Chapter 320: This Is What an Uncrossable Chasm Really Looks Like!

In the arena.

Fang Wen froze.

The high-tier aura radiating from that four-element body was enough to make him feel suffocated.

Let alone—

The contracted beast at Lin Mo's side.

The pressure emanating from it…

Was also a high-tier aura!

Fang Wen's face changed.

Cold sweat broke out.

But to have him retreat now and surrender, admit defeat?

From then on, within the entire Youth Association, within the entire young mage circle of Dragon Nation, he would never be able to hold his head up again.

He, Fang Wen—

Could not afford to lose face like that.

Fang Wen clenched both fists.

A wave of blazing flames rose up from his body.

"Lin Mo."

"I didn't expect you to be this strong."

Fang Wen stared straight into Lin Mo's eyes.

"A four-element body, and a contracted beast that has mastered high-tier skills."

"But—"

Fang Wen paused.

"Strong elemental control doesn't necessarily mean strong in real combat."

As Fang Wen spoke, the flames around him burned fiercer and fiercer.

"Every real battle I've been through, every inch of sinew and bone on my body, was forged on the edge of life and death."

"Want me to call you President with genuine respect from the bottom of my heart?"

"Then use your strength to tell me whether you… are worthy enough."

Lin Mo looked at Fang Wen.

The corner of his mouth lifted slightly.

The man before him was admittedly a little proud.

But that hardiness and backbone deserved respect.

"Fine."

Lin Mo spoke lightly.

……

At the main seat.

Yan Lie aimed at the microphone:

"Enough, cut the chatter."

"Begin the battle."

The words had barely fallen.

Fang Wen's gaze instantly turned fierce.

There was not the slightest fear in his eyes.

Even though what Lin Mo had now displayed was a terrifying four-element body, and a contracted beast that had mastered high-tier skills.

Boom——!!

Blazing flames instantly wrapped Fang Wen's entire body within them.

Fang Wen took a step forward.

Bang!

The ground beneath his feet exploded in an instant.

The combat style of a close-combat mage always has only one core.

And that is: get in their face!

Once you close the distance—

All of a mage's advantages vanish into thin air.

However—

He was fast.

Da Bai was faster.

Under Da Bai's ice-blue gaze—

It raised a forepaw and lightly stamped the ground.

Hum——!!

Cold air instantly spread along the ground at a speed invisible to the naked eye, racing wildly outward.

In almost the blink of an eye, the cold air had reached Fang Wen's feet.

Fang Wen's pupils contracted sharply.

But it was already too late.

Extreme frost crawled madly upward along both legs.

Mere fractions of a second.

Fang Wen was completely encased in ice.

At the same time.

Lin Mo raised his right hand.

The temperature of this clearing began to plummet.

In the air, countless water droplets condensed, then instantly turned into ice crystals.

The ice crystals grew in number.

They coalesced in midair into countless sharp, peerless ice swords.

Countless.

The entire clearing was packed with ice swords.

Sword tips pointing down, cold light flickering.

Like ten thousand arrows suspended in the air, ready to fall at any moment.

At the same time.

Behind Lin Mo.

A phantom image of Lei Shen slowly materialized.

His face was indistinct and blurred.

But the aura of heavenly majesty radiating from him made every person present feel their souls tremble.

Lei Guang coalesced in the phantom's hand.

A Lei Shen spear gradually took shape.

……

Inside the entire venue.

Everyone stood up.

No one spoke.

Their gazes were fixed tightly on Lin Mo in the arena.

Watching the countless ice swords covering the entire clearing.

Watching that phantom image of Lei Shen holding a Lei Guang spear.

Watching that young man whose expression remained calm.

Lu Chen turned his head and looked at Chen Feng beside him.

"Feng..."

"Tell me, do we still need to go up?"

Chen Feng fell silent for two seconds.

"Go up my ass."

"Go up there to make a fool of ourselves?"

"Haven't you figured it out yet? Lin Mo is obviously holding back."

Lu Chen swallowed hard.

"True..."

……

Boom—!!!

Intense high-temperature flames suddenly erupted from Fang Wen's entire body!

The color of the flames instantly shifted from ordinary crimson to blazing gold-red!

High-tier fire skill!

Flame Dragon Break!

This was Fang Wen's strongest close-range burst skill.

Compressing all fire elements throughout his body to the extreme in an instant, then detonating them.

The resulting instantaneous high temperature was enough to melt any ice blockade!

Yet now he was forced to use it to break free from control...

Fang Wen burst out of the ice.

His vision cleared once more.

However.

What greeted him were ice swords flashing with cold light, filling the sky and the earth.

Lin Mo did not hesitate for a single moment.

He swept his right hand forward.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!

Ten thousand ice swords poured down like a rainstorm!

"Damn it!"

Fang Wen's expression changed.

The residual power of Flame Dragon Break still lingered; he concentrated all his flames into both fists and swung them madly.

Crimson flame fist shadows smashed the incoming ice swords into fragments.

At the same time.

He was also dodging with agility.

Forged by years of combat experience, Fang Wen's reaction speed and battle intuition were indeed astonishing.

Amidst the sky-filling ice swords.

He relied purely on instinct and muscle memory to dodge for three seconds.

However.

There were simply too many ice swords.

Pfft!

One ice sword struck Fang Wen's right leg with pinpoint accuracy.

Fang Wen let out a muffled groan.

Extreme cold power erupted instantly from the wound.

He clearly felt his speed being slowed.

But Fang Wen did not stop; gritting his teeth, he continued to dodge.

Pfft!

Another ice sword struck Fang Wen's left leg.

Fang Wen's speed was slowed once again.

His legs felt as if filled with lead; every step became incomparably heavy.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Three more ice swords struck in succession.

They hit Fang Wen's abdomen, left shoulder, and right arm respectively.

With three layers of the 'Slowness' Buff stacked, the solid ice froze Fang Wen's entire body completely once more.

This time, the ice was thicker than before.

Fang Wen was helpless.

The high-tier Fire skill capable of breaking high-tier freezing skills, Flame Dragon Break, was currently in cooldown.

Lin Mo looked at Fang Wen, sealed within the ice layer, and spoke calmly.

"Little Lei."

"Be a bit more restrained."

In the skill bar.

'Thunder Strike' snorted disdainfully.

【"Hmph."】

【"What a nuisance."】

Lin Mo said nothing more.

He raised his right hand and flicked it forward lightly.

The Thunder God Spear shot forth!

The air within the shield was instantly ionized.

The ear-piercing sound of thunder made everyone's eardrums ache.

Fierce thunder elements swept across all directions like a tsunami.

Boom—!!!

The Thunder God Spear stopped three inches from Fang Wen's face.

That terrifying shockwave instantly shattered the solid ice covering Fang Wen's entire body!

Ice shards scattered in all directions!

Immediately after.

Boom-boom-boom—!!!

A deafening, earth-shattering roar.

The residual force of the Thunder God Spear struck the ground behind Fang Wen.

The ground instantly exploded.

A radial, semi-elliptical deep pit appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Debris flew everywhere.

Dust and smoke filled the air.

Fang Wen regained his vision.

And that Thunder God Spear was right before his eyes, within arm's reach.

He had no doubt.

If the Thunder God Spear had not stopped, he would have been pierced through on the spot.

"Gulp."

Fang Wen swallowed his saliva with difficulty.

Cold sweat slid down his forehead.

Lin Mo stood in place.

The four-elemental phantom figures surrounding him and the sky-filling ice swords instantly vanished into nothingness.

He looked at the Fang Wen before him.

"Councilor Fang, do you submit?"

Fang Wen looked at Lin Mo before him.

He opened his mouth.

"Yield…"

"I yield."

As those three words left his mouth,

Fang Wen let out a long breath.

Then his legs went weak, and he dropped to one knee on the cracked ground.

The gap…

This goddamn thing—this is the unbridgeable chasm.