Binding Hand

"In the world of High-Level Professionals, there's a saying: only Professionals above the Law level can be considered truly initiated."

What Kun Ba was saying might make many newcomers uncomfortable, but among High-Level Professionals, this was reality.

"Low-level Professionals who use their abilities cautiously basically have no chance of gaining an advantage against mid-level ones. With abilities of the same grade, it's 'one' against 'ten'—the outcome is decided in a single exchange."

Right before Lu PingAn, Kun Ba threw a flurry of rapid punches.

Lightning covered his fists, swift as a roaming dragon and impossible to track with the naked eye, like a nine-strike lightning whip. After that barrage, it left behind a real "Lei Pool."

And this was not even what he specialized in. It was merely an "emergency" option available to a High-Level combat Professional under certain circumstances.

Lu PingAn recalled the previous "college entrance exam." When facing Tier 1 and Tier 2 Element Drivers, even releasing fire or lightning had been extremely difficult for them. They often had to rely on mediums such as "paintings" or "chess pieces," and could barely use their abilities continuously.

A matchlock gun and a rapid-fire Rocket Launcher simply did not possess remotely comparable firepower. More frustratingly, someone holding a Rocket Launcher could not be killed by a single shot from a matchlock gun.

Element Drivers made this especially obvious, but other Professionals were much the same. However, when choosing which ability to bind around one's hand, power was not the first consideration.

"The first thing you need to consider is your own resistance."

Fire would burn its user as well. Elemental Binding Hand was powerful but dangerous, and high temperatures were hardly friendly to most living creatures.

Most abilities used for "binding" were offensive. Before they struck the opponent, the user