Chapter 155: Comprehension Achieved — Advanced Skill, Wall of Sighs!

Above the walls of the Braveheart Main City.

A full fourteen hundred second-year students all stared fixedly at the distant plains.

That lone figure, in their eyes, was being magnified without limit.

No army of thousands, only a single person standing alone.

Yet the terrifying pressure crashing toward them made many people's breathing grow heavy.

The palms gripping their weapons were drenched in cold sweat.

"Everyone, stay calm!"

Shen Jun stood at the very center of the wall and suddenly roared:

"No matter how strong Lin Mo is, he's still just one person in the end!"

"We have fourteen hundred people here! Over a thousand times his number!"

"Today, we hold the Braveheart Main City to the death — no one gets past!"

"All of you, focus your damn minds for me!"

"If today our front door gets smashed in by a single freshman riding solo, our cohort will never be able to hold our heads up at Jingda ever again!"

Shen Jun's furious roar forcibly steadied the collapsing morale on the wall.

"Brother Jun's right! Kill him!"

"Damn it, even if we have to stack skills on him, we can bury him alive!"

Everyone clenched their teeth.

Shen Jun glanced at the panel map before him.

On the map, the lone red dot representing Lin Mo was slowly approaching.

Less than five kilometers from their main city.

Shen Jun narrowed his eyes, staring at the human figure in the distance that was still barely a tiny black speck to the naked eye.

"Too far — at this distance, ranged skills can't reach him at all, and it's easy for him to dodge."

Shen Jun turned his head and issued orders to the various team leaders beside him:

"Pass down my command! Everyone prepare to attack, hold your skills in your hands, ready at any moment!"

"Once he enters the one-kilometer range, everyone — open fire with everything you've got!"

"Saturated fire coverage from fourteen hundred people — even if he's the rank-one standing on the heads of every SSS-rank prodigy out there, he'll be reduced to bare bones!"

"Yes, sir!"

……

Meanwhile.

On the plains roughly four kilometers from the Braveheart Main City.

Lin Mo was strolling along leisurely.

A gentle breeze caressed his face, his mood exceedingly pleasant.

【Virtue Bears All Things, Absolute Defense!】

【The true essence of earth is not the simple stacking of rock, but the perfect fusion of the earth's pulse with spatial structure, forming an impassable chasm!】

【Your skill 'Earth Shield Art' has reached 100% enlightenment progress!】

【Congratulations! Your skill 'Earth Shield Art' has successfully broken through the structural shackles of conventional defensive skills and glimpsed a corner of earth's true essence!】

【Your skill 'Earth Shield Art' has successfully derived an advanced earth-element skill — Wall of Sighs!】

A string of prompts appeared on the panel.

Lin Mo stopped walking, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

"It worked again?"

"Another advanced skill?"

Before he could examine the skill in detail.

【'Earth Shield Art' let out a deafening, wild laugh: Hahahaha! Second Brother has also made it! As expected of me!】

【'Earth Shield Art', eyes brimming with hot tears: I knew it! I'm no stupid rock! From today on, no one will ever hurt Master again! Big Brother, Third Brother, did you see? I'm advanced too!】

Facing his second brother's ecstatic joy.

'Fireball Art' unhurriedly swayed the flames on its body.

【'Fireball Art' clasped its hands behind its back and said with an air of world-weary authority: Hmph, under this seat's personal tutelage, it was only natural that you could comprehend the true essence of earth.】

【'Fireball Art' paused, then added: Of course, this can barely prove that you, Second Brother, aren't quite so stupid as to be beyond saving.】

【'Earth Shield Art' nodded frantically: Big Brother speaks the truth! It's all thanks to Big Brother's excellent teaching! Second Brother will never forget Big Brother's grace for the rest of his life!】

"Nicely done, Xiao Tu!"

Lin Mo praised him heartily in his mind: "I knew all along that you had incalculable potential hidden in your bones!"

【'Earth Shield Art', hearing its master's praise, immediately puffed out its chest: Master, rest assured! As long as Second Brother is here, from now on, no one will ever be able to touch a single hair on Master!】

Lin Mo smiled and nodded, then couldn't wait to check the details of the new skill.

【Wall of Sighs (Lv. 1): Draws earth elements from deep within the ground, raising a super-giant wall connected to the earth in front of the caster to withstand massive damage. The caster may freely alter the wall's structure and shape. Duration and defensive strength depend on the skill's current level and the wall's structure.】

【Cooldown: 10 minutes.】

"Hm?"

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow.

A super-giant wall connected to the earth?

Build a fortress out of it?

Now that's interesting.

Lin Mo rubbed his chin, thinking it over inside.

High-tier fire, high-tier lightning, and now even high-tier earth…

Good heavens, he's only level 27 himself right now!

If Teacher Xu found out about this, who knows what the old man would think?

Thinking of this.

Lin Mo slapped his forehead.

Almost forgot!

This freshman trial was being livestreamed to the entire school from start to finish.

Lin Mo raised his head and glanced at the azure sky.

Then let Teacher Xu, and all the seniors and senior sisters, see just what unreasonable firepower and defense he had.

Thinking of this,

Lin Mo's lips couldn't help but curl up.

He gathered his thoughts and cast his gaze toward the distance.

At the end of his line of sight, that magnificent Hero Main City was already clearly visible.

He could even faintly make out the dense, dark mass of people on the city wall, like a swarm of ants.

"Time to level up the new skills."

Lin Mo flipped his hand and pulled out the skill books he'd prepared long ago.

They were bought with the money Ye Kong and the others had lost.

"Little ones, dinner time!"

"If we don't max out the firepower today, how could we possibly live up to the warm welcome from those thousand-plus people on the other side?"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!

Several dozen skill books instantly transformed into streams of light and burrowed into the space between Lin Mo's brows.

【【World-Ending · Meteor Fire Fall】 level increased to Lv. 2!】

【【World-Ending · Meteor Fire Fall】 level increased to Lv. 15!】

【【World-Ending · Meteor Fire Fall】 level increased to Lv. 27!】

【【Wall of Sighs】 level increased to Lv. 2!】

【【Wall of Sighs】 level increased to Lv. 15!】

【【Wall of Sighs】 level increased to Lv. 27!】

……

In just a few short seconds, the pricey skill books turned to flying ash.

"Awesome!"

Lin Mo looked at the newly maxed-out skills, feeling thoroughly satisfied inside.

"This feeling of not being short on cash is really not bad."

……

Hero Main City, atop the city wall.

Shen Jun stared fixedly at the panel map, silently calculating the distance.

The fourteen hundred people on the city wall had all completed their spell-casting stances.

The archers had their bowstrings drawn to the full, arrows glinting with various colors of light.

At the tips of the mages' staffs, magic power gathered into dazzling multicolored orbs of light, nearly tinting the city wall a different color.

Everyone was waiting for Shen Jun's command.

Finally,

"He's here!"

Shen Jun suddenly raised his head, looking at the now clearly visible figure in the distance.

The longsword in his hand pointed straight ahead as he roared at the top of his lungs:

"Everyone! Attack for me!!"

"Fire!!!"