At this moment, countless players in the Netherworld couldn't help but put down what they were doing and look up at the sky and the people of the Dark Moon Alliance.
They were on the verge of breaking down!
So many people fighting over just one portion of the Netherworld Water... Do they even have a chance?
Some even suspected that the Dark Moon Alliance was tricking them. They said that completing a task would remove the Lunar Restriction/Mark.
But in reality, the alliance wasn't giving them the chance to complete the task. They were taking the Netherworld Water themselves, thus having a legitimate reason to keep the Restriction in the players' bodies.
It's disgraceful for a force that worships a deity to pull such tricks, but players who had been deceived before felt that the Dark Moon Alliance was definitely capable of doing such a thing!
In reality, the Dark Moon Alliance wasn't behind the players' misfortune.
At that moment, in the void near the Netherworld, Richard's face was grim.
"My Goddess, besides the portion of Netherworld Water you initially planned to give to an old acquaintance, another portion has been taken, and our personnel stationed there were slaughtered!"
"What on earth is going on? Should I go and check it out?"
Richard was getting anxious!
The Netherworld Water is the world origin! Refining it would provide significant benefits, even for a demigod like him!
If the Netherworld itself weren't so weakened, with its world cap falling to second class, the world origin would still be valuable to a goddess like Gloria.
Moreover, the Dark Moon Alliance had lost a legendary soul.
These materialized legendary souls were warriors created by Gloria using her special Law Power.
In [Transcendence], there are often areas, alternate worlds, and instances that limit abilities, but soul entities can bypass these restrictions. However, not all legendary figures can be turned into soul entities after death, so losing one was a great loss for Richard!
Additionally, with the strength of a legendary soul, they should easily crush normal third-class opponents. How could one suddenly die? And without any intelligence being transmitted before death!
Instead, Richard noticed that two light pillars of the Netherworld Water had extinguished and only realized Milo had vanished through proactive sensing.
Layer upon layer of problems had shattered this demigod's previously calm demeanor.
However, despite his worries, when Richard looked up at his goddess, his anxiety disappeared.
To his surprise, he found the goddess smiling serenely.
Richard was momentarily lost in that smile, the same smile that had once captivated him and led him to follow Gloria until she became the Dark Moon Goddess.
It had been a long time since he'd seen such a scene.
"You don't need to handle this matter."
"Most of the troops and demigod-level warriors of the Alliance are now gathered on the front lines against the Buddha."
"The fact that we two are executing this plan already involves considerable risk."
"The only opportunity to act is when that item appears."
"Because once you show up, Buddha will undoubtedly launch a full-scale attack, leveraging their numerical advantage. Without me on the front lines, the alliance would suffer heavy casualties."
When Gloria mentioned the heavy casualties, her expression still carried a smile. However, unlike the genuine smile from earlier, this one was eerily pale and strange.
It seemed as if... she didn't care at all about those front-line soldiers.
"Well, gathering cannon fodder does require resources." Richard nodded. Apparently, the Dark Moon Alliance's ruthlessness extended from the goddess herself to her demigod subordinates.
"Just losing a portion of the Netherworld Water is nothing to worry about. Its value isn't that high to us." Gloria said in a gentle tone.
But somehow, Richard felt his goddess was in quite a good mood. His face showed slight confusion, and he even wondered if this was part of some plan.
In reality, Gloria indeed felt elated, as she hadn't been this happy in centuries.
The moon, in mysticism, symbolizes divination and prophecy.
Gloria had long used her Divine Power to divine some information.
The message she received was—
The one who took the Netherworld Water and killed the legendary soul was a player from Earth whose power hadn't surpassed the Netherworld's limits.
"An original Earthling, even with sealed potential, has emerged as a genius."
"Perhaps I will have another ally soon."
Gloria was extremely delighted.
However, she chose to bury this divined information deep within her heart, not even sharing a word with the loyal Richard beside her.
After thinking for a moment, Gloria touched her forehead, sealing away the memories of her divination, leaving only one hint—
"Don't bother with the lost portion of the Netherworld Water."
Seconds later, Gloria's eyes cleared.
"Richard, wait patiently. Once the third portion of the Netherworld Water is taken, the collapse of the Netherworld will begin."
"The chaos from the world's destruction will obscure all detection."
"That will be our only chance to act."
Richard unhesitatingly knelt on one knee, "As you command, my lady."
...
Meanwhile, Sterl had no idea that such an unfair ability existed in the world, allowing someone to know some of his information through so-called divination, even without any intelligence reports...
Although the information was extremely abstract, the only valuable detail was that Sterl's race was Earthling. As for his power level, it was uselessly vague, merely stating that Sterl's level was below third class, without specifying his exact strength.
For someone like Sterl, who thrived on caution and stealth, having any information about him exposed without any mistakes on his part was incredibly frustrating!
At this moment, Sterl stopped mid-flight and landed on the ground.
His ability to allocate points had been restored.
Sterl decisively took out the fragmented legendary crystal he had obtained earlier.
He opened his palm, revealing a crystal that emitted a dim, eerie light.
He silently commanded, "Allocate points."
Instantly, the crystal shone brilliantly. The previously jagged, dark object transformed into a smooth, lustrous gem, resembling a black pearl.
In front of Sterl, the attributes of the legendary crystal had drastically changed.
[Legendary Foundation: Shadow Stealth]
[Description: A theoretical impossibility, a construct formed by the essence of a legendary being's life force under some unknown influence, existing only within a living organism as a legendary cornerstone.]
[Effect: Using this item grants you an additional legendary ability: Shadow Stealth.]
"Is it really that powerful?"
Sterl was amazed, not just by the abilities themselves, but by the description that stated it was a theoretical impossibility!
With this qualifier, the value of his point allocation ability was significantly enhanced!
Although Sterl had always believed that his cheat potential had extremely high potential, this was an official acknowledgment from the [Transcendence] system!
And looking at the ability of this item, Sterl was overjoyed!
The description might be brief, but the implications were huge.
Sterl could directly use the Legendary Foundation to learn Milo's legendary ability!
"My God..."
"It looks like I'm really about to soar... No, I'm soaring again!"
While Sterl might be a bit of a bumpkin, after encountering these legendary demigods, he had managed to gather some intelligence through his subordinates.
He knew that all legendary beings had only one legendary ability.
This didn't even need to be emphasized. It was a natural law with no exceptions.
But Sterl's point allocation ability had just created this exception! Even he initially thought that after allocating points, perhaps it would just allow for multiple uses of the legendary crystal.
But the point allocation ability turned out to be overwhelmingly powerful!
At this moment, Sterl couldn't help but start fantasizing about a future where he possesses dozens of legendary abilities, sweeping away all obstacles in his path.
Of course, he quickly calmed down.
The drop rate for legendary crystals was already terrifyingly low, and despite his ability to allocate points, amassing a plethora of legendary abilities would still be difficult.
However, he felt that having seven or eight legendary abilities in the future shouldn't be too far-fetched.
It's important to know that each legendary ability far surpasses gold-quality skills, and Sterl even suspected that if he were to create a legendary ability with the imagined 60 points of legendary degree, it could likely crush platinum-quality skills.
Of course, Sterl also understood that platinum-quality skills might also be merged with Law Power in the realm of demigods or other things of equivalent value.
After a moment of excitement, he didn't hesitate to swallow the smooth legendary foundation.
Sterl had expected to endure some intense pain to absorb this tremendous power.
But the process was surprisingly easy.
Sterl only felt a cold stream of air flowing through his body, which was almost pleasant, lulling him into a drowsy state.
Over three hours later.
Sterl reopened his eyes.
He felt as though his entire body had been transformed, crossing some kind of threshold.
Several notifications flashed before his eyes.
[You have undergone an extremely weak Legendary Ascension Ritual: All attributes increased by 10 points.]
[You have acquired the legendary ability: Shadow Stealth.]
An unexpected bonus?
Sterl was stunned for a few seconds. A total of 40 attribute points was incredibly valuable!
But that wasn't the main focus. He quickly brought up his attribute panel, and sure enough, there was a new module added.