novelTele Chapter 14: Adjustment
Chapter 14: Adjustment
Over the next few days, Lin Yun explored and fought in the outer area of the Monster Mountain Range.
The Monster Mountain Range is over 10,000 miles long and generally 700 to 800 miles wide. Within the outermost 100 miles, there are mostly low-level monsters. If you go deeper into the range, there are mostly level 5 and 6 monsters. If you go even deeper, there will be many level 7, 8, and 9 monsters, and you may even encounter Saint-level monsters.
He is now mostly encountering level three to four magical beasts—wind wolves, fire lizards, rock giants… In each battle, he consciously hones his combat skills.
His first battle with the wind wolf was extremely difficult.
It was a lone level four wind wolf, incredibly fast, and its wind blades were far more deadly than its claws. Lin Yun had assumed that with his peak level six strength, dealing with a level four magical beast would be a piece of cake.
But he was wrong.
The wind wolf was too fast; it was too fast for him to finish chanting the spell. He had barely raised his hand when the wind wolf darted to his side and unleashed a wind blade from its mouth.
Lin Yun rolled around awkwardly to avoid it, his back hitting a tree, making him wince in pain.
"Damn it!"
Before he could think, the wind wolf pounced again. This time, he didn't try to use any offensive magic, but instead first cast a "Guardian Armor of the Earth" on himself.
"Bang!"
The wind wolf's claws slammed into his arm, sending stone chips flying. His protective armor blocked most of the damage, but the impact still made him stagger back several steps.
Lin Yun gritted his teeth and conjured a lightning arrow in his right hand—
The wind wolf seemed to sense the danger and leaped to the side. The lightning bolt struck the spot where it had just been standing, blasting a fist-sized crater in the ground.
I didn't win.
Lin Yun took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. He quickly analyzed the wind wolf's movement patterns in his mind—its attack rhythm, movement trajectory, and the frequency of its wind blade releases…
Then, he adjusted his strategy.
Instead of immediately unleashing offensive magic, he first used wind magic to increase his speed and "Guardian Armor" to enhance his defense. Then, he began harassing the wind wolf with small fireballs and ice spikes, forcing it to keep moving and wearing down its stamina.
The Wind Wolf was indeed fast, but its stamina was inferior to Lin Yun's. After several rounds, its movements noticeably slowed down.
It's now!
The instant Lin Yun caught the wind wolf as it landed, a "Ground Thrust" shot out from beneath its feet with his left hand. The wind wolf yelped and leaped away, but Lin Yun's right hand was already prepared—
"Lightning Chain".
A purple chain of lightning flew from his hand and coiled around the wind wolf. Electricity surged through its body, and the wind wolf let out a piercing howl, struggled a few times, and finally collapsed.
Lin Yun slumped to the ground, panting heavily.
In this battle, he used a combination of wind, earth, and lightning magic to barely defeat a level four magical beast. If he had used his full strength from the start, a level six lightning spell could have finished it off in one move, but he knew that would have been pointless.
He wants to be challenged, not crushed.
Beibei jumped down from the tree, squatted down next to the wind wolf's corpse, tilted its head to look at it, and then chirped twice, as if to say "It's alright."
Lin Yun smiled wryly: "Not bad? I almost got beaten down."
For the next few days, he fought different kinds of magical beasts every day. After each battle, he would find a safe place to review the entire battle—what he did well, what he did poorly, and how he should improve next time.
His progress is visible to the naked eye.
On the third day, it was no longer necessary to use all three elemental combinations to deal with level four magical beasts; one elemental combination was enough.
On the fifth day, he dealt with two level-four magical beasts simultaneously with ease.
On the seventh day, he began to challenge level 5 magical beasts.
The difference between a level 5 magical beast and a level 4 magical beast is much greater than Lin Yun had imagined.
The first level-five magical beast he encountered was a bloodthirsty war boar, over two meters long, covered in dark red scales, and capable of spewing extremely hot flames from its mouth.
In the first battle, Lin Yun was almost burned.
The Bloodthirsty War Boar's flames were not only extremely hot but also covered a wide area, and his protective armor couldn't withstand the intense heat for long. Although wind magic could increase his speed, he simply didn't have enough space to dodge in the narrow mountain forest.
"We can't use the old method anymore." Lin Yun thought quickly as he backed away.
He needs a type of magic that can counteract fire—water magic.
Lin Yun took a deep breath, abandoning wind and earth magic, and focused on water magic. A "Water Curtain of Heavenly Splendor" unfolded in front of him, blocking the Bloodthirsty War Boar's next breath. Water vapor spread out, obscuring his vision, but Lin Yun's mental power allowed him to clearly sense the Bloodthirsty War Boar's location.
"Ice Spike"
Dozens of ice spikes shot out from the mist, striking the Bloodthirsty War Boar's scales with a crisp "clang, clang." Most of the ice spikes were deflected, but a few embedded themselves in the gaps in the scales, and the icy aura noticeably slowed the Bloodthirsty War Boar's movements.
The Bloodthirsty War Boar roared furiously, spewing flames wildly. But water magic is naturally effective against fire magic, and Water Curtain Heavenly Flower blocked its attacks time and time again.
Lin Yun steadied himself, maintaining the water curtain while simultaneously conjuring an even more powerful water-based spell—
"Water dragon bullet".
A water dragon shot out from his hand, slamming into the Bloodthirsty War Boar. The Bloodthirsty War Boar was knocked to the ground, and most of the flames on its body were instantly extinguished. Lin Yun seized the opportunity, and with his right hand, he fired a lightning arrow that accurately struck its head.
The bloodthirsty war boar twitched a few times, then finally stopped moving.
Lin Yun let out a long breath and sat down on the ground.
In this battle, he used a combination of water and lightning magic. Although he won, the cost was enormous. He didn't have Linley's Dragon Ring to conserve magic power, and although he had seven types of magic power, the constant use of level five magic still took a toll on him.
"A level five magical beast is indeed difficult to deal with," he muttered.
But he was not discouraged. He knew that every battle was an opportunity to accumulate experience, and every victory was a breakthrough in his own limits.
In the days that followed, he continued to challenge various level-five magical beasts. Rock giants, shadow cats, thunder eagles... each magical beast had different characteristics and attack methods, and each battle required him to adjust his tactics and use different combinations of magic.
His combat skills are improving rapidly.
By the tenth day, he was already able to use one type of magic to deal with most level 5 magical beasts.
On the thirteenth day, Lin Yun began to challenge level six magical beasts.
The difference between a level 6 magical beast and a level 5 magical beast is on another level altogether.
The first level-six magical beast he encountered was an Ironback Wolf. Ironback wolves were twice the size of ordinary wolves, and their backs were covered with a layer of hard bone armor, making them difficult to penetrate with ordinary magic.
In the first battle, Lin Yun suffered a great loss.
His lightning bolt struck the Ironback Wolf's bone armor, leaving only a charred mark and causing no real damage. The Ironback Wolf's speed and strength far exceeded that of a level five magical beast; a single charge sent him flying, snapping a small tree about the size of a bowl in half.
Lin Yun got up from the ground, a trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
"So strong." He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, but there was no fear in his eyes. Instead, his fighting spirit burned even more fiercely.
He took a deep breath and began to adjust his tactics.
Petrified skin, Wind Guardian, and Earth Guardian Armor—three layers of defense stacked on his body, maximizing his defensive capabilities. Then, he abandoned lightning-based attacks—lightning wasn't effective against such thick-skinned monsters; he needed attacks with greater penetrating power.
Light faction.
Light magic is effective against dark creatures, but it also has excellent penetrating power against ordinary magical beasts. Lin Yun conjured a spear of light and aimed it at the Ironback Wolf's belly—a place not covered by its bone armor.
"Spear of Light!"
The light spear shot out, too fast for the Ironback Wolf to dodge. It instinctively dodged to the side, and the light spear struck its side, not hitting a vital spot, but still leaving a bloody hole in its body.
The Ironback Wolf let out a painful roar and pounced madly at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun didn't retreat; instead, he charged towards it. The instant the Ironback Wolf pounced, he abruptly sidestepped, simultaneously conjuring a wind blade in his right hand—
"Wind Blade Slash!"
The wind blade precisely sliced open the wound on the Ironback Wolf's side, and blood gushed out. The Ironback Wolf let out a miserable howl, fell heavily to the ground, struggled a few times, and then lay still.
Lin Yun stood beside the Ironback Wolf's corpse, panting heavily.
In this battle, he used a combination of light, wind, and earth elements, and was also injured. The strength of the level six magical beast far exceeded his expectations.
But he won.
Beibei jumped down from the tree, perched on his shoulder, chirped twice, and rubbed her little head against his cheek. The little guy's eyes held less of their usual mischief and more seriousness.
It knew that Lin Yun was undergoing a transformation.
In the days that followed, Lin Yun continued to challenge level six magical beasts.
Flame Bull, Frost Python, Thunder Eagle... each magical beast brought him new challenges, and each battle made him more mature.
He learned when to switch spells in battle, how to utilize the terrain and environment, how to predict the actions of magical beasts, and how to deliver a fatal blow at the most opportune moment.
His fighting style gradually took shape—flexible, versatile, combining offense and defense, rotating through seven elements, and invincible.
By the twentieth day, he was able to deal with level six magical beasts relatively easily.
"That's about enough." One evening, Lin Yun sat by the campfire and said to Bei Bei, "It's time to try finding a level seven magical beast."
Beibei chirped and patted his shoulder with its little paws, as if to say, "I'll stay with you."
Lin Yun smiled and looked up towards the deeper part of the mountains.
There, an even stronger opponent awaits him.
Swallowed Star World
Twelve-year-old Lin Yun was already in junior high school and was still in the same class as Luo Feng. Despite being only twelve, Lin Yun was exceptionally tall and had the physique of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old. If it weren't for his slightly immature face, people would have thought he was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth.
Now Lin Yun has roughly figured out his current strength. His warrior level is now equivalent to a junior warrior, but due to the limitations of his body, his mental power can only exert a power that is two levels higher than his physical strength, which is the level of a senior warrior.
The reason Lin Yun was able to clearly understand his own strength was because Luo Feng joined the martial arts school as soon as he entered junior high school, and naturally, he also pulled his childhood friend in with him.
However, Lin Yun did not reveal too much of his strength, only showing a level roughly equivalent to that of an advanced student. Even so, he still shocked everyone at the martial arts school and was highly regarded by the school's master, Jiang Nian.
It is important to know that nowadays, in almost every country and region around the world, every junior and senior high school student, in addition to receiving academic education, also joins martial arts schools to develop human potential.
For example, at Yian District No. 3 High School, there are nearly 5,000 high school students across three grades. The vast majority of them are just beginner students at the martial arts school! Only a very small number are 'intermediate students', and those who can obtain the 'advanced student' qualification are extremely rare.
Lin Yun is only twelve years old now, and his body has not yet fully developed, yet he has already reached the level of an advanced student. So, it is a certainty that he will become a martial artist when he goes to high school. For this reason, Jiang Nian, the master of the Limit Martial Arts Academy in Yi'an District, has advised Lin Yun several times not to waste time going to school, but to focus on cultivation in order to strive to become a martial artist as soon as possible. Limit Martial Arts Academy is even willing to let him join in advance, after all, all major forces are vying for such a peerless genius.
Lin Yun was very interested, but the age of twelve was too frightening. On the one hand, he didn't know how to explain it to his grandfather, and on the other hand, he was worried that such talent was too extraordinary and might attract the attention of some powerful forces.
Luo Feng's physical abilities are also much stronger than those of ordinary people. He is now a junior high school student and is comparable to some ordinary first and second-year high school students. Although he is not as good as Lin Yun, he is still highly regarded by the martial arts school.