32: Chapter 32 Ellabeth's Monster-Killing Efficiency

The eight Class Transferees gathered in front of the light curtain at the entrance of the gold rank secret realm were between levels 12 and 13, all students who had completed their class transfers last month from the nearby "First High School." Being able to reach this level at this stage meant their talents and efforts were quite decent, and they were all classes capable of direct combat.

The team consisted of five boys and three girls, and the class composition was quite reasonable: a burly Guardian holding a giant shield as the main tank; a nimble Ranger carrying a longbow responsible for long-range physical output; an Elementalist clutching a staff with elemental fluctuations swirling around them; an Assassin hidden in the shadows of leather armor; and a Berserker wielding a two-handed greatsword. As for support, there was a holy Priest focused on healing and buffs, a Bard chanting war songs to inspire teammates, and a Druid who could summon natural allies to assist in battle. Such an eight-person squad could be called a standard, highly efficient team template.

They had been preparing for a long time to clear this level 11 gold rank team secret realm, "Roaring Forest Land." Not only had they repeatedly studied the vague guides left by previous explorers, but they had also formulated detailed tactics based on the team's characteristics, and even spared no expense in spending their savings to buy resistance potions and disposable scrolls to deal with specific monsters. Seeing that they were fully prepared and in high spirits, ready to take the first clear reward of the secret realm in one go, they didn't expect to be beaten to it, and the person who entered was only one person!

This made them feel both frustrated and baffled.

"Who the hell is this? Are they out of their minds? Daring to enter an eight-person difficulty gold rank secret realm alone? If they can't beat it, they're just hogging the spot without doing anything, completely wasting our time!" The Ranger youth with the longbow couldn't help but curse, his face full of irritation.

"I hope he's sensible enough to get kicked out by the monsters inside soon. Otherwise, how long will we have to wait?" The Elementalist in the team, a girl wearing glasses, pushed up her glasses, her tone also filled with dissatisfaction.

"Wait a minute, I seem to have heard... yesterday at the First High School class transfer ceremony, there was an incredible genius who has been soloing bronze-level and silver-level dungeons with terrifying efficiency." The Assassin with a lower presence suddenly interjected, providing another piece of information.

"Pfft! Can a Dungeon compare to a secret realm? Besides, this is a gold rank team secret realm!" The Berserker player scoffed, waving the greatsword in his hand. "I can easily solo level 5 or 8 low-level Dungeons now. But if you're talking about soloing this 'Roaring Forest Land'? I think they've just bitten off more than they can chew! The elite monsters inside have terrifyingly high HP, and they have annoying crowd control skills. Without a tank to take the hits and a healer to restore HP, unless there's a level suppression, it's simply impossible!"

"Exactly! I think this guy inside is either an arrogant idiot or someone deliberately causing trouble!" The Druid girl also echoed indignantly.

In their eyes, this guy entering the secret realm alone was behaving completely irrationally. There was no possibility of clearing it, and he was simply wasting their precious time. This left them feeling stifled and helpless. After all, once a secret realm entrance was occupied, other teams could not enter until the team inside was teleported out or voluntarily gave up.

In fact, this kind of "lone wolf" occupying a team secret realm entrance happened from time to time in secret realm areas all over the world. Some were arrogant lone rangers who wanted to challenge their limits, and others were deliberately delaying time for various purposes (such as malicious interference, internal conflicts, etc.). As for which type the person inside was, they had no way of knowing.

"Alright, stop complaining." As the captain, the burly Guardian tank was relatively calm. He checked the time and suggested, "Waiting around is not a solution. I remember there is another level 11 silver-level dungeon, 'Gloomy Cave,' not far away. If the output is sufficient, we can clear it quickly. Ranger, Elementalist, and Priest, you three come with me to clear that Dungeon; consider it a warm-up and earn some extra money along the way. We will split the materials and equipment produced equally among those who participate."

He paused and arranged for the remaining people: "Assassin, Berserker, Bard, and Druid, you four stay here and watch this secret realm entrance. Once it shows that the person inside has come out, whether they cleared it or failed, you immediately go in to occupy the spot and notify us, and we will rush back to meet up."

This arrangement was relatively reasonable. It could utilize the waiting time to gain some income and ensure that they wouldn't miss this gold rank secret realm. The other seven looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

However, they could never have imagined that what was wreaking havoc in the "Roaring Forest Land" secret realm at this moment was not some reckless idiot or troublemaker, but a "monster" possessing power that overturned conventions. For them, the secret realm was a challenge, but for Lin Muyang inside, it was just a fertile field waiting to be harvested. Wiping? Non-existent!

Meanwhile, inside the "Roaring Forest Land" secret realm.

Lin Muyang was quickly assessing the difficulty of this level 11 gold rank team secret realm. According to textbook knowledge, in this kind of secret realm with an eight-person limit, the HP of ordinary mobs was about 7,000 to 8,000, while elite monsters would be even higher. As for the secret realm BOSS guarding the end, the HP would likely break the 50,000 mark.

He did a quick mental calculation, and a relaxed smile appeared on the corners of his mouth. Even without counting the improvement from Elabess equipping the new staff, the tenfold attack power bonus provided by the Aura was enough for Elabess's dark magic to easily one-shot these seemingly high-HP mobs.

So, without hesitation, he activated the three major permanent Auras planned for today: Tenfold Attack, Tenfold Experience, and Tenfold Defense.

He was even too lazy to maintain the [Divine Concealment Aura]. Although stealth could avoid being discovered first by monsters, it was not invincible. Once grazed by an area-of-effect skill, he would still get hurt. But now with [Sacred Barrier] activated, the physical and magic defense of the three of them had skyrocketed tenfold. In this low-grade gold rank secret realm, the attacks of the monsters hitting them probably wouldn't even count as scratching an itch; they could completely swagger through!

"Elabess, it's up to you." Lin Muyang directed easily.

"Yes, Master." The Succubus Maiden elegantly raised the newly equipped [Moon-Weeping Staff]. The purple gem embedded at the top of the staff instantly condensed heart-palpitating dark energy. She softly chanted a short incantation, and the next moment, a dark shadow ripple like a surging tide—[Dark Surge]—swept toward the fan-shaped area in front!

In an instant, the dozen or so bull-headed monsters holding giant axes and roaring, who were covered by the shadow ripple, saw the health bars above their heads melt away instantly like ice under the sun! They didn't even have time to let out a decent scream before they all turned into white light and disappeared, leaving only flickering loot all over the ground.

Unlike Lilia, who mainly relied on physical arrow attacks, Elabess was a proper mage class, and a top-tier magic damage core! Her innate talent of 50% dark magic damage bonus made any dark-type spell capable of unleashing earth-shattering power in her hands. Yesterday, when she was just summoned and empty-handed, her damage could already reach half of Lilia's, who had decent equipment. Now that she had changed into a set of mage equipment mixed with gold and silver, especially holding this top-tier platinum staff, her output capability had undergone a qualitative leap!

It could be said that with Elabess as this violent turret, Lilia instantly changed from the main output to the "atmosphere group." The Elf Princess finally found her positioning as a "Priest" at this moment—she only needed to stand leisurely in the back and occasionally apply an [Offensive Blessing] to Elabess in front, increasing her damage output by 30%, which was enough. As for the healing skills she learned? In a situation of one-shotting all the way and no one getting hurt, they had absolutely no use.

As the first batch of bull-headed monsters was instantly cleared, Lin Muyang skillfully switched and activated three auxiliary Auras:

[Heavenly Blessing] (Luck increased)!

[Rolling Wealth] (Magic Crystal drop doubled)!

[Loot Extraction] (Loot drop doubled)!

Tenfold drop probability! Tenfold Magic Crystal acquisition! Maxed out luck!

The monster drop rate of the team secret realm itself was already far higher than that of ordinary Dungeons. Now, after the terrifying bonus of the three auxiliary Auras... Just the drops from this first wave of a dozen or so mobs dazzled Lin Muyang's eyes!

Amidst the flashing light, there were actually twelve pieces of loot radiating a soft platinum light lying on the ground! Most of them were equipment, and one could vaguely see one or two skill books and some materials shimmering with strange luster.

"I'm rich!" Even though Lin Muyang was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by this scene of a bumper harvest.

Twelve pieces of platinum-rank loot! If sold at market price, the total value could easily reach between 1.5 million and 2 million Magic Crystals!

And this was just the harvest from one wave of mobs!

If he cleared this secret realm completely, cleaned up all the ordinary monsters and elite monsters, and then took down the final secret realm BOSS... what a terrifying number the total revenue would reach? It would probably be enough to pay off the balance for the Ziyun Mountain Villa villa directly!

More importantly, if there was top-tier equipment among these drops suitable for the three of them to use, they could immediately equip it, causing their combat power to soar again!

When Lilia happily picked up all the loot in one go, Lin Muyang instantly took a fancy to the gorgeously styled staff swirling with faint moonlight.

[Moon-Weeping Staff (Platinum Rank)]: Staff, limited to mage-type classes. Magic Attack +795, Constitution +69, Spirit +83. Special attribute: When casting spells, there is a 17% chance to trigger [Double Casting], releasing the spell an additional time (no mana consumption, damage is 50% of the original skill). Equipment requirement level: 11.

"Top-tier! A truly top-tier staff!" Lin Muyang couldn't help but exclaim. The magic attack bonus of up to 795 was already very outstanding for level 11 equipment, and the entry with a 17% chance to trigger [Double Casting] was even more of a god-tier attribute for mages! This meant that Elabess's output efficiency would have a chance to get a huge boost, and the monster clearing speed would be even faster.

"Just this staff alone, if put on the market, could easily sell for over one million Magic Crystals." Lin Muyang estimated, and casually handed the staff to Elabess, who was looking at it eagerly. "It's a pity the level restriction is a bit low. If this were high-level equipment of level 40 or 50 with Double Casting, the value would probably have to be calculated in the hundreds of millions."

Elabess happily took the staff, stroking the staff body lovingly, feeling the powerful magic contained within, and the look she gave Lin Muyang was full of gratitude and reliance.

After equipping the staff, Lin Muyang took a look at the experience bar. Just this wave of mobs, under the blessing of tenfold experience, his experience points jumped from 10 level 0% to about 10 level 75%.

"With tenfold experience activated, and still soloing a gold rank team secret realm, the leveling speed still feels a bit slow..." Lin Muyang sighed with a touch of humblebrag. "It's really hard to imagine, how agonizing and long the leveling process must be for those ordinary Class Transferees without Aura bonuses?"

His terrifying leveling efficiency, let alone Shen Muyao, even for a legendary SSS-Rank Talent Class Transferee, without special opportunities, it would be absolutely impossible to catch up.

"The map of the team secret realm is much larger than a Dungeon, and the number of monsters is denser."

"Even if we one-shot our way through, after clearing all the monsters and killing the final BOSS, it will probably take at least twenty minutes or so." Lin Muyang estimated the time and shook his head. Although the efficiency was already the best in the world, he still felt it was a bit "slow."

"Keep moving forward!" He ordered, advancing toward the depths of the secret realm.

Wherever they passed, shadow magic roared, and monsters fell in droves. Platinum-rank equipment, rare skill books, precious materials... all kinds of loot fell like raindrops! The experience bars of the three were also growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

No one would have thought that Lin Muyang, who was just a newly transferred Summoner yesterday and seen as having limited potential, could be like a bulldozer today in this gold rank team secret realm that gave many veteran squads headaches, crushing forward with unstoppable momentum!