Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener - Chapter 342

Chapter 342: What Does an Invincible Skill Mean?
The reason Sterl made this seemingly nonsensical move was that he had discovered a “BUG.” The mechanism of [Transcendence] dictated that players could not exit the game during combat. If they forcefully exited, their character would remain frozen in place, completely vulnerable without any protective measures. This meant that anyone could easily kill them.

Of course, this situation only triggered when players couldn’t exit the game; the exit button would turn gray. However, the ability to switch accounts through the disk was a different story. The last time it had directly sent Sterl back to reality, and this time, he wanted to see if it would work again.

Sure enough, as he activated it, he immediately felt darkness envelop him.

Then, other hell players and demons nearby saw a figure flicker momentarily, as if the pixels that made up his body had shattered, and he vanished.

No one had any particular thoughts about it.

With so many bizarre life-saving items in [Transcendence]/Swallowing Heaven, who cared about how a hell player managed to escape?

Before long, Sterl sensed that he had returned to his reality inside the game pod.

At that moment…

Sterl fell silent for a moment, unable to help but smile.

It worked!

What does an invincible skill mean?

Log off, log back in.

In the meantime, he could jump out of the game, and no attack could harm him!

In the future, there would be nowhere in the game world that he couldn’t go.

However…

Sterl suddenly felt a wave of alarm rise within him.

He raised his arm, the disk tattoo still on his skin.

Sterl sensed that the tattoo was conveying a message to him.

His previous action had exploited a loophole in [Transcendence]/Swallowing Heaven, and to mask this from the system, it consumed 100 documents. Moreover, each time he triggered a bug, the likelihood of the system discovering it would increase.

This meant that the number of documents consumed would continuously double.

Sterl: “…”

He had just thought he had obtained a skill that could be used infinitely, but it turned out that he had overestimated it.

The current consumption of 100 documents was not a big deal, but now the log-off technique could only be used two more times. If he used it a fourth time, consuming 800 documents, he would exceed the terminal storage limit (the current dual-faction total was 600 documents).

Sterl wasn’t particularly disappointed, as this log-off method was still quite overpowered.

As long as Sterl could react quickly enough to use the disk to switch accounts, no powerful opponent would matter to him.

He could switch accounts to see if any strong players were still targeting him, then switch back to his main account.

Of course, normal players would never suspect that Sterl had logged off.

Theoretically, this was an absolutely invincible skill.

Even if he encountered an opponent he could never defeat—one that could continuously track him and wouldn’t be affected even upon resurrection—he could still log off and resolve the issue.

And now…

“There are still two log-off opportunities left; I need to use them sparingly.”

“However, after the cheat upgrade, I might be able to increase my disk capacity. That should allow me to extend the document storage limit and use the log-off technique a few more times.”

Sterl thought to himself, but at this moment, he didn’t have time to ponder too much.

He waited a few seconds and logged back in!

Those few seconds were precisely the window he needed to dodge the Thunder blade. If he waited any longer, he feared that the Archduke of Blood would unleash another attack, and if he suddenly logged in, he would be caught off guard and suffer a heavy blow.

Fortunately…

Sizzle, sizzle!

As soon as Sterl logged in, he felt the floor beneath him was hot, the Thunder flashing around him made it hard to stay on his feet.

The continuous electric shocks caused him to convulse several times.

This was the power of Origin of Chaos; even its residual strength was uncomfortable for Sterl, who had an exceptionally high physique. Around him, a dense, azure electric web had formed.

Underneath the electric web lay a vast expanse of dark gray marks.

Countless units had perished in this area, leaving nothing behind.

At this moment, Sterl didn’t need to run anymore, as he looked in the distance and saw the Archduke of Blood, after harvesting countless lives, finally feeling satisfied and getting back to business…

At this moment, the afterimages of the Thunder blades still lingered around the three gods of the main world.

They were doing their utmost to fend off the attacks but were still being forced to retreat continuously.

The Archduke of Blood, however, was not planning to give the main world gods any opportunity; he attacked again.

With lightning crackling around him, the Thunder giant behind him plunged the massive blade into the ground and then slammed it down hard.

First, the Thunder’s light appeared to absorb inward, and then it suddenly exploded.

Boom!!

Sterl felt a sudden drop in his life force, and several debuffs appeared on his character panel—dizziness, injury, deafness.

However…

He was relatively lucky.

The light waves released by the Thunder surged forward, transforming into numerous demonic forms that charged ahead.

Although the other two divine-level demons stood by idly, the three gods of the main world could not withstand the onslaught. They were enveloped in a spectrum of colors, clearly activating their Iridescent-Level skills.

Symbolizing eternal night, the flowing ribbons, the phantom of a radiant golden palace, and countless shimmering mirror-like surfaces all appeared.

Unfortunately, these three skills hadn’t fully formed before they were violently shattered by the lightning.

The three gods were directly hit by the backlash, vomiting blood as they were struck by the lightning, falling into a state of dizziness. They emitted beams of light as they rapidly dispelled the control, but this control seemed incredibly tenacious. The three gods showed expressions of agony, clearly having consumed precious items and yet still being held captive for several moments.

After that, the Archduke of Blood continued his pursuit.

The instant the three gods broke free from control, the Thunder giant transformed from its humanoid form into a gigantic bat.

Whoosh!

It flapped its wings rapidly and lunged forward!

The god from the Golden Kingdom, who wielded an incomplete Iridescent-Level skill, was the slowest to react after being struck by the Thunder light wave. At that moment, he was directly hit by the bat, which ensnared him in Thunder chains, rendering him immobile. Meanwhile, the upper half of the bat retained its monstrous form and suddenly lunged at him.

Swish!

In the distance, Sterl saw golden raindrops fall rapidly; this was the sight of the god being injured.

Divine blood splattered onto the ground.

Golden branches and leaves began to sprout, lending a touch of vitality to the battle-scarred landscape.

However, the god from the Golden Kingdom was being furiously drained of blood by the bat while its claws tore into him, severely wounding him.

He was unable to escape, even with all his strength.

Fortunately, the other two gods understood the gravity of the situation; two beams of Iridescent-Level light shone brightly.

Countless mirrors reflected a dense energy net, and the ribbons of eternal night tightly bound the bat. When the two forces combined, they successfully tore the monster apart, but the bat quickly transformed back into a surge of Thunder energy, rejoining the Archduke of Blood’s armor, which only amplified the divine-level demon’s momentum.

Faced with the Origin of Chaos, the attacks from the two gods proved ineffective, merely serving to interrupt the onslaught.

“Run!”

“Quickly!”

“Go find those two lords; there may still be a chance.”

At that moment, the three gods displayed no dignity, briefly communicating with each other through divine thoughts, resembling lost dogs as they fled toward the Blood Red Fortress.

Surprisingly, the Archduke of Blood did not take action during this wave.

As for the other two divine-level demons, they were exceedingly wary of the Archduke of Blood, casually casting a few skills that just happened to graze the three main world gods as they passed by.

Then…

The players in the main world found themselves in dire straits. Many demigods who had not yet retreated into the fortress were left facing the divine-level demon wielding the Origin of Chaos.

Because, the gods of the main world had sold them out!

Sterl watched from a distance as the Archduke of Blood unleashed a single attack, rapidly dispersing the Thunder shadows behind him, followed by—

A raging frenzy of thunderstorms dancing wildly outside the Blood Red Fortress!

Almost every surviving unit had bolts of lightning raining down upon them.

And then, there was nothing that followed.

Ordinary units, faced with the divine-level power that triggered the Origin of Chaos, were utterly defenseless, reduced to mere fragments!

Under the flashing electric light, unit after unit evaporated.

If previously, under Sterl’s relentless bombardment, the main world players had managed to wipe out most of the forces of Hell, leaving only about 30-40% remaining, now, after this wave from the Archduke of Blood,

The gap between the forces of Hell and the main world had shrunk to less than a factor of two.

This was an extraordinarily terrifying statistic, as the main world could unleash the strength of three realms at once.

Outside the Blood Red Fortress, everything had been cleared!

Not a single living thing remained!

At this moment, the Archduke of Blood began to gather strength once more, preparing to launch a direct assault on the fortress.

The shadow of the Thunder giant began to coalesce bit by bit, yet none of the three gods from the main world dared to step forward to stop it.

In fact, in their despair, they immediately sought refuge in the palace where the two figures from the Upper Realms resided.

“What’s going on?”

“Why the rush?”

The two figures remained completely unperturbed, and as the three gods observed their calm demeanor, they gradually felt reassured. No matter how powerful the divine-level demon wielding the Origin of Chaos might be, it seemed that the two lords from the Upper Realms had a way to handle it.

“We…”

The three gods were about to say something when a tremendous noise erupted from the sky, as a Thunder bolt struck down hard on the Blood Red Fortress.

Immediately, the fortress raised a translucent shield composed of Divine Power.

Boom!!

However, countless units within the city felt as if the sky had suddenly brightened!

Amidst the brilliant Thunder, everyone felt their vision engulfed by a blinding white light!

As the brightness faded, countless players came to a realization.

“That divine-level demon is coming after us!”

“No way, if the combined might of the three gods can’t hold it back, and the fortress’s shield can’t withstand it, what are we going to do?”

“Run quickly! No, the Thunder power has interfered with the surrounding space; we can’t teleport away!”

Players were in a frenzy, shouting in panic.

The light shield of the fortress, which had originally been maintained by the Divine Power of the three gods and countless demigods, was now riddled with cracks from just a single Thunder attack!