Divine Paper Technique: Paper Transformation! Immunity to All Physical Attacks!

"But besides the Fire Type, this guy actually mastered the Water Type too. That really was unexpected."

The video clearly showed that Zhou Fan had mastered both the Fire Type and the Water Type.

Lin Qianqian had no idea why Zhou Fan could also master water.

He had clearly awakened the Spirit Eye Type, yet now he was using the Fire Type and the Water Type instead.

Lin Qianqian couldn't quite understand it.

Besides, the Fire Type and the Water Type were actually fairly effective counters to her Divine Paper Art.

Fire could burn paper.

Water could soak paper.

But that didn't matter.

Whether he had awakened the Water Type, the Fire Type, the Wind Type, or the Lightning Type, the outcome would be the same.

Lin Qianqian was stronger than him!

Now, she had complete confidence in that!

"I can absorb the Crystal Cores I got from hunting Mutant Beasts today, too."

Lin Qianqian took out the Crystal Cores and absorbed them all.

As an S-Rank Superpower Esper, she absorbed Crystal Cores very quickly.

In less than half an hour, she had absorbed all thirty-odd Crystal Cores.

After she finished absorbing them, Lin Qianqian made another breakthrough-

A powerful, robust aura erupted from within her.

Her cultivation successfully advanced to second tier, 1 star!

"I've reached second tier, 1 star!"

Excitement and joy flashed in Lin Qianqian's eyes.

She had reached second tier, 1 star just half a month after awakening.

That was enough to break records across all of Xia Country!

Lin Qianqian had originally estimated that she would need another week or so before she could reach second tier, 1 star.

She hadn't expected to break through right now!

[Successfully acquired a new skill-Divine Paper Technique: Paper Transformation!]

[Paper Transformation: Turn your body into countless sheets of paper, move and transform freely, and gain immunity to all physical attacks. The technique ends when your spiritual energy is depleted!]

[Note: Divine Paper Flower only grants immunity to physical attacks, not mental attacks such as Genjutsu.]

"Immunity to all physical attacks?!"

Lin Qianqian's pupils contracted slightly.

Unable to contain her excitement, her chest heaved.

If I'm understanding this correctly... this skill is badass!

Immunity to all physical attacks!

Although this skill didn't make her invincible, the vast majority of Espers' attacks fell into the category of physical attacks.

Having this skill meant she would hold an enormous advantage in battles against most Espers!

[Paper Transformation]'s greatest weakness was its inability to grant immunity to Genjutsu.

But that didn't matter.

[Genjutsu] was an extremely rare superpower to begin with, a one-in-ten-thousand occurrence just like an S-rank superpower.

Among all the newly awakened Espers at Tianhai No. 1 High School, Lin Qianqian recalled that no one had awakened a [Genjutsu] superpower.

As long as her opponent didn't possess Genjutsu, she was confident she wouldn't lose to anyone at the same level!

"This is the true potential of an S-rank superpower."

"Zhou Fan, don't blame me. This is the gap in strength between us." Lin Qianqian was growing more and more confident.

Arrogant, even!

For offense, she had [Paper Explosion Technique], which dealt terrifying damage. Even when she was only first tier, 5 stars, she could use [Paper Explosion Technique] to instantly kill Mutant Beasts at first tier, 5 stars.

[Paper Explosion Technique] grew more powerful as her level increased.

Now that she had reached second tier, 1 star, her [Paper Explosion Technique] could instantly kill Mutant Beasts at second tier, 1 star as well.

For defense, she had [Paper Transformation].

Immunity to all physical attacks!

She was practically unbeatable.

With offense and defense in one package, who could rival her?!

Zhou Fan?

So what if he possessed both water and fire?

He was destined to kneel at her feet!

Lin Qianqian even wished the first comparison could begin immediately.

She couldn't wait to complete the comparison and claim her reward.

When Zhou Fan woke up, he discovered that his Emotion Points had increased by another 5,000!

Before he went to sleep yesterday, he had only had 25,000 Emotion Points.

Now he had passed 30,000 Emotion Points!

"I'm getting closer and closer to saving up the 50,000 Emotion Points I need to redeem the Mangekyō Sharingan." Zhou Fan was excited.

Life was really giving him more and more to look forward to.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on accumulating Emotion Points from 30,000 individual instances! Achievement unlocked: 'A Thousand Charms'!]

[Rewards obtained: 15,000 Emotion Points, Wind Release Ninjutsu Gift Pack ×1]

He had earned another reward.

More good stuff had arrived.

"I already have 45,000 Emotion Points now. I'll have 50,000 saved up any minute!"

"Awesome!"

Zhou Fan opened the ninjutsu gift pack awarded by the system.

[Wind Release Ninjutsu obtained-]

[Wind Release: Gale Palm]

[Wind Release: Wind Cutter]

[Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere]

[Wind Release: Great Breakthrough]

Four Wind Release Ninjutsu were his!

Zhou Fan couldn't have been in a better mood today.

Waking up to such a huge surprise felt incredible.

"The Crystal Cores from yesterday should still be here. I'll absorb them first."

He had challenged thirty Mutant Beasts yesterday and obtained thirty Crystal Cores.

But he had been so tired after returning that he had fallen straight asleep, completely forgetting to absorb the spiritual energy inside the Crystal Cores.

Zhou Fan took out the Crystal Cores and quickly began absorbing them.

He drained all thirty Crystal Cores in no time.

As spiritual energy poured steadily into his body, Zhou Fan's cultivation finally broke through as well.

Second tier, 1 star!

"I reached second tier, 1 star this quickly? That seemed a little easy."

He had always thought reaching second tier, 1 star would take quite a while.

Yet he had broken through before he had even put in much effort.

There hadn't been any difficulty at all.

"My strength has increased quite a bit, though. My ninjutsu should have gotten stronger too." Zhou Fan clenched his fists, feeling the surging energy inside him.

The same ninjutsu would have different levels of power depending on the caster's cultivation.

Now that he had reached second tier, 1 star, all his ninjutsu would grow stronger as well.

"Fire Release, Water Release, Wood Release, Wind Release, and the Sharingan's Genjutsu."

"I guess that means I've mastered five different superpower systems now?"

"Oh, wait. If I count the Sharingan's perception toward Taijutsu, I should be able to compete with strength-type Espers. That makes six different superpower systems."

Zhou Fan felt like he was getting a little absurd.

Everyone else had one superpower system, or two at most.

But he possessed six superpower systems!

That was completely ridiculous!

But what could he do?

He was using cheats, after all.

Everything he had achieved today...

Was thanks to ninety percent effort.

And nine hundred and ten percent effort from the system!

Zhou Fan was still very self-aware.

As a cheater, if he performed about the same as other Espers in every respect, wouldn't that make his cheats pointless?

He didn't want to disgrace the transmigrators who had come before him.

A cheater needed to think like a cheater.

A cheater had to be badass!

"I've now reached second tier, 1 star, and I've mastered ninjutsu of several different attributes."

"With my current strength, I should be able to beat another Second Tier, 1 Star Esper within five exchanges."