Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener Chapter 189: Devourer of All Things (Simulacrum)

Huh?

Sterl was taken aback.

[Teleportation is now starting!]

The ssage changed again. Before Sterl could react, a vortex appeared in front of him, quickly sucking him in.

...

Sterl felt himself instantly transported to an island.

He could hear the sound of waves crashing and sll the salty sea air.

The island's scenery was quite nice, with many tall coconut trees and a distant coastline that looked like a translucent white line. This place seed more like a vacation paradise than a trial ground.

Sterl opened his mini-map and found himself in the [Hall of Valor Simulated World (A2 Zone)].

The map only showed information about this island, with the surrounding areas marked in dark purple, suggesting the edges of the simulated world.

Sterl ticulously studied the map, uncovering the overall layout of the island. According to the map, the island was divided into four major zones labeled A, B, C, and D, with each major zone further subdivided into 1 to 5 smaller sectors.

If each zone had the sa number of people...

"That's 1000 people?"

"No wonder it takes three years to match."

Sterl pondered. Killing a legendary unit was required to qualify for the extre trial.

Legendaries had a massive advantage over third-class units, and even with the Hall of Valor gathering talents from multiple continents, it was tough to find 1000 people.

"Maybe I was just lucky, joining the queue right before it was about to be completed?"

As Sterl thought this, he suddenly heard murmurs around him.

"Wasn't I dead? How am I here?"

"Where is this place? I rember being crushed by that boss..."

"Weren't we wiped out? Why am I the only one here? Abraham! Amanda! Where are you?"

"Is this heaven or hell?"

"Why was I teleported here? And what's this about so ancient family contract? What's going on?"

...

Everyone was in a state of bewildernt and chaos. So individuals glanced around, hoping to glean useful information from the mouths of others.

Listening to them, Sterl realized none of these people had entered the Hall of Valor for a trial in the proper way.

They were all thrown in here for various reasons: so died and ended up here, others were bound by so weird contract...

Around 50 "people" (including different races), and Sterl was the only one who entered this map through legitimate ans.

Sterl frowned slightly and used Star Insight to scan.

Sure enough, everyone had at least an S-class profession and S-class talent, with so even having dual S-class talents or professions, making them top-tier geniuses.

Moreover, all of them were max-level third-class, on the verge of breaking into legendary status. Each had golden skills with considerable investnt in legend points, making them formidable in combat.

Judging by their appearances, they were also quite young.

Sterl felt it was reasonable for these people to have the ability to challenge legendaries and be selected for the extre trial.

Everything seed logical, except for the fact they hadn't voluntarily signed up for the extre trial.

Sterl couldn't help but feel suspicious, "Did I get matched so quickly because of timing, or is the Hall of Valor randomly pulling people in now?"

He noted that those who said they were summoned by ancient family contracts seed clueless about the extre trial.

This suggested that such teleportations had never happened before.

Alternatively, those teleported might have been unable to relay information back.

Both scenarios were possible, but the likelihood of teleportations never happening before seed higher. If families had people continuously disappearing, it would raise suspicion, and those summoned would likely have been prepared.

"So, the extre trial filling up so quickly—is it because the Hall of Valor is randomly pulling people in? Including the dead and family heirs bound by ancient contracts?"

Sterl pondered. Ever since Gloria and the other deities appeared, he felt he had touched upon so hidden secrets of this world.

"Cataclysm?"

The word flashed in his mind.

Could it be that so impending disaster was causing the Hall of Valor's unusual behavior?

Sterl had his doubts.

Unfortunately, at this stage, he couldn't do anything but focus on completing the trial and earning so rewards.

While Sterl was deep in thought, the initially chaotic crowd began to settle down.

These were all top-tier geniuses, strong and experienced. They quickly cald down and assessed the situation.

Many of these geniuses knew of the Hall of Valor and pieced together the truth from the hints.

"So, we've been pulled into this extre trial by the Hall of Valor?"

"Complete the trial, and we get great rewards. Fail, and we die here???"

Soone muttered.

The other geniuses had varied reactions.

"Whatever the case, at least it brought back from death. A trial? I'm in!"

"I didn't expect to get another chance at life..."

"A trial, how interesting..."

"Maybe this is my chance to beco even stronger."

...

Those who had died and were brought here felt grateful. The Hall of Valor had given them another shot at survival, so they had no objections to the trial.

The ones forcibly summoned were also excited.

They were "geniuses," used to overcoming challenges and doing extraordinary things, growing rapidly.

Facing a high-difficulty challenge aligned with their instincts, they were far from panicked and instead felt thrilled.

As the group discussed, Sterl loudly claid that he too had been teleported after dying, blending into the crowd.

Then, they began to discuss—

"This place looks pretty safe. It's called the extre trial, so it should be tough, right? But I can't see what's so difficult about it yet."

People chatted, their expressions relaxed.

So people who already knew about the Hall of Valor began to explain, "Actually, my family had planned for to enter the Hall of Valor, so I know a bit about it."

"Generally, the Hall of Valor's standard trials gather many players and force them to face a boss in a world they can't escape from."

"The boss's strength is set based on the strongest players gathered."

"In theory, even the strongest players combined with others can't defeat the boss, forcing them to break their limits and counterattack!"

"However, the difficulty of breaking through isn't very high."

"It could be a breakthrough in individual combat ability or in players' cooperative skills."

"And the boss will prioritize hunting down the weakest players first."

"The strongest players have plenty of ti to train themselves."

"But, if the players' talents aren't enough to break their limits, they all die."

As the explanation continued, Sterl finally understood why the demigod had told him he'd et the Dark Moon Alliance players again when taking him off the rainbow ship.

The reason was simple. In a standard trial, those players would act as cannon fodder, sacrificing their lives to buy ti for Sterl and the other top-tier players to develop.

"I just wonder what the extre trial's situation will be like..." As soone voiced this thought.

Suddenly, the sky changed color!

A notification popped up in all players' retinas.

[Gifted warriors from another world, struggle!]

[Enemy: Devourer of All Things (Simulacrum) has descended in A2 Zone (the strongest player zone).]

[Note: The rules for this trial are the sa as the standard trial. Push your limits as much as possible.]

"Huh??"

"We're the strongest?"

"Great, I'm very satisfied with that evaluation." Many players were not surprised but rather delighted and even proud.

Only Sterl's expression changed, looking grim.

The Hall of Valor's trial rules were very targeted at him! Because he relied on his overpowered combat abilities to steamroll through, and now they were creating an enemy stronger than him??

Damn!

Sterl's heart was racing. Knowing that the Hall of Valor was created by a great Divine Power, his trump cards, except his cheat abilities, were probably all analyzed.

This ant the Devourer of All Things would likely be created based on Sterl's maximum strength.

"Fine, testing my breakthrough ability, huh?"

"With my cheat abilities, breaking limits is the least of my worries."

He wasn't lacking in confidence.

Sterl's real concern was the Hall of Valor revealing his trump cards.

But after so thought, he cald down.

Sterl perceived that the intrinsic will of the Hall of Valor bore a striking resemblance to the titan within the consciousness space employed by the Divine Mountain Empire, devoid of subjective biases or preferences. Thus, his revelation of his trump cards seed inconsequential.

Moreover, being a creation of a great Divine Power, the Hall of Valor should not be entirely susceptible to the dominion of ordinary deities...

Sterl deed this exposure to be of little consequence...

However, he cast a glance of pity towards the nearby players.

These individuals, currently basking in a state of elation, remained blissfully ignorant of the impending horror they were about to confront.

At that very mont, the sky underwent a dramatic transformation. Bolts of lightning began to descend upon the once clear island, and a pure black void started to expand rapidly from the size of a re grain of rice.