Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener - Chapter 671

Chapter 671: Chapter 671: The Truth of the World! The Parasite Spreads!
“This… is this the Endless Void?”

Sterl was stunned, letting the force of the formation’s pull guide him, his mind blank.

From the records of the Orichalcum Kingdom, the Endless Void was described as a terrifying realm filled with infinite vitality, worlds, and countless dangers. However, these records couldn’t convey the true risks of the place, risks that had gradually led to the downfall of the entire Orichalcum Kingdom, a mighty force created by a great god.

But now, he could truly feel it. The Endless Void was like an immense, boundless ocean, where each world was akin to an ant floating atop the sea, some barely bigger than rafts.

In the absence of any ripples, they might exist indefinitely. But even the smallest wave or splash could annihilate countless worlds!

As for him now, in the Endless Void, he wasn’t even an ant. He was nothing more than insignificant dust, a microbe that needed to parasitize the floating debris to survive.

Sterl’s heart sank, and a cold wave washed over him. His strength, his trump cards—everything he had relied on—seemed like a joke in the face of the Endless Void’s calamity.

Take that bubble-like entity from before, for instance. Even if he activated his invincible power, pouring one million five hundred thousand soul power into himself, it might still be useless.

Just as Sterl was still reeling from the shock of witnessing the destruction of a world, he suddenly noticed a faint ripple coming from the direction where that world had vanished.

His eyes widened, and all his previous thoughts were pushed aside.

“Damn! What the hell is going on!”

A chill ran down his spine. This ripple was emanating from the bubble-like entity’s explosion. It seemed trivial at first, but after what he had just seen, he couldn’t trust his eyes.

Moreover, the deadly threat in his heart wasn’t a joke. If this ripple touched him, the consequences would be more than he could bear.

“Hurry! Speed up!”

At this moment, Sterl couldn’t remain calm or composed. He urgently pushed his powers and the formation to their limits.

But the principle behind the reverse-transmission formation was similar to gravitational acceleration—it started slow and couldn’t speed up significantly in the early stages.

Soon, the rippling wave grew closer and closer. What seemed like a mere breeze, barely perceptible, made Sterl feel as though he were wrapped in a massive cloud of doom.

If he wasn’t careful, this cloud of doom would engulf him and cause him to disappear without a trace.

“Damn it, get the hell away from me!”

Sterl was frantic, immediately throwing out a large number of one-time use items and equipment, trying to shift the direction of the wave with their power.

However, to his shock, the items he threw out simply disappeared the moment they came into contact with the wave. They vanished as if they were no more than a handful of dust, achieving absolutely no effect.

As the wave neared, Sterl could feel the approaching presence of death.

“I’m not going to die here. Even if this is the Endless Void, anything that tries to harm me will be destroyed!”

Without hesitation, he let out a fierce roar and immediately released two hundred thousand soul power from the Soul Devourer Sphere.

In an instant, a massive Soul Power Beam shot toward the approaching ripple, colliding with it almost instantaneously.

Sterl widened his eyes, his senses fully open, fixating on this moment.

Although two hundred thousand soul power wasn’t as much as the amount he had used to empower himself before, the difference now was that the soul power explosion was an instantaneous burst, channeling all the soul power to cause maximum damage.

The former was more sustained, while the latter was far more devastating.

As Sterl watched with hope, the Soul Power Beam formed from two hundred thousand soul power actually made an impact on the wave, slowing it down significantly.

At the same time, the speed of the reverse-transmission formation quickly accelerated, and the bubble-like wave, which had been closing in on him, now maintained a safe distance.

With that, Sterl let out a sigh of relief, and the cloud of doom in his mind began to slowly lift.

“That was… close…”

He stared blankly at the ripple moving farther away from him, not quite sure how to express what he was feeling. The sense of survival after narrowly escaping death left him in deep thought.

Looking back at his experiences, it had been a long time since he had felt such helplessness.

“My strength is still not enough. Even though I now have the power to dominate Hell, Hell is just a small part of [Transcendence]. Even Alpha 8 is just one of [Transcendence]’s worlds. Beyond the lower realm, there are the upper realms, and then there’s the Endless Void outside of [Transcendence], the Myriad Worlds.

The road ahead is long and far-reaching…”

With a long sigh, Sterl had thought he was close to reaching the peak, but this unexpected journey into the Endless Void made him realize that he had only been climbing one mountain. Beyond that mountain, there were even higher peaks, and beyond those peaks, there were vast galaxies above…

Yet, he didn’t feel despair. Instead, he felt motivated.

This was exactly what he needed—otherwise, the road would have ended too soon, and there would be no challenge left.

With this realization, he decided to tackle each step, one by one, until he reached the true summit!

At that moment, the speed of the formation’s pull began to increase rapidly. Everything around him transformed into beams of light, rushing away in the opposite direction.

Perhaps it was because he had used up all his bad luck earlier, but along the way, he didn’t face any further setbacks. Not long after, he finally saw a huge world.

“Is this [Transcendence]?”

In truth, the place he had just come from wasn’t too far from [Transcendence]. It was just that his current strength wasn’t enough to freely traverse the Endless Void.

Sterl focused ahead, where he saw a massive, brilliant light orb floating in the Endless Void.

This orb was like a giant star, standing in stark contrast to the other worlds around it.

After a quick mental comparison, Sterl realized that, compared to the size of the other worlds he had seen, the [Transcendence] world was by far the largest!

Around this massive orb, there were numerous smaller orbs, circling the giant light orb like the satellites of the [Transcendence] world.

And the endpoint of this reverse-transmission formation was clearly located within one of those orbs—Earth!

This sight completely shattered Sterl’s previous understanding. He had always wondered what kind of form the [Transcendence] world truly took. Now, seeing it with his own eyes, the shock he felt was as profound as if an ancient person had suddenly been brought into the stars.

He forced himself to calm down, trying his best to perceive the differences in the [Transcendence] world. He knew that [Transcendence] wasn’t just a world; it was a massive game as well!

This was something he had experienced firsthand, and now that it was confirmed that [Transcendence] was a real world, he couldn’t help but question why it exhibited game-like characteristics.

He stared intently at the enormous light orb in front of him, noticing the countless glassy barriers shimmering within it.

“This should be the Crystal Barrier Galaxy. If we pass through the Crystal Barrier Galaxy, we enter another world, though it all falls within the scope of [Transcendence].”

He quickly analyzed the situation, not daring to waste even a moment.

As he got closer to [Transcendence], everything became more clear.

Suddenly, his whole body tensed, and his eyes fixed on the outermost part of the massive light orb. To his surprise, the light orb representing the [Transcendence] world was surrounded by a faint shield.

Sterl immediately activated both Star Insight and Soul Insight, but no information flooded into his mind. Still, the shield felt eerily familiar to him.

“Could this be…”

He suddenly had a realization, his expression turning astonished. At that moment, the shield began to slowly show colors, with most of it being a silver hue, while a smaller portion shimmered with golden light, and there were even occasional flashes of purple, though they were extremely rare.

The colors flickering within the shield instantly reminded him of the codes he had obtained: the silver code and the golden code!

Wasn’t this just like the two colors on the shield?!

“Could this be the true manifestation of [Transcendence]’s game-like characteristics?!”

He muttered to himself, feeling as if the truth was finally within reach. But as long as he hadn’t completely broken through, that sense of mystery only intensified.

At this moment, his eyes shifted, and his entire body froze.

Below the massive [Transcendence] light orb, there was another light orb—only a few hundred meters in size—sitting right next to it.

With just one glance, Sterl immediately sensed that this dim and chaotic light orb was none other than Hell!

However, this orb representing Hell was surrounded by a faint grayish glow, like some kind of barrier, encasing Hell.

Furthermore, beneath Hell, there was a gateway of gray mist slowly moving toward Hell, looking as though it was about to swallow it whole!

“It’s the invaders!”

Sterl took a deep breath, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. He quickly began to scan the surroundings, only to witness something unbelievable.

To his astonishment, there wasn’t just one world, like Hell, shrouded in gray mist. As he casually glanced around, he saw dozens of such worlds, scattered across the [Transcendence] area, like some kind of parasite!