Chapter 360: I Bet You!

“But…”

Mo Qianjun’s gaze sharpened.

“If you want to ultimately forge a ‘Perfect Enchantment,’ you must push the progress bar to its limit.”

Saying this,

Mo Qianjun pointed to the very end of the progress bar—the colorful region.

Listening to Old Mo’s explanation,

Lin Mo nodded.

“Full output. Push it into the colored zone.”

“Understood.”

Hearing this, it didn’t seem that hard?

Just have all the skills give it their all, right?

However,

Mo Qianjun shook his head and said:

“This is merely the prerequisite for forging a Perfect Enchantment.”

“Huh?”

Lin Mo turned 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 Element Balance Gauge.”

“Pushing the progress bar into the colored zone with full output is only the prerequisite for forging a Perfect Enchantment.”

“To truly forge a Perfect Enchantment, you must not only split your focus fivefold and output all five elements at full power, but also constantly monitor the balance gauge.”

“You must maintain perfect balance on the gauge for sixty seconds to successfully complete the second stage of forging.”

“If within half an hour you still cannot sustain perfect balance for sixty seconds, the forging will fail, and both the Divine Forge Stone and your Legendary Special Weapon will be destroyed.”

Hearing this,

Lin Mo finally understood.

In short, he had to output full power from all five elements while splitting his focus fivefold—and maintain perfect balance.

It did sound extremely difficult?

But…

He didn’t actually need to split his focus fivefold.

Thinking of this,

Lin Mo gave a silent command to his skills.

“Did you all hear that?”

“All five of you, coordinate well.”

“Little Fire, you’re the most volatile—hold back. If the weapon explodes, I’m holding you responsible!”

In the skill bar,

all five skills responded.

【“Received! This lord guarantees steady as an old dog!”】

【“Master, master~ Don’t worry, this lady won’t cause trouble!”】

【“The King has read.”】

【“Master, rest easy—Big Brother is the most reliable!”】

【“Little Wind will follow right behind the older siblings!”】

…

Meanwhile,

ten meters behind the Starfire Furnace,

five apprentices stood in a row.

Xiao Li couldn’t help lowering his voice to whisper to Lu Mingzhang beside him.

“Total nonsense.”

“Even achieving perfect output under fivefold focus is nearly impossible—let alone maintaining balance.”

Lu Mingzhang nodded in deep agreement.

“Yeah…”

“If Lin Mo had chosen a single element today,”

“it would’ve been much simpler.”

“No need to worry about element balance at all!”

“With Lin Mo’s elemental control talent, he could just slam out elemental power blindly and almost guarantee a Perfect Enchantment.”

Xiao Li chimed in.

“Exactly.”

“Not just single-element—I think even that’s too modest for Lin Mo.”

“Even if he’d chosen dual-element, I’d accept his failure given his monstrous talent.”

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

“But five elements?”

“Come on—that’s ridiculous. There’s zero chance of success.”

Hearing the two of them sing in tandem, sentencing Lin Mo to failure,

Han Shuang couldn’t take it anymore.

She rolled her eyes and retorted:

“Senior Xiao, Senior Lu.”

“You’re being too absolute.”

“What you just said applies to ordinary cultivators, ordinary prodigies.”

“But the one standing right in front of you is Lin Mo, okay?”

“Aren’t you underestimating him?”

Hearing Han Shuang’s biased remarks in favor of Lin Mo,

Xiao Li turned his head.

He raised an eyebrow, a sly smile curling on his lips.

“Oh?”

“Junior Han, you seem to have a lot of faith in Chairman Lin.”

Xiao Li lowered his voice, grinning wickedly:

“Then how about a bet?”

“Let’s bet on the next ten forging orders.”

“If Lin Mo truly achieves five-element balance and successfully forges a five-element Perfect Enchantment, I lose.”

“I’ll work ten free forging orders for you.”

“If I win, you work ten free forging orders for me—deal?”

“Dare you accept?”

Hearing this wager,

Han Shuang fell silent.

Though she verbally supported Lin Mo,

she dared not risk ten forging orders.

Come on.

Ten forging commissions!

They were all top-tier forge masters of Longguo—each commission brought immense profit.

And forging consumed tremendous mental energy.

One forging could take three days at minimum, up to five or six days of intense micro-control.

Ten?

Including rest time between commissions,

it meant working like a slave for Xiao Li for at least two months!

Seeing Han Shuang fall silent,

Xiao Li wore a smug smile.

He snorted.

“Tch.”

“Why so quiet? Didn’t you just have plenty to say?”

Xiao Li mocked:

“If you’re too scared to bet, just shut up.”

“Don’t argue nonsense here…”

I’ll bet with you.

Jiang Yunshang’s voice sounded beside Xiao Li’s ear.

Xiao Li turned his head in slight shock.

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:

“Sister Jiang, if you’re so confident, isn’t ten orders too few?”

“How about twenty?”

“Fine.”

“Thirty?”

“Okay.”

“...Fifty!”

“Deal.”

“Whoa...”

Xiao Li sucked in a breath.

“You... are you crazy?”

Jiang Yunshang turned her head, her gaze settling on Xiao Li, a faint smile tugging at her lips. “What? Afraid now?”

“Sister, don’t be impulsive...”

Han Shuang tugged at Jiang Yunshang’s sleeve.

But Jiang Yunshang paid no attention.

She turned her head, her eyes fixed on the tall figure before the Starfire Furnace.

These past few days,

she had searched online for everything about Lin Mo.

Though those records, likely due to secrecy, were fragmented and incomplete,

they had still left her deeply shaken.

Lin Mo’s achievements to date—any single one of them—would be enough for any prodigy to boast about for a lifetime.

Jiang Yunshang stared at Lin Mo’s narrow shoulders.

For some reason,

she just felt it.

That anything others deemed utterly impossible,

once Lin Mo made the decision to do it,

would inevitably succeed.

Meanwhile, Xiao Li

felt a chill in his heart.

Jiang Yunshang had agreed too easily.

Too easily—it made him feel like a fool.

“Speak up? Are you scared?”

Jiang Yunshang challenged Xiao Li with a taunting gaze.

Provoked, Xiao Li’s competitive spirit flared instantly.

“Hmph, what do I have to be afraid of?”

“Balancing all five elements? That’s impossible!”

“Fifty orders?”

“Since Sister Jiang insists on handing herself over as my free labor for a year, I won’t refuse.”