Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 127

"First semifinal!" Yang announced, his voice carrying across the morning air. "Luna's team versus Jin's team!"

The teams advanced to the center of the field.

Luna walked with innate grace, her "noble companions" flanking her with matching elegance. Her shadow wolf was barely visible as a dark silhouette at her feet.

Jin took center position, his tiger manifesting partially in rippling stripes across his skin as he studied his opponents. At his right, Kai let his defensive plates gleam under the sun. Cass completed their formation on the left, her eagle flickering like a living shadow above them.

"Begin!"

Mist began flowing immediately from the cloud bird, but Jin's confident smile showed he had anticipated this.

"The same strategy as before?" Jin's voice dripped with disdain. "Hiding in the mist won't work this time."

Luna didn't respond, but a small smile curved her lips as her companion's cloud bird continued producing mist in great quantities. The fog rolled across the ground like a living thing.

"Cass! Now!"

Cass's eagle was already outside her body, its majestic wings spread to their full span. Each feather gleamed as it began beating the air, creating currents that started dispersing the mist.

The area around Jin's team cleared, revealing the battlefield. Morning light pierced the thinning fog like golden spears.

"See?" Jin's smile widened. "Without your cover, your wolf isn't so…"

He stopped mid-sentence.

For a moment, it had seemed their strategy would work, but...

Where the eagle dispersed the mist, new fog flowed to fill the void. It was like watching water flow in slow motion, filling every empty space with deliberate purpose.

"Doesn't matter," Jin clenched his teeth. "Keep trying, Cass! Kai, prepare for any attack!"

A cracking sound drew their attention. The turtle's roots and branches began emerging from the ground, creating barriers that serpentined between them.

"Don't let them separate us!" Kai fully activated his plates on his fists, striking the wooden barriers. But for each branch he destroyed, two more took its place.

A howl resonated through the growing mist.

"Cass, watch out!" Jin shouted, but the wolf had already emerged from the shadows.

Its fangs found Cass's flank with precision, drawing a cry of pain. Her eagle, responding to the primal instinct to protect its tamer, abandoned its task of dispersing the mist.

It was their fatal mistake.

The wolf appeared above the manifested eagle like a black lightning bolt, its fangs finding the exact point where the neck was most vulnerable. The eagle vanished in a flash of light, its form dissolving back into pure mana.

Luna emerged simultaneously from Cass's shadow, a precise strike to her nape rendering her unconscious before she could even register the attack.

"One down," Luna counted softly, her voice carrying an edge of satisfaction.

"Cass!" Jin tried to reach his fallen companion, but more wooden barriers blocked his path, the branches weaving together like prison bars.

Luna and her wolf vanished back into the shadows. The mist swallowed them whole, leaving no trace of their passage.

"Back to back!" Kai ordered, his plates blazing intensely as he positioned himself beside Jin. Their shoulders touched as they turned slowly, trying to watch every angle at once.

A soft laugh echoed through the mist, seeming to come from all directions at once. The sound danced around them like autumn leaves in the wind.