Chapter 67: Comprehension, Flame Wind Wings, Flame Storm!

Lin Mo returned to his bedroom, and not long after, a gentle knock sounded on the door.

Two maids pushed a food cart inside.

A rich aroma of meat instantly filled the entire room.

As per Lin Mo's request, it was cooked medium-rare.

【The 'Fireball' technique instantly grew restless: Here it comes, here it comes! This Lord feels it! Quick! Quick! Shove it into the mouth!】

"Young Master, your meal is here. Do you need us to feed you?"

One of the maids had a sweet voice.

Lin Mo waved his hand, his gaze falling on that piece of meat:

"Understood, no need, you may leave."

"Yes, Young Master."

The two maids bowed respectfully, then exited the room.

Only Lin Mo remained in the room.

He sat at the table, cut off a small piece, and put it in his mouth.

He had originally thought the medium-rare meat would have some strange taste, but instead, it melted in his mouth, with an extremely tender and smooth texture.

Coupled with that specially made sauce, it perfectly neutralized a hint of gamey smell, bringing out the wild aroma of the meat.

"Mmm... not bad."

Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction. "As expected of our own chef; this skill is absolutely superb."

As the food went down, a stream of pure fire elemental energy began to spread through his body.

【The 'Fireball' technique let out a pleasurable moan: Ah... power! This Lord feels his whole body burning!】

Now that he was full and satisfied, the 'Fireball' technique could not stay still for a single moment.

Its mind was now entirely occupied by that Thunder Qilin with damage in the seven figures.

If it didn't get its revenge, how could it, as the big brother, continue to hold its place in the skill bar?

【The 'Fireball' technique rubbed its fists: This Lord is going to level up! This Lord is going to comprehend a single-target skill even fiercer than that broken Qilin!】

Having spoken, the 'Fireball' technique looked toward the 'Lightning Strike' on the other side.

【The 'Fireball' technique issued a challenge: Third Brother, you just wait for this Lord. Tomorrow morning, I will show you what a real nuclear explosion looks like!】

Facing the big brother's provocation, the 'Lightning Strike' merely flickered slightly.

【'Lightning Strike': Boring.】

【The 'Fireball' technique trembled with anger: Fine, fine, fine! You think you're so high and mighty! You think you're so great!】

Having spoken, the 'Fireball' technique, filled with rage, headed straight for the wilderness.

Watching this scene, Lin Mo helplessly shook his head.

"This damn desire to win..."

【'Earth Shield' looked out the window and couldn't help but complain: Big Brother is really something. Third Brother is so powerful; we should just hug his thigh from now on. Why bother grinding so hard?】

【'Earth Shield' looked full of expectation: Third Brother, we're counting on you from now on!】

【Facing 'Earth Shield's' overture, 'Lightning Strike' responded coldly: Trash.】

【'Earth Shield':...】

【'Earth Shield' felt aggrieved: Waaah, why is everyone in this family so hard to get along with... The Master is still the best.】

Lin Mo yawned, washed up simply, and then burrowed into the warm bed.

"Sleep, sleep. I still have to go to the Capital tomorrow."

The next morning.

Lin Mo opened his eyes groggily and habitually stretched.

"Hmm... another beautiful day."

He rubbed his eyes and looked at his profession panel.

It was a habit formed over these past few days: the first thing upon waking was to see what kind of trouble the 'Fireball' technique had caused last night.

【Level: Lv. 20 (78%)】

"Hmm, almost level 21. The efficiency of grinding mobs in the wilderness is already quite good."

Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the skill bar.

"Hmm?"

Lin Mo suddenly jolted awake.

He discovered that two new mid-tier skills had appeared in the fire skill bar.

【Flame Wind Wings (Lv. 1): Condense fire into wings to gain flight capability, lasting 3 minutes. During flight, fire feathers can be fired for attacks; fire feathers deal area splash damage. Cooldown: 30 minutes.】

【Flame Storm (Lv. 1): Centered on oneself, unleash a swirling flame storm, dealing massive damage to enemies within a 50-meter radius. Cooldown: 30 seconds.】

"Whoa?"

"Not bad, Xiao Huo."

"One provides flight and area damage, while the other is pure area damage; both complement each other very well."

Lin Mo's gaze fell on the 'Fireball' technique icon, but he noticed something was off.

【'Fireball' technique status: In self-imposed isolation, emo...】

"???"

Lin Mo's face was full of question marks.

"What's wrong? Not happy about comprehending new skills? Did you lose a fight?"

With a puzzled expression, Lin Mo began to check what had happened last night.

Rows of information popped out.

【Your skill "Fireball" was full of ambition, swearing to comprehend an ultra-high burst single-target skill that surpasses "Thunder Qilin Descends to the World"!】

【It rushed into the wild zone, seeking the strongest single-target monster for a duel!】

【However, it had bad luck and encountered a flock of flying "Flame Demon Eagles".】

【These Demon Eagles flew extremely high and were extremely agile; "Fireball" simply couldn't touch a single feather of theirs!】

【"Fireball" began to get angry, started turning its brain, and finally successfully deduced and comprehended the intermediate Fire-element skill, Blazing Wind Wings (click to view details).】

Seeing this, Lin Mo stroked his chin.

"So that's how this skill came to be, but why did it get emo?"

Lin Mo continued reading downward.

【With the new skill, "Fireball"'s agility increased greatly, and it smoothly killed that flock of Demon Eagles!】

【But it did not forget its original intention! Its goal was a single-target nuclear explosion!】

【It continued searching, and finally, it locked onto a lone "Rotten Giant Troll"!】

【"Fireball" was overjoyed and began attempting to rotate and compress the fire elements to the extreme, trying to achieve a secondary sublimation based on the "Explosive Flame Spiral Dragon Bullet"!】

【Compress! Compress again! Rotate! Rotate again!】

【However, attempt after attempt, failure after failure; the Spiral Dragon Bullet was already the limit.】

【The Rotten Giant Troll roared to the sky, summoning a group of rotting corpses; dense masses of rotting corpses instantly surrounded "Fireball"!)】

【"Fireball" became extremely irritable; its rotation rhythm was disrupted! The rotation originally intended to compress inward unintentionally turned into a large outward-expanding rotation!】

【"Fireball" got furious! Screw single-target! Get the hell out of here, all of you!】

【It took advantage of the situation to unleash this rotational force! It successfully deduced and comprehended the intermediate Fire-element skill, Flame Storm. (click to view details)】

"Ah, this..."

Looking at the battle report, Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh:

"So that's how the second skill came to be. Instead of compressing inward, you expanded and rotated outward. You're a genius too, Xiao Huo."

"But aren't these two skills pretty good?"

Lin Mo frowned.

【"Fireball" spent the whole night killing countless monsters.】

【It looked up at the sky, remembering the Thunder Qilin flashing with lightning; it knew very well that even with these two new skills, it still couldn't win against Thunder Strike.】

【"Fireball" collapsed: Why! Why, even though this seat has worked so hard, am I still not as good as it?)】

Lin Mo sighed.

"Sigh, Xiao Huo, oh Xiao Huo, you are too ambitious."

"Actually, you are already great; you can fly and clear large areas. How versatile is that?"

"Every skill has its strengths. Besides striking once, what else can Little Lei do? Can it fly? Can it spin in circles? It can't!"

Although Lin Mo tried his best to comfort it, 'Fireball' still showed no reaction.

"Alright, let you be quiet for a while."

Lin Mo then pulled out a huge pile of skill books.

"Use them all!"

Buzzzzzz—!

Streams of flowing light drilled into Lin Mo's body.

Moments later, the levels of all skills were maxed out.

Lin Mo glanced at the magnificent skill list.

【Fire-element skills: Fireball (Basic), Multiple Exploding Fireballs (Low-tier), Explosive Flame Spiral Dragon Bullet (Low-tier), Blazing Fire Pillar (Intermediate), Blazing Wind Wings (Intermediate), Flame Storm (Intermediate).】

【Earth-element skills: Earth Shield Technique (Basic), Earth Flow Wall (Low-tier), Earth Stealth (Intermediate), Quicksand Domain (Intermediate).】

【Thunder-element skills: Thunder Strike (Basic), Thunder Qilin Descends to the World (Intermediate).】

【Combination Skill: Magma Battle Armor.】

A sense of security arose spontaneously.

"Damn, I'm only level 20, and this skill set..."

"Can fly, can tank, can deal damage, can control..."

"With this configuration, going to that place, Kyoto, I should... not be bullied, right?"

Lin Mo climbed out of bed, in a very good mood.

"Set off! Kyoto!"