Chapter 201: The Desert Divine Temple

Beijing University, Team Fuben Center.

"It's all your fault!"

"You insisted on grinding those little monsters one more time!"

Li Xue gave Fang Lei an irritated glare beside her.

They had just fought their way through the crowd to the very front from outside.

Then they looked up.

And saw Lin Mo's Long Xu Ban vanish into the Team Fuben rift.

Hearing Li Xue's complaint, Fang Lei smiled helplessly and scratched his head:

"Aw… we just got carried away."

"Besides,"

Fang Lei muttered under his breath:

"Lin Mo's so strong, a tiny team Fuben—what difference does one or two of us make?"

At these words,

Li Xue rolled her eyes.

"You don't get it!"

She planted her hands on her hips and retorted firmly:

"Lin Mo is our most precious junior right now!"

"Han Laoshi said we upperclassmen must attend to Lin Mo in every possible way!"

"Giving him a personal pep talk before entering the Fuben? That's a crucial part of emotional care—do you understand?!"

After this barrage of scolding from Li Xue,

Fang Lei had no fight left.

He raised both hands in surrender:

"Fine, fine, it's my fault, okay?!"

"Next time the Big Boss enters a Fuben, I'll show up half an hour early to secure a spot—better?"

Their argument

drew the attention of many nearby students.

Everyone instantly recognized them as Han Xue's direct fourth-year disciples.

They quickly gathered around, eyes gleaming.

"Senior! Senior!"

A second-year male student blurted out eagerly:

"Weren't you guys at the back mountain this morning?"

"We heard Han Laoshi even unleashed a super-tier skill!"

The student grew more excited:

"Senior, spill the beans for us!"

"How far has Lin Mo the Big Boss gotten? Did he really master a super-tier skill on his first day with ice?"

When this question was asked,

all the surrounding students turned their gazes sharply toward Li Xue.

Facing the crowd's ravenous, eager stares,

Li Xue straightened her back.

A powerful sense of pride and superiority welled up inside her.

It was the unique, lofty superiority of someone who had witnessed the Big Boss's training firsthand.

"Ahem."

Li Xue cleared her throat:

"Super-tier skill? Do you think super-tier skills are cabbage? So easy to learn?"

Hearing this, everyone exhaled in unison.

"Phew… scared the hell out of me."

"Yeah, I knew it—no matter how insane he is, he can't be a spell god at level 30…"

Yet,

before they could fully relax,

Li Xue slowly delivered the rest:

"Actually, it's not that big a deal—he didn't master the super-tier skill just because his level's too low, his mental energy hardware can't meet the super-tier requirement."

"Han Laoshi said Lin Mo has already touched the threshold of the super-tier."

"…."

"???"

"What the hell?"

The surrounding students burst into exclamations.

What does "touched the super-tier threshold" even mean? What's this "mental energy hardware" nonsense? Why can't I understand?

"But…"

Li Xue scanned the crowd:

"Even though he didn't learn the super-tier skill, he picked up plenty of high-tier ones—four high-tier skills in just one morning."

"Hiss..."

"And every single one was perfectly replicated after just a single glance."

"Hiss..."

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you."

"Among these four high-tier skills, there is one that he saw Han Laoshi's mid-tier skill, found its power too weak, and improved and created on the spot right then and there."

"Hiss..."

Li Xue's lips curled up slightly, and a sense of pride arose spontaneously:

"Now, junior Lin Mo, plus the skills he already knew before, possesses a full seven high-tier skills."

"Hiss—!!!"

A sound of collective gasping for air rang out in unison.

"Holy crap! Seven high-tier skills?!"

"Did I hear that right? My mentor only holds two high-tier skills!"

"Two is already good, brother!"

"My mentor has only ever known one high-tier skill up to now; usually, it's a treasure, and so far, he's only ever used it once..."

Just at this moment,

a male student raised a question:

"Since the Great Demon King is so strong now."

"Do you think this time we can, just like yesterday, smash the record into under two minutes?"

Upon hearing these words, the crowd fell silent for a moment.

Immediately after,

a male student who seemed quite familiar with the Team Fuben mechanics shook his head.

"Impossible."

"Breaking the record of the Ying Kingdom Ghosts is definitely a piece of cake, after all, seven high-tier skills are right there."

"But..."

"To break into under two minutes is very difficult."

"The second stage of this Team Fuben has a roll call mechanism; if luck is bad and the Great Demon King gets called, then no matter what, it won't finish within two minutes."

Hearing this analysis,

many students around also nodded in agreement one after another.

Indeed.

With this mechanism, if luck is bad, it is truly unsolvable.

Li Xue glanced at that male student, crossed her arms, raised her chin slightly, and snorted:

"Don't worry, two minutes? For the Great Demon King, it's too simple."

Upon hearing this, that male student's face was full of defiance:

"Senior, the mechanism is right there; to speed-run this Team Fuben, it truly depends on luck..."

Li Xue did not bother to refute.

She just smiled:

"Just wait and see."

Inside the 【Mad Sand Temple】 Team Fuben.

A flash of light.

Twenty figures descended upon a desolate ruin.

"Pah pah pah!"

As soon as they landed, Han Mengqing quickly covered his mouth and nose with his hand, spitting out the sand in his mouth repeatedly.

"What a broken place! Why is the wind so strong!"

Everyone looked out.

Here was an endless expanse of sky-high yellow sand.

In their ears roared the howl of the wild wind.

Wherever the gaze reached, there were only broken walls and ruins.

Huge stone pillar ruins were half-buried in the sand dunes, exuding an ancient and desolate air of deathly silence.

At the same time,

a series of prompts appeared on everyone's panels.

【You have entered Team Fuben: Mad Sand Temple (Hell Level)】

【Team Fuben Level Restriction: Lv. 25-Lv. 35】

【Current Team Fuben Participants: 20/20】

【Prompt: After everyone clicks 'Ready', a ten-second countdown will begin, officially starting the strategy timer and activating the first checkpoint.】

【Good luck to everyone!】

Wang Dawei's face was full of excitement:

"Haha! The monitor is going to carry us to fly again, so awesome!"

Ye Kong was also rubbing his fists, with a fervent battle intent flashing in his eyes. "Monitor, I am ready at any time; tell me how to fight."

Lin Mo glanced at everyone, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

Although this group's strength was far weaker than his.

That was purely because he was far too overpowered.

Fortunately, this group was quite sensible, knowing that to cling to a thigh, one must provide the thigh with good emotional value.

Han Mengyao looked at Lin Mo and reached out to tidy the hair strands blown messy by the wind and sand.

"Class monitor, with you in the first trial, there's nothing special; just treat it as an endless tide of monsters."

"Everyone just needs to wait for the countdown to end, unleash full firepower, and clear all the monsters visible within their field of view."

"Is that so..."

Lin Mo nodded, then glanced at the others:

"Does everyone understand?"

"Understood!"

The crowd answered in unison.

Lin Mo nodded and said calmly:

"Since there are no more issues, then everyone prepare."

With the order given.

【Everyone is ready!】

【Countdown begins: 10, 9...】