My Reconstruction Talent is too OP!!!

Kaiser quickly got back on his feet and looked at the Sky Devouring Serpent.

”Everyone, stop attacking for a moment!” he shouted.

Alex, who was still avoiding the serpent’s attacks, stared at him in disbelief.

”Are you crazy? If we stop, it’ll eat us!”

”Just trust me! Watch how it moves!”

Kaiser did not explain further. He kept his eyes on the serpent, carefully observing its movements as it chased Alex around the clearing.

The monster suddenly opened its jaws and rushed toward Alex.

Alex immediately pulled himself sideways with his vines.

However, instead of following him directly, the serpent twisted its enormous body and changed direction, trying to catch him from the side.

Alex barely managed to avoid its jaws.

At that moment, Kaiser noticed something.

’Its body is flexible, but its head always follows the direction of its target before it attacks.’

The serpent could change direction quickly, but it still needed to align its head before attempting to swallow something. Its speed made this movement difficult to notice, yet the pattern was there.

More importantly, whenever it made a sharp turn, the rest of its body continued moving forward for a brief moment before catching up with its head.

Kaiser immediately understood what they needed to do.

”Alex, keep moving, but don’t run in a straight line! Make it turn as much as possible!”

”What are you planning?” Alex shouted.

”Just do it!”

Alex gritted his teeth and changed his movement. Instead of pulling himself far away, he began moving around the serpent in short, sharp turns, using his jade vines to swing between the broken pillars.

The Sky Devouring Serpent followed him.

Its head twisted left, then right, as it repeatedly tried to catch him. Each time Alex changed direction, the monster was forced to adjust its body to keep up.

”John! Henrick! Watch its neck! The moment it turns, use your shadows to restrict its movement!”

The two immediately understood what Kaiser wanted.

John spread his shadows across the ground, shaping them into thick tendrils. Henrick created several angled shadow barriers around the serpent’s body, leaving only a narrow path for its head to turn.

The serpent lunged toward Alex again.

Alex swung around a broken pillar, pulling himself sharply to the left.

The monster followed, twisting its head to catch him.

”NOW!”

John’s shadows shot upward and wrapped around the side of the serpent’s neck.

At the same time, Henrick raised two shadow barriers behind its head, restricting the space available for it to turn.

The serpent roared and opened its jaws.

A powerful suction spread through the clearing.

John immediately felt his shadows being pulled toward its mouth.

”He’s consuming them!”

”Don’t fight the suction!” Kaiser shouted. ”Release your shadows and move!”

John withdrew his tendrils just before they were completely consumed, while Henrick dismantled his barriers.

However, their brief interference had already achieved its purpose.

The serpent’s head was still turning toward Alex, but its enormous body had not finished following the movement. For a moment, its neck stretched and the damaged scales near its base became exposed.

”Pascot!”

Pascot appeared from behind a broken pillar.

He had been waiting for this exact opening.

Without wasting a second, he formed a concentrated shadow blade and struck the damaged section of the serpent’s neck.

CRACK!

Several scales split apart, revealing the dark flesh beneath them.

The serpent immediately turned toward him.

But before it could attack, Alex pulled himself away and forced the monster to follow him again.

”You’re welcome!” Alex shouted at Pascot. ”Now do something useful with that opening!”

Pascot ignored him and retreated into the shadows.

Kaiser had already begun moving.

He rushed toward the serpent’s exposed neck, his Radiant Sword of Light shining brightly in his hand. He concentrated the Shatter aspect of Shattered Soul along the blade, focusing all of it on the weakened scales.

The serpent noticed him and immediately turned its head.

Its mouth opened, and the black-green aura began spreading toward him.

Kaiser did not retreat immediately.

Instead, he waited until the suction started pulling at his body.

Then he suddenly shifted to the side.

The serpent adjusted its head to follow him, but its neck was still recovering from the previous attack.

That brief delay was enough.

Kaiser stepped forward and swung his sword.

BANG!

The blade struck the same damaged section.

A series of cracks spread across the serpent’s scales, extending several inches from the point of impact.

The monster let out a furious roar.

Its body thrashed violently, forcing Kaiser to retreat before he was struck by its tail.

He landed beside John and Henrick, breathing heavily.

”We can damage it!” Kaiser said. ”But we need to keep it turning. Its body can’t follow every movement as quickly as its head!”

John nodded while wiping the sweat from his forehead.

”So we make it chase Alex, restrict its movement for a moment, and let Pascot and you attack the same spot?”

”Exactly. But don’t try to hold it in place for too long. Its suction will consume our shadows if we let them get too close to its mouth.”

Henrick looked toward the serpent.

”And if it stops chasing Alex?”

”Then we give it another target and force it to turn again.”

Alex landed beside them, looking thoroughly exhausted.

”Wonderful. So my job is to keep getting chased by that thing until it gets tired?”

Kaiser glanced at him.

”You’re also the one controlling where it moves.”

”That doesn’t make me feel any better!”

Before Alex could complain further, the Sky Devouring Serpent raised its head.

The cracks along its neck glowed with a dark green light. The flesh beneath its broken scales began moving, and poisonous energy gathered around the damaged area.

Kaiser’s expression changed.

’It’s trying to repair its defenses again.’

The serpent’s scales slowly began closing over the exposed flesh.

”We don’t have much time!” Kaiser shouted. ”Move!”

Alex immediately charged forward and sent his jade vines across the clearing.

”Blood Sap!”

The vines spread around the serpent’s body, not attempting to restrain it completely but forcing it to turn toward Alex once more.

The Sky Devouring Serpent roared and lunged.

Alex pulled himself away at the last second.

John and Henrick attacked from opposite sides, using their shadows to interfere with the monster’s movement for just a moment. They withdrew their abilities as soon as its suction began.

Pascot appeared behind the serpent and struck the damaged scales again.

CRACK!

The fracture widened.

Kaiser followed immediately.

He rushed forward, raised his sword, and struck the same spot with Shatter.

BOOM!

The serpent’s scales finally broke apart.

A large section of its neck was exposed, revealing the dark flesh beneath its armor.

The Sky Devouring Serpent let out a deafening roar.

Its entire body suddenly whipped around, sending a powerful gust through the clearing. The remaining pillars collapsed as its tail smashed into them.

Kaiser jumped backward while Alex used his vines to pull himself out of danger. John and Henrick retreated behind the remains of the stone structure, while Pascot disappeared into the shadows.

The serpent lowered its head toward the five students.

Its glowing eyes were filled with fury.

The black-green aura around its body became denser, and the poisonous energy gathering inside its exposed neck began spreading toward the surrounding scales.

Kaiser tightened his grip on the Radiant Sword of Light.

’We’ve finally broken through its defenses, but we still need to finish it before it repairs that wound.’

The serpent suddenly inhaled.

This time, the suction did not spread evenly throughout the clearing. The black-green aura concentrated around its mouth, pulling the surrounding poisonous energy toward its jaws.

Kaiser immediately recognized the danger.

”Scatter! Don’t let it gather all of us in one place!”

The five students separated.

The Sky Devouring Serpent chose Kaiser again.

It shot forward with its jaws wide open, its enormous head tearing through the remaining stone pillars.

Kaiser dodged to the side, but the serpent immediately changed direction and pursued him.

He could not outrun it for long.

Instead, he glanced toward the exposed wound on its neck.

’If I can make it turn one more time, I can strike that spot again.’

He waited until the serpent was almost upon him before abruptly changing direction.

The monster twisted its head to follow.

At the same moment, Alex’s jade vines wrapped around a broken pillar beside the serpent and pulled tight, forcing its body to shift as it continued its pursuit. John and Henrick briefly raised their shadows around the damaged section of its neck, disrupting its movement without allowing the energy to be swallowed.

The serpent’s head turned sharply.

Its neck stretched.

And the exposed wound appeared directly in front of Kaiser.

Kaiser stepped forward.

”Shatter!”

His Radiant Sword of Light struck the exposed flesh.

BOOM!

The impact sent a shock through the serpent’s body.

The monster’s head slammed against the ground, and its enormous body convulsed as the Shatter force disrupted the structure beneath its damaged scales.

A large portion of its neck collapsed inward.

The serpent released a furious hiss and thrashed wildly, forcing the students to retreat.

Kaiser landed beside his teammates, his chest rising and falling rapidly.

For a moment, the monster stopped moving.

Then its body began to glow with an intense green light.

The poisonous energy surrounding it rushed toward the damaged neck, trying to rebuild the destroyed tissue.

Kaiser stared at the scene.

’It still has enough energy to recover.’

He raised his sword again.

”We’re close! Don’t give it time to repair itself!”

The Sky Devouring Serpent lifted its head.

Its two glowing eyes fixed on the five students, and the black-green aura around its mouth began expanding once more.

The next exchange would determine whether they could defeat the monster before its defenses recovered.