Chapter 15 : Chapter 15
Chapter 15: Enlightenment — Explosive Flame Spiral Dragon Shot!
“ROAR—”
Under that relentless bombardment, the unending force of impact made the Skeletal Knight feel a profound humiliation.
The two clusters of purple soul fire in its eyes swept past the others and locked onto Lin Mo.
It had already realized that among the vermin before it, only this young man was a real threat.
As long as it killed him, that maddening blaze would disappear.
“This is bad!”
Xia Qingyue suddenly rushed in front of Lin Mo, a trace of grim resolve flashing through her eyes.
She was the captain.
She was the person in charge of this mission.
She had taken the Lin family’s money.
Even if she had to die, she could not let her employer die before she did.
Xia Qingyue whipped her head around. That originally cold and breathtaking face of hers was now covered in dust.
“Young Master Lin, run! I’ll hold it back even if it costs me my life!”
The moment she finished speaking, a broad figure stepped in front of Lin Mo as well.
Holding up his shield, Wang Meng turned and shouted, “Young Master Lin, I’ll hold it off. Run!”
Looking at these two teammates, who seemed ready to march to a heroic death, Lin Mo let out a helpless sigh.
He lifted a foot and kicked Wang Meng in the rear.
“Are you two insane?”
Lin Mo looked at them as though they were fools.
“Run? Run where?”
“Hide somewhere and wait until we starve to death?”
Xia Qingyue froze, completely caught off guard by his sudden scolding.
Lin Mo’s gaze sharpened slightly as he looked toward the arrogant Skeletal Knight.
“We kill it and walk straight out of here. If one strike can’t break its shield, then ten will. A hundred will. We kill it!”
Hearing that, Xia Qingyue went slightly still.
That was right...
Other than fighting, there was no path left!
Even dying on the charge was better than cowering in a corner and waiting for death like a coward!
“Young Master Lin is right!”
Zhang Kai, who had been sprawled weakly on the ground, scrambled over on hands and knees.
Even though his legs were still shaking, a hysterical ferocity shone in his eyes.
“Damn it! We’re dead either way! Let’s fight it to the end!”
“Young Master Lin, just tell us how to fight, and we’ll do it your way!”
Wang Meng tightened his grip on the shield again and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
“We listen to Young Master Lin! Kill it!”
Not far away, the Skeletal Knight slowly lowered its body. The skeletal warhorse beneath it kept pawing at the ground, sending sparks flying.
Ghostly blue ghostflame burned wildly across its body.
Lin Mo looked at the group, whose fighting spirit had been rekindled, and the corner of his mouth lifted slightly.
At the same time, inside his mind, Little Fireball also sensed the atmosphere of the final battle.
【“Fireball” is in an extremely anxious state.】
【It knows that if it wants to pierce that layer of defense, it must draw all the flames back in.】
【It is desperately trying to compress the massive amount of fire element toward the center, attempting to condense it into a single point.】
【But the fire element is far too violent! The moment it applies even a little too much pressure, they scatter outward and explode. They simply cannot stabilize into shape!】
“Are you stupid? Just make it spin.”
“When the speed of rotation reaches its limit, all that energy will be locked firmly in the center. It won’t disperse anymore.”
“Ultimate rotation brings ultimate penetration. Get it?”
Lin Mo could not help offering a few pointers.
In his mind, the Little Fireball that had been roaring in fury suddenly fell silent.
【“Fireball”: Ro...tate?】
【A flash of insight suddenly streaks through its nonexistent brain.】
【“Fireball” is deducing a new elemental configuration...】
【“Fireball” exults wildly: Hahahaha! Genius! I’m a damn genius!】
【Congratulations! “Fireball” has independently deduced and evolved an advanced skill—Explosive Flame Spiral Dragon Shot (Beginner), dealing massive fire-attribute damage to a single target. Cooldown: 30 seconds!】
Watching Little Fireball comprehend a new skill just like that, Lin Mo still could not help feeling astonished.
“Rotation” sounded simple, but in actual practice, it was incredibly difficult.
Fire element was already the most violent of elements. To make it spin at high speed while under extreme compression was harder than reaching the heavens.
At the slightest mistake, the internal structure of the elements would collapse and backfire, exploding directly in the caster’s hand.
Only a freak like Little Fireball—one with independent consciousness and an almost monstrous level of control over fire element—could take a single sentence of guidance from him and instantly accomplish something that should have been impossible even in theory.
“Since you’ve learned it, then let’s test it.”
Unhurried, Lin Mo slowly raised his right hand and shaped it like a pistol, pointing straight at the Skeletal Knight.
A slight smile curved his lips.
“Watch closely, campus belle Xia.”
“A mage needs more than AOE. He also needs a vicious killing move that ends it in one strike.”
Hearing that, Xia Qingyue stared blankly for a moment.
A vicious killing move? One-hit kill?
The others also looked at Lin Mo in disbelief.
Could it be that this Young Master Lin... had comprehended another new skill?
Were skills really something that came whenever one wanted them?
Before the group could react—
HUM—!
A blazing fireball condensed at Lin Mo’s fingertip.
The next second, that massive fireball began to tremble violently, then spin like mad!
WHOOOOSH—!
The surrounding air was instantly sucked dry, forming a visible vortex.
Under the combined force of centrifugal and centripetal pressure from the high-speed rotation, the fireball began shrinking at a rate visible to the naked eye.
From the size of a fist...
To the size of a ping-pong ball...
As its volume shrank, the color of the flame underwent a qualitative transformation as well.
From its original orange-red, it gradually deepened into a dark, heavy crimson.
It was only a tiny point of flame, yet the terrifying energy contained within it distorted the surrounding space like rippling water.
The violent airflow rolled back in reverse, whipping Lin Mo’s mage’s robe until it snapped loudly, his hair flying wildly.
At that moment, Little Fireball’s roar overlapped with Lin Mo’s voice:
【“Fireball”: Break... for me!!!】
“Break... for me!!!”
As Lin Mo curled his finger in the air—
That dark crimson point of light, compressed to the absolute limit, shot out with a shrill sonic boom!
The flames, grinding against the air through sheer rotational speed, dragged behind them a terrifying spiraling tail of fire!
Where it passed, the bluestone floor tiles shattered inch by inch, torn into the air by the violent gale.
BOOM—!!!
The earthshaking explosion nearly burst everyone’s eardrums.
The entire hall seemed to tremble from that single strike.
A dark crimson stream of fire instantly pierced through the Skeletal Knight’s purple shield!
The shield exploded into fragments and dissolved into points of starlight.
And the Skeletal Knight itself was blasted dozens of meters away by that overwhelming explosive force, smashing viciously into the Bone Throne behind it and kicking up a sky full of dust and debris!
“It... it shattered?”
Zhang Kai stared at the scene before him in utter disbelief.
That indestructible purple shield had completely vanished. All that remained was the searing heat still lingering in the air.
Xia Qingyue and the others stood frozen on the spot as well.
One hit.
It had really taken only one hit!
And it had been a direct frontal clash, forcefully breaking the entire shield by concentrating everything into a single point!
What kind of heaven-defying existence was this young master of the Lin family?
Just as everyone was still reeling in disbelief—
“What are you standing around for?”
Lin Mo blew on his slightly overheated fingertip, then glanced at the others. His gaze sharpened several degrees.
“While he’s down, finish him! Move!”