Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 825

Chapter 825: Chapter 825 - Taming the Fifth Year - Spirit of the Torch

As soon as the Will-o’-Wisp’s manifestation completed, Liora ordered an attack without preamble or threatening posture that would telegraph any intention...

The spirit simply disappeared from its initial position and reappeared directly above the mantis, an enormous mass of purple fire descending like an incandescent avalanche.

It was the signature danger of the Will-o’-Wisp that made it particularly terrifying to face. Practically instantaneous teleportation that converted any distance on the battlefield into something irrelevant.

The spirit could be on one side of the field one moment and literally on top of an opponent the next with almost no visible transition between states.

The mantis reacted with speed that came from instincts honed by countless battles. It covered itself with healing water, a protective layer that Ren had ordered manifested in the milliseconds available before impact. Simultaneously it fired itself with wind element, propulsion that launched it laterally out of the direct trajectory of the "bite" that the spiritual fire had formed, that macabre opening that had materialized specifically to engulf the mantis.

Ren’s beast exited the initial attack by scant centimeters, healing water hissing where the fire had grazed but fulfilling its purpose of preventing direct damage to the mantis’s exoskeleton.

And then the terrible battle truly began, an exchange that would demonstrate exactly why Liora’s Will-o’-Wisp was considered one of the most difficult threats to handle among all the beasts fifth-year students possessed.

Because the worst thing about the Will-o’-Wisp, what converted it from simply dangerous to a tactical nightmare, was that it was the largest beast that could teleport most frequently of all.

Its "mass" was really very little despite its impressive size visually, being composed of spiritual energy instead of physical matter. And that meant it demanded almost no mana expenditure on jumps compared to what it would cost to teleport a physical beast of similar size.

It was a true expert in harassment and speed, capable of appearing, attacking, and disappearing before any counterattack could be executed appropriately. And then appearing again from a completely different angle half a second later, continuous pressure that didn’t allow a moment for recovery or any ’extended’ planning.

The mantis had barely landed from its initial dodge when it realized the fire was already jumping on it again, purple mass materializing directly in its landing trajectory as if Liora had predicted exactly where it would be. And even with the healing water layer that Ren maintained, actively consuming mana constantly, damage was beginning to seep into the shield bit by bit.

The fire wasn’t just hot... it was corrosive in a spiritual sense, eating away at the water’s protective healing properties through its partially corrupted nature. The hybrid state between pure and demonic that made it more difficult to defend against with only natural elemental counters.

Ren ordered another evasion, the mantis launching itself backward with wind propulsion while simultaneously creating distance. But the Will-o’-Wisp was already there again, having teleported to intercept the retreat before the mantis could establish safe range.

It was like fighting a ghost that could be everywhere at once.

No, worse than a ghost... a being with massive size and the ability to engulf its target completely if given the opportunity.

The mantis twisted mid-air, blade-like limbs slashing at the purple fire as it passed through the space where the spirit had just appeared. The attacks connected, cutting through the spiritual mass and dispersing portions of it momentarily.

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