Chapter 45: Comprehension, Blazing Fire Pillar!

Trial Tower, Level 21.

As space twisted, Lin Mo was teleported to the center of this level.

"Candidates, attention!"

"The monsters on this level are high-mobility flying creatures! Prepare yourselves!"

"Countdown: 60 seconds!"

The merciless broadcast voice echoed through the hall.

Lin Mo stared expressionlessly at the ground.

He was waiting.

Waiting for the 'Fireball' skill to deduce a new technique.

At this moment, under the perception sharing of 'Earth Shield'.

The ground, which had appeared utterly ordinary to 'Fireball', transformed into skin covered with countless tiny pores.

Just compress the fire element, channel it down through these nodes, and then detonate...

Voom—!

The air suddenly grew hot and dry.

A faint dark-red halo glowed beneath Lin Mo's feet, as if magma were surging underground.

Immediately, streams of information popped up on Lin Mo's panel.

【Your skill "Fireball" has successfully perceived the earth's texture!】

【Your skill "Fireball" has self-deduced and successfully comprehended the intermediate fire skill—Blazing Fire Pillar (Lv. 1)!】

【Blazing Fire Pillar: Generate a ring of fire on the ground in a designated area. After a brief delay, erupt with high-pressure blazing fire pillars, dealing massive fire attribute damage to enemies within the area. Cooldown: 15 seconds.】

【Current Lv. 1 Effect: Can release 5 fire pillars consecutively. For every level increase, the number of fire pillars +1. Cooldown: 15 seconds.】

"Did it work?"

Lin Mo's eyes lit up.

Looking at the new skill description on his panel, the corners of his mouth curled upward slightly.

Is this the value of an intermediate skill?

Starting with 5 fire pillars; if the level were maxed out, the scene... simply unimaginable.

However, the "red circle" warning mechanism, though it looks a bit silly, is acceptable when combined with some crowd-control skills or terrain-restricting skills.

【"Fireball" rejoiced: Hahaha! It worked! This Lord has succeeded!】

【"Fireball" dispersed the surging flames around it and, rarely, glanced at 'Earth Shield' beside it.】

【"Fireball" snorted: Hmph, this time... I suppose you were somewhat useful. I preliminarily acknowledge you.】

【"Earth Shield" was somewhat shy: Actually, it was mainly because the Master is powerful! If the Master hadn't awakened the dreamer with a single word, I wouldn't have thought of doing it this way! The Master is the eternal god!】

【"Fireball" nodded extremely gratified: Hmm... this human, though usually lazy, is indeed not bad at critical moments. When I become an Forbidden Spell, you will all be the greatest contributors.】

"Enough, enough. I've got the new skill. Everyone get ready to work."

Lin Mo silently interrupted the two skills' mutual flattery in his mind.

"Xiao Tu, raise the wall!"

【"Earth Shield" was full of energy: Yes, Master!】

Boom-boom-boom—!

The ground trembled.

Taking advantage of this brief gap, Lin Mo didn't idle either.

With a thought, he directly opened the inventory tab of his attribute panel.

There, several unused skill books lay quietly.

The exam venue didn't forbid carrying these skill books; it only forbade carrying one-time-use skill scrolls.

Lin Mo immediately used all the remaining skill books.

Buzz-buzz-buzz—!

Streams of light flew out of the inventory and dove into Lin Mo's body.

【Your skill "Fireball" has devoured "Flame Shock", "Chain Fireball", "Personal Flame"...!】

【"Fireball", "Multi-Explosive Fireball", "Explosive Flame Spiral Dragon Bullet", "Blazing Fire Pillar" proficiency increased significantly!】

【Current skill levels: Fireball Lv. 18 (reached current cap), Multi-Explosive Fireball Lv. 18, Explosive Flame Spiral Dragon Bullet Lv. 18, Blazing Fire Pillar Lv. 18】

【Your skill "Earth Shield" has devoured "Rock Skin"...】

In just a few seconds.

Skill books worth over a million Dragon Kingdom Currency were all turned into nourishment.

Lin Mo's skill bar was completely renewed.

All skills, including the just-comprehended 【Blazing Fire Pillar】, were all raised to level 18, matching his own level.

Lv. 18 Blazing Fire Pillar...

Base 5 pillars, plus the bonus from 17 levels, meaning... a total of 22 fire pillars!

"Perfect."

Lin Mo snapped his fingers.

He glanced at his empty inventory and began to calculate.

"But the consumption is indeed quite high. After the big exam ends, I'll have to go back and get my mom to restock, and also prepare some lightning-element skill books."

"If I get into that Long Xu Ban, mom, in her joy, will probably give me more pocket money, right?"

At this moment, the countdown on the broadcast also hit zero.

"Monster summoning begins!"

Vroom—!

Inside the cage formed by hexagonal earthen walls, the light of the teleportation array suddenly flared.

Space distorted, and figures appeared one by one.

A full twenty level-22 monsters crammed that narrow space to the brim.

Half of them were bloodthirsty bats with grotesque faces.

The moment they landed, they were stunned.

High earthen walls surrounded them on all sides, not a single crack in sight.

Before they could react,

the ground beneath their feet suddenly lit up with bright red circles.

One, two, five...

Dense red circles instantly covered the entire floor of the cage, blanketing every inch of land without leaving a single blind spot.

At the same time,

above, a rain of fireballs composed of fifteen fireballs poured down.

【Fireball Spell laughed wildly: Welcome to... the Inferno of Flames!】

Boom boom boom boom boom—!

Twenty-three pillars of blazing fire erupted from the ground simultaneously.

In that instant,

the world inside the earthen walls turned into a purgatory.

The rain of fireballs falling from the sky, the pillars of fire gushing from the ground...

Those pitiful monsters didn't even have time to scream before they were blown to ash.

Flames shot skyward, turning half the Trial Tower space red, even burning the thick earthen walls glowing crimson.

Lin Mo stood in the distance, feeling the heat wave rushing toward him, and silently pulled out an unopened bag of new snacks.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

"No wonder it's an intermediate skill; this explosive power is far stronger than previous skills."

"I can't imagine what high-tier or even forbidden spells would be like..."

【Fireball Spell let out an extremely satisfied sigh: Awesome!!! So refreshing! So brutal! I absolutely love this new skill!】

【Earth Shield Spell, watching the flames shoot skyward, couldn't help swallowing hard: Big brother is awesome. I feel like my walls are about to collapse...】

【Fireball Spell laughed heartily: Is that all there is to it? Wait until I become a forbidden spell, and I'll show you what true fire looks like!】

A few seconds later,

the flames faded.

【Congratulations to candidate Lin Mo! The twenty-first floor has been cleared!】

【Time taken: 3 seconds!】

The broadcast voice sounded at the right moment, announcing the end of this one-sided slaughter.

Lin Mo comfortably stretched, his bones making crisp cracking sounds all over his body.

"Next floor."

He casually glanced at the surveillance camera in the corner, flashing with red light.

He did not know

that on the other side of the camera, someone was about to feast.