Chapter 40: Impossible! Absolutely Impossible!

Xu Wenchang’s mouth hung slightly open, unable to close for a long time.

As an admissions officer for the Dragon Sequence Class at Tianlong Academy, what geniuses hadn’t he seen?

SSS-element affinity? Seen it.

Naturally dual-attribute? Seen it.

Even those prodigies who awakened a companion divine beast—he’d seen them too.

But a brand-new transmuted mage, just three days into his career, with zero elemental affinity, casting [Multiple Exploding Fireballs] without a staff—and splitting into a terrifying fifteen orbs…

This had just shattered his entire frame of reference!

At this moment,

Su Wan, without expression, nudged Lin Tianhao beside her with her elbow and whispered low:

“Lao Lin, look at Zhao Lei’s face—he’s green as a goblin.”

Lin Tianhao lifted his teacup, hiding his slightly upturned lips behind it, and replied quietly:

“Wife, did you hear that? He was just bragging his son is the ceiling of Jianghai City—then what’s our Mo? The sun?”

Su Wan shot him a reproachful glance:

“Keep it down, don’t laugh out loud.”

Just then,

Zhao Lei snapped back to reality and shouted loudly:

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

“Cheating! This has to be cheating!”

He turned and pointed at Lin Tianhao coldly:

“Lin Tianhao, do you even have shame? To get your son into the Dragon Sequence Class, you actually prepared a skill scroll for him?”

“Fifteen instantly cast? Do you think everyone here is an idiot? In history, which archmage could do this at this stage?”

Facing Zhao Lei’s accusation, Lin Tianhao replied slowly:

“Zhao Lei, you can eat whatever you want, but don’t speak nonsense. Do you have proof?”

“Proof? Hmph, just wait.”

Zhao Lei turned and ordered the exam staff behind him:

“Go, bring the staff who handled Lin Mo’s entry inspection—I’ll interrogate them myself.”

“Y-yes, Commander Zhao!”

The staff member flinched in fear and hurried out of the room.

Xu Wenchang now regained his composure, his gaze deep as he looked at Lin Tianhao: “Lao Lin, it seems your boy really isn’t ordinary…”

Xu Wenchang said nothing about Zhao Lei’s actions.

After all, he too wanted to know: was Lin Mo truly this gifted—or was he truly cheating?

“Of course he isn’t. Lao Xu, I told you already—why would I lie to you?”

Lin Tianhao’s lips curled slightly.

Zhao Lei sneered beside him: “Hmph, keep pretending. Wait till the inspection staff arrive—I’ll see how you handle this!”

Lin Tianhao remained as calm as a mountain, even crossing his legs.

A straight man has nothing to fear from his shadow.

His son earned his power through talent—what does that have to do with cheating?

…

Not long after, two uniformed staff members were led trembling into the VIP room.

They were the man and woman who had conducted Lin Mo’s entrance inspection.

As soon as they entered, they felt the suffocating tension in the room.

Especially Commander Zhao—his gaze was savage, as if he meant to devour them.

“Commander… you called for us?”

The male staff member stammered.

Zhao Lei stood and walked slowly toward them.

“You were responsible for Lin Mo’s pre-exam inspection, correct?”

He asked coldly.

The male staff member instantly trembled and replied hastily: “C-Commander Zhao, yes—we were assigned to Lin Mo, Young Master Lin.”

Zhao Lei lifted his wrist and calmly adjusted his cuff, his tone flat:

“When Lin Mo entered, did you inspect him thoroughly?”

“W-we checked thoroughly, Commander Zhao. Everything complied with regulations.”

The staff member replied.

Zhao Lei stared at him, warning coldly:

“I’ll give you one more chance. Think carefully before you answer.”

“Did you accept bribes—or face threats—that made you turn a blind eye during this candidate’s inspection?”

“You know full well the consequences: you’ll lose your uniform, and likely spend the rest of your life in prison.”

“Now, confess—it still counts as self-reporting. Understood?”

The two staff members turned pale with fear, their legs trembling.

The male staff member took a deep breath and shouted:

“Report, Commander Zhao! We stake our lives on it! The inspection was fully compliant! No oversights!”

“Young Master Lin wore only approved gear—no illegal skill scrolls or devices!”

Zhao Lei’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn’t immediately rebut.

After a few seconds, he spoke coldly:

“No scrolls at all? Then tell me—how did he cast fifteen fireballs instantly?”

“This…”

The male staff member swallowed hard, then suddenly remembered something and added quickly:

“There were no scrolls—but during inspection, there was an incident!”

“As soon as the detection field activated, Young Master Lin instantly cast a Earth Shield and reflected the light back.”

“The speed was extreme—released the instant the field activated.”

“After we explained, he voluntarily canceled the skill, and we completed the inspection.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Lei’s brow furrowed sharply.

He sneered, voice laced with mockery:

“He reacted instantly before the detection beam even hit him—and cast Earth Shield?”

“You’re saying a student who just transmuted days ago has mental sensitivity faster than machine detection beams?”

“Do you take me for a fool?”

Facing Zhao Lei’s pressure, the male staff member broke into cold sweat.

“Commander Zhao, I swear it’s true! If you don’t believe me, check the surveillance footage!”

As he spoke, he swiftly pulled out a tablet and pulled up the inspection recording from that moment.

Zhao Lei snatched the tablet.

Moments later, his face froze.

Both the inspection results and the surveillance footage matched the staff’s account.

No skill scrolls or auto-defense devices were detected.

Yet he’d still managed to instantly cast Earth Shield within that split second.

Undeniably, this was pure combat instinct—no faking possible.

The room sank into a suffocating silence.

“Enough. Leave.”

Xu Wenchang, who had said nothing until now, waved his hand.

The two staff members felt as if freed from death, bowed deeply to the elders, and fled the room.

After they left,

Xu Wenchang sighed:

“Lao Lin, your Lin Mo really is extraordinary—both Earth and Wood attributes pushed to this level, and he dares to cast without a staff.”

Everyone present understood what this meant.

Casting without a staff was something every mage could attempt.

But without a staff to guide spirit and elements, the power usually dropped significantly—sometimes drastically.

Only a mage with absolute confidence in his control would choose this move—ostentatious on the surface, brutally difficult in reality.

“Instantly casting fifteen fireballs without a staff… the value of this…”

Xu Wenchang murmured in awe.

Hearing Xu Wenchang’s praise, Lin Tianhao’s face lit up with wrinkles of joy.

“Ah, Lao Xu, you shouldn’t praise him so much.”

“This kid’s just lazy—he won’t even pick up a staff. This is a major exam—what kind of thing is this?”

On this point, my Lin Mo truly doesn’t compare to Zhao Yu from Old Zhao’s family, sigh…

Zhao Lei’s face instantly darkened like a soot-blackened pot.

He wasn’t foolish—he couldn’t miss the sarcasm in Lin Tianhao’s tone.

He was plainly saying: your son struggles for ages with his staff, yet my son throws skills with empty hands.

“Hmph, this is only the first level—there are still twenty-nine more. Let’s see how long Lin Mo can keep up this act!”

Zhao Lei said coldly.

“Enough, enough, both of you, say less.”

Xu Wenchang stepped out again to mediate, smiling warmly:

“Which prodigy isn’t confident? Young people naturally have some pride—if they have real strength, whatever they do is right.”

At that moment,

a staff member let out a puzzled sound.

“Young Master Lin… what’s he doing?”

At these words, everyone turned to the surveillance screen.

The second wave of monsters had already been cleared, yet Lin Mo was still busy.

“He’s… building a wall?”