151: Mental strength, one of the keys to becoming a god
Congratulations on successfully completing the first stage of the assessment! Time taken: 10 seconds. Remaining time: 890 seconds. Points gained: 8900.
Congratulations on being the first to clear the stage! You have received an additional reward: 30000 points.
Lin Ling pushed open the alloy door and walked out of the passage, a smile playing on his lips as he looked at the system prompt.
Suddenly, four figures appeared in front of him.
"Lin Ling, why are you out so quickly?" Jiang Shan Yi was the first to ask.
Lin Ling shrugged, "I just dealt with everything blocking the way, and then I came out."
Hearing this, the flesh on Jiang Shan Yi's face began to twitch uncontrollably again.
"What do you mean, 'dealt with everything'?"
No sooner had Jiang Shan Yi's words fallen than the ground not far away automatically parted, and two sweating figures emerged from within.
These two were Dragon Nest Warriors responsible for monitoring the damage to the mechanical dogs.
"Old Jiang, this is bad. All four hundred mechanical dogs are completely scrapped."
One warrior said cautiously, knowing full well the value of these mechanical dogs.
Last year, that abnormal Bai Zhi damaged 60 of them, and Old Jiang was heartbroken for days, unable to eat.
Now, this kid had scrapped a full four hundred. Old Jiang was surely going to lose it on the spot.
After all, that was over four hundred mechanical dogs, each worth at least forty million, totaling over sixteen billion.
However, just as they expected Jiang Shan Yi to explode, something they never anticipated happened.
"Hahahaha... Good, good, good! Well done! Seniors, isn't destroying 400 mechanical dogs, comparable to Fourth-turn Professionals, in 10 seconds enough to prove Lin Ling's potential?"
Jiang Shan Yi laughed heartily, looking at Human Sheep and Ren Niu not far away.
At this moment, these two had once again completely covered their faces with their cloaks.
And the eyes beneath their cloaks were also filled with shock.
But even so, the two did not immediately compromise.
"Kid, how did you do it?" Human Sheep asked.
"The space was enclosed and narrow, and I had three buffs on me. I unleashed 40 Blazing Fireballs in one go, and then I just blew them up."
Lin Ling said casually.
Ren Niu's eyelids twitched wildly. "Just blew them up" indeed.
Are you out of your mind?
But then, remembering the naked damage Lin Ling had shown earlier, he felt a sense of relief.
This kid being able to have such basic attributes at the Third-turn indicated he had opportunities far beyond ordinary people.
Not only was his talent astonishing, able to cast Forbidden Spells at the Third-turn, but his luck was also incredibly good. Now, his mind and temperament seemed excellent as well.
As long as his spiritual power kept up, then perhaps there truly was hope for him to inherit Mao Tu's legacy.
"Human Sheep, let this kid enter the second stage. If he performs well in the second stage as well, then everything will become possible."
Ren Niu said to Human Sheep.
Not refuting was an implicit agreement to Ren Niu's suggestion, but he still favored Bai Zhi and Ling Qiye more.
His personality was quite similar to Li Yong's earlier.
Stubborn, believing in empiricism.
The higher the spiritual power during awakening, the higher the later growth would be.
In his opinion, Lin Ling's 120 spiritual power had already set the upper limit for his talent.
No matter how excellent he was in other aspects, it would be difficult for his spiritual power to break through 1000 before the Sixth-turn.
"Alright, you've passed the first stage. You can choose to rest, or you can directly start the second stage. Continue walking forward and enter the second large alloy door." Jiang Shan Yi said.
"What's the next stage?" Lin Ling asked.
"The first stage was to test your brain's reaction speed and your own speed. As long as you make quick judgments, it's easy to pass with a speed advantage.
The second stage is to temper your spiritual power. You can freely adjust the level of spiritual pressure; the higher the level, the greater the pressure.
The longer you stay inside, the greater the improvement to your spiritual power. The assessment score only looks at the final spiritual power value.
Also, don't underestimate the role of spiritual power.
Spiritual power is not only useful for mages; any Professional who can flexibly master spiritual power will be more agile than their opponents in combat, and their skills will be cast more smoothly. Most importantly, spiritual power will determine how far a Professional can go; it is one of the conditions for a Professional to become a god." Jiang Shan Yi explained.
"One of the conditions for becoming a god?"
Everyone's heart rate quickened by a few beats, and upon hearing this, Lin Ling's heart also filled with joy. Being able to control the spiritual pressure, wouldn't that be a perfect opportunity to level up Soul Guiding?
"Lin Ling, you need to try to persevere in this stage. Don't raise the pressure too much; the longer you stay, the greater the benefit. With Ling Qiye in there, first place might be difficult for you, but if you perform normally, holding onto second place shouldn't be a problem." Zhou Weiyun also spoke up to remind him.
Lin Ling frowned slightly, "Aunt Zhou, you don't have much faith in me?"
Zhou Weiyun hesitated slightly but did not respond.
"Hmph!" Jiang Shan Yi snorted coldly, "That Ling Qiye guy has an inherent advantage. His spiritual power is already comparable to some ordinary Sixth-turn Professionals. Losing to him is not shameful."
"Is that so?"
Lin Ling's lips curved into a slight smile, and he walked directly towards the spiritual pressure tempering room.
"Brat, if you can't bear it, you'll be expelled. Everyone only has three chances to enter the spiritual pressure tempering room.
Don't say I didn't warn you, the best effect is to go to an experience dungeon and run it once after each time you come out of the tempering room, combining the two.
Sigh, I forgot you can't enter experience dungeons. I can take you out to fight instead…"
Jiang Shan Yi's voice came from behind. Lin Ling didn't look back, merely waved his hand above his head and pushed open the door, disappearing from everyone's sight.
"I hope this kid can continue to surprise us as always." Jiang Shan Yi murmured.
"Hmph!" Zhou Weiyun let out a soft snort, but there was no hint of blame in her tone. "Surprise? He only gives us frights. Four hundred mechanical dogs, Old Jiang, why don't you go out and clear some dungeons? Our finances are going to be tight if this keeps up."
Jiang Shan Yi: "…"
Human Sheep had already withdrawn his gaze from Lin Ling and instead looked towards the passage where Ling Qiye was.
He shook his head, "I still think Ling Qiye is more suitable for the Mao Tu seed. My instincts are always very accurate. This kid Lin Ling isn't completely loyal to Dragon Nest; in fact, deep down, he has a slight grudge against Dragon Nest. Did you hurt him?"
At these words, Zhou Weiyun and Jiang Shan Yi exchanged glances.
"We shouldn't have, right? When he first awakened, we announced his talent was a 'Waste talent' (waste talent), which might have caused him some grievance, but that little grievance is nothing compared to what we've endured." Zhou Weiyun said.
Ren Niu, beside them, also shook his head, "Xiao Yun, you are the War God Hall Master of Dragon Country. You believe that for the country, for the nation, any sacrifice is worthwhile. There's nothing wrong with that.
But Lin Ling is just a child from an ordinary family. If he had your level of awareness, that would be a strange thing.
How much harm did it do to an ordinary child who finally awakened an SSS-level talent, only to have the country declare it a 'waste talent'?
It was tantamount to a collapse of faith, as if the sky had fallen. Even if he doesn't achieve good results in the second stage this time, we should consider giving him some additional compensation."
Zhou Weiyun nodded, her mind unable to think of what else she could give Lin Ling.
The Independent Regiment was already formed, and a lot of money had been given.
Should she give him some sort of drug and then let her unfortunate daughter forcefully have her way with him?
Thinking of this, a blush appeared on Zhou Weiyun's still charming face. She raised a hand and tapped her forehead.
"Zhou Weiyun, oh Zhou Weiyun, what strange things are in your mind? You should read fewer of those unscrupulous picture books in the future..."
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