of rocks the hydra could create. The wood grew from the center of the wall rapidly, intertwining with the rock in a composite structure that shared the strengths of both elements.

It was a defense widely used in the army that had resisted powerful attacks in the past, a combination that leveraged the best of the organic elements capabilities.

The first projectile impacted the barrier with an explosion that made the ground tremble. The formation held, cracks forming but general integrity maintaining itself.

The second impact arrived before the hydra could reinforce the weakened areas, exploding in the same point as the first and widening the fractures. But the barrier still held, it seemed very resistant now with the two energies combined creating redundancy that one alone couldnʼt provide.

But the third projectile was different...

While spinning, its surface became covered with a considerable quantity of transformed living mineral that the Terror had channeled toward it at the last moment. The orange and black mineral enveloped the ball like additional armor, concentrating mass and explosive energy in a unique package.

When it impacted, the detonation was significantly greater than the previous two. The visible shockwave propagated from the effect point, sufficient energy that several spectators in nearby stands felt pressure in the air. The rock and wood barrier fragmented completely, incapable of resisting the final assault that had been amplified by the enhanced mineral.

Debris flew in all directions while a dust cloud rose again, briefly obscuring vision of the field...

But when the dust began dissipating sufficiently to see shapes within, what was revealed made a collective murmur run through the audience.

The Terror was clearly visible now, positioned closer to the hydra than it had been moments before. And spinning around its body at complex angles were five balls covered in enhanced living minerals, each one glowing with those orange and black tones that communicated concentrated destructive power.

They were projectiles ready to destroy Renʼs beast, that same hydra that until a moment ago had seemed invincible with its diamond scales and overwhelming elemental power.

The Terror had transformed Taroʼs apparent situation of inferiority into a genuine threat that put serious pressure on Ren.