He Ao was stunned for a moment when he saw the enormous rift in space-time before him.
The power he had used was not much greater than before. He had merely adjusted the points where the force acted and its circulation path according to his own understanding of space-time arts, making some common-sense optimizations.
At that thought, He Ao suddenly fell silent.
Sure enough, people could not even empathize with their past selves.
He now even felt that he had been a little stupid before. How had he failed to think of such simple improvements?
At least when it came to mysticism, he had been quite stupid.
He Ao had actually had some ideas about the Secret Wizard's abilities before. For example, Andawier's vengeful spirit had used a gray gemstone containing the Secret Wizard Talent Sequence to perform some space-time stretching and compression.
So He Ao had roughly guessed that the Secret Wizard's abilities were related to space-time. After advancing, it should be able to make up for his lack of understanding of space-time.
But he had not expected the Secret Wizard's abilities to affect not others, but himself—directly and brutally adding talent.
At first glance, an ability focused on learning did not seem to provide much of a boost, but it meant limitless potential for growth. It raised the lower limits in every direction, allowing He Ao to allocate talent points however he wanted.
For example, with the space-time manipulation He Ao wanted, he no longer needed a corresponding ability. Relying on his understanding of space-time, he could now achieve the appropriate enhancements.
But looking at it this way, the Secret Wizard whom Andawier had tricked to death back then had likely left behind some safeguards. For example, he had sealed his own abilities so that Andawier's vengeful spirit