Jiang Han's thoughts were full of grief and anger, but her outward expression was still very well controlled.
If Lin Tianming couldn't listen to her thoughts, he would have no idea how much she detested him.
Having narrowly escaped from Wang Yanran last night with his cunning intelligence, he now had to face Jiang Han, who harbored the same murderous intent towards him. Lin Tianming was under great pressure.
In his subsequent interactions with Jiang Han, he would have to be extremely cautious at every step to avoid being suddenly attacked and killed by her.
"Didn't expect I would really have only one student... Well then, Teacher Jiang Han, may I ask what our first lesson is today?"
Speaking of today's first lesson, Jiang Han's lips curved up slightly.
With a snap of her fingers, a thunderous roar sounded in the Thunder Awakening Field prepared especially for Thunder Ability Awakeners.
Immediately afterwards, a giant bear larger than twice Jiang Han's size slowly materialized beside her.
The giant bear was pulsating with crackling power of thunder and lightning, and that deafening roar had come from it.
Summoning this giant bear, Jiang Han also explained the rules of today's first lesson to Lin Tianming.
"This is a Level 15 Thunderstorm Fierce Bear, Friend Tianming. Your first lesson today is to become proficient in using your Divine Hand through actual combat and overcome this Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
The defensive power of the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear is incredibly astonishing, and even if you duplicate its skills, you may not be able to effectively deal with it. However, if you are hit by its skills, with your defense, you probably won't last more than a few moves before defeat.
This is the first lesson I've meticulously tailored for you, and I hope you won't disappoint your teacher. Think of a good strategy to defeat it.
By the way, you can only duplicate its skills during the battle, absolutely no duplicating my skills to take shortcuts!"
[In his previous life, Tianming, like Feng Lan, entered the Great Emperor Academy at only Level 9, and the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear I arranged for him was also Level 9.]
[In this life, both he and Feng Lan, because of my rebirth, entered the academy at a higher level than the last life, and although they are fighting a Thunderstorm Fierce Bear of the same level, a Level 15 Thunderstorm Fierce Bear has one more skill than a Level 9 one. I just don't know if this life's Lin Tianming can overcome the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear with an extra skill.]
Lin Tianming listened to Teacher Jiang Han's thoughts and also picked up on something.
That is, the new skill that the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear learned at Level 15 is key to its surge in combat power when facing Awakeners of the same level, much stronger than at Level 9.
Assigned by Jiang Han to face such a defensively strong Thunder Attribute Awakening Beast specially targeting his Duplicate Ability, Lin Tianming's eyes narrowed slightly.
With a swift Thunder Flash, Jiang Han appeared in the distance the next moment.
She also told Lin Tianming, "Let the battle begin! Don't disappoint me, little guy!"
As Jiang Han called the start of the battle, the massive Thunderstorm Fierce Bear swung its paw towards Lin Tianming.
Thunderstorm Bear Claw!
Lin Tianming's head was dwarfed by the sharp bear claw that swept down with terrifying thunder power.
Seeing this, Lin Tianming quickly distanced himself and entered combat mode.
Divine Hand!
Activating the Duplicate Skill of Divine Hand immediately, Lin Tianming quickly accessed the skills of the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
A Level 15 Thunderstorm Fierce Bear has a total of four superpower skills: Thunderstorm Bear Claw, Thunderstorm Frenzy, Thunderous Trample, and Furious Thunder Armor.
Thunderstorm Bear Claw and Thunderous Trample were both offensive Thunder Attribute Skills.
Thunderstorm Frenzy was a berserk buff skill that would increase the attack and speed of the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear, sending it into a frenzied state.
Furious Thunder Armor was a skill that would enhance the defensive power of the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
Understanding the effects of the four skills of the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear, it was time for Lin Tianming to make a choice.
Over these two months, Lin Tianming, through diligent practice, had come to understand his Divine Hand ability extremely well.
There was a secret about his Divine Hand that he hadn't even told Ye Qingxue, which was that his Divine Hand could only duplicate a maximum of three skills.
The three duplicated skills would be stored in three of the fingers on his right hand.
Once he released the three duplicated skills, his Divine Hand would enter a cooldown period.
The reason Lin Tianming had been leveling up madly these two months, other than being pushed by Ye Qingxue, was also because he wanted to see if he could duplicate more skills by raising his level.
However, even after rising from Level 1 to Level 15, he could still only duplicate three skills.
The only changes from leveling up were two: one was that the cooldown time of his Divine Hand shortened from three days at Level 1 to twelve hours now.
The second was that his Divine Hand's Duplicate Skill could enhance the power of skills below Super Position Forbidden Curse Level.
This meant that if he couldn't defeat the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear with three skills in the fight, he would enter a weakened period where he could no longer use his Divine Hand.
With this in mind, Lin Tianming became even more cautious about which of the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear's skills he should choose to duplicate.
After careful selection, Lin Tianming still gave up on the defensive Furious Thunder Armor and chose the other three skills of the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
Duplicate!
With the successful activation of the Divine Hand's Duplicate Ability, Lin Tianming instantly gained the three skills of the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
Again, swiftly dodging the Thunderstorm Bear Claw, Lin Tianming immediately activated Thunderstorm Frenzy.
Accompanied by a sound of thunderous explosion, Lin Tianming could clearly feel a significant increase in both his speed and attack.
Noticing the Thunderstorm Bear Claw was again being unleashed towards him, Lin Tianming refused to back down.
Thunderstorm Bear Claw!
Bolstered by Thunderstorm Frenzy and further strengthened by his Duplicate Ability, the Power of thunder and lightning emanating from Lin Tianming's Thunderstorm Bear Claw was visibly more potent.
The two Thunderstorm Bear Claws collided, with Lin Tianming's rending the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear's apart and tearing a massive wound on its body.
Injured by Lin Tianming using its own skill, the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear let out a deafening roar and entered a frenzy state.
Thunderstorm Frenzy!
Not only that, but the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear also activated the Furious Thunder Armor that Lin Tianming had not duplicated, enhancing its defensive power.
Despite Lin Tianming pressing the advantage and launching a Thunderous Trample, aiming for a fatal blow to the gashed Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
However, under the Furious Thunder Armor's defensive power, far beyond Lin Tianming's expectations, the Thunderous Trample immediately following his Thunderstorm Bear Claw was perfectly blocked by the Furious Thunder Armor.
At the same moment, the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear, with its attack, speed, and defense maxed out, was also charging at Lin Tianming.
The Thunderstorm Fierce Bear, seemingly cumbersome, closed the distance to Lin Tianming in an instant.
Thunderous Trample!
Boom!
Such a close-range Thunderous Trample, given Lin Tianming's frail frame, which couldn't possibly compare with the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear, made even Teacher Jiang Han, who was watching, feel Lin Tianming was surely doomed.
But just then, a wall of lightning, strong enough to sever everything, rose up between Lin Tianming and the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
This Thunder Wall instantly nullified the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear's attack and even inflicted serious electrical injury on the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
But Lin Tianming's Thunder Wall also dissipated after it had perfectly defended against the attack.
[I forgot, this kid also knows my Thunder Wall, but relying solely on this move to defeat the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear, he's still one breath short.]
[What will you do next?]
[If you could level up to Level 16 right now and raise your Divine Hand's Duplicate Ability to a four-skill limit, you might be able to defeat the severely wounded Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.]
At this moment, hearing Teacher Jiang Han's thoughts about leveling up to Level 16 to raise the cap on his Duplicate Skills, Lin Tianming was somewhat incredulous.
Teacher Jiang Han actually knows the secret of my Divine Hand's duplication limit?
A secret not even told Ye Qingxue, his official girlfriend; how did she know about it?
Could it be from the past life through the original host?
But would a scoundrel like the original host actually tell Teacher Jiang Han the greatest secret of the Divine Hand's Duplicate Ability?
Although he couldn't figure out why Teacher Jiang Han knew the biggest secret of his Divine Hand's Duplicate Skill, which is also its weakness.
But through Teacher Jiang Han, Lin Tianming also learned how to raise the limit of his Divine Hand's Duplicate Skill.
That means the automatic unlock at Level 16!
But he had only recently upgraded to Level 15; leveling up to Level 16 wasn't going to be easy.
At least this battle was definitely not going to spur his potential to advance to Level 16.
While Lin Tianming pondered, the severely wounded Thunderstorm Fierce Bear, relying on its sturdier Awakened Beast body, performed a Thunderous Trample and sent Lin Tianming flying.
At this moment, Lin Tianming seriously suspected Teacher Jiang Han wanted to have him killed by the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
She must have calculated that he definitely wouldn't break through to Level 16 today.
However, in the next second, Teacher Jiang Han's thoughts told him she didn't actually want to kill him today.
[It seems we are reaching the limits. The only downside of Tianming's Divine Hand early on is that it can duplicate too few Skills. If someone finds this weakness, it's easy to fall into danger.]
[To have held out this long against a Level 15 Thunderstorm Fierce Bear is already beyond my expectations. That's enough testing for today; I'll intervene and save him when he's about to be unable to hold on any longer.]
[What's gotten into me... I resented him so much in the last life for betraying and murdering his mentor, yet I still think about developing his potential, training him to be stronger than in his last life...]
Surprised to find out that today's perilous first lesson was for further developing his potential, Lin Tianming also understood that Teacher Jiang Han's feelings towards him were even more conflicted than he imagined.
Since she wanted to witness his potential grow greater than in his past life, Lin Tianming decided not to disappoint Teacher Jiang Han.
He swore that he would prove his sincerity over time, letting his deeply wounded mentor let go of her hatred and become the teacher who once regarded him as her cherished disciple.
Just as the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear unleashed its killing blow, Lin Tianming, not waiting for Teacher Jiang Han to save him, launched a Soul Attack directly at the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
Spirit Body Spark!
The Spirit Body Spark ignored the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear's physical defenses, bolstered by the Furious Thunder Armor, and penetrated the soul of the Thunderstorm Fierce Bear.
Under the Soul Attack that directly hit its soul, the physically mighty Thunderstorm Fierce Bear convulsed all over and collapsed onto the ground with its eyes rolling back.
Teacher Jiang Han, ready to intervene to save Lin Tianming, stood frozen in place, stunned, and unable to recover for a long time after witnessing his abrupt turnaround to victory.
[So Tianming also knows how to use a Soul Attack? Why have I never seen him use it in his past life?]