Deduct 1 for merit. I am really not a child of luck.

Chapter 172: Relying on women or strength to get to the top? Lin Mo's little secret of controlling fire! (Subscribe)
When Lin Mo and Chu Wange climbed to the top of the mountain again, the news that they climbed the mountain and went to the sword-discussing arena again had already been posted on the sect forum, with a bright headline:

##The Immortal Couple of Nanshan, Go to Lunjian Peak Again##
The post has just been published and it has attracted a lot of attention.

"What? Lin Mo and Chu Wange are going again?! No, I want to go and watch!"

"Does Lin Mo want to continue his winning streak? Or does Chu Wange want to achieve a hundred consecutive kills again?"

"The former still has a chance, but it won't last more than ten times, and it will definitely fail. Forget about the latter, do you know how difficult it is to achieve a Hundred Consecutive Slashes a second time?"

"Who cares? I just want to see how Lin Mo loses. His last win yesterday was so cheap!"

"Haha, me too, let's go together!"

"..."

When Lin Mo and Chu Wange reached the entrance, they separated and entered the sword-discussing arena.

Before entering, Lin Mo said to Chu Wange:
"I heard that it will be difficult to achieve the Hundred Consecutive Slashes for the second time. You have to work harder. Wait for your Hundred Consecutive Slashes achievement!"

Chu Wange hummed, his expression as cold as ever:
"it is good."

It was as if the achievement of Hundred Consecutive Slashes was already in her pocket.

Hearing her so confident, Lin Mo finally felt relieved. He slapped a substitute talisman on himself and entered the sword-fighting arena.

The black and white ink painting flashed before his eyes, and then the familiar huge arena appeared in front of Lin Mo.

Of course, there is also the giant stone monument.

The golden reminder of 100 consecutive wins is still placed at the top of the stone tablet. Even if there are several purple reminders of consecutive wins below, they are dimmed by it.

Looking at the two words "Lin Mo" shining with golden light, I am very satisfied.

[Ding! Spectator mode or defender mode? ]

Looking at the prompt in front of him, Lin Mo chose the latter without hesitation.

With a flash of light, he returned to the familiar arena.

At the same time, the public message of the Sword Arena was also updated:
[Ding! Lin Mo, the winner of the Hundred Consecutive Kills achievement, enters the room.]

The public message prompt is also golden, which is particularly conspicuous among a group of ordinary messages and is noticed by the audience in the sword-fighting arena at a glance.

"Lin Mo? Such a familiar name, isn't he the one on the stone tablet?"

"Yeah, you just won a hundred consecutive kills yesterday, and you're doing it again today? Aren't you afraid that your winning streak will be ended?"

"Maybe he's here to keep his Taoist partner company. It looks like Chu Wange is here too."

"Go! Go and see!"

"..."

Many viewers followed the prompts and teleported into Lin Mo's room.

But they did not see Chu Wange in the room, instead there was only Lin Mo.

"Are you really going to continue your winning streak alone?!"

When the audience saw Lin Mo on the ring, they looked a little surprised.

You should know that once the winning streak is ended, the golden reminder at the top will disappear, and you will no longer enjoy the privilege of being at the top for a week.

Generally speaking, after achieving some accomplishments in the sword-fighting arena, especially those that can be placed on the top of a stone tablet, the disciples will try to keep them there for a while.

There is no other reason, just to show off and pretend.

Moreover, Lin Mo’s achievement of 100 consecutive kills is highlighted in golden color and is placed in the most conspicuous position on the stone tablet.

"Tsk tsk, if I get a hundred consecutive kills, I will definitely let him hang there for a whole week, come here to check in every day, but he will never participate in a ring battle!"

A disciple said truthfully.

"Haha, so you are not Lin Mo, nor Chu Wange, so how can you understand the thoughts of these geniuses?"

Some people made a few jokes.

The disciple pursed his lips and said:
"I'm not wrong. A few dozen consecutive wins are fine, but a hundred consecutive wins are hell-level difficulty. It's extremely difficult to win."

"I remember a few years ago, that prodigy who won 101 consecutive games seemed to be defeated in the promotion match and couldn't even get wins."

"It would be better to wait until the golden prompt has been hung for a full week before making the challenge. This way, his popularity will be higher."

This statement is recognized by many people.

"There's really no need to be so anxious. Waiting a few days won't affect the challenge."

"Haha, maybe it's because of the discussions on the forum. I want to prove myself urgently?"

"What forum? What discussion?"

"Qingshan Sect's forum, don't you know about such a big melon? Lin Mo's final victory was achieved with the help of a woman!"

"Hiss! Tell me something!"

"..."

In everyone's discussion, Lin Mo has become a scumbag who relies on women to gain points and manipulate the gambling table.

But he himself is actually not clear about this.

I just came back yesterday and started fighting in the ring. When I got back to the cave, I was exhausted. I also had to take care of Chu Wange, a "child" who couldn't take care of herself...

He doesn't have time to visit forums.

At this moment, he did not pay attention to the noisy sounds around him, but focused on the prompts on the panel:

[Ding! Do you want to enter the promotion match of 'Nobody'? ]

【Tips 1: The promotion match is in the best-of-three format, and 10 points will be deducted for failure. 】

[Tips 2: Success in the promotion match will not be counted towards your winning streak, and failure will end your winning streak. ]

As expected, the conditions became more stringent as time went on.

Lin Mo saw the hint at the end and thought to himself.

However, the rewards will become more and more generous. He looked at the prompt after entering the sword arena:

[Winning streak privilege: All winning streak rewards are doubled, and the season settlement rewards are doubled. 】

This was the reward he received after achieving the Hundred Consecutive Kills achievement yesterday.

There is no direct reward of spirit stones, but disciples are encouraged to continue their winning streak.

Lin Mo hesitated for a moment. As far as safety was concerned, he would definitely not fight in the ring. It would be more cost-effective to wait until the season was settled in September.

But if he wanted to team up with Chu Wange to fight in the Tomb of Ten Thousand Swords, he had to rank within the top 500 before the calculation of the Liangyu Ranking this month.

Otherwise, you will have to wait until the annual rankings are settled at the end of the year.

"That's too slow..."

For Lin Mo at present, the sooner he improves his spiritual root qualifications, the sooner the utilization rate of his merit points can be improved.

So, we still have to rush to this list!

He came out of his thoughts, made some adjustments, and then clicked to enter the matching mode.

[Ding! Promotion match, matching you with a suitable opponent, please wait...]

[Ding! Successfully matched with opponent Fu Fengyu, rank: Unknown (500 points)]

With a flash of teleportation light, a new opponent appeared in a corner of the ring.

Soon, someone in the stands recognized the opponent's identity.

"It's Fu Fengyu. Isn't he the genius on the Immortal Ranking last year?"

"Let me check the list... As expected, he is on the Liangyu list, and his ranking is slightly higher than He Fei's yesterday, at 908th."

"I knew that after a hundred consecutive wins, the games would be tough and we wouldn't be matched against weak opponents."

"..."

As his spiritual awareness improved, Lin Mo could vaguely sense his opponent's strength.

"His cultivation is lower than He Fei's, but he is also in the middle stage of foundation building, but his aura seems to be higher..."

Lin Mo narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the other person.

Fu Fengyu was also observing Lin Mo. When he saw the golden name above his head, he was slightly surprised:
"Are you that Lin Mo?"

Lin Mo is a very common name, and many people call him that, but there is only one person who has a golden hint.

Obviously, he was matched with the most popular player in the recent sword fighting arena.

"Interesting, an opponent with a hundred consecutive wins..."

Fu Fengyu raised a cruel smile and said:
"My winning streak last year only stopped at 30. Now I finally have a chance to end someone else's winning streak. Hahaha!" Just because you've been caught in the rain, you want to tear up other people's umbrellas, right?

Lin Mo looked at the other person's excited expression and complained in his heart.

At the same time, the countdown is about to come to an end.

【3, 2——】

【1】

"Fire bomb!"

The Fire Li magical power that started at zero frame popped out from Lin Mo's fingers.

"Shhhhhh!"

The fire bomb made a sound of breaking wind in the air, and in front of Fu Fengyu's astonished eyes, it hit his wrist and thigh that he had just raised.

"Bang bang!"

Two explosions were heard in succession.

Fu Fengyu covered his hand in pain, and he only dodged the fire bullet between his eyebrows.

But because of this, the thigh was also hit.

What a fast spell, what a precise trajectory!

Fu Fengyu didn't even have time to react before he was hit twice in a row.

Although it was only a small fire bomb, the damage was not low. It directly penetrated the body's protective essence and caused considerable damage.

Oops, my wrist is injured...

Fu Fengyu secretly said that this was not good.

For a practitioner of magic, the hand that is making hand gestures is a "weapon", and injuries to the wrist will most affect the efficiency of spellcasting.

While he was still thinking, Lin Mo's fire spell that started at zero frame came again.

"Shhhhhh!"

Several more rounds of fire bombs were fired.

Damn, his spell was completed so quickly?
Fu Fengyu cursed inwardly and could only roll to the side to barely avoid the magic attack.

But then, Lin Mo pinched the Taoist formula, and a series of fire bombs quickly condensed and shot out in front of him.

"!!!"

Fu Fengyu's eyes widened, and he had just managed to stabilize his body and could only dodge again.

Under Lin Mo's fire bombs one after another, he had no chance to continue casting spells. He could only run and roll around on the ring in a panic.

When the audience in the stands saw this, they knew the outcome was decided.

"Lin Mo's fire spell that starts at zero frame is too unstoppable. How can we defend against it?"

"Yes, especially those who don't know he has this skill. I've seen it, and basically no one doesn't suffer at the beginning."

"Where is He Fei from yesterday?"

"Haha, he has obviously seen Lin Mo fight, so he can naturally guard against this move. Moreover, he is a sword servant himself, so he is better at dealing with magic attacks than magic cultivators."

"If this is the case, wouldn't it be that as long as it is a Dharma cultivator, it would be completely suppressed by him?"

"Unless you have a spell that starts at zero frames like him, I think it's the same no matter who comes."

"..."

Many viewers have figured out that it is no exaggeration to say that Lin Mo's fire magic is the nemesis of magicians of the same level.

No need to do any tricks, start from zero frame.

Especially in a small-scale battle like in an arena, you can disrupt the opponent's rhythm from the beginning.

So what if I knew it in advance?
It's just as hard to guard against.

Only those who practice physical cultivation or swordsmanship can resist or block spells, and then engage in close combat to pose a threat to Lin Mo.

As for practitioners of the same level, no matter how high their cultivation is or how strong their true essence is, they still need the opportunity to make hand gestures and cast spells.

Otherwise, no matter how well you practice the spell, it will be meaningless if you cannot release it.

Fu Fengyu, who had clearly reached the fourth level of foundation building in the ring battle, was now caught in this embarrassing situation.

He had a lot of magical skills but was unable to use them. He could only flee around the ring in a panic, praying that Lin Mo's energy would be used up soon so that it would be his turn.

But it was obvious that he was overthinking it.

The reason why Lin Mo chose [Fire Bomb] as a commonly used attack spell is because [Lihuo Divine Power (Beginner)] is temporarily unable to construct a medium-sized spell.

The largest fire magic that can be constructed is probably two fist-sized fireballs, but it is impossible to control too many at one time.

If it fails, not only will you lose a lot of energy, but you will also lose the advantage of starting at zero frame.

On the contrary, although the fire bomb has lower damage, it has the advantages of fast concentration efficiency, low energy consumption, fast shooting speed and small size, making it the most difficult spell to dodge.

It is very versatile and is best used in starting combat, tug-of-war, or kite warfare.

Of course, although he possessed an acquired Taoist body and various magical powers and spells, his true essence value was no lower than that of most cultivators at the second or third level of foundation building, but his true essence value still could not withstand the high frequency of continuous fire bombs.

only……

"Who said that we have to really condense the fire bomb?"

Lin Mo raised his eyebrows and looked at Fu Fengyu who was fleeing opposite.

In fact, many fire bombs contain very little Taoist power, and are almost just empty shells.

This is a new skill he learned from studying the fire control experience shared with him by his senior brother from the Alchemy Academy and from a paper on "The Theory of Virtual Fire Construction".

The original theory of false fire was just a technique to weaken the temperature of the Taoist fire and thus achieve the control of the temperature of the alchemy furnace.

But Lin Mo discovered that this technique was also very suitable for combat.

The condensed "virtual fire" requires almost no true energy.

The true essence of one fire bomb can condense into five or six "virtual fires", which he called "virtual fire bombs".

The purpose of this "fake fire bomb" is naturally not to attack the opponent, but to drive the opponent away, force the opponent to move, and create the illusion that the scene is covered with fire bombs.

In the third to last game yesterday, when facing the physical cultivator Feng Life, Lin Mo used a large number of these "virtual fire bombs".

At that time, most of the scenes were "false fire bombs".

Feng Life thought he had consumed his true energy, but in fact he had retained most of it. He was just waiting for the opponent to get close to him and then launch a high-level attack of Flame Burning.

Just like Fu Fengyu at this moment, in order to dodge the "virtual fire bomb" that has almost no damage, he constantly consumes his physical strength and energy on the ring, and hopes that Lin Mo's true energy will be exhausted soon.

Unfortunately, Lin Mo's true energy is still very healthy and is far from being completely consumed.

The opponent, Fu Fengyu, kept dodging with a nervous expression and slowly fell into the trap he set.

A quarter of an hour later...

"Gan, how come he still has true energy?"

Fu Fengyu, who was sweating profusely, couldn't help but curse.

According to Lin Mo's frequency, it should have been used up long ago, how come there is still some! ?

On the other hand, he had been hit by fire bombs for more than ten times in a row, and his body energy had been consumed a lot. He also suffered some injuries and his movements were getting slower and slower.

"I just don't believe it. How can the first level of foundation building have so much true essence?"

Fu Fengyu said while gritting his teeth.

Two quarters of an hour later...

After being hit by several precise fire bombs, Fu Fengyu finally lost the ability to move and could only let Lin Mo do whatever he wanted.

After a while, he turned into white light with an expression of disbelief and unwillingness.

[Ding! One win in the promotion match! ]

[Ding! Liangyu Ranking changes, Lin Mo's ranking increases: 888→878]

As the system prompt sounded, Lin Mo also won the first promotion match.

He didn't waste any time and started clicking on the next match...

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