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Cheng Tian had always had a rather negative impression of crows.

Even knowing that they were beneficial birds capable of contributing to ecological balance, he still disliked them, for a rather specific regional reason.

Above the city train station in Shengjing, the city where he lived, there was always a huge flock of crows circling overhead.

Whenever autumn or winter evenings came around, these crows, easily numbering in the hundreds, would line up on power lines and rooftops, staring eerily down at the ground below.

Though they would not actively do anything to humans, they caused serious contamination with their droppings.

The station plaza and surrounding areas would be covered in bird droppings that were simply impossible to deal with. Even if sanitation workers painstakingly scraped the filth away, new stains would appear again the next day.

White ones dropped black shit, black ones dropped white shit—that was what people said about these crows.

As for anything even more unfortunate, there was no need to describe it. Those who knew, knew.

So, when he saw a huge flock of crows charging at him, sinister violet Psychic Power Flame instantly surged from Cheng Tian's body. Six silver Crystal Heartscapes, burning with identical flames, appeared alongside it. The seven flames stretched directly onto the Mind Barrier Cheng Tian had constructed before him.

The Mind Barrier, which had originally only possessed defensive and projectile-reflecting properties, instantly became a fire shield burning with the "Flame of Destiny"!

The red-eyed flock of crows crashed headlong into Cheng Tian's fire shield—

The Psychic Power Flame instantly ignited the waterproof grease-coated feathers of the foremost crows.

Eileen, who was more agile and reacted faster than Cheng Tian, had already raised her hand to summon a gust of wind, intensifying Cheng Tian's flames. In the end, even those