Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 449 - 88. Ban the Sky

Chapter 449: 88. Ban the Sky

[Interference from the Higgs Field, Arcane Energy output efficiency reduced by 80%]

Under the restriction of the Higgs Field, Li Aozi’s Arcane Energy output power was greatly limited—this was normal, as narrative-level civilizations had countermeasure technologies against Pathway powerhouses. The Higgs Field for Arcane Energy, Void fluctuations for suppressing Qi Energy, and classic anti-magic metals were among them.

Narrative-level civilizations themselves were extraordinarily powerful, but this didn’t mean their subordinates and affiliated civilizations were equally strong. To maintain their influence while preventing subordinates from amassing excessive power, they often chose to share some defensive countermeasure technologies.

With these technologies in place, it was challenging for ordinary interstellar civilizations to provoke the subordinates of a narrative-level civilization. Individual powerhouses, spent on with substantial resources, couldn’t exert their full strength under such suppression. This allowed affiliated civilizations to maintain absolute superiority against others without threatening the narrative-level civilization itself.

Under Higgs Field interference, the direct permission for Arcane Energy was blocked and reassigned, reassigning mass to what was originally a clear linking effect.

It was like increasing electrical resistance; continuing to release Arcane Energy would only incinerate the Arcane User themselves.

For ordinary interstellar civilizations, this was an insurmountable mountain. The reattribution by the Higgs Field rendered laser weapons completely ineffective, forcing opponents to use traditional kinetic weapons or close-range melee tactics.

Facing this countermeasure, Li Aozi indeed had no recourse, as his individual Arcane Energy output powers were suppressed one after the other.

When players truly encountered this thing, they had already descended to the Lower Starry Abyss.

Once the Higgs Field was activated, even if the ship’s firepower wasn’t strong, forcing opponents into melee and boarding combat using range advantage to sweep interstellar fleets was not a false claim.

However, the Velazquez Fleet hadn’t realized one problem.

Conventional fleets, to counter boarding, not only formed mecha squads and Transcendents but also employed Spirit Mediums for psychic detection and warning, delivering heavy blows to intruders.

The Velazquez Corporation itself was conducting Blood of Nakis development activities in Valenkov, mainly dealing with some cosmic pirates and preventing nearly impossible civilian uprisings. These issues could be solved with a casual sweep of laser cannons, making it unnecessary to bring individual powerhouses.

This led the Velazquez Fleet to fail to realize the severity of the issue in the first instance, paying the heavy price of having a warship ground into pieces by continuous hammer forging.

Now, with Arcane Energy disabled, the fleet’s best choice would have been immediately deploying onboard fighters and escort squads, driving away the individual powerhouse while pulling back and using torpedoes and ship cannons for precise long-range annihilation. Compared to individual powerhouses, the fleet’s acceleration, range coverage, and firepower were always superior.

This was the routine for facing normal individual powerhouses.

But Li Aozi did not follow conventional logic.

Blazing magic light spread like blood from Li Aozi’s body, rapidly radiating outward, striking every fragment of the floating shattered ship body.

In the air, the crimson magic light intertwined and weaved constantly, forming a certain structure under crisscrossing paths, a strong, violent aura emanating forth immediately.

"Oh, oh, oh! That’s right, your adaptability is strong! Gather the gold and iron of the world, offering sacrifices to the great Sovereign!"

The shattered ship body spun rapidly under the dome, gradually forming a terrifying metal storm.

Zaniya laughed maniacally, the demonic and ferocious laughter echoed between heaven and earth.

"What is that—"

"Furnace Flames, Continuous Hammer Forging, Iron-Cast Body, Titanium-Created Soul."

Zaniya’s voice grew ever more distant from Li Aozi, flying behind him, and the next moment, in the canopy of golden iron spreading like a sea, scarlet lightning suddenly flashed and jumped.

Crackle!

Red lightning intertwined, wind roared like a dragon.

Hush—

The enormous Spirit of Steel laughed sinisterly and ruthlessly; its body grew out from the eye of the metal-brewing storm, the tips of its head extended into striking goat horns, and its massive form, even though only half emerged from the magic circle-like storm, already reached a terrifying near-200-meter height. The violent red lightning surged and spread, fully combining with ferrous ions and water vapor, painting the sky in vivid crimson.

With an unspeakable eerie oppressive force, the metallic Giant God made its entrance at thirty-thousand feet high, Its, or rather His, presence brought an extremely intense and blinding sensation. Anyone who gazed upon His true form immediately felt an unease and worry deep within, as if thousands of needles pierced their eyes, cranial blood turned into swords piercing the back of their head, invoking terror and anxiety.

The blood wanted to flee living bodies.

"Fiery Demon Iron King Kalachia descends upon the world, all mortal worms and ants must bow down!"

[Fiery Demon Iron King: Activated]

[You have obtained the temporary status: [Blood Lord]—You can directly control divalent iron ions within a 200-meter radius, forcing any target attempting to attack you to undergo a ’anemia’ [Constitution] check.]

Li Aozi raised his hand and clenched his fist.

[Blood Lord—Check begins.]

Li Aozi knew one thing very clearly: [Constitution] was the easiest attribute for narrative-level civilizations to enhance, with numerous protective specialties and traits similar in number.

But—

[Specialty Unilateral Action activated! The attribute for the check will be changed to [Charm].]

[Charm] wasn’t an attribute everyone could easily enhance.

Once Fiery Demon Iron King Kalachia appeared, he imposed the negative status of ’Divine Punishment’ on enemy forces within a 1000-kilometer radius. Targets with low or no divinity continued to suffer the effects of ’Fear’ and ’Chaos.’

It wasn’t hard to evade this strike—just have deities bless the ships.

However, although Velazquez Security served as the minions of a narrative-level civilization, they weren’t yet qualified to have deities of such status bless such small-tonnage ships.

As the demigod crafted by the Legendary Warrior of Lichi Peak, Kalachia had a terrifying dominion over mechanical legions. He opened his sharp claws, immediately gathering into a purple-red lightning orb, and fired it towards the sky.

Whoosh!

[Falysia Sky-Ban Curse]

The pervasive purple-red thunder sealed the space leading to outer space. Realizing the problem and attempting to retreat, the Velazquez Fleet reactivated their warp. The next moment, their forms merely flickered slightly, remaining stationary.

Li Aozi wouldn’t miss such a rare opportunity; the mana he consumed per second was countless. Luckily, his mana recovery talents were ample enough to sustain Kalachia’s presence.

Not to mention letting Him attack... such a massive body almost drained Li Aozi’s energy; he could only let Him cast a sky-ban spell.

The Amber Dragon beneath Li Aozi flapped its wings, carrying Li Aozi into the enemy formation, lifting and darting with Li Aozi to maximize the coverage of ’Blood Lord.’

"Embrace the tide."

The Echo Force spread accordingly.