The reason Sterl made this seemingly nonsensical move was that he had discovered a "BUG." The mechanism of [Transcendence] dictated that players could not exit the game during combat. If they forcefully exited, their character would remain frozen in place, completely vulnerable without any protective measures. This meant that anyone could easily kill them.
Of course, this situation only triggered when players couldn't exit the game; the exit button would turn gray. However, the ability to switch accounts through the disk was a different story. The last time it had directly sent Sterl back to reality, and this time, he wanted to see if it would work again.
Sure enough, as he activated it, he immediately felt darkness envelop him.
Then, other hell players and demons nearby saw a figure flicker momentarily, as if the pixels that made up his body had shattered, and he vanished.
No one had any particular thoughts about it.
With so many bizarre life-saving items in [Transcendence]/Swallowing Heaven, who cared about how a hell player managed to escape?
Before long, Sterl sensed that he had returned to his reality inside the game pod.
At that moment...
Sterl fell silent for a moment, unable to help but smile.
It worked!
What does an invincible skill mean?
Log off, log back in.
In the meantime, he could jump out of the game, and no attack could harm him!
In the future, there would be nowhere in the game world that he couldn't go.
However...
Sterl suddenly felt a wave of alarm rise within him.
He raised his arm, the disk tattoo still on his skin.
Sterl sensed that the tattoo was conveying a message to him.
His previous action had exploited a loophole in [Transcendence]/Swallowing Heaven, and to mask this from the system, it consumed 100 documents. Moreover, each time he triggered a bug, the likelihood of the system discovering it would increase.
This meant that the number of documents consumed would continuously double.
Sterl: "..."
He had just thought he had obtained a skill that could be used infinitely, but it turned out that he had overestimated it.
The current consumption of 100 documents was not a big deal, but now the log-off technique could only be used two more times. If he used it a fourth time, consuming 800 documents, he would exceed the terminal storage limit (the current dual-faction total was 600 documents).
Sterl wasn't particularly disappointed, as this log-off method was still quite overpowered.
As long as Sterl could react quickly enough to use the disk to switch accounts, no powerful opponent would matter to him.
He could switch accounts to see if any strong players were still targeting him, then switch back to his main account.
Of course, normal players would never suspect that Sterl had logged off.
Theoretically, this was an absolutely invincible skill.
Even if he encountered an opponent he could never defeat—one that could continuously track him and wouldn't be affected even upon resurrection—he could still log off and resolve the issue.
And now...
"There are still two log-off opportunities left; I need to use them sparingly."
"However, after the cheat upgrade, I might be able to increase my disk capacity. That should allow me to extend the document storage limit and use the log-off technique a few more times."
Sterl thought to himself, but at this moment, he didn't have time to ponder too much.
He waited a few seconds and logged back in!
Those few seconds were precisely the window he needed to dodge the Thunder blade. If he waited any longer, he feared that the Archduke of Blood would unleash another attack, and if he suddenly logged in, he would be caught off guard and suffer a heavy blow.
Fortunately...
"Go find those two lords; there may still be a chance."
At that moment, the three gods displayed no dignity, briefly communicating with each other through divine thoughts, resembling lost dogs as they fled toward the Blood Red Fortress.
Surprisingly, the Archduke of Blood did not take action during this wave.
As for the other two divine-level demons, they were exceedingly wary of the Archduke of Blood, casually casting a few skills that just happened to graze the three main world gods as they passed by.
Then...
The players in the main world found themselves in dire straits. Many demigods who had not yet retreated into the fortress were left facing the divine-level demon wielding the Origin of Chaos.
Because, the gods of the main world had sold them out!
Sterl watched from a distance as the Archduke of Blood unleashed a single attack, rapidly dispersing the Thunder shadows behind him, followed by—
A raging frenzy of thunderstorms dancing wildly outside the Blood Red Fortress!
Almost every surviving unit had bolts of lightning raining down upon them.
And then, there was nothing that followed.
Ordinary units, faced with the divine-level power that triggered the Origin of Chaos, were utterly defenseless, reduced to mere fragments!
Under the flashing electric light, unit after unit evaporated.
If previously, under Sterl's relentless bombardment, the main world players had managed to wipe out most of the forces of Hell, leaving only about 30-40% remaining, now, after this wave from the Archduke of Blood,
The gap between the forces of Hell and the main world had shrunk to less than a factor of two.
This was an extraordinarily terrifying statistic, as the main world could unleash the strength of three realms at once.
Outside the Blood Red Fortress, everything had been cleared!
Not a single living thing remained!
At this moment, the Archduke of Blood began to gather strength once more, preparing to launch a direct assault on the fortress.
The shadow of the Thunder giant began to coalesce bit by bit, yet none of the three gods from the main world dared to step forward to stop it.
In fact, in their despair, they immediately sought refuge in the palace where the two figures from the Upper Realms resided.
"What's going on?"
"Why the rush?"
The two figures remained completely unperturbed, and as the three gods observed their calm demeanor, they gradually felt reassured. No matter how powerful the divine-level demon wielding the Origin of Chaos might be, it seemed that the two lords from the Upper Realms had a way to handle it.
"We..."
The three gods were about to say something when a tremendous noise erupted from the sky, as a Thunder bolt struck down hard on the Blood Red Fortress.
Immediately, the fortress raised a translucent shield composed of Divine Power.
Boom!!
However, countless units within the city felt as if the sky had suddenly brightened!
Amidst the brilliant Thunder, everyone felt their vision engulfed by a blinding white light!
As the brightness faded, countless players came to a realization.
"That divine-level demon is coming after us!"
"No way, if the combined might of the three gods can't hold it back, and the fortress's shield can't withstand it, what are we going to do?"
"Run quickly! No, the Thunder power has interfered with the surrounding space; we can't teleport away!"
Players were in a frenzy, shouting in panic.
The light shield of the fortress, which had originally been maintained by the Divine Power of the three gods and countless demigods, was now riddled with cracks from just a single Thunder attack!