Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener - Chapter 687

Chapter 687: Chapter 687: Refining the Souls of Twenty-Seven Maternal Entities! The Return of the Water Drop!
“However… this consumption is pretty terrifying, isn’t it?”

Sterl glanced inwardly, inspecting the depletion within his body, and couldn’t help but click his tongue in disbelief.

After activating the Power of Star-Bone, all the energy within his body was transferred directly into this force through the Star-Bone Sacred Body, including the soul energy from his soul.

He did a quick mental calculation: from the moment he activated this power to the moment he threw that punch, it had only been one-tenth of a second. Even now, only a second had passed.

Yet, 20% of all the power in his body had already been consumed!

After realizing this, he was shocked. Keep in mind, his current state was far beyond what it had been before. His energy reserves, Divine Power, pure vitality, and the immense soul energy within him had all reached terrifying levels.

This was the combined enhancement of millions of soul energies and the blessings from Hell accumulated over thousands of years.

But even with this vast reserve of power, Power of Star-Bone could only be sustained for five seconds!?

What’s more, Sterl could sense that the consumption wasn’t fixed. It was determined by the frequency and intensity of his attacks.

In other words, if the battle became even more intense, the consumption would increase further!

Even though his recovery abilities had been enhanced to ten times their normal level, it still couldn’t keep up with the drain!

If he took recovery into account, it would only extend the time by a small fraction. The consumption rate of Power of Star-Bone was simply too terrifying!

Additionally, although the power within his body was immense, its energy levels weren’t high enough, and the efficiency of converting into Power of Star-Bone was incredibly low.

Only the conversion of soul energy was slightly more efficient, but even then, it barely reached a one-hundred-to-one ratio!

It was important to note that Sterl’s soul was extraordinarily powerful, so the quality of his soul energy was very high.

Even so, the conversion ratio was pitifully low, highlighting just how monstrous the Power of Star-Bone truly was.

“No wonder this power can even resist those mysterious gray energies… it’s only natural for the consumption to be so massive.”

Sterl took a deep breath, trying to reassure himself.

At the same time, a sense of caution arose within him. Such a terrifying drain meant that if he exhausted all his Power of Star-Bone, the so-called weak state would definitely be no simple matter.

Although he wasn’t sure exactly what kind of weakness he’d fall into, he had no intention of testing it out anytime soon.

After all, the environment he was in now was far from safe. If anything went wrong with his state, there was a high chance these invaders would seize the opportunity and exploit any gaps, potentially killing him in this brief moment.

That would leave no room for regret.

However, with the Power of Star-Bone enhancing him, his speed had already surpassed certain physical limits. Everything around him seemed frozen, as though time had been paused. So, even though the time was short, the efficiency with which he could use it was extremely high.

“Right, since even the soul energy within my body can be converted into Power of Star-Bone, then if I directly inject the pure soul energy from the Soul Devourer Sphere, wouldn’t it also be converted into Power of Star-Bone? This would extend the duration and increase the reserve of Power of Star-Bone!”

A sudden flash of inspiration hit Sterl, and he instantly realized this key point.

Without hesitation, he took out the Soul Devourer Sphere, controlling the soul puppets within Purgatory Space, and gathered some of their energy to be refined inside the sphere.

Given how fast his perception was now, the already rapid refining speed of the Soul Devourer Sphere seemed agonizingly slow to him.

In his current state, every second consumed a vast amount of energy, so he couldn’t afford to wait idly.

While waiting for the refining process to finish, he activated Phantom Purgatory, causing his body to shatter and exposing the twelve maternal souls. These souls were immediately absorbed into the Purgatory Space.

He then slapped out again, shattering the already collapsing Pitch-Black Prison. In a burst of starlight-like speed, in less than one-tenth of a second, he sucked in all the silver insects from the Eighty-First Layer of Hell into Purgatory Space, before arriving above the maternal body of this layer.

Using the same method, he pulled its soul into Purgatory Space.

Under the suppression of his absolute speed, the maternal entity likely didn’t even have time to react, let alone resist.

After completing all of this, he glanced at the Soul Devourer Sphere. The refining process wasn’t finished yet, so he decided to forcibly break through the Hell barriers and charge forward to the next layer.

Eighty-Second Layer… Eighty-Third Layer… Eighty-Fourth Layer…

He only stopped at the Eighty-Fifth Layer.

It wasn’t because the Power of Star-Bone had run out, but rather because the Soul Devourer Sphere had finished refining.

Sterl had only refined ten thousand soul energy to test if this method would work.

Afterward, he wasted no time hesitating and activated his soul energy enhancement state. In an instant, the ten thousand soul energy surged into his body.

Logically speaking, when activating the Soul Devourer Sphere ability, the soul energy should directly enhance his physical strength. However, after entering his body, it was forcibly drawn in by another powerful force.

Then, Sterl felt it—the Power of Star-Bone inside him had indeed increased! However, the enhancement from the soul energy did not take effect!

“As expected!”

Excitement flashed in Sterl’s eyes.

Not only did it work, but the effect was also quite good. After all, the ten thousand soul energy came from the complete souls of a million hellish beings.

It should be enough to last about one second. Of course, if Sterl engaged in combat or performed higher-intensity attacks during that time, the duration would shorten drastically.

Nevertheless, this was the result he had hoped for.

This way, Sterl could use soul energy as a continuous source for Power of Star-Bone without worrying about depleting it and falling into a weakened state.

After all, from the current situation, the intensity of the Power of Star-Bone was far greater than the boost from soul energy.

If given a choice between the two, of course, he would choose Power of Star-Bone as his primary source.

Moreover, Sterl could feel that as more of the Power of Star-Bone was converted, his Star-Bone Sacred Body was undergoing strange transformations.

Perhaps, in the end, he might even be able to generate the Power of Star-Bone on his own, allowing him to sustain this state permanently.

Additionally, this wasn’t even the full extent of his Star-Bone Sacred Body’s power—he could still concentrate the Power of Star-Bone inside him and unleash a much stronger attack!

However, doing so would further shorten the already brief duration and might even lead to exhaustion of energy, plunging him into a weakened state.

But for now, Sterl couldn’t care less about that. The fact that soul energy from the Soul Devourer Sphere could be converted into Power of Star-Bone was already enough.

What he needed to do now was make the most of his Power of Star-Bone as quickly as possible and advance further into Hell!

Without hesitation, Sterl immediately began moving again, advancing all the way to the Ninetieth Layer of Hell before stopping.

This process took only one second.

He felt the Power of Star-Bone inside him—it was just over half remaining. However, he stopped not because of the energy depletion, but because he was planning something big!

These vile insects had ambushed and attacked him several times, so it was time to collect some interest on that!

He glanced at the maternal souls he had captured in the Purgatory Space—a total of twenty-seven!

What Sterl needed to do now was to refine all these maternal souls under the boost of the Power of Star-Bone!

Without hesitation, he immediately activated Phantom Purgatory. Instantly, a large amount of Soulforge Fire surged up, burning fiercely at the maternal souls.

Sterl’s soul level had now reached level 82, far surpassing his previous strength. Furthermore, under the effect of Power of Star-Bone, his soul power had been raised to a whole new level.

In an instant, all the souls of the maternal entities gathered together were completely refined, and these maternal souls rapidly began to collapse.

With Sterl’s soul power explosively increasing, it only took him two seconds to completely refine all the maternal souls!

“You… are all mine!”

Sterl growled lowly, activating Dimension Perception at full force. Without even needing to think, he knew that this action would definitely provoke a violent reaction from the beings behind the scenes!

They would stop at nothing to try and prevent him. After all, refining just two maternal entities had already caused such a huge disturbance. Now, he was refining a total of twenty-seven—they would most likely spare no expense in trying to stop him!

Sure enough, not even a second had passed before Dimension Perception detected a feeling of threat.

Then, a hollow formed from gray energy appeared right in front of Sterl.

“Come on… you couldn’t stop me before, and now… it’s even less likely!”

A look of absolute confidence filled Sterl’s eyes. With the Power of Star-Bone activating his Star-Bone Sacred Body, he was simply too strong.

Not to mention his current strength, even his vitality was now at an unfathomable level.

The gray void in front of him stirred, and the next moment, several gray droplets identical to the ones from before suddenly shot out.

These gray droplets moved so fast that they were on par with Sterl’s speed while under the Power of Star-Bone!

In the blink of an eye, the droplets reached Sterl, attempting to smash his body into pieces.

Sterl had already experienced the force of these gray droplets. Before, when he had enhanced himself with 400,000 soul power and over a hundred high-tier soul powers, his body had been crushed to pieces by a single gray droplet, and even the layer of Hell had been destroyed in the clash between the two.

In the end, Sterl had only survived due to his formidable recovery abilities.

But that was the past, and this was now.

Sterl had absolute confidence in his current body!

This was a body with defense comparable to Stellar Crystal!