293: Chapter 294 Resurrection and Monster Farming

With Sagiri's cognition completely scrambled and her brain unable to process the information before her, she was in a daze, following along as they stepped into the level 77 legendary-rank secret realm—the Blood Vine Cave.

After a brief moment of dizziness and the sensation of spatial transition, she snapped back to reality, finding herself in an environment completely different from the outside world and extremely uncomfortable.

A thick, almost inseparable dark red filled her vision, and the air was permeated with a nauseating, mixed odor—the intense, rust-like scent of blood intertwined with a pungent, sour smell reminiscent of fermented rotting plants, violently assaulting her sense of smell. Beneath her feet was soft, slippery soil that felt as if it had been repeatedly soaked in blood; stepping on it created a sticky sensation that made her skin crawl.

"This smell seems to be..." Sagiri wrinkled her delicate little nose, suppressing the urge to vomit, and carefully looked around. They seemed to be in a wide underground cave passage, with walls of dark red vines that twisted and squirmed like giant blood vessels, covered in eerie moss emitting a dim, dark red fluorescence that provided just enough light to barely see. Not far ahead was a relatively open woodland area formed by more thick, tangled vines.

Right there in the gaps of the vine forest, over a dozen dark brown, translucent, jelly-like amorphous creatures were slowly, lazily squirming. They had no fixed form, their body surfaces constantly bulging and collapsing, emitting the same sour, putrid odor as the air.

"Are those legendary-grade Corrosive Slimes?" Sagiri recognized this monster, her heart tightening. This type of slime might not have top-tier attack power, but it was extremely troublesome; physical attacks had little effect, and its body fluids were highly corrosive and neurotoxic, making it a nightmare for many melee classes.

However, her concerns had only just arisen when they were completely crushed by what happened next.

Lin Muyang simply raised his hand casually, not even turning his head to give instructions.

Alice, standing by his side, shared a tacit understanding with him, her light blue eyes gazing calmly at the group of slimes. She did not even make any obvious spellcasting movements; she merely shifted her intent.

The next moment—

"Sshh!"

A dense and terrifying tearing sound echoed out of thin air! It was as if invisible blades were cutting through space! Immediately following, in Sagiri's incredulous gaze, it began to rain above the vine forest—without any warning!

No, that was not ordinary rain! That was thick, crimson blood, imbued with violent, destructive power! It seemed to have a life of its own, precisely enveloping every single Corrosive Slime!

"Gurgle... Sshh!"

The slimes drenched in blood made a violent reaction sound like cold water dripping into hot oil. Their gelatinous bodies, under the erosion of the crimson blood, rapidly dissolved, shriveled, and carbonized at a speed visible to the naked eye! In just two or three breaths, those dozen or so troublesome legendary-grade slimes turned into piles of charred residue emitting blue smoke, completely losing their life force.

One-shot! A complete, thorough, overwhelming one-shot!

And the instant the slimes died, Sagiri's delicate body trembled violently!

An indescribable, warm, and surging current, like a burst dam, surged forth from the depths of her limbs and bones without warning, instantly sweeping through her entire body! This power was so vast, so pure, that every cell in her body seemed to be cheering, as if a long-parched field had received sweet rain! An unprecedented sense of fulfillment and power, accompanied by a slight tremor at the soul level, made her unable to help but emit a soft moan of extreme comfort.

Meanwhile, a series of crystal-clear system prompts, like the most pleasant melody, rang out in her mind one after another:

【Ding! Your party killed a Corrosive Slime (legendary-grade), you gained experience points...】

【Ding! Your level has increased to level 2! All attributes slightly increased!】

【Ding! Your level has increased to level 3! All attributes slightly increased!】

【Ding! Your level has increased to...】

【Ding! Your level has increased to level 21! All attributes significantly increased! You have gained 5 free attribute points!】

The prompts were like a torrential rain, instantly flooding her screen. When the last prompt faded, Sagiri stood there blankly, her mind completely empty.

Le... leveled up? From level 1, jumping straight to level 21? Increasing 20 levels at once?

How is this possible?!

According to the iron law she learned in basic education, recognized by the entire Atlantis World, Class Transferees could only obtain effective experience points from monsters no more than 3 levels above their own. She was only level 1, so logically, she should only be able to get experience from level 4 monsters at most. And these slimes were level 77! The level gap was as high as 76 levels! With such a huge level gap, she should not have been able to get even 1 point of experience!

But the system prompts would not lie, and the surging sense of power within her body certainly would not lie. She subconsciously brought up her attribute panel, her gaze falling on the level column.

Level: 21 (Disguise: 77)

"Disguise: 77?" Sagiri stared at that line of small text, her eyes wide, her mouth opening unconsciously. What was this? Could levels even be disguised? She had never heard of such an inconceivable status! Was it some kind of skill? Or the effect of some artifact?

Of course, she would not know that this was the bond effect of Lin Muyang. Under the shroud of his Aura, she was recognized by the secret realm rules as level 77, and thus could obtain the full amount of experience for killing level 77 monsters!

However, the performance that subverted her worldview had only just begun.

Just as Sagiri was still immersed in the shock of her soaring level and the confusion over the Disguised level, Gui Wanwan, who stood on the other side of Lin Muyang, also made a new move.

This black-haired, black-eyed girl with a cold temperament elegantly raised her fair right hand, and with a gentle clench of her five fingers, she aimed at the area of charred residue where the slimes had turned.

Hum...

A deep, icy underworld energy, as if originating from the Nine Nether Springs, spread out from the center of her palm, silently enveloping that area.

Immediately after, a scene occurred that Sagiri would never forget, one that even made her wonder if she was hallucinating.

Those slime residues that had already turned into charcoal and had no life force suddenly began to squirm and expand violently! The charred surface layer rapidly peeled off, and fresh, dark brown gel inside regenerated and expanded! Within just two or three seconds, over a dozen intact, lively Corrosive Slimes appeared in the same spot again! They shook their jelly-like bodies, seemingly having no memory of everything that had just happened, still lazily squirming and emitting a sour, putrid odor.

Resurrected?!

Sagiri's heart felt as if it had been tightly gripped by an invisible hand, almost stopping its beat. She opened her mouth wide, but could not make any sound, staring fixedly at Gui Wanwan. Bringing the dead back to life?

Before she could recover from the shock of the resurrection, Alice had already acted again. It was the same silent and deadly crimson blood rain, covering the area precisely.

"Sshh!"

The familiar sound of melting rang out, and the newly resurrected slimes turned into charcoal again in the blood rain.

And within Sagiri, that familiar, intoxicating warm current erupted like a tsunami once more! The system prompts exploded in her mind again like a rapid-fire cannon!

【Ding! Your party killed a Corrosive Slime (legendary-grade), you gained experience points...】

【Ding! Your level has increased to level 22!】

【Ding! Your level has increased to level 23!】

【Ding! Your level has increased to level 32! All attributes significantly increased! You have gained 5 free attribute points!】

Another 11 levels!

Sagiri felt her thinking had frozen, her brain stopped working, leaving only the instinct to feel the power within her body surging wildly time and time again.

Resurrect and kill...

Gui Wanwan raised her hand, underworld energy surged, and the slimes were resurrected to full health on the spot. Alice shifted her intent, the crimson blood rain descended, and the slimes turned into dust collectively. The warm current surged, the prompts flooded the screen, and her level soared wildly as if riding a rocket!

Level 33... level 38... level 42... level 47...

This process was repeated over a dozen times. When Gui Wanwan finally lowered her hand for the last time and Alice cleared the field for the last time, the system prompts in Sagiri's ears finally ceased temporarily. Trembling, she brought up her attribute panel again.

Level: 49 (Disguise: 77)

She was level 49.

From entering the secret realm to now, it had been less than ten minutes in total. She had jumped from a level 1 bottom-tier beggar to a level 49... well, although her talent was still E-rank, her level had indeed reached a height that many ordinary Class Transferees would need to struggle for over a decade or even decades to achieve.

Sagiri stood there blankly, feeling that the soft soil beneath her feet was somewhat unreal. She looked up, gazing at the back of the young man who had always been facing away from her, calmly watching the front, and then looked at the two composed, stunningly beautiful girls beside him.

In this world... even those legendary divine children and holy infants who enjoyed the top-tier resources from birth, their leveling speed probably would not even be one-ten-thousandth of this, right?

This boy named Lin Muyang... who on earth was he? The power he possessed had completely transcended Sagiri's understanding of the word "powerful." Tall, mysterious, unfathomable like an abyss... yet he carried an indescribable, reassuring temperament.

If... if he really was not trying to play with me or watch me make a fool of myself... how good would that be?

This thought emerged uncontrollably, causing Sagiri's heartbeat to accelerate quietly, and her cheeks to feel a bit hot. But immediately, deeper doubts flooded her mind: why did he go to such great lengths, even using this unheard-of divine skill of resurrection and monster grinding to level her up? What value did she, an E-rank Talent Barrier Master, have that was worth such an investment from him?

Moreover, even with the experience from level 77 monsters, it should not have allowed her, at level 1, to jump so many levels. This amount of experience was too terrifying... could it be?

She suddenly remembered that she seemed to have been ignoring her status bar. She hurriedly focused her attention on it.

The next moment, she felt as if her breathing was about to stop.

In the status bar, a long column of buff icons had appeared at some point, each one radiating heart-palpitatingly powerful fluctuations. She used her intent to gently touch and view them:

All damage dealt increased by 4000%. Experience points gained increased by 4000%. All damage received reduced by 97.5%, defense attributes increased by 4000%. All skill cooldowns reduced by 97.5%. Attack speed, casting speed, and movement speed increased by 4000%. ... (There was a long string after that)

Sagiri stared blankly at these descriptions; every number was like a heavy hammer, smashing fiercely into her heart, making her dizzy and almost suffocating.

These... these Aura effects, taking out just one would be enough to drive any Class Transferee crazy, enough to trigger a war! And now, they were hanging on her, densely packed, as if they were free!

"This... how is this possible?!" Sagiri screamed silently in her heart; she felt her worldview had been completely shattered in these short ten-plus minutes, and then forcibly reorganized in a completely incomprehensible way.

The huge information shock and the discomfort caused by the sudden surge in power made her subconsciously want to take a step forward, to get closer to that back that seemed to be able to give her answers.

However, she completely overestimated her control over the suddenly surging power.

"Ouch!"

As soon as she exerted force beneath her feet, the explosive power brought by her level 49 attributes, far exceeding what she had before, made her shoot forward like a cannonball out of a chamber! She screamed, her body completely losing its balance, and it looked like she was about to fall to the ground in an extremely awkward posture.

Just at the moment she was about to hit the ground face-first, a warm and strong arm steadily wrapped around her waist, gently pulling her in and drawing her into a solid and reassuring embrace.

Sagiri looked up, still shaken, and met Lin Muyang's gaze as he slightly lowered his head, with a hint of helpless amusement.

"Sit down here first and get familiar with the surging power." Lin Muyang's voice sounded above her head, calm and gentle, carrying a strange, soothing power, "Don't be nervous, take your time."

Being held in his arms, smelling the clean and refreshing scent on him, Sagiri felt all the blood in her body "boom" and rush to her cheeks, the tips of her ears even burning red. Her whole body went limp, she could barely stand, and her heart was beating like a drum.

"Tha... thank you..." She lowered her head, her voice as thin as a mosquito's buzz, so embarrassed she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"We're on the same side, don't be polite." Lin Muyang let go of her hand and helped her to a relatively clean, protruding rock nearby to sit down, his movements natural and casual, as if this were just a trivial matter.

Sagiri sat on the rock, her hands tightly gripping her clothes, her head lowered, not daring to look at Lin Muyang again. But the three words "on the same side" were like a small spark, falling into her long-cold heart, sending out a faint but real ripple of warmth.

Lin Muyang turned around and looked at the vine forest ahead, which was now empty and left with only a few scorch marks. He rubbed his chin and pondered:

"Although this method can be used to grind experience infinitely, the efficiency is extremely high. But there is a problem... these repeatedly resurrected monsters are essentially the same batch, just re-infused with life forms. Therefore, except for the first kill, subsequent kills of the resurrected bodies will not trigger the extra drop effect of the Loot Extraction Aura, nor will they drop any equipment, materials, or other loot."

"A bit of a pity. If even the loot could be infinitely grinded, then finding a mythical-rank secret realm would be equivalent to owning an infinite treasure trove of heaven-opening grade equipment. Finding a sky-opening grade secret realm would mean owning infinite equipment of even higher grades... However, it's not bad as it is now, at least the efficiency of experience acquisition has reached an unprecedented height."

He quickly sorted out his thoughts and made a decision.

"Since the feasibility of this method for grinding experience has been verified, there is no need to continue wasting time in this level 77 secret realm. Our goal should be to find a mythical-rank secret realm around level 100. There, the efficiency of experience acquisition will be higher, and the drops from the first kill will be mythic grade or even sky-opening grade, maximizing the gains."

A sharp and expectant light flashed in Lin Muyang's eyes. He looked up, as if he could penetrate the thick underground layers and the vast distance, seeing the secret realm treasures scattered like stars across the vast land of Atlantis, waiting for him to conquer them.

This world... he had indeed come to the right place! Resources were abundant, competition was almost non-existent for him; it was simply a super leveling ground and resource depot tailor-made for him.