Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener - Chapter 272

Chapter 272: Massive Gains, Legendary Equipment!
At that moment, Sterl had absorbed a substantial amount of Fire of Ten Thousand Souls and upgraded his accumulated soul experience to level 7. He finally returned to normal.

The hint of panic on Sterl’s face dissipated completely. How could he not feel panicked? Just moments ago, if those players had forced an attack, Sterl would have suffered a loss of 500 Valor Contribution Points!

Now, he took out the over seventy colorful orbs and more than eighty golden orbs that he had stored in his small world. The smile on his face was impossible to contain.

“Let’s open these! Let’s open them!”

“Whether I hit the jackpot today depends on this!”

Sterl was incredibly excited.

Other players strategize and tackle bosses, dividing the loot among their team, playing an MMORPG.

On Sterl’s side, they farm bosses in batches, with a massive amount of drops that are mostly handled by the guild. They only keep a few of the top-tier equipment and items, making it purely a “Diablo-like” experience.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The crisp sounds of the orbs opening filled the air, bringing an overwhelming sense of joy. The screen in front of him was flooded with messages.

[You have obtained material: Heavenly Curtain core.]

[You have obtained material: Heavenly Curtain core.]

[You have obtained equipment: [Feather of the Phoenix].]

[You have obtained skill book: [Eternal Flame (Gold)].]

[You have obtained…]

…

[You have obtained material: Soul Solidification Gem.]

In an instant, Sterl’s backpack was overflowing, causing a pile of items to spill out in front of him. Many of the items opened went directly into his backpack.

Sterl’s backpack simply couldn’t hold everything!

The ground was aglow with a dazzling array of golden skills, blindingly bright. There were the emerald hues representing platinum-level equipment, the deep blue luminescence symbolizing diamond-level gear, and the ancient gold representing legendary items…

Yes!

Legendary!

Sterl stared in disbelief and quickly pulled out a piece of equipment.

[Rebirth Flame Armor (Legendary)]+

[Tier: Unlimited]

[Description: An incarnation of the essence of the Phoenix, this legendary item can only be obtained with an extremely low probability by slaying the Phoenix during its peak.]

[Effects: Increases all attributes by 150 points, Spirit increased by an additional 100 points, Fire damage reduction increased by 20%, Fire damage output increased by 20%.

Additional abilities:

Rebirth Protection (This equipment provides a shield equal to 50% of the wearer’s maximum health. This shield cannot be canceled. After being broken, the equipment enters a rebirth state, permanently increasing the shield value by 10% and the various attribute bonuses by 10%, with a maximum stacking limit of 10 times.)

Reborn (When wearing this equipment, the player permanently increases all attributes by 20 points each time a resurrection skill is triggered, with a limit of 5 times. The attribute bonuses are retained even when the equipment is removed.)

Rebirth Acceleration (The cooldown time for all resurrection skills is halved, with negative effects reduced to zero.)

Phoenix Fire (Automatically revives the player upon death and grants a 100% increase in Flame skill power for one minute, with a cooldown of one month.)]

This equipment is extremely specialized, primarily geared towards resurrection abilities. Sterl thought to himself that he absolutely had to keep this piece and not sell it; just the Phoenix Fire ability alone was worth a fortune!

Once a month resurrection! And the effects of this armor could potentially reduce that to once every half month. Not to mention, Sterl himself had Divine Descent, which also included a resurrection effect.

In essence, having this equipment meant he had an edge over other players in terms of value. The only pity was that while the other additional abilities were quite powerful—such as providing a shield equal to 100% of his health, which was extremely useful for someone with Sterl’s substantial health pool, and the potential to increase all attributes by up to 100 points—these bonuses required triggering several resurrection skills to fully realize their potential.

The lifeforce restoration when his health hit zero didn’t count as a resurrection. Therefore, to maximize these bonuses, he truly had to put in some effort. He’d only be able to use the resurrection from this armor and the one from Divine Descent.

However, Sterl’s style was to avoid situations that risked having to use resurrection skills. After all, he understood clearly that if his plan went awry and he encountered unexpected enemies, having to use his resurrection could lead to disaster.

Thus, maximizing the effects of the Rebirth Flame Armor might take quite a while.

“What a pity.” Sterl shook his head.

Nevertheless, just the resurrection effect alone justified its legendary status. Next, he would check what enhancements he could make…

Wait? I can use this right away??

Sterl noticed one of the attributes of the equipment.

No way!

It’s ready to go!

Sterl was immensely excited; a legendary item with no level restrictions had just dropped for him!

His thoughts turned to, “To get good equipment, you really need to farm on a large scale.”

“Just grinding one or two bosses, without using Fate Tokens, and I can get something this good??”

In addition to that, the colorful orbs from various bosses had yielded quite a few exceptional items. Among them, there were a total of nine diamond-level legendary pieces, over twenty golden-quality skill books, and various rare materials. Even though Sterl couldn’t use them, he estimated they could be exchanged for a significant amount of Valor Contribution Points.

“These legendary pieces of equipment… maybe I should sell some of them first and just keep a few.”

Sterl felt that, after this successful experience, he could look for more opportunities to grind bosses. Who knows, he might be able to farm a batch of legendary gear before reaching the legendary realm, or at least some top-tier diamond equipment.

Right now, selling these legendary diamond items could allow him to acquire some third-class legendary equipment, maximizing his strength.

As for the skill books and materials, he would follow the same approach as before: handing everything over to the guild and letting Sosia, Sonis, and the other players find buyers to handle the sales.

What excited Sterl even more was that after this intense farming session, he had gathered exactly 12 Heavenly Curtain core materials, meaning he could set up the Blood Sacrifice Array three times.

However, the ordinary materials he had collected from the Blood Cult’s various bases were only enough to construct one and a half arrays.

“Many of these materials can only be obtained by tormenting others.”

“There aren’t many in the main world and must be specially crafted, but there should be plenty in Hell; after all, it’s incredibly chaotic there, and some demons are said to feed off various forms of suffering to enhance their power.”

He pondered that it seemed his journey to Hell had gained another reason.

Lastly, Sterl took stock and found that he had a total of 28 Heavenly Curtain core materials. He decided to keep them for now, waiting until he returned to allocate points and see the effects before deciding whether to turn them in to the Hall of Valor.

…

Next, Sterl sensed that the disturbances in Heavenly Curtain Canyon seemed far from over. The surrounding space had become extremely strange; previously, this place couldn’t transmit any information.

Now, information could be sent out normally, but players were unable to leave, and even Sterl was unable to use teleportation items.

He didn’t originally care about this—his mood was quite good because he had just finished farming a boss and received a nice haul—but the constant stream of direct messages was causing him to frown.

Sosia and Sonis had kept quiet to avoid bothering Sterl, but other members of the Twilight Guild were reaching their breaking point.

One by one, they sought help from “David.”

[President, we’re done for! We can’t even dare to go out to fight monsters or do quests.]

[President, what should I do if my friend was killed in plain sight during a meeting in the conference room by someone using the Honorable Kill privilege?]

[President…]

…

Members of the Twilight Guild were in complete disarray.

In fact, it had been less than a day since Sterl took on the task. The pressure from the demigod guilds had become increasingly terrifying—not because they were particularly anxious, but simply because they realized that the Twilight Guild seemed to have no means of retaliating, making the legendary players executing the pressure below grow even more reckless.

Sterl’s earlier good mood dissipated in an instant.

He felt that if this continued, the morale would disintegrate faster than he had anticipated.

As the guild leader, he could only offer a few comforting words, assuring everyone that the problem would be resolved within a month. He explained that the initial demigod and some of his friends were currently engaged in another instance and couldn’t break free just yet.

Fortunately, Sterl’s firm promise and the time frame he provided calmed the Twilight players down significantly.

Next, Sterl ignored the second wave of private messages from the players, all of which expressed loyalty.

Things like—

“I swear to live and die with the guild!”

“No matter what happens, we’ll face it together.”

“President, just give us the word, and we’ll make those guilds pay, even if it costs us our lives.”

Sterl chose to overlook them; his mood was already sour.

He first glanced at the blood force. After the frenzied boss kills and the previous round of slaughtering wild monsters, the blood force had reached six points, even nearing seven.

He also discovered a hidden mechanism of this special energy: the stronger the unit’s lifeforce, the more blood force it provided.

For instance, the Phoenix boss he had defeated three times before finally killing it completely provided a substantial 0.8 units of blood force.

“It won’t be long before I can enhance the Flowing Water Law.”

“Now… time to break through my level!”

Sterl sat down cross-legged and rapidly refined experience. Heavenly Curtain Canyon was part of the Hall of Valor, so the energy content was quite high, providing a significant boost to his cultivation.

Moreover, Sterl set up a powerful Giant Spirit Formation on the spot, allowing vast amounts of natural energy to surge into his body.

With his eyes closed, he quickly refined the experience while also enhancing his arcane skill proficiency. His level surged upward, soon reaching the milestone of level 100, and he even broke through an additional 20 levels.

Half a day later, Sterl opened his eyes. He continued to allocate points into the Rain Curtain Sword, and this time, a new realm appeared: the perfect-level Flowing Water Law could unlock its third form, “All Swords Return to One.”

At the same time…

A flood of information began to refresh rapidly before his eyes!