Only after the white glare faded did everyone's vision gradually clear.
Even as they marveled at Young Girl's ability, they realized it did little to help them in battle.
An ability that disrupted both sides indiscriminately could, at most, buy them a little time.
Besides, even without their sight, Espers could rely on their keen Psychic Powers and senses. They would not be completely immobilized.
But Starlight suddenly looked thrilled.
Both her Psychic Powers and Girl's were tied to light, and Starlight had just discovered that Girl's ability was a perfect match for hers!
After Girl's blinding white light struck her, Starlight felt a tremendous surge of power through her body.
She now had as much power as she did at her peak—perhaps even more.
At its core, Starlight's Psychic Powers absorbed light from her surroundings and turned it into power she could use.
In theory, her environment could have a considerable effect on her ability.
Ordinarily, though, the only real difference was whether she fought by day or by night. Starlight could store and release some light energy herself. During the day, she could draw on sunlight; at night, she could absorb the surrounding artificial light.
As a result, her combat strength did not fluctuate much under normal conditions.
But this situation was entirely different.
Girl could release extraordinarily pure light energy in a short burst. Within a given area, she could produce a thousand or even ten thousand times as much light as sunlight delivered to an area of the same size on Earth.
The amount of light energy Starlight could absorb and use in that environment was staggering.
Starlight's body was like a vessel with immense capacity for storing light energy, and also a weapon capable of converting that light into other forms of energy. Its greatest