277: Chapter 277 Settling Down? No Need! The Enemy Advances at Full Speed!

Ever since Drew controlled Catherine and secretly brought her under his command,

about ten days had passed.

During these days, Catherine's name had become famous far and wide.

Under Drew's instructions,

the strongest among the Second Job Change Professionals were selected to form a team with Catherine, constantly taking her to conquer Dungeons of various levels.

In the beginning,

these people, being the chosen ones of their generation, possessed a fair amount of arrogance.

Although they were very respectful toward Drew,

they couldn't help but look down on Catherine.

They felt that having Divine-Grade Professionals like themselves lead someone with only a top-tier class was a waste.

She couldn't provide buffs, nor could she heal, contributing nothing to the team.

Being able to increase experience by a percentage was certainly nice,

but such a minor bonus could be provided by anyone, couldn't it?

They consistently felt that Catherine was simply riding on Lord Drew's coattails and had just gotten incredibly lucky.

They planned to apply to Lord Drew to leave the team after clearing a few Dungeons!

But as they cleared Dungeon after Dungeon,

Catherine's talent, bolstered by several Heavenly Dao reward bonuses, grew stronger and stronger.

Their own experience gains started increasing from a small amount to a significant amount.

Finally,

a qualitative leap occurred.

The experience from a single Dungeon run was comparable to three or four, or even five or six runs before.

And once they were no longer lacking in experience,

they began easily leveling all the epic-grade skills Drew had bestowed upon them—which matched their respective classes—to the maximum level.

The entire team gained the strength to challenge high-difficulty Dungeons above their level.

At Level 50, they challenged Level 55 and Level 60 Dungeons.

At Level 60, they challenged Level 60 and Level 65 Dungeons.

Furthermore, after Catherine reached Level 65,

she obtained a new Heavenly Dao reward called [God-Given Gift].

It could provide an additional bonus to the rewards from Dungeon evaluations.

Every member teamed up with Catherine was stunned to find

that whether it was experience or drops,

the harvest from every Dungeon run had undergone a qualitative leap.

Their attitude toward Catherine changed completely.

After clearing all Dungeons from Level 70 to 80 on Hell difficulty,

everyone had saved up over ten mythical level skill books suitable for their own classes.

There was also no shortage of high-quality recipes.

This was something they couldn't have imagined before teaming up with Catherine.

And after Drew sent three crafting-type Professionals who had absorbed at least two Soul Origins each,

they even custom-made a powerful set of equipment for everyone.

With no regard for the consumption of Materials,

the finished products included many dedicated weapons and equipment.

Although everyone only had one or two pieces on average, it was enough to greatly increase their strength.

At their level of strength, even a small improvement was truly difficult to achieve.

Not to mention, the entire team was improving together.

The impact was easy to imagine.

The team could even easily clear Level 85 Dungeons on nightmare difficulty.

Although,

when they grew bold enough to try Level 85 Dungeons on Hell difficulty for the first time, they failed to get a limit-level evaluation.

But after some calculations, they were full of confidence.

If they spent a bit more time upgrading everyone's growth-type equipment to the limit,

and if the team's coordination could become a bit more seamless,

it would take at most three more attempts to successfully clear the limit-level difficulty of a Level 85 Hell Dungeon while under-leveled.

It would shock the world!

And just when they thought

Lord Drew would support this plan,

allowing the team with an average level of only 65 to continue relying on the massive under-leveling bonuses to settle in for a while and accumulate gains,

they received an unexpected order.

Quickly complete the third job change and sprint to Level 99!

This order left everyone stunned.

But no one questioned it.

One by one, they began to accept their respective third job change quests from the corresponding NPCs.

...

In a newly built secret room within the [Amazon Tribe],

Drew was half-kneeling, reporting on the progress.

When he finished speaking, Xue Ying nodded.

"The Spiritual Qi on your planet has increased greatly recently. It's very likely that others are already ahead of us. We must hurry!"

"Do not stay in the Mortal stage for too long."

"In fact, even those with planet-level strength need to speed up!"

Drew was a bit nervous.

"Are you saying you're afraid others might reach the Transcendence Realm first?"

The corner of Xue Ying's mouth curled, his eyes filled with disdain.

"That's not it."

"Even if they progress a bit faster at the planet-level stage, they are certainly still far from the Transcendence Realm."

"At the very least, without a Synthesis Furnace, it's not easy to synthesize even a star core of the lowest star Rank."

Drew nodded, his eyes bright with excitement.

"With the Intermediate Synthesis Furnace you sent over, my Lord, we will surely synthesize a complete star core very quickly!"

Xue Ying's gaze narrowed.

"Ordinary star cores from one to three stars are only used to create cannon-fodder level Transcendence Realm experts."

"My expectation for you is to Breakthrough using at least a four-star star core; only then will you have a chance to become a powerhouse in that Realm."

"Do not disappoint me!"

Drew immediately put on an expression of tearful gratitude, placing both hands on the ground and kowtowing heavily.

"I will serve you with my life, my Lord!"

Xue Ying nodded, looking satisfied.

In his heart, however, he was thinking about another matter.

He wondered...

once these people, dreaming of stepping into the Universe, began using his clan's Breakthrough Cultivation Technique,

how fast would it take to give birth to ten Transcendence Realm experts?

And then, would this planet of infinite potential become his private property?

A flash of anticipation crossed Xue Ying's eyes.

...

Hum!

Ming Wei opened his eyes and woke from his meditation, his expression somewhat puzzled.

"What's going on? Are we there yet?"

The guard in front of him quickly reported.

"My Lord, not yet."

"Something isn't right."

"The pulling force brought by Young Lord Ming Kong's death positioning suddenly became stronger. It is suspected that the Star Power at that location has become more active."

"I'm asking for your instructions on whether to increase the warship's power output to boost our travel speed?"

Ming Wei looked surprised.

The pulling force became stronger?

Suspected active Star Power?

When he last detected it, the most he could feel was strength at the mid-stage of the planet-level.

In such a short time, there's already power suspected to be Star Power?

Could it be...

that among the natives of the planet where Kong'er was killed, someone has broken through to the Transcendence Realm?

Ming Wei fell into deep thought.

Or perhaps...

a powerhouse with Transcendence Realm strength has appeared on that planet?

Regardless of the situation, it was something he didn't want to see.

It had to be resolved as soon as possible!

Thinking of this, Ming Wei waved his hand and gave a decisive order.

"Spare no fuel, push the power to the limit."

"Full speed ahead!"

Boom!

The rear of the warship instantly spat out near-transparent flames, incinerating several drifting meteors into powder as they vanished.

In the next moment,

it became a streak of light, racing forward at high speed.