Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons

Chapter 601: Chapter 601 - Taming the Swarm - 16 - Immersion

The earth trembled when the fourth artifact emerged from underground like a geyser of corrupted flesh and twisted metal.

It had traveled scraping through the earth, accumulating organic mass during its journey, and now rose like a nightmare tower that curved toward the waiting scorpion-creature.

”NO!” Selphira roared from the wall’s remains, launching her power in a desperate ice attack.

Julius also used his complete fusion, his duplicated beast materializing in gigantic size as it hurled itself toward the fusion zone.

The impact of their combined assault was huge. Ice spears the size of buildings pierced through corrupted flesh, while Julius’s massive beast and earth attacks tore chunks from the emerging flesh. For a moment, it seemed they might prevent the fusion.

Yet, the wave of matter and the pseudo-scorpion were too large. Much of their matter was destroyed, but in the end...

The scorpion-creature’s eyes blazed with triumph as it prepared for the fusion that would make it unstoppable.

Time seemed to slow as Ren realized he had failed. His gamble had failed, and now the kingdom would pay the price.

The four artifacts connected, their energies resonating differently now that they had a new geometry. This fusion wasn’t the gradual process they had seen before. It was instantaneous, violent.

The resulting creature had three massive claws arranged around a central leg that, instead of being the support, remained supported by what were now ”three legs”.

Hundreds of small frenzied mutant creatures continued throwing themselves en masse toward the new abomination, their bodies fusing with the organic surface like living fuel. Each sacrifice added to its mass, its power, its hideous majesty.

And more kept coming.

It was as if every corrupted creature in the deep golden ring had received the same call, converging toward this point from all directions like iron filings drawn to a magnet. The horizon writhed with approaching forms, a tide of corruption that seemed to have no end.

With empty cores arriving at the lowest zone in the mana current and being reborn non-stop, their fuel was practically endless... now feeding a regeneration that surpassed anything they had faced before.

Ren, still paralyzed by the residual effects of the shriek, watched as the new creature turned toward him again. Its multiple eyes fixed on him with an intelligence that was both alien and uncomfortably familiar.

He knew he had to do something drastic.

The roots in his body pulsed, responding to his desperation. That’s when he understood.

Right... he had to overload himself with sensations again.

The regret and helplessness about Luna’s situation that he couldn’t correct, the fear of losing his parents if these creatures entered the city, and... Larissa hating him unjustly. How long would he have to carry all these responsibilities and decisions that were unfair to him?

His emotions exploded again.

But this time he didn’t control them. This time he fused completely with them, allowing the hybrid energy to transform not just his power, but his very essence... Indignant, furious, fed up, outraged.

He fused completely, instinctively.

The black patterns spread until they covered every centimeter of his skin, and when the purple light faded, he no longer looked completely human.

His eyes blazed with the same energy as the artifacts, but darker, uncontrolled. His hair floated as if he were submerged in water, and each movement left trails of elemental energy in the air like living calligraphy written in power.

He extended his hands and channeled everything he had into a single attack.

It wasn’t one or two elements. It was all of them, fused into something completely new. A dark jade light that seemed to contain the essence of perfect, and terrible balance.

The attack hit the four-artifact creature like the hammer of a god.

The impact created a shockwave that shattered the wall. A section of the abomination simply ceased to exist. The spherical bases of the artifacts were exposed, pulsing with violet light while the surrounding flesh regenerated desperately.

But Ren attacked again before the regeneration could complete.

Each strike was more precise than the last, targeting the connection points between artifacts and flesh. His movements were no longer human, each gesture flowing into ravenous attacks that carved away massive chunks of corrupted matter.