Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 291

Ren took a step forward... directly toward the flames.

A collective gasp arose from the stands.

"Has he gone mad?!" exclaimed Roran, rising from his seat.

But just when it seemed Ren would throw himself directly into the fire, he executed a fast jump to his right and slightly upward, rotating in the air with a spatial maneuver that Lin had taught him during their intense training sessions.

In what felt like a long succession of events but had taken only an instant, Ren had approached to reduce the cone's effective area and launched himself outside the attack from the side where he had detected the greatest weakness in the mana pattern...

Ron's left hand.

Ren landed just two meters from his opponent, closer than the salamander boy would have wanted any opponent to be.

"Impossible," he murmured, his eyes widening with disbelief. The surprise made him interrupt his continuous attack, but he quickly regained his composure. With a defensive movement, he created a wall of fire between himself and Ren, a burning barrier that waved forcefully, turning the air around it into a furnace.

"Good control for Iron rank," acknowledged Ren, stepping back and speaking for the first time since the combat began. "But this level of control will cost you all your energy in a short time."

"I don't need even a full minute to defeat you!" replied Ron, though the sweat beading on his forehead and the slight tremor in his arms betrayed the truth of Ren's observation.

The fire wall expanded, forcing Ren to take another step back.

From the stands, Liora analyzed the situation.

"Ron is good," she commented. "For an average Iron-rank beast and a first-year student, that fire wall shows great control."

Larissa nodded, her eyes never leaving Ren's figure. "But Ren is already several levels above that... He could have knocked him out quickly. I wonder if he's playing with him because of some past grudge."

Liora rolled her eyes, "I don't think he's as vindictive or devilish as you. It seems to me he's measuring his capabilities compared to more normal people than Jin or Klein who have Bronze beasts, or us with Tier 3 beasts..."

Larissa placed her hand on her forehead, pretending to be hurt, "How can you call me evil and vindictive... I just have a good memory and sense of humor."

Liora narrowed her eyes...

In the arena, Ren seemed to be considering his options against the wall of fire.

"Ready to surrender?" asked Ron, his scales shining intensely while he aimed his next attack. "There's no way you can get through this without getting burned... I warn you, it hurts a lot."

A slight smile appeared on Ren's face. "I could do it without suffering much damage but... I have no need to go through it."

Before Ron could process these words, Ren crouched and pulled a lump of earth from the arena floor. His eyes glowed with a tone that combined the light of his hydra and something else, something that slightly resembled the earthy radiance of the mineral fairy.

After all, their natures were similar.