Xia Qingyue stood in place, looking at Lin Mo, unable to hold back her words:
"Young Master Lin... that skill just now, it's the Fire Mage's low-tier skill 'Multiple Explosive Fireballs,' right?"
Lin Mo tossed the last pine nut into his mouth, brushed off the residue on his hands, and nodded:
"Yeah, it is."
"This skill involves the techniques of elemental splitting and secondary detonation."
Xia Qingyue's gaze was complicated. She took a deep breath and couldn't help but ask tentatively:
"Young Master Lin... if I may ask, how many skill books did you consume to learn this move?"
In Xia Qingyue's view, a Basic Mage without Elemental Affinity learning advanced elemental skills was as difficult as reaching the heavens.
Even for a Fire Mage with specialization, learning a new skill typically required consuming a certain number of skill books to aid comprehension.
So, this Young Master Lin probably consumed dozens, if not hundreds, of them?
Is this the foundation of a wealthy family?
It's known that skill books are extremely expensive, even a single low-tier skill book starts at six figures in Dragon Nation Currency.
Before Lin Mo could answer, Xia Qingyue added, "Young Master Lin, if you don't want to answer, just pretend I didn't ask, I..."
"Skill books?"
Lin Mo scratched his head, looking bewildered, "Those things... I've never seen them."
"?"
Xia Qingyue was stunned.
Never... never seen them?
"You mean... you didn't use any skill books?"
"Yeah."
Lin Mo shrugged as if it were obvious, "Isn't it just splitting and then exploding again? Is it that hard?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Mo's skill panel began to shake violently.
["Fireball" couldn't take it anymore: Is it hard? It's not hard for me! I was the one who fought tooth and nail on the grassland last night to comprehend it! What were you doing? You were sleeping!]
["Fireball" looked disdainful: Pretending will get you struck by lightning! Shameless! Stealing my hard work, doesn't your conscience hurt?]
Lin Mo remained expressionless, only replying silently in his heart:
"Shut up. Do you still want to eat tonight's stir-fried Crimson Flame Fire Dragon?"
["Fireball" instantly went silent.]
[Status Update: Enduring Humiliation (Damage +100%)]
Seeing the Fireball quiet down, Lin Mo felt a wave of satisfaction.
He had to admit, occasionally showing off felt pretty good.
Xia Qingyue opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found she didn't know what to say.
Self-comprehension, even for those with S-level Elemental Affinity in magic professions, was extremely difficult.
Yet this Young Master Lin, as a Basic Mage, had comprehended it on the second day of his job change, no... judging by the proficiency of his release, he likely comprehended it on the first day.
Such talent, terrifying!
"Absolutely talent! Undoubtedly top-tier talent!"
Zhang Kai suddenly jumped up beside her. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
He was so excited his face turned red and his neck thickened, loudly analyzing:
"Captain, think about it, if it was learned by throwing skill books at it, even an S-level affinity Fire Mage could only split 3 to 5 fireballs at most at the beginning!"
Zhang Kai pointed to the dense scorch marks on the ground, "But Young Master Lin just now split fifteen! Fifteen!"
"What does this mean? It means Young Master Lin's understanding of this skill has reached the realm of Great Perfection! This is an effect that skill books simply can't achieve!"
"This is clearly an unprecedented, unrivaled supreme invincible super magic genius! Compared to Young Master Lin, those so-called S-level affinities should just go home and raise pigs!"
Hearing Zhang Kai's words, Xia Qingyue felt a bit ashamed.
If S-level affinities should go home and raise pigs, then what about her A-level affinity? Go home and play with mud?
Meanwhile, Wang Meng and Liu Weiwei, after hearing this analysis, also seemed to awaken from a dream, looking at Lin Mo as if he were a walking deity.
"......"
Lin Mo felt his scalp tingle from all the extravagant flattery.
He had to admit, Zhang Kai was a competent lackey.
"Ahem... alright, alright."
Lin Mo waved his hand a bit embarrassedly, interrupting Zhang Kai's spellcasting:
"Keep it low-key, low-key."
"It's not that exaggerated, just lucky. Let's hurry up, the sooner we clear it, the sooner we can go back to sleep."
Xia Qingyue also snapped out of her shock, glancing at Lin Mo with even more respect in her eyes.
Not only was he extraordinarily talented, but also so humble and low-key, only wanting to sleep...
This was the true demeanor of a master.
"Everyone listen to Young Master Lin, move forward!"
Xia Qingyue quickly ordered, "Maintain formation, since Young Master Lin is going all out, let's advance at full speed!"
...
Meanwhile, outside the dungeon on the rocky beach.
Ye Hongyu leaned against the car hood, with five or six cigarette butts scattered at her feet.
The faint red glowed intermittently in the darkness.
"Half an hour..."
Ye Hongyu raised her wrist to check the time, her brows slightly furrowed.
Although she had confidence in Lin Mo's miraculous micro-control, it was still a Hard Dungeon, and even an elite team would have barely cleared the outer area in half an hour.
She took a deep drag from her cigarette, preparing to blow out a smoke ring.
Suddenly.
Buzz—!
A vibration came from the ground.
Immediately, an extremely oppressive, evil aura enveloped the entire rocky beach.
Ye Hongyu's face changed dramatically, she quickly looked up at the spatial rift.
The dungeon entrance, originally emitting a mysterious purple glow, was now surging with an impenetrable darkness.
Like a demon's eye from hell, slowly opening.
"This... this is..."
Ye Hongyu's pupils contracted.
For the first time, her usually calm and cold face showed a look of terror.
"Abyssal Corruption?!"
"How is this possible..."
As an experienced soldier, Ye Hongyu knew all too well what this scene meant.
In this world, dungeons are divided into two types.
One is the fixed dungeons, stable and safe.
The other is the temporary dungeon spaces opened by "Random Dungeon Scrolls."
And these temporary dungeons have an extremely low probability of being corrupted by the abyssal aura from another dimension, causing mutations.
How low is this probability?
One in 100,000! Or even lower!
Jianghai City hadn't seen a case of "dungeon abyssal corruption" in eight years!
"Damn, the young master is in trouble..."
Ye Hongyu's fingers trembled as she extinguished the cigarette butt, turned around, and pulled out her phone, dialing Lin Tianhao's number.
In an abyssal-corrupted dungeon, if the monsters only grew stronger, there was still a sliver of hope.
But the most terrifying part is, in a normal dungeon, as long as you crush the "Return Scroll" you carry, you can forcibly exit the dungeon and save your life.
This was her biggest assurance in letting Lin Mo enter, because she had given him several [Return Scrolls] while in the car.
But...
Once the dungeon undergoes abyssal corruption, the Return Scrolls become ineffective.
To survive, there's only one way, and that's to slay the final boss and complete the dungeon.
"Beep—beep—"
After just two rings, the call connected.
"Hello? Hongyu, has Mo'er cleared it? That's pretty quick..."
Lin Tianhao's hearty laughter came through the receiver.
"Commander! There's been an incident!"
Ye Hongyu spoke rapidly:
"The dungeon the young master is in... has undergone abyssal corruption!"
"What did you say?!"
On the other end, there was the sound of a teacup shattering, followed by Lin Tianhao's shout, "Wait there, I'm coming over immediately!"