[{"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-59":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},2356669,4610,"Chapter 59: S-Class Talent? Just a Joke","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-59",59,"\u003Cp>Seeing their boss get knocked flying like that, the second and third brothers froze in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run! Run now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second brother, a rogue, reacted fastest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He screamed, without hesitation, and turned to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third brother also spun around immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their boss got knocked into protection mode with one punch—staying here would just mean handing over their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Fireball Spell』furious: Trying to run? Die!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fireball instantly coalesced before Lin Mo and shot toward the fastest-running second brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second brother, being a rogue type, had undergone rigorous training since childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying purely on instinct, he sidestepped instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fireball whistled past, grazing his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He… he dodged it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart pounded wildly, eyes filled with relief after narrowly escaping death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with soul protection, he wouldn’t die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sensation of near-death was real—no one wanted to experience it even once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, being knocked into protection mode here would severely impact his exam score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fireball, already far ahead of him, suddenly made a sharp turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“???”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the… fuck?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, does a fireball even turn like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that even micro-manipulation possible for someone at our level?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second brother froze; the fireball rapidly expanded in his pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to sidestep again, but his ability was still on cooldown—impossible to activate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second brother, already half-dead from the earlier flame column, was instantly obliterated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Monster!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run! Run now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining candidates who could still move fled without hesitation, scattering in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come on, the entire assault team got wiped out by two-thirds in one go—Zhao Shao and the strongest triplet brothers were both one-shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing was more like a boss than any wilderness boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo watched the candidates scatter, but didn’t chase them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His goal was merely to intimidate—to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. Once the monkeys scattered, that was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goal had been achieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chasing each one down would be troublesome and unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo walked toward Zhao Yu’s direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he passed the crooked tree, his steps paused slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue sat half-collapsed against it, unable to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body was wrapped in white light, like a delicate statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lin Mo approach, her eyes were filled with guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the outcome was good—Lin Mo had crushed everyone with an invincible presence—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it was because of her intel that Lin Mo walked straight into Zhao Yu’s carefully laid trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lin Mo had been even slightly weaker, today’s outcome might have been completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“L-Lin Shao…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue’s voice carried a hint of apology, “I’m sorry… I was careless, almost got you killed…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bah, what’s the big deal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo waved his hand, smiling carelessly, “If you hadn’t gathered them all together, I’d have had to hunt them down one by one—how long would that take?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, without Xia Qingyue, Zhao Yu wouldn’t have waited here for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn’t have unlocked 【Quicksand Domain】—this powerful control skill—in this miserable black mud swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his first large-scale hard-control skill, and its effect was insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Lin Mo’s carefree retreating back, Xia Qingyue exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But immediately, a deep shock surged through her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at the devastated battlefield around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So strong…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strength had completely shattered her understanding of peers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far stronger than even when he cleared the Abyss dungeon before…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This growth rate was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a top student, Xia Qingyue understood skills across all classes, especially mage abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She instantly recognized that Lin Mo had just used a fire-earth combo skill, plus two intermediate-level spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue admitted to herself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with her talent, she couldn’t guarantee unlocking a single intermediate skill in half a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone that far more complex combo skill—she might never unlock it in her lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this… what a true prodigy looks like?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue stared at Lin Mo’s back, her gaze filled with complexity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was awe, like looking up at a towering mountain—and a touch of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relief that, in that moment, she’d chosen to stand by this man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhao Yu lay sprawled in the muddy swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white light cocoon protected him tightly, but left him completely immobilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched helplessly as that familiar figure walked steadily toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear and despair washed over him like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he watched Lin Mo’s video clearing Floor 30, he’d still thought he had a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, facing Lin Mo directly, he finally understood what despair truly meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a suffocating sense of helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His prideful, meticulously planned trap—the terrain advantage, the dozens of attackers…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All crumbled before Lin Mo like paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lin Mo hadn’t even drawn his staff!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Full spellcasting without a staff!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu trembled all over; he wanted to shut his eyes and not see Lin Mo—but he couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo stopped, looking down at Zhao Yu at his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhao Dashao, you’re really not up to this, are you? Already lying down?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu clenched his teeth so hard his jaw ached, humiliation and rage boiling inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lips trembled; countless threats churned in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to say “Wait till I get you,” or “The tide turns every thirty years”—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But remembering the sheer devastation he’d just witnessed, every threat choked in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trembling terror from deep within his soul rendered him speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the instinctive fear of the weak facing absolute power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was truly afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grinning Lin Mo before him had become an invincible demon, a glitch-like peer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Zhao Yu like this, Lin Mo found it boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tch. Boring.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his current self, Zhao Yu was no longer on the same level—not even worth the effort to humiliate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a dragon soaring through the sky—would it care if an ant beneath it waved its tiny claws?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a flea does holds no meaning to a dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young Master Zhao, you stay here and reflect properly. I'm off now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo stood up, strode casually over Zhao Yu’s body, and walked into the depths of the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still have some time left—I can go kill a few more monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aim to reach level 20 as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just hope the Thunder skills will be reliable by then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the mud swamp,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu lay in the cold, rotting mud, gazing despairingly at the gray, hazy sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’ll never catch up to that guy in this lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait—catch up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With my S-rank talent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, I’m just a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those SSS-rank geniuses, one in millions, are worthy of even glancing at Lin Mo’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for me, I don’t even have the right to look up at him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1142,"2026-06-21T04:41:49.398Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9e3981466390364e1c97d344caefa3311d0335bf606436aa282c3caa83e9c726","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-60","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-58",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]