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So this is how you 'unify the three realms'!"
Black Cat stood on the witch's arm and pointed downward with a claw. She lowered her head and was astonished to see a trail of clear, glowing footprints resting in the grid woven from fine threads of law, stretching into the distance.
She froze for a moment.
Then realization struck.
She immediately turned to look behind her.
Sure enough, another trail of evenly spaced footprints stretched from the distance to her feet.
"Do you know why Ancient Ones are the most powerful wizards in the world?"
Black Cat's voice sounded beside her ear again. After a pause, he added, "I mean, in the present world, the most powerful wizards are Ancient Ones."
He had to exclude the old man.
Jiang Yu hesitated for a few seconds, then shook her head.
The subject was too broad. She felt she could hardly explain it clearly in a few words.
But Black Cat apparently disagreed. Swishing his tail nonchalantly, he raised a claw and waved it in front of her. "—Because they're ancient. For wizards, the older they are, the stronger they are."
That sounded like a useless statement.
Yet Jiang Yu remained very patient, because she knew this cat loved keeping people in suspense—or rather, his true self had always had that nasty habit.
"—Likewise, many ancient spells are simple, but extremely powerful."
Black Cat changed tack, his tail tip abruptly turning downward to jab twice. "For example, magic for 'marking' territory. Wild beasts leave their scent by urinating or rubbing their fur against trees to mark their territory—"
The witch interrupted him with a wooden expression. "Enough. I know what you're trying to say—next time, you can just tell me that my footprints mark my territory."
"The footprints of your 'spiritual