Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 296 - 112. Real Steel

Chapter 296: 112. Real Steel

Hiss!

With his arm bitten off by a Demon Ghost, Frost Plated lost his grip on the tachi. Unperturbed, he kicked the monster flying and, with a sweep of his massive Pegasus Wings and a torrential burst from his Stardust Wings like an ion cutter, shredded the ensuing beasts to pieces.

"Where are you looking?"

A Cross Spear thrust from behind pierced through Frost Plated’s spine, skewering his still-beating heart. Lii Yuping San, drenched in blood, viciously flung the spear to the ground, while Frost Plated rolled away, his eyes radiating golden rings that pulled back the lost tachi directly towards Lii Yuping San.

Standing firm like a Martial God, Lii drew his spear and stamped it into the ground. He erupted with a strong aura on the spot, sending both the tachi and Frost Plated flying. Frost Plated tumbled repeatedly to diffuse the force, and "Severing Life" promptly sucked a harsh breath of life energy, regenerating his arm at a visibly rapid pace. However, before he could kneel and rise, his chest burst open in a spray of blood.

Bang—

A massive shell casing ejected as Yin Shuya coldly pulled her rifle’s bolt back. Blue Qi Energy gathered and compressed in the chamber like a storm, perfectly mixed with the gunpowder gases. With a thought, she pulled the trigger, and the fire ignited instantly. A uranium-depleted, stabilizer-tail armored piercing round hit Frost Plated’s armored suit without delay.

Instantly, the self-sharpening nature of the uranium and the combustion tore his armor and flesh apart, vaporizing it. His body, like minced meat, splattered in all directions, a surge of firelight blossoming from his back dragging organ fragments for meters, splashing across the surrounding walls.

Frost Plated staggered forward, his health points nearing depletion yet again, promptly linked his life with all the surrounding monsters using "Death Link."

Whish—

In an instant, the previously ferocious monsters fell dead one by one, the ’death’ they suffered being transferred from Frost Plated to them, and without his high regeneration ability and mimicry of life, they faced nothing but demise.

One by one, the monsters charged, collapsing mysteriously before they could even touch Frost Plated, sprawling to the ground, their ghostly fires in their eyes going out, their forms turning into a dark ash and scattering with the wind.

"You monster..."

At this point, even the proud Lii Yuping San was numb to the scene.

He had seen rivers of blood before, but never had he seen a single person turn into a river of blood.

Blood, all damn blood, greedily drunk by the earth, running wantonly through the cracks in bricks, scattering in all directions on the walls, like raging waves striking at his feet—if a censor of film and television saw this scene, they would likely drop dead from a heart attack. Even for a battle-hardened fighter like Lii, the scene was almost too gruesome to bear.

"Truly a demon... a Blood Demon."

Suzuka the Shrine Maiden, having her face and thigh severely slashed by Frost Plated, also emerged battered despite her resistance to physical damage as a "Spirit Medium." The burns on her hand and face testified to Frost Plated’s overwhelming menace.

All of them were wounded, while the blood-soaked Frost Plated seemed on the brink of death, but always managed to find residual strength to counterattack.

"Hey, Suzuka-chan."

Yin Shuya looked somewhat uncomfortable. The previous shot she made, linked through "Death Link," severely backfired on her. Fragile as she was, even bearing just a part of the death transfer made her pale and nearly collapse. After a few gasps and coughs, she looked up at the Shrine Maiden and exclaimed:

"His recoil damage ability is too strong. We won’t be able to eliminate him like this."

She looked towards the Grand Yin Yang Master floating aloft:

"He really is taking it easy. Why exactly did he bring this disaster into our country?"

"Whatever you say now is pointless. Frost Plated’s damage potential may be limited, but his regeneration is just too powerful. We need a way to punish him."

"Like what?"

"Don’t give him a chance to draw from our life force."

Suzuka said this and immediately cast a Smoke Screen Charm, isolating Frost Plated and Lii Yuping San. She then crossed the Spirit Realm and placed a hand on Lii’s shoulder:

"Let’s go, baldy. Don’t be his blood bag for nothing."

Lii Yuping San cursed under his breath, but seeing Imperial Bell Deer pointing urgently at the rapidly approaching presence behind him, he immediately withdrew without hesitation.

Whoosh—

Li Aozi’s greatsword tore through the dust. The pupils of the Dominators reflected an oppressive mass of mechanized forces.

"Can’t handle it, huh? They’ve actually deployed regular troops."

Gamma Ranks were ultimately powerful individuals, and once involved in the battlefield, they were merely high-level cannon fodder. The official deployment of mobile units signaled that the People of Sky Ring could no longer tolerate, and officially began action against Li Aozi.

Looking afar, the sky instantly burst into countless crimson lights from high-speed missiles, which exploded one after another near Li Aozi. Without hesitation, Gravity propelled him skyward as he continuously dodged terrifying supersonic missiles, as Qiong’anjing’s airspace was instantly covered in fireworks.

The People of Sky Ring demonstrated through their actions that they were nothing like Frost Plated in terms of military ethics.

Three minutes into the battle, hundreds of drones took off to intercept, employing beyond-human limits of mobility to surround and blockade Li Aozi. Simultaneously, the People of Sky Ring maximized the power of Qiong’anjing’s barrier. The artificial Sun transformed the barrier completely into beams of a light prison, instantly vaporizing any airborne object daring to breach 19,000 meters height with its high-temperature particles.

Under such restrictions, Li Aozi’s aerial movements were severely limited as drones crashed directly into him. They didn’t need to catch up with him, merely coming close was enough to activate their combat systems, turning the high explosive drones into aerial bomb trucks. The shrapnel and shock waves tossed Li Aozi around like a volleyball.

"What a hassle!"

Li Aozi hated continuing the tangle with the People of Sky Ring’s Air Force; relying on their low altitude advantage, these suicide drones would chase him and attack. His high-speed flying was not advantageous in this environment.

The People of Sky Ring attacked him frantically. He quickly felt the firepower of the People of Sky Ring—various types of anti-aircraft missiles rapidly approached him as tactical lasers predicted his forward path, weaving a large area of laser nets in the air.

Even if beam weapons did not greatly threaten Li Aozi, if he tried to block the lasers, the drones would immediately pounce, and under the People of Sky Ring’s robust near-surface satellite surveillance, his movements could not be hidden.

"Nowhere to run!"

After several Gamma Ranks withdrew their forces, a professional medical team rushed in to provide them with the best maintenance and treatment.

Among them, Yin Shuya, known as the Ranger, was the least injured. After regrouping, she immediately jumped onto an aerial combat type Mobile Armor, connecting the Qi Energy transfer channels to her brain and spine.

"Hold on, Miss Yin Shuya, the crew members for this machine have not arrived yet—"

"No need, I am enough for one crew."

[Link Complete]

The screen lit up, and Grand Yin Yang Master Abe Tadayuki’s somber face appeared in the retinal projection, saying sternly:

"Shuya, are the crew members not all there?"

"There’s no time to wait for them to arrive. I’m going up first."

"Then it’s up to you, Shuya. Make sure to bring him down."

"Understood."

Yin Shuya put on a high-pressure oxygen mask; as a Gamma Rank, she required more oxygen and energy than normal to maintain her condition. She took a deep breath of the unpleasant mixture of ammonia, oxygen, chlorine, and carbon, which pushed her human limits’ physiological system back to its peak.

The electrolytes’ ions spread rapidly in her blood, enhancing the efficiency of Qi Energy transfer, making her mind clearer.

Status all normal, a deep blue flame lit up in Yin Shuya’s eyes, Qi Energy transmitted throughout the Mobile Armored Suit. The Armor’s crevices swiftly lit up with similar pale blue luminescent lines, the electronic eyes flickering. The reactor engine hummed to life, activating.

"PDE-’Heart Mind’—Yin Shuya, engage!"