349: Chapter 350 Shen Muyao and others volunteered

Lin Muyang's gaze then turned toward the other young ladies. Chiba Ruri's figure had already vanished from where she stood.

She was like a ghost traveling between the cracks of reality and shadow; with every flash, the pair of legendary grade poisoned daggers in her hands would unleash thousands of dark blade lights that were difficult for the naked eye to capture!

These blade lights twisted and entwined as if they possessed life, accurately piercing into every monster's energy core, joint gap, or soul weakness. The monsters she passed often collapsed after a few steps or stood frozen in place, their souls completely eroded by poison and shadow power. Her movements were fluid, precise, and filled with a cruel beauty of slaughter, clearly demonstrating the cunning and lethality of a Rogue to the fullest.

Tashalin took a different tactic. She didn't summon large ice beasts; instead, she formed hand seals and chanted ancient summoning incantations in a low voice. As she chanted, countless palm-sized, crystal-clear micro ice crystal constructs shaped like spiders or octopuses suddenly condensed on the battlefield floor.

These "Ice Crystal Golems" numbered in the thousands; they moved swiftly, ignoring physical collisions, and surged toward the monster swarms like a white tide. They didn't excel at attacking but instead frantically attached themselves to the monsters' bodies, releasing extreme cold and a special energy viscosity effect.

The monsters they attached to instantly became incredibly sluggish, as if stuck in the thickest glue; attacking, moving, and even releasing skills became extremely difficult, eventually turning them into sitting ducks to be easily harvested by others' area-of-effect skills. Tashalin's crowd-control ability showed amazing strategic value in this chaotic battle.

Gu Shuanglin and Gu Xiaoyu worked together in perfect harmony. The older sister, Gu Shuanglin, closed her eyes and pressed her hands to the ground, surging life and nature magic into it. In the next moment, at the center of the battlefield, a phantom of a World Tree so massive it took one's breath away rose from the ground!

Although not in its complete form, its roots had already dug deep into the scorched earth, and countless emerald vines and thorn-covered branches, tougher than refined steel, burst from underground like giant pythons, tightly binding, constricting, and piercing large groups of monsters!

The World Tree's innate sacred nature Aura had an even stronger purifying and suppressing effect against the Shadow Wraiths.

After observing for a moment, Lin Muyang had a good idea of their progress. "It seems everyone hasn't wasted their time; their mastery and application of power have reached a new level." He nodded to himself. Perhaps because they were in an environment surrounded by overachievers—especially the dragoness Ao Qingyan, who was exceptionally competitive—Su Qingyue, Shen Muyao, and the others also felt a strong sense of urgency and competition. No one wanted to fall behind, and they must have put all their effort into familiarizing themselves with and digging into their newly acquired powers in private.

This self-awareness and hard work made Lin Muyang feel satisfied.

"Alright, warm-up's over." Lin Muyang clapped his hands, signaling the young ladies fighting ahead to slow down their pace slightly. "Xiao Wan, it's your turn. Same old rules: take turns resurrecting to maintain experience gain efficiency."

"Yes, Master," Gui Wanwan replied coldly. She, Feng Ling, Lilia, Jialiya, and the others had been eager to try for a long time. The subsequent process became simple and efficient. Gui Wanwan was the first to release a wide-range Underworld Secret Art, condensing the death energy in the cleared area ahead to forcibly resurrect the slain monsters. Then, everyone went all out with their output to clear the field again.

Although it was just repeatedly casting resurrection skills, maintaining high-intensity mental output and precise control for a long time was also a huge burden on the casters. Doing it in turns ensured that experience gain efficiency was maximized while also allowing the young ladies to take breaks in rotation, avoiding excessive fatigue. After all, mechanically repeating one action for too long was a torment for both mind and will.

Under this monster-grinding mode, which was so efficient it could be called a production line, the massive experience points accumulated in the secret realm poured into the experience pools of Lin Muyang and all the young ladies under his command like a river flowing backward. Although the experience required to level up increased exponentially every 10 levels, in the face of the massive experience from a level 145 mythical-rank secret realm, the level barriers were easily pierced through layer by layer.

More than half a day later, when the level 150 mythic grade "Lava and Shadow Twin Lord," acting as the final boss deep within the secret realm, let out its last unwilling roar and collapsed under a normal attack mixed with chaos power that Lin Muyang casually added, the entire secret realm shook violently and then began to slowly collapse and dissipate.

At the same time, Lin Muyang and all the young ladies beside him who participated in this secret realm raid simultaneously erupted with a sky-piercing light of leveling up!

Level 150!

All members broke through! More importantly, with the completion of the secret realm, a large amount of equipment, skill books, and materials shimmering with various magnificent lights emerged from the boss's dissipation point and hidden treasure chests throughout the secret realm like a fountain, instantly piling into a small mountain.

Among them, the most eye-catching were dozens of heaven-opening grade equipment with chaotic air currents flowing and phantoms of world-creation swirling on their surfaces, as well as over ten sky-opening grade skill books emitting law fluctuations that made space itself tremble slightly!

"Clean up the battlefield and distribute according to need," Lin Muyang ordered calmly, though he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes. heaven-opening grade equipment had basic attribute bonuses far exceeding legendary equipment and also came with powerful special effects and law augmentations. After a round of distribution and swapping, the core summoned young ladies under his command had almost gathered a full set of heaven-opening grade equipment! Their attributes underwent an explosive growth.

According to a rough estimate, after replacing their entire sets with heaven-opening grade equipment, the average main attributes of the young ladies had approached the 3-million mark!

This was a number that would leave any traditional powerhouse dumbfounded. According to the relatively reliable combat power conversion formula summarized by Atlantis scholars over long years, this level of attributes—in an ideal state without considering variables like talent, skills, and combat techniques—had a paper combat power roughly equivalent to a level 700+ ordinary Class Transferee.

And if one counted Lin Muyang's various God-Tier Aura reinforcements that covered the whole team with heaven-defying effects, along with the terrifying multiplier boosts and special abilities brought by the young ladies' own Demigod Level and God-Tier talents... Lin Muyang conservatively estimated that his core team's actual combat capability was now enough to face or even crush conventional powerhouses around level 1000!

"The higher the level, the more terrifying the attribute growth per level; the gap between level 700 and level 1000 is much larger than the gap between level 1 and level 700..." Lin Muyang recalled the difficult formulas and deduction data he had seen in the ancient library of Atlantis, gaining a clearer understanding of the gap in high-end combat power. Because of the stacking effect of his God-Tier Auras, his growth curve was much steeper than that of ordinary people, but the basic attribute chasm brought by the hard gap in levels still could not be ignored.

"However, while I previously felt that beings of tens of thousands of levels were out of reach, it seems now that catching up isn't completely impossible?" Lin Muyang rubbed his chin. At this rate, if he could reach level one or two thousand, combined with the young ladies and his Auras, he might really have a chance to challenge those legendary existences—like the mysterious sister Xiao Wan mentioned, whose level was frighteningly high.

Of course, that was a very distant goal. For now, there were more pressing and practical matters.

"Equipment updated, strength consolidated. It's time to go take a look at Elena's world." Lin Muyang's gaze turned toward Elena, who was carefully stroking a newly acquired sky-opening grade Light Amulet. This Angel Maid had been with him for quite some time and had always done her best; it was time to help her find the opportunity to ascend to God-Tier.

More importantly, that world might hold even more sources of tears of the angel!

At the thought of potentially obtaining an almost infinite supply of tears of the angel to nurture more people around him and quickly enhance the foundation of the entire team and even associated forces, Lin Muyang's heart burned with excitement.

"The Angel World must be under my control," he had already set a strategic goal in his heart. "However, the methods can be flexible. Elena mentioned that male angels have low status in their world, and their perception of humans, especially human males, might be complex. Direct military conquest might be the worst move; it could easily provoke a fight to the death from the entire race and would also go against the original intention of obtaining tears of the angel. Perhaps through Elena as a bridge, we can use contact, negotiation, demonstration of strength, and exchange of interests to gradually gain dominance, eventually achieving some form of co-lordship or protection relationship."

While he was thinking, Su Qingyue, Shen Muyao, Chiba Ruri, Tashalin, Gu Shuanglin, and Gu Xiaoyu—the six Blue Star young ladies—walked up to him together, their faces filled with determination and entreaty.

"Muyang," Shen Muyao spoke as the representative, her voice clear and serious, "for this trip to the Angel World, we want to go with you."

"We know that world might be very dangerous, with powerhouses as numerous as clouds," Su Qingyue added, her gentle eyes flickering with an unshakeable resolve. "But we can't hide under your wings forever, only leveling up in safe Dungeons. True powerhouses need to be tempered in crisis and the unknown. Besides, we now have Lilia's Life Resurgence and Gui Wanwan's Soul Return; as long as the rescue is timely, it's not like we won't have a chance to start over."

"Yes, we think so too!" Chiba Ruri, Tashalin, and the Gu sisters also nodded one after another, their eyes full of longing and fighting spirit. They had gone through the secret realm training, their strength had greatly increased, and their confidence had risen accordingly; they didn't want to miss this opportunity to broaden their horizons and participate in a true otherworldly expedition. They knew that only by experiencing such storms could they truly integrate into Lin Muyang's core circle, rather than always remaining in the position of the protected.

Lin Muyang looked at the fire burning in their eyes and was silent for a moment. He understood their thoughts and appreciated their courage. There was indeed risk in this trip, but as they said, with resurrection methods available, it wasn't a certain death. Moreover, bringing a well-trained team from Blue Star with good talent and potential might produce unexpected results in certain situations.

"I have the trump card of Absolute Stillness, which is enough to reverse a crisis at a critical moment," Lin Muyang weighed it in his mind. "Besides, we are representing the Blue Star civilization in this contact. Showing a certain level of team strength and cultural diversity might gain more attention from the other side and reduce unnecessary contempt and hostility than going alone or only with angels."

Thinking of this, he nodded and made a decision.

"Alright. Since you have this determination, then we'll go together." Lin Muyang's gaze swept across the six young ladies and the summoned young ladies behind them who were all ready to go, his voice steady and powerful. "The goals of this trip: one, to explore an opportunity for Elena's promotion; two, to contact and understand the angel civilization; three, to strive for a stable and large source of tears of the angel. The task is arduous and the future is uncertain; everyone must remain vigilant and follow orders strictly."

"Yes!" everyone responded in unison, their fighting spirit high.