Chapter 141: Disappointing

Chapter 141: Disappointing

Donna's dash towards the presumed location of her husband's corpse came to an abrupt halt as she heard the chuckling sound from behind.

"WHAT?!"

Swiveling around in shock, the sight she witnessed almost caused her to throw up blood.

She had assumed that the little girl would have certainly died from her attack, and though that wasn't enough to appease her anger, her priority for revenge had been the murderer of her husband, which was impossible to be this insect.

However, looking at the all too familiar glimmer of draconic scales as they slowly faded back to restore smooth skin on her belly, where her blue dress had been torn, Donna knew

No matter how impossible it seemed, this little girl had somehow managed to absorb her husband's ability.

"What kind of monster are you?!"

Her shock wasn't just at her ability to steal Dane's ability, but also at the fact that she had managed to survive.

Regardless of how strong the draconic scales were as an ability, their strength ultimately still depended on the person powering them. If this girl didn't have a large enough pool of spirit power, she could never have created scales strong enough to resist her attacks.

And no matter how Donna tried to deny it, that could only mean one thing Evelyn's level of strength definitely wasn't too far from her own.

"So you were hiding as a child all this time, huh, you monster! What was your purpose?"

The pink-haired girl just shook her head in amusement as she dusted her dress off. Fortunately, she had managed to level up in time, and neither of her little pets was weak enough to suffer much from such indirect impact.

She could understand why Donna would make that kind of assumption that Evelyn was actual some old monster with nefarious abilities, one that was just hiding in the academy as a child.

As the thought crossed her mind, Evelyn couldn't help but blink. 'Actually, when I think about it isn't this all true? Well, whatever I'll give her a candy for guessing the truth. But first she has to die.'

Patting Ruru's head, she immediately activated both of the new abilities that had been gained through her little fox hitting the level forty and fifty milestones.

In an instant, a lotus made of spirit and soul power bloomed beneath her feet, large enough for a dozen people to stand in its center comfortably, and a pinkish-white layer of semi-transparent petals formed in a spherical formation around her before slowly fading away.

-[The Lotus Throne]

Using a combination of spirit and soul energies, a floating lotus is created that will follow the throne's will.

Consumes no energy while inert, energy required to construct can be extracted back when the ability is canceled.

-[Lotus Throne's Natal Shield]

Using a combination of spirit and soul energies, an extremely effective shield can be created to protect from both physical and spiritual attacks.

Every impact will consume the correspondent amount of charge from the shield.

If the attack exceeds the shield's limit, it will only be able to reduce its effectiveness and will shatter immediately.

[ Enhancement: (Not available) ]

-Cultivation Method: Crumbling Rock [Grade 4]

-[ Skills ]

[Rock Veil], [Earth Asunder], [Spiritual Reflection], [Mirror of Lacerations], ???, ???, ???, ???

The pink-haired girl shook her head in disappointment. "Not even an enhancement, huh cheap."

Thankfully, she knew just how to make perfect use of her.

The woman was still pointing a finger at Evelyn as she continued her hate-filled speech, as if goading her into an attack. Of course, it made perfect sense if that was really her goal, given her barriers seemed capable of reflecting damage from spirit power.

Quite a useful ability if she was facing someone else.

Unfortunately for her, Evelyn planned to use her strongest skill on the woman. Not because she was a threat, but because she could.

-[Lotus Throne's Nirvana]

Combines the soul value of the host and the beast, carrying out a direct attack through a spirit power channel.

If the combined spirit power is lower than the combined soul power by more than half, the vitality of the spirit fox will be reduced, scaling with the attack duration.

Depending on the enemy's strength and damage suffered, the channeler may be able to permanently enhance their spirit power to an extent.

Having had this ability since her fifth birthday, Evelyn had been itching to give it a try, but the thought of Ruru suffering because of being unable to fulfill the requirements, as well as the lack of an opportunity and opponent, had left her with little choice.

If things continued as they were, her soul power might continue growing at a faster pace when compared to her spirit power. This wasn't just because of the starting difference, but also because she practiced the searing soul.

In fact, if not for the Chaos Essence Bead, Ruru would have had to suffer a reduction in vitality to use this attack, and Evelyn would have to judge whether or not it was worth the risk.

Now was the perfect time for her to finally test it out.

Ruru's soul value was 877, and her own was 2249, which made their combined soul value 3126. This was definitely less than double of their combined spirit power, which was already 1727 points.

And these were her worst possible estimates.

In reality, her soul power had already been reduced considerably while killing Dane, and even now it was only at a little over sixteen hundred points. Meanwhile, her spirit power was already almost full, thanks to the natural recovery buff combined with the lack of usage.

The pink-haired girl smiled. "Professor, you may not have taught me anything while alive, but your death shall teach me the limits of my ability, so thank you in advance."

Of course, professor Donna was ecstatic that the little monster took her bait, but she still pretended to look hateful and grim. "You think you can kill me so easily? My defense is one of the strongest among the academy's junior professors, I don't believe you have the strength to get through!"