Kun Hu spoke bluntly, but realistically.
Qin Tian, Chen Bing, and the other First Sequences were the earliest group to shine during the initial stages of the Reiki Revival, the ones established as benchmarks.
They had started earlier and accumulated more. Lin Kai, Kun Hu, and the others, though they had emerged shortly afterward as "First Sequences" and had even become no weaker than, or perhaps stronger than, some of the First Sequences in terms of power—
Still, the gap in Realm, especially when facing a bottleneck involving a leap in one's Life Form, became apparent.
"Strength can perhaps be caught up through one's Superpower, talent for battle, and understanding. In some situations, it can even be surpassed."
"But Realm is different."
"Or rather, that bottleneck is different for everyone."
"Their paths, their accumulation, their opportunities—they aren't the same as ours."
Kun Hu looked at Lin Kai as he spoke.
He knew about the pride and competitiveness deep in Lin Kai's bones.
Lin Kai's talent was inferior to no one's. In terms of strength, he could even rank among the top five First Sequences in Huaxia. Yet precisely because of that, seeing First Sequences who should have been behind him break through as well made him feel unwilling to accept it.
But strength and Realm were two different things.
Take Chen Changsheng and Ye Feng. Their Superpowers were both support-type, and their strength ranked near the bottom among the First Sequences. But who could say their Realms were lower than anyone else's?
Their breakthroughs proved exactly that.
Lin Kai took the towel and silently wiped away his sweat and the nonexistent dust.
He admitted that Kun Hu had a point.
A breakthrough in Realm, especially a leap across such a major Realm, involved the elevation of one's very essence of