99: Ancient Snap

One day and one night.

The galaxy outside the virtual window had already completed an entire cycle.

Inside the suite, Lin Yu's movements were so fast that only an afterimage remained.

Imprint, copy, amplify, release.

He compressed these four actions into an incredibly short amount of time.

He hadn't closed his eyes, hadn't rested for a second.

Waves of mental fatigue surged over him, only to be forcefully suppressed by the mental stabilizer he unhesitatingly gulped down.

Piles of medicine bottles had already formed a small sea of blue glass at his feet.

During this time, the side door leading to the adjacent room slid open twice.

Lin Yao peeked in, each time only seeing her brother's back, focused to the point of near madness, and the medicine bottles scattered across the floor.

She didn't make a sound to disturb him.

She just watched silently.

The first time, she saw Lin Yu's bare upper body, with its fluid and powerful muscle lines, and a figure even more upright than before.

His skin had also become smooth, and his whole being exuded a healthy vitality.

Her small face flushed instantly.

It seemed her brother hadn't skipped out on aesthetic services either.

But what followed was a deep sense of shame.

What had she been thinking before?

Her brother was clearly working desperately in a way she couldn't understand.

Lin Yao didn't quite understand, but she saw it clearly.

Her brother was fighting for something.

She quietly retreated.

The second time she returned, her small face was filled with determination.

Seeing her brother still 'cultivating' frantically, she wasn't worried; instead, she felt infused with a powerful motivation.

If someone as amazing as her brother was working so hard...

What reason did she have to be complacent, having awakened a Mythical-grade profession?

She retreated to her room again, closed the door, and immersed herself in researching her own profession, Omniscient Sage.

Lin Yu, meanwhile, was oblivious to all of this.

In his world, there were only cards and the goal he was about to achieve.

Ten thousand cycles!

Ten billion proficiency!

When the last set of Multiplication Cards merged into the core of the Exquisite Finger Snap card.

Lin Yu activated it.

No release.

He just quietly watched the card complete its final qualitative change in his hand.

Snap.

A soft sound.

The card transformed into pure white light particles, merging into his body.

It's done!

Lin Yu immediately pulled up his attribute panel.

Exquisite Finger Snap (Red · Mythical)

Proficiency: MAX

The information on the panel was shockingly simple.

The color was still red.

There were no new rank annotations after it.

Eye of Analysis!

With a thought, the data stream of the entire world unfolded before his eyes again.

He looked at his attribute panel once more.

This time.

Below the crimson text of Exquisite Finger Snap.

A line of ancient gray runes, an annotation hidden by the world's rules, clearly appeared.

Skill Rank: Primordial.

Ability: All things can be a finger snap, all laws can enter a finger snap.

Primordial!

This is it!

Lin Yu's spirit was invigorated.

However, the description of the new ability plunged him into contemplation once again.

All things can be a finger snap, all laws can enter a finger snap.

What does this mean?

A cryptic statement?

In the instant he was puzzled, an unimaginably vast torrent of information, without warning, rushed into his mind!

That wasn't knowledge.

That was "Dao."

Regarding the act of "finger snapping" itself, from the physical to the conceptual level, from a mortal's crisp snap to a deity's rhythm of annihilating stars... everything transformed into his instinct.

He understood.

He understood completely.

The so-called Exquisite Finger Snap was no longer a mere "skill."

It had become a "vessel."

An absolute "container" that could hold any other skill!

Countless uses instantly flashed through Lin Yu's mind.

Forbidden spells that required lengthy incantations.

Secret arts that required complex hand seals.

Ultimate killing moves that required charging up and preparation.

In front of the Primordial Finger Snap, all would be reduced to a simple action.

To put it simply, skills could be stored within the finger snap, and when needed, a single finger snap could directly release the stored skill!

Snap.

Instant cast!

A terrifying ability capable of overturning the entire combat system of professional practitioners!

However, Lin Yu's ecstasy lasted less than three seconds before being quickly replaced by extreme calm.

In this world, there is no true "absolute."

So-called "any" or "disregard" often comes with a long list of hidden restrictions.

Energy suppression.

Mental power limit.

Law conflicts.

Any one of these could turn this seemingly heaven-defying ability into a flashy but impractical empty shell.

Just like his own Ghost Card Amplification Cycle.

Theoretically, he could possess Multiplication Cards infinitely.

And cycle infinitely.

But in reality, the maximum number of Multiplication Cards he could hold was limited by his mental power, and each cycle, each amplification, frantically consumed his mental power.

If not for the infinite supply of mental stabilizers, he would have been drained into a husk long ago.

What was the limit of this Primordial Finger Snap?

What level of skills could it store?

To what extent could it ignore energy suppression?

What would happen if a level one novice attempted to instantly cast a forbidden spell, "Doomsday Judgment," with a finger snap?

Would the skill fail to release?

Or would he himself be exploded by the immense energy first?

Countless questions arose in his mind.

He needed an answer.

A definite answer that could serve as the cornerstone of his future path.

However, to his surprise.

The very next second after he posed the question.

That answer automatically, clearly, surfaced in the depths of his consciousness.

As if it were a truth he was born knowing.

"No restrictions."

That's right.

Truly, without restrictions.

It doesn't follow the conservation of energy.

It disregards mental limits.

It doesn't care about law conflicts.

It is merely a pure "concept," an absolute "rule."

If it says it can store, then it can store.

If it says it can be cast instantly, then it can be cast instantly.

A level one novice, as long as he learns Exquisite Finger Snap and possesses a forbidden spell skill.

He can.

Snap.

Unleash a genuine forbidden spell capable of destroying a city.

Lin Yu froze completely.

This is what Primordial means?

But this was not entirely without limits.

The information stream of the "Primordial" rule that poured into his mind, after demonstrating its absolute dominance, also revealed its sole shackles.

It wasn't aimed at skill levels.

Nor was it aimed at energy intensity.

The restriction came from the finger snap itself.

Currently, the Primordial Finger Snap could only store one finger snap, which meant one skill.

One.

Lin Yu's surging ambition was immediately doused with cold water by this number.

Being able to store only one instantly greatly reduced its practicality.