Chapter 360: I Bet You!

"However..."

Mo Qianjun's eyes sharpened.

"If you want to eventually forge a 'Perfect Affix', you must push the progress bar to its limit."

Saying this,

Mo Qianjun pointed to the very end of the progress bar, that colorful area.

Listening to Old Mo's explanation,

Lin Mo nodded.

"Output at full power, push the progress bar to the colorful area."

"Understood."

Hearing this, it didn't seem very difficult?

Just make the skills go all out, wouldn't that do?

However.

Mo Qianjun shook his head and said:

"This is merely the prerequisite for producing a Perfect Affix."

"Hmm?"

Lin Mo turned his head to look at Mo Qianjun.

Mo Qianjun's finger pointed again to a horizontal gauge panel on the right side of the progress bar.

"This is the Elemental Balance Gauge."

"Outputting at full power and pushing the progress bar to the colorful area is only the prerequisite for forging a Perfect Affix."

"To truly forge a Perfect Affix, you must not only divide your focus five ways and output all five elements at full power, but also constantly monitor the gauge."

"You must ensure the gauge maintains perfect balance for sixty seconds before the second stage of forging can be successfully completed."

"If within half an hour you still cannot keep the gauge in perfect balance for sixty seconds, the forging will be declared a failure, and both the Divine Casting Stone and your Legendary Special Weapon will be scrapped together."

Hearing this,

Lin Mo finally understood.

Simply put, it meant outputting the power of all five elemental forces at full strength while dividing his focus five ways, and also maintaining balance.

It did sound quite difficult?

However...

He himself didn't need to divide his focus five ways.

Thinking this,

Lin Mo issued commands to the skills in his mind.

"Did you hear clearly?"

"You five, cooperate well next time."

"Hearing Xiao Huo, you are the most temperamental here; hold back a bit later. If the weapon explodes, I will hold you solely responsible!"

In the skill bar,

the five skills responded one by one.

【"Received! This Seat guarantees stability like an old dog!"】

【"Master, Master~ Don't worry, this Young Lady absolutely won't go wild!"】

【"This King has reviewed it."】

【"Master, rest assured, I, Second Brother, am the steadiest!"】

【"Little Wind will definitely keep pace with the older brothers and sisters!"】

At the same time,

ten meters behind the Spark Furnace,

five apprentices stood side by side.

Xiao Li couldn't help but lower his voice and whisper quietly to Lu Mingzhang beside him.

"Pure nonsense."

"Dividing focus five ways and achieving perfection in elemental output intensity is almost impossible, let alone maintaining balance on top of that."

Lu Mingzhang nodded in deep agreement.

"Yes..."

"If Lin Mo had chosen a single element today,"

"it would be much simpler."

"There would be no need to consider elemental balance at all!"

"With Lin Mo's elemental control talent, outputting elemental forces to the death would almost guarantee a Perfect Affix with his eyes closed."

Xiao Li chimed in from the side.

"Yes."

"Let alone a single element; I feel the stage is indeed a bit small for Lin Mo."

"Even if he had chosen a dual element, with his monstrous talent, I would have accepted it even if he failed."

Xiao Li looked at Lin Mo's back and shook his head.

"But five elements?"

"Stop talking nonsense; this is too exaggerated. There is absolutely no hope of success to be seen."

Listening to the two of them sing in harmony to sentence Lin Mo to death.

Han Shuang couldn't take it anymore.

She rolled her eyes and retorted:

"Senior Brother Xiao, Senior Brother Lu."

"Aren't you being a bit too absolute?"

"Everything you just said applies to ordinary practitioners, ordinary prodigies."

"But the one standing before you right now is Lin Mo, okay?"

"Aren't you underestimating him?"

Hearing Han Shuang's words siding with Lin Mo,

Xiao Li turned his head.

He raised an eyebrow, a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Oh?"

"Senior Sister Han, it seems you have great confidence in Chairman Lin."

Xiao Li lowered his voice and smirked:

"If that's the case, shall we make a bet?"

"Let's bet on the next ten forging orders."

"If Lin Mo truly achieves five-element balance and successfully forges five-element perfect affixes, I lose."

"Then I'll work for you free of charge on ten forging orders."

"If I win, you work for me free of charge on ten orders—how about it?"

"Dare you accept?"

Hearing this wager,

Han Shuang fell silent.

Although she supported Lin Mo with her words,

she dared not risk ten forging orders.

Come on.

Ten forging commissions!

These people are all the top-tier forgers in Longguo—each commission is worth a fortune.

Moreover, forging consumes immense mental energy.

One forging order takes at least three days, up to five or six days of intense micro-control.

Ten orders?

Counting in rest time between orders,

that's equivalent to being Xiao Li's slave for at least two months!

Seeing Han Shuang fall silent,

Xiao Li's face lit up with triumph.

He snorted.

"Tch."

"Why aren't you talking anymore? Didn't you just have plenty to say?"

Xiao Li sneered:

"If you're too scared to bet, then just shut up."

"Don't argue nonsense here…"

"I'll take your bet."

Jiang Yunshang's voice sounded beside Xiao Li.

Xiao Li turned his head, startled.

Jiang Yunshang's expression was calm, her tone firm:

"Xiao Li, since you want to bet, I'll bet with you."

After a brief moment of shock,

Xiao Li changed his tune:

"Senior Sister Jiang, if you're so confident, are ten orders too few?"

"How about twenty?"

"Fine."

"Thirty?"

"Okay."

"... Fifty!"

"Deal."

"Whoa…"

Xiao Li sucked in a sharp breath.

"You… are you crazy?"

Jiang Yunshang turned her head, her gaze landing on Xiao Li, a faint smile curling her lips, "What? Scared now?"

"Senior Sister, don't be impulsive…"

Han Shuang tugged at Jiang Yunshang's sleeve.

But Jiang Yunshang paid no attention.

She turned her head, her gaze falling on the tall figure before the Starfire Furnace.

These past few days.

She had been searching online for everything about Lin Mo.

Although those records, likely due to confidentiality, appeared fragmented and incomplete.

They had still left her utterly stunned.

Lin Mo's achievements to date, even just one taken at random, were enough for any prodigy to boast about for a lifetime.

Jiang Yunshang looked at Lin Mo's not particularly broad shoulders.

For some reason.

She just felt.

That everything which seemed utterly impossible to ordinary people.

As long as he, Lin Mo, made a decision and decided to do it.

Then in the end, it would surely succeed.

And at this moment, Xiao Li.

Felt a bit unnerved inside.

Jiang Yunshang had agreed too readily.

So readily that it gave him the illusion that he was a clown?

"Speak up! Do you dare?"

Jiang Yunshang looked at Xiao Li in a provocative manner.

Provoked like this, Xiao Li's desire to win instantly surged forth.

"Hmph, what is there I dare not do?"

"Balancing five elements, this is something utterly impossible to achieve!"

"Fifty single-element orders?"

"Since Senior Sister Jiang insists on throwing herself at my door to be my free labor for a year, then I shall not decline such an offer."