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

Soon, Sterl found a suitable ability from his memory.

[Psychic Crystal]

[Type: Passive]

[Description: Finding potential and unlocking it. This is an arcane skill of self-transcendence, and also an unrevealed secret technique.]

[Effect: Condense Psychic Crystals, solidify psychic power. For each Psychic Crystal condensed, psychic power intensity increases by +10, and total psychic power increases by 10%. Up to five Psychic Crystals can be condensed, with a maximum enhancement of: +50 psychic power intensity, +50% total psychic power!]

Sterl recalled this ability. The Psychic Crystal was entirely about unlocking and utilizing one's potential, a permanent, passive ability that provided a consistent enhancement.

As for the origin of this ability, Sterl had long forgotten it, or rather, he had never really remembered it at all. After all, he had eradicated so many lifeforms that the number of abilities recorded in his memory was countless. Most of the abilities seemed underwhelming to him, so they were shoved into the corners of his memory, occasionally deleted or reviewed when he remembered them.

However, the powerful abilities he currently possessed still required a massive investment of resources to strengthen. He simply had no time or inclination to focus on these other abilities.

The Psychic Crystal ability might have been siphoned from the soul of some unlucky legendary powerhouse.

It appeared that the enhancement this ability provided was quite good, but like War Soul Resonance, every ability or arcane skill had its limits and tiers.

An item that could enhance a second-class being's attributes by 50% might not even improve a god's attributes at all.

Similarly, while Psychic Crystal seemed to be able to increase psychic power intensity by 50 points and total psychic power by 50%, for Sterl, just increasing his psychic power intensity by 1 point would be a great relief. As for the total psychic power, it was almost useless, like pouring a cup of water into a lake—it would only create a faint ripple.

Of course, this didn't affect Sterl.

The reason he was able to elevate his strength from zero to this level in such a short time was entirely due to his cheat-like ability to transform the decayed into something extraordinary.

In less than half a minute, he had mastered the ability.

Then, at the back of his attribute interface, he saw a plus sign.

Sure enough, a new evolution opportunity had refreshed, and without hesitation, he immediately upgraded Psychic Crystal.

Instantly, this legendary-tier ability began to improve and develop continuously. By the time the upgrade was complete, the Psychic Crystal had advanced from legendary rank to the Demigod level.

He glanced at the attribute panel. Although he had expected it, he still let out a sigh of relief.

The plus sign next to Psychic Crystal was still there, meaning that this ability had not yet reached its true limit.

After all, this was an ability that Sterl had specifically selected. As for cheat-like abilities, he had already mastered them fully. The enhancement of the cheat abilities was actually based on the core idea of this ability, continuously developed and perfected.

The higher the concept behind an ability, the greater its potential for development.

Although Psychic Crystal was only a legendary-tier ability, its concept far exceeded that of a mere legendary level.

It was like the multiplication table—seemingly simple, yet it could be continuously extended and expanded to ultimately develop into a highly advanced modern civilization.

Sterl couldn't guarantee that Psychic Crystal could eventually reach the level of a great deity, but reaching the higher divine authority was absolutely no problem. If it reached the [Transcendence] limit, it would be an ability of a powerful god tier.

Such a passive ability, without a doubt, would bring him a massive boost in strength.

"With this, it won't be long before I can fully unleash the effects of the Land of All Beings," Sterl thought, a gleam of brilliance flashing in his eyes.

In addition to this ability, he had also selected several other passive abilities that were of extremely high concept and had enormous potential.

Compared to those flashy skills, these passive abilities were much more aligned with his current needs.

As long as the passives stacked up sufficiently strong, he could focus entirely on his swordsmanship training. With that focus, he could achieve the level of "one thought to transcend" and "one technique to break all laws," reaching the Nightmare Overlord level, and even the [Transcendence] Nightmare Overlord tier!

Otherwise, if he continued developing according to his original system, it would only become more chaotic and disordered. The speed of his strength improvement would slow down because of unnecessary investments, wasting resources, and hindering progress.

So, although Nightmare Overlord had led him to a crushing defeat, it also allowed him to realize this important truth.

Two more days passed quickly. Sterl finished his swordsmanship cultivation and used his new evolution opportunity to enhance Psychic Crystal again.

After three evolutions, this ability's tier had already advanced from the legendary level to the higher Divine tier.

Based on the current strength of his abilities, Sterl estimated that after two more upgrades, this ability would reach the limit of its current concept. At that point, there was a strong possibility that its tier would break through to the Strong God level!

Even though it had not yet reached its limit, the effects of Psychic Crystal had already begun to show drastic, world-changing transformations.

[Psychic Crystal]

[Type: Passive]

[Description: Find potential, unlock potential. This is an arcane skill of self-transcendence, and also an unrevealed secret technique.]

[Effect: Condense Psychic Crystals, solidify psychic power. For each Psychic Crystal condensed, psychic power intensity increases by +10, and total psychic power increases by 10%. Up to ten Psychic Crystals can be condensed, with a maximum enhancement of: +100 psychic power intensity, +100% total psychic power!]

The enhancement for each condensed Psychic Crystal remained unchanged, but the maximum number of crystals that could be condensed had increased from five to ten!

The most crucial change, however, was the tier upgrade!

Even Sterl could now enjoy the full 100% enhancement from the Psychic Crystal passive at the Higher Divine tier.

As a result, his psychic power, both in intensity and total amount, had received a significant boost.

This increase in psychic power had a direct benefit: his training time in the Land of All Beings had gone from two or three hours to around eight hours!

Logically speaking, the increase in total psychic power alone wouldn't account for such a large rise, but the improvement in psychic power intensity had effectively enhanced the quality of his psychic power.

Previously, one point of psychic power could extend his training time by one minute. Now, it could extend it by three minutes.

Because of this, even though only two days had passed, Sterl's swordsmanship level had increased considerably.

[Swordsmanship Grandmaster (Technique · Passive, Lv11): Increases sword weapon attack power by 138%, nerve reflex speed by +52%, dynamic vision ability by +26%]

[Swordsmanship Grandmaster Lv10 Derivative Ability · Overlord: When performing heavy sword slashes, the effect of light overbearing physique is applied, increasing slash power tier by +1]

His Swordsmanship Grandmaster had risen from level 7 to level 11, successfully breaking through the level 10 barrier.

What surprised Sterl even more was that at level 10, the Grandmaster tier technique had developed a new ability effect, and this effect far outperformed the abilities from his Swordsmanship Specialization!

The previous swordsmanship derivative abilities were akin to decent skills, but now it was as if, after breaking through his limits, he had gained a permanent enhancement.

The effect of the light overbearing physique didn't need much explanation. It made his heavy sword even more deadly and aggressive.

Anyone who attempted to block his heavy sword would certainly pay a heavy price.

As for the slash power tier +1, this allowed his heavy sword to possess power beyond his technique tier. With a single slash, it could unleash terrifying destructive force.

Seeing this, Sterl felt even more anticipation. If the Grandmaster tier of swordsmanship already had such a powerful effect, how strong would it be once he reached the Master level?

Thinking back to the feeling of helplessness when facing the Nightmare Overlord, Sterl was filled with motivation.

Just as he was about to meditate and recover his psychic power to continue his swordsmanship training, he finally received a message from the Nightmare Elites.

The Dream Spirit Empire's operation had begun!

"Finally, it's here... Well, it's about time. Staying stuck here is not an option. I don't have much time to waste with you all."

A cold glint flashed in Sterl's eyes. Then, through the War Rhythm ability of War Soul Resonance, he transmitted his orders to all the Nightmare Elites scattered across the area with a single thought.

"ROAR!!"

On the plain, Barbatos let out a deafening roar, swallowing a massive Nightmare Beast whole. He then glanced at the fleeing prey and let out a reluctant growl before flying toward Sterl's location.

"The effect of War Rhythm can cover such a vast distance... truly impressive," Walker remarked, his skull-like face betraying no emotion. However, the intense flicker of the soul fire in his eyes revealed a certain complexity in his current mood.

Soon after, the Nightmare Beings kneeling before him began to rapidly perish. A large amount of pure life force and abilities were greedily consumed by him.

After devouring this batch of lifeforms, Walker turned and headed toward the location where the command had come from.

At the same time, the other nine generals, as well as the head of the personal guard, Wood, also began to converge toward Sterl's position.

Sterl sat calmly in place, his mind completely at ease. Thanks to his War Rhythm ability, he knew the movements of everyone with just a thought.

A gentle smile appeared on his face, as if everything was under his control.

"Having Demon Garb as slaves means constant risk of backlash, but there's no denying that these Demon Garb are undeniably the strongest army."

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