Chapter 98: Let You See the Gap With Your Own Eyes

Over a hundred Refining Stones surrounded the Great Sumeru Ring. The Great Sumeru Ring was as busy as Tom the Cat blowing a trumpet.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Every time the sound of a Refining Stone shattering due to a failed refinement rang out, Ye Lin's heart would ache.

It couldn't be, right?

They couldn't all fail, right?

Ye Lin felt that his current mood was just like when playing *Teamfight Tactics* and missing one piece for a three-star five-cost unit; every time he refined, his heart would jump.

Ten, fifty, one hundred... seeing that they were truly about to all fail, Ye Lin's face turned green.

One thousand Refining Stones, and only one star refined—even a veteran 'non-chief' would look at him with pity and hand him a cigarette.

Just when Ye Lin thought it was all over, the last two Refining Stones seemed to feel the despair in Ye Lin's heart.

Their light was more brilliant and dazzling than any previous Refining Stone, charging straight toward the Great Sumeru Ring.

Following their descent, the Great Sumeru Ring's vibration became increasingly violent, as if a powerful force was awakening within it.

As the Great Sumeru Ring's luster flowed, mysterious runes seemed to be dancing.

Suddenly, a dazzling light burst forth from the Great Sumeru Ring, and it burst forth twice in succession!

"Ah? Ah... ah!"

Ye Lin was completely dumbfounded. He picked up the Great Sumeru Ring to look and only then discovered that the Great Sumeru Ring had successfully been refined to three stars! The mental power bonus had also reached a staggering 160%!

Ye Lin was overjoyed. He hadn't expected that he would actually succeed in smuggling through at the very last moment!

Sure enough, going all-in is indeed a form of wisdom!

At level 25, his base mental power was 750 points, and adding the Great Sumeru Ring, the staff, and a series of other equipment, his mental power reached 3225 points.

If he were to open Burning Reincarnation again...

6450 points!

This terrifying value made even Ye Lin himself unable to help but gasp.

A fiery look flashed in the depths of his eyes. If he were to go all out now, he feared no one under level 50 would be his match!

If he relied on his Undying Body, like when dealing with Kensen back then, and forcibly engaged in a war of attrition, he wouldn't have no chance of killing a level 60 job-changer.

However, he also had to worry about encountering those job-changers who were skilled in containment and sealing skills. If the other party didn't want to kill him but only wanted to seal him, then his Undying Body would be equivalent to losing its effect.

"However, there should be that kind of self-detonation forbidden spell."

Ye Lin took out all the skill scrolls he had obtained from the Qingcheng Job-Changer Guild and carefully picked out all the skills that had the potential to evolve into a self-detonation forbidden spell.

Afterward, he studied them one by one.

If he could find a self-detonation forbidden spell, then he wouldn't have to fear sealing, imprisonment, or freezing. At worst, he could just detonate himself directly.

After Ye Lin tried them one by one, he finally found a suitable skill.

【Star Shield: The mage uses their own mental power to draw starlight into their body, forming a starlight shield outside the body.】

【Professional Talent 'Ultimate Sublimation' activated; Star Shield has been strengthened into Heavenly Star Explosion.】

【Forbidden Spell - Heavenly Star Explosion: The Forbidden Spell Master burns their soul, drawing the power of the heavens' stars into their body. When the star power reaches the maximum capacity the Forbidden Spell Master's body can hold, it detonates completely.】

Faint starlight began to gather around Ye Lin. These starlight rays gradually converged to form chains of stars, connecting to Ye Lin's body.

Ye Lin could clearly feel that a terrifying and violent star power was continuously pouring into his body.

A few seconds later, Ye Lin's entire person seemed to have turned into a brilliant star, and his whole body swelled up like a balloon. Under the illumination of the starlight, one could even see the trajectory of blood flowing beneath his nearly transparent skin.

Ye Lin hurriedly stopped casting Star Shield. If he continued, he would truly explode on the spot.

"From starting to cast to exploding, it takes about five seconds." With this forbidden spell, Ye Lin felt a sense of relief in his heart.

In this way, if he happened to run into an enemy who wanted to seal him at the Gate of Apocalypse, or if Student Zhuge Qianxing wanted to seal him, he could detonate himself on the spot.

The Shining Necklace, the three-star strengthened Great Sumeru Ring, and the tens of thousands of bundles of skill scrolls in his storage space—these things were his confidence for playing at the Gate of Apocalypse!

Ye Lin let out a long breath. Next, it was time to go out and wander around under the identity of Ye Lin to build up some presence. That way, if he obtained any good things under the identity of Ling Ye at the Gate of Apocalypse, no one would suspect him.

Ye Lin took off the Illusion Mask, changed into a set of clothes, and prepared to head to the Ji family.

In the entire Qingcheng, besides Student Zhuge Qianxing, the only people he was still somewhat familiar with were Father Ji and Ji Lingyu.

Ye Lin was slightly stunned. He hadn't expected to see Student Zhuge Ni with her back to him as soon as he opened the door to the courtyard.

Today's Student Zhuge Ni was completely different from usual. She wore a white, slim-fitting long dress, the hem of which fluttered gently with the breeze, like a swaying, graceful flower on a high ridge.

Her black hair draped over her back like a waterfall, and her fair, delicate skin was faintly visible under the moonlight, reflecting and shining.

Hearing movement behind her, Student Zhuge Ni turned around very happily, her beautiful eyes filled with joy and excitement.

She had clearly dressed up carefully for a long time, and even the makeup on her face was just right, making her already extremely exquisite face look even more heart-stirring.

Student Zhuge Ni firmly believed that Ling Ye was so cold to her definitely because she had been too disheveled the first two times they met. She wanted to use actual actions to make Ling Ye change his view of her!

"Good evening, Ling Ye. What a coincidence, are you also out for some air?"

Student Zhuge Ni turned around somewhat shyly, but after seeing clearly who was behind her, Student Zhuge Ni's expression instantly froze on her face.

"Why is it you?!"

Student Zhuge Ni didn't hide the disgust and loathing on her face at all. Looking at Ye Lin was like looking at some hopeless trash.

"What are you, a fame-stealing scoundrel, still doing at my house? Didn't my dad tell you? I've already found Ling Ye! He is ten thousand times better than you! My dad is already going to take him as an apprentice. Why are you still shamelessly hanging around here?"

"Coming back to pack my things, leaving right now."

Ye Lin couldn't be bothered to argue with Student Zhuge Ni and headed straight to leave.

"Wait!"

But Ye Lin wanted to leave, yet Student Zhuge Ni was unhappy instead, reaching out to block him.

She had always loathed Ye Lin to the extreme. She had dressed up carefully for two hours, and Ling Ye hadn't seen it, but Ye Lin had seen it first. Student Zhuge Ni was currently filled with anger, and she said aggressively.

"I said back then that I would definitely find the real Ling Ye and tear off your hypocritical mask! The two of you—one is the bright moon in the sky, the other is the rotten mud on the ground. There is simply no comparison!"

"You actually still have the face to impersonate him. Now that Ling Ye has been found, I will let you see with your own eyes right now just how big the gap is between you and Ling Ye!" ===== CHAPTER 99 =====