Chapter 276: Forgot I Was a Top-Tier Mage After Years of Melee Combat

Ye Lin stretched his body, the smile on his face filled with "kindness."

"I've played with divine artifacts for so long that I almost forgot I'm still a Forbidden Spellcaster."

Feng Tianyu and the other four were stunned on the spot; they looked at each other, seemingly unable to believe what their ears had heard.

A Forbidden Spellcaster?

That profession known as the shortest-lived, one that never survives past 25 and is always sickly—a Forbidden Spellcaster?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Feng Tianyu burst into loud laughter.

"A profession like a Forbidden Spellcaster could never control a power-attribute divine artifact; otherwise, what would be the point of professional classification? Stop trying to deceive the public with your nonsense! I see right through you—you're just trying to scare us! Everyone, don't be afraid, don't let him intimidate you!"

"That's right! A Forbidden Spellcaster couldn't possibly have such strong physical fitness; we all know very well how much forbidden spells damage the body!"

"I think he's just trying to stall for time, waiting for the duration of Yang Jie's Nine-Seal Domain skill to end so he can retrieve the divine artifact!"

"It must be that!"

Zhou Zhouyang and the others also expressed their skepticism one after another.

Facing their questioning, Ye Lin smiled without a word. Of course, a normal Forbidden Spellcaster couldn't control a power-attribute divine artifact, but a Forbidden Spellcaster with an Origin Ancient Artifact was a different story.

He had no intention of explaining to Feng Tianyu and the others, instead raising his hand directly.

Preaching is useless; broken bones are the best textbook.

"Forbidden Spell—World-Extinguishing Wild Thunder!"

Rumble!

The previously clear sky was covered in dark clouds the very next second. Ye Lin clearly felt that the thunder elements permeating the air seemed to have been collectively enraged at this moment, crazily converging toward his location.

The flashing silver-white thunder light illuminated the terrified and incredulous faces of Feng Tianyu and his group.

"Impossible... this is impossible... how could this be..."

Feng Tianyu no longer had his initial unruly and arrogant demeanor; he muttered to himself, appearing as if he had gone mad.

The next second, the brilliant thunder instantly engulfed the five of them!

The terrifying fluctuations brought about by the thunder-type forbidden spell also caught the attention of others within the Mountain-Sea Secret Realm.

"Such terrifying thunder-type fluctuations. Did Xie Zhanxin make a move? Aside from him, there shouldn't be any stronger thunder-type professionals in this Mountain-Sea Secret Realm."

Jiang Wenya raised her head with a solemn expression; behind her, an army composed of magical beasts had already gathered!

"Huh? That Ye Lin ran into Xie Zhanxin so quickly? Judging by these fluctuations, Xie Zhanxin must be going all out! Incredible, to be able to push Xie Zhanxin to this extent? I have to go watch the show!"

Ji Tianxuan raised an eyebrow, then set off in the direction of Ye Lin.

"Young Lady, Xie Zhanxin seems to be in a fierce battle with someone," the people from the Zhuge family reported to Zhuge Yi.

"Ignore it. It's more important that we make good use of the Mountain-Sea Secret Realm to improve our strength," Zhuge Yi shook her head.

Meanwhile, Xie Zhanxin himself was completely baffled and couldn't make heads or tails of it.

"Such terrifying power. This person's control over thunder-type skills is not at all inferior to mine. Since when has the Great Xia produced a thunder-type genius of my age?"

Xie Zhanxin was completely perplexed. He clearly remembered that his thunder arts were already invincible among his peers.

Ever since entering the Mountain-Sea Secret Realm, he had been leveling up while searching for Ye Lin, but he hadn't found Ye Lin yet, and now a thunder-type genius had popped up first?

"Let's go, let's take a look!"

Xie Zhanxin also brought his people and rushed toward this side.

The ground cracked into fissures under the violent power of the thunder, scorched black everywhere, and even the surrounding trees were turned into charcoal, emitting wisps of blue smoke.

Feng Tianyu and the other four lay on the ground, completely merged with the scorched earth; if one didn't say anything, no one would be able to recognize that these were five people.

Ye Lin dragged the light priest, Xiao Rou, from the Supreme Academy up by her collar.

"Not dead, are you?"

"No... no..."

As soon as Xiao Rou opened her mouth, white smoke puffed out.

"Very good. Heal your teammates, quickly," Ye Lin urged.

"Ah?!" Xiao Rou was stunned. Ye Lin had beaten them to the brink of death, and now he wanted her to heal her teammates?

"Not going to heal them?" Ye Lin raised an eyebrow.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

Xiao Rou was so terrified that her voice became distorted. She nodded repeatedly and hurriedly released a skill to heal Feng Tianyu and the others. Due to Ye Lin holding back, Xiao Rou was the least injured of the five, while the other four had already fallen unconscious.

The five men with rolls of fat who were hung on the nearby tree were already scared silly. Before the fight started, they never imagined that Ye Lin could win, let alone that he would win so easily.

The five men with rolls of fat were currently very glad that they hadn't defected to Feng Tianyu's side, but had chosen to be fence-sitters instead.

After being stunned for a moment, the man with rolls of fat hurriedly shouted.

"Student Ye Lin, well done! I've long found these people from the Supreme Academy an eyesore! They even tied us to a tree and wouldn't let us continue helping you find other Mountain-Sea Seals. They are truly heinous!"

Ye Lin turned his head to look at him, revealing a kind smile.

"Is that so?"

Ye Lin moved to let the five men with rolls of fat down. Listening to their sycophantic flattery behind him, Ye Lin then handed each of them a dagger.

"Since they are so heinous, you five go over there and each stab them once."

"Me?!"

The man with rolls of fat pointed at himself, his expression as incredulous as a cartoon character.

"What? You don't want to? Then everything you just said was a lie to me, right?" A dangerous glint flashed in the depths of Ye Lin's eyes.

"No, no, no, no! How would I dare to lie to you!"

The man with rolls of fat shook his head like a rattle-drum.

Afterward, he and his teammates took the knives and walked toward Feng Tianyu and the others with great trepidation.

Feng Tianyu and his group had already regained consciousness under Xiao Rou's healing, though they remained extremely weak.

"Do it, what are you waiting for?"

Listening to Ye Lin's cold voice and seeing the murderous glares from Feng Tianyu and the others, the man with rolls of fat gritted his teeth, a ruthless look appearing in his eyes.

"Better them than me! Screw you!"

Stab!

The man with rolls of fat thrust his knife into Feng Tianyu, creating a blood hole that went straight through, and blood immediately began to gush out.

Seeing the man with rolls of fat take the lead, the others followed suit, stabbing the people from the Supreme Academy one knife after another.

The originally scorched earth was instantly stained a dark red by the blood. Fortunately, with Xiao Rou, the light priest, there to heal them, their wounds soon healed again.

"Continue, don't stop. Every stab must be in a different spot," Ye Lin urged.

Xiao Rou's face turned deathly pale. She finally understood what Ye Lin meant by having her heal Feng Tianyu and the others; this was clearly torture!

Although the man with rolls of fat and his group were afraid, they had no choice but to comply. After all, stabbing others was, in any case, better than being stabbed themselves.

They brandished their knives, continuously leaving blood holes on Feng Tianyu and the others, while the wounds on Feng Tianyu's group were quickly healed by Xiao Rou again.

To prevent Xiao Rou from exhausting her energy halfway, Ye Lin even thoughtfully gave her items to replenish her mana.

At first, Feng Tianyu and the others could grit their teeth and endure it, but as time went on, they couldn't help but wail and beg for mercy in agony.

This feeling of having fatal wounds constantly appearing and being constantly healed was like an endless cycle. Beyond the physical torment, the mental torture was enough to drive anyone insane.

Ye Lin slowly squatted in front of Feng Tianyu and said with a chuckle.

"Didn't you say that people from my Great Xia Academy are like dogs? I'll give you a chance now: if you bark like a dog three times, I'll let you and your teammates go. How about it?"

Feng Tianyu's face flushed a deep red, clearly unable to bear such humiliation.

But listening to his teammates' screams, he ultimately gritted his teeth and compromised.

"If I do it, you must let them go!" Feng Tianyu's eyes were filled with suppressed rage.

"I can do that. I stake my own head on it!" Ye Lin nodded earnestly.

Feng Tianyu took a deep breath, building up his mental fortitude internally.

A real man knows when to bend and when to stretch; as long as there are green hills, one needn't worry about firewood. As long as he could leave alive today, there would be opportunities for revenge in the future. If he were to be tortured into insanity today, or if Ye Lin were to fly into a rage and kill them all, then everything would truly be over.

Thinking of this, Feng Tianyu finally made up his mind.

"Woof..."

"Woof!"

"Woof~"