Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 303

The first seconds of combat continued with this pattern: perfectly timed spatial jumps, attacks that found only air, defenses that anticipated movements that hadn't yet begun. It was a demonstration of profound mutual knowledge, each cousin moving with the anticipation that comes only from years of training together.

"Shared experience is a double-edged sword," commented Ren, looking at Taro. "You know your opponent's weaknesses, but they also know yours. Without a clear advantage..."

Despite the recent battle against Klein's team, neither cousin showed signs of mental fatigue. Their movements were intense, each seeking the single opening that could unbalance the combat.

What was particularly interesting to Ren was how Liora seemed to be containing part of her power. Her will-o'-wisp maintained that characteristic sky-blue tone, showing no indications of the darkening she had exhibited in her combat against Klein.

"She doesn't want to use the Bashe," murmured Ren. "She's respecting Larissa's decision to keep her second beast secret."

"Do you think Larissa will never show her second beast?" asked Taro.

"I'm not sure how bad it really is for her to show it," murmured Ren, feeling a bit guilty again for having forced her to do what she seemed to desire in her subconscious.

In the arena, the balance began to subtly tilt. Despite having a much more powerful offense, Liora was finding it very difficult to connect a single significant attack. Larissa, with much less attacking power but a more defensive and calculating style, employed her spatial jumps with absolute economy.

"They're on opposite sides of specialization," observed Ren. "Liora has devastating offensive power, but relatively weak defense. Larissa possesses extraordinary defensive control, although her attack capability is more limited."

"So who wins in a confrontation like this?" asked Min, curious.

"Larissa has less damage but it's not low; a single well-executed attack would eliminate Liora too... In theory, whoever connects the first significant blow will win," replied Ren. "Liora only needs to connect once in the same way to break Larissa's high defense and the combat would end almost instantly... They're evenly matched due to the rules specific situation."

As if hearing Ren's analysis, Larissa executed a maneuver that risked all her mana to achieve that single direct attack. After several spatial jumps that seemed random but followed a specific pattern, she created crystalline formations that dispersed light in a peculiar way, generating multiple reflections of herself. The mineral constructs shimmered throughout the arena, each one a perfect mirror image of Larissa, poised and ready to strike.

Liora, who could see her opponent's mana, wasn't concerned about the situation and activated her mana vision, forcing her eyes to avoid confusion with the reflections. Her gaze sharpened as she scanned the crystalline duplicates, searching for the true signature of Larissa's power.

Larissa, who had been waiting precisely for this decision, appeared instantly behind one of the mirrors.

Liora was confident that Larissa couldn't use this to hide from her attacks that could be guided, so she launched her fire spirits to surround the crystal, but Larissa didn't intend to use the crystal as defense.

Her mineral fairy projected a powerful flash of golden light, in the style of Ren's kidnap from that day, which reflected off the crystal and blinded Liora, who had her eyes wide open using mana vision.

Larissa jumped just as Liora closed her eyes and appeared with her mineral spear right beside Liora. She didn't stab her... she just struck her hard in the head with the handle.

The impact was clean and decisive. The will-o'-wisp vanished in a blink of blue light, and Liora fell to her knees while struggling to maintain consciousness, her connection to her beast momentarily disrupted by the strike.

"You tricked me," she declared, staggering. "Well played, cousin." She said just before the lights went out.

Lin advanced to the center of the arena. "Victory for Larissa Dravenholm!"