Chapter 180: Steady as a Pro!

Lin Mo held ten skill books, feeling a bit awkward.

These skill books held no benefit for him in terms of comprehension.

Their only use was to grind proficiency and level up the skill.

Whatever.

Free resources worth several million — turning them down would be foolish.

"Thank you, Instructor Han."

Lin Mo politely expressed his thanks.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, he used them directly.

【Prompt: You have consumed 10 Beginner Skill Books!】

【Your skill 'Ice Cone' has greatly increased in proficiency!】

【Your skill 'Ice Cone' has leveled up to Lv. 30!】

Han Xue watched Lin Mo absorb the skill books, a flicker of anticipation in her eyes.

"How does it feel?"

Lin Mo looked at Han Xue and smiled slightly:

"Instructor Han, I feel pretty good — it should be fine."

"It's fine already?"

Han Xue was stunned for a moment.

Li Xue'er and the others not far away sucked in a sharp breath.

"It's fine just like that?"

Fang Lei's eyes went wide as he turned to look at Li Xue'er:

"Xue'er, how long did it take you to comprehend Ice Burst back then?"

Li Xue'er thought for a moment, then held up five fingers:

"Five days."

Fang Lei said with a bitter smile, "That's still pretty good — I took seven days back then."

"Wasn't that the case for everyone? It took Lin Mo less than a minute, and he's already fine?"

"I can accept that he grasped freezing water into ice instantly, but Ice Burst is a beginner-tier offensive skill — he really succeeded again?"

"I don't believe it! That's just too outrageous!"

Li Xue'er spoke up:

"Enough, we'll know once we watch."

Everyone held their breath.

Pair after pair of eyes stared fixedly at Lin Mo.

They both hoped to witness a miracle, yet felt it was simply too absurd.

……

Han Xue gazed at Lin Mo and said calmly:

"Fine, then give it a try."

Lin Mo heard this and nodded.

Then he turned around to face the wooden post.

Lin Mo raised his right hand toward the wooden post.

"Little Ice."

【'Ice Cone' replied excitedly: Here I come, here I come!】

Hum—!

A wave of extreme cold descended in an instant.

Almost at the same instant he raised his hand.

A layer of thick blue ice instantly formed on that wooden post!

The freezing was so fast that even the moisture in the air didn't have time to react, directly turning into a skyful of ice shards.

Immediately after.

Lin Mo's gaze sharpened as his right hand made a grasping motion in the air.

"Burst."

BOOM——!!

A tremendous roar exploded instantly.

The wooden post violently rocked from the blast.

The same wandless casting!

Success on the first try!

At the same time.

Prompt after prompt popped up on Lin Mo's panel.

【Your skill 'Ice Cone' has been inspired, and has independently deduced and successfully comprehended an ice-element beginner skill — Ice Burst!】

【Ice Burst (Lv. 1): Instantly freeze the target, inflicting a frozen effect, then detonate the frost to deal ice-element damage. Cooldown: 5 seconds.】

"Not bad."

Lin Mo gave a small nod of approval in his heart.

Strong crowd control plus burst damage, and the cooldown is short too.

Pity it's only a low-tier skill.

【The 'Ice Spike' technique conjured two tiny ice-crystal hands, cupping its own cheeks.】

【The 'Ice Spike' technique spoke in a coquettish tone: Master, Master, wasn't my explosion just now beautiful? Wasn't it awesome?】

"Awesome, awesome!"

Lin Mo was equally generous with his praise.

Yet, the moment his words fell.

【The 'Ice Spike' technique acted coy, complaining pitifully: Master... maybe you should be a bit more fierce. I still prefer the way you were just now, that arrogant, domineering way of cursing people...】

"..."

Lin Mo was stunned for a moment.

"Get the hell out!"

【A crimson flush rose again across the 'Ice Spike' technique's ice-blue body.】

【The 'Ice Spike' technique emitted a sound of enjoyment: Mmm... so fierce... so lovely... I'm rolling out right now...】

【The 'Fireball' technique gagged frantically: Ugh! That's way too disgusting! This Seat can't take it! Third Brother, quick, strike her down with lightning!】

【The 'Lightning Strike' technique coldly agreed: Agreed. Suggest execution.】

【The 'Earth Shield' technique cowered in the corner, covering its eyes: Can't bear to look, simply can't bear to look... Second Brother is no longer clean...】

Facing the disdain from the other three skills.

【The 'Ice Spike' technique instantly switched to a cold, queenly demeanor, sneering: Shut up, you bunch of fools who don't know how to enjoy Master's grace.】

"..."

Lin Mo was completely speechless.

Let it all be destroyed, quickly.

Meanwhile,

inside the villa's backyard.

The senior fourth-year students all stared blankly at that wooden stake.

"Holy crap... you really learn it just by taking one look?"

"This is ghostly! This is a low-tier skill! Doesn't it require any comprehension at all, learning it slowly with a growth trajectory?"

"Ah! Why is that!"

Everyone at this moment felt their worldview collapsing.

Even Han Xue, at this moment, had her pupils suddenly contract.

She looked at Lin Mo as if looking at a monster.

"He really... did it."

Han Xue murmured to herself.

She had thought Lin Mo's talent would be high.

She had even prepared herself mentally for Lin Mo to learn it within an hour.

But she never expected.

It wouldn't even take an hour; he learned it instantly just by looking?

"Lin Mo."

Han Xue took a deep breath, "Your talent is not only above theirs, but far above mine as well!"

"I thought your talent was high, but I didn't expect it to be high to this extent."

Facing Han Xue's such straightforward praise.

Lin Mo, on the contrary, scratched his head somewhat shyly.

"Han Laoshi, you flatter me."

"Actually, it's nothing. I just followed my feeling and tried it casually; I didn't expect it to succeed."

What "following my feeling."

Lin Mo sighed inwardly.

Inside his heart, after all, dwells the true Spirit of the Elements.

For such a small skill, isn't it just learned at a glance?

Han Xue looked at Lin Mo, her relief in her eyes almost overflowing.

"Good!"

"Since you have mastered the Ice Explosion technique, let's strike while the iron is hot!"

"Learn the next skill directly!"

"This skill is an advanced variant of the Ice Explosion technique; it is also a low-tier skill, named 【Extreme Cold Chain Explosion】!"

Han Xue's expression became serious:

"Although it is also a low-tier skill, the difficulty of this move will increase geometrically!"

"The Ice Explosion technique only compresses and detonates at a single point."

"Whereas the Extreme Cold Chain Explosion must, in an instant, create multiple extreme ice-element compression points around the target, forming a chain of sympathetic explosions!"

"This requires extremely terrifying elemental micro-control ability!"

Listening to Han Xue's serious explanation.

Lin Mo remained as steady as an old dog.

He asked inwardly:

"Xiao Bing, did you hear that? This continuous ice explosion—do you have any ideas?"

【Ice Cone Art】 shot Han Xue an impatient glance, her tone full of disdain: This woman is so noisy, spouting a whole bunch of nonsense.

【Ice Cone Art】 turned her head and said coquettishly to Lin Mo: Master, isn't it just setting up a few more points and blowing them up together?

【Ice Cone Art】 brimming with confidence: Seems super simple, anyone with hands can do it. Master, just leave it to me and rest easy!

Hearing Xiao Bing sound so confident.

Lin Mo gave a small nod inwardly.

"That's good then."

As long as his little brother pulls his weight, he, as the big brother, only needs to play it cool.