At the moment Kaier was ambushed by the Shepherd Dog, his mind went blank, and the only thing reflected in his eyes was the mocking smile of the Shepherd Dog.
When Kaier came to his senses, it was two seconds later.
What happened during those two seconds was actually a bit blurry for Kaier, or rather, he saw it with his eyes... but his mind hadn’t comprehended it yet.
For Kaier, those two seconds were in a daze.
For the Shepherd Dog, those two seconds were bewildering. It remembered that it clearly seized the opportunity to attack that idiot who would fall for pity-selling tricks, but why... in the end, it was the one in pain?
Yes, the Shepherd Dog was now in so much pain that it was rolling on the ground, its fore paws completely broken. Even though they would regrow soon under the nourishment of Wind’s Force, the pain wouldn’t diminish at all.
Wailing as it tried to recall bitterly, its eyes were filled with both concern and tears.
"It’s really that bastard’s fault! I shouldn’t have heeded its summon! I’m so miserable!"
Despite the cursing, the Shepherd Dog still couldn’t figure out how it got injured?
This wizard apprentice is too bizarre, clearly had its back turned and unguarded, yet the attack felt like it hit an incredibly hard stone... no, even harder than stone!
To be known, its claw strike was entwined with a special sharp wind, and its point damage was terribly destructive, even a defense spell would be easily broken through, genuinely making it a "defense breaking technique".
The only drawback of the claw strike was that it was hard to hit people. Previously, as long as the claw strike hit, it was basically a funeral for the wind dog. However, this time, even though it hit, the once unbeatable defense breaking technique met with a crushing defeat.
Not only did it fail to bury others, but it nearly had its own funeral.
The Shepherd Dog’s miserable state was witnessed by everyone. They were not people of little experience and could easily tell that the Shepherd Dog’s pain this time was not an act.
This time it indeed suffered a rebound from its own attack.
As for the reason, the Shepherd Dog did not know. However, everyone else, including the Shepherd, was very clear about it.
From where everyone’s gaze fell, it could be seen—
nearly everyone was staring at the gray-black robe on Kaier.
Without this robe, Kaier’s defensive power and casting efficiency were not this fast, but now, wearing this robe, it was like a complete transformation.
What kind of magic does this robe possess?
It wasn’t just everyone else curious, Kaier himself was very puzzled too.
Before the apprentices’ duel began, Angel gave him three trump cards. The first trump card was the alchemy golem possessed by Speedy; the second was some expensive potions and magic rune scrolls; and the third was this robe.
The first two cards, with Speedy for attack, potions for support, and magic rune scrolls for control, were enough to settle the battle when applied reasonably. As for the last card, it was specifically prepared against the Magic Elephant. According to Angel’s description of its function: "Wearing it would basically secure a position of undefeated ground."
At that time, Kaier was curious and asked the reason, and Angel’s answer was straightforward: "The robe’s defensive power is quite strong, even a True Knowledge Wizard might not break through it in one go."
The implication was that even a True Knowledge Wizard would likely have to expend some effort, let alone an apprentice like the Magic Elephant. Even if the Magic Elephant was bloodline-based, it couldn’t damage this robe.
This was why Angel claimed that wearing it would secure a position of undefeated ground.
Back then, Kaier didn’t have much attachment to the robe, just marveled inwardly that Lord Chaowei was indeed a member of the Research and Development Institute. He hadn’t heard of a robe that could withstand a True Knowledge Wizard’s attacks. Not even in Mesomyia’s largest auction has such a treasure appeared. Only the Research and Development Institute in the Sky Mechanical City might be able to create this kind of treasure, right?
Though he marveled, he didn’t have a direct concept. Until Kaier wore the robe, he realized the effects Angel talked about were probably just the robe’s basic effects.
Previously, the Shepherd summoned the Shepherd Dog Beibei trying to break Kaier’s casting. But in fact, Kaier seemed to be still gathering power for casting at that time, when he actually completed the cast. He didn’t move because he was stunned by the robe’s effects.
Angel only mentioned the robe’s defensive strength but did not mention at all that this robe had a bonus for space series tricks!
At that time, the Shepherd thought that Kaier’s casting fluctuations were unprecedentedly strong, thinking he was casting some powerful space series trick... In fact, Kaier was merely casting the most ordinary "Space Rip".
It was just Space Rip, only Space Rip.
But the end effect stunned Kaier, not just the near-instant casting speed boost, but the magnitude of the casting effect was amplified to a terrifying degree!
It directly magnified a Space Rip to the level of a Space Rift!
Although it was just half a Space Rift, it was still very astounding! A Space Rift is a top-level space series trick nearing spell technique, while Space Rip is a second-level trick, the most basic space trick. If compared, it’s like the difference between a Wind Blade and a Crescent Blade, fundamentally different.
Rip is called a rip but doesn’t actually touch "space essence", it’s more like leaving a "mark" in the air with a certain spatial nature.
While a rift is truly a spatial ability, it can tear a pathway leading to the interlayer space.
Of course, this interlayer space is only the very outermost layer, countless layers away from the Void, from the traversable Plane Corridor, but at least it has torn through space.
Kaier casting Space Rip amplified it to the level of a Space Rift, which is simply ridiculous!
Moreover, apart from half of a Space Rift, there was a particularly slender Space Rip, long enough to construct a three-dimensional birdcage!
This was a length that Kaier had never encountered before.
A basic sorcery triggered two effects. One was a qualitative change, the other a quantitative change.
Even in dreams, Kaier wouldn’t dare dream of such a wonderful thing. Let alone, this wasn’t a dream, it happened in the present, in the real world!
Because of this, Kaier was stunned as he completed the casting. He was stunned for a long while until the Shepherd Dog Beibei’s attack was almost upon him, Kaier snapped out of it.
Perhaps also due to being shocked by the terrifying effects of the robe, Kaier forgot about Lord Chaowei’s statement about the "amazing defense power" of this thing. Later when the Shepherd Dog ambushed from behind, Kaier almost got scared.
The facts proved that Lord Chaowei emphasized indeed terrifying effects, the robe’s defensive power was quite astonishing.
The Shepherd Dog’s ambush had no effect, and it even broke its claw because of it.
Most importantly, Kaier felt absolutely nothing. Not even feeling the impact of the Shepherd Dog’s ambush.
It was as if all the force was absorbed and rebounded by the robe. As far as Kaier was concerned, it was like being slightly brushed by the wind, painless and itchless.
Now, outsiders, including the Shepherd’s conjectures, were that the robe enhanced defensive capabilities alongside the efficiency of space sorcery casting, but the reality was more astonishing than they speculated.