277: Chapter 278 Preparations for Transmigration

As time passed, the shimmering light of breakthroughs in the courtyard gradually subsided.

One by one, the young ladies finished absorbing the sky-opening grade Elemental Essences, successfully crossing the level 100 threshold. Each of them clearly felt the earth-shattering changes within themselves; their base attributes soared like rockets, and their bodies surged with an unprecedented sense of power.

More importantly, they each gained a brand-new, powerful Class Trait highly compatible with their respective classes. These traits were varied and strange with different effects, but without exception, they all greatly enhanced their expertise in their respective fields or compensated for their shortcomings. At the same time, under the nourishment of the rule-defying sky-opening grade essences, their inherent talents underwent varying degrees of deepening and expansion; the effect descriptions became more detailed, and their potential was further unearthed.

Lin Muyang observed the young ladies' rejuvenated states, feeling gratified. By a rough estimate, with the support of the Cooperative Linkage trait's shared skills, combined with their newly acquired Class Traits and talent enhancements, the team's overall combat power had nearly doubled compared to before the breakthrough! This was an incredibly terrifying increase.

"The rest of you go back to your rooms first to consolidate your newly gained power and familiarize yourselves with the skill changes brought by the Cooperative Linkage," Lin Muyang instructed the girls, his gaze then landing on Gui Wanwan and Elabess. "Xiao Wan, Ella, you two come with me to the back garden."

"Yes, Master," the two women replied in unison, a flicker of understanding and anticipation flashing in their eyes.

After breaking through to level 100, the mysterious and ethereal temperament about Gui Wanwan became even more prominent, as if there were a natural barrier between her and the surrounding space. Her figure was sometimes clear and sometimes blurred, carrying a sense of detachment that did not belong to this world. As for Elabess, her already exquisite beauty and world-bewitching temperament had reached a kind of sublimation; charm flowed with every frown and smile. Even just standing there quietly, she seemed to radiate an invisible attraction that made people unable to resist looking at her.

They knew very well why Lin Muyang had called them aside: to open a world portal and head to Elabess's hometown, the Dark Abyss.

Elabess was excited and stepped forward quickly, naturally taking Lin Muyang's arm and pressing her soft body close to him. Her purple eyes shimmered with undisguised anticipation and joy. Finally, she was going back to get her sisters!

The three of them arrived at the meticulously maintained garden behind the main building. The moonlight was like water, spilling over the well-arranged flowers, trees, rockeries, and flowing water. It was quiet and beautiful, forming a subtle contrast with the upcoming journey across worlds.

"Xiao Wan, how do you feel? To what extent have your space-related abilities recovered?" Lin Muyang looked at Gui Wanwan on his left, his tone concerned. This was the key to the plan.

Gui Wanwan tilted her head slightly, seemingly feeling the new power surging within her. She pursed her cherry lips and revealed a faint smile: "I feel... even better than expected. Tearing through space barriers and opening a temporary portal isn't too difficult for me now. It's just..." She paused, her delicate brows furrowing slightly, "If I have to maintain a stable enough portal for a large number of people to pass through and keep it open for a period of time, the consumption of underworld energy is enormous. With my current recovery speed, even if I give it my all, I can probably only keep the portal open for about a minute."

One minute to pass hundreds or thousands of succubi? This was clearly unrealistic.

Hearing this, Lin Muyang wasn't worried at all; instead, he laughed. "You consume underworld energy? Then it's not a problem at all."

"Ah?" Gui Wanwan blinked, somewhat confused.

"Among the God-Tier Auras I possess, there's more than just those that restore Mana and Stamina," Lin Muyang reached out and gently rubbed Gui Wanwan's smooth silver hair, explaining, "There's also an Aura specifically for restoring underworld energy. Before, your skill consumption wasn't high, so I didn't bother turning it on. Now, as long as I activate this Aura, the speed at which you consume underworld energy will definitely not keep up with the recovery speed. Theoretically, you can keep the portal open indefinitely."

"There's an Aura like that?" Gui Wanwan was truly surprised. underworld energy was an extremely niche and special energy that was difficult to absorb and replenish in many worlds; she hadn't expected Lin Muyang to be able to solve even this.

"This way, we can bring all the succubi over in one go," Lin Muyang nodded, his tone certain.

"Yes, that indeed solves the biggest problem," Gui Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief, but then remembered something else. "However, there's one more thing to note. With my current ability, when opening a space portal, I still can't precisely locate the specific coordinates of the Dark Abyss. The portal's exit might randomly appear at any spatial node in the target world. It could open directly in a dangerous area, such as the center of a powerful monster's nest or some forbidden land."

This was indeed a potential risk. If the portal exit opened in a death trap, they might have to face a fierce battle before they even had a chance to meet the succubi.

Lin Muyang thought for a moment and had a countermeasure: "That's easy to handle. Before crossing, cast Virgos Protection on yourself, me, and Elabess."

"That's right!" Gui Wanwan's eyes lit up. "Now everyone can use this skill!"

Under the Cooperative Linkage trait, Lin Muyang and all the young ladies could now use Virgos Protection to a limited extent. Although the skill's effect (mainly the duration of invincibility) would be reduced by 30% when cast by someone other than Lilia herself, the essence of invincibility would not change. Furthermore, under the terrifying enhancement of Lin Muyang's current multiple Auras, even the weakened version of invincibility lasted for nearly half an hour!

This was thanks to the newly activated Bond System. When the Long Lasting and Spell Expansion Auras were active simultaneously, they triggered a bond effect called "Spatiotemporal Extension": the base area of effect and duration of all skills and Auras were directly doubled!

Therefore, Lin Muyang, Gui Wanwan, and Elabess could each cast Virgos Protection once, theoretically providing a total of over an hour of invincibility. Moreover, since the skill cooldown was shortened to an extreme by Lin Muyang's Aura, they could even take turns casting it to achieve even longer invincibility coverage.

Of course, invincibility skills have a diminishing returns mechanism. Gaining invincibility effects consecutively within a short period would cause the duration to be halved each time. But even so, by rotating multiple invincibility skills, maintaining a high-intensity state of invincibility for several hours was completely feasible.

Such a long invincibility duration was enough to deal with most sudden dangers. Even if they plunged headfirst into some death trap, they would have plenty of time to react and evacuate.

"However, Alice's world has developed for centuries; the equipment and skills of the top experts likely reach the sky-opening grade or even higher," Lin Muyang thought to himself. "It can't be ruled out that they have means to dispel or penetrate invincibility effects. The real safety guarantee still relies on my God-Tier Auras."

In his current understanding, the priority of God-Tier Auras stood above the mythic grade and sky-opening grade. As for whether a higher level existed, Lin Muyang had not seen it yet, but even if there were, his God-Tier Auras would likely not be inferior. As long as they acted cautiously and were not blindly arrogant, traveling between worlds should be a controllable risk with their current combination of strength.

Of course, the premise was not to encounter an outrageous existence like Gui Wanwan's sister, who was tens of thousands of levels high. For that level, it was still wiser to steer clear for now. Fortunately, according to existing information, although the worlds the young ladies originally came from each had their own troubles, the overall power level shouldn't reach the point of such unreasonable monsters.

"Then, let's begin the preparations." With a thought, Lin Muyang accurately found a God-Tier Aura he had never used before in the complex list of Auras—[Source of Nether Energy].

The moment the Aura was activated, an obscure, cold, yet life-filled special energy field spread out with Lin Muyang as the center, enveloping Gui Wanwan. Gui Wanwan's delicate body trembled slightly, and a look of unbelievable surprise appeared on her face. She felt as if the surrounding space had turned into an ocean of underworld energy, inexhaustible and endless! No matter how she squandered it, the speed of consumption could not come close to the speed of replenishment from this ocean!

What surprised both her and Lin Muyang even more was that when [Source of Nether Energy] and another permanent restoration Aura, [Source of Magic Power], were both active, a wonderful resonance occurred between the two, activating a new bond effect!

[Perpetual Energy]: When [Source of Nether Energy] and [Source of Magic Power] are active at the same time, all targets affected by the Auras will no longer consume Mana or underworld energy when casting any skills!

"There's a bond like this too?" Lin Muyang was slightly surprised. This meant that from now on, by his side, Gui Wanwan could infinitely use space skills that consumed underworld energy, while the other young ladies could also cast magic recklessly without ever worrying about their mana bars! For classes that relied on high-frequency casting or huge energy consumption, this was simply a dream-like effect. Although sustainability was no longer a shortcoming for Lin Muyang's team, this undoubtedly pushed their continuous combat capability to a theoretical limit.

"Now, it's truly foolproof." Feeling the surging underworld energy within her that seemed never-ending, Gui Wanwan's confidence soared. She slowly raised her fair, jade-like right hand; her fingers were slender, and a faint gray mist swirled around her fingertips.

In the surrounding air, invisible underworld energy began to gather frantically, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, pouring into her palm.