Chapter 551: Chapter 261: Wind Vortex Fist and Demon Thunder Piercing Kill (3)

But now, in just a single day, he had grown this powerful at a speed she couldn’t even begin to comprehend.

At this moment, Eve felt no envy or jealousy. The pressure she once felt was gone, replaced by a resigned sense of relief. Her heart was at ease, having finally made peace with herself.

The battle ended quickly.

Deke took down two Level 9 Crystal Cluster Guards, while Eve, with Mi Lan’s support, defeated one Level 9 and one Level 10.

Lin Mo had killed the rest.

Everyone emerged from the cave and began to clean up the battlefield.

Lin Mo was also about to check his rewards from the battle.

However, at that very moment—

"BOOM—!"

A booming sound suddenly came from above.

Lin Mo sensed an incredibly powerful and volatile Fire Elemental Magic Power rushing toward them.

His first reaction was naturally alarm, but he quickly relaxed.

The fluctuation of this Fire Element felt somewhat familiar.

He glanced at Mi Lan, and sure enough, a joyful expression had already appeared on her face.

"It’s Teacher Flora!"

The usually quiet Mi Lan was so happy she jumped up and down. It made sense; she was still just a kid, and her heart must have been filled with panic and unease after suddenly encountering such an incident.

Now that she was out of danger and the person she was most familiar and close with had arrived to rescue her, how could she not be overjoyed?

Shortly after they heard the booming sound, one... er, two figures arrived from the cliff above.

One was Flora, and the other was her good friend, Shaya.

The steep cliff seemed like flat ground to Shaya. She easily carried Flora on her back and landed steadily.

The anxious look on Flora’s face finally eased when she saw Mi Lan, Eve, and the others.

She jogged over and immediately pulled Mi Lan into a hug.

"Teacher Flora..."

Mi Lan’s eyes instantly welled with tears, and she burst into loud sobs.

"You’ve been through a lot. Don’t be afraid, it’s all over now."

Flora comforted her for a while, then nodded to the other students in turn. When she saw Lin Mo, she paused for a moment.

"So it was you."

She then smiled, as if no longer surprised that the students were all unharmed.

"It seems I was worrying for nothing..."

’After all, the last time we met, his strength had already surpassed Eve’s. And now... well, it hasn’t been that long. But to be fair, there wasn’t much time between our last meeting and the one before that, either.’

"Were you responsible for that commotion just now?"

Flora looked toward the depths of the mine, where the faint smell of something burning still lingered.

Lin Mo nodded.

"It seems you’ve already promoted to Elite Level."

This was the kind of progress that would be utterly shocking in anyone else, but it wasn’t strange for Lin Mo. Clearly, it was no longer enough to shock Flora.

’After all, she’d known the kid for a while now. She had already gone through all the anger and frustration she was going to.’

"Actually... there’s also this."

Lin Mo thought for a moment, then, like a child showing off a new toy, he suddenly ignited a Flame in his left hand and gathered Qi and Blood in his right.

Then, right in front of Flora, he merged the two together.

Flora’s previously relaxed expression immediately froze.

The combination of Magic Power and Qi and Blood... She had once mentioned this "impractical" theory to Lin Mo, painting him a picture of a grand achievement that seemed nearly impossible at the time.

She still remembered her state of mind when she had said those words...

’Surely there has to be *something* in this world that’s difficult for you, right, kid?’

And now, the facts before her proved that, apparently, there really wasn’t.

Seeing the corner of Flora’s mouth twitch, Lin Mo smiled with satisfaction.

’So satisfying.’

Flora took several deep breaths to compose herself. Not even bothering to make a snide comment, she changed the subject directly: "The academy’s rescue team will be here soon. In any case, let’s hurry up and leave."

Just as she said, a short while later, another group of people appeared on the cliff above.

Several Horned Eagles flew down from the sky. The students mounted them in groups of two and three, and the eagles carried them up to the middle level.

And with that, the crisis came to an end.

Finally, only Lin Mo and Flora were left. The cry of a Horned Eagle echoed from above again. The spoils from the previous battle had all been collected and sent up. It was time to leave.

At that moment, however, Lin Mo suddenly froze for a second, then walked forward.

"Lin Mo?"

Flora called out his name, puzzled. Lin Mo beckoned to her, signaling for her to come over.

"What is it?"

Flora asked, not understanding.

"Look over there..."

Lin Mo led her forward along the path his Demon Thunder Piercing Kill had just carved, and they soon discovered something amiss.

A mangled corpse lay silently in the darkness of the mine.

"This is..."

Flora paused, then her eyes lit up. "Bring this body up, too!"

Clearly, this was the culprit who had caused the earlier collapse. Unexpectedly, he had been unceremoniously killed by Lin Mo in the chaos.

Flora had been thinking that she couldn’t just let this matter go, but without any evidence, it would be difficult to make the mastermind behind it all pay the price.

Now, this body was the best evidence she could ask for.

Although the corpse’s torso had been obliterated to ash by Lin Mo’s attack, its head was somehow relatively intact. Flora took a closer look and immediately recognized the person’s identity. "It really is him!"

"Who’s this guy?"

"A former instructor at the Magic Academy... He was expelled after it was discovered he had improper dealings with Duke Sed Morin. After that, he was rarely seen in public. He probably went to serve the Morin Clan as an Honored Guest Elder."

As Flora spoke, she gave Lin Mo a deep, meaningful look.

’Granted, this guy was one of the weaker instructors at the Magic Academy—his strength was at the very bottom, even worse than hers when she had just become an instructor. But he was still an academy instructor, a Level 15 Professional. Flora was confident she could win a fight against him, but it would still take some time. And a Professional of that level was killed by Lin Mo... Moreover, judging from everyone else’s reactions, they didn’t seem to know about it. That meant this guy was killed incidentally by Lin Mo’s last attack. To kill an instructor from Saint Antonia Magic Academy with a single, incidental blow... Just as she had suspected, Lin Mo’s strength had probably already surpassed her own!’

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