Based on the information Zhang Hai provided, the other esper's mastery of space might even surpass his own.
Which meant their talent was no less than Zhang Hai's.
Achieving that was no simple matter.
A solemn glint flashed in Liu Suifeng's eyes.
Were they just supposed to let this go?
If existing forces couldn't handle it — was there some other power that could?
A certain object surfaced in Liu Suifeng's mind.
The Time Card — one of the Clow Cards!
The power to manipulate time.
Time, that was.
Though time was merely a human definition — the universe had no concept of it. But even if humanity had never defined time, atoms would still move as before, and the Earth would still orbit the sun.
The universe wouldn't freeze in absolute stillness just because humanity lacked a definition for it.
Time's particularity was unmatched by any other power.
Huaxia now, thanks to its massive population, had no shortage of space-type espers. Though due to talent limitations, they lacked formidable power and could only manage small tasks — things like researching spatial rings.
But among the strong space-type espers, at the same level, there were virtually no opponents.
Take Zhang Hai, for instance. In Qin Tian, Firewing, and others' group, he was often assigned the role of transporter — but that was only because everyone in his group was a First Sequence powerhouse.
The gap between First Sequence and Second Sequence couldn't be offset by ability type.
Zhang Hai could only play a supporting role.
But that didn't mean Zhang Hai wasn't strong!
Among Second Sequence, Zhang Hai held absolute advantage against both people and mutant creatures.
Space-type espers, however, were few — time-type espers, though, had yet to appear at all.
Perhaps they preferred peaceful lives. Perhaps they simply hadn't been born yet. Perhaps their talents were so weak they remained undetected — Huaxia had yet to produce a single time-aspect esper.
The Time Card, though existing as another kind of mystery, still possessed the power to manipulate time.
If they had this one Clow Card, it wouldn't just give them a powerful time-type esper — Zhao Feng's situation would no longer be their concern.
That's what the theory said. But finding this card and obtaining its recognition was far from simple.
The items Bai Xuan created — beyond luck, it was equally about compatibility and resonance between the user and the item.
A time-aspect Clow Card should be most compatible with a time-type esper.
They might not obtain its recognition at all.
Even now — even though they'd created instruments capable of locating Clow Cards, and sent Huaxia's top First Sequence talents to retrieve them — they'd only obtained recognition from some of the Clow Cards.
And on top of that, the Clow Cards could actually relocate on their own.
Wind, Water, Fire — three of the four elemental Clow Cards, obtained.
Respectively recognized and claimed by Ye Feng, Chen Bing, and Qin Tian.
If not for Qin Tian, Firewing should have been able to gain the Fire Card's recognition. But unfortunately, the one who found it was Qin Tian.
In addition, the Mist, Tree, Freeze, and Cloud Cards had also been found and recognized.
Firewing had obtained recognition of one Clow Card as well.
Only unlike the others, she had gotten hers purely through luck — not compatibility.
That Clow Card was also the one Liu Suifeng considered the most powerful and fearsome.
The Mirror Card!
It possessed the ability to copy people or objects.
Only the energy consumed varied depending on the ability of whatever was being copied.
If Firewing wanted to replicate someone like Qin Tian or Chen Bing — a First Sequence — the energy required would likely leave her combat ineffective.
But one flaw didn't eclipse its virtues.
With sufficient spiritual energy supply, Firewing could absolutely raise an army alone — replicating large numbers of First Sequences.
And as the person in charge of the Vantora City Spirit Qi Bureau — one of Huaxia's most critical combat forces, one of the Four Emperors, the Flame Emperor —
Would Firewing be short on such resources?
Of course not.
Natural treasures, pills, spiritual elixirs — Firewing's spatial ring had who knew how many already stored away.
Liu Suifeng hadn't expected Firewing to obtain such a powerful Clow Card through pure luck alone.
Ning Guang and Chen Bing had obtained more Clow Cards, but in terms of particularity, none could compare to that Mirror Card.
Liu Suifeng couldn't help but marvel at Firewing's luck.
Come to think of it, Firewing's luck always seemed exceptional.
She was even the one who discovered Bai Xuan.
Information about Bai Xuan had always been obtained through Firewing's inquiries.
As long as it didn't involve other matters, the two could almost be called friends.
Even the Flame-Flame Fruit was Bai Xuan's gift to Firewing.
Mm… it should be a gift, right?
Word from the Vantora City Spirit Qi Bureau was that Bai Xuan had placed a pile of items in front of Firewing and let her choose. Not just the Five Element Armor, Clow Cards, Imperial Arms, and Kamen Rider transformation devices — even the Emeric Rod and similar items were there.
Firewing's first choice had been the Flame Dragon Armor. Only she hadn't gained the Flame Dragon Armor's recognition — so she had no choice but to take the Flame-Flame Fruit instead.
Liu Suifeng didn't believe this information.
If it were truly that way — even without the Flame Dragon Armor's recognition, she should have chosen one of the other armors, or a Kamen Rider transformation device, or a powerful Clow Card, or even an Ultraman transformation device.
Even if choosing a Devil Fruit, she should have chosen the strong ones.
Like the Mythical Zoan Azure Dragon Fruit, or the Great Buddha Fruit. Or the Natural Element Thunder Fruit, or the Shimmer Fruit. If she felt incompatible, she could have chosen the Mythical Phoenix or the Natural Element Magma Fruit.
She picked the Flame-Flame Fruit?
That was like digging through a pile of watermelons and picking out a single sesame seed.
Liu Suifeng didn't believe Firewing was foolish enough to grab just the Flame-Flame Fruit.
He was more inclined to believe it was Bai Xuan's gift.
If Firewing knew what Liu Suifeng was thinking, she'd probably offer an awkward but polite smile.
Could she say she'd let down his trust?
Firewing herself didn't know what had been going through her mind at the time — she'd chosen the Flame-Flame Fruit without even bothering to try again, right after failing to gain the Flame Dragon Armor's recognition.
Perhaps she'd been afraid of embarrassing herself a second time?
Still, Firewing didn't regret it much. She was quite comfortable with the Flame-Flame Fruit.
Mainly because regret was useless anyway.
In the chat group.
The Virtual Battle Arena's combat had concluded.
Shendu: Looks like your so-called progress wasn't as great as you thought.
The Most Ancient Godslayer: Hmph. Entirely suppressed by this old man the whole time. Truly don't know how you can say something like that.
The Most Ancient Godslayer: Were it not for the dog talisman's immortality, you'd already be dead!
At Shendu's words, Vovin spoke with undisguised contempt.
Shendu: Entirely suppressed by you?
Shendu felt like he could laugh.
Who had suppressed whom — did he have no self-awareness at all?
Shendu: Your strength hasn't grown much, but your face has gotten thicker.
Shendu: A defeated dog still barking. Spare me.
Shendu: Say that after you've actually beaten me!
(End of Chapter)
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