Chapter 173: The Rewards You Deserve, Not a Single One Will Be Missed!

Kyoto University, Team Fuben Central Plaza.

Less than two minutes had passed since Lin Mo and the others entered the 【Dragon-Burying Snowfield】 Team Fuben.

The senior students on the plaza were still arguing about exactly how the people of Ying had cracked that mechanism.

Just then.

A third-year male student suddenly rubbed his eyes and looked up at the space rift.

He froze for a moment, then suddenly shouted:

"Holy crap!! Look over there!!!"

"The record! The Team Fuben record board... it changed!!"

Hearing this, everyone turned to look.

"What? The record changed? Are you pulling an international joke on us?"

"Yeah, hasn't it been less than two minutes?"

"..."

Before everyone could finish speaking.

The students present fell into a deathly silence, as if they had rehearsed it beforehand.

【Dragon-Burying Snowfield (Hell Grade), Clearing Team: Long Xu Ban (Lin Mo, Ye Kong, Han Mengyao, Chu Lingxuan, Wang Dawei...)】

【Final Clearing Time: 01 minute 50 seconds!】

【Message: 15 minutes 45 seconds? That record is truly boring. Were you all sitting the month in there? My grandmother pushing a wheelchair is faster than you guys fighting — Long Xu Ban, Lin Mo】

"Sss—"

After the silence came a synchronized sound of sharp intakes of breath.

"Am I blind or haven't I woken up? Why does it look like they cleared it in less than two minutes?"

"..."You're not blind; it really was 1 minute 50 seconds."

"Damn, damn, damn! Is this a score a human could possibly achieve? I don't even have enough time to cook a bowl of instant noodles!"

"Crazy! This world is absolutely crazy! The Ying little devils took 15 minutes 45 seconds, and we just smashed it down to 1 minute 50 seconds?"

In the crowd, the second-year die-hard female fan who had previously loudly defended Lin Mo was now flushed with excitement.

She jumped up and down on the spot in excitement:

"See! See!! I told you!"

"As long as the Great Demon King Lin Mo steps up, there's absolutely no problem!"

The people around her had completely lost the mood to refute her by now.

The glasses-wearing male student who had confidently analyzed the mechanism as insurmountable earlier hadn't even noticed his glasses sliding down to the tip of his nose.

"This... how is this possible?"

The glasses-wearing male student muttered to himself, "Less than two minutes... if it were me, I wouldn't have even finished the first stage..."

Someone asked with a trembling voice:

"Could it be... that the monsters in the Team Fuben saw the Great Demon King Lin Mo enter and were so scared they collectively slit their throats and committed suicide?"

Someone nearby immediately joked with a bitter smile:

"Brother, what you're saying is... that our Great Demon King Lin Mo actually comes from the Abyss?"

Although it was a joke.

At this moment, quite a few people actually started thinking along this line of reasoning.

Otherwise, there would be no way to explain this record that was absurd to the extreme!

"Stop talking nonsense!"

A senior student took a deep breath and analyzed:

"There's no such thing as monsters committing suicide! There's only one possibility!"

"That is, they power-fought their way through! Completely ignoring all mechanisms!"

The senior student looked around, his eyes full of awe:

"Don't forget, Big Shot Lin Mo wields the Thunder and Fire dual-element special skills, plus three high-tier skills; he's a monster!"

"At this level, high-tier skills are an existence that represents dimensional reduction strikes!"

Hearing this analysis.

Everyone finally realized the truth.

So, this dimensional reduction strike works on monsters too?

Not knowing this was normal.

After all, no one had ever used high-tier skills against monsters of the same level at this level before.

"Hahaha! Well done! If those Ying little devils see this message, they'll probably be so angry they'll commit seppuku on the spot!"

The Team Fuben Center was once again drowned in wild cheers.

At this moment, everyone was once again subdued by Lin Mo's unparalleled might!

Meanwhile.

Not far away.

Xu Wenchang and Principal Guhe were also staring fixedly at the newly refreshed record above the space rift.

"Less than two minutes..."

Xu Wenchang murmured unconsciously:

"1 minute 50 seconds... Principal, it... it really was achieved by that kid Lin Mo..."

Although Principal Guhe maintained the dignity befitting a principal on the surface,

his slightly trembling big hands had already betrayed the unrest within his heart.

Hearing Xu Wenchang's muttering,

Principal Guhe took a deep breath, then suddenly chuckled lightly.

"Hahahaha… indeed!"

"I think I understand now — this kid is the very synonym for miracles. You never know what kind of surprise he'll bring you next."

"Our Dragon Nation has truly picked up a treasure this time! No — picked up a god!"

Xu Wenchang also burst into laughter along with him:

"Who says otherwise!"

Just as the two were conversing,

the spatial rift began to ripple.

Rings of spatial ripples spread outward.

"Alright, enough sighing."

Principal Guhe straightened his lapels, a smile hanging on his face:

"The kids are coming out. Let's go, Old Xu — let's go welcome the great heroes of our Dragon Nation."

"You got it!"

……

Hum—!

The spatial rift suddenly expanded.

Lin Mo's tall, straight figure stepped out first.

Immediately after,

the remaining nineteen members of Long Xu Ban walked out one by one from within.

Every single face was brimming with excitement and fervor.

"Big shot Lin Mo is awesome!!"

"Long Xu Ban is invincible!!"

"Show our nation's might!! Crush those Ying Nation devils!!"

The instant Lin Mo appeared,

the Team Fuben center erupted with wave after wave of thunderous cheers.

Listening to the deafening cheers by his ear,

Lin Mo merely smiled faintly, his gaze passing through the crowd and landing on Principal Guhe and Xu Wenchang walking toward him.

"Principal, Teacher Xu."

Lin Mo nodded slightly in greeting.

Principal Guhe strode forward and slapped Lin Mo on the shoulder:

"Good! Good! Good!"

"One minute fifty seconds! Lin Mo, you all did a beautiful job!"

"This battle of yours has won back the face of our Dragon Nation!"

Xu Wenchang, too, was glowing with pride, giving a thumbs-up:

"Good kid, that's really something! Ignoring the mechanics and going straight for the kill — in this whole world, probably only you alone could pull that off!"

"You've vented a good measure of our Dragon Nation's pent-up frustration!"

Facing the two big shots' unstinting praise,

Lin Mo said modestly:

"Sigh, it's mainly because those Ying Nation little devils were just too weak."

"……"

The moment these words came out,

Principal Guhe and Xu Wenchang were both stunned.

Good kid,

you're really putting on the humble act now!

You have to know, this new record from Ying Nation broke a record our Dragon Nation hadn't broken in fifty years!

And in your mouth, they're just too weak?

Only you, this demon king, would dare say something like that!

"Hahahaha! You kid…"

Principal Guhe pointed at Lin Mo, laughing and scolding: "Your act of showing off is exactly the same as Lin Tianhao's…"

Hearing this, everyone burst out laughing too.

Just at this moment,

Han Mengqing squeezed forward:

"Um… Principal Grandpa!"

She rubbed her hands together and said with a grin:

"Look, our big shot Lin Mo led us and did such a huge thing for Dragon Nation — slapped the Ying Nation people's faces till they swelled."

"So… shouldn't the school up top give us some kind of substantial reward as a show of appreciation?"

Hearing this little money-grubber's words,

Han Mengyao stood to the side, covering her forehead in helpless exasperation, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Principal Guhe, however, upon hearing this, broke into a hearty, dismissive laugh:

"That, I absolutely must have!"

He swept his gaze around the room, his eyes landing on Lin Mo.

"Lin Mo, to be honest with you, I just made a trip to the Tianshu Prefecture and reported your matter exactly as it happened."

"The Five Elders have already decided that within the next few days, they will personally receive you."

"When the time comes, the rewards that belong to you — the nation will absolutely not short you by a single cent."