Chapter 126: The Real Target

Chapter 126: The Real Target

Evelyn had no idea of her teacher's plans, but one thing she knew for sure was that if she gave up on her prepared cloaking skill and decided to fight with the beast first, she surely wouldn't get another chance to set it up.

To be fair, despite her earlier whining, Evelyn didn't believe that it was impossible to take down this mountain rhino if she went all out.

After all, even if she was only level 46 and this beast just broke through level seventy, its greatest attribute was its defense which was useless against any of her searing soul techniques.

The beast didn't intend to give the girl time to consider her decision carefully, and roared as it charged towards her.

The pink haired girl gritted her teeth in rage. 'No, with this obnoxious teacher's spirit cage restricting my movements, there's a pretty good chance I'll fail to avoid this beast's enraged charge. Even if I take it down I'll be in a sorry state, if not dead.'

That being so

Evelyn immediately disappeared.

The enraged mountain rhino crashed into the spirit cage wall with a roar, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Many students screamed, wondering if the next sight they would see would be that of the gruesome remains of the pink haired girl.

But as the dust settled down, it only revealed a confused mountain rhino looking around, wondering where its previously trapped prey had vanished.

Not to mention Donna, the students, or the rangers even Aurora was left gaping in shock.

Cloaking skills that allowed someone to hide their presence, be it from sight, smell, or other senses, may not be very common, but they were not unheard of.

Most people above a certain level of comprehension in their respective fields were able to utilize it to cloak themselves somehow, and once they reach a high enough level, it was possible to hide from the naked eye using spirit power alone.

That being said it was impossible to do so perfectly.

Even at Aurora's level, she knew the flaws of her own concealment method, and knew under what conditions someone would be able to detect her. From farther away, her technique was truly 'flawless', but as she got closer and closer, higher-level people could feel the pulsing of the tremendous amount of soul power that her body absorbed from the surroundings to compensate for what the technique was consuming.

As for the higher-level enemy hiding in this area, his cloaking skill allowed even her to be unable to pinpoint who he was or where he was hiding, but she could still tell that someone was there, and she had felt the 'presence' of this person before.

"Actually, I'm more surprised that your dumb little brain can even process the fact that anyone could be a threat to you. I almost thought that you would end up taking that shot to the face with your supreme overconfidence. Wouldn't it have been funny, if you died just like that? Ahahaha"

Despite his taunts, however, Aurora could only feel uneasy about something else entirely.

The reason she had been so certain that no one would reveal themselves after she showed up was because there was only a single person hiding nearby, and there was no one in this academy who could defeat her in a one-on-one battle.

Mantis was no exception.

But for him to come out like this only meant that either he was an overconfident fool who had forgotten who she was, was expecting significant support soon, or, most likely his real target was never her, but Evelyn.

"Hey Donna, kill these leftover rats, will you?"

The moment his words fell, the students and rangers who had previously been staring at their confrontation in shocked silence immediately panicked. Unsurprisingly, none of them dared spare even a single thought to anything else before they all bolted.

The dark haired professor felt her blood freeze in shock, but soon snapped out of it. 'R-Right Lord Mantis is also a pillar! What am I scared of?!'

Aurora's eyes turned darker as she saw Donna head off towards the escaping group. She knew that she couldn't abandon Evelyn and chase after that woman, and even if she tried to kill her from here, Mantis would be able to stop her attack. "Forfeiting your life, professor Donna?! And you, Mantis! How dare you"

Lord Mantis chuckled as he swaggered closer, his eyes that were black as a void scouring the area around Aurora curiously. "Now now, little girl, don't be so shocked. A little monster like you is annoying enough, but just imagining another little monster, just like you, but also able to hide so perfectly? It gives me the chills."

The platinum blonde had guessed as much, but having it confirmed still made her blood boil. "Is it not our good fortune if a student is gifted? Do not forget that the future of our academy is still"

Mantis scoffed. "Seriously? Do you genuinely believe that lunacy that your mother used to spout? Our academy has been safe and sound for hundreds of thousands of years, and will remain the same in the future. You're delusional if you think we actually 'need' any of these so-called bright students. They're fine as a means to pass time, but nurturing threats like that pink brat? Nah, I'd rather not."

Aurora had no time to pay attention to anything else while fighting someone like Mantis. She could only trust that now that she was no longer restricted to a limited area, her student could hide far away using her invisibility.

The platinum blonde could only sigh. "Evelyn, if you're still here run away and hide. Wait for me to deal with him first."

As long as she killed Mantis, it would be easy enough to deal with Donna and rescue the remaining students.

The dark haired man laughed. "Ahaha you really believe I'll waste time looking for and killing her? Oh, you foolish little child. Today, the one I'm going to kill is you."