I just became a mage, and my skills have become supernatural? What the heck?

"Boom—!!!"

Lightning tore through the thick, dark clouds.

"Son! Let them see what true power is!"

Lin Tianhao stood at the front of the crowd, hands on his hips.

His loud voice even drowned out the thunder in the sky.

Standing in front of the wooden stake, Lin Mo's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Dad... I'm just trying out a basic skill, is it really necessary to make such a big fuss...?"

Lin Mo sighed, feeling immense pressure.

He turned his head again, his gaze falling on the test stake.

"Alright, since neither of you is willing to admit defeat, let's settle this with our skills."

"Little Fire, Little Thunder, are you ready? Who wants to go first?"

[The Earth Shield spell cautiously peeked out: Um... we're all family, let's keep the peace, don't let things get messy, how about we shake hands and make peace?]

[The Earth Shield Technique tries to mediate: Big brother, give way to third brother; third brother, show some respect to big brother. Wouldn't it be better if we protected our master together?]

[Fireball Spell: Shut up! You have no right to speak here!]

After scolding his underlings, "Fireball" turned to the newcomer, "Lightning Strike".

[Fireball: Hey, newbie, don't say I'm bullying you. I'll ask you one more time, do you need me to let you have a few moves?]

[The "Lightning Strike" technique coldly replied: "Nonsense."]

[Fireball explodes: Hey! You think you're so tough? Fine, I'll show you what truly devastating damage looks like, what an insurmountable mountain is!]

"Alright, stop babbling. Little Fire, you go first."

Lin Mo didn't bother with any more words and directly issued the order.

Without further ado, Fireball instantly entered combat mode.

Om-!

In that instant, a blinding red light flashed across the ground beneath the wooden stake.

next second.

boom!

A thick pillar of fire shot into the sky.

Then came the second, the third...

More than twenty pillars of fire erupted wildly from the same spot!

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"

The continuous explosions made everyone's eardrums ache.

On the damage display screen next to it, red numbers were flashing wildly.

Each damage jump was accompanied by a violent tremor of the wooden stake.

……

In less than ten seconds, the pillar of fire dissipated.

The test stake was now completely charred and billowing thick smoke.

Total damage: 138521!

"hiss……"

A young cook gasped.

Although he was just a cook, he had seen pigs run even if he had never eaten pork.

For a normal level 20 professional, being able to deal 10,000 damage with a single skill is already considered very powerful.

Even for an S-level genius, a single burst of power would only amount to a maximum of 30,000 to 40,000.

But now...

130,000?!

Is this the kind of data a level 20 player can produce?

The young maids around them stared at each other with wide eyes.

"My God... Young Master is so fierce, so wild, so manly... I love him so much..."

"Yes, I feel so safe with you, young master... I really want to marry you..."

"Sigh, looks like I'll have to work on my cooking skills tonight."

Listening to the chatter of women around her, Su Wan sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation.

Then she frowned, looking at Lin Tianhao with some confusion:

"Old Lin, didn't Mo'er say she wanted to try out her new lightning-type skill? Why is her starting move a pillar of flame?"

Lin Tianhao analyzed thoughtfully:

"I reckon... this kid wants to make a comparison."

"But to be fair, the damage from Mo'er's blazing fire pillar is truly outrageous."

The doubt in Su Wan's eyes deepened:

"But Lao Lin, Flaming Pillar is an intermediate-level skill, while Lightning Strike is just a basic lightning skill. No matter how powerful lightning is, it can't compare to an intermediate-level fire skill, can it?"

Lin Tianhao thought about it, but couldn't figure it out:

"Who cares, wife? Let's just watch. Mo'er must have his reasons."

……

[The Fireball Technique, smug and arrogant: How about that? Scared? What do you have to compare with me?]

[The Fireball spell glanced disdainfully at the Lightning Strike spell: I advise you to call me "Big Brother" properly, and follow me from now on; you'll get what you deserve.]

However, the lightning strike had no effect.

[Lightning Strike was examining the wooden stake, seemingly lost in thought.]

Seeing this, Lin Mo couldn't help but say:

"Xiao Lei, you've only just arrived and only have basic skills. It's really unfair to compare your damage with Xiao Huo's intermediate skills."

"Moreover, while the small fire attack looks like it deals high damage, it's actually difficult to hit the same target with all the fire circles in a real battle."

"How about this? If you can deal even one-tenth of the damage from the small fire attack, you win. How about that?"

Upon hearing this, Fireball also expressed its agreement.

[The Fireball spell waved its hand magnanimously: No problem! I'm not an unreasonable fireball either.]

Faced with Lin Mo's suggestion and the Fireball spell's magnanimity, the Lightning Strike spell seemed too lazy to pay them any attention.

【Lightning Strike Technique】Gazing at the starry sky...

"Um?"

Lin Mo was taken aback.

Then he raised his head as well.

Dark clouds filled the pitch-black night sky, and thunder rumbled.

……

"What is Mo'er doing?"

Su Wan looked at her son, who had suddenly looked up at the sky, somewhat puzzled. "Weren't we going to drive in the wooden stakes? Why are you looking at the sky? Is it raining?"

however,

Lin Tianhao, who was standing next to her, was suddenly shocked.

His eyes were fixed on a point in the sky, then he quickly looked at Lin Mo.

As a top-ranking lightning-elemental war god even in the entire Dragon Kingdom, Lin Tianhao's perception of lightning elements is extremely terrifying.

In his eyes, the world at this moment was not just filled with dark clouds and gales.

Countless volatile lightning elements are surging wildly within the clouds.

Amidst this chaotic frenzy, invisible blue threads descended from the heavens.

This is also known as a 'lightning wire'.

Lin Tianhao has a deep understanding of all the lightning-type skills.

Lightning mages have a mid-level skill that summons lightning to deal massive single-target damage.

However, this move is extremely difficult to master.

One needs an almost abnormally keen perception of lightning to see and control these 'lightning wires'.

Even back then, it was only after he reached level 40 and went through countless life-or-death trials during thunderstorms that he barely managed to master the lightning rod.

And now...

Lin Tianhao stared at Lin Mo, who was not far away.

correct.

The lightning rod, Mo'er... he saw it!

……

"What are you looking at?"

Lin Mo tilted his head back, feeling a slight soreness in his neck.

"Little Lei, do you think you can summon heavenly lightning down?"

The voice just fell.

A series of messages appeared on the panel.

[The "Lightning Strike Technique" sensed threads descending from the heavens, each thread containing earth-shattering power.]

[The "Lightning Strike" technique seems to sense this; perhaps it can draw upon this power.]

[The "Lightning Strike" technique attempted to gain control, and raging lightning surged into the threads, but instead of retreating, it gripped even tighter!]

[The "Lightning Strike" technique revealed the legendary Thunder Lord from ancient times, a divine beast draped in purple lightning and riding on auspicious clouds...]

[Congratulations! Your skill "Lightning Strike" has comprehended the power of heaven and earth, automatically deducing and successfully mastering the intermediate-level lightning skill, Thunder Scale Descends (Lv.1)!]

[Thunderous Qilin Descends: Unleashes divine thunder, transforming into a thunderous Qilin that deals massive lightning damage to a single target and is guaranteed to paralyze them, while also dealing splash damage to surrounding enemies. Cooldown: 1 minute.]

"???"

Lin Mo was completely dumbfounded.

Holy crap?

I was just saying it casually, and you're serious?

You're a fucking genius!