As Chitra absorbed the data imparted by her spirit guardian, the Divine butterfly held the horned mutant at bay.

At any time when the horned mutant launched an assault on Chitra, the Divine butterfly would emerge to thwart the assault. The power blasts from the Divine butterfly have been often enough to repel the horned mutant’s advances.

The ample power inside the underground corridor enabled the Divine butterfly to execute power assaults effortlessly, with out pressure. With out this abundance of power, the Divine butterfly’s presence in the actual world would have been considerably shortened.

Had this not been the case, its real-world manifestation would have been significantly curtailed.

After some time, the horned mutant acknowledged the futility of its onslaught. So long as the Divine butterfly protected Chitra, the horned mutant realized it couldn’t method her. Consequently, it altered its plan of action and commenced a direct assault on the spirit guardian.

The Divine butterfly welcomed these assaults, effortlessly evading them whereas showcasing quite a lot of its talents.

The horned mutant discovered itself unable to make contact with the ethereal type of the Divine butterfly fluttering within the sky.

Kain and Alex noticed this battle with profound curiosity. To them, witnessing a battle of this magnitude was an exceedingly uncommon alternative.

The looks of the spirit guardian was a seldom-seen occasion within the realm of actuality. Tier 5 warriors summoned spirit guardians primarily resulting from their incapacity to handle the current circumstances. Summoning a spirit guardian was a alternative reserved for conditions the place victory appeared unattainable with out their assist.

This was as a result of summoning a spirit guardian carried its personal set of caveats and potential penalties.

Firstly, the act of summoning required a considerable quantity of power. Moreover, as soon as summoned, guaranteeing the spirit guardian’s help was not at all times assured. Not all spirit guardians possessed the amiable disposition of the Divine butterfly.

Secondly, upon the conclusion of the summoning interval, the summoner would expertise a direct weakening, rendering them quickly as feeble as a tier 4 warrior. Such an end result was undesirable for any tier 5 warrior.

Therefore, cases, the place a tier 5 warrior needed to resort to summoning their spirit guardian for assist, have been exceedingly uncommon.

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Kain, pushed by a way of amusement, commanded the horned mutant to get rid of the Divine butterfly, though he was totally conscious of the impossibility of such a process. It was widespread data that nobody may vanquish a spirit guardian.

Regardless of its utmost efforts to hold out the directive, the horned mutant discovered itself incapable of even making contact with the Divine butterfly’s type. This failure provoked a profound fury inside the creature.

Because it launched its assaults in opposition to the Divine butterfly, a perplexing phenomenon unfolded. Two manifestations of the spirit guardian materialized earlier than the horned mutant, making a state of bewilderment. Upon deciding on one in every of these apparitions and initiating an assault, the chosen embodiment of the Divine butterfly would distort and vanish proper earlier than its eyes.

Persistently, the horned mutant made repeated makes an attempt to assail the spirit guardian. Nevertheless, each time, the shape it had singled out for assault dissolved earlier than any strike may land. This inexplicable prevalence left the onlookers baffled.

Even Alex and Kain have been perplexed by this capability. They have been each trying on the physique of the Divine butterfly with mana imaginative and prescient. Two our bodies have been indistinguishable from one another even whereas utilizing mana imaginative and prescient to watch.

“Is that this an phantasm ability?” Alex posed the query, not anticipating a solution.

“I doubt it,” Kain responded.

“However how can an identical our bodies manifest concurrently in several areas?” Alex mused.

“It may very well be a type of clone ability. The spirit guardian might need divided its essence into two to deceive the mutant,” Kain got here forth together with his evaluation.

“However that would not account for the sudden disappearance of the chosen physique upon the mutant’s random assault. Making a clone solely to dissolve it might be wasteful by way of power,” Alex reasoned.

Kain shared Alex’s perplexity.

Alex, nevertheless, continued his deduction. “Until it had foreknowledge of which clone the mutant would goal.” He exclaimed, a realization dawning upon him.

The Divine butterfly was identified to own the ability of glimpsing into the long run. It stood to motive that it may anticipate the mutant’s preliminary assault. Thus, it may generate a considerably weaker clone solely to deceive the horned mutant.

Consequently, the genuine type, brimming with power, coexisted alongside a feeble duplicate constructed from a negligible power reserve.

The inferior clone would invariably be the goal of the horned mutant’s assault.

“Rattling, this sport was rigged from the very starting,” Alex exclaimed in realization.

Upon listening to Alex’s deduction, Kain too got here to the identical conclusion. Now the rationale behind his struggles in opposition to the white-robed man grew to become evident. This adversary possessed not solely formidable power but in addition an uncanny stage of intelligence for a warrior.

Doubts started to creep into Kain’s thoughts. Was this white-robed determine genuinely a warrior?I feel it is best to check out

“It looks as if the spirit guardian is taunting you with its tips. The mutant you created appears too silly to deal with clever beings. Was its immense power the one trick it has up its sleeve?” Alex mocked Kain. 

“Hr…” Kain snorted in response. He slapped his cane on the bottom sending a pulse of mana in the direction of the horned mutant. 

Identical to a skilled canine, after receiving the message by way of the mana pulse, the horned mutant modified its technique. 

With the brand new technique, the horned mutant started its assault. 

The Divine butterfly at all times created a clone simply 5 seconds earlier than the assault would attain it. Kain noticed this sample when he analysed the motion of the divine butterfly. 

Why was it at all times the identical? Why was it 5 seconds?

It might need one thing to do with the way in which the Divine butterfly was dodging the assault. Kain realised this from his statement. So, he ordered the mutant to assault with a brand new technique in thoughts. 

Initially, viewing the spirit guardian as an unbeatable being clouded his judgement. However as soon as he began to analyse all the things fastidiously and methodically. Just like how he handled his analysis on mutants, all the things grew to become clear to him. 

The tips of the mutant started to unravel earlier than him. Kain’s confidence rose and a large smile was plastered on his face whereas considering of his greatness. In his thoughts, he was probably the most clever individual alive at the moment.

Like a bullet, the horned mutant launched itself in the direction of the Divine butterfly. Even this time, it randomly chosen one of many our bodies of the divine butterfly as its goal. 

“SWISH!” The air strain erupted as its palm thrust into the chest of the Divine butterfly.

“Swoosh…” But once more, akin to the earlier occasion, it was a mere clone.

Nevertheless, the assault did not stop there.

“5 seconds,” Kain enunciated, offering a clue to Alex with a figuring out smile.

Within the interim between the horned mutant’s successive assaults, a realization crossed Kain’s thoughts. The Divine butterfly’s capability to evade an assault hinged on a five-second interval, which appeared to be its restrict for foreseeing future occasions. Kain’s delight swelled because the horned mutant’s palm approached the alternate type of the Divine butterfly suspended within the air.

Simply because the horned mutant’s strike landed upon the opposite manifestation of the Divine butterfly, it fragmented like an illusory mirage, vanishing as if it had by no means existed.

A spontaneous laughter burst from Alex’s lips at that very second, mirroring the absurdity of the state of affairs.

Concurrently, Kain’s assured smile crumbled into oblivion.

The five-second assumption proved fallible. The fastidiously constructed stratagems Kain had devised to fight the Divine butterfly dissolved into mere fiction. Actuality underscored the horned mutant’s utter incapacity to make contact with the ethereal type of the Divine butterfly.

Seizing on the revelation implied by “5 seconds,” Alex, having discerned its significance, spoke up with a playful grin.

“It seems your speculation wasn’t correct,” he remarked to Kain.

Unperturbed by Kain’s lack of enthusiasm, Alex continued, unfurling a extra audacious idea.

“Shall I current you with an much more outlandish notion? Have you learnt what uncertainty is?”

“Huh?” Kain’s countenance displayed a mixture of bemusement and intrigue.

Amusement danced in Alex’s eyes as he pressed on, elucidating his conjecture.

“The clones that confronted the horned mutant weren’t mere illusions; they have been real manifestations, every representing a definite place the Divine butterfly may have occupied. Upon your determination to launch an assault, the Divine Butterfly shifted its place to another location the place it might stay unscathed.

“The second the choice has been made, the placement of the Divine butterfly grew to become agency. Often, it took the horned beast 5 seconds to make that call. However not the opposite approach round.

“So, it may at all times dodge the assault with out a lot drawback. It was a rigged sport from the beginning. And clearly, in entrance of a being that might see the long run, you misplaced.” Alex rubbed it in and gloated with the final sentence. 

“You’ll be able to by no means contact it until you goal her.” Alex gave the clue whereas pointing at Chitra who was immersed in absorbing the data. Tears have been falling from her eyes as she absorbed the data. 

However resulting from Alex’s phrases, the curiosity of Kain and the horned mutant was as soon as once more directed in the direction of her.