Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener

Milo's face revealed an expression of utter disbelief!

What seemed like an unavoidable strike didn't even hit the target! The pitch-black shadow sword emitted an extremely eerie glow.

Anyone who saw it would be inexplicably terrified! Milo's attack was incredibly powerful! But if it misses, it's meaningless!

On the contrary, Milo felt as if his entire body was submerged in mercury, his movements becoming extremely slow.

"How is this possible? You're just a third class! How can you possess such power?? Is this Law Power??"

The legendary soul was utterly astonished, shouting in sheer terror. It wasn't that he didn't want to shout louder, but Milo's speaking speed had slowed down so much that he could only utter—

"You... how...?" These two words.

Meanwhile, Sterl was smiling, looking as if he had everything under control, exuding a smug confidence.

In reality, he barely reacted to Milo's attack.

Sterl speculated that his opponent, even after hiding, couldn't stay hidden forever and would eventually have to attack.

Moreover, a legend fighting a third class wouldn't stay hidden for long unless Milo was incredibly cowardly, which was unlikely.

The moment his opponent disappeared, Sterl released the effects of the Moon Law around himself, creating a slow field.

Sure enough, the legendary soul fell right into the trap!

Sterl even suspected, judging from Milo's expression, that the guy might have noticed the setup but still charged in headfirst.

Milo might have had the means to completely crush a third class player, but against semi-divine Law Power, he had no chance to resist!

Now, facing Law Power, the legendary soul was immobilized, swinging his blade slowly.

He wanted to escape, but his movements remained incredibly sluggish, like a mosquito struggling in amber, barely able to move!

Moreover... Milo felt a deep sense of despair. As a soul, he was inherently fragile, not an elite or boss template, and his life force was extremely weak!

The damage output Constantine had shown earlier was enough to kill Milo!

In this state of slowness, even though the legendary soul had a thousand methods, he couldn't use any of them. He could only watch as Sterl slowly extended a finger towards his forehead.

"What a brilliant light." Milo's last conscious thought was this single sentence...

In the next second, within the silver light screen, the body of the legendary soul turned into dazzling golden light, completely melted by the power of the Star Point Finger, and finally turned to ashes.

On the other hand, Sterl revealed an extremely joyful smile, feeling that he had won big!

Because with Milo's disappearance, several prompts popped up before Sterl's eyes.

[You have slain a legend. Due to the opponent being in a soul state, the rewards are reduced.]

[You have gained 3 points of Legend.]

[You have obtained a Broken Legendary Crystal.]

For now, Sterl didn't care what the so-called Broken Legendary Crystal was.

He was already getting excited. Three points of Legend!

Usually, completing a hidden quest would only net him one or two points of Legend at most.

And this battle with Milo took less than 5 seconds!

He could almost see a broad path unfolding before him.

In theory, perfect ascension to Legend required at most three skills invested with 20 points of Legend each, totaling sixty points of Legend. Ordinary players might spend a lifetime just to gather ten or so points.

Even though Sterl was highly efficient, he figured it would still take a long time, possibly two to three years of grinding hidden and main quests non-stop.

But now, Sterl had a chance to get a huge boost!

With his current power, thanks to the Moon Law, he had the ability to kill legendary figures, but it was still very risky. Each attempt was a life-and-death gamble with a high chance of failure.

However, facing the fragile and significantly weakened legendary souls was a different story!

When Sterl got the chance, it was an instant kill, reaping Legend points.

And considering the Dark Moon Alliance's plans in the Netherworld, they must have invested quite a number of legendary souls, which was Sterl's golden opportunity!

He didn't expect to max out the 60 Legend points straight away but getting ten or so points should be feasible, right?

After a moment of excitement, Sterl turned his attention to another drop—

[Broken Legendary Crystal (Milo)] +

[Category: Special Item]

[Description: A crystal that has a very small chance of forming when a legendary figure falls completely. Perhaps even in the face of death, they wish to leave a trace of their existence in the world, marking the path they walked.]

[Effect: You can activate the crystal to release a one-time incomplete version of [Legendary Ability: Shadow Stealth].]

[Note: After activating the legendary ability, this item will be permanently destroyed.]

Sterl felt a little disappointed after reading it.

The item description mentioned it had a very small chance of forming, which had already got Sterl excited.

But in the end, it was just a one-time skill?

Although he believed the strength of [Shadow Stealth] should exceed that of golden-quality skills,

it still felt like a letdown!

Because in the Netherworld, the only enemies that really troubled him were the demigods of the Dark Moon Alliance and that goddess. To deal with such foes, Sterl had to temporarily ascend to godhood using Divine Power, and a one-time legendary ability wouldn't help much.

It was only against legendary souls that Sterl might need this legendary ability, but the item description already stated that the drop rate for legendary crystals was extremely low.

Using this Broken Legendary Crystal to kill other legends wouldn't yield new crystals, and besides, he probably could manage legendary souls with his Star Point Finger or Divine Flame Drive anyway...

So this crystal would only ensure his kills on legendary souls, which felt like a waste...

Fortunately, Sterl noticed that the [Broken Legendary Crystal] had a plus sign on it.

"If it can be upgraded, there's still hope." he muttered, noting that he still had half an hour before the cooldown for upgrading points would be over.

Sterl hesitated for a moment but decided not to just sit and wait.

He thought for a while and then headed towards the rock wall where Milo had come from. Activating the Divine Flame Drive, he used the flames to melt the wall and walked inside.

Sterl's eyes lit up with excitement.

Inside the wall was a crystalline glass bottle. As he picked it up, a prompt appeared before him—

[You have obtained the item [Curious Flask].]

[Curious Flask]

[Category: Special Item]

[Description: A special container once used by the Nean people to store water. With the extinction of their race, their technology spread, making the Curious Flask one of the most popular items for storing potions and elixirs in the main world of [Transcendence].]

[Effect: You can use this item to store any liquid, with a maximum capacity of 3000 cubic units. You can freely designate various sections within the Curious Flask to separate different potions.]

After reading the item's properties, Sterl immediately understood. This was obviously the tool Milo had intended to use to collect Netherworld Water.

After all, the Dark Moon Alliance needed to consider that without any players able to obtain the Netherworld Water, they couldn't just leave it lying around freely in the Netherworld.

Milo hadn't had it on him because, as a soul, he didn't have an inventory and couldn't carry any items.

Sterl happily held the glass bottle. Although the description indicated that it was a popular item in the main world of [Transcendence] and not particularly rare,

for someone like Sterl, who came from Earth, it was very useful.

He returned to the underground world and used the special effect of the Curious Flask on the cluster of Netherworld Water. Instantly, the blue and green liquid rapidly flowed into the bottle.

As expected, the Netherworld Water still couldn't be upgraded because it was now stored in the Curious Flask.

Sterl could upgrade the Curious Flask itself, but the liquid inside couldn't evolve...

Fortunately, because the Curious Flask could store the Netherworld Water, Sterl didn't need to refine it immediately.

He could head to the next location of Netherworld Water and, by absorbing two portions, he could obtain all the beneficial effects from both types of Netherworld Water.

Sterl happily stored the Curious Flask in his inventory and retraced his steps to leave the underground world.

When he returned to the surface, he was slightly surprised.

Having taken the Netherworld Water, the pillar of light in the sky had already disappeared, and the previously dim light pillar was also gone.

Sterl knew that the light pillar would either be shining or extinguished when someone like him took the Netherworld Water. The transition from dim to extinguished could only mean one thing—

Someone had completely refined and absorbed a portion of the Netherworld Water!

Of course, that person might be a player with a Lunar Mark and Restriction, who appeared to absorb the Netherworld Water but was actually still working for the Dark Moon Alliance.

However, Sterl thought it was unlikely. Anyone capable of refining the Netherworld Water so soon after entering the alternate world probably had a way to break free from the Dark Moon Alliance's control.

Sterl pondered for a few seconds but didn't waste any more time. He disguised himself as Constantine again, activated Divine Flame Drive and Bloody Rush, and flew at top speed towards the last known location of the Netherworld Water.

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While Sterl remained calm, all the players who had entered the Netherworld were in shock.

"Are you kidding me? Two portions of the Netherworld Water have already been taken?"

"Even if that double-S ranker from the Principality of Morrow took one, there should still be one left. What's going on?"

"Could it be that the Dark Moon Alliance orchestrated this whole thing and took the Netherworld Water beforehand?"

"How many people will have to die to get the last portion of the Netherworld Water?"

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