"Wait, wait!"
The Rat Wizard raised its paw, shouting, trying to stop Su Shijun's next action—a Protect Legal Formation with the threat of a genuine Big Wizard was indeed a real concern. Even though it was merely an avatar of the Rat Immortal and did not possess an actual soul, the fear stemming from the depths of life still made it tremble when faced with the entity known as 'Death'.
Su Shijun lowered her head, looking indifferently at the four shadows trapped in a dilemma.
She was very shrewd, not attempting to lift the black masks off the faces of the 'poachers,' nor did she think to capture them and hand them over to the Trident Sword for further investigation—tracking was the Hunters' job, she was just a researcher—the school had tasked her with the matter with an implication of 'stop here.'