This female apprentice was no exceptional prodigy.
Throughout the entire Regional Holy Tower Academy War, she had not stood out much. Her individual strength was only at the Advanced Apprentice level.
And judging by the looks of it, she had only broken through recently.
Yet this female apprentice possessed qualities that the other apprentices lacked—an ability to endure, and the resolve to kill with a single strike.
The harsh surroundings did not affect this female apprentice lying in ambush in the slightest.
Even though the sharp Wood Thorn Grass had already pierced her skin, her body did not tremble at all.
She was a little one exceptionally skilled at hiding herself, and it was clear that she had made meticulous plans before this operation.
The pungent fumes of the Wood Thorn Grass thicket concealed both her body odor and the faint smell of blood.
Moreover, as a relatively low-grade enchanted material, when Wood Thorn Grass gathered in sufficient numbers, it could even conceal the detection spells cast by apprentices.
For example, the Advanced Female Apprentice currently hiding deep beneath the Wood Thorn Grass had evaded the scouting of an eleven-man magic squad.
One of those eleven magicians was even an Advanced Apprentice of the same level as her.
That Advanced Apprentice likely never imagined that someone would hide beneath Wood Thorn Grass that carried a mild toxin.
The battle that followed unfolded just as Saine had hoped.
When this eleven-man squad, unaware of the situation, entered the magic trap the female apprentice had prepared in advance, an ambush began.
Relying on her exceptional skill in setting magic traps and her meticulous planning, the female apprentice erupted into action and struck the magic squad like a sudden thunderbolt.
Throughout the battle, the female apprentice remained calm.
Her first target was the