[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware-":3,"chapter-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-254":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Just Became a Mage, and My Skills Got Self-Aware? What the Hell?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2356864,4610,"Chapter 254: Damn it, Did His Dao Heart Shatter?","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-254",254,"\u003Cp>And at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Break—!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Explosive Flame Heart!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie decisively unleashed a dangerous high-tier skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ignited the fire elements surrounding his body as the epicenter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One misstep, and he would suffer backlash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The indestructible ice sculpture shattered violently under the explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice shards flew everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even though Yan Lie broke free from the ice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his current state was horrific beyond words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one instant before he shattered the ice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the frigid ice blades growing inward within the Ten Thousand Blades Ice Burial Array had already pierced his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Puh—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie spat out a huge gout of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body was covered in terrifying wounds, deep enough to expose bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood instantly soaked his whole body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gasped heavily, knelt on one knee, and clung desperately to his staff to support himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Broken…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hadn’t even caught a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An indescribable, terrifying pressure instantly locked onto him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie lifted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the giant fox, its body entwined with lightning serpents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he saw…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The center of the despairing thunderstorm in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still… more?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie’s heart clenched sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fear unlike any he’d ever known completely swallowed his reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Punishment: Thundercloud Hell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Punishment: Thunder God’s Spear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two high-tier thunder techniques descended simultaneously from the heavens!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was a thunderous bombardment engulfing the entire arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was a compressed beam of utter destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of the lightning was far beyond what the injured Yan Lie could react to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the pure white Thunder God’s Spear, piercing heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can’t dodge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolutely can’t dodge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at full strength, he wouldn’t have been certain of avoiding it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially now, already badly wounded…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the Medical Director’s soul protection, he wouldn’t die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in that instant of being instantly obliterated, the agony of being burned to charcoal, torn apart by lightning, was one hundred percent real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie did not want to experience that pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swiftly flipped his right hand, and a scroll appeared in his grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A high-grade purification scroll, capable of cleansing all negative effects below high-tier control skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gray aura suppressing his attributes, which had enveloped Yan Lie, shattered instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the full attributes of the 65-level dual-element Archmage surged back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast spiritual power flooded his entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the stands,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the upperclassmen’s eyes were sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the entire arena erupted in chaos!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Purification scroll?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior Yan Lie cleared the attribute suppression debuff?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s cheating! Wasn’t it agreed that attribute suppression was absolutely fair?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s lost all shame!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he regained his 65-level attributes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if he was a dual-element Archmage,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was still, ultimately, a fragile mage with pitiful defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being severely wounded by a high-tier ice skill,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>facing these twin manifestations of heavenly wrath—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOMMMMM—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning instantly swallowed Yan Lie’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blinding light caused everyone in the stands to instinctively shut their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire arena shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the defense array cast by a Law God,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everyone still felt the destructive tremors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the light,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie never even had time to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was struck by lightning, pierced through by the Thunder God’s Spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white light erupted from his body, shooting skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, a white cocoon tightly wrapped around Yan Lie’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul protection activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the arena, only a bottomless, charred crater remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the crater’s bottom, the figure wrapped in the white cocoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie, through the cocoon, gazed at the thunderclouds slowly dispersing overhead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really couldn’t even defeat his pet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the arena,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai, possessed by the Thunder Strike Technique, proudly lifted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning around his body gradually receded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even glance at Yan Lie at the bottom of the pit—only elegantly licked his paw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the skill bar,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【‘Thunder Strike’ coldly withdrew its gaze: “Worthless.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【‘Fireball’ immediately echoed: “Third brother’s right.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【‘Ice Spike’ sneered sarcastically: “Indeed.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【‘Earth Shield’ sighed: “Pity. Didn’t make it until Second Brother’s turn.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the stands came waves of cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big Demon King is awesome!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big White is awesome!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Meng jumped onto her chair in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dawei laughed heartily:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What so-called genius? In front of the Big Demon King, he’s more like a waste.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Lingxuan covered her mouth with her small hand, her eyes filled with adoring stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our monitor is still too overpowered—even her pet is this strong…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just the students of Longxu Class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other students were also plunged into stunned disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did the Big Demon King win?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Big Demon King won again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, did I just see that right? Didn’t Senior Yan Lie remove his attribute suppression at the last moment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! I saw it with my own eyes! He used a Purification Scroll!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That was his full 65-level state!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He crossed nearly thirty levels!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And he was still instantly killed by the Big Demon King’s pet?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the students stared at each other, unable to believe what they had seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this instant kill was nothing like the one during the Freshman Trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Freshman Trial, the Big Demon King’s opponent was just a group of ordinary second-year students—students who didn’t even know high-level techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, the Big Demon King faced a dual-element Law King nearly thirty levels higher!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former monitor of Longxu Class!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chairman of the Dragon Nation Youth Mage Association!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even last ten seconds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the edge of the stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Su Jing’s face was filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is this possible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the director of Jingda’s Medical Department,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how could she not know that guy named Yan Lie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the year Yan Lie was still at school, he was the Medical Department’s nightmare!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost every few days, the Medical Department had to rush out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To clean up after Yan Lie!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, not to treat Yan Lie—but to treat his opponents, left half-dead by his blows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among his peers, Yan Lie was the very definition of invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against Lin Mo, he lost in under ten seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should be said—he lost to Lin Mo’s pet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly… each generation is stronger than the last…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Su Jing sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside her,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu He and other senior figures were equally stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Principal…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yan Lie removed his suppression at the end, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu He took a deep breath and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He removed it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even restored to his full 65-level state, he was still pierced through in one shot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they had long known Lin Mo’s strength,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the fact that he could so cleanly and swiftly kill Yan Lie—a dual-element Law King prodigy—despite the nearly thirty-level gap still took them by surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t even a fair fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, a four-element Law King and a dual-element Law King were not on the same level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang stared at the elegant Wu Xiang Tai Xu Beast beside Lin Mo, his mouth opening slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Typically, a contracted beast’s power barely reaches seventy percent of its master’s.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Wu Xiang Tai Xu Beast is already insane…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if Lin Mo himself fought…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang dared not imagine further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image was too brutal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Zhenguo appeared calm as a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the shock in his eyes could not be hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the boy sitting casually on the chair atop the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A satisfied smile curled on his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good! What a Big Demon King! With a boy like this, what does Dragon Nation have to fear?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these four senior figures,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the most stunned was Feng Cangqiong, chairman of the Dragon Nation Mage Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie was without doubt the top prodigy he had nurtured in recent years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even groomed Yan Lie as his successor as chairman of the Mage Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Feng Cangqiong’s eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie possessed unshakable conviction and unparalleled combat talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet today…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lost in under ten seconds—to Lin Mo’s pet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Cangqiong stared deeply at Lin Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Nie Lao had chosen him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was jolted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lie had been too arrogant, too proud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his entire life, he had never suffered such a crushing defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially not at the hands of a pet, in front of thousands, annihilated in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at the last moment, Yan Lie had broken his own vow by removing his suppression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a proud battle fanatic, this must have been unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could this boy’s Dao heart have been shattered outright?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Cangqiong’s heart sank sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could no longer sit still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His figure flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot toward the massive crater at the center of the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>",1492,"2026-06-21T04:41:50.524Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fd09f69a3480ef37d0fdb6ab81ed556a55abbbcfc676cd8749d9894f52166aac","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-255","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-253",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]