Awakening an esper ability did not mean you automatically mastered the skills of that element.
But anyone could manage the most basic applications.
For example, with the Fire element's Fireball, all you had to do was gather your esper energy in your hand. But something a little more advanced, like Flame Explosion, required you to figure it out yourself.
Chen Luo tried gathering his time esper ability in his hand to see what would happen.
But he was baffled. Nothing happened, and he did not feel any of his esper energy being consumed.
How could this be?
Back then, when Chen Luo had used Time Acceleration, he had not even known how he had done it, nor had he dared to keep experimenting.
Chen Luo cursed inwardly. Do I have to be on the verge of death to figure it out?
He began carefully recalling what he had felt and seen when he first used Time Acceleration.
At the time, he had shouted inwardly, Mutant, go die! Hurry up and drop dead!
He had wanted the mutant to reach the end of its lifespan and drop dead on the spot.
And that had triggered Time Acceleration.
Chen Luo wondered, Could the time esper ability be controlled with thought rather than the body?
That seemed to be the case. When the other time esper ability user, Jiang Chuxue, had frozen him in time, he had not seen her make any movements.
Time Stop came without warning, could neither be resisted nor blocked, and could even freeze esper energy.
Back then, Chen Luo had felt as though he had seen a ghost. He could not understand it.
Time had neither form nor substance. It could not be seen or touched. He could not control it with his body; he had to use