Chapter 534: Chapter 255: Epic Skill Celestial-Burning Flame Spear, Falling into the Depths

The first Evolutionary Path, "Eternal Flame," would further enhance the perpetually burning nature of the Celestial-Burning Flame Spear. The Burning effect, as a special status, normally has a limited duration and can be easily suppressed and extinguished by powerful Magic Power or Qi and Blood.

However, the Celestial-Burning Flame Spear’s potent Burning effect had an infinite duration and couldn’t be suppressed by Magic Power or Qi and Blood alone. Even the most powerful foes would be unable to remove the "Burning" effect unless they had Purification Magic or Water Elemental Magic.

But if an enemy possessed such Magic, the threat posed by the potent Burning effect would be greatly diminished.

After all, even if a Mage’s Magic Power was far below Lin Mo’s, a single Purification spell might not be nearly enough, but five or ten might significantly weaken the Burning. If numerous Low Level Mages cast Purification Magic in unison, they could likely nullify the potent Burning effect entirely.

But if he chose the first Evolutionary Path, "Eternal Flame," then as long as the casters’ Magic Power wasn’t higher than Lin Mo’s, even a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand Purification spells would be useless.

The second Evolutionary Path was equally formidable. Despite only having a 20% chance, it could upgrade the Celestial-Burning Flame Spear’s "Guaranteed Hit" trait to a "Guaranteed Critical Hit."

The difference between a normal hit and a critical one was self-evident.

This was especially true for Demons whose weak points were difficult to target. For instance, take the Rotting Swamp Lurker from the Blackwater Swamp. Under normal circumstances, its massive, dark body made it nearly impossible to locate its core.

But if Lin Mo chose Evolutionary Path 2, then whenever he cast Celestial-Burning Flame Spear and triggered that 20% chance, the spear would automatically penetrate the target’s body, strike its core, and kill it in a single blow!

’It’s one of those situations again where I want to pick both paths.’

’Honestly, it would be better if one path was clearly inferior. I already have trouble making decisions, and when both options are this good, it’s even harder to choose.’

After agonizing over it for a long while, Lin Mo ultimately chose Evolutionary Path 2.

"Eternal Flame" was certainly a powerful effect, but at its core, Celestial-Burning Flame Spear was a single-target burst Skill. The primary purpose of such a Skill was to inflict massive damage to a single target in a short amount of time. The damage-over-time effect, while formidable, was ultimately just a bonus.

In many battles, Lin Mo wouldn’t actually need a sustained Burning ability.

But if he chose Evolutionary Path 2, triggering that 20% chance for a critical hit would genuinely and significantly lower a battle’s difficulty.

With the Evolutionary Path chosen, the group finished cleaning up the area. The Adventurers and the academy students prepared to leave the nest.

During their earlier conversation, Deke had learned that the academy students hadn’t completed their original objective; they had been pulled into the fight with the Crystalized Spiders along the way.

So, they needed to continue their own adventure.

Deke and his group, on the other hand, had already completed the three quests they’d accepted. Naturally, they planned to leave the Giant Stone Mine and head back to Fajade City.

Therefore, once they left the cavern, the two groups would go their separate ways.

"We should be almost there..."

Deke said as he harvested materials from the Crystalized Spiders Lin Mo had killed earlier, which now lay by the path.

"Well then, perhaps we’ll meet again."

He looked toward the cave entrance up ahead and waved to Eve and the other students.

Lin Mo did the same, and the two groups parted ways.

However, just as they stepped out of the cavern to part ways, the entire mine suddenly began to shake violently.

RUMBLE—

A tremendous tremor rang out, accompanied by the sound of cracking rock walls and flying debris. The color drained from everyone’s faces.

"What’s going on?"

’An earthquake? Do they even have earthquakes in this world?’

Unfamiliar with this phenomenon, Lin Mo quickly turned to look at Deke.

However, Deke also had a look of utter confusion, clearly having no idea what was happening.

"What’s happening?"

Luke asked in a fluster, looking at the ground shaking violently beneath his feet.

"I don’t know. I’ve never heard of anything like this happening in the Giant Stone Mine before..."

Cold sweat began to form on Deke’s forehead. Situations that defied common knowledge were the most dangerous; there was no telling what would happen next.

"In any case, we need to leave! Now!"

But just as they started to rush toward the carriage, the shaking intensified to a degree that could no longer be described as a mere tremor...

"The ground... it’s splitting open!"

Hahn cried out in alarm.

Just as he’d said, the "ground" beneath their feet was already covered in a dense web of cracks.

"We have to be faster..."

Deke’s voice was cut short. Everything happened too quickly. The moment the words left his mouth, the ground beneath their feet shattered completely. A brief sensation of weightlessness was followed by a rapid plunge.

A huge section of the surrounding area had completely caved in.

The ground shattered into countless fragments of all sizes, plummeting toward the lower levels of the Giant Stone Mine.

"Watch out!"

Shefilya reacted instantly, hoisting Feney onto her back, while Lin Mo swept Ali up by the waist with one arm.

They looked up. They were already hundreds of meters below the middle level of the mine where they had just been standing.

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