Chapter 192: Never Seen Anyone Get Stuck on Spiritual Power

Han Xue stared at Lin Mo and nodded.

"Fine, but remember this."

"Right now, you only need to focus on comprehension and deduction. If you feel there's no problem and you can pull it off, tell me immediately."

"We'll move somewhere safe to try."

"Otherwise, if a transcendent-tier skill is fully unleashed here, the consequences would be unthinkable."

Lin Mo nodded heavily.

"Understood."

Then, in his heart, he solemnly instructed the Ice Cone Art:

"Little Ice, you heard what Han Laoshi said, right?"

"Hold back for me!"

"If you feel there's no problem and you can do it, tell me right away. Absolutely no messing around, got it?!"

【'Ice Cone Art' nodded seriously: "Don't worry, Master. This much restraint, I, this young lady, still understand."】

Having received Little Ice's reply.

Lin Mo also turned to face the plains ahead.

Seeing this, the surrounding crowd retreated dozens of meters back in perfect tacit understanding.

Until they reached a relatively safe distance.

Fang Lei stared at that thin, solitary figure in the distance, muttering.

"It's coming, it's coming… Lin the Great Demon King, you have to succeed!"

Li Xue'er beside him also sighed: "My heavens, first day touching the ice element, and going straight for a transcendent-tier skill…"

A wave of despair spread among them.

Though they weren't the monsters of Long Xu Ban, they were still the pride of Jingda, the pride who had defeated countless peers in the college entrance exam.

Who among them hadn't, for the sake of comprehending a single skill, frantically comprehended, deduced, failed, then comprehended again…

Yet on Lin Mo, all those middle steps had been skipped entirely.

On merely the first day, he had reached out toward the throne that every mage dreamed of—that unattainable Mage God Throne!

The crowd didn't even dare to breathe, staring fixedly at Lin Mo.

One minute…

Two minutes…

Three minutes passed.

In the air, a faint ripple began to appear.

Immediately after,

Hum—!

An incomparably pure, extreme-cold aura surged out from around Lin Mo, radiating a sovereign pressure that towered above all living things.

Fang Lei couldn't help but begin to tremble.

"Here it comes again! That feeling again!"

Not just him.

Li Xue'er and the others also stared fixedly at Lin Mo in the distance.

As if they saw another young Ice Sovereign awakening!

Xu Wenchang's eyes suddenly went wide:

"He… touched it? Touched the transcendent-tier threshold?"

Han Xue bit hard on her red lips, even forgetting to breathe.

Could it really work?!

First day touching the ice element, and he could really skip past high-tier, straight into the Mage God domain?!

Just when everyone thought a miracle was about to descend once more.

That extreme-cold ice mist spread outward less than ten meters before instantly shattering and dissipating into the air.

Clearly,

It had failed.

Lin Mo frowned slightly.

On the panel, lines of prompts appeared.

【Your skill 'Ice Cone Art' has successfully touched the ice-element laws one step further, but limited by your current level and spiritual power, it cannot bear the descent of the laws. Comprehension failed.】

Lin Mo looked at the prompt.

So what it means is, his own hardware still isn't enough?

In the skill column.

【'Ice Cone Art' let out a dejected sigh, looking helplessly at Lin Mo: "It won't work, Master…"】

【"I think I probably, maybe, eighty percent know how to do it, but… my spiritual power just isn't enough. I simply can't do it."】

Listening to Little Ice's words.

Lin Mo looked at his own hands and chuckled softly.

It seemed his guess was right.

Spiritual power… could basically be equated with one's own level.

As his level grew, the spiritual power of the elements within him would grow in sync.

In other words, his current level still wasn't enough to support the spiritual power required for a transcendent-tier skill.

Still, Lin Mo's mindset was quite calm.

It was passable, he supposed.

After all, he was now a four-element Archmage.

And an eighteen-year-old four-element Archmage at that, with two special skills at his command.

That lineup was already monstrous enough, enough to make him the unrivaled genius of his age group worldwide.

A meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, right?

……

Meanwhile,

Han Xue and the others in the distance quickly walked up.

"Lin Mo…"

Han Xue looked at him, a trace of nervousness in her eyes.

Lin Mo gave a wry smile and said frankly:

"Han Laoshi, I've let you all down."

"I did grasp some of the ice-element laws, but it seems… my body couldn't withstand the descent of that law."

Hearing Lin Mo's explanation,

Han Xue felt relieved as well.

The faint ripple Lin Mo had just emitted with a raised hand had nearly made her think he was about to succeed again.

Han Xue gave a soft laugh.

"It's fine."

"The teacher was just too impatient."

Principal Guhe beside her nodded as well and picked up the thread:

"That's only normal."

"To master a super-tier skill, meeting the spiritual-force standard is one part; the other is elemental control."

"Put it this way — the fastest anyone in history has ever mastered a super-tier skill and crossed the threshold of a Law God was at level 80 or above."

Lin Mo rubbed his chin and asked curiously:

"Then Principal… how many levels do you think I'll need before I hit the minimum threshold to cast a super-tier skill?"

"That…"

Principal Guhe was stumped.

The bigwigs exchanged glances.

No one could answer that question.

Principal Guhe gave a wry smile and shook his head.

"To tell the truth…"

"When it comes to grasping a super-tier skill, I've never heard of anyone being stuck on the 'spiritual force' threshold."

"Everyone's main bottleneck is elemental control."

"So…"

Principal Guhe looked at Lin Mo and said helplessly:

"As for exactly how many levels are needed to meet the minimum spiritual-force threshold for a super-tier skill… no one knows."

"Because there's never been a freak like you who could pull elemental control up to Law-God level at just level 30!"

"Maybe level 50? Or level 60?"

"In any case, I don't think it'll be far off."

Hearing Principal Guhe's explanation,

Xu Wenchang beside him burst into laughter, clapped Lin Mo on the shoulder, and teased:

"Hey! Why fuss over that!"

"Who needs any super-tier skill!"

"With Lin Mo's current strength as a four-element Archmage, the entire same generation — those Ghost God Troupe guys from Ying Nation, the Adams family prodigies from the Beautiful Nation, and that whole bunch from Tianzhu Nation — tied together wouldn't be enough for Lin Mo to handle!"

Hearing this, everyone laughed knowingly as well.

"True enough."

"Lin Mo this kid is already way above the mark!"

After the laughter faded,

Han Xue looked at Lin Mo and said softly:

"Since we've confirmed that the super-tier skill is still limited by level for now and can't be grasped,"

"let me first teach you the other two high-tier skills I know."

Lin Mo nodded upon hearing this.

"No problem, Han Laoshi."

Since the super-tier couldn't be learned,

he might as well learn a few more high-tier skills.

Han Xue's expression grew solemn.

"Watch closely from here on."

"This first high-tier skill is called… Bitter Winter · Frozen Throne!"

As the words fell.

Han Xue slammed one hand down violently.

Boom!

Violent ice elements instantly gathered across the plain.

From the once-flat earth, countless pillars of solid ice erupted madly.

In the blink of an eye.

A magnificent throne dozens of meters tall took shape with a thunderous roar.

Immediately after.

Around the throne, countless frosts began to condense madly.

One towering humanoid frost soldier after another erupted from the ground!

They gripped sharp frost spears in their hands, like death-sworn guards of the throne, radiating an aura of ultimate killing intent.

The next second.

An extreme-cold domain instantly spread outward from the throne as its center.

Any enemy who stepped into the domain.

Would not only be drastically slowed in an instant.

But would also suffer the relentless focused fire and frenzied slaughter of this massive frost army!

Skill release complete.

Han Xue turned her head to look at Lin Mo.

"How was it?"

She asked softly.

Lin Mo said nothing.

In his heart, he asked lightly:

"Little Ice, how was it?"

In the skill bar.

'Ice Cone Technique' had regained its tsundere queen demeanor.

【'Ice Cone Technique' hands on hips: "Super-tier is still beyond this Young Lady for now, but this little high-tier skill—watch this Young Lady handle it with ease!"】

At the same time,

'Earth Shield Technique' also reacted.

【'Earth Shield Technique' shouted loudly: "Bu Hao! Big Bro! This newcomer is about to learn another high-tier skill! It's going to step all over us old-timers!"】