Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons

Chapter 124 - Tamers Friendly Competition - 4

”Hold on!” Min directed a concentrated water jet toward Jun, forcing him to retreat while using another stream to heal the cracks in Taroʼs defense.

Ren dodged Hanʼs first web, noting how the mana had been channeled for the attack even before it was launched.

ʼThe edges,ʼ he thought while jumping aside. ʼTheyʼre 4 meters from his hip.ʼ

Jun vaulted over Taro with monkey-enhanced agility, attempting to strike at Min. Taroʼs arm extended just in time, his shellʼs reinforced surface intercepting the blow while Min counterattacked with a precise water jet to Junʼs face. The coordination between defenders and healer had become almost instinctive.

Sora seized the momentary distraction to charge again, her antlers blazing with accumulated power. Taro pivoted to intercept, but the sheer force of impact drove him back several steps, leaving small furrows in the packed earth.

Han had woven an intricate network of hexagons, the nearly invisible threads limiting Renʼs movement options. The pattern was beautiful in its complexity, a deadly spiderʼs web catching the afternoon light…

But instead of retreating, Ren advanced.

ʼThe weaving pattern has a rhythm,ʼ his mushrooms pulsed as he analyzed each intersection. ʼThree gaps large enough for me between each main connection.ʼ

Ren slid between the webʼs gaps with serpentine grace. Linʼs technique gave him the confidence to approach, but it was his analytical mind that revealed the exact paths through Hanʼs deadly maze.

Hanʼs eyes widened in surprise, he hadnʼt expected the mushroom boy to enter his trap zone so directly.

Spectators leaned forward, sensing something unprecedented was about to unfold again.

Meanwhile, Taro held Jun at bay, his carapace absorbing blow after enhanced blow while Min alternated between healing his fracturing defense and keeping Sora at distance with precisely aimed water jets. Their teamwork had evolved dramatically since their first training sessions, each movement supporting the others.

Ren surveyed the battlefield with calculating eyes. Hanʼs hexagonal webs reached only hip height, unable to rise higher without anchor points, a limitation of the field he could exploit.

In a forest, Han would have been far more problematic for them.

Han launched another web, trying to snare Ren as he approached. The hexagons gleamed faintly, nearly invisible except for how they distorted light and their mana content. The pattern was mesmerizing but deadly.

Ren moved.

Not backward as Han expected, but sideways. A calculated leap carried him over the low webs, landing perfectly in another gap.

Then he sprang forward to finally close the distance, but...

”Got you!” Hanʼs smile was triumphant as he launched a web directly into Renʼs trajectory, mid air.

Time seemed to slow.

He was in trouble, but not trapped. Not yet.

Ren hung suspended in the air, the web approaching with inexorable certainty.

From the stands, several students held their breath. It seemed impossible to dodge in that position. Jinʼs smile widened knowingly...

”Ren!” Minʼs cry echoed across the field, but he couldnʼt help while maintaining Taroʼs defense.

Sora tried to exploit the opening to charge Min. Her antlers blazed as she rushed forward, but Taro remained vigilant.

In a move that demonstrated how much his initiative had improved since his defeat against Jin – thanks to the hope Ren had given him – Taro grabbed one of Soraʼs antlers. Using her own charging momentum against her, he spun and hurled her directly into Jun. The impact sent both sprawling.

Ren calculated angles and distances in the split second he had left. The web approached, its hexagons glowing with Hanʼs anticipated victory.

ʼNow.ʼ

The mushrooms in his hair flared brilliantly, temporarily blinding Han with their sudden radiance.

It was all he needed.

In that same instant, Ren covered his right hand with spores. As the web was about to catch him, he grabbed one of the threads heʼd been jumping over and pulled hard, canceling his jumpʼs forward momentum to drop faster.

The spores adhered to the sticky thread while his hand came away clean.

Han blinked away the afterimages, expecting to see Ren trapped in his web. But there was nothing above.

The strike came from below.

Ren had crawled under the web network.

His kick connected perfectly with his opponentʼs legs, sweeping the weaver off his feet.

Han tried to break his fall by putting his hands down, but before they could touch earth, Renʼs fist was already threading between his arms. The uppercut, perfected through countless sessions with Lin, found exactly the right point on Hanʼs jaw.

The weaver crashed unconscious to the ground.

”Han is out!” Yang announced, his voice cutting through the stunned silence.

When Taro had thrown them together, Sora and Jun collapsed in a tangle of limbs, giving Ren time to rejoin his teammates. Their expressions showed a mixture of relief and renewed determination.

Without Hanʼs support, the combat dynamics shifted dramatically as Ren joined the fray.

”Shall we finish this?” Ren smiled, his mushrooms pulsing as he adopted one of Linʼs combat stances.

Min and Taro nodded, falling into position beside him.

Taro and Ren moved to flank their opponents while protecting their healer. Linʼs training sessions with Ren and their practice as a team finally bore fruit.

Within minutes, Sora and Jun also lay defeated. Their resistance was skilled but futile against the teamʼs synchronized assault.

”Victory for Renʼs team!”

”The first round has concluded!” Yang announced while assistants tended to the minor injuries.

The mushrooms in Renʼs hair pulsed softly as he helped Han to his feet. The weaver blinked in confusion, still processing what had happened.

”How...?” he began to ask.

”My spores,” Ren explained, showing him the residue still clinging to the thread. ”They stuck to the thread but my hand didnʼt.”

Han studied the spores for a moment before laughing. ”Using my own web as an anchor point... brilliant.”

From the stands, Luna observed with renewed interest, unable to completely hide a small smile from her watchful maids. Her shadow wolf seemed to ripple at her feet.

”For the semifinals: Lunaʼs team versus Jinʼs team! Kleinʼs team versus Renʼs team!”

Renʼs mushrooms pulsed steadily as he looked toward where Klein smiled arrogantly, his golden lionʼs mane shimmering.

The real test was about to begin.