Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 602

Chapter 602: Chapter 602 - Taming the Swarm - 17 - End

Ren closed his eyes, concentrating all the corrupted energy he had absorbed into a single point at the center of his chest.

The pressure was unbearable.

His ribs flexed, his lungs compressed, each heartbeat sounded like a war drum in his ears.

The energy coiled inside him like a living thing, fighting against containment, demanding release.

So he released it.

It wasn’t an instantaneous explosion. It was an implosion within the creature network followed by a slow explosion, as if the universe itself had taken a deep breath and then screamed.

The four-artifact creature, which had been desperately trying to free itself from the energetic connection Ren had established, froze for a fraction of a second. Its eyes widened as it comprehended what was happening.

The stolen energy was being weaponized, turned back against the very network that had shared it.

Then its body simply came apart.

Flesh, bones, corrupted fluids, everything dispersed like dew under the midday sun. The scale was horrifying, tons of organic matter destroyed in seconds.

The four artifacts fell to the ground with metallic resonance, their surfaces now opaque and lifeless. Whatever energy had animated them was gone, drained away through Ren’s impossible absorbed amount.

The thousands of small creatures that had been swarming around the abomination suffered the same fate. One by one, they disintegrated, their connection to the network filling them so abruptly that they couldn’t maintain coherence. The battlefield fell into absolute silence, broken only by the soft patter of dust settling where living nightmares had been moments before.

For a moment, everything was peace.

But when the smoke cleared completely, Julius felt his blood freeze.

Ren still stood there, but something was terribly wrong. His body was wrapped in dark energy that moved with its own life around him. Tendrils of purple-black power writhed like hungry serpents, occasionally lashing out to scorch the ground around his feet.

His skin had taken on an unhealthy pallor, almost translucent. The roots that had once been contained under his skin were now clearly out and visible.

And when he slowly turned toward where Julius and Selphira watched from atop the wall, Julius remembered the words Sirius had spoken to him hours earlier.

"The boy could end up being a bigger problem than any supposed solution he represents."

In the distance, more mutant creatures ran toward here again.

The explosion had eliminated all those that were a few kilometers around, relatively close, but the pulse of corrupted energy now seemed to serve as a beacon for all abominations. Dozens, then hundreds of creatures converged along the same line as always toward this location.

But Ren wasn’t looking at them. His violet eyes were fixed solely on Julius and Selphira.

There was recognition there, but it was cold. The warmth that had always characterized Ren was gone, replaced by something... alien.

Slowly, he raised a hand toward them.

"GET DOWN!" Julius roared.

But Selphira’s response was negative and instantaneous. She extended both hands and channeled her power in a single desperate movement.

The air around Ren crystallized, forming an ice prison so dense it seemed more metal than frozen water. The formation was perfect, without bubbles or cracks. It was thick enough to contain a high Gold-rank creature.

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