New skill, Curse Mastery!

According to Ning Yi Yi, there was originally another participant in this trial who happened to be Ling Zhen's younger brother. However, due to the intervention of the divine figure Bai Shen, Ling Zhen's brother's opportunity was suppressed by him. As a result, Ling Zhen regarded him with deep dislike.

Ning Yi Yi herself was not privy to the details of the trial. Nevertheless, she was aware of its paramount importance and the exact requirements it entailed — neither too high nor too low. Tomorrow, all will be revealed.

Lin Mo Yu, for his part, had no respect for Ling Zhen. In his eyes, Ling Zhen was nothing more than a frivolous fool who hardly deserved recognition. He was not conceited, but exuded confidence. He was convinced that he could not be beaten by any professional below the age of 30.

In his tiny quarters, it shone bright as daylight. A scroll with a beginner skill was activated and enveloped Lin Mo Yu in a corona of light. Minutes later, the glowing sphere dissipated, eliciting a sigh from Lin Mo Yu. Unfortunately, he had not obtained a new skill. Using scrolls did not guarantee one hundred percent skill awakening.

Even if a skill was awakened, it was not a new skill, but most likely an old skill that had already been mastered. In short, the acquisition of a new skill was not crowned with success — an everyday occurrence. The more skills you acquired, the more scrolls were needed to awaken new skills.

The price of scrolls for beginner skills was only 100,000 gold coins each, so not exactly exorbitantly high. Even if you used a hundred scrolls, it would only be ten million. The price of advanced skill scrolls, on the other hand, was ten million apiece, and if they were used on a large scale, the cost would soar to dizzying heights.

Lin Mo Yu had two beginner scrolls, one of which failed, so he had to resort to the second one. The glowing sphere appeared again and enveloped Lin Mo Yu once more. Gradually, he felt his body heating up and an unusual aura flowed from within him. He was no stranger to this feeling and it gave him subtle pleasure.

"A new ability." This scroll had not been in vain. [Acquired Skill: Slowing Curse] [Slowing Curse (Level 1): Curses enemies within 5 meters and reduces their speed by 5% for 1 minute] Improved by an innate talent. The range of the curse has been increased from 5 meters to 100 meters, while the slowing effect has been increased from 5% to 100%.

Reduces speed by 100% and includes both attack and movement speed. This has almost halved the opponent's attack power. Furthermore, the effect lasted for an astonishing 20 minutes. Truly a divine technique, another divine technique indeed.

Lin Mo Yu immersed himself in the study of the Slowing Curse. "My skills can be categorized into the disciplines of summoning, attacking and cursing. I wonder if more disciplines will be added."

"Curse skills weaken the opponent considerably, which not only increases safety, but also indirectly strengthens your own attack skills." "Regardless of the discipline, they are all very impressive."

After completing his study of the skill, Lin Mo Yu consumed mental energy to summon four Skeleton Warriors and then drank a vial of Beginner's Spiritual Elixir. The mental energy began to recover quickly. Only after ten minutes, when 100 points of mental energy were restored, did the effect of the elixir wear off.

Lin Mo Yu understood the effect of the elixir and put himself into a meditative state. With only 100 points of mental energy, he could only consume an elixir once an hour. That was only a tenth of his enormous 1000 points of mental energy.

If he relied solely on elixirs to recover, it would take him ten hours. All in all, meditation was not significantly superior to this method. With a cursory calculation, Lin Mo Yu realized that the combination of meditation and elixirs did not significantly increase efficiency.

Repeatedly interrupting meditation to take elixirs would greatly reduce the effectiveness. Impractical indeed.

The melodious tones of the communicator interrupted Lin Mo Yu's meditation and pulled him back from his inner contemplation. The ringtone was set by Ning Yi Yi.

Only Ning Yi Yi's voice could be heard on Lin Mo Yu's communicator.

"Rise and shine, the sun is here!" Ning Yi Yi's playful voice greeted him as soon as he answered the call. "I am downstairs, come down for breakfast, then we will be on our way."

"All right," Lin Mo Yu replied.

Ning Yi Yi had bought plenty of food. "We do not know how long it will take, we need to prepare more food this time. Otherwise we might starve like last time."

"Luckily we have your sweet potatoes," Lin Mo Yu chortled softly. Although he had buns, he insisted on eating sweet potatoes.

Lin Mo Yu silently followed behind and paid for the groceries. The food they bought for 10,000 gold coins was enough for the two of them for a month. Fortunately, the storeroom was big enough to store everything.

The Xiajing Academy's expenditure was truly exorbitant, the money flowed like water. Ten thousand gold coins would have been enough to feed Lin Mo Yu for several years in West Sea City.

In the depths of Penglai Academy, Jiang Taotao and others were already waiting. Not only Jiang Taotao and the others, but also many others in the academy who all formed their own teams.

Ning Yi Yi led Lin Mo Yu over.

Glancing at the time, Jiang Taotao solemnly advised, "If we're about to teleport over, you shouldn't wander aimlessly."

She wasn't a beginner when it came to exams, but was obviously very experienced.

Ling Zhen gave Lin Mo Yu a disdainful look. "Boy, don't drag us down."

Ning Yi Yi snorted coldly, "As long as you don't pull us down."

Jiang Taotao was slightly annoyed, "Whatever conflicts or ideas you have, keep them to yourself until the trial is over."

"The importance of this trial should be clear to all of you."

"Alright, everyone introduce your profession."

As the leader of the team, she must ensure that the team stays together. Even if it's only a superficial unity, it must be achieved. Otherwise, it would be better to abandon the attempt.

"Duan Gao, 20th level, Prophet."

"Miao Yu, 20th level, Elder of the Elves"

Both Prophet and Elder of the Elves were auxiliary professions, and both were rare auxiliary professions. Prophets mainly improved various conditions. If a team had a high-level prophet with comprehensive skills, the team's combat power could be doubled.

The Elven Elder belonged to the healers and specialized in healing and simple monster control.

Under Jiang Taotao's gaze, Ling Zhen hesitantly said, "Ling Zhen, 21st level Warlock"

Similar to elementalists, warlocks also belonged to the profession of mages and

 were also a rare profession. There were overlaps and differences between the skills of both sides.

"Ning Yi Yi, 19th level, Shadow Assassin"

"Lin Mo Yu, 17th level, Necromancer"

"Jiang Taotao, 23rd level, Elven Knight."

Jiang Taotao swept his gaze over everyone, "I'll say it again, unity is a must for this exam."

"Anyone who dares to pull us down during the exam shouldn't call me rude."

Jiang Taotao's expression was serious, even Ling Zhen pricked up his ears.

Ning Yi Yi chortled, "Don't worry, Sister Taotao, we definitely won't interfere with the exam."

Suddenly, a huge teleportation array appeared in the sky.

"Penglai Academy, trial teleportation initiated!"