Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 228 - 050. Sovereign of the Airspace

Chapter 228: 050. Sovereign of the Airspace

As long as he first reduced the target’s Health Points by fifty percent, then stacked all of his Arcane Energy on top, the damage bonus provided by his Specialty, Mutation, and Overseer Form was considerable.

He had the damage bonus of "Desperate Counterattack," "Ersha Crazy Owl," and "Advanced Senior Combat NPC"; if he could also land a critical hit, the damage could even overflow to double the amount.

A fully formed "Mutant," upon activating Overseer Form, possessed the most substantial burst damage on paper among all classes in the early game, coupled with the Arcane Energy of "Spontaneous Combustion," which had two extremely powerful effects:

First, if the target was a living creature, it would be afflicted with ’Burning State,’ suffering magic damage equal to seven percent of its maximum Health Points per second, and a corresponding slow effect based on the target’s "Will" attribute.

Although as a "Shaman," the Duke’s "Will" should be far more exaggerated than he imagined, the percentage-based magic damage was quite terrifying.

Second, if the target was in an Incineration state, it would deal True Damage to the Undead Clan and carbon-based life forms.

Interestingly, the "Mysterious" "Shaman" was counted as part of the ’Undead Clan’ when in spirit form.

The Duke could make countless mistakes, but as long as there was one error, he would be slain in one strike by Li Aozi.

Compared with Bayo Kong, the Duke was indeed terrifying and more mature, but unlike Bayo Kong, his body was extremely frail, and his brain had long been slow to react due to chronic hypoxia.

In such a state, Li Aozi was confident that he could kill him with one move.

The true problem was... he couldn’t hit his opponent.

Li Aozi launched a series of fireballs, but all were blocked by the Evil Spirits, and he didn’t even have time to click his tongue in annoyance as he crisply executed dozens of sharp, angular, and maneuverable turns in the lower atmosphere.

Even as he freely spun and tumbled in the air, utilizing his high acceleration and simply adjusting the direction of gravity as if he were in free fall, he could only increase his speed to less than seven times the speed of sound, limited by air resistance.

Arcane Energy is a mysterious supernatural force. From the primitive era, people knew that rain fell from the sky, but it wasn’t until thousands of years later that anyone could explain why falling raindrops didn’t kill people.

Understanding and harnessing the potential of Arcane Energy is essentially the same process as explaining ’why raindrops don’t kill people.’ Once you truly comprehend the principles of your Arcane Energy and can explain them clearly, you become able to dominate the entire real world.

His blade streaked across the sky, igniting flames as he deftly navigated through a sea of Evil Ghosts that resembled a swarm of locusts, like a meteor twisting and turning a thousand times, tearing through the long night, continuously seeking opportunities under the Ersha Sky during a blizzard and amidst windswept sand.

To enhance his mobility and output, Li Aozi deliberately reduced his Health Points to less than half, sometimes intentionally taking hits to prevent his Health Points from increasing, thus ensuring the effect of "Desperate Counterattack" remained active.

Li Aozi’s preemptive deactivation of his protective shield prevented Grante’s Air Force from taking off due to the influence of Ersha, reducing the aerial pressure on him considerably. However, the persistently pursuing sea of Evil Spirits behind him was incredibly annoying – he had no way to eliminate these Evil Spirits that had accumulated for nearly three hundred years on the spot.

Three hundred years, even for a small country like Grante, meant that at least several thousand individuals would die each year. Even after accounting for the sustenance of the Evil Spirits and their own consumption of Spiritual Power, there would still be several hundred thousand left after three hundred years.

Li Aozi turned his head, unleashing a flaming slash that cleared a path, then immediately dove into it; he tore off a tendril with his left hand, which the Gravity instantly stretched taut, transforming it into a spear and hurling it towards the Duke!

——————Clang!

The spear wrapped in flames, like a meteor, arrived in an instant and struck the Duke’s body, burning off his tendrils, and the fiery blaze instantly dispersed the evil spirits at the point of impact.

However, the purpose of this strike was not to merely inflict burn damage, the "Severing Life" effect prohibiting the recovery of health immediately took hold on the Duke. Slightly displeased, he summoned more evil spirits, which dove straight towards the mortals on the ground.

"Fall back! Run!"

Xi Silong and the others, who had previously been providing artillery support, now saw the spirits coming towards their own people and dared not stay any longer. With so many spiritual creatures, there was no way to fight them without a Transcendent, and they could only flee as quickly as possible; their firearms were useless against spiritual bodies, and only a fool would stand still and wait for death.

Meanwhile, Alicxia on the ground seized this opportunity. The moment the Duke’s left heel left the ground, she charged forward like a heavy truck, stomping with rapid strides directly into the wave of wandering demon ghosts. While swinging her scythe to reap the evil ghosts, she fixed her gaze on the Giant ahead and shouted in a low voice,

"Inspect!"

The decree of her words took immediate effect. Duke Gamos tilted slightly, and in the eyes of Alicxia, his soul and intent were as open as a gateway.

’Step out with your left foot at two o’clock, rotate the right third arm, and strike down towards the woman on the ground.’

Alicxia on the ground immediately turned and ran at accelerated speed. The Duke’s foot came crashing down in an instant, sparking explosive lightning and causing a tumultuous blast of air to sweep across the land. Riding the wind, Alicxia leapt onto the Duke’s outstretched arm and ran even faster. Blades stabbed down from her leg armor, and any demon ghosts that caught sight of her instantly disintegrated and scattered with screams.

’Swipe away the flames, attack that woman with your primary left hand.’

The eyes of Gamos moved, noticing Alicxia climbing up his arm, inflicting one wound after another, frantically climbing against gravity. He brushed off the flames ignited by Li Aozi on his chest and immediately raised his left hand, smashing it towards Alicxia.

Bang!

Alicxia, well-prepared, spread her arms wide and leaped in anticipation. Her toes touched the claws extended by Gamos, and with a push, she jumped again. Her arm armor transformed into a gavel and smashed down towards the Duke’s face!

A bolt of lightning fell from the sky, striking Alicxia instantly. The powerful current flowed through her body in a flash. Her body stiffened, her heart stopped beating, the simultaneous translator hanging from her ear short-circuited and exploded, her eardrums burst and bled profusely, and her muscles, stimulated by the electric current, immediately stiffened, causing her skin to rapidly scald. At this point, unable to maintain her form, she began to plummet toward the ground.

Crackle——Boom, boom, boom, boom——

The rumbling thunder rolled, and belatedly accompanied, was the result from "Inspect":

’Summon lightning.’

The natural lightning in the world reaches up to a billion volts, with currents at least twenty thousand amperes and potentially up to three hundred thousand, which would be fatal to mortals and highly likely to instantly kill even a Transcendent.

As Alicxia fell swiftly from the sky, the Duke reached out a hand to grasp her. In that fleeting moment, her teeth quivered as she managed to squeeze out a word as faint as the sound of a mosquito:

"...Prosecute."

The next moment, a golden brilliance lit up the sky.