Sterl had the leisure to marvel at the quality of the yers'' mounts, his expression utterly rxed.


    Meanwhile, the approaching yer squad quickly found themselves in dire straits. Before they could even form up properly, just as they neared the massive checkpoint—


    The gates below the city walls suddenly swung wide open.


    Then, an overwhelming force surged forth!


    A heavy horn sounded.


    Sterl watched as a torrent of cavalry, followed by heavily-armored infantry, surged towards the yers!


    In an instant, a cavalry regiment of over a thousand riders was upon the yers!


    With his Star Insight, Sterl saw clearly that these cavalrymen were elite forces from various nations within the Netherworld, forcibly gathered by the world''s will.


    Though their armor was standardized, it was clearly not from a single set. Their mounts varied as well—tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves.


    There was even an exceptionallyrge elephant among them.


    Generally, the cavalrymen with the same mounts and armor formed squads to fight together. Each cavalryman was at level 60-70, and their leaders were almost entirely elite-tier.


    This thousand-strong cavalry regiment was equivalent to a thousand second-ss yers! They were even stronger than a normal yer squad because they had the support of a military formation!


    In terms of individual strength, these cavalrymen might not match yers with various skills and equipment.


    But in a head-on sh, they could easily eliminate an equal number of yers, or even twice that number!


    "This counterattack means the Netherworld is pulling out all the stops." Sterl couldn''t help but marvel. The terrifying momentum of the thousand cavalrymen represented the elite forces of an entire world!


    Sterl marveled, enjoying the spectacle without a care.


    The first wave of arriving yers was incredibly unlucky.


    The yers charging at the forefront were immediately engulfed and struck by the cavalry''s advance!


    The leading yers instinctively activated their protective skills, raising various colored shields, or their bodies glowed to fend off attacks.


    However, it was all in vain!


    The cavalrymen at the forefront of the charge plunged their swords into the shields! Although they might not have broken through the yers'' defenses, the sheer impact force knocked the yers off their mounts!


    Once they hit the ground, they had no time to react before being trampled by the following cavalry!


    Under the massive weight and impact—


    Even the sturdiest shields couldn''t hold for long!


    Not to mention, the cavalry''s trampling wasn''t just a matter of physical inertia and gravity.Many of them and their mounts were surrounded by strange glows, clearly enhanced by skills.


    yers, inherently more fragile than typical wild monsters or NPCs, faced the terrifying charge and trampling of the second-ss cavalry, and one by one, they were crushed to death!


    And this was just the beginning!


    As the cavalry charged, the rear yers also suffered!


    The yer team was split and interspersed!


    Rear-line yers like mages and priests couldn''t even cast many spells before being skewered by the cavalry''snces, falling miserably to the ground.


    "Help me!"


    "Damn it! How did so many soldiers appear out of nowhere?"


    "I knew the Dark Moon Alliance sent us here to die!"


    ...


    yers were being ughtered, crying out in despair.


    For a moment, the situation was utterly chaotic!


    The yers might have had decent individualbat abilities, but against the most formidable force of the cold weapon era—the cavalry charge—they stood no chance without overwhelming power.


    In the first wave of the assault, the slightly weaker yers werepletely wiped out.


    The surviving yers fared no better. After being divided by the cavalry, they had to fight alone, unable to receive help from theirrades. They were surrounded on all sides by soldiers rushing past them at high speed.


    One by one, yers activated their internal powers, with some even unleashing purple-quality skills!


    From a bird''s-eye view, bursts of energy swirled within the surging cavalry formation, like flowers suddenly blooming on the prairie.


    These counterattacks might have been powerful, but unless the yers could kill the cavalrymen instantly, the mounted soldiers would speed past, making it impossible for the yers to finish them off. The enemies would be hundreds of meters away by then, while new foes continuously surrounded the yers.


    Even the stronger yers found themselves in a tight spot! Despite their full-force outbursts, they struggled to kill their opponents.


    What was even more terrifying was that as the cavalry charged through, heavily-armored infantry surrounded the yers!


    Without the mobility constraints of the cavalry, the infantry''s heavy armor provided formidable defense. At the same level, ordinary spells and attacks barely scratched them.


    "Damn! We can''t even harm them!"


    "With our strength, how can we be ughtered by such a ruthless army?"


    "Who has a teleport scroll? I''ll trade a tinum-level item for it!"


    ...


    The remaining yers had no will to fight.All they wanted was to escape!


    The structured army was simply too terrifying!


    Subsequently, under the soldiers'' encirclement, the "strong" yers were all ughtered, except for a few who had lifesaving items like teleport scrolls.


    Even Sterl, observing from the watchtower on the city wall, couldn''t help but marvel, "So this is the power of an army?"


    "Truly formidable!"


    He even found a new idea forming in his mind—


    Recruiting ordinary yers as subordinates wouldn''t be helpful in directbat since his strength had skyrocketed too fast. But if he could form an army, he could leverage military formations to win with less power! After all, a and human civilizations had already emerged in his mental realm.


    Although he couldn''t yet utilize those human civilizations, Sterl had a feeling that if he ever reached the level of a god, or even a demigod, he could gradually interact with the "people" in his mental realm, bringing them into reality!


    That would be a natural source of troops!


    The more Sterl thought about it, the more excited he became, envisioning himselfmanding vast armies to conquer various dimensions with a single gesture.


    He got so excited that he rolled over in the watchtower andy down in a different position.


    "Alright, I''ll just wait for now…" Sterl couldn''t do much at the moment. After the yers outside died, the Divine Power and Law Power needed to be worn down by the world''s will before he dared to absorb them. For now, he decided to invest his time in training his arcane skill.


    Time flew by quickly.


    More yers gradually arrived, varying in strength, but none were as powerful as the first wave.


    Naturally, they were ughtered by the army, which behaved like rabid dogs.


    Sterl wasn''t in a hurry.He continued to happily train his arcane skill, gradually maxing out his proficiency.


    By the afternoon of the second day, he had sessfully maxed out his arcane skill proficiency and skill points.


    This time, he advanced his arcane skill directly to C-rank, just one level away from the B-rank arcane skill, Mountain.


    However, Sterl was somewhat regretful.It seemed he needed to reach at least level 60 toplete the second stage of the arcane skill advancement. His current status panel showed the following:


    [Arcane Skill: Star Soul Rotation (C-rank)]


    [Effects: ① Converts experience, gaining an additional 80% yield]


    [② All your attributes receive a 50% boost]


    [③ Talent enhancement, effect increased by 30% (currently selected: Divine Descent, current awakening level at 50%)]


    [Proficiency: 4999/5000 [Stage One] (maximum of three stages)]


    First, the experience yield had nearly doubled, and the attribute enhancement had reached 50%, effectively increasing Sterl''s overall attributes by 1.5 times! The awakening level of Divine Descent had also increased, and the SSS-level talent was nearing a breakthrough, approaching a secondary awakening!


    Furthermore, Sterl noticed that his proficiency was almost maxed out, just a tiny bit away from breaking through to the second stage of the arcane skill!


    Once Sterl reached level 60, hisbat power would receive a significant boost!


    After finishing his arcane skill training, Sterl didn''t hesitate to head to the battlefield and absorb the Divine Power and Law Power left behind by the dead yers.


    This time, his Divine Power reached 0.64 points, and the growth progress of his Law Power reached 64 points!


    As a result, Sterl could clearly sense a bright full moon illuminating his mental world!


    Moreover, he could sense countless "people" on the life-bearings silently gazing at the bright moonlight.


    Only half of these "people" worshiped the moon, spreading milky-white threads of light, which seemed to be a power called faith, dispersing into Sterl''s mental space.


    "What''s going on here?" Sterl thought as he watched, realizing that by adding celestial bodies or entities that matched the characteristics of the human race to his mental realm, he could promote the flourishing of the human race within it.


    And it would also provide more faith power? Although Sterl didn''t need this power at the moment, he knew it was undoubtedly valuable.


    "But it seems that only Law-level powers can create new entities in the mental realm."


    "In other words, if I want to gain more faith power, I need to acquire thews of the sun, stars, and other celestial bodies, as well as mountains, earth, rivers, and the like—the more, the better?"


    Sterl looked at the mental world evolved from his [Divine Office: Human Race], feeling as though he was beginning to understand something.


    He now vaguely felt that the [Divine Office: Human Race] might have way more potential than he initially imagined!


    He didn''t know the circumstances of the fallen deity who previously held this office, butbined with Sterl''s SSS-level profession, he gained almostpletepatibility with allws!