Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 582 - 205. Lingering Echos

Chapter 582: 205. Lingering Echos

The crusade against Canyue thus came to an end.

Li Aozi dispelled the Dictator Form, re-equipping his Implant Gear headpiece. His body twitched and convulsed, the prolonged activation leaving him fatigued.

In reality, his goal had yet to be achieved.

He searched everywhere for Canyue but couldn’t find the cards sealing Lucite and Hobbs.

"Their biological frequencies recorded at the school haven’t vanished, indicating that the Arcane Energy of [Canyue] has been dispelled. They are safe and healthy, just scattered across other dimensions, temporarily untraceable."

Li Aozi could only console himself with such words.

Fortunately, the two might have fallen into some other plane, one suitable for biological survival, meaning at least their lives weren’t in immediate danger.

Unfortunately, there were too many dimensions in the cosmic expanse, and with no scouting clues at present, it might be quite difficult to retrieve them.

Li Aozi wasn’t worried about their safety, though.

Both were rather clever, especially as beings from the Starry Abyss, they held a crushing advantage over the native creatures of other worlds.

"Old Huo, Old Lu, you two stay put. I’ll search for you over the next few years and rescue you."

After ending the fight, Li Aozi began to tally his gains.

First was experience, the massive experience provided by Canyue allowed Li Aozi to raise his [Echoer] level to 110 in one go, gaining 6 points of [Charm], with actual benefits reaching 577.8 points.

Just moments ago, he was still being suppressed by Canyue to death. The divine grace of [Smile of Suffering] granted him significant experience gains, leaving him about 400 million experience points short of reaching level 120... A few more intense battles, and Li Aozi could become a complete Zeta Rank.

The next harvest came in the form of [Template].

[Reward for Cross-rank Challenge—Template Advancement]

[Due to the diverse and variable nature of your fighting style, please choose one of the following templates as your advancement direction:]

A—Senior Lord NPC (Health Points limit +100%)

B—Combat Specialist NPC (Output rate +25%, Permanent dodge rate increase of 35%, Tenacity increase by 15%)

C—Battle Maniac NPC (Damage output rate +300%, Ignore hierarchy effects)

D—Junior Boss (Comprehensive system template optimization, when health drops below 50% during combat, gain the "Second Phase" effect: Attack frequency +45%, 10% Damage reduction effect.)

"C."

That didn’t require any thought.

The Battle Maniac template suited Li Aozi best. Once the [Bloodline] provided immense strength, ignoring hierarchy effects, the damage would become substantial.

Take, for instance, Silver Scion Nephis and the guardian Mr. Zhuo of Liue. These two [Destroyer] type brutal output professions, paired with the Battle Maniac template, would be like mounting a nuclear warhead on a rocket.

Utterly terrifying, brother.

For Li Aozi, though, damage was secondary.

With the Battle Maniac template, the benefits of [Gravity] became immensely high. In the future, when using ’Time Stop,’ he wouldn’t need to worry about the opponent’s hierarchy being too high and exempting from annulment.

Moreover, abilities like [Calamity], which relied on fate probabilities, would be more effective on high-level targets, rather than burning through three full mana bars to kill someone like Canyue.

Both A and B were trash, and D... was only needed for an NPC on the BOSS path.

Firstly, Li Aozi disdained becoming a BOSS. The BOSS path focused more on fighting players, whereas Li Aozi treated players like Little Piggy, with no such conflicts.

Secondly, with [Bloodline], his physique couldn’t be fragile.

Thirdly, with [Canyue], his dodge ability wouldn’t be low.

These three reasons were entirely sufficient.

"Next time, it will be harder to advance the template... The next step after the Battle Maniac is ’Chosen Battle Maniac,’ which requires several cross-rank consecutive kills to complete the challenge."

Overall, the gains were considerable.

Li Aozi estimated the time. Dean Nastisha should have already killed everyone, so it was about time to head out.

Compared to Canyue, this was the truly serious issue.

Leaping out of the two-dimensional space, Li Aozi’s feet landed on the cold ruins of Trevela. The dark domain in the sky had long dissipated, and amidst the broken buildings were police sirens and wails of anguish everywhere.

Scenes that looked like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

"Back?"

Nastisha’s voice sounded from nearby.

Li Aozi turned around to find her sitting on a collapsed street lamp, her magic wand casually planted into the corpse of a Bravo Squad member, with several subordinates of Crescent Moon kneeling by her side, bound by arcane magic.

As for the Growth-armored Vanguard—those over thirty thousand Vanguard soldiers were entirely wiped out the moment Nastisha unleashed the Thunder Domain.

All 12 Zeta Rank regular soldiers were annihilated, the subordinates of Crescent Moon were captured alive, and the entire city’s enemies purged in an instant.

If not for Canyue voluntarily choosing Li Aozi as his target, Nastisha could have likely killed Canyue with just a wave of her hand.

Even for an Ascender of the Yita Phase, Nastisha’s performance was exceedingly strong.

"Good day, Dean."

Li Aozi stepped forward, respectfully saying:

"If not for your timely rescue, this student would have truly perished at the hands of the mob."

"Alright, alright..."

Nastisha, hair disheveled, sighed, and looked at him with a complex gaze:

"Eh... What is your name again?"

He replied, "First-year, Applied Magic, Leoz."

"Leoz, is it... You are indeed as brave as Leoz, but you truly belong to the [Sovereign]."

Nastisha brushed the hair from her forehead, and after a moment of silence, she asked: