Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Chapter 16 - Taming Fists

"Look, he's even trembling," mocked the eagle girl. "Isn't he adorable?"

Ren wasn't trembling from fear.

He was trembling from frustration. He could see their beasts' flaws so clearly: the irregular mana pattern in the eagle's feathers, the instability in the other boy's green scales.

Useless knowledge when you're about to be beaten.

But maybe there was something useful in there after all. _{freēwebnovel.com}

Knowledge flowed through Ren's mind as the tiger boy maintained his grip: a spirit tiger at Iron rank granted 30% strength and 10% in all other attributes. At Silver 3 those numbers would multiply, 180% strength, 60% in the rest.

The gap between beasts widened dramatically with each rank.

But now, at Iron, the difference wasn't so overwhelming.

Ren himself, though thin after his latest growth spurt, had a healthy constitution thanks to good nutrition. He wasn't from a rich family, but his parents always put him first and were cooks.

His 10% increase in physical strength wasn't insignificant when it came to moving his light body with ease.

"What do you know about beasts, Rotting Boy?" the tiger boy raised his fist, his feline features accentuated by rage. "Your fungus isn't even a real beast!"

The mushrooms in Ren's hair pulsed. A spirit tiger's attack pattern always started the same way, a direct punch to the face.

Ren could even understand the boy's body positioning before the attack. So he pushed up against the hand holding his shirt.

When the other hand cut through the air trying to punch where his head had been an instant before, Ren couldn't help but smile.

"Is that all?" he mocked, his heart pounding hard.

The boy with green scales, who had been watching silently, narrowed his eyes. "It was just luck Jin. He's just trying to provoke you."

"Can't even manage to hit the weakest one with your 'superior' beast? Maybe mushrooms aren't so pathetic after all."

A tense silence fell over the group. It wasn't just Jin who felt insulted now, everyone who had belittled Ren for his spore looked at him with growing fury.

Was the rotting boy suggesting their beasts weren't better than the miserable spore?

"Shut up!" Jin finally roared, his wounded pride transforming into rage. "I'll show you what a spirit tiger can do!"

Ren moved by pure reflex, recognizing the pattern once again, his lighter body responding with agility that surprised even himself.

"That's enough!" The boy with green scales, who until then had only watched, activated his quick movement ability and put his foot behind Ren. Ren stumbled, losing his precarious balance.

Ren noticed the attack patterns again.

But knowledge only helped if you had time to use it.

This time, there was no time to react. The fist connected with devastating force, Jin's extra 30% translated into a pure impact.

"Who's pathetic now?" Jin growled, but his words sounded more like those of a hurt child than a real threat.

The mushrooms in Ren's hair pulsed weakly. All that knowledge, and still...

The fist rose again. This time Jin was going to use his tiger's real ability. That could seriously hurt Ren.