"Not necessarily. Although the Unclassed Drifter's basic skills cost little mana, unleashing so many fireballs in an instant definitely doesn't mean low consumption!"
Someone voiced a dissenting opinion.
Indeed, professional skills generally consume more mana than basic prerequisite skills.
But looking at the blazing scene in front of them — a forest burning like a human hellscape — can that really be considered low consumption?
Ye Anfu wasn't annoyed by the doubt.
The school's good academic atmosphere meant there was little gap between seniors and juniors; everyone spoke openly.
In fact, Ye Anfu's conclusion that Yun Chen's mana consumption might not be high came from reasoning backwards.
After all, he had watched Yun Chen's college entrance exam livestream and knew very well that this was a very steady and cautious person.
This was only the first level.
There was absolutely no way Yun Chen would immediately push his mana consumption to the extreme.
Still, at the moment, Ye Anfu couldn't explain it well.
Unless Yun Chen had prepared expensive, one-time-use recovery potions beforehand.
But such a simple and crude method made Ye Anfu underestimate him.
In his eyes, Yun Chen was a deadly all-round fighter who never wasted a single strike and paid perfect attention to every detail.
To put it in terms of fighting games… watching him finish off enemies was pure pleasure.
After all, this Unclassed Drifter had cleared the college entrance exam dungeon without carrying a single potion.
He wasn't even touched by a goblin until clearing it, triggering a hidden stage because of that.
So, would such a detail-oriented all-round fighter recklessly waste mana as others speculated?
No one knew the answer.
Under the cover of the Light Burst, the only way to know the hidden truth was to ask Yun Chen directly.
...
Just as expected by the outside world, Yun Chen's opening move was indeed "Light Burst" + "Sonic Boom."
The latter was a small skill he recently learned, designed to produce a flashbang effect.
In fact, this combination worked even better than Yun Chen had anticipated.
Firstly, under his talent, "Light Burst" had already been raised to B-grade quality and had a mental shock effect.
He developed "Sonic Boom" precisely to use loud sound to create a dizzying illusion.
This was exactly the principle behind real-life stun grenades.
With the boost of his awakened talent "Omnipotence," "Sonic Boom" caused massive visual distortion and intense mental shock.
The combination of the two produced dual torment for vision and hearing.
Upon entering the dungeon "Troll Nest," detecting many trolls lurking in the dark night,
he wasted no time and launched the combo.
In an instant, the blazing white light and explosive sound deprived the trolls of sight and hearing, leaving them dazed or rolling violently on the spot due to intense mental shock.
However...
the remaining situation was not as simple as the outside magic teachers imagined.
True, as the magic instructor said, recklessly spamming fireballs can easily clear the battlefield!!
Many mages would do just that!
But...
the consumption would be enormous. This was only the first stage, and it did not fit Yun Chen's combat style.
Only in insignificant hidden stages would Yun Chen recklessly unleash a barrage of spells just for fun.
In fact, Yun Chen only cast two fireballs during this entire process.
Yes... just two fireballs!!
If the outside teachers heard this, they would be baffled.
The burning hellscape forest before them, seemingly on fire from dozens of fireballs,
was actually caused by only two fireballs! That's impossible!!
This wild, raging firestorm sweeping the whole field looked like it came from at least a dozen fireballs.
The reason for this scene was because Yun Chen first cast "Wind Eye"!
"Wind Eye (B+)"
A prerequisite basic skill of the "Wizard" class, unique to Western countries.
This was a reward given by Jiangnan University to attract top college entrance exam scorers.
The entire spell effect was releasing a vortex from the wand strong enough to pull in nearby objects.
The name "Wind Eye" referred to a typhoon eye — the calm vortex center of a storm.
Of course... the name was exaggerated.
Its true effect was just creating a phoenix eye vortex that pulled surrounding monsters together, making it easy for the "Wizard" to clear them with an AoE skill.
This E-grade skill was raised to a whole new level by the awakened talent "Omnipotence."
After casting "Light Burst" and "Sonic Boom," Yun Chen immediately unleashed "Wind Eye."
The violent storm instantly swept toward the trolls before him.
Why blind, deafen, and mentally shock the trolls first?
So that they would lose their senses, become dazed, lose mobility, and be unable to resist the vortex pull.
Under the pushing storm, the trolls with no sight or hearing suffered intense mental pain and were helplessly swallowed by the vortex.
This way...
Yun Chen could effortlessly wave his wand to move the storm around, even if the movement wasn't very fast.
It didn't matter; the enemies were just lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
The wind wasn't strong enough to cause heavy damage yet.
So... Yun Chen supplemented with two fireballs during the process.
Boom!!
The flames were caught in the vortex, instantly dyeing the violent storm red.
Fire rides the wind; wind empowers the fire!
The combination of storm and blazing fire instantly created a greater destructive force.
All trolls caught inside suffered brutal fiery roasting.
Even the surrounding forest was swiftly destroyed by the fiery storm, swept away like clouds blown by the wind.
Even the underground soil was flung into the sky.
That was why the whole scene looked like a human hellscape.
However... the entire process was very different from what the magic teachers imagined.
No wonder.
The magic instructors never expected Yun Chen to use the wizard's "Wind Eye."
They were stuck in their own professional thinking — just bombarding the field with spells like a machine gun, then gulping down a big recovery potion before the next stage.
They underestimated Yun Chen's strategy too much.
In the entire first stage, Yun Chen only used five basic skills.
His mana consumption was far lower than those mages.
His speed and efficiency utterly surpassed those mages.
The difference between them was like heaven and earth.
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