What the mana had accomplished in the blade-arms of Ren's beast was something she'd never witnessed in other creatures at comparable rank. There were beasts that managed developing powerful natural weapons that allowed them to injure opponents one rank higher through specialized evolution... But this exceeded those rare cases by a significant margin.
Selphira didn't know that Ren was testing theories systematically, and that part of this unlikely success came from Liu's vampire having very little physical defense for a Gold rank while Ren's mantis was a specialized creature with enormous attack potential.
But undoubtedly the new knowledge about runes and the precise mana control had much to do with bridging the impossible gap.
And Ren still hadn't tested everything he wanted to verify.
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The vampire attacked again with renewed aggression. This time using wind gusts to accelerate its descent toward the smaller target.
