[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware-":3,"chapter-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-50":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Just Became a Mage, and My Skills Got Self-Aware? What the Hell?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2356660,4610,"Chapter 50: Ambush Lin Mo!","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-50",50,"\u003Cp>Inside the monitoring room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s gaze was fixed on the boy clad in lava armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, they had witnessed a textbook-level solo kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang’s voice trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes brimmed with awe as he murmured:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Facing the Shadow Wing Demon Lord—high agility, high evasion—he didn’t rush to attack. Instead, he feigned offense with fireballs, pretending weakness to lure the demon lord closer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once close enough, he used the high defense and melee boost of his [Lava Armor] to pin the Shadow Wing Demon Lord, nullifying its greatest speed advantage!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At point-blank range, he unleashed the unavoidable [Infernal Spiral Dragon Bullet], then immediately erected a earth wall to block escape routes, chaining the impact stun into [Flame Pillar]…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Using the airborne mechanic of [Flame Pillar], he seamlessly followed up with [Multiple Exploding Fireballs] mid-air…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This entire combo was flawlessly linked, fluid as flowing water, with not a single unnecessary motion!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Xu Wenchang sharply turned to Lin Tianhao, his eyes burning:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Lin, Lin Mo doesn’t just master his skills to perfection—he’s terrifyingly calm in tactics. This is top-tier combat intuition!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such talent appearing in a student who just switched classes three days ago… it’s monstrous!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tianhao’s heart swelled with pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded, suppressing his excitement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Xu, my boy Mo may be lazy, but he’s got brains. What do you think? Is this performance good enough for your Dragon Order Class?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang took a deep breath without hesitation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More than enough!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just based on this tactical thinking and skill micro-management, even if he were a blank-slate mage, I’d claim him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Xu Wenchang changed tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the final exam still has a second phase: real PVP combat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Human complexity far exceeds that of monsters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to see if he can maintain this composure when faced with human betrayal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tianhao smiled confidently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then keep watching. I’m sure this kid won’t disappoint you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the corner, Zhao Lei’s face had turned ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes locked onto Lin Mo on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As commander of Jianghai City’s defense forces and a high-rank fire-class practitioner, he knew better than anyone what he had just witnessed meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect fusion of fire and earth elements—offense and defense unified, transcending into a qualitative leap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a combination technique requiring profound understanding of both elements and countless trials to unlock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could this be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He himself, for thirty years, had never unlocked a single combination technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo, in three days, had already mastered one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skipped thirty years of wrong paths?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This can’t be…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Lei felt his worldview crumbling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tianhao watched Zhao Lei’s stunned expression and felt a quiet satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He personally detached a display screen, then snapped off a corner of the solid wood desk, and walked over slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Zhao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no joking in the military…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mo has passed. You can’t escape the screen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And… here’s the desk corner too. Have it while it’s hot. Don’t be polite.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Lei’s face looked worse than if he’d eaten shit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a cold snort and burned the screen and desk corner to ash with a wave of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch crunch—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chewing sounds echoed through the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A true master, even when eating a screen, chewed with the ferocity of crushing an enemy’s bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tianhao watched with a smile, kindly offering a cup of water:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take your time. Don’t choke. No one’s going to steal it from you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the Trial Tower, on the plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lin Mo cleared Floor 30, the entire plaza erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cleared… cleared it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“24 seconds?! Floor 30 in just 24 seconds?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I took three minutes just to get through Floor 1—he cleared Floor 30 in 24 seconds? Is he even human?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the crowd,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu stared at the name at the top of the leaderboard, his eyes glazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible… impossible… how did he do this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The historical record was only Floor 27—how did he clear Floor 30 so fast?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cry rang out from the crowd:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit! My uncle works as a technician in the monitoring center—he just secretly messaged me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Floor 30 boss is the Shadow Wing Demon Lord—the so-called ‘Mage Killer’!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, the crowd exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? The Shadow Wing Demon Lord? I remember the textbook saying: if you’re a mage and face this thing, just give up and die with dignity…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Insane… how did a fragile mage pull this off?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is Lin Shao cheating?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the tidal wave of astonishment around him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu felt suffocated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body trembled uncontrollably; his once-arrogant eyes now bloodshot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crushing sense of defeat washed over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“24 seconds… impossible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His prized S-rank talent now felt like the biggest joke imaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, his lackey crept up cautiously and whispered soothingly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhao… Zhao Shao, don’t lose heart. This is only the first phase.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Mo’s just good against monsters. In the second phase, PVP, it’ll still be your turn, Zhao Shao…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu spun around, eyes blazing red:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you really that stupid—or pretending?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A man who can solo-kill the Shadow Wing Demon Lord in 24 seconds—you think I can beat him in PVP?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lackey shrank back, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu took a deep breath, his chest heaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew he couldn’t win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was weaker in skill, weaker in talent, even weaker in luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t accept it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why should Lin Mo, a lazy second-generation heir who did nothing but lie around, crush someone like him who had worked so hard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why should he, Zhao Yu, stand there like a clown, watching Lin Mo take the glory that rightfully belonged to him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I can’t have it, neither will he!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hatred spread through Zhao Yu’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave a single glance, signaling a few loyal lackeys to draw near:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go. Contact everyone who’s taken money from my Zhao family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And everyone trying to curry favor with my father—notify them all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell them: in phase two, wait for my signal. Everyone gather first, then… kill Lin Mo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several henchmen hesitated upon hearing this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master Zhao, isn’t this a bit too extreme? After all, he’s Commander Lin’s son…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s there to fear?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu sneered, “The second phase is inherently a PVP confrontation round—attacking the highest-scoring candidate voluntarily is perfectly reasonable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu knew well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo’s current performance had already sealed his admission into the Dragon Order Class; there was nothing he could do to change it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply wanted to annoy Lin Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu spoke slowly, each word deliberate:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will not let Lin Mo walk through this exam in comfort. I will make him leave the testing grounds in disgrace!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go! Contact them right now! Tell them, if they eliminate Lin Mo, their previous reward is doubled! No—tripled!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Young Master Zhao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The henchmen immediately turned and vanished into the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>",1158,"2026-06-21T04:41:49.398Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","00f3ad9b9e751f2891b6927fe628b596796a2961ba274a6e4c4aa8e9e8dbc597","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-51","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-49",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]