Chapter 698: A Force Capable of Overturning the World!
Of course, while achieving results, one must also pay a price. This is the rule by which the world operates.
Kun's price was to guard the lowest levels of Hell, until his power could transcend the entire world.
Clearly, this was a trap that Hell had set for Kun. After all, not everyone was like Sterl—someone who, without any external opportunities, could draw power from the world and transcend it. How could anyone else transcend the world in such a manner?
However, Kun never gave it much thought. He jumped straight into this trap and, even after countless millennia, still hadn't emerged. Not only that, but suppressing Hell required him to absorb the accumulated evil energy of Hell. If that energy were to spread, it would be nearly impossible for life to form in Hell under such chaotic and evil forces.
Had Kun's will not been strong enough, he would have long since become a madman. Even now, he had to constantly suppress his emotions, which made him appear rather abnormal.
Over the years, Kun had successfully followed the path that Hell had laid out for him, climbing his way up to the level of an upper-tier divine authority. Thanks to his comprehension, he had even developed the ability to use this evil energy.
At this rate, in a few tens of thousands of years, Kun might actually transcend the constraints of Hell and regain his freedom.
But given Hell's nature, there was no way they would let Kun go. They would undoubtedly employ every method to restrict him.
"Heh, this is really devious,"
Sterl remarked with a sneer, his tone laced with mockery. Even capitalists would be moved to tears and be up all night studying this strategy.
However, since Kun had already become his follower, the so-called constraints no longer applied.
You say Hell won't comply?
Then Sterl would have to consider whether he should follow in the footsteps of the Silver-white Cataclysm and take similar actions.
Meanwhile, besides Sterl and Kun, there was another pair of eyes watching them. That was none other than the Will of Hell.
From the moment Sterl entered and subdued Kun, the Will of Hell had been observing it all. Its heart had grown numb after being repeatedly shaken by such events.
As the world's will, it, of course, knew Kun's identity and was well aware of the strength of this monstrous genius.
But what it had never anticipated was that one day it would encounter a being far more terrifying than Kun by countless times.
From the moment Sterl entered Hell until now, with all his actions and displays, it was understandable that he had come this far. After all, he was the terrifying powerhouse who single-handedly saved the entire Hell!
Both Sterl and Kun noticed the presence of the Will of Hell, but neither of them paid it any attention.
"Let's go."
Sterl said indifferently, then directly opened a Spatial Portal, bringing Kun into the first layer of the core layer of Hell.
At this point, the other six layers of core Hell and all the beings from the ordinary layers had fully gathered and were systematically organized.
Under the pressure of seven Lords, no being dared to act out of line. The sense of oppression they felt from the Lords was not any less than that from Sterl himself.
Upon seeing Sterl's arrival, the seven Lords quickly came forward to greet him. When they saw Kun, they all froze for a moment, their faces stiffening.
They were clearly shocked. They never imagined that Sterl had actually subdued this monster.
However, remembering their master's terrifying power, it was only natural that such a monster would be brought under control, so they quickly regained composure after a brief pause.
"Master, all the beings in Hell have been fully gathered. The cowards who had been hiding from the war have all been eradicated!"
One of the Lords, named Dylan, reported. He was the Lord of the second layer of core Hell, the one who had voluntarily submitted. At this moment, his face was filled with ingratiation, completely devoid of any authority that a Lord should possess.
The other Lords around him gritted their teeth in frustration but dared not show it. Although they wished they could behave in the same sycophantic manner, they still had too much pride to let it go entirely.
"Mm, report the exact numbers,"
Sterl replied.
At the mention of this, Dylan glanced warily at Kun, noticing that the latter didn't react to them at all, and then immediately began his report.
"Among all the gathered forces, there are eight Lords, forty-nine upper-tier divine authorities, four hundred and thirty-two gods with faint Divine Power, one hundred thousand nine hundred seventy-two demigods, and over five million legendary beings..."
As he listened to Dylan's report, Sterl's mind quickly envisioned an enormous Legion of Hell.
One could already foresee the kind of impact this army would have when it entered Alpha 8.
After all, Hell wasn't like other worlds—it was more akin to a combination of hundreds of small worlds. That was why the accumulated strength appeared so vast.
He then used the map module to check the current situation.
Since his arrival in Hell, only a little over ten days had passed, and in the main world, only two days had gone by.
In this short span of time, the war between the Kingdom of Orichalcum and the Ashen Temple was still ongoing. The stakes were rising, and the number of upper-tier divine authorities that had descended had reached at least six or seven!
Not only that, but he could clearly sense that the world fusion in the main world was accelerating!
The fusion between the upper realms and the lower realm was picking up speed like a runaway horse, growing faster and faster!
At this rate, it was likely that in about a month, the fusion of the lower realm would be completely finished, and at that point, all the gods from the upper realms would descend!
Thinking of this, Sterl narrowed his eyes slightly, his heart becoming somewhat heavy.
His current strength was enough to make him fear no upper-tier divine authority-level being, but whether he could fight against powerful Divine Power was still uncertain.
Once the gods from the upper realms descended, some of the powerful Divine Powers in the divine-level forces would be able to act freely, and that was when things wouldn't be so leisurely.
Fortunately, during this time, he could still develop further, using the power of cheats to fully enhance the two newly awakened talents after breaking his limits!
Moreover, he only needed to sweep through the Alpha 8 world to complete the legendary story and enter the legendary level.
Once he reached the legendary level, he would gain a legendary ability. With how spectacular his legendary story was shaping up to be, he was confident that a miracle would burst forth!
Also, the experience he had accumulated so far meant that, once he broke through the barriers, he could soar to new heights, and it wouldn't be too difficult to reach the demigod level in one go!
With that thought, the pressure from the world fusion seemed to dissipate.
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After all, with the power he now commanded, sweeping through the entire Alpha 8 world would be easy.
The only concern was that the world hadn't fully fused yet, so the world's suppression was still in effect. This meant that the Hell creatures entering the main world might still face some form of suppression.
What exactly would happen could only be determined through experimentation.
Before attempting that, though, there was one thing he needed to do: strengthen the mother body puppets!
Since acquiring the seven mother body puppets, he had never had the chance to enhance them. This time, he planned to thoroughly strengthen all of them, greatly increasing their production.
While the other Lords familiarized themselves with their roles, Sterl used his authority to travel to the ninety-first layer of Hell, which had been destroyed.
Standing in the void, Sterl focused his attention on the Purgatory Space, particularly on the ten mother body puppets within it.
At his command, these puppets were working tirelessly to produce new souls, contributing to Sterl's soul reserves.
In addition to the ten mother bodies, Purgatory Space also contained a vast number of disaster insect souls, almost nearing ten billion in total! This was the amount he had harvested while sweeping through Hell!
Although the size of each insect soul was only one percent of that of a normal being, the sheer number was enough to make a difference.
Ten billion insect souls were equivalent to one billion Hell creature souls, and if all were refined, they would provide enough power to yield a million soul power.
Moreover, there were numerous elite monsters whose soul quality reached the level of upper-tier divine authority. After a rough calculation, he realized that if all these souls were refined, the resulting high-tier soul power would reach a staggering eight thousand!
Even though Sterl had been prepared for this, the number still surprised him. After all, his previous breakthrough to the second limit had only consumed 3,600 high-tier soul power.
However, while eight thousand high-tier soul power was a lot, when compared to the required amount for the next limit-breaking breakthrough, it was still far from enough.
Rather than holding on to these souls, it seemed more efficient to use them properly. If he could nurture the ten mother body puppets, their value would far exceed the few thousand high-tier soul power.
These were the resources he planned to use to cultivate the mother bodies.
Without any hesitation, he directly placed all of these soul puppets into the Soul Devourer Sphere to be quickly refined.
Fortunately, these soul puppets didn't resist the refining process; otherwise, with so many souls being refined at once, the backlash would likely be terrifying.
As time passed, Sterl noticed that with the increasing number of souls being refined, the Soul Devourer Sphere's refining speed was steadily increasing.
"After absorbing so many souls, I wonder how long it will take for this Soul Devourer Sphere to fully evolve..."
He thought to himself. Unfortunately, there was no clear progress bar to show, so he could only wait quietly, or perhaps wait for the cheat to successfully evolve, triggering the next level of evolution!
But just thinking about the enormous soul power required for a level 99 soul made his head spin. Though it seemed close, it was actually a long, arduous journey...