Chapter 361: Back to Inner Competition Again?

Qianjun Pavilion, the forging hall.

Mo Qianjun stood before the furnace, his gaze complex as he regarded Lin Mo before him.

His lips moved slightly.

He had originally intended to offer a few more words of counsel.

But the words reached his tongue, and he swallowed them back.

Enough.

Perhaps.

He really might create a miracle?

Mo Qianjun took a deep breath and cleared the clutter from his mind.

“Lin Mo.”

“If you’re ready, you may begin whenever you wish.”

Lin Mo nodded.

Then.

He stepped forward, raised both hands, and calmly extended them into the two scorching-hot openings.

“Hum—!”

The instant his hands entered.

A strange sensation instantly enveloped his hands.

That force was gentle, devoid of any aggression, spreading upward along his wrists and forearms.

Like a bridge.

Connecting the elemental power within Lin Mo’s body to the weapon embryo nurtured by the gentle flame inside the Starfire Furnace.

Not only did Lin Mo sense it.

In his skill bar.

The skills themselves also perceived this peculiar guiding force.

【“Huh?”】

『Fireball Technique』 raised an eyebrow.

【“Strange feeling…”】

【“Is it inviting me to release my power?”】

『Fireball Technique』 grinned wickedly.

【“Hehehehe…”】

【“Since you want my power, I’ll mercifully grant it to you!”】

【“I’ll show you what true destruction truly means!”】

Hearing this.

Lin Mo’s heart tightened.

No way.

Did Xiao Huo’s ingrained inner-competition gene kick in again?

The next instant.

Boom—!!!

Violent fire-element energy surged wildly along Lin Mo’s arms into the Starfire Furnace!

The fire-element progress bar shot to its absolute end in an instant—the perfect colored zone.

“Boom—!!!”

As the progress bar filled completely.

A massive pillar of fire-element energy erupted above the Starfire Furnace, soaring into the sky.

Terrifying heatwaves exploded outward as shockwaves in all directions!

“What the hell!”

Mo Qianjun, closest to the blast, was violently shoved back three or four steps by the furious heat.

He stared in horror at the towering column of flame.

Behind him.

Yan Lie and Feng Cangqiong were also buffeted by the heatwave, their clothes flapping violently.

But their expressions remained remarkably calm.

Feng Cangqiong stroked his beard.

“This kid’s fire element is still as wild as ever.”

Yan Lie nodded in deep agreement beside him.

“Yeah…”

“I’m all too familiar with this kind of firepower.”

After all, he had personally experienced Lin Mo’s high-grade fire-element skills.

Compared to Feng Lao and Yan Lie’s calmness.

Others standing at a distance were stunned.

Xiao Li and the others were thrown back repeatedly by the shockwave.

“What the—?”

“The progress bar filled completely in a blink?”

Xiao Li steadied himself, staring fixedly at the fire-element progress bar, face filled with disbelief.

Lu Mingzhang also sucked in a sharp breath, his scalp prickling.

“My god…”

“This control over fire element is insane—and the energy is so pure?!”

“I’ve never seen fire-element energy this pure…”

Meanwhile.

In Lin Mo’s skill bar.

『Fireball Technique』’s arrogant laughter echoed in the ears of the other four skills.

【“Hahahahaha!”】

【“See that?!”】

【“That’s my power!”】

Hearing Xiao Huo’s words.

The ever-proud 『Ice Spike Technique』 snorted coldly.

【“Hmph!”】

【“What’s there to be proud of?”】

【“As if I couldn’t do the same?”】

In the corner.

『Lightning Strike Technique』 spoke Dandan ly.

【“Too noisy.”】

Clearly.

Under 『Fireball Technique』’s influence, Xiao Bing and Xiao Lei’s competitive drive had been ignited.

Boom! Boom!

The next moment.

『Ice Spike Technique』 and 『Lightning Strike Technique』 simultaneously unleashed terrifying energy surges.

A white and a blue force surged along Lin Mo’s arms into the Starfire Furnace!

The ice-element and lightning-element progress bars on the Starfire Furnace’s surface filled to maximum simultaneously!

“Boom—!!!”

The Starfire Furnace shook violently.

Then.

White ice-element energy and blue lightning-element energy followed the fire-element surge, shooting skyward.

The ice force instantly plunged the hall’s temperature, crystallizing frost everywhere.

Countless lightning serpents writhed wildly through the air, crackling with piercing hisses.

Ice, fire, and lightning energies intertwined at the furnace’s summit.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three terrifying energy shockwaves expanded outward in concentric rings.

Xiao Li was blasted straight onto his rear.

“What the hell!”

“All three elements filled instantly?”

“Is this even humanly possible?”

Lu Mingzhang beside him was speechless.

"Guaranteeing output from all three elements simultaneously, while keeping each element pure to the extreme, pushing output to maximum..."

"What an insane ability to multitask!"

"How many brains does he even have?!"

Xiao Li and Lu Mingzhang both froze.

After all, in conventional understanding,

even a single-element genius with extraordinary talent, once pushing one element to this level, would already be suffering extreme mental overload.

But Lin Mo,

was now controlling all three elements simultaneously, each reaching near perfection.

At this moment,

Xiao Li’s gaze swept over the elemental balance gauge on the body of the Starfire Furnace.

Then he stood up, brushed the dust off his clothes, and let out a light laugh.

"Heh..."

"Too bad. It’s useless."

Xiao Li said to Lu Mingzhang beside him:

"Look at the balance gauge."

Lu Mingzhang immediately turned to look.

There, on the instrument panel representing elemental balance, the needle was swinging wildly, as if gone mad.

Xiao Li shook his head with a smile.

"Strong control, all three elements strong—so what?"

"The hardest part of this second stage of forging is balance."

"Weak control just means slightly inferior affixes."

"But if you can’t balance them, you’re just waiting for the Divine Casting Stone and the Special Weapon to be ruined."

Over at Lin Mo’s side,

in his skill bar, the Earth Burrow Technique watched Xiaohuo, Xiaobing, and Xiaolei charging forward, and swallowed hard.

【"Holy shit..."】

【"Are my brothers really that insane?"】

The Earth Burrow Technique turned its head toward the obedient Wind Blade Technique beside it.

【"Brother Five!"】

【"We can’t just sit here watching!"】

【"Go!"】

The second brother had spoken.

The Wind Blade Technique instantly surged with determination.

【"Yes, Second Brother!"】

Boom! Boom!

Two beams of yellow and green light shot unhesitatingly from Lin Mo’s arms into the Starfire Furnace.

At the same moment,

on the surface of the Starfire Furnace, the earth and wind progress bars instantly surged into the colorful perfect zone.

Thus,

all five progress bars were maxed out.

Above the Starfire Furnace, five colored light columns shot skyward, bathing the entire hall in bizarre, dazzling radiance.

【"Hahahaha!"】

The Fireball Technique roared with laughter.

【"Even if all of you jump in, my flames are still the brightest!"】

【"Think you can compete with me? Not a chance!"】

【"I can go even harder!"】