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

Sterl only needed to wait...

He would see what he could achieve with the Blood Sacrifice Swallowing God Array this afternoon after adding some cooldown time.

Time passed swiftly.

However, instead of receiving the cooldown he was waiting for, he received a piece of intelligence support.

Earlier, when he was investigating the various Blood Cult bases, he had been puzzled about what exactly the Archduke of Blood wanted to extract from the bloodlines of the residents of Florence.

He had sent this inquiry to the Sosia and Sonis sisters, asking them to consult various texts in the Hall of Valor to see if they could find any answers.

To Sterl's pleasant surprise, the sisters indeed provided him with an answer.

"Master, based on our research, all residents of Florence should have a trace of the House of Radiance bloodline within them."

"The NPCs in [Transcendence] generally follow the logic of real life. With the level of productivity in Florence, most commoners are unable to leave descendants. In the royal city of Florence, the bloodline of everyone can be traced back to the royal family—the House of Radiance."

"This means that commoners possess a faint trace of the House of Radiance bloodline. Although there is no specific record of its effects, the Hall of Valor contains documentation indicating that the Radiance bloodline originates from a knight named Kant Weir."

"Legend has it that he was born frail and bullied, but he adhered to the knightly virtues. Eventually, heaven granted him a strange bloodline that allowed even those with the worst aptitude to cultivate and gain a power known as radiance."

"Before Kant Weir even reached demigod status, he had already established countless achievements, founded the House of Radiance, and built a nation called Florence."

"I suspect that the demon you mentioned, the Archduke of Blood, is likely seeking to obtain this bloodline to gain Radiance Law."

As if anticipating Sterl's confusion about why a legendary demon would be so concerned with a Law Power, the sisters thoughtfully included additional information they had found.

"According to our investigation, the rules in the Hell world and the main world are entirely different. Equipment and abilities below the legendary tier can still barely interact, but once you reach the demigod level, creatures from Hell and the main world theoretically cannot learn abilities from each other."

"Moreover, the reason demons in various myths can tempt humans is primarily due to the effects of their hellish powers above the demigod level, which can have unique effects in the main world. For example, regarding the Archduke of Blood, the blood force he commands is merely a normal corrosive energy in Hell."

"In the main world, this corrosive power can forcibly break through the skill proficiency limits."

"We suspect that Radiance Law may have extremely unique uses in Hell."

After reading the private message from Sosia and Sonis, along with the additional information from the Hall of Valor, Sterl fell into deep thought. In other words, the core purpose of the Blood Sacrifice Swallowing God Array...

was to exploit a loophole!

The Radiance bloodline could ignore aptitude conditions, allowing individuals to learn Radiance Law, which would naturally enable the Archduke of Blood to master the power system of the main world.

And this power could potentially have extraordinarily unique applications in Hell.

Well...

Sterl felt he had initially misunderstood. He thought this demon was planning a grand scheme—an invasion of the main world!

In reality, the demon had no such intentions; he simply wanted to leverage a bit of Law Power to continue his struggles in Hell.

However, now that Sterl had received this intelligence from Sosia and Sonis, another idea began to form in his mind—

Since that's the case, is it possible for me to use this array to acquire skills that were originally only accessible to creatures from Hell?

For example, the blood force he possessed was a version granted by the Archduke of Blood, a demigod-level Law Power, which had already reached a point where it couldn't be further influenced or enhanced.

If he could obtain the genuine version of the blood force that only hellish beings could possess, would its effects be explosive?

Thus, for nearly an entire afternoon, Sterl immersed himself in the texts sent by Sosia and Sonis, becoming increasingly excited as he read.

The recorded abilities of those demons were simply overpowered in the main world!

Take Dark Thunder Power, for instance. In Hell, it was merely a common lightning ability, but in the main world, it could refine equipment and grant any item an enhancement forging effect. As long as the necessary resources were available for strengthening, it could be stacked infinitely.

Theoretically, a piece of useless gear at level one could be enhanced to rival legendary equipment!

And once legendary equipment was enhanced to its maximum potential, it could even surpass some artifacts. The only issue was that the more times it was enhanced, the higher the failure rate. If it failed, the entire piece of equipment would be destroyed.

However, for someone like Sterl, who possessed a Fate Token, that meant enhancement was guaranteed to succeed.

Then there was the [Death Plague]. Players possessing this ability in the main world could enhance their skills by killing enemies, potentially raising the skill's quality to the iridescent tier!

This corresponded to god-level skills!

Moreover, after entering the Hall of Valor, Sterl had also learned some additional information about iridescent-tier skills. Taking Gloria as an example, the Dark Moon Goddess had accumulated for many years and might not even possess a single iridescent skill.

This was the norm for countless gods with weak Divine Power; they might never obtain a single iridescent skill in their entire lives.

However, with the Death Plague, it was only a matter of time before one could evolve multiple iridescent skills!

Then there were abilities like [Nameless Curse] and [Extreme Heartfire]...

Each one came with excellent effects! Sterl's envy grew stronger as he read on!

Fortunately, after a long wait...

His cheat had finally cooled down.

Without hesitation, Sterl chose to forcibly allocate points to evolve the Blood Sacrifice Swallowing God Array.

Ding!

He felt an ethereal sensation wash over him, as if something had ruptured in his mind, releasing a silvery liquid. A torrent of knowledge surged into Sterl's brain.

If the previous Blood Sacrifice Swallowing God Array had taught him how to build a small wooden house by hand, this new version of knowledge enabled him to shape an entire town from scratch!

In front of Sterl, a panel displayed the following:

[Blood Sacrifice Array]

[Rank: God]

[Category: Array]

[Description: Originally a special array developed over a millennium by a god-level demon, it has reached a new tier under the influence of unknown powers, allowing the caster to refine all flesh-and-blood beings in the world as fuel.]

[Effect: Setting up this array requires the following materials: Essence Blood of a god-level demon, Lava Gemstone x10... Upon successful deployment, you can choose one trait, skill, [characteristic, or talent from any flesh-and-blood life that the array consumes.]

Hint: This array can be divided into 10 lower-tier arrays for combined use; operators of the dispersed arrays only need to possess legendary strength.]

[Hint: If the amount of a certain trait, skill, characteristic, or talent absorbed is too low, there may be a failure in the refinement process.]

A flood of information echoed in Sterl's mind.

As he gazed at the content on the panel, his breath quickened.

As an Array Master, he understood all too well the value of this newly upgraded array. First of all, the material requirements for setting up the array were identical to the original!

But the effects had increased significantly.

The array could consume any flesh-and-blood creature and allow him to select from its traits, skills, characteristics, and talents. This meant that once Sterl used the Blood Sacrifice Array to refine a demon, he could choose an ability exclusive to Hell!

Of course, the prerequisite was that at least one demigod-level demon had to be refined!

As for the potential failure due to insufficient absorption, that was no concern; Sterl had the Fate Token to cover any shortcomings!

And would a demigod-level demon appear?

Sterl felt there was no need to worry about that. Previously, when the first legendary being appeared and battled with other players, he had sensed a unique location beyond 17 information barriers through his Bionic Tear.

That was the very spatial rift connecting the layer of Hell where Florence and the Archduke of Blood resided!

The rift itself could not withstand a god-level demon, but if the Archduke of Blood wanted to enjoy the benefits of the Blood Sacrifice Swallowing God Array, he would surely have to send a clone over...

At that point, it would be like a mantis stalking a cicada, while a finch lay in wait!

Sterl couldn't help but swallow hard!

Hellish powers...

Here I come!

...

In the following two days,

Sterl continued to slay demons alongside other players while also taking time to relax.

Meanwhile, the Blood Cult's array began to operate steadily, to the extent that...

On the evening of the sixth day after the players' arrival, King Florence couldn't help but call for another banquet.

"Brave warriors, while you have slain many demons, it seems that the real problem has not yet been resolved."

"Now, many citizens are showing symptoms of poisoning, and there are even reports of inexplicable brawls between family members at home."

"Prison inmates are continuously rioting as well."

"Though there have been no casualties so far, if this continues, the entire capital will be destroyed!"

The king's expression was one of deep anguish!

The surrounding players felt a bit embarrassed; they hadn't intended to slack off so much.

On one hand, their leader had given such orders, and they didn't dare to resist. On the other hand, the leader was mighty and had guaranteed that they would excel in the challenging tasks ahead, so they had no reason to refuse.

However, before the players could say anything, several nobles had already started to voice their opinions.

"Your Majesty, isn't this putting too much pressure on our brave warriors? They have been tirelessly fighting evil every day; isn't it enough?"

"Exactly, we should call upon the professional guards to investigate this matter."

...

They chimed in one after another, effectively relieving the pressure on the players. Finally, the queen added, "Your Majesty, I think we don't need to rush this."

"We can wait and see if the chaos in the city eases as the number of demons continues to decrease."