152: Why is Lin Ling’s mental strength so poor?

After Lin Ling entered the second alloy passage, he immediately began to observe everything within it.

Before him were two metal instruments; one had a control screen and a bright silver metal sphere.

The other instrument, besides its control screen, only had a light gate connecting to the passage behind it.

Lin Ling's gaze swept over the two screens.

"Mental Power Test"

"Concentrate your attention and use your will to attack the metal sphere of the testing machine to obtain your Mental Power strength value."

"The Mental Power strength value will be displayed simultaneously outside the alloy passage."

"Mental Power Pressure Tempering Level"

"Level 1 Pressure: Requires Mental Power 200 to pass."

"Level 2 Pressure: Requires Mental Power 500 to pass."

"Level 3 Pressure: Requires Mental Power 800 to pass."

"Level 4 Pressure: Requires Mental Power 1000 to pass."

"Level 5 Pressure: Requires Mental Power 2500 to pass."

"Level 6 Pressure: Requires Mental Power 4000 to pass."

"Level 7 Pressure: Requires Mental Power 6500 to pass."

"Level 8 Pressure: Requires Mental Power 8000 to pass."

"Level 9 Pressure: Requires Mental Power 12000 to pass."

"Friendly Reminder: Please attempt levels one by one. Skipping levels for tempering may lead to an instant collapse of the Mental Sea and tempering failure."

Lin Ling did not attack the metal sphere but tried to caress it with his will.

As his will extended, his Mental Power seemed to transform into a hand gently pressing against the testing metal sphere.

"Beep beep beep..."

"Detection successful, Mental Power: 358"

"Just a light touch gives me 358 Mental Power? I think it was 120 before I awakened."

Lin Ling muttered, then ignored the testing instrument and looked at the other screen.

He activated Level 1 Pressure and walked into the light gate.

As he stepped in, the passage ahead instantly transformed into a space the size of a football field.

All around, light shimmered, seemingly slowly activating.

Soon, palm-sized robots appeared one after another before Lin Ling, numbering a hundred at a glance.

"Heros Eye!"

"Mental Pressure Bionic Robot"

"Special Type Lifeform"

"Each robot can release Mental Pressure. 10 robots can increase Mental Pressure by 1 time. The more robots, the greater the pressure. If you persist for more than 5 minutes, your Mental Power will increase. The higher the pressure level, the greater the increase."

The information panel for the robot appeared before Lin Ling.

Yet, he felt no Mental Pressure.

Just as he was puzzled, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

"Your Mental Power exceeds the maximum limit of Level 1 Pressure, 500. Please adjust the tempering difficulty level."

"It seems I can't avoid skipping levels."

Lin Ling said, walking out of the light gate, and directly adjusted the intensity to Level 3.

"Level 3 should give me some pressure, right?"

He thought to himself as he entered the light gate again. However, this time, the tempering space was densely packed with small robots.

A glance revealed there were probably over a thousand of them.

"Hint: Level 3 tempering will withstand one hundred times Mental Pressure."

"Your Mental Power exceeds the maximum limit of Level 3 Pressure, 500. Please adjust the tempering difficulty level."

Lin Ling was a bit speechless and simply chose Level 5 directly.

This time, the number of small robots in the tempering space reached one hundred thousand.

"Hint: Level 5 tempering will withstand ten thousand times Mental Pressure."

"Hint: The current pressure exceeds your tolerance limit. Please release a Mental Barrier. Pressure will be released in 10 seconds."

"10... 9... 8..."

"How do I construct a Mental Barrier?" Lin Ling's eyes were full of confusion. Although he had very high Mental Power, he knew nothing about this.

"7... 6... 5..."

"Soul Guiding!"

Lin Ling immediately brought up the skill panel and found Soul Guiding, which he had never used, in a corner.

However, just as he thought he could get what he wanted from this skill, a prompt suddenly appeared, making him look utterly astonished.

"Due to your poor mental state, you cannot cultivate Soul Guiding. Please recover your mental state through sleep."

"3, 2, 1..."

At the same time, the countdown had ended.

Boom...

He only felt his vision go dark, and a strong stinging sensation appeared in his mind, enveloped by a light of transmission.

"Your Mental Sea has fallen, tempering terminated."

As a system prompt appeared, Lin Ling's figure instantly disappeared from the passage.

Outside the Mental Power Pressure Tempering Room.

Looking at the 358 value displayed on the screen, Human Sheep shook his head, left a remark, and turned to leave.

"Why is Lin Ling's Mental Power so low?"

Ren Niu still wanted to say something but ultimately remained silent, turning to chase after Human Sheep.

"Hall Master, a normal Professional's Mental Power increases by about 100 with each early-stage job change. A third job change can reach 300. Lin Ling's 358 is quite a bit higher than a normal Professional, but there is indeed a significant gap compared to Ling Qiye," Jiang Shan Yi said with a frown.

Zhou Weiyun's eyes were full of confusion, "That shouldn't be. Mental Power is directly linked to one's magic talent. For Lin Ling to become an All-element Mage, his Mental Power should at least be 500."

"How about we wait and see? Maybe Lin Ling didn't use his full strength," Jiang Shan Yi said with a wry smile.

Most people, after entering the second passage, would test their Mental Power with full effort and then begin pressure tempering.

Only then could they know how much they had improved.

The Mental Power value Lin Ling displayed at this moment, to be honest, Jiang Shan Yi was unsure if it was his full strength value.

After all, there were many powerful Mages whose Mental Power growth was slow.

However, just then, the screen suddenly showed Lin Ling activating Level 1 Pressure.

"Hall Master, Lin Ling has started pressure tempering. This kid is very steady; he started from Level 1," Jiang Shan Yi's brows slowly relaxed as he said with a smile.

Zhou Weiyun's face also showed a slight smile, "Starting from Level 1, very solid. It seems he took our advice to heart..."

However, before Zhou Weiyun could finish speaking, the pressure level on the screen changed from Level 1 to Level 3.

"What's going on?"

"How would I know? Did he choose incorrectly?"

Their eyes were filled with disbelief, but they had only just spoken a few words.

The Level 3 difficulty then turned into Level 5.

"Is this kid crazy?"

"What kind of trick is he playing?"

A golden light had already lit up on the teleportation array in front of the alloy gate, and Lin Ling's figure instantly appeared.

"You didn't take any of our advice to heart at all," Zhou Weiyun said, annoyed.

Jiang Shan Yi also felt some frustration, "You only have three chances in total, and you just wasted one like that. You already have a gap compared to others, and you're still so unstable. How will you catch up?"

Lin Ling awkwardly touched his nose, "Let others practice for a while; I'm going to sleep."

"If you do not enter the tempering passage within three days, you will be deemed to have forfeited the assessment," Jiang Shan Yi shouted anxiously.

However, Lin Ling waved his hand and left directly.

"This brat, he has no idea how anxious we are," Jiang Shan Yi gritted his teeth.

Zhou Mengyan shook her head with a wry smile, "Let him rest. Anyway, there's still time."

While others were successively entering the Mental Tempering Passage to undergo pressure tempering.

Lin Ling had already arrived at the dormitory prepared by the Dragon Nest rematch group for newcomers and immediately fell asleep.

He himself hadn't expected that, with the fatigue buff from the tempering room, he would actually sleep straight until the next morning.

After Lin Ling woke up, he went to the cafeteria and enjoyed a wonderfully comfortable free breakfast.

At this moment, the chatter of some staff members caught Lin Ling's attention.

"Have you heard? There are a few very promising new talents this year."

"Are you talking about that Lin Ling?"

Hearing his own name, Lin Ling immediately perked up his ears.