Sterl let out a sigh of relief.
At this moment, he felt a faint sense of blood connection between himself and the Star Egg in his hand.
A system notification rang in Sterl's ears.
[You have successfully refined your Main Star.]
[Note: The Main Star and Sub Stars units will be absolutely loyal to the Master of Stars.]
"There wasn't really a need to say that last part." Sterl muttered to himself, considering the refining of Main and Sub Stars wasn't some dark magic, but required the other party to willingly submit to Sterl.
Otherwise, the refining would inevitably fail.
Certainly, in the Star Egg, Sterl's unborn pet lacks self-awareness.
Sterl naturally completed the refining process in one go.
In fact, apart from the innate absolute loyalty of pets, the only flaw of the Star Lord profession is how to tame wild monsters and players to willingly follow them. This is a big challenge!
However, for Sterl, with an SS-tier guaranteed pet as his Main Star before his second class change, he had no worries about the Main Star issue.
And how would Sterl find a suitable Sub Star?
Considering the relatively low bonus from a Sub Star, he decided it was better to have none than to settle for less, leaving the position vacant for the time being if no suitable candidate was found.
At that moment.
Whoosh!
With a flash of light, Sterl left the cave, a boon gained from refining his Main Star.
Since the pet egg was still hatching, he hadn't received attribute or skill bonuses yet, but he shared his pet's S-tier talent—
[Starforce (S)]
[Effect: Upon activating this talent, a domain of starlight is created. Within this domain, stamina and energy recovery rates are doubled, and the skill Starlight Leap can be used (unlimited teleportation within the starlight domain).
Once the starlight domain is activated, if enemies are also within the domain, all their terrain-based buffs are nullified. Their efficiency in casting skills using external elemental forces is reduced by 100%.
Note: Dragging an opponent stronger than oneself into the starlight domain will increase the consumption.
This skill consumes star power, not energy or stamina.]
Unquestionably, this was a talent with significant combat potential.
Within the starlight domain, Sterl could teleport without limit, and with his stamina and energy recovery rate doubled, his combat effectiveness significantly increased, along with the ability to nullify opponent's buffs and slow their skill casting…
It was purely a combat-oriented talent.
For Sterl at this stage, it also had the function of opening the domain to recover energy and stamina.
This talent was very practical!
As for the star power needed to activate Starforce, Sterl had all the necessary information in his mind after refining his Main Star.
Simply put, as long as there were stars shining, the star power would accumulate automatically.
Sterl could roughly accumulate enough star power to activate the starlight domain for an hour every day.
As for his instant movement out of the cave just now, it was because, within the Starfall Wilderness dungeon, he was by default in a starlight domain.
Sterl effectively had unrestricted access to his newly acquired talent.
"This is perfect for completing the final steps of the job change ceremony with the bonus of unrestricted teleportation."
He thought that the boost from the Main Star, compared to the transformation after an actual job change, was nothing significant!
Sterl can't wait anymore!
And so...
Along the way, nearly every monster was startled by Sterl's barrage of Flame Storms, coming out enraged to attack him.
Sterl, taking advantage of unlimited teleportation, bombarded them relentlessly!
A variety of notifications kept ringing in his ears.
[You have killed a level 20 monster, Star Remnant. Since you have not changed jobs yet, you cannot gain experience.]
[You have killed…]
…
[You cast the skill [Flame Storm]. Proficiency +2, Current proficiency: (1933/2000) Mastery.]
[You cast…]
…
Occasional monster drops were swiftly picked up by Sterl's rapid teleportation.
[You have obtained the material: Star Fragment]
[You have obtained…]
The number of Star Fragments required for the job change slowly accumulated.
For efficiency, Sterl even stopped deliberately heading towards the last two dots symbolizing pet eggs, focusing solely on finding monsters—wherever there were more monsters, that's where he'd go!
Thus, he was getting closer and closer to becoming the Master of Stars.
The proficiency of Flame Storm kept increasing.
[You cast… (1937/2000) Expertise.]
[… (1939/2000)]
…
[1979/2000]
…
And with the death of each wild beast,
The number of Star Fragments in Sterl's hands also increased.
Fifty-two.
Fifty-three.
…
Fifty-eight…
…
Several hours later.
In a giant pit on the southwest side of the dungeon.
Sterl was breathing lightly, surrounded by the bodies of wild beasts named Star Remnants, which turned into starlight and merged back into the dungeon.
The entire mine was covered in scorch marks from the explosions of fire.
Sterl rubbed his forehead slightly, the crazy use of skills and the consequent energy expenditure causing him a bit of a headache now.
"Luckily, being in the dungeon is equivalent to having an unlimited starlight domain. Otherwise, it would not be possible to farm monsters so efficiently."
"That job change task would have taken even longer." he reflected.
At the same time, Sterl squinted his eyes, "It's just a pity that despite the high efficiency of monster farming under the condition of double energy recovery speed and unlimited teleportation, I can't gain experience because I haven't changed the class yet."
"What a loss!"
"But fortunately…"
"It's finally about to end!"
Sterl faced the last wild beast…
A "gazelle" shaped Star Remnant that even showed fear.
He revealed a bloodthirsty smile.
The "gazelle" shivered all over, hesitated for a moment, then turned and ran!
Sterl coldly watched until the gazelle had run several hundred meters away.
Then he quickly chanted two syllables—
Flame Storm!
In the midst of intense combat, Sterl himself hadn't realized that the Flame Storms he was casting had undergone a tremendous change from before.
Originally, this move could only target a specific direction, creating a hurricane-like vortex of flames, combining control and killing power.
But this time, Sterl compressed the flames into a wind bullet in the form of a fierce wind. Then—
It burst forth!
He created a flame spear, piercing through!
With the fire serpent's breath, it pierced through the body of the gazelle-shaped beast like a sharp sword, followed by a fierce fire that burst into terrifying high temperatures from within the creature!
In an instant, [Flame Storm·Modified] turned the last beast on the battlefield to ashes.
At the same time, Sterl was somewhat surprised to hear a system notification by his ear.
[You have cast the skill [Flame Storm]. Proficiency +11, current proficiency: (2000/2000) Mastery.] (Excess proficiency does not count)
[You have successfully understood another way to use the skill Flame Storm through your own insights, raising your skill proficiency to the level of Mastery.]
Sterl was slightly stunned, "I reached mastery level in Flame Storm without using the power of blood."
By the way, this is a green-quality skill!
Sterl had been worried that he wasn't qualified to be a player. He had practiced the basic steps for nearly more than 10 years without breaking through to mastery.
He thought his talent was inadequate and that he needed the power of blood to have a mastery-level skill, thereby meeting the requirements for the job change ceremony.
Sterl didn't expect that he would break through the proficiency level of Flame Storm on his own.
"Maybe, I'm a genius after all?" Sterl joked.
However, his mind wasn't on the skill proficiency at all, but rather he hurried forward to pick up the light orb dropped by the last beast.
Several notifications sounded in Sterl's ears.
[You have obtained the material: Star Fragment]
[You have met the condition for the job change ceremony: Collect 60 Star Fragments.]
[You have completed all the prerequisites for the job change ceremony: Master of Stars.]
[The inauguration ceremony for Master of Stars is now open: Relevant information has been issued.]
[Warning: The inauguration ceremony is irreversible. Please choose carefully!]
At this moment, Sterl felt a surge of information flooding into his mind, intuitively understanding how to inaugurate as the Master of Stars.
As for the system's warning, he naturally chose to ignore it.
With this S-class job, which has high potential for future growth, what was there to hesitate about?
He sat down cross-legged right in the pit.
Then, Sterl took out 60 Star Fragments, placing them in his palm.
He closed his eyes, conjured an image of the galaxy, and instantly the power from the Star Fragments was drawn out, surging into his body!