Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener - Chapter 685

Chapter 685: Chapter 685: Power of Star-Bone! Activate!!
The power of the Annihilation Realm King’s Fist was indeed formidable, but even with the strength of Perfect Regeneration overcoming one of its drawbacks, there was still a significant weakness: the time it took to gather the power was simply too long.

Though in the eyes of ordinary gods, this speed wouldn’t seem too slow, for the enemies Sterl was currently facing, the activation time was far too slow. With such a long time to gather power, his enemies had plenty of time to respond.

But there was no way around it. The concept behind the Annihilation Realm King’s Fist was to accumulate everything and then explode with overwhelming force, so the lengthy gathering time was unavoidable.

So, Sterl decided to simplify things and use a more basic version of the Annihilation Fist to engage in a fast-paced battle with the monster. Every now and then, when he broke through the monster’s defenses, he could still deal some damage.

However, that damage seemed negligible compared to the creature’s massive size.

On the other hand, every strike from the monster would shatter Sterl’s body, leaving him in a pitiful state.

But Sterl reveled in it, allowing the creature to attack him freely. Each time he was injured and healed, his strength increased slightly. It was utterly addictive!

In just a few minutes, Sterl’s physical strength had increased by about 20%, along with a significant boost to his recovery abilities, body resistance, and overall power.

To put it in perspective, considering his current body size and strength, this 20% increase would normally require at least 100,000 soul power, if not more!

And with Perfect Regeneration at his disposal, it was essentially like getting something for nothing. For now, Sterl was content to stay in battle with the monster, not in any rush to finish it off.

Besides, as Will of Hell had mentioned earlier, the Eight Layers of Core Hell could last for another two or three days at least.

Now, all the invading forces that were free had been mobilized, relieving some of the pressure on the Core Hell, so it could hold out even longer.

Thus, Sterl had no reason to worry. He relaxed and enjoyed the comfort and thrill of his increasing power.

As for the pain of his body being shredded? Compared to the backlash from pushing his limits, it was practically nothing. It didn’t even register.

As time passed, Sterl’s body grew increasingly stronger. However, he soon noticed that once his physical strength had increased to 50% of its original state, the thrill from this process started to diminish. The power gained from each recovery also decreased significantly. Now, each time his body healed, he would only see an increase of about 0.1%.

“Could it be that my body has already adapted to this level of attack?”

Sterl silently analyzed in his mind. Based on this situation, to continue recovering at the same rate as before, he would need to endure even stronger attacks to stimulate further growth.

However, no matter how small the mosquito, it’s still meat. For now, he would focus on completely draining this monster first!

The main reason was that this kind of free power gain was just too addictive. Sterl didn’t want to stop at all.

At that moment, the monster once again swung a massive claw at him. Sterl’s body was once again blasted away, but compared to the pitiful, broken state he was in before, now it was mostly just his bones being shattered, while his flesh remained intact. His body’s strength had improved significantly compared to the start.

Will of Hell, observing this scene, was almost stupefied.

What’s going on here? Could it be that this powerhouse has some kind of strange fetish?

Will of Hell couldn’t help but let his mind wander. For the past few minutes, it had almost been Sterl suffering a one-sided beating. The sight was unbearable to witness!

But feeling the immense vitality still radiating from Sterl, Will of Hell was confused about exactly what this powerhouse was up to.

Just then, after several minutes of relentless pounding, the enormous monster suddenly stopped.

Sterl, who had just recovered, didn’t notice this shift. He rushed forward, activating Annihilation Fist as before, preparing to get blasted away again and recover.

But this time, the monster didn’t attack as before. Instead, it suddenly extended its massive, jet-black wings.

Sterl was slightly puzzled. What’s it doing now? Could it be that this monster’s endurance is so poor? It can’t be giving up already, can it?

But the next moment, Sterl froze. His Dimension Perception suddenly issued a warning, and a vivid image flashed in his mind.

In this image, the massive monster extended countless tendrils, which wrapped around him and injected large amounts of gray Flame, continuously burning and draining his vitality.

“I didn’t expect Dimension Perception to have such a powerful foresight function.”

Sterl was quite surprised, then immediately stopped moving. Now was not the time to test the limits of this ability.

From the looks of it, this monster—or perhaps the entity behind it—had noticed the changes in Sterl’s body and was planning to use its massive energy reserves to crush him directly.

Just as he was about to retreat, countless black tendrils shot out from the huge, metallic black wings with incredible speed. These tendrils spread toward him so quickly that even his senses only caught a flash of a residual afterimage.

If he had charged forward headfirst just now, he would have likely been ensnared by these tendrils by now.

“Trivial tricks, wishful thinking!”

Sterl snorted coldly, quickly gathering his Law Power. With Time and Space Law as the core, hundreds of different Laws were summoned in a powerful surge.

Before long, a Law vortex slowly materialized in front of him, emitting an immense force of attraction.

It attempted to draw in all the tendrils, trying to drain their power completely.

However, he had underestimated the strength of these tendrils. Under the protection of the gray Flame, the dark metal tendrils actually forced their way through the vortex’s barrier, sweeping toward Sterl with terrifying speed.

“Break!”

He growled lowly, both fists slamming forward, trying to shatter them directly. His terrifying brute strength surged out, but while part of the tendrils was sent flying, countless others closed in on him and immediately began to wrap around him.

Then, large amounts of the gray Flame surged into Sterl’s body, relentlessly burning away at his life force.

In an instant, the influx of gray energy reached more than ten times its previous intensity. Even Sterl’s Star-Bone Purification Factor could no longer keep up. If it weren’t for the power of Perfect Regeneration, one hit would have left Sterl in a weakened state, allowing the energy to completely erode him.

Sterl’s gaze narrowed as he felt his life force slowly being consumed from within. A cold, determined expression crossed his face.

Did they really think this would subdue him? Ridiculous!

His mind shifted, quickly absorbing the power of Hell to expand his strength. Then, he activated his full might, unleashing his terrifying raw power.

At once, the tendrils wrapped around him began to make eerie, disturbing groaning sounds, as if they were on the verge of breaking apart.

But just then, more tendrils rushed in, completely enveloping him into a massive black sphere, swallowing him whole.

Will of Hell’s eyes widened, staring blankly at this scene.

Seeing Sterl completely wrapped up by these tendrils, relentlessly eroded by that strange gray Flame, Will of Hell felt as if the sky had collapsed.

Hadn’t it seemed like victory was assured just moments ago? What was this? The powerhouse was finished!?

Will of Hell stood frozen, his mind swirling with confusion, quickly replaced by fear and anxiety. Watching the tendrils tighten around Sterl, becoming more and more constricting, he didn’t know what to do.

Even if he wanted to help, he couldn’t. The gray Flame wrapped around those tendrils would cause significant damage just by getting too close, and there was a very real danger that it might consume him as well.

So, in this situation, all He could do was continuously pray for Sterl in His heart. The will of an entire world, praying for the survival of its creatures—this was truly a bit absurd.

At this moment, Sterl, completely wrapped by countless tendrils, showed no signs of panic. Instead, a faint, helpless expression appeared on his face.

His life force was simply too terrifying now, and with Perfect Regeneration and Purification of Immortality enhancing his survivability even further, there was little to worry about.

Though the gray Flame energy was incredibly destructive, it would take at least ten more minutes to completely wear him down, and that was only if he didn’t resist at all.

Originally, he had planned to use this monster to further enhance his physical body while in a normal state, but now it seemed he wouldn’t get the chance.

However, it was already enough. From the beginning until now, his body’s overall strength had increased by a full 50%. This alone had saved him hundreds of thousands of soul power!

As for now… it was time to see just how powerful his newly awakened talent really was.

With a thought, Sterl’s body trembled lightly. Deep within him, it seemed as if some mysterious and terrifying force was slowly being unlocked. All it needed was a small trigger to completely activate and unleash it!

“Power of Star-Bone… unleash!”

The moment he spoke, that mysterious force instantly surged to life. At the same time, all the power within Sterl’s body—Divine Power, the power of faith, blood vitality, Law Power, even his soul force—was rapidly converted into the Power of Star-Bone!

In the blink of an eye, this force enveloped his entire body!

Suddenly, an aura of destruction and return to silence exploded outward from him!

The dark, metallic tendrils that had been wrapping around him shattered at lightning speed, as if they were fragile blades of grass, making crisp, crackling sounds as they broke apart!

The gray Flame that had been surrounding him seemed to be suppressed by an overwhelming force, scattering in all directions as if it was being forcefully pushed away!