33: Chapter 33 Outrageous Stocking Properties

Unlike normal Dungeons, which have relatively fixed flows and usually only one final boss, the structure of team secret realms is far more complex, and the challenges are much more arduous.

In a gold rank team secret realm like "Roaring Forest Land", there are at least five or six BOSS-level monsters entrenched inside, and each one can be considered a regional overlord, with strength far exceeding the final BOSS of a normal Dungeon.

These secret realm BOSSes not only possess terrifying HP counts of tens of thousands, but their attack power is also extremely shocking, with a single casual strike sufficient to pose a fatal threat to a Class Transferee of the same level.

More troublesome is that they usually master some powerful special skills, which could be wide-range continuous damage, annoying crowd control effects, summoning minions to assist in battle, or even some bizarre mechanical skills that require team members to cooperate to break.

However, all of this did not pose much of an obstacle for Lin Muyang's team.

When clearing the mobs along the way, it basically relied entirely on Succubus Maiden Elabess performing alone.

Her shadow magic, blessed with a tenfold attack boost, swept through like a wave of death, and swaths of monsters turned into white light amidst their wails, with an efficiency that was outrageous.

When encountering a secret realm BOSS guarding a key area, Lilia would join the battle.

She was no longer just casting "Offensive Blessing", but began to use some basic attack skills of the Cleric class, such as "Light of Exorcism" which condensed holy power to project outwards, cooperating with the fierce output of Elabess, pouring it all onto the massive BOSS.

To further improve efficiency, during the period of concentrating fire on the BOSS, Lin Muyang would temporarily switch the tenfold experience Aura to "Eye of Lethality".

This caused the output capability of the two young ladies to instantly soar to an extremely terrifying level, and the long blood bar of the BOSS plummeted at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the BOSS was on the verge of death and about to contribute a large amount of experience points, Lin Muyang would quickly switch the Aura back to tenfold experience to ensure maximum experience acquisition, without wasting a single bit.

"Just an 11th-level gold rank team secret realm BOSS, and its HP has already exceeded 400,000 points..." Lin Muyang observed the battle and pondered to himself, "It seems that as the difficulty and player cap of the secret realms increase, the HP of BOSSes in higher-level secret realms in the future will reach an astronomical figure."

"If I rely solely on the basic bonuses of the Aura, and the equipment and skills of Elabess and Lilia cannot keep up, the damage output will likely appear weak by then, and the battle time will be infinitely prolonged."

He clearly realized that although he possessed many heaven-defying God-Tier Auras and could summon more helpers in the future, the "hardware" foundation of the team members themselves was equally crucial.

Before him was just the lowest-tier 8-person team secret realm; above it were 12-person, 16-person, and even super-large team secret realms for up to 50 people!

One could imagine that the final BOSSes in those secret realms would have HP dozens or even hundreds of times that of the current one!

He had to plan ahead and improve the equipment and skill levels of the two young ladies as soon as possible.

Thus, while Elabess and Lilia were fighting hard on the front line, Lin Muyang, this "commander", was busy counting and screening the mountain-like pile of loot in the rear.

He categorized the equipment for Mages, Clerics, and Summoners by slot, carefully compared the stats of each piece of equipment, and selected the most premium ones to keep.

He knew well the terrifying returns of equipment under high-rate Auras.

Simply put, if a piece of equipment provided a 500-point attack bonus, then under the tenfold amplification of the tenfold attack, the actual improvement brought was 5000 points of attack!

This was equivalent to every piece of premium equipment that the young ladies under his command wore having an effect equal to a normal Class Transferee wearing ten pieces of equipment of the same level!

Therefore, equipping them with the best gear had an unimaginably high cost-performance ratio.

"This Cleric necklace is not bad, 'Courage Anthem', gold rank; besides the basic stats, it also carries a passive Aura effect that can provide a 300-point attack bonus to teammates within ten meters." Lin Muyang picked up a necklace emitting a soft white light, "Counting my tenfold attack Aura, this is equivalent to gaining over three thousand points of attack for free, which is a considerable improvement."

"Huh? This Summoner skill book... 'Spirit Link', gold rank."

"After use, it establishes a deep link for ten minutes, increasing the damage dealt by all summoned creatures by 40%?" Lin Muyang's eyes lit up; this was a good skill that directly amplified the overall output of summoned creatures, although it had no bonus to his own Aura effect, the direct damage increase for Elabess and Lilia was real.

He did not hesitate to choose to learn it, and the skill book turned into a stream of light and merged into his body.

"And this Mage leg armor..." Lin Muyang picked up a pair of black leggings with a special material and silky touch; the stats were increased spirit and spell penetration, which was quite good.

But what caught his attention more was a line of small print below the equipment description: "When equipped by a female character, the appearance automatically adapts to the 'Shadow Stockings' form."

He had known before that some equipment in this world, especially cloth and leather armor, would have subtle differences in appearance depending on the wearer's gender to better fit their body shape.

And special clothing like stockings usually only appeared on a few leg equipment for magic classes, and would only appear when worn by females.

"The stats are just right for Elabess... Elabess, come over and change into this." Lin Muyang called out.

The Succubus Maiden, who was guiding the rain of shadow arrows in the front, heard this, turned lightly, and drifted back to Lin Muyang's side like a butterfly in the dark night.

She took the leg armor, a glimmer of light flashed on her body, and she finished changing.

She saw that her originally smooth and slender legs were now wrapped in a layer of black stockings as thin as cicada wings but faintly flowing with shadow energy, outlining the beautiful curves of her legs vividly, adding a touch of mystery and temptation.

Lin Muyang subconsciously checked her attribute panel and found that her defense, under the blessing of "Sacred Barrier", had actually increased from the previous 4300+ points to over 5600 points!

"This is a bit outrageous..." Lin Muyang touched his chin and complained to himself, "Just a pair of stockings, and the defense bonus provided is this high? Is this material made of dragon skin? Also, can stockings that cannot be torn still be called stockings?"

Some inappropriate thoughts popped into his head, and his eyes looking at Elabess also carried a hint of inquiry.

Feeling Lin Muyang's gaze, which carried scrutiny and a hint of "malice", Elabess was not shy or angry, but instead straightened her back slightly, and the corners of her lips curled into an imperceptible smile.

As a succubus, she was not afraid of the contractor having any "special" ideas, and was even faintly looking forward to it.

The process of advancing through the secret realm was too smooth and boring, almost becoming a simple matter of picking up equipment and watching the experience bar rise.

Taking advantage of Elabess efficiently clearing monsters in the front, Lin Muyang had nothing to do, so he started teasing the little elf beside him.

"Lilia," he asked with feigned seriousness, "Now I'll give you a choice."

"Do you want to be an output-type Cleric who rushes to the front line and uses holy power to punish evil? Or do you want to stay in the back, focused on healing and auxiliary support?"

"Eh?" The Elf Maiden's long eyelashes fluttered gently like butterfly wings, and she tilted her head to think carefully, feeling that there might be a trap in this.

If she answered that she wanted to be output, would she be immediately driven to the front to fight hand-to-hand with those ugly minotaur monsters?

So she answered cautiously: "I... I'd better be a support Cleric!"

"Alright." A look of regret appeared on Lin Muyang's face, and a ring flashing with sharp golden light appeared in his hand at some point; he threw it into his storage bracelet without even looking at it, "Since you chose the support route, then this 'Ring of Punishment', which adds a large amount of spell power and critical hit rate and is obviously prepared for an output-type Cleric, I'll just have to sell it for money, and not give it to you."

"Huh?!" Lilia was stunned instantly, her beautiful eyes widened, her small mouth slightly open, completely not expecting Lin Muyang to pull this move.

This was simply a death trap! No matter which one she chose, he had a reason to deduct equipment! If she had chosen output just now, would he have turned around and sold the good support equipment?

"Human... you are too treacherous!" After reacting, Lilia stomped her feet in anger, glaring fiercely at Lin Muyang, like a little squirrel whose pinecone had been snatched away.

But before she could finish speaking, she saw Lin Muyang flip his wrist, and the "Ring of Punishment" that had just been put away appeared in his hand again, and then it was tossed over by him with a chuckle.

"I can tell you don't surf the internet much and don't watch many memes." Lin Muyang tutted twice, looking at her with an "you're still too young" gaze, "You can't even pick up such a simple joke."

"I'll buy you a phone when I have the chance later, you can learn more by surfing the internet yourself."

He added slowly: "Only children make choices, I want them all! What's so difficult about this multiple-choice question? Of course, being able to both output and support, and switching flexibly according to the situation is the way to go. Little elf, you are still too naive!"

Lilia scrambled to catch the ring with excellent stats, and before she could be happy, she heard Lin Muyang change the subject, his tone becoming playful:

"However, you actually called me treacherous just now, this is a great disrespect to your master."

"It seems that if I don't punish you a little, you're going to go to heaven."

"Run for me..."

"Wait! Don't give the order yet!" When Lilia heard the word "run", she raised her small hand reflexively, her face instantly switching to a pitiful expression, her big green eyes covered with a layer of water vapor, and she begged in a soft and glutinous voice: "Brother Lin Muyang~ I was wrong, I won't dare to do it again in the future, please don't punish me, okay~"

The speed of her face-changing and the cuteness of her tone made Lin Muyang burst into laughter.