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

38  Refining the Secondary Star

Teresa was in agony, but Philip Waldo, who was directly hit by Sterl's Flickering Fire of Enchantment, had it even worse!

The force behind Sterl's move was equivalent to a fourfold power of a blue-quality skill, and this skill was at a mastery level proficiency, coming from an S-class profession!

Previously, Teresa's full force could just barely block the blood-conversion shield, with some strength to spare...

But now, facing the heavenly fire falling from the sky, the shield was completely evaporated in just half a second!

Then the roaring flames directly engulfed Philip Waldo's entire body.

With a fourfold output under the enhancement of 154 points of spirit...

It was simply not something that the Blood God Priest, with just over 100 points of constitution, could withstand.

He didn't even have the chance to be surprised that the protection from the Blood Duke was broken, before he was swallowed by the raging fire!

Philip Waldo's nerve endings were instantly burnt, preventing him from making any response or screaming in agony...

The next second, his flesh and bones were ignited and carbonized in succession.

This level 50 player, facing Sterl's full-force ultimate move, was instantly killed!

Not far away, another female player, also of a high level of 59, was entangled in flames, her life hanging by a thread!

Following this, several notifications rang in Sterl's ear.

[You have killed player Philip Waldo]

[Killing players above your level increases loot drop rate!]

Then, he saw three glowing loot orbs drop from where the Blood God Priest died.

Sterl went straight forward to pick up the drops.

[You have obtained a quest scroll: Death Village Plague Investigation Report]

[You have obtained equipment: Luxurious Ribbon]

[You have obtained equipment: Tyrannical Boots]

Sterl looked at the three drops with interest, then showed a vexed expression.

The quest scroll was fine. It just meant that Sterl had to go to a place nicknamed Death Village in the Val Administrative Region of the Divine Mountain Empire to trigger it.

He was satisfied with this drop, because quests that require special items to start generally have good rewards.

But the following two pieces of equipment were vexing.

Human beings on Earth, due to their lack of strength, only occupy a remote area in the Divine Mountain Empire game region.

Therefore, the most precious thing on Philip Waldo was a piece of silver-level equipment.

The Luxurious Ribbon that Philip Waldo dropped was silver-level, with an effect of adding twenty points to all attributes, and it came with a skill [Lustrous: When in full condition, the damage from incoming attacks will be reduced by 30%, with a cooldown of 12 hours.]

As for the other piece of equipment, [Tyrannical Boots], it was bronze-level and did not provide attributes but came with a teleportation skill, with a cooldown of two days.

In a sense, both were decent items.

But what vexed Sterl was... the equipment level requirement for both items was level 50, which he couldn't use at all right now!

Feeling frustrated, he then walked over to the side.

The flames on the female player had already extinguished by then. After all, she was only affected by the aftermath, not the actual target of the attack.

"Sorry..."

"I'll make a grave for you."

"You just knew too much."

Sterl expressed his regret to Teresa with a look of disappointment on his face.

As he moved closer step by step, Teresa barely snapped out of her daze.

She thought she must have gone mad... to believe she had just seen a newly class-changed player instantly kill Philip Waldo, a level 50, C-class professional!

But as the sound of Sterl's footsteps approached,

Teresa faced a ludicrous reality.

She wasn't crazy!

It was [Transcendence], the game, that had gone mad!

This genius player named Sterl, indeed, had soloed a level 50!

Wait!

No!

He seemed... to be coming to silence her now!

Because she knew his secret? Knew that he was no ordinary player?

As Teresa's mind gradually cleared, she decisively used her second [Instant Recovery Capsule], the most precious life-saving item given to her by her family, of which she only had two.

Her decision to use it now was not a death wish to resist Sterl but had another purpose...

That flame had already extinguished any will to resist within her.

Knowing that even Philip Waldo's offerings couldn't withstand Sterl's attack, her own ultimate move couldn't even break through the barrier formed by the power of blood.

Now... after using the item,

Her body, burned by the flames, was instantly rejuvenated, but her equipment was even more tattered than before.

However, under the cover of the starlight in the sky,

A peerless beauty's figure emerged. Teresa's delicate face showed a pleading expression, her brows slightly furrowed, looking pitifully charming.

Her chest and abdomen revealed large expanses of snow-white skin, extremely enticing. Her long legs, as if to modestly cover her privates, gently opened and closed, inciting an even stronger desire to peek.

Teresa smiled inwardly, noticing a change in Sterl's gaze, filled with longing!

Then...

She saw Sterl raising his hand without hesitation, preparing to release the same move that had incinerated Philip Waldo once again.

Teresa panicked, quickly begging for mercy: "Don't kill me!"

"I will keep your secret, not revealing any of your information!"

However, Sterl remained cold and unmoved.

Seeing this, Teresa reluctantly bit her lip and shouted: "I'm a member of the Sequence Base, number seventy-seven!"

"I have the authority to mobilize the files of all under the Sequence Base. With my help, not only will your current anomalies remain undisclosed... even if you cause a huge uproar in the future, I can ensure that your information won't appear in anyone else's eyes!"

She quickly stated her price.

Indeed, this time, Sterl halted his action and showed an interested look.

But he was sparing with his words: "Not enough."

"To buy your life, this is far from enough."

Teresa's expression gradually cooled down, returning to her usual demeanor. She knew the person in front of her couldn't be dealt with through pretense and seduction: "What... do you want?"

Sterl was genuinely stumped by this question.

He was indeed a novice, even the term Sequence Base was new to him.

But based on the designation of number 77... he guessed it might be an entity even higher than a superior base?

After thinking a bit, he spoke: "Ways to further enhance an A-level pet egg, methods to obtain titles, diamond-level equipment, and how to initiate hidden quests."

The A-level pet egg was a smokescreen Sterl released. This way, even if Teresa's life was spared, some of the information she knew about him would be incorrect. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Teresa looked at him as if he were insane: "The method to enhance a pet egg? The whole Divine Mountain Empire might not be able to find one! Diamond-level equipment? Our entire human race on Earth doesn't have much of a stock, I can't get my hands on that at all!"

"Is that so?" Sterl's gaze turned cold.

"Wait!" Teresa saw Sterl's hand gathering energy again and quickly spoke up.

"I have a way to obtain titles!"

"As for hidden quests... I can't provide one immediately, but I can share one with you after a while. I must first return to the Sequence Base and use my accumulated contribution points to exchange for it!"

She was slightly exhausted. This genius player in front of her seemed to lack common sense, making demands that were impossible to meet!

"If you need money, along with what my elders have given me, I can scrape together up to seventy or eighty gold coins."

"I can also provide you with a skill book of blue quality... though it's only usable by those above level 61."

Teresa offered the best terms she could.

However, Sterl just smiled, took a step forward, and directly grabbed her by the neck: "So all you can offer now is an unverified method to obtain a title... and some gold coins?"

"It's easier for me just to kill you."

And Teresa was internally speechless. Did he even listen to himself? Seventy or eighty gold coins were just 'some' to him?

That's about the total assets of an average two-class player!

"What exactly do you want?" Teresa was slightly annoyed but still had to speak softly.

Seeing this proud female player's frustrated expression, Sterl thought for a moment. Actually, he was quite satisfied with Teresa's terms.

A hidden quest, a method to obtain a title, and eighty gold coins.

Each benefit was much greater than simply killing her.

Moreover, the offer Teresa made, using the authority of the Sequence Base to manipulate Sterl's files, was particularly tempting.

What Sterl lacked was time to develop.

With Teresa's help, he could safely pass through his period of weakness.

The only problem was—

"You've written too many blank checks. I must have some guarantee, or you might as well die."

"Don't resist!" Sterl raised his hand, and a strange glow illuminated.

He placed his hand on Teresa's head.

This was a power from the Lord of Stars, the ability to refine a sub-star!

It's worth mentioning that Sterl's main star couldn't be changed.

And while the sub-star couldn't be exchanged either, if the refined target died, it could be replaced after a cooldown of one month.

Thus, this was a perfect insurance!

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