Chapter 225: Who Dares Feel Sorry for Lin Mo?

"Formless Grand Void Beast?"

Lin Tianhao heard the name, and his brow arched.

He gazed from afar at the little fox in the corner, white beyond belief.

His eyes were full of doubt.

"Elder Nie, that doesn't add up?"

"When I first came to Tianshu Manor to pick a contract beast, I spent a good several days here."

"How come I never ran into this little fellow back then?"

Lin Tianhao rubbed his chin.

"Such a pretentious name, and yet it looks so… utterly unthreatening."

"If I'd seen it, I'd definitely remember!"

Hearing Lin Tianhao's doubt,

Nie Zhengguo clasped his hands behind his back and smiled faintly.

"It's perfectly normal that you didn't see it."

"This little fellow was only captured a few months ago."

"Back then…"

Nie Zhengguo glanced at Lin Tianhao and teased:

"Back then you, the great War God Lei Di, were holed up in Jianghai City, keeping your wife and kids warm by the kang—who could have dragged you out?"

As he spoke,

Elder Nie shook his head and sighed.

"Oh, you."

"If your son Lin Mo weren't doing so well for himself now,"

"were you really planning to just hole up in Jianghai City as some city defense commander, living a life of leisure forever?"

Being called out like this to his face by Nie Zhengguo,

Lin Tianhao's old face reddened, and he gave two awkward dry coughs.

"Ahem, ahem…"

"Elder Nie, listen to what you're saying!"

Lin Tianhao waved his hand in a free-and-easy manner, stuck out his neck, and rebutted with perfect self-righteousness.

"You know what kind of man I, Lin Tianhao, am."

"As the old saying goes, the family comes first, then the country!"

"My wife is so beautiful, my son so sensible—if I don't spend more time with them, am I even a man?"

At this point,

Lin Tianhao's expression turned solemn.

"Besides!"

"If there were really a time when I, Lin Tianhao, needed to step in, would I play the shrinking turtle and keep hiding?"

"Elder Nie, you think far too little of me, Lin Tianhao!"

Watching Lin Tianhao in this righteous, dignified manner,

"Hahahahaha!"

Nie Zhengguo couldn't help bursting into laughter.

"Fine, fine, fine."

"You're right, this old man can't out-talk you."

Lin Tianhao paid Nie Zhengguo no more heed.

His attention was once again drawn to the Formless Grand Void Beast huddled in the corner.

"But speaking of which…"

"This little thing is rather interesting."

Lin Tianhao's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Every contract beast in the place dropped under my son's pressure."

"But this one won't kneel?"

"Hey! It's even smiling at us!"

A flicker of curiosity rose on Lin Tianhao's face.

"I'd like to see for myself."

"Just how tough is this little thing called the Formless Grand Void Beast!"

As his words fell,

he suddenly stepped forward.

Boom!!!

A terrifying pressure from a level-one-hundred expert descended upon the entire underground arena like a materialized Taishan!

At the same moment,

Lin Tianhao's gaze instantly turned wildly violent; deep within his pupils, purple lightning flickered madly.

"Old pal, come out and get some air!"

Roar——!!!

Accompanying Lin Tianhao's furious shout,

The space behind him suddenly twisted violently.

Sssssch!

Sssssch!

Countless violet lightning bolts exploded out of thin air, illuminating the entire basement in blinding white.

Then,

A colossal dragon head forcibly squeezed out of the void.

Wild lightning danced between its whiskers.

This was a gigantic ancient Lei Long Beast, its body entwined with lightning!

Roar——!!!!!!

The moment it appeared, it tilted its head back and let out a deafening roar!

The supreme pressure of a Level 100 Contracted Beast, mixed with the annihilating aura of lightning, surged across the entire arena like a tidal wave!

In an instant,

The Contracted Beasts already kneeling on the ground trembled violently.

"No way…"

Lin Mo stared up at the Lei Long Beast, his face filled with shock.

"This is a Contracted Beast?"

"This thing… is so damn cool!"

Such a flashy entrance! Such a world-shattering aura!

Far more domineering than any Boss he'd ever seen before!

Dad's move? Totally flawless!

After the shock passed,

Lin Mo instinctively turned his head and scanned the terrified giant beasts around him.

Finally,

His gaze fell again on the small cage in the corner.

"Huh?"

Lin Mo froze.

Under the combined pressure of the Lei Long Beast and his father,

While every giant beast in the arena trembled in fear,

That little fox remained perfectly still.

Its clear eyes didn't even glance at the Lei Long in the sky.

Instead, it kept tilting its head, studying the humans before it.

As if the world-shattering chaos outside meant less to it than these humans right here.

"Interesting."

Lin Mo looked at the little white fox, and a faint smile curled his lips.

This little thing really wasn't ordinary.

……

"Nie Lao."

Principal Guhe stepped forward, his brow furrowed.

"I still want to say this: even if this Xiangxiang Tai Xu Beast appears so calm, so unafraid of pressure,"

"The risk of Lin Mo contracting it is still far too great!"

Principal Guhe pointed at the little white fox and shook his head repeatedly.

"To be blunt, it shows zero elemental response—we've captured plenty of Contracted Beasts, but this is the only one with a 'blank slate'!"

"Remember, once you contract a Contracted Beast, you can never break the bond—not even if the beast dies."

"We've tested this before."

"What if… I'm just saying what if—after contracting it, it does nothing but resist pressure? What then?"

Zhang Qi chimed in from beside him, his expression grave.

"Principal Guhe is right."

"Nie Lao, each person has only one Contracted Beast slot—at least, that's what we've seen so far."

"Lin Mo is an eighteen-year-old Four-Element Law King; his future potential is limitless."

"His Contracted Beast must be a top-tier combatant that greatly enhances his fighting power or perfectly complements his tactical combinations!"

Zhang Qi pointed to the other side of the arena—at the Thunder Monkey and the Frostwing Lion.

"If Lin Mo contracts that Thunder Tyrant Monkey, combined with his own lightning affinity, their destructive power will multiply!"

"Or that Frostwing Lion—paired with Lin Mo's insane output capability, it's a perfect tactical synergy! And it can even serve as a mount!"

Zhang Qi took a deep breath.

"Whichever of these two you choose, I believe it's ten thousand times safer than picking a blank-slate fox with no elemental response."

"You can't assume it's powerful just because it acts a little unusual and its name sounds impressive!"

"This is too reckless!"

Principal Guhe and Zhang Qi's advice was perfectly reasonable.

They were considering only compatibility and Lin Mo's future development.

Until they finished speaking.

Nie Zhengguo only then raised his hand, signaling them to be quiet.

He turned around and looked at the two of them.

"Your analysis is very rational, and very much in line with common sense."

"To be honest, if it were before I met Lin Mo, if it were any other chosen one instead…"

"I would have thought the same as you, and tried my utmost to stop him from contracting this blank Grand Void Beast."

Nie Zhengguo paused, a curve tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"But now it's different."

"Have you forgotten that Lin Mo's class is also a so-called 'blank'? A 'Blank Mage' with no elemental affinity whatsoever."

"This class, in all the time gone by, has always been regarded by everyone as the trash among trash, a class with no future at all, right?"

"And the result?"

Nie Zhengguo glanced at Lin Mo beside him.

"The result, you've all seen it for yourselves."

"An 18-year-old Mage King of four elements, wielding seven high-tier skills, and even pushing the record of a hell-level raid dungeon to an incomprehensible height."

"With facts, he gave everyone a resounding slap across the face!"

"He broke the rules! Broke common sense!"

Nie Zhengguo turned his head and looked toward the little white fox in the distance.

"Since Lin Mo, this 'blank,' could create such an unbelievable miracle…"

"Then this 'blank' Faceless Grand Void Beast…"

"Must it really be impossible?"

The moment these words came out.

Principal Guhe and Zhang Qi instantly froze on the spot.

The two of them opened their mouths, wanting to retort, only to find they couldn't squeeze out a single word.

That's right…

Blank…

Once upon a time, they too had looked with that very same pitying gaze upon those students who had the misfortune to awaken as Blank Mages.

But now, who would dare pity Lin Mo?

Come take a few volleys of high-tier skill combos first, then see whether you still pity him.