[Ding! You have sessfully collected a Star Radiance. Currt collection progress (/6).]


    Just now, the one who defeated the BOSS was, of course, Sterl.


    As the Array Master, he had the ability to capture spatial trajectories and forcibly intercept the Heavly Curtain core.


    However, he deliberately allowed the Heavly Curtain core to escape, wanting to see what would happ wh these six cores werebined. Would it yield ev greater befits?


    As for why he pretded to feel regret and frustration, that was mainly for show.


    In case Sterl gained significant befits from the fusion of the Heavly Curtain core, no one should be able to guess that this befit might be rted to his demigoddisguise.


    Hmm? You''re wondering how Sterl would escape if thebined tity turned out to be an emy he couldn''t handle? He had already tested it; the teleportation scroll was unusable, but he could op the Gate of Hell, slip into Hell for a while, and th use the teleportation scroll there.


    The coordinates in Hell correspond to those in the main world, but they are constantly shifting. This change requires time. As long as he spt a short ough time in Hell, Sterl could sure that the teleportation scroll would bring him back to the main world.


    ...


    After that, Sterl quickly followed the marker for the Star Radiance to find the next boss.


    After another  of teleportation attacks, Sterl soon arrived at the location…


    It was a giant stone statue, slightly grown in size, formed from orange-yellow ergy. The statue was pure , holding a long spear. It looked incredibly powerful.


    As Sterl arrived, he found the boss still standing in ce, motionless. It wasn''t until he casually tossed out a ball of Ignition me as a test attack that the statue was instantly activated. The me struck the statue and immediately dissipated into a cloud of gre smoke, as if it had hit the surface of water.


    The next second.


    Creak. Creak.


    Apanied by a violt rumbling, the suring stones shook, and the giant statue began to move slowly. Gripping the long spear, a tremdous amount of light quickly gathered within its body. Clearly, this was the cutsce before a fierce battle with a powerful boss.


    But Sterl wasn''t going to wait a. Faced with a formidable foe, he activated Arcane Law, and rich purple light shone brilliantly a him.


    Legdary Ability: Inspire! A roar erupted from Sterl''s side.


    Th various attribute boosts activated all at once.


    A purple-gold me zed fiercely a Sterl.


    He executed a Shadow Stealth, slipping into the shadow world, and wh he reappeared, he shed down from above!


    Sterl wielded a de summoned by the Rain Curtain Sword!


    ng!


    Apanied by a deafing sound, shockwaves burst outward, shaking the g, cracking stones, and shattering trees.


    The head of the giant guardian was severed by more than half, revealing its rough stone ure.


    However, the "cutsce" of this boss was still not over!


    Sterl swiftly struck again with his sword!


    This time, he effortlessly severed the head cleanly in two!


    He th aimed directly at the head that had fall to the g, thrusting his sword forward. A massive surge of star power transformed into Flowing Water, rushing into the boss''s head.


    It shattered the protective barrier suring one of the Heavly Curtain cores inside!


    With a crisp sound, a Heavly Curtain core shot out from the boss''s head, still racing toward the distance.


    At the same time, in mid-air, this core began to disintegrate, splitting into four distinct ergies.


    The giant stone statue boss immediately dered its loss of all vitality and slowly copsed, bursting forth two colorful orbs of light.


    Just before the bosspletely vanished, Sterl casually activated Star Insight to scan it.


    He th discovered that this was also a powerful boss at the peak of legd, but in front of Sterl, it hadn''t ev had a chance to strike back.


    It was gone!


    "Because the Heavly Curtain core is the main material used to construct these bosses; once this primary material is removed, the boss, ev if it still has plty of vitality left, will directly perish."


    "Not bad, my efficicy just wt up."


    "As long as I locate the Heavly Curtain core''s position, a single attack can take it out instantly."


    Sterl mused, but at this momt, his expression turned somewhat wary.


    Before the giant guardian boss dissipated, Sterl took a nce at its attributes. This monster was at the peak of legd, having undergone a boost that significantly increased itsbat power, gradually nearing demigod status.


    Moreover, the boss had a special buff.


    [Power of Heavly Curtain: (/6)]


    [Description: Contains a trace of the strange power from a certain Great Divine Power that was involved in creating the Heavly Curtain Canyon. This strange power is dispersed among the various Heavly Curtain cores. It maintains the existce of the Heavly Curtain Canyon, but six of these Heavly Curtain cores harbor a portion of the Divine Power of that Great Divine Power.


    Once their powers are gathered, they will unleash an extremely terrifying might.]


    Sterl immediately felt a wave of intse unease!


    A trace of the Great Divine Power''s strgth, ev though it was divided among countless Heavly Curtain cores.


    But the mtion of six Heavly Curtain cores containing Divine Power clearly referred to the six bosses that Sterl was about to face!


    Just a casual guess made Sterl think it should develop like this—


    For every boss that died, the remaining bosses would gain an additionalyer of the Power of Heavly Curtain buff.


    Once all six bosses were defeated, the buff would umte to fill the sevth hidd boss.


    Hmm…


    This was amon pattern inrge instances of various MMORPGs.


    What kind of existce could a trace of the Great Divine Power transform into?


    Sterl''s heart rang with rm.


    It was very likely to be extremely difficult to handle!


    However, after hesitating for a few seconds and analyzing the situation—


    A single special Heavly Curtain core could only spawn a boss at the peak of legd. Ev if six of them merged, the power increase would be significant, but it shouldn''t be too outrageous, right?


    Moreover, he currtly had two "True Resurrection Armors," the Protection Power from the Star Radiance Dragon, and scouting abilities like Bionic Tear and clones.


    He could also op the Gate of Hell to escape if needed.


    Sterl felt he had no reason not to take a gamble.


    Of course, he also prepared a backup n.


    Sterl paused all his activities. Instead of provoking any bosses, he first dashed through thepleted Heavly Curtain Canyon, utilizing the teleportation attacks from Cursed Vision.


    His goal was to—map the area.


    During this process, Sterl casually defeated numerous wild monsters.


    He had alreadypleted the requiremt for his third-ss ritual of defeating 0 level 0 monsters long ago.


    Grinding monsters mainly served to collect blood force.


    The monsters in Heavly Curtain Canyon had dect strgth, and after each wave he defeated, Sterl could typically gain at least 0. units of blood force.


    As time passed into the afternoon of the second day,


    Sterl had run through the tire Heavly Curtain Canyon with his eyes closed, ssing everything a him.


    He casually added points to his Rain Curtain Sword again. This time, the changes in this tinum-level skill were not substantial.


    The power increase and consumption reduction corresponding to various Law realms were slightly improved.


    Furthermore, a mandatory point-adding plus sign appeared on this tinum-level skill, indicating that the next upgrade would be the final hancemt.


    At that momt, Sterl also vaguely ssed something…


    The Rain Curtain Sword, as a skill, was indeed rtively weak, because Sterl, possessing the tinum-level skill Silt Domain, knew—


    Combining two Laws with a tinum-level skill could produce effects greater than the sum of their parts (+>).


    Silt Domain, having Arcane Law, could invoke its most basic form, but if it had dual Law Power, the might of that domain would significantly increase.


    On the other hand, the single Law Power of the Rain Curtain Sword was inhertlycking. Ev with added points, it could not achieve the highest quality as a tinum skill.


    However, Sterl quickly stopped dwelling on the shorings of his skills.


    He had more important matters at hand.


    At that momt, Sterl found himself on the surface of a smoothke, sured by a group of ice-blue humanoid beings—monsters known as Ice Spirits. This group of monsters was not weak, but their unique life forms produced almost no blood force.


    Sterl swore in frustration.


    The smooth surface of theke was froz from the chilling aura of these Ice Spirits, marking it as one of the most peculiar areas in Heavly Curtain Canyon, where the natural space had effects of concealmt and obscurity.


    Without hesitation, Sterl sat cross-legged, directly using the surings to gather materials from the air.


    Just momts ago, he had forcibly captured the souls of several Ice Spirits he had defeated.


    Th, Sterl quickly retrieved the horrific materials produced by the Blood Cult followers from his small world—


    The tortured souls, the bodies of infants in by their own parts, the crystallized essce of pain and screams…


    A pile of ominous materials glimmering with unsettling light was swiftly cast out by him.


    Apanied by unique ergy fluctuations, these materials were fed into a spatial node.


    The atmosphere a him shifted from an initial calm serity to an eerie, chilling vibe.


    Everything seemed to be shrouded in ayer of gray mist.


    But that was not the d of it.


    Crimson lights gradually illuminated the area, and beath theke''s surface, there were still some fish swimming about.


    Now, under the blood-red glow, they quickly flipped onto their backs, their flesh being refined into threads…


    Evtually, a blood-red patterned formation was about to take shape.


    Sterl swiftly tossed in core materials like the Soul Solidification Gem, suring that all the ergy nodes were connected just before the formation waspleted.


    In fact, wh the Blood Cult followers drew up the formation, they were far less casual than Sterl.


    Sterl ev dared to initiate the formation without extracting any core materials first, only adding them wh the ergy was on the verge of linking.


    While this method increased efficicy, it also significantly raised the risk of failure.


    Sterl''s high skill allowed him to perform such actions.


    The advantage of this approach was—


    With a faint wave of ergy, the blood-red formation instantly vanished.


    Sterl had tak less than a few seconds from starting the formation to making it hidd.


    Without anyone noticing…


    The first sub-formation wasplete!


    Although Sterl knew there was no one nearby watching him, he emphasized caution above all else.


    "No matter how strong the emy is,


    under the hanced divine-level formation, it will be meaningless!"