[At those words, not only did Past Li Ping's eyes flash.]
[Even you found it absurd. Another trump card?]
[Fuck, your first instinct was that it was impossible.]
[If this were the [present], then it might be possible.]
[You still had what barely qualified as [rainbow talent: Fifth Black Hand], all sorts of enhancements, and, most importantly, "Old Self" backing you up. Wasn't that better than anything else?]
[Unfortunately.]
[This was not the [present], but a [future simulation].]
[It was a [future] in which "Old Self" could not intervene.]
[How could that count as a trump card?]
[As for anything else... [golden talent: Investment] or [purple talent: Judgment]?]
[But could those two talents really count as trump cards?]
[Leaving everything else aside, what use could [golden talent: Investment] possibly be?]
[A talent meant almost entirely for growth could never be a trump card.]
[Then... [purple talent: Judgment]?!]
[That was not right either. Though it dealt special damage against karmic sin, it was still a single-target attack.]
[Moreover, using it on the [Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens] would only trigger the first level of karmic sin contamination: reducing true lifespan by a hundred years, being utterly countered by those bearing merit, and losing tens of thousands of years of cultivation in an instant.]
[What good would that do?]
[The [Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens] had the blessing of heaven and earth. It would be completely useless.]
[Instead, it would waste this purple talent, which was practically a one-use ability.]
[At the same time, Past Li Ping spoke as well:]
["You still have a trump card?"]
["Right now, you merely have the protection of the [Spacetime Token], giving you an incense stick's worth of time to keep yourself safe."]
["The moment you step out of this space, the