Chapter 95: Are Lightning and Fire Elements Countered?

Five hundred kilometers from Tianbei City, in the wilderness.

A battle had just ended here.

Smoke hung thick in the air, saturated with the acrid stench of blood.

Countless demon corpses piled like mountains, limbs and severed arms scattered everywhere.

Among them were several massive Boss-level demons, now limp as mud, lifeless on the ground.

In the center of this sea of corpses and blood,

a towering figure sat upon a relatively clean boulder.

Lin Tianhao casually tore off a scrap of cloth and absently wiped the blood from his heavy sword.

"Commander! The casualty report is in!"

An aide sprinted over, eyes blazing with fervor:

"This battle—zero casualties! Especially those three Bosses—all slain by your single sword strike!"

"This record will earn you a major commendation from the military headquarters! Your rank is bound to rise again!"

Hearing this, Lin Tianhao showed not the slightest expression.

He stood up, brushing dust from his buttocks:

"Enough. Let Old Li and the others handle the cleanup. I'm leaving."

The aide froze, instinctively asking:

"Leaving? Commander, where are you going? The military headquarters is waiting for you to attend the victory banquet…"

"Victory banquet, my ass!"

Lin Tianhao shot him a disgruntled glare, then turned his gaze northward.

His previously fierce eyes instantly softened, taking on the gentle warmth of a doting father:

"To Tianbei City."

"My damn brat is running a Team Fuben there."

"You know Tianbei City's a border zone—chaotic, full of all kinds of riffraff. I can't relax. I need to check on him."

The aide's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

"Commander… Lin Shao is number one on the Long Xu Ban leaderboard, and didn't you say Xu Wenchang is with him?"

"Why are you still worried?"

"You don't understand a damn thing!"

Lin Tianhao chuckled, utterly unapologetic:

"Xu Wenchang's job is Xu Wenchang's. But me watching my son? That's only natural. What if some idiot dares to scratch my son's fingernail?"

"I'm off!"

With that, Lin Tianhao walked toward a helicopter parked nearby.

The aide watched his back, muttering:

"Commander Lin… the rumors were true—you really are a wife-slave and a doting dad…"

…

Meanwhile, inside the 【Lei Huo Shen Miao】 Team Fuben.

"Roar—!!!"

Roars rose in succession.

Under Han Mengqing's forced taunt buff,

all demons within a one-kilometer radius surged toward the four like sharks drawn by blood.

【【Tǔ Dùn Shù】, panicked: Master, watch out! I feel the ground trembling—so many big ones… from every direction!】

【【Huǒ Qiú Shù】, sneered: Look at you, a coward. No matter how many come, they're just free EXP.】

【【Tǔ Dùn Shù】, after thinking: Brother's right. With you and Third Brother here, even the Heavenly Emperor won't help them!】

"Here they come!"

Han Mengyao tightened her spear.

Boom—!!!

As the earth trembled, dozens of massive two-headed giant lizards burst from the dense forest.

Their bodies were armored in purple-red scales; wherever they passed, trees instantly turned to charcoal.

【Lei Huo Shuang Tou Xi (Elite)】

【Level: 25】

"Hmph. Just a Level 25 elite."

Lin Mo's eyes sharpened.

The next instant, Chu Lingxuan activated her skill, placing a shield over Lin Mo.

Han Mengqing didn't hesitate, dumping countless buffs onto Lin Mo.

Feeling the surge of power, Lin Mo's fiery wind wings burst open behind him.

He shot upward, hovering midair.

"Xiao Huo, Xiao Lei—move."

【【Huǒ Qiú Shù】, adopting a senior-brother demeanor: Third Brother, same as always—you go first.】

【【Léi Jī Shù】, flashing a cold blue light: Stop talking nonsense.】

【【Tǔ Dùn Shù】, frantically cheering: Go, Brothers! You're my gods!】

Thunder Chain Prison!

Lin Mo clenched his right hand suddenly, and the lightning burst apart.

Zzzzt—!!!

Countless violent lightning bolts surged from the void, instantly ricocheting wildly among the dense swarm of monsters, weaving into a massive electric net.

Immediately after,

Firestorm!

Fire feathers fill the sky!

Pillars of blazing fire!

Boom boom boom boom boom—!!!

Crimson red fire tornadoes rose from the ground, fire feathers rained down like a storm, and countless pillars of fire erupted from beneath the earth.

Lightning and firelight intertwined, illuminating the entire forest as if it were midday.

The explosions were deafening, and shockwaves rolled.

After this combo, the visual effect was simply explosive to the extreme.

However,

after all these skills were cast, Lin Mo paused for a moment.

The ordinary monsters were indeed instantly killed, with no surprises at all.

But those elite monsters were still standing.

Many of the scales on their bodies were shattered, some even had their tails broken, looking quite wretched.

Clearly, only a sliver of health remained.

"What's going on?"

A hint of confusion flashed in Lin Mo's eyes.

This combo can instantly kill a level 30 elite monster, yet it can't instantly kill this level 25 elite monster?

"Roar—!!!"

The heavily injured lizards became even more berserk, fiercely lunging forward.

Lin Mo had no time to think further.

"Hearing Xiao Huo! Finish them off!"

【The 'Fireball' spell was also confused: Not dead yet? Get down for me... lie down!】

The fireball whistled out.

At the same time, Han Mengyao, Chu Lingxuan, and Han Mengqing also acted.

Ice spears pierced, Holy Light Judgment was cast, and even Han Mengqing was struggling to throw out scratch-like skills.

After a round of finishing moves,

the battlefield was finally cleared.

A huge wave of experience points surged in, and Lin Mo's experience bar instantly rose by 10%.

But Lin Mo still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

This monster-clearing efficiency was too low.

It completely did not match his usual style of instant kills.

"What's the matter?"

Han Mengqing looked at Lin Mo in confusion, "Big shot Lin Mo, why can't you instantly kill these elite monsters? This isn't scientific!"

Lin Mo also wore a puzzled expression.

At this moment, Han Mengyao raised her head; she recognized it:

"It's not Lin Mo's problem, it's the problem with these monsters."

"These are monsters with extremely high dual resistance to lightning and fire; the damage from both the lightning and fire elements has been greatly reduced."

"Hmm?"

Han Mengqing raised an eyebrow, "No wonder I felt your damage, sister, was almost catching up to Big shot Lin Mo. Turns out it wasn't that you got stronger, but that Big shot Lin Mo was restricted."

"Shut up."

Han Mengyao glared at her younger sister.

Once upon a time, she was also the number one genius of Magic Capital, yet now she couldn't even catch up to Lin Mo's back.

Han Mengqing stuck out her tongue.

Of course she knew; she just couldn't help but tease her older sister.

After hearing Han Mengyao's explanation, Lin Mo couldn't help but frown.

So that's how it is.

Extremely high dual resistance to lightning and fire...

No wonder I couldn't instantly kill them.

A sense of helplessness rose in Lin Mo's heart, and he sighed:

"Sigh, it seems I am still too weak; my elemental means are too single-minded."

Upon hearing this, the air around them fell silent for three seconds.

All three looked at Lin Mo simultaneously.

Come on, big brother, ninety-nine percent of mages in this world can only master one element throughout their entire lives!

And you are a three-element mage!

Moreover, it includes the strongest attack elements: fire and lightning!

"Um..."

Chu Lingxuan said gently, "I think taking it slow is fine; as long as we clear it in the end..."

Just then.

Han Mengqing suddenly interjected:

"Big Shot Lin Mo, don't you also have Earth affinity? I recall Earth affinity has attack skills too, like that basic 【Earth Spike Technique】?"

"Uh..."

Lin Mo instinctively looked at his skill panel.

He really hadn't learned it.

"Hearing Xiao Tu, do you know 【Earth Spike Technique】? It's just a basic skill, should be very simple, just condensing a spike from underground to stab out."

Lin Mo asked in his mind.

【'Fireball Technique' wore an expression of watching the show: This coward, he knows nothing, can only break some walls at best.】

Facing the big brother's teasing, Earth Shield Technique seemed somewhat inferior.

【'Earth Shield Technique' shrank back: Big Brother is right... I, I, I, can only make some broken walls to protect the master...】

Hearing this answer that was as cowardly as it could get, Lin Mo also felt a headache.

"Stop wasting words! Even if it's a shield, if you get desperate, you can still smash people!"

"Condense the earth element, make it sharper! Stab upward from underground! Try it!"

Lin Mo's tone allowed no argument.

【'Earth Shield Technique' sensed the master's urgency; although still somewhat afraid, there was more of an impulse to prove itself.】

【'Earth Shield Technique' cautiously: Th-then... then I'll try?"