Any other students would have been scared half to death by now.
Yet neither of them showed the slightest panic.
Greg decisively headed for the flank with an assortment of alchemical concoctions, leaving the frontal battle to Vivian.
Vivian's ice-blue eyes instantly grew as still as ancient ice, and the magic power within her began to circulate.
Facing three Rock-Armored Shield Beetles charging abreast, she swiftly crossed her slender hands before her chest. Ice-blue magical light danced at her fingertips as she chanted an intricate, elegant incantation under her breath.
"Ring of Frost!"
A dazzling ice-blue ring rapidly expanded from the tips of her toes!
Wherever the ring passed, the ground instantly froze into ice as smooth as a mirror!
The two leading Rock-Armored Shield Beetles were caught off guard. Their heavy feet landed on the slick ice, and they immediately lost their balance. They roared in anger, their legs sliding comically as their charge faltered, and even crashed into each other.
But the third Rock-Armored Shield Beetle seemed craftier. It veered slightly off course, avoiding the main area of the Ring of Frost. Its feet merely slipped for a moment before it regained its footing, opened its gaping maw to bare its fangs, and lunged viciously at Vivian!
Vivian's gaze sharpened slightly, but she remained unhurried.
The instant the Rock-Armored Shield Beetle closed in, she pushed lightly off the ground and drifted half a step backward, as graceful as a weightless snowflake.
At the same time, she swept her left hand to the side-
"Ice Wall!"
A curved wall of ice, half a meter thick and two meters tall, abruptly rose to her left!
Boom!
Unable to stop, the Rock-Armored Shield Beetle slammed headfirst into the Ice Wall. Ice chips scattered, and the wall shook violently and cracked, but