Chapter 98: Hidden Attack

Reece's body shimmered with a white light, blood dripping down her forehead, as the three powerful attacks blasted into her entire body. Her flesh, under the cloud of smoke, seemed to get eviscerated. Her entire body seemed to shoot in several directions while Monica rushed to her side.

"Heh, finally one down."

"Yeah! Time to go party, hahaha!" One of the Aresoul men smiled and turned only to see Monica's spears flying towards him.

Without even moving a finger, a white doorway appeared in front of him, along with a set of dazzling armor that manifested from what seemed to be nothingness. At the same time, he seemed to almost look down at the spear crashing into his body, watching it bend and break, with a look of contempt.

"Heh, what the hell? Aren't you Orel's little play thing?" The Aresoul smiled and felt a wave of smoke crash against his body. "Hehe, that weakling messed up huh? He couldn't finish you?"

"He's dead, and you are too," Monica held out her hands with twenty more ice spears spinning around her body. "I'm going to show you what I can do! I'm not just a pretty girl!"

"Hoh, but you are," The Aresoul named Jaspen laughed and cracked his knuckles. "Boys, shall we get her?" Jaspen had spent years training to be the strongest and had learned every weakness the Horned had to offer.

If you contaminated their ability to sense Ki Frequencies, they'd lose their ability to channel. All he had to do is place a bracelet around her neck, and she'd be like Una. A girl trapped by the whims of her captors at the Sixth Station. Turning over to look back at the clearing smoke, he expected to see a completely decimated body laying against the mixture of ice and water on the dock.

Smiling, he noticed the smoke cleared and a body seemed to be lying down.

"Heh, go finish her, Arren and Heban," Jasper caused six doorways to appear floating around his body. "This little one will be better dead. She's such a plucky little thing. I can't wait to see what her corpse looks like seperated in two."

"I'm coming!" Monica shot forward like a missile and rushed towards Jasper. The ground around her began to turn into ice, spikes appearing in every direction, as she actived her ice marks.

Monica hadn't fully gotten to the point of fully unlocking her ice marks. When she did, her power would multiply by over 5 times!

The ice marks could only be used by those with Dark Ki that could sense a certain type of Ki in the air. Her brother had found out about it at the East Branch, hidden deep in the catacombs of resources for students. Ultimately, if she could reach the maximum level of it , she would really be unstoppable. Even compared to Howard, she'd at least be able to stand toe to toe with him.

A second later, Monica appeared in front of Jasper who still had a cocky expression on his face. He laughed and felt a sense of envy for the little brave girl rushing towards him. He envied the way those who were weak struggled. Holding out his hand, a seventh door finally appeared behind him that opened and shot out what appeared to be a cannon ball made of light.

"Foolish girl," Jasper smiled and looked at a small ice wall forming in front of her. "I'm coming to get you!"

Boom!

A large cloud of ice shot into the air before Monica shot back and rolled against the ground. Her green hair spiraled around her body and twisted into the beautiful white dress she'd worn. At the same time, Jasper jumped into the air, seven cannon balls shooting out from his position.

They nearly instantly reached Monica, her eyes turning wider than saucers, before a smile appeared on her face. The next moment, Jasper's mouth seemed to shoot open, before blood shot out of his eyes.

Boom!

Monica smiled as the cannon balls completely missed her body and shot into the frozen ice that had completely changed the color of the world around her. Dozens of shards of ice flittered in the air like little birds greeting the beautiful day. Trails of light painted against her beautiful form before Jasper crashed into the ground beneath him.

His hands, looking at the blood rushing down his arms, couldn't believe it. Had he missed something?

'Did-did she attack me with something small? What-what just happened?" Jasper coughed up blood, fiding himself drifting towards an eternal sleep. "What? What's happening?"

"You're so gullible, idiot," Monica wiped the blood off her mouth and smiled. "Heh, who said all attacks had to be large?" She held up a small ice pin, smiling and shaking her head. "You're just like my teacher Barabin predicted. So sure you're going to win you'd forget ot defend yourself."

Jasper had made a big mistake and it had cost him.

Monica had first attacked when he was still fighting Reece, and sent a spear full of Dark Ki just to the right of his body. When he turned to face her, the spear had drifted out of Jasper's consciousness. When the time became right, she used Ki Transformation to fire three needles she'd hidden in the spear when he took off into the sky. Because of his confidence, he even dropped his armor to prepare to attack.

His overconfidence rested with him on the white ice that began to mix with the pure tint of his blood.

At the same time, Reece had stood up to her feet.

The two men who were supposed to be fighting her had decided to watch Monica and Jasper fight. Realizing that they'd just gone from a 3 x 1 to a 2 x 2 battle. They couldn't believe their eyes.

"You're next," Monica said, laughing while licking the blood on her cheek. "How does it feel to know that two girls are going to kill you?"

"Monica, good job," Reece said with a smile, "I forgot you had perfect scores and skipped a few grades," Reece covered her chest. "However, I think it'll be better if I take care of these two clowns myself."