If the armor had previously been like the bark of a tree, now it was titanium.
It was a good thing that the giant Shiik had Rowan inside of it that could process all the energy it required, and before long its armor thickened to the extent that it could move a single inch before it was suppressed once more, but that singular inch was terrifying progress, at this point the weight on top of the creature would have cracked a mountain.
The giant Shiik consumed unceasingly until a threshold was reached, and Rowan felt the pulse of energy congregating throughout the body of the creature, from its pattern of movement, this energy should be heading towards its head, but Rowan had lived for too long inside this Calamity and understood all its physiology, so it was not difficult to divert that stream of energy towards himself.