Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 709 - 320. The Stars Are Coming Again

Chapter 709: 320. The Stars Are Coming Again

Li Aozi slashed through the opponent’s face armor, tearing off the flesh on her pretty face.

Nephis responded by ripping off his shoulder and pulling the bones from his forearm.

——"Bloodlust Carnival": A normal attack would tear apart the opponent’s body. If the opponent was a carbon-based lifeform, it would induce a 10-second "bleed" effect. Each continuous attack would stack the bleeding damage, and every 10 stacks would immediately deal physical damage equal to 26.7% of the opponent’s current maximum health points.

Blood continuously burst from Li Aozi’s body, but his expression became even more exhilarated.

Yes, this was it; this was exactly it!

Ever since crossing over, it had been so long since he had encountered such an exhilarating, pure slaughter.

Forget techniques, forget stats calculation, forget maneuvering tactics.

No point in asking too much!

Li Aozi hooked Nephis’s neck with a backhand grip, grabbed her body, and slammed her into the ground. The earth instantly collapsed several tens of meters down. At the deepest part of the pit, Nephis suddenly broke free.

She locked her legs around his head, sprang up from the ground, and twisted her body rapidly in midair.

Death Roll!

In an instant, Li Aozi’s head was twisted off, revealing gray space fluctuations like flames. He stabbed Nephis in the abdomen with a backhand strike, pinning her to the ground, and then launched the Echo Blade from his wrist, aiming straight at her eye socket!

Clang!

Nephis tilted her head; crocodile scales quickly grew on her cheek, deflecting the blade. She immediately raised a hand and struck Li Aozi’s armpit, causing him to clamp his arm tightly. The arm holding the sword instinctively relaxed, and Nephis instantly stood up, charging forward with the sword that had sprouted maggots in her body.

Rip—

She allowed Li Aozi’s entire arm to pass through her abdomen, wrapping her legs around his ribs. Using her entire strength, she pressed Li Aozi down, slamming an elbow vertically and breaking his spine before unleashing claws to frantically tear at his back.

Her attack speed became faster and faster. In her Dominator Body state, even gravity had no effect on her. Even if her spine and neck were bent and fractured by gravity, her fervent combat will supported her continuous assault.

Gabros, fearless of death.

Dark Light crashed down, and the angel’s sulfur fire descended, distorting her face armor, but the attack momentum did not stop.

Gabros, never betraying.

Calamity slowly activated, confusing her vision with flying debris. A building, blown by a wild wind, crashed onto her, alloy fragments piercing through her armor, stabbing into her carotid artery, but she kept charging.

Gabros, loyal to the company.

Canyue’s huge hand descended on her forehead. In her Dominator Body state, her Qi Energy erupted, neutralizing the descension effect. Li Aozi then smirked. Light distorted and folded in front of her eyes, quickly forming a lens that burned her retinas.

Squelch!

Nephis pierced through Li Aozi’s chest with her claws, grabbing his heart and lungs, and pulling them out along with his ribs. Thick blood seeped into her battle suit through the cracks in her armor, clinging to her skin.

Thump!

Just as Nephis raised her claws to end Li Aozi’s life, her heart suddenly throbbed.

Bloodline...

That supreme aura had returned, successfully awakening her inner fear.

No matter how many surgeries she’d undergone, the survival instinct of a living being could not be erased.

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"... The most important thing."

Li Aozi’s voice

"Even if you really have nothing, at least you have your life."

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"Those who have nothing are not afraid of death."

"...Ah."

Nephis lowered her head. Her burned-out eyes didn’t affect her attack, and she lunged at Li Aozi again, following the scent of blood.

Clang!

"It seems you already have an answer, Nephis Cleopatra."

Li Aozi raised his hand to block the claws.

"...Survive."

Nephis continued to apply force:

"I want to... survive."

"I don’t want to be destroyed."

"Even if I have nothing, I still have this life... I don’t want to die!"

"That is exactly the answer I wanted to give you."

Li Aozi gently deflected her attack. His eyes turned black and red, and he smiled slightly, saying in a deep voice:

"Now, it’s time to pay for the answer."

Li Aozi twirled the sword, and the flesh on his head proliferated and rapidly regenerated. Scattered alloys, dust, and rocks merged with the blue aura emanating from his body, condensing into a sharply angular helmet.

[Dictator Form Activated]

"Nephis Cleopatra, you’ve received the answer, and now you must pay for it."

Crimson-black crystals broke through his skin, emitting a cold light that instantly enveloped his body in a deep blue radiance, gradually merging and transforming.

[Never Disobedience]

Not just this, not just this.

For a Martial Artist, the greatest respect is to go all out.

"Since you have nothing."

Li Aozi’s elbow ejected the Power Pod.

Before this mission, to prevent any accidents, he had already recombined some of his old Arcane Energy.

[Gravity],[Dark Light],[Canyue],[Calamity],[Bloodline],[Severing Life],[Inscription Saint Swordmaster],[Death Link],[Eye of Truth],[Mountain Armor],[Pegasus Power],[King’s Carriage Displacement]!

Ten in one.

Blind Nephis suddenly lifted her head. Vaguely, on her burned retinas, she could make out an imposing figure.

Tap, tap, tap...

The colossal figure slowly walked past her, alternating between reality and dream, and slowly approached Li Aozi’s back.

"What is that..." Nephis murmured: "What exactly is that?"

A giant god, glowing with deep blue and pale silver, appeared behind Li Aozi, spreading its arms as if bestowing supreme blessing.

"Nephis, as payment, I will take you."

Li Aozi’s will seemed to become ethereal; his armor assembled spontaneously, and his body grew to over three meters tall.

Swoosh——————

The radioactive dust that shrouded the Grave Star Cluster rapidly dispersed, revealing the original cosmic sky from the broken barrier.

Countless starlights gathered overhead.

Amid Li Aozi’s resonant voice in the cosmos, faint echoes could also be heard.

Realze... Realze... Realze...

The stars whispered an ancient name.

As if at that moment, a miracle from the Starry Abyss had descended.

Complex and mysterious golden runes covered his deep blue armor. Stardust rapidly swirled around him, like loyal escorts. His porcelain-like skin reflected a dark, lustrous glow, calm and restrained.

Clink, clink——

His face no longer had the features of a mortal but was fully encased in a helmet. Fractured meteors collided and intertwined, orbiting his head as if held by gravity, forming a humble crown.

[Armor of Leoz], return!