Shen Lu: I've Mutated into Multiple Game-Breaking Abilities

Chapter 10: The Stunning Flame Star!

Lin Qingyu found this young man named Ling Yi quite amusing. Not only did he know very little about Shen Lu, but his physical stamina was also lacking. He was like a slacker who had never imagined he’d become a player. Unlike everyone else, who had all come fully prepared. Looking at his face—which seemed to belong to someone around her age—she pursed her delicate, cherry-red lips and asked, “You must know about our city’s Genius Program, right?” “I do.” “Then you’d better hurry up later. While the Grassland Wolves haven’t regained their stamina yet, try to kill as many as you can. Otherwise, if you level up too slowly, you’ll miss out on a spot in the Genius Program.” Hearing this, Ling Yi instinctively raised an eyebrow, a strange expression flitting across his face. “What level are you?” he asked. “Me?” Lin Qingyu crossed her arms, flashing a confident smile. “Heh, I’m already Level 2 with 15 experience points!” “And you?” “Me? I’m just a tiny bit higher than you.” “Higher than me? Just a little?” Lin Qingyu furrowed her brow slightly and eyed him up and down with a look of intense suspicion. She clearly doubted the truth of his words. But a fight had already broken out in the distance, and she had no time to chat idly with Ling Yi. After giving him a curious glance, she leaped forward with agile movements. In the blink of an eye, she had already sprinted more than ten meters. “She’s pretty fast...” Ling Yi murmured softly, watching her retreating figure. He then looked up, gazing into the distance. Ignoring the players locked in fierce combat with the prairie wolves on the field, his gaze fixed directly on the five-meter-tall Prairie Wolf King. It still stood there aloof, letting the gentle breeze ruffle its silky silver-blue fur. When the wind blew upward, every strand of fur danced in the breeze, as if a幽 blue flame were burning on its body. Just like a marshal in an army, it sat motionless at the center of the battlefield. Simply by standing there quietly, it exerted immense pressure on all the players. Except, of course, for Ling Yi. “Since you don’t want to move, I’ll just use a skill then.” “I hope you don’t try to dodge.” Ling Yi smiled as he spoke, glancing at the timer. [Time Remaining Until Descent: 36 minutes] He raised his hand and cast “Starfall” toward the Wolf King’s location. The next moment! A massive Flame Star, 35 meters in diameter, suddenly appeared high in the sky! ...... After killing a Level 2 Prairie Wolf, Luo Yao stepped back and withdrew from the combat zone. [Congratulations! You have earned enough experience to automatically level up to Level 3! ] “Finally, Level 3.” No sooner had a smile crossed her face than she felt a sharp pain in her leg. Her slender brows furrowed slightly. Looking down, she saw several wounds, each three or four centimeters long, on her previously flawless, snow-white calf; blood was flowing from them. “Ugh...” Seeing this, she clenched her teeth and furrowed her brows even tighter. Just then, a voice echoed in her mind: ‘Go back. There’s no point in staying here any longer.’ ‘The Grassland Wolves’ stamina is recovering rapidly. If you don’t leave now, it’ll be too late.’ A soul still resided within Luo Yao’s body. The soul’s owner was Qin Mengya, once the foremost prodigy of Shen Xia’s younger generation. Half a month ago, she had died in a surprise attack targeting her. To prevent her from being resurrected, the enemies had even burned her body. But thanks to the effect of a certain S-rank item, her soul had escaped and chosen to inhabit Luo Yao, who was still an ordinary person at the time. Only when Luo Yao reached the same level she had been at before her death—Level 72—could she be fully resurrected. Therefore. To ensure her own resurrection, she would spare no effort in supporting Luo Yao and helping her level up. “... All right,” Luo Yao replied telepathically. Her tone carried a distinct sense of regret. If she hadn’t run into the Wolf King, she would surely have gained more experience by now... Just as Luo Yao turned to head back to camp to tend to her injuries, a rumbling sound suddenly echoed from the sky, growing louder and louder! Judging by the sound, it was as if some colossal object were plummeting rapidly from the heavens. Whoosh—! “Huh?” Luo Yao looked up in confusion and immediately spotted the massive Flame Star accelerating as it plummeted from the sky! It wasn’t just her—nearly everyone and every wolf nearby was startled by the terrifying, ever-loudening sound, and one by one, they couldn’t help but look up at the sky. “Holy crap! What is that?! A burning meteor!?” “Golden flames with a crimson core—isn’t that the one that appeared two hours ago?! Only it’s several times bigger now!” “This must be someone else’s skill, right? But this is way too crazy!!” “No way!? How could any player have reached this level already? Even if it’s a skill with drawbacks, this is just too much!” “......” One by one, the players gasped in disbelief at the massive Flame Star. Anyone familiar with player power knows that, for most skills, attack range is directly proportional to attribute values. A classic example— 10 points of Mana can easily conjure a fireball with a 1-meter diameter. So 100 points of Mana can easily conjure a fireball with a 10-meter diameter! And so on. This Flame Star, now rapidly plummeting with a diameter of 35 meters, naturally leads one to wonder—has the caster’s Mana reached 350? Keep in mind that without any additional attribute bonuses, a player wouldn’t reach that level of stats until level 70! In other words. This Flame Star before us is equivalent to a single attack launched by a level 70 player with full Mana growth and no gear! How could this not be shocking!? Even in the outside world, a level 70 player is more than enough to be considered a powerhouse in any city! “This...” Luo Yao stared in utter disbelief as the mysterious falling star plummeted toward the ground. It wasn’t until it crashed into the plain, unleashing a staggering shockwave, that she finally snapped back to reality. “Was that an attack launched by a newbie player?” The searing golden flames spread rapidly in all directions like a storm, vaporizing every living thing within the core attack zone. An invisible heat wave swept toward the surrounding players, as if trapping them inside a furnace to roast. The Sun was directly overhead at that moment, its rays blazing intensely; as the flames swept through, the temperature within a radius of several hundred meters rose significantly. The air grew even more stifling! At that moment, Luo Yao had already forgotten the pain in her leg; she felt as if her entire worldview was trembling. Fortunately, her resolve was strong, and she quickly regained her composure from the shock. “No matter how powerful it is, it belongs to someone else. I just need to focus on improving myself.” Although she tried to comfort herself this way, her words sounded particularly feeble. After all, who wouldn’t be curious about how that was achieved? Who wouldn’t want to possess such formidable combat power even at a low level? If everyone could achieve that, then all her current efforts would be a joke. However, Qin Mengya, who resided within her soul, soon spoke up to reassure her. ‘That really is astonishing...’ In fact, if Qin Mengya hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn’t have believed such an absurd reality. ‘But Luo Yao, you don’t need to overthink it. That must simply be an extremely rare exception. There’s no need to change our growth plan just because of one person’s appearance.’ ‘As long as you grow according to the plan, sooner or later you’ll become the strongest person in this district.’ ’