Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 568 - 194. Calamity

Chapter 568: 194. Calamity

Li Aozi was making preparations on both fronts. In the semi-plane of Atmospheric Elements, Canyue frowned.

"It’s been so long. Hasn’t Li Aozi made any moves yet?"

He didn’t believe Li Aozi would die so easily, but with his capabilities, without cross-dimensional jumps, he couldn’t observe to see if spacetime had recovered.

Unlike what Li Aozi thought, Canyue could naturally continue to stay there until the other side was seriously injured or dead.

It wasn’t every time he performed a dimensional jump that he would be so fortunate to land in such a safe semi-plane. Before reaching the Kappa Rank, any dimensional transfers or jumps carried high risks.

If he entered a semi-plane on the verge of destruction, he would be obliterated completely.

If it weren’t for the large gravitational wave echo caused by the opponent, he wouldn’t have used this trick.

However, his son was still outside, in that tower, and was currently affected by the space-time freeze, unable to be withdrawn.

If Li Aozi noticed this and took action...

For Canyue, he didn’t really have any options; he had to get out regardless.

Canyue waited quietly for a moment and stopped his cross-dimensional attack.

"Wait another five minutes... Li Aozi shouldn’t be able to discover the truth about the Transmission Tower."

He couldn’t gauge how much energy Li Aozi had stored. Both being Zeta Rank Sequential Arcane Energy holders greatly affected his judgment.

Wait a bit longer. If he’s lucky, Li Aozi would probably be done for.

The plan and tactics were solid, yet Canyue didn’t realize that the previous implant gear malfunction wasn’t purely an internal factor.

Literary works often consider Fate as threads, intertwining, interconnecting or becoming entangled, thus creating a world where people interact and communicate.

As Canyue was waiting silently, the threads intertwined between him and Li Aozi had already begun vibrating. This vibration influenced other fates intertwined with his, some calm and unremarkable, others too distant for the energy to reach.

Calamity accumulated disasters, looking for affected individuals.

It tried disrupting the operation of the Arcane Authority, but its meager power couldn’t affect the higher existence of [Canyue].

So it lowered its aims, starting from the body, making the wind noisy, attempting to disrupt and ruin Canyue’s plans. However, Canyue remained determined and clear-minded, unaffected by external influences.

It continuously unleashed the power of disaster, making Canyue suffer from toothaches, slippery footing, worsening his luck, tarnishing his image in the Storm Giant Spirit’s eyes—but Canyue stood immovable, like a mountain.

Calamity felt it had met a tough opponent. Clearly, Canyue was far beyond its and other authority holders’ realm, but Li Aozi’s command kept it persistent. The constant energy infusion allowed Calamity to irradiate its power across various levels, accumulating disaster until it found a breakthrough.

Its energy extended like tentacles outward, imposing negative impacts on the real world.

The dry air agitated people, making them more anxious, distracted, sensitive, and fragile.

Li Aozi’s power continued to flow in, allowing it to accumulate more disasters. Its tentacles gently stirred, extending into Baizhu Star’s near-Earth orbit, tens of thousands of meters above ground, quietly interfering with fate.

March Lily Fortress, training class hall.

Education Minister Balkmon, wearing clear glasses, continued teaching seriously:

"... All educational work requires awareness of your own limitations. Don’t just focus on achievements. You are nurturing future soldiers, workshop technicians, scholars, and managers. Communicate with your students more. Additionally, I want to address the issue of academic bureaucracy in some higher education institutions. This year, there have been multiple incidents of workshop masters stealing student research projects. In our civilization, such behavior is unforgivable. The individuals involved have been dealt with severely. If similar issues are discovered again, the direct family members of the offenders will not be employed in any of Baizhu Star’s educational institutions for three generations. I hope everyone will take heed and prevent such problems from recurring."

This kind of official talk was truly soporific, even for Transcendents.

The training had lasted a whole day. The educators below the stage were already very tired. Even as Transcendents, no one could withstand the deterrence of a Kappa Rank’s super-strong presence, nervously listening to the content without a moment’s respite, constantly on edge, enduring the Border Abyss curse from Balkmon.

The distorted aura from the lower Starry Abyss caused physiological discomfort, even for Omega Rank powerhouses. Spending any time in such an environment would drive a person mad.

"It looks like it’s getting late. In that case, let’s call it a day—everyone tidy up, go back and reflect, dismissed."

Balkmon took off his glasses, looking at the relieved crowd below the stage, and sighed.

He actually disliked this kind of ideological scrutiny, but given the current situation, he had no choice.

Night Butterfly Man suffered heavy losses on the battlefield and began infiltrating through other means, especially through religious beliefs, using small favors to win hearts, followed by frequent gatherings and various activities, eventually leading to ideological shifts under the influence of the crowd.

Such matters were intolerable to the supreme council of the Crystal Tower.

Besides this issue, there was also the matter of Li Aozi. After enrolling, he seemed to regress for a long time, with his credits even turning negative. Initially, Balkmon suspected his exam results, but within a month, Li Aozi had earned his credits back.

Such strange phenomena baffled even a person who had ventured into the Starry Abyss, leaving him to attribute it to Li Aozi’s personal specialty. He decided to keep a closer eye on him to understand what was really going on.

"There’ve been too many worries lately. The front line is still requesting people. What are the upper echelons thinking? Even Baizhu Star’s students are not spared. Is the next step to conscript mortals?"

For some reason, he felt particularly irritable today, with a bad temper, having just criticized some negligent professors and scholars on the podium—something unexpected for a Kappa Rank powerhouse like him.

Balkmon felt a slight confusion.

In the unseen realms, Calamity was continuously at work.

’Look out the window, observe the planet, relieve some stress.’

Suddenly, this thought floated up in Balkmon’s mind.

Indeed, he hadn’t set foot on the ground for a long time. Baizhu Star’s fragile environment couldn’t support his powerful body. The entire planet extremely feared him, and any slight misstep could lead to its destruction.

For Baizhu Star, he was the most terrifying disaster.

Calamity gradually took effect, leading this disaster to unfold.

Have a look, see this planet. You’ll definitely notice something different.

Balkmon slowly stood up.

Yes, exactly, move quickly, take a look, just turn your head, walk a few steps forward, focus on the panoramic window out there.

Balkmon turned his head, looking towards the windows of the auditorium.

"What does the planet look like now?"

The power of disaster accumulated like streams gathering into rivers and lakes, rising into the sea. Calamity was about to reveal its terrifying fangs—

Smack.

A stack of documents landed on Balkmon’s desk. The secretary apologized:

"Sorry, Minister. These are urgent documents from the Commerce Department. Please review them promptly."

Calamity deflated like a punctured balloon, its power dissipating in vain. The pool filled with disasters kept growing, nearly overflowing.

Balkmon had no choice but to sit back down and start reviewing the documents again. Only his words were overheard by the Magic Application Academy’s Dean, Lady Nastisha.

She packed up her belongings and asked her colleague nearby, with whom she had a good rapport:

"Ye Wangnan, we’ve been sitting all day. How about a walk in the corridor?"

Calamity’s tentacles stirred once more.