But the feeling Chu Han brought was completely different—as though it could awaken the desire for slaughter deep within one's heart.
Moreover, could swordsmanship truly be terrifying to such a degree...
That sword qi didn't seem like something condensed from spiritual energy. And that blood-red sword phantom capable of intimidating souls and stunning numerous mutant beasts—what was that?
"Tap, tap... tap..."
Tapping the table, his mind fell into contemplation.
Then he looked at the application, considered it from various angles, and gave approval.
Whether this qualified as First Sequence, he didn't know—but the swordsmanship alone was sufficient to warrant these resources.
"I wonder if other cities have produced another batch of First Sequence talents..."
He sighed softly.
Though Vantora Capital had also encountered a Beast Tide, with Skyler Quinn present, it was a trivial matter easily resolved. And he'd already begun supporting the nearest cities.
Chen Bing, Firewing, Nathaniel Gray, William Mecham—they were the same.
But relying on just these wasn't enough.
More were needed. More prodigies with deterrent power.
"This spiritual energy reciprocal feedback seems to have brought you quite the harvest."
Zhixin didn't know what advancement in the mystical system looked like—but some things were obvious.
For instance, the area of Brandon White's small world was expanding wildly outward.
Though previously many Pokémon lived there, it had still seemed extremely spacious. Now it was even more spacious.
"Because the world is advancing."
Brandon White spoke with a light laugh.
The era of A Hundred Schools of Thought that should have appeared during the Third Spiritual Energy Tide was arriving early due to this spiritual energy reciprocal feedback.
Daoism and Buddhism had each produced a genius worthy of being called "Dao Child" and "Buddha Child."
Each sect had also given rise to a batch of talents.
Among them, Mount Shu was foremost—someone had already begun cultivating immortality.
Pills, magical treasures, spells...
This sect that existed in stories in his previous life was actually real in this world.
Single-mindedly devoted to the Dao—the vast majority had gained [Dao's] acknowledgment.
By comparison, those who gained [Buddha's] acknowledgment were far fewer.
[Confucianism] had also birthed a genius—only currently still in the teaching stage, not yet displaying their bearing.
Overall, the future looked promising.
If setting aside Dao, Buddha, and Confucianism—another school had produced a genius whose ability was extremely interesting. In the future, he would even surpass other sects' prodigies to reach the summit.
Even Daoism's Dao Child and Buddhism's Buddha Child would feel inferior.
What he studied was—[Law]
"Ding! Group member [Ice Queen] has joined the chat group."
"Ding! Group member [White Rabbit] has joined the chat group."
The chat group's mechanical voice sounded in Brandon White's ear.
"At such a time, even..."
Though somewhat surprised, Brandon White didn't pay much attention.
The chat group's timing for new member invitations was always random.
Previously, they'd even silently begun inviting new members while the group was executing missions.
Ordinary Group Leader: "New members joining again so quickly? That was fast."
Most Evil Spirit: "Welcome, newcomers. The chat group's invitation timing has always been random."
Boil Dagu Into Soup: "Welcome, newcomers. Especially last time when Holy Lord, Brandon White, and I were executing a mission."
Boil Dagu Into Soup: "What a coincidence that was."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Welcome, newcomers. I got so focused on timing that I forgot to say welcome."
Uchiha Dance King: "I hope the newcomers' strength is relatively powerful. Currently in the chat group, aside from Brandon White, Luo Hao, and Angel Yan, there are no opponents worth my attention."
Glory of the Northern God: "Woof woof woof???"
Uchiha Dance King: "I never consider dogs as opponents."
Glory of the Northern God: "Shiba Inu Eyes Widen.jpg"
Ordinary Group Leader: "You're that arrogant? You can even beat Dagu now?"
Boil Dagu Into Soup: "Well..."
Boil Dagu Into Soup: "Group Leader, you know—Tiga doesn't have space-type abilities."
Boil Dagu Into Soup: "And Madara Uchiha also has an ocular technique similar to Kamui."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Fine, you don't need to continue."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Holy Lord also lost, Voban also lost, Dagu also lost—wait, I know about Luo Hao, you challenged her after Aizen, but when did you challenge Brandon White and Angel Yan?"
I spend so much time in the chat group daily, yet I don't know about this?!
Lighthouse Richest Man: "After you said you were going to sleep last time. About ten minutes later, I think."
Lighthouse Richest Man: "Of course, different timelines—this is my world's timeline."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Mm, so what was the result?"
Most Ancient Godslayer: "Hmph. Obvious."
Most Ancient Godslayer: "After fighting Luo Hao to a draw, he got blown away by Angel Yan and Brandon White."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Blown away? How?"
Hearing "blown away," Su Yunxiao became interested.
Didn't Dagu say Madara Uchiha possessed an ocular technique similar to Kamui? Even Angelic Judgment couldn't hit him, right?
Uchiha Dance King: "You think I'd say it out loud?"
Uchiha Dance King: "Besides, I wasn't blown away. I merely lost."
What normal person would say they got blown away?
But he'd never imagined that battling these two would result in crushing defeat.
Setting Brandon White aside temporarily—no matter what ocular technique, none had any effect on him. Even ocular techniques like Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion were completely useless against him.
Moreover, his attacks... Madara Uchiha's eyes flashed with wariness.
That was chaos, collapse, annihilation. His ocular technique's space had been destroyed in an instant!
Irreversible destruction!
Fortunately, it was in the Virtual Combat Arena. If in reality, he absolutely couldn't allow his ocular techniques to vanish through destruction.
This also made him profoundly understand the gap between himself and Brandon White.
As for Angel Yan... that thing was called a Sub-Biological Engine, right?
Why could Angel Yan—clearly a mystical-system person—forcibly seal his abilities, making him experience the fragility of ordinary people that had long since disappeared?
He didn't want to taste that sensation of losing all power a second time.
In the short term, he absolutely wouldn't battle these two.
Absolutely not!
He hoped among this batch of newcomers there'd be a powerhouse with decent strength, or a group member with potential to become his opponent.
Ordinary Group Leader: "Ice Queen, White Rabbit—judging by names, they both seem female if nothing unexpected."
Ordinary Group Leader: "There are quite a few female powerhouses. Ice users too."
Ordinary Group Leader: "The first one I think of is Cang Yue, but if it were her, it should be Ice Emperor or Ice Empress."
Ordinary Group Leader: "If it's her, Madara Uchiha indeed has another opponent. I heard late-stage power levels involve planets, though I don't know if that's true."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Watched more when I was young. When I grew up, I watched other things."
(End of Chapter)