Starting Unlimited Evolution from Grinding

Chapter 306: The Mighty Lei Ying, Vengeful Skeleton War General

Lin Mo quickly equipped this item. Besides its effects, it also had quite an impressive appearance. Combined with his inherently handsome face and stylish mage robe, his aura ascended another level.

Having collected the rewards, it was time to leave.

Lin Mo and Eve walked side by side towards the fissure ahead.

After a moment of disorientation, their vision returned to the present. They had already appeared outside in the Silent Forest.

Lin Mo's gaze swept the surroundings. Nothing seemed particularly strange.

He wondered what the current situation was. Had the Academy received the news? Had those Transcendent Level powerful experts already rushed to provide support?

Even though his strength had increased significantly now, and he naturally wasn't afraid of the undead creatures from before, the mastermind behind this incident was a Transcendent Level Necromancer. If he encountered that guy, even the current Lin Mo probably couldn't necessarily handle him.

In short, they needed to figure out their current location first.

This wasn't too difficult. They just needed to find some nearby monsters to roughly determine it.

This place seemed very secluded. Lin Mo and Eve searched the vicinity for quite a while but didn't encounter any monsters.This meant they were most likely within the territory of a relatively powerful monster.

Since that was the case, they didn't necessarily need to actively go looking for it...

Sure enough, after a while, an angry, low roar echoed from the forest.

The monster, having discovered uninvited guests in its territory, appeared before them. Lin Mo focused his gaze and saw it was a Blazing Silver-armored Lion.

So, they had probably been teleported to a very deep part of the Silent Forest... If he remembered correctly, this type of monster's territory should be Area 67 of the Silent Forest.

And the threat level of this Blazing Silver-armored Lion before them had already exceeded Level 15.

If this were before, Lin Mo might have needed to engage in a bit of a tussle with a monster of this level. But now...

Lin Mo couldn't even be bothered to draw his sword. With a casual [Space Slash], before the monster could figure out what was happening, its entire body was severed into two halves by the invisible spatial blade.

A Level 15 monster was no longer a match for him in a single exchange.

[Space Slash] proficiency +130!

After his power increased, being able to kill higher-level monsters meant the proficiency Lin Mo gained also became increasingly greater. This meant his subsequent improvement speed would only be faster than before, which was completely different from other Professionals.

Knowing his current location, Lin Mo could confirm the direction and headed towards the outskirts of the Silent Forest.

He wondered where that batch of Skeleton Generals that had been chasing him earlier were now?

Lin Mo was a person who held grudges. He wouldn't forget how he was pursued by those undead creatures before.

But the situation in the forest was currently very complex. It was best to focus on leaving first.

He wondered if Finnie and the others had managed to evacuate safely?

With these various distracting thoughts, Lin Mo quickened his pace even more.

Fortunately, Eve was, after all, an agility-type warrior, so her speed was decent too. She could keep up as long as Lin Mo wasn't traveling at full speed.

Along the way, they encountered some monsters one after another, all of which were swiftly dispatched.

However, when they encountered those not-so-strong monsters with threat levels above Level 10, Eve by his side would compete with him for the kill.

Lin Mo didn't catch on at first, then remembered—the Hunting Competition hadn't ended yet.

They had spent several days inside the Secret Realm, but due to the difference in time flow, only a few hours might have passed in the Main World.

Lin Mo opened the current points ranking list for a look.

Perhaps because chaos had descended upon the forest, the contestants' points weren't much different from before he entered the Secret Realm.

However, Benerod's points had surged significantly. He wondered if it was because he successfully completed the plan and killed Duke Morin's son...

Of course, the rankings at the very top of the list were even less likely to have changed.

If, before, the gap between the top few contestants and Lin Mo wasn't too large, then after just dealing with those few monsters earlier, it was already a world of difference.

The higher the monster's level, the more exaggerated the points awarded. Take that Blazing Silver-armored Lion Lin Mo killed earlier with one [Space Slash]—that single monster provided a full 450,000 points!

This one monster yielded more points than all the points Lin Mo had accumulated previously combined. This was undoubtedly a score other contestants couldn't hope to catch up to.

Eve beside him had nearly been overtaken earlier, but after killing a few monsters, she had firmly reclaimed the 2nd place position.

As the Kingdom's sword genius, Eve's talent was also beyond doubt. Inside the previous Secret Realm, although her improvement wasn't as direct as Lin Mo's, her strength had also grown somewhat through consecutive battles and trials. Plus, with the alchemy gem embedded in her weapon, and having Lin Mo by her side allowing her to fight with full force without worries, dealing with Level 10 monsters wasn't very difficult for her now.

Although the situation was extremely complex now, the Hunting Competition points still held meaning.

Even though the competition was interrupted by unexpected circumstances and couldn't continue, since such a competition was held, the promised rewards definitely wouldn't be withheld. Otherwise, the Kingdom would lose face.

After traveling for about half an hour, Lin Mo suddenly stopped.

Not far ahead, they could see a faint, almost imperceptible black barrier enveloping a large swath of the forest.

Clearly, this was another magic array set up by a Necromancer.

And since an array had appeared, it also meant there was a high probability of undead creatures nearby.

The reason they hadn't encountered any undead creatures in the past half hour was because they were in a relatively deep part of the Silent Forest. That area was a depth contestants of this Hunting Competition fundamentally couldn't reach, so naturally, no preparations or deployments had been made there.

Sure enough, Lin Mo soon sensed that nauseating aura rushing towards them.

Lin Mo didn't plan to just leave. Although, given his speed, he could easily shake off these guys, but with proficiency delivered to his doorstep, what reason was there to refuse?

Besides, Lin Mo was a person who held grudges. Since that damned Necromancer dared to provoke him, Lin Mo certainly couldn't let him off easily.

Thinking this, he immediately took the initiative and headed towards that batch of undead creatures.

As the distance closed, what appeared before his eyes was a situation beyond Lin Mo's expectations.

"Why so many?"

Lin Mo looked at the seemingly endless army of undead creatures stretching across the mountains and fields. At a rough estimate, there were at least a thousand!

Although their individual strength wasn't very great, this sheer quantity was enough to leave the vast majority of contestants helpless.

Lin Mo suddenly thought of something. He activated the [Eagle Eye] skill and peered intently into the distance.

The broader field of vision allowed him to see the source of these undead creatures—it was precisely from within that huge, dome-like black magic array.

So that was it... Indeed, such a large-scale magic array, how could it be merely to trap those weak contestants inside?

The true function of these arrays was probably to manufacture and summon undead creatures!

If so, the goal of the mastermind Necromancer might not be limited to these participating students.

Lin Mo frowned but didn't dwell on it further. The undead creatures were almost upon them.

However, their timing was just right!

Lightning flickered in Lin Mo's hand, spreading across his entire body. Blue electric arcs danced wildly around him, making him look like a "man of electricity."

The next moment, he raised his hand. Surging electric currents shot straight into the clouds, gathering in the sky.

The time required to unleash this move was longer than any magic he had mastered before. The wind-up was extensive, so it wasn't very practical when facing powerful opponents.

But in a situation like this, where the enemies weren't strong individually but numerous, it found its perfect use.

Lin Mo watched the lightning continuously gathering and compressing in the sky above. Suddenly, he clenched his fist. The blue electric light rapidly condensed together, transforming into a massive black sphere.

The crackling sound of electricity was incessant. Lin Mo pressed his hand down, and the enormous thunderball plummeted with a roar.

This thunderball was incredibly huge, dozens of meters in diameter. The moment it touched the ground, any undead creature it made contact with was instantly reduced to ashes by the powerful current.

Then, the thunderball suddenly erupted. The entire world seemed to fall silent. The scene before their eyes seemed to lose its color... Surging currents continuously spread out, transforming into a dense electric net that engulfed a vast surrounding area.

"Boom——!"

The explosion sound reached their ears afterward, accompanied by a series of ear-grating, fragmented thunderclaps.

Eve stared at the scene before her, utterly shocked.

She was certain that even the instructors at the Magic Academy couldn't unleash magic of such terrifying power.

Magic of this level probably required someone like Vice President Elvish to master!

Could it be that his strength had already surpassed the Academy's instructors and even stepped into the Transcendent realm?

Eve recalled the scene of their first meeting. Back then, the difference in their strength wasn't that great. And from then until now, not much time had passed...

After a long while, she smiled wryly.

Only this time, her smile wasn't burdened with so many heavy thoughts. Besides envy, there was only a faint sense of pride and admiration.

She didn't know why this was, but her feelings seemed to be slowly changing from before...

Since she couldn't catch up anyway, she might as well give up trying. It wasn't just her who couldn't catch up. Everyone else in the Kingdom's Academy, including people from other Kingdom Academies, and even Instructor Flora, were in the same boat as her.

To put it bluntly, apart from him, the world was still normal. He was the only freak.

Of course, this applied only to Lin Mo. Towards everyone else, Eve still maintained a fierce competitive spirit.

[Thunder Welcome] proficiency +344

So satisfying!

Lin Mo looked at the prompt floating before his eyes. If Eve weren't behind him, requiring him to maintain his image, he would have almost couldn't help but shout out loud.

This feeling of unleashing a single move that wreaks havoc, treating hundreds or thousands of enemies like speed bumps—this was the unique romance of being a mage!

This was precisely why so many people flocked to the mage profession.

With this one skill use, [Thunder Welcome] directly leveled up from its original Level 1 to Level 5!

"Skill [Thunder Welcome] Lv1 (20/20) leveled up!"

"Current skill [Thunder Welcome] Lv5 (4/360)"

"Gained basic attribute point Mana +5!"

It was about to level up again!

Lin Mo glanced at his status panel. His basic Mana attribute had already reached 239 points, just 1 point away from leveling up again.

This leveling speed was so exaggerated that even he found it unbelievable.

Having cleared out this batch of undead creatures, Lin Mo and Eve continued onward.

However, the commotion Lin Mo just caused had already attracted Cress's attention.

He frowned, looking at the disturbance in the distance.

This didn't seem like something those students, or even instructors, could accomplish.

Had the news already leaked? Had those old guys started to act?

But why in the deep parts of the Silent Forest... Could there be a teleportation array outside the Silent Forest that he wasn't aware of?

If that were truly the case, the situation would become troublesome.

In any case, he needed to send reliable undead over to investigate the situation first.

He wondered how his senior brother's preparations were going... This operation was a trial for them and also a part of the teacher's plan. If they achieved nothing...

He seemed to think of something, his entire body trembling. Beneath the brim of his hat, his face was filled with an expression of terror.

Lin Mo also guessed that after dealing with that batch of undead, trouble would likely follow one after another.

Although his strength had increased significantly now, he didn't get cocky. He hurriedly took Eve and left the scene.

However, quite unfortunately, they seemed to have just run into the undead faction's subsequent reinforcements...

Lin Mo looked at the few familiar figures before him, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"This is really quite a coincidence!"

That's right. The undead creatures ahead were precisely the Generals that Cress had brought to chase him down before.

"Be careful, these guys..."

Eve's words stopped halfway.

She could sense the dangerous aura emanating from these undead creatures, so she instinctively spoke to warn him. But... were these guys, dangerous to her, really the same level of threat to Lin Mo?

Her words had just fallen when Lin Mo's figure shot out like an arrow, instantly arriving before one of the Skeleton Generals.

He threw a punch at the General's face. With a crisp "crack," he directly blasted its entire head off.

Lin Mo quickly dodged, effortlessly evading the counterattacks from the remaining Skeleton Generals. Then, with another kick, he severed one General at the waist.

It wasn't over yet! After delivering that kick, Lin Mo's body rotated half a circle in mid-air. Two more consecutive kicks followed, instantly killing two more Skeleton Generals.

The massive gains he obtained within the Secret Realm meant these guys, who had given him a headache before, no longer possessed the capital to face him head-on.

Lin Mo didn't even choose to use [Holy Light Strike] to deal with them... These guys weren't worthy.

Only the last one remained. Lin Mo waved his hand, and a [Great Water Orb] smashed its body to pieces.

For Lin Mo, fighting enemies above his level was commonplace. So, dealing with these guys whose levels were now similar to his, or even lower than his, was even easier.

Facing opponents of the same level, Lin Mo completely crushed them with ease.