Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 485 - 122. Supreme Bloodline

Chapter 485: 122. Supreme Bloodline

"Phew... Now, it can be said to have truly begun."

Li Aozi casually clenched his fist, the Sequential Arcane Energy’s [Bloodline] trait silently and subtly altered his body, not manifesting its effects immediately.

It’s quite a pitfall, though. While [Bloodline] can amplify strength, it doesn’t enhance [Constitution]—it’s merely a boost from the activated state of Arcane Energy.

Ultimately, what really counts is his [Charm].

Li Aozi patted his slender frame (100 [Constitution]) and sighed.

—This thing doesn’t even modify your physique; it can’t make you into a hulking muscle-bound giant.

Although this Arcane Energy is quite mediocre and its growth average, not consuming energy is still praise-worthy.

It’s covert and safe, so even if used, it won’t expose his identity as one walking the path of the [Sovereign].

"After equipping the jewelry, my base [Charm] is 157, plus the 26 points gained from leveling up, reaching 183. With [Perpetual Love Hunting]’s 30% yield, I effectively have the equivalent of 237.9 [Charm]."

The activation effect of [Bloodline] includes gaining an amount of [Strength] Attributes equal to [Charm], plus Li Aozi’s base 100 points of [Strength]—he could unleash nearly 337.9 [Strength].

"Calculating it like that, it’s quite considerable."

Thanks to his high [Charm], now if some clueless [Martial Artist] dares to start something, Li Aozi could knock them out with a backhand punch.

In the Delta Rank, he’s akin to a one-punch superman.

Epsilon? Two punches for you, go question your life choices with your fragile frame.

Even those who just advanced to Zeta Rank would stagger after taking one of his punches.

The primary use of the [Strength] Attribute is to enhance cold weapon damage, attack speed, and to obtain more and stronger Qi Energy—since Li Aozi belongs to the [Sovereign] lineage, he never awakened Qi Energy, so what he can wield is just raw muscle power.

"Since I’ve decided to switch schools, from now on, let’s use the [Conqueror]’s tactics."

Li Aozi glanced at his Gene Fragments; synthesizing [Bloodline] exhausted his stock. There was no way to modify his body further for now.

Let it be for now.

Laying low for two weeks at the school thereafter, Li Aozi used this time to mask his breakthrough to Delta Rank.

As a strong figure of the Delta Rank, unsurprisingly... he deducted another three hundred points.

First was failing a general knowledge course; Li Aozi directly applied for a final exam retake, then stopped paying attention to it.

Approaching a month since enrollment, Li Aozi’s cumulative score deduction reached 421 points, arguably a first in all of history.

He didn’t immediately contact the person Modote had referred. If there were any conspiracies, that could expose his vulnerabilities.

Soon, Li Aozi’s caution proved justified.

The Student Union’s Inspection Department began testing students, and someone as outstanding as Dialan was considered suspicious, subjected to surveillance and several interrogations.

Li Aozi, with his grades plummeting continuously, managed to reduce the Inspection Department’s focus on him even further.

From start to finish, no one came to suspect him.

The Student Union didn’t make public the existence of Society Citizens, which inadvertently made it easier for Li Aozi to conduct his hunting searches on campus.

He reaped plentiful results.

Within just a month, he had slain two citizens from the Mechanical World Society before they even began to infiltrate and grow, snuffed out by Li Aozi’s decisive actions.

Facing Delta Rank Li Aozi, these newly infiltrated citizens of the Mechanical World stood no chance and were effortlessly crushed to dust by his hands.

With three Holy Son Cores in hand and Konstantin just so happening to transfer over 5.6 million Ammonium Gold, Li Aozi quickly approached the status of a multimillionaire.

With 7 million Ammonium Gold in hand, he counted as part of the Elite Class in any Narrative-Level Civilization.

Li Aozi was in high spirits, every meal tasted better. Every day at the cafeteria, he’d observe ’Golden Princess’ Dialan being monitored by a dozen people as she ate and drank, even her trips to the restroom were shadowed—and despite the pressure from law enforcers, she could only grit her teeth and endure.

Ah, this is the life of freedom.

If Li Aozi had actually contacted that woman initially, maybe he’d be the one under surveillance now.

It seems, this [Intelligence] wasn’t for nothing.

Two weeks later, even Sylia, who was initially the most skeptical, had given up her ’impractical’ speculations and came specifically to apologize to Li Aozi.

"I’m terribly sorry, junior Leoz, I shouldn’t have doubted you. Please forgive my offensive words and actions..."

"It’s really nothing."

Li Aozi gave a perfunctory response. The other party insisted on compensating him and ended up spending dozens of credits to treat Li Aozi to a meal.

Li Aozi couldn’t help but ponder:

[If she knew that this body of mine is really Implant Gear, what would her expression be?]

Life went on as usual.

Li Aozi’s life was basically akin to delivering mail under the big ben clock—loading above, shipping below.

Hobbs and Lucite both tried to work harder internally; the former often went to the library to stay up all night alone, but always seemed to be in good spirits.

Only the black color on the ring he wore seemed to be slowly fading, for reasons unknown.

Lucite, through the business card gifted by Li Aozi, successfully joined the Alchemy Club and appeared to exhibit some commendable qualities within the club, often being pulled aside by senior club members to act as an assistant, which was extremely beneficial.

The three of them always had a harmonious relationship, and it did not become distant due to Li Aozi’s academic performance; in fact, they got even closer to Li Aozi.

The other two always felt Li Aozi had sacrificed a lot, so they would invite him to any activity, and sometimes Li Aozi would join to earn some credits from the events, thus avoiding the ’glorious feat’ of losing 500 credits within a month of enrollment.

Li Aozi was mostly disinterested in school life, which he found to be just so-so.

Unable to learn magic or knowledge, Li Aozi decided to do things that would benefit him.

He started exercising, practicing combat skills and martial techniques, and worked on harmonizing the connection between himself and Zaniya.

The use of [Inscription Saint Swordmaster] arcane energy was now evident. As the communication deepened, Li Aozi’s relationship with Zaniya also greatly improved, and Zaniya began to sharply critique Li Aozi’s martial techniques, pointing out many combat skills to him.

He couldn’t learn knowledge... but skills, routines, the kind of repetitive muscle memory, didn’t require thought at all.

Although most magic workshops and facilities on campus charged fees, the gym and similar facilities were completely free to use. Li Aozi discovered this and quickly became a regular there.

Swordsmanship Club, Full Armor Combat Club, Knight Etiquette Club—Li Aozi had dabbled in them all.

Each sword-training session focused on feeling the fusion of arcane energy with his body.

This was also a key feature of the [Conqueror] pathway: to fully integrate arcane energy with the physical body, replacing Qi Energy with arcane energy to achieve a strength system that could rival the [Destroyer] class.

Owing to the physiological traits of the Elyei Spirit Race, Li Aozi’s training progress seemed almost invisible; after a month of training, apart from tightening his skin a bit, there appeared to be no effect of increased muscle.

But appearances don’t determine everything.

Li Aozi pinched a piece of wood between his index and middle fingers, putting a slight effort into his fingers, and the whole piece of wood became hot and bright in an instant. Accompanied by a plume of white smoke, Li Aozi casually placed a translucent diamond on the table.

"The compatibility between [Bloodline] and my body has become higher, and consequently, the control over strength has become more precise."

He faced the tree not far away and casually snapped his fingers.

Pop—

Instantaneously, an intense white light detonated in the air, and a fierce shockwave swept across violently, cutting the forest in half, which fell with a crash and raised dust into the air.

Boom, boom, boom...

In front of Li Aozi, what had been a lush forest now looked as though it had been bombarded by ship cannons, turning into a barren wasteland of scorched earth.

The power provided by [Bloodline] and the Echo Force spread out together, causing widespread and severe destruction.

"Not bad. If I run into Liue again now, all I would need is a snap of my fingers, and I could shatter her."

An entire month of training accumulation allowed Li Aozi to fully adapt to the use of [Bloodline] power.

Now, with a sufficient output level and coupled with [Gravity], Li Aozi was confident that with full strength, he could even pierce through a starship.

Li Aozi casually lifted his hand to restore the terrain with elemental structure and turned to leave.

Today happened to be Sunday, and the school was on holiday.

Now that he had the strength, it was time to retrieve his own [Canyue].