Old Shadow (Part 1)

"Classified by radiation level, the Sonic Wave bio-suit encompasses all models from radiation levels one through three," Henry said gravely. "In other words, radiation levels one to three are all designated Sonic Wave level.

And even now, we can only barely pilot radiation level two Shadow Bug bio-suits—and that is after cultivating psionic power for over a century longer than they have."

That was the gap in psionic talent. No matter what spirit art one used, talent was talent. If one could not reach it, one could not reach it. The purpose of spirit arts was merely to let one draw infinitely close to the limits of one's psionic potential.

Once one reached that limit, if one lacked the talent, no amount of spirit art cultivation would carry one any higher.

"Don't compare yourselves to those youngsters. We old folks are only here to go through the motions. A genius seed like Yuna has a chance of entering the Illumination level in the future. She's beyond anything we can compare to," Ivy sighed.

"Old Wei, want to grab a drink together later?" Ivy looked at Wei He. She had quite a favorable impression of this classmate of hers, who was silent, aloof, and exceptionally strong in actual combat.

Though she was already over two hundred years old and had seen every kind of man there was, this was the first time Ivy had encountered someone with Wei He's particular temperament.

She always felt there was some indescribable quality about him.

"No. I still need to go to the library and look over some materials," Wei He declined politely.

His talent in spirit art cultivation truly was mediocre. After all, he had not possessed any psionic talent at all in the beginning; he had only forcibly awakened psionic power through a