Chapter 170: To Turn Everything to Ash Is the Only Shortcut!

In the snowstorm,

All twenty members of the Dragon Order class stood frozen in place.

This was the first time they had ever seen a high-level skill and combo technique unleashed so close at hand.

"Holy shit…"

Wang Dawei swallowed hard, "Really… really killed it?"

"Hahaha! That's fucking awesome!"

Ye Kong snapped back to reality, his face alight with ecstatic joy:

"Class leader is legendary!!! This is our class leader's firepower!! To hell with mechanics! Before absolute firepower, mechanics is a joke!"

"Class Leader is invincible!!!"

Han Mengqing raised both hands high.

The entire team erupted in a deafening cheer.

Han Mengyao stared fixedly at the screen, at the number: 【Time: 12 seconds】.

Twelve seconds!

Remember, the previous Dragon Nation record required maximum output and the fastest sprint to all four corners to break the formation.

It took three minutes!

Now, the record has been shattered—dropped straight to twelve seconds!

The Yingguo record?

Just a joke.

Right now, Lin Mo's move leaves no room whatsoever for future generations…

Soon,

the ten-second countdown vanished in an instant.

【3, 2, 1!】

【Teleportation activated!】

Hum—

A flash of white light, and the twenty members of the Dragon Order class vanished from their spot.

…

When their vision cleared again,

they found themselves teleported onto a vast, empty plain of glacial ice.

The blizzard here was several times fiercer than in the first stage; visibility was under thirty meters.

The moment they landed,

Shhh-shhh-shhh—!

From deep within the swirling snow mist, pair after pair of crimson eyes flickered on, countless and dense.

Lin Mo glanced at his skill panel.

"Huh? All my skills' cooldowns just reset?"

"That's convenient."

"Class leader."

Han Mengyao spoke at breakneck speed:

"The second stage is a monster tide."

"There are two ways to clear it: first, kill every monster; second… the whole team sticks together and forces a breakout!"

"Cross the monster tide, reach the 'Frozen Altar' five kilometers away, solve the puzzle, and you pass."

"Understood."

Lin Mo waved his hand, no wasted words.

"Mengqing, apply the buffs! Use the one that draws aggro—we're wiping the whole mob!"

"Yes, Class Leader!"

Han Mengqing grinned with excitement.

A series of glowing rings instantly enveloped Lin Mo's entire body.

The next instant,

the buffs took effect.

Deep in the snow mist, ten thousand pairs of crimson eyes locked onto Lin Mo at once!

"ROOOOAR!!!!"

Ten thousand beasts surged in frenzy!

Countless snow wolves charged recklessly toward Lin Mo.

Not just snow wolves—deep in the blizzard, towering 【Frost Giants】 also joined the raging tide.

Watching this ocean of white surge toward them,

Han Mengyao felt her breath catch.

For any top-tier team attempting a speedrun of this dungeon,

wiping the entire mob was never an option.

For every speedrun team, the only optimal solution was to break through at all costs, rushing to the end to solve the complex puzzle as fast as possible.

But for Lin Mo, the Demon Lord…

Running five kilometers and solving a puzzle was pure waste of time.

Wiping every single monster was the only optimal solution!

"Let's get to work!"

Lin Mo roared.

"Kill!"

Ye Kong's eyes blazed as he charged straight ahead.

"Dimensional Slash!"

"Eat my shield!"

Wang Dawei slammed his massive shield into the ground.

A violent shockwave of earthy yellow erupted outward, sending the first dozen Frost Giants tumbling backward.

A torrent of attacks rained down upon the monster tide.

"Xiao Huo, Xiao Lei!"

Lin Mo's eyes gleamed with excitement.

Clearing mobs and wiping maps was the most satisfying thing in this world.

BOOM—!!!

The phantom shadows of the Flame Demon and Thunder Qilin suddenly appeared behind him.

At the same time,

the wings forged from flame burst open with a roar.

Terrifying heat swept outward in all directions.

It instantly vaporized the falling snow—and even the ice beneath Lin Mo's feet began melting visibly!

The next instant,

Lin Mo shot straight upward.

"ROOOOAR—!!!"

As Lin Mo, the absolute epicenter of aggro, rose into the air, the ten thousand enraged monsters below went berserk.

They completely ignored Ye Kong and the others, who were still unleashing furious attacks, and surged en masse toward the spot directly beneath Lin Mo.

Snow wolves climbed atop snow wolves; Frost Giants stood on each other's shoulders.

They piled higher and higher, desperate to reach the "sun" in the sky!

"Yes, yes, come on, all of you, come!"

Lin Mo drifted midair, constantly shifting position.

Like a shepherd, he gathered the scattered monsters into one massive circle.

"Perish!"

Lin Mo's eyes reflected the glow of lightning and flame.

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—!!!

The sky trembled.

Two clouds—one red, one black—formed instantly.

The next second,

countless massive meteorites, trailing long fiery tails, rained down into the heart of the monster tide!

Simultaneously,

thousands upon thousands of thick lightning columns bombarded every corner of the inferno without discrimination!

Thunder Chain Hell!

Flame Storm!

Flame Roar!

……

In the air, Lin Mo became a machine of pure destruction.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom——!!

The deafening chain of explosions stripped the world of all sound.

The saturation bombardment lasted over ten seconds!

The sky-wide fire clouds and lightning storms gradually faded.

When vision cleared once more.

Below, the once vast, despair-inducing wave of ten thousand demons…

Was gone.

Not a single one remained.

The once-flat snowplain had been violently carved into countless deep craters.

Zing—!

A golden column of light enveloped Lin Mo.

【Your level has risen to: Lv. 8!】

Bathed in the golden glow of leveling up.

Lin Mo stretched out with a sigh of relief, his flaming wind wings slowly retracting.

He landed steadily on the edge of the meteor crater.

Immediately after.

Prompts appeared on everyone's panels.

【Second checkpoint cleared!】

【Time taken: 32 seconds!】

【Countdown: ten seconds until teleportation to the third checkpoint.】

"Oh my god oh my god oh my god——"

Wang Dawei lost all composure, screaming in excitement:

"32 seconds! All those demons… Class Monitor, you're a god!! You're absolutely a god!!!"

Ye Kong was trembling with excitement.

His prized Dimensional Slash Combo hadn't even gotten a chance at the second wave—the monsters were all wiped out in an instant.

"Too brutal! So damn brutal!"

Ye Kong muttered incoherently.

Han Mengyao stood in place.

She gazed at Lin Mo not far away.

First checkpoint: 12 seconds.

Second checkpoint: 32 seconds.

These two checkpoints were the kind that top teams spent countless hours, obsessing over every detail, to compress into five or six minutes.

The Class Monitor had taken… 44 seconds!

She smiled.

Suddenly, she felt.

The so-called "earth-shattering records" of the Ying nation were laughable.

Finding a new way to break the mechanism? Finding a loophole to skip?

Ridiculous.

The most effective method is the simplest, most brutal one.

Turn everything within sight into ash!

This, was the only shortcut.