Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons

Chapter 223: Chapter 223 - Taming the Finals (Unit 1) - 14

Darkness enveloped them completely as they fell. 

For a moment, everything was a chaos of sensations, stomachs contracting from the free fall, air whistling in their ears, the absolute disorientation of not knowing what was up or down. The sudden weightlessness made their bodies feel simultaneously heavy and light.

Ren reacted instinctively. His mushrooms pulsed with increasing intensity, brightening until they illuminated the tunnel through which they were falling. 

The walls passed rapidly, an oddly smooth surface that seemed almost polished, reflecting the glow of his mushrooms.

"Hold on!" he shouted to Han, who was falling beside him, the other boy's face a mask of shock and terror.

When they had fallen barely five meters deep, Ren managed to get rid of his backpack, extract his dagger and, with a precise movement, attempted to drive it into the tunnel wall. The blade penetrated the surface, creating a metallic screech as it momentarily reduced his falling speed.

With his free hand, Ren managed to grab Han's arm, his fingers digging into the fabric of his sleeve.

But their combined weight exerted extra pressure on his grip. The dagger, though crafted from exceptional materials, didn't have enough grip area to withstand such tension.

The wall emitted an alarming crack as it began to break.

"It won't hold," Ren warned, feeling the dagger beginning to loosen. "Your spider! Use your web and drop the bag!"

Han, who had been momentarily paralyzed by the suddenness of the fall, finally reacted. His weaver spider partially manifested, silvery strands appearing at his fingertips as it launched a silk thread toward the opposite wall.