The sunshine was just right on the beach.
Bai Zhu sat cross-legged beneath a coconut tree, a blank card with a pale golden sheen laid out before him.
Ging crouched beside him, anticipation written all over his face.
"Do as I say. Activate your ability first, but don't go all out. Just feed it in a little at a time."
Bai Zhu nodded and pressed his hand against the card.
He closed his eyes, and the Reiatsu inside him began to surge.
Angel's Glance activated, and a warm, silvery-white light appeared at his fingertips.
The light flowed down his palm and into the card.
The patterns on the card began to glow, golden lines spreading bit by bit like blood vessels.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly.
Ging stared at the card, barely daring to breathe.
But just then-
Crack.
A fine crack appeared in the center of the card.
Ging's expression changed. "Stop!"
Bai Zhu tried to withdraw his Reiatsu, but it was already too late.
Pop!
The card exploded.
Fragments scattered everywhere, crumbling into powder across the sand.
Bai Zhu stared at the ashes in his hand, his expression calm.
"Of course it wouldn't be that easy."
They tried again, and it exploded again. Another attempt, another explosion.
After several failures, Ging froze on the spot, crouching motionless on the beach with his head in his hands.
Beside him, Razor's face turned red from holding back his laughter. He wanted to pat Ging on the shoulder, but feared getting punched away.
List quietly pulled a little notebook from his pocket and solemnly wrote a line: "Ging Freecss lost his mind over a technical bottleneck today. Photo taken and archived."
He actually took out a camera and snapped a picture of Ging crouching there, head in his hands, shutting