Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 112 - 089. Echo

Chapter 112: 089. Echo

Li Aozi released his neural tentacles and activated "Severing Life," extracting all the life and Arcane Energy from the young man on the ground.

Now, the slots of the Power Pod already accommodated three Arcane Energy, two of which were reserved for the "Blood Demon Style."

As it happened, the young man possessed the same Arcane Energy [Inscription Saint Swordmaster] as himself, so Li Aozi ruthlessly shattered the Arcane Sequence and directly integrated it into his body.

[Your Arcane Energy [Inscription Saint Swordmaster] has been enhanced]

[New Effect · Battle Ghost]: The prerequisite for equipping sword-type weapons will no longer depend on your [Strength] and [Dexterity] Attributes, but on [Charm].

[Current Development Level]: Contact Level, at this development level the consumption rate of Arcane Energy is—100%

"Huff..."

Li Aozi’s hand trembled slightly, some subtle changes and adjustments appeared in his muscles, making him more adapted to the use of cold weapons.

"This Arcane Energy seems to have quite a potential," Li Aozi was somewhat surprised.

He had never used this type of Arcane Energy before, but now it seemed to at least be compatible with him.

He stepped forward, withdrew the long sword from the hands of the young man who had been drained to a mummy, and forcefully detached the scabbard from his left arm. Sheathing the sword, he then revealed its complete attributes:

[Item Name]: Sky Ring Country Takekami Corporation Standard Samurai Sword · Simple Slash, made in the twentieth year

[Category]: Weapon/Sword

[Quality]: Ordinary and Durable

[Attributes]: Damage +30 (Sharpness Attribute)

Sharpness: Inflicts a minimum of 60 points of physical damage to unarmored targets.

[Sword Specialty]: Critical hit damage +20%, coherent attacks are more facilitated, allowing rapid passage through an enemy’s body.

[Introduction]:

"The samurai of Sky Ring always claim that they value their swords more than life itself, but when you really go to take their lives, they will humbly hand over their swords to you."

Blade Length: 91 centimeters

Net Weight: 2.75 kilograms

Material: Sky Ring Special Alloy Steel

Sharpness Correction: 20 (for every 1% increase in sharpness, gain 20 points of basic damage, up to a maximum of 80 points)

A sword for killing when wielded against the weak, it’s called a weapon of sin; against the strong, it’s called a hero’s weapon—it depends on you.

[Equipment Requirements]:

[Strength]——15

[Dexterity]——16

[Included Equipment]:

[Industrial-grade Scabbard]—Provides the skill "Coexist Slash," allowing the sword to be sheathed and concealed for a rapid high-damage critical hit.

[Rough Metal Knife Crossguard]—Can prevent disarmament and hand chopping to a certain extent;

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Because of the effect of [Soul Engraving Swordsman - War Spectre], his [Charm] Attribute was enough for him to wield this heavy alloy long sword.

"This is actually a good opportunity, they have brought me a weapon."

Li Aozi, holding the long sword, didn’t have time to familiarize himself with the weapon when the next moment, another biochemical pod burst open.

Endless—Li Aozi clicked his tongue—he still had no suitable way to destroy these biochemical pods.

This was next to a nuclear power reactor, and Li Aozi dared not make any major moves; the structure of the biochemical pods was strong enough to be projected from an outer space orbit.

He wasn’t yet capable of dismantling these.

"I was negligent... I trusted the player’s information too much and almost got Nomi killed."

Li Aozi stood guard beside Qiu Ran and said to her:

"Get in the elevator, stay inside, and if it really comes to that, just go back to the first floor—I’ve cleared it out already."

"Okay!" Qiu Ran didn’t doubt him and immediately carried Nomi’s decapitated body into the elevator.

Bang! Bang bang—Bang!

Four biochemical pods opened, and before the Ersha-armored youths inside could lift their heads, Li Aozi suddenly burst into action.

He fired three plasma shots in rapid succession, focusing fire on the nearest one. His main attribute boost was too high, and the ferocious plasma exploded instantly, obliterating the upper half of the target’s body.

Four people, no time to extract arcane energy.

With gravity-enhanced strength, Li Aozi flicked his thumb, unsheathed his long sword, and cleanly sliced through the necks of two Ersha-armored individuals.

Both "Severing Life" and "Soul Engraving Swordsman" effects triggered simultaneously, causing two expressionless girls’ heads to fly up high as blood spurted out like a fountain.

However, that was as fast as he could go.

The last girl raised her hands, and a white light immediately shone from her palms.

The intense flash made Li Aozi’s pupils shrink.

The next moment, the third floor underground was as bright as day.

"Midday Splendor"

Closing his eyes was useless; the brightness was too intense, it could directly burn the retina. This arcane ability was an extremely terrifying control skill in the early stages. Any individual with visual light-sensing ability simply couldn’t withstand such intense photonic radiation.

He immediately raised his arm to shield his face, using the property of his fashion item that it wouldn’t be destroyed, to block out the light.

Li Aozi quickly activated "Iterative Movement," teleporting behind his opponent, thereby only exposed to the minimal amount of radiation.

"-24"

For the first time since the fight began, he was injured.

The outer layer of his skin was scorched and ignited; he hurriedly patted out the flames and thrust his neural tentacles into the back of his opponent’s head, beginning to extract arcane energy and life.

With "Severing Life" activated, Li Aozi’s skin rapidly regenerated and healed, quickly restoring to full health.

"—It’s a good thing I practice Blood Demon Style. I don’t have to worry about unexpected situations like this; the error tolerance is extremely high."

"Power Pod Activation"

"Arcane Energy has been extracted from target": [Midday Splendor]

"Rating": Pi (π, the sixteenth Greek letter)

"Active Effect": (Adapted to body regulations) Initiates a photon outburst, causing no less than 20 million lumens of strong light.

For every 10 seconds of exposure, magic damage dealt increases by +20%.

The maximum brightness depends on your "Charm"

"Current Development Level": Perception Level, at this level of development arcane energy consumption rate is—110%

"This arcane ability could burn planets in the future."

Li Aozi peeled off the dead skin on his hand; the searing pain made it all the more real for him.

"I am still human after all. I am no longer just a player now."

Nomi was almost dead, and he wasn’t completely invincible; the player’s intelligence wasn’t absolutely authoritative either.

Death? Yes, death, a slight misstep and he too could die, just like Nomi.

This is no game anymore.

Li Aozi was not discouraged; he simply gripped his long sword more firmly, turning towards the remaining biochemical pods.

Hasn’t he killed enough people so far?

Maybe death would come eventually, but not today.

At this point, no amount of talk could substitute real strength. His strength was evident here, and as long as he was more careful, he wouldn’t die.

All he could do was keep killing his way through.