Chapter 191: I

The back mountain plain.

The sky had completely darkened.

It was a despairing gloom.

It was the illusion of light being frozen solid by extreme cold.

"Thud!"

Fang Lei's knees buckled, and he crashed to the ground.

He pressed his hands hard against the earth, gasping for breath in deep, ragged gulps.

Not just him.

Li Xue and several other top senior students beside him had also bent forward at the waist.

Their faces were pale, their legs trembling, as if burdened by an invisible glacier.

They couldn't stand upright!

They simply couldn't stand upright!

They were all high-level mages specializing in ice.

Precisely because of this, before this terrifying pressure that felt like the arrival of an Ice Sovereign.

The elements within them were trembling and wailing in frenzy!

It was the instinctive submission of the inferior to the absolute superior!

It was reverence etched into the elemental genome!

"Old Zhang!"

Principal Guhe felt the terrifying aura in the heavens and earth, his face changed instantly, and he spun around to roar.

No need for Principal Guhe to say more.

Zhang Daoyuan slammed his shield down onto the ground.

Boom—!!!

A massive, semi-transparent, dark-gold barrier erupted instantly from the earth!

The same high-tier shield skill.

Like an inverted bowl, it sealed and protected everyone within.

At the same moment.

In Lin Mo's skill bar.

【【Earth Shield】shrunk into the corner: "Bro… why does it feel creepy? That woman outside… so strong! So terrifying!"】

【Fireball】had also, unusually, abandoned its arrogant demeanor.

【【Fireball''s voice carried a hint of Serious: "This aura… even I, the Grand One, feel a flicker of unease. What realm is this power from?"】

【【Lightning Strike'' also fell silent, Lei Guang flashing wildly.】

【【Ice Spike'' shed its Young Lady airs, radiating Seriousness, saying nothing.】

Lin Mo stood inside the barrier.

In his heart, the same storm of shock churned.

This is… a high-tier skill?

Even the haughty Elemental Spirits, before this power, had revealed such rare Seriousness!

Outside the barrier, now.

Han Xue's snow-white hair whipped wildly through the windless void.

The next instant.

Han Xue's entire body floated lightly into the air!

Under the high-tier domain, she had completely replaced the laws of this realm.

All ice elements in the air frantically lifted her, elevating her as the sole sovereign!

Han Xue hovered in midair, her eyes turned pure ice-blue.

She spread her arms.

"All arts—ice seal!"

Hum—!!!

An ice-blue ripple exploded outward from Han Xue in all directions!

In an instant.

The entire back mountain, except for Zhang Daoyuan's struggling barrier,

Was swallowed by a dead white radiance.

Lin Mo stared through the barrier, fixed on the scene outside.

Wherever his gaze fell,

Flowers, trees, soil, even dust floating in the air,

Had, in that moment, been stripped of their original properties and vitality!

At a glance,

The entire back mountain had become a lifeless, frozen wasteland.

…

In midair,

Han Xue's eyes flickered, and she suddenly swept her hand outward.

The ice-blue light in her eyes vanished instantly.

The terrifying oppressive pressure around them also vanished in an instant.

Han Xue floated lightly back down to the ground.

Inside the barrier.

Seeing this, Zhang Daoyuan let out a long sigh of relief and dispelled the dark golden barrier covered in frost cracks.

"Haa—!!!"

The moment the barrier was dispelled,

Fang Lei, Li Xue'er, and the others were like dying people breathing oxygen again.

They began to pant wildly, taking huge gasps.

"I'm... I'm alive..."

Fang Lei was soaked in cold sweat, his voice trembling.

Li Xue'er patted her chest, looking at Han Xue in the distance with a face full of lingering fear.

"So this is a Super-Class Skill..."

"It's too terrifying!"

"Just now, I even felt that if Han Laoshi had but a single thought, the ice element within my body would instantly freeze me into an ice sculpture!"

This was the first time in their lives they had witnessed the divine might of a Super-Class Skill at such close range.

That sense of despair was enough to destroy anyone's will to fight!

Lin Mo also gazed at Han Xue's back, his demeanor serious.

Inside the skill bar.

【'Earth Shield' wiped the cold sweat from its head: "Oh my goodness! Finally caught my breath! Scared the second brother out of me!"'】

【'Fireball' revealed unprecedented fervor in its eyes: "Just a Super-Class... and it's already this strong!"'】

【'Fireball' clenched its fists tightly: "This kind of power, this seat must possess! No, this seat absolutely refuses to stop here! Super-Class is not enough, this seat... must become a Forbidden Spell!!!"】

Looking at the spirited 'Fireball' in the skill bar,

the corner of Lin Mo's mouth curled up slightly.

He nodded silently in his heart.

"Not bad."

"Keep it up, Xiao Huo. Maintain this momentum, and you will definitely become a Forbidden Spell."

After comforting Fireball,

Lin Mo turned his gaze to the other side of the skill bar.

【'Ice Spear' had an extremely complex expression.】

【It looked at the back mountain outside the barrier, now turned into a silent ice domain, and pouted.】

【'Ice Spear' haughtily raised its chin: "Hmph... I didn't expect that old woman to be this strong..."】

【"This Young Lady admits she does have some skills, and is indeed qualified to barely be this Young Lady's subordinate."】

"..."

Hearing these words,

Lin Mo was completely speechless.

The corner of his eye twitched slightly.

Recruiting subordinates again?

So you, this fellow, are determined to be the boss, right?

Han Xue stepped forward to stand before Lin Mo.

Looking at Lin Mo, she explained:

"Lin Mo, I did not fully release the Super-Class Skill just now; I only demonstrated the first small segment."

"If I had continued releasing it, not just Jing University, but the entire capital city might have been in trouble."

Hearing these words,

Fang Lei and the others all sucked in a sharp breath of cold air in unison.

Didn't finish releasing it?!

Just that, and it wasn't finished?!

If it had been finished, the entire capital city would have been in trouble!

So this is the power of a Super-Class Skill...

Han Xue ignored everyone's shock.

She gazed at Lin Mo and asked: "How about it, Lin Mo? Do you... have any realizations?"

Everyone's gaze instantly fell upon Lin Mo.

Lin Mo's demeanor was serious.

He did not answer immediately, but silently asked in his heart:

"Xiao Bing, how is it?"

Inside the skill bar,

【'Ice Spear' closed its eyes, its tone unusually serious: "Master, I... will try."】

Hearing this response,

a trace of surprise flashed through Lin Mo's heart.

Hmm?

Aren't you supposed to say something like, "Leave it to me, Young Lady"?

What's with that answer?

It seems this transcendent-tier skill is a tough one even for the current Elemental Spirits.

Lin Mo took a deep breath.

He raised his head and met Han Xue's gaze.

"Han Laoshi."

"I'll... give it a try."