"What level are you?"
When Lin Mo heard the familiar voice, he opened his eyes and saw Xia Xue.
There was a delicate layer of dust on Xia Xue's face and the aura of elemental energy was emanating from her body.
Obviously, she had just been through a battle and had just come out of a dungeon.
She stared at Lin Mo with a disbelieving face.
Lin Mo's voice remained calm, "Level 14."
"What!" Xia Xue exclaimed, "How is it possible that you can ascend so quickly?"
She had teamed up with others and mastered the West Sea Mine dungeon twice on normal difficulty, advancing from level 10 to 11.
The successive dungeon runs had completely exhausted her.
Even if Lin Mo could master dungeons on his own, it was impossible for him to level up so quickly.
Xia Xue couldn't imagine Lin Mo mastering dungeons at the Nightmare difficulty level.
Without giving another answer to Xia Xue, Lin Mo left it up to her to believe what she wanted.
Since Xia Xue knew Lin Mo, she knew that he wouldn't lie.
Since he claimed to be level 14, he had to be.
Xia Xue's feeling of disbelief intensified.
The higher the level, the slower the level advancement became.
On the first day of the beginner dungeons, she was at level 5 while Lin Mo was at level 7.
A discrepancy of 2 levels.
Theoretically, they should be getting closer by now.
Why was she only at level 11 while Lin Mo was already at level 14, widening the gap?
"I won't give up," Xia Xue muttered before turning around and leaving.
Lin Mo looked after her and didn't know what to say.
Over the years, he had always outperformed Xia Xue.
Before the class change, he had always been first in every subject, while Xia Xue was always second.
After the class change, his level had risen steadily and he had once again left Xia Xue behind.
Lin Mo also understood that Xia Xue harbored deep bitterness and wanted to compete with him.
Whether it was before or after she changed classes, it had always been the same.
However, he had never given her the opportunity.
Suddenly, he noticed Xia Xue and a few others entering the dungeon.
"How strange, wasn't she just outside?"
"How could she enter again so quickly?"
"Why isn't there a cooldown for the dungeon?"
Lin Mo witnessed something unbelievable.
He had tried both normal and nightmare dungeons, and both had cooldowns.
And they had the same cooldown.
After mastering a Nightmare difficulty dungeon, he couldn't enter a Normal difficulty dungeon within 12 hours.
But how could Xia Xue enter again so quickly?
Lin Mo was sure that Xia Xue had only recently come out of the dungeon.
The aura from the battle was still on her and hadn't completely dissipated yet.
And there was even the aura of the Goblin King.
That couldn't be deceptive.
While Lin Mo meditated, he let the skeleton warrior observe.
Two hours later, Xia Xue's figure reappeared at the entrance to the dungeon.
She had been through a dungeon run.
After coming out of the dungeon, Xia Xue didn't forget to look at Lin Mo.
From her expression, Lin Mo could see her exhaustion.
It was the kind of fatigue caused by constant fighting.
Only ten minutes later, Xia Xue found another team and entered the dungeon again.
Lin Mo noticed that before she entered the dungeon, she had apparently used an item.
At this time, a faint glow emanated from her body.
Lin Mo guessed that it was this item that allowed Xia Xue to ignore the dungeon's cooldown.
"If the opportunity arises, I should ask for it," Lin Mo thought as he entered a meditative state again.
His mental strength gradually recovered.
As his level increased, his mental strength attribute also became more and more pronounced.
Now his basic mental strength had reached 700, far surpassing other attributes.
This was also a characteristic of the mage class, which had extremely high mental strength.
But it came at the expense of other attributes.
There was no balance to speak of.
Each class had their own characteristics, which Lin Mo accepted.
A few hours later, the somewhat heavy footsteps sounded in his ears.
Xia Xue, who had exhaustion written all over her face, came over and sat next to Lin Mo.
Even without the cooldown restriction, she couldn't keep clearing dungeons.
Her body couldn't take it.
"I'm exhausted," Xia Xue said and gracefully dropped to the ground.
She showed no fear of the skeleton warrior next to Lin Mo.
After resting for a while and replenishing some energy, Xia Xue regained her courage and said, "I'm already level 12 and will catch up to you soon."
Level 12, when teaming up to master normal dungeons, it would take at least 3 to 4 runs to level up.
It would be difficult to catch up to him.
Lin Mo looked at Xia Xue who was completely exhausted and asked, "'Aren't you tired?
Xia Xue snorted, "'Tired? Of course I'm tired. I don't even want to move a finger right now."
"Why?"
Xia Xue's tone was unfriendly: "Why? You still have the audacity to ask me why? After being suppressed by you for so many years, I've to surpass you."
"Just for this reason?"
Lin Mo hadn't expected Xia Xue to hold such a deep grudge. If only he had let her take first place in the exam a long time ago.
Xia Xue looked up at the sky and said, "Of course it's not just that. I want to enter the Xiajing Academy. You also aspire to enter Xiajing Academy, you should understand that."
To enter Xiajing Academy, one must be at least level 14, preferably level 15 and most certainly level 16.
In the remaining two days or so, Lin Mo could assume that Xia Xue would reach level 14 at most, which made level 15 difficult.
Unless...
Lin Mo whispered, "You should clear the nightmare level dungeons, it'll help you level up faster."
"What do you mean? Elite teams aren't easy to find. Those elite teams are looking for level 16 or 17 pros. I'm only level 12, no one wants me."
Xia Xue gave Lin Mo a disdainful look, as if to say, did you understand anything?
Looking at the elite teams soliciting members at the entrance of the dungeon, they not only had level requirements, but also equipment requirements.
Unless you were a support healer, the requirements could be lowered accordingly.
For performance-oriented classes like Xia Xue, the requirements were the highest.
When Lin Mo remained silent, Xia Xue continued, "So I'd better complete a few more normal level dungeons. Level 14 shouldn't be a problem, and with some effort, even level 15 might be possible."
Lin Mo listened to her and
finally asked, "Why can you ignore the cooldown?"