Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 775 - 383. The Moon Crescent Rises

Chapter 775: 383. The Moon Crescent Rises

"What the hell are you..."

Gaden raised his hand in horror, suddenly noticing that his human structure was shrinking and rotting bit by bit. A large number of white cells rapidly died, and flesh and blood were rotting and carbonizing.

"These are symptoms of substance rain... Ah? Haha?!"

Click, click, click——!

The radiation counter jumped frantically, displaying numbers that leaped urgently. Every second that passed, it showed an increase equivalent to a nuclear fission power plant leak.

10,000 roentgens

17,000 roentgens

28,900 roentgens

Still increasing!

Excessive decay radiation washed over the ground. Any creatures made of flesh and blood would die and carbonize in an instant. The high-energy particle movement oscillated, causing the temperature exposed to the radiation to become increasingly higher.

In such an overwhelming radiation environment, even a mortal at Zeta Rank would die in just a few seconds. Even fungi and plants would find it hard to resist the impact of high-energy particles in such an environment.

Nuclear radiation was not an ordinary physical attack. It directly damaged the gene sequence of organisms.

Chromosomes would be sheared and shattered under the impact of high-energy particles. Cells would die en masse and fail to proliferate. Even if they healed, it would lead to disarray in the chromosome fragments, causing abnormal mutations.

The world was windless, plants withered, and wild animals scattered in all directions. The fear in Gaden’s heart escalated—if not for his body being largely plantified, relying on the cell walls and the regenerative ability of plant cells to resist neutron decay attacks.

In other words, the speed of healing was faster than the speed of damage.

He suddenly realized something and turned his head—Li Aozi’s figure had already disappeared.

"Where? Where did he go?!"

His heartstrings tightened. Gaden immediately unleashed a mass of human flesh vines, blasting the ground in all directions like cluster bombs.

"Come out! Come out! A dignified chief knight who only stands in the shadows playing with sorcery, what kind of knight is that?!"

"I am not a knight."

A melodious and clear voice echoed in the sky.

Gaden’s heart trembled as if he had hit an iceberg. He slowly raised his head and looked at the vast cloudless sky curtain.

"What is that?!"

His whole body trembling incessantly, Gaden’s mind went blank, his brain completely stopped thinking when faced with the object rising slowly.

Above the sky curtain, which squirmed like flesh and blood, a bright new moon rose unrelentingly, emitting a pure and undeniable sanctity different from the chaotic void.

Cold as a hook, white as snow, clear as spring.

Serene and resplendent, like a blooming orchid, yet it drove one’s heart wild with a kind of intrinsic magic.

"I have never seen... such a bright celestial body..."

Gaden murmured, reaching out to the new moon, he subconsciously tried to touch it.

"So beautiful, this is too beautiful... Nothing in the world can compare to this brilliance."

His fingertips entered the moonlight, and his skin began to decay, peel, and fall off at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even though new buds and green leaves repeatedly grew to replace the dying cells, it could not stop the purifying light of the moon.

More intense and silent than ever, neutron radiation descended along with the moonlight, falling onto the world together.

"Accept me, this holy beauty... Ugh!"

Just as Gaden was about to indulge in the new moon’s splendor, his heart suddenly twitched, and Gaden bent down, letting out a painful groan:

"Ugh, ugh, ugh, ahh— Damn it! Haah—damn it, I’m being charmed?!"

He held his head with both hands in shock. Then his chest armor slowly unfolded, and a unique mask covered in floral and thorny patterns floated out and hovered before him.

"Void’s Face... Ah, thank goodness, you’re here."

Gaden reached out and gently received the mask. His gaze instantly steadied as he looked at the moon in the sky and spoke disdainfully:

"Even if it rises, so what? I admit it’s breathtakingly beautiful, but—in front of the void, nothing beautiful can withstand the ravages of time and trials!"

He donned the mask and shouted towards the bright moon:

"Chief, look at this mask—it’s proof that you were abandoned by the Kingdom Parliament. You are no longer the ’maggot’ chief knight of the High Table. Without this mask, even if you pierce the sky, what does it matter? The void is the endpoint of all things! No one can resist the void!"

"No."

Between heaven and earth, a cold, ethereal voice echoed.

Gaden’s smile stiffened. Following that, he saw an unforgettable scene.

Click, click, click...

The moonlight spread, forming silhouettes.

Porcelain boots lightly stepped onto the void. When they landed, the moonlight immediately formed a staircase, and when they lifted, it dissipated.

"For the stars, time is meaningless."

It looked like a staircase from the Heavenly Kingdom, neatly arranged, leading straight to Gaden.

"Because classics—can withstand the test of time.

When Gaden lifted his head, his knees instinctively weakened and trembled. His spine bent subconsciously, wanting to bow to the approaching figure.

Moonlight crafted sharp-edged armor, a white battle robe flared out from the waist like the tail feathers of a Phoenix, moving without wind, silently exuding sacred splendor.

This looked like a cleric walking out of a cathedral, descending with divine will, imposing and inviolable. His porcelain skin carried a mysterious aura.

From appearance alone, Li Aozi no longer had any human traits. His height fixed at 5.55 meters, triple that of a mortal. His exposed skin became fully porcelainized, adorned with perfectly fitting armor.

This was the embodiment of a deity from the Starry Abyss Series, forged and scorched by chaos over countless years. Deities with porcelain skin and armored bodies responding to the Starry Abyss’s call fought deadly battles against the invincible Destroyers.

Moonlight flowed, forming a complex cross crown like a halo above his head.

His head was entirely covered by face armor, with no mouth, nose, or ears remaining, only a pair of crystalized, burning blue eyes like flames.

"This is... a god..."

Gaden’s skeleton trembled.

They were once the defenders of this cosmos, noble and selfless warriors.

Even if Dragon Satellite had never contacted the Pathway, the impression of these deities was imprinted in every creature’s bones through the bloodshed in the Starry Abyss.

Li Aozi bore no extraneous symbols or marks. Everything about him radiated fanatical conviction. The moonlight birthed countless followers from his shadow, who resembled him but lacked the halo above their heads, with different colored ribbons tied around their arms.

Click.

Li Aozi raised his hand, the power of the Pathway resonated with the world, echoing his cold voice:

"Now, you have one last chance."

Gaden clenched his teeth, stifling his fear. His eyes bulged as he said hoarsely:

"Wait, the ’King’ won’t let those who know his true form go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to leave.

Moving like a centipede, his lower body scuttled, turning his massive frame around.

But just as he was about to accelerate away, the figure of the cleric bathed in moonlight suddenly appeared before him!

"You—"

Gaden was taken aback and shouted:

"Didn’t you say you’d give me one last chance?!"

"Naturally."

Li Aozi raised one hand, his blue eyes flaring up with starfire:

"To say your last words."

Before Gaden could grasp the logic, Li Aozi had already moved.

[First-time skill tree activation, introducing—]

[Skip]

He directly ignored the series of skill prompts, following pure instinct, rapidly navigating the Lunar String Archbishop skill tree and precisely selecting the Meteor Fall Technique branch.

[Do you wish to spend experience and proficiency to learn—]

Gravitational Ejection!

In an instant, he advanced, appearing before Gaden, followed closely by his Moonlight Disciples. As Li Aozi swung his fist, they mimicked, throwing heavy punches, each overlapping and merging like afterimages trailing behind Li Aozi.

[You have learned "Meteor Fall Technique: General School - Meteor Impact"]

Meteor Fall: Meteor Impact!

Li Aozi smashed his fist into the center of Gaden’s stem-like body.

Bang.

The peaceful strike landed, and Gaden closed his eyes tightly, but after a moment, there was no anticipated damage.

He opened his eyes and scanned himself, unscathed.

"Uh—"

Gaden was slightly taken aback, then grinned broadly:

"I thought it would kill me with one punch—seems it’s just for show!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a brilliant white light burst out behind him.

Bang!

Gaden’s consciousness flickered as a massive amount of radiation flooded into his body, slaughtering his organs and cells.

"Whoa!"

Gaden retreated a few steps, clutching his chest. His enormous body bent like a shrimp as he screamed in agony:

"Aah, woo, ah! Damn, damn! What is this?! No heat, yet so scorching—"

The impact light transformed into countless radioactive particles, colliding back and forth within his body.

But he realized this was not the end of the battle.

The attacks from the Moonlight Disciples then fell one after another, multicolored assaults surged forth!

Red armbands fluttering high, a disciple bearing the "Bloodline" threw an enormous punch into his chest, followed immediately by the "Eye of Truth" disciple punching the same spot.

The "Calamity," "Death Link," and "Dark Light" disciples followed, their punches all hitting the same spot!

Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam!

All five disciples’ attacks landed successfully, and they immediately retreated back behind Li Aozi.

"Ugh, damn it!"

Gaden retreated repeatedly, severely wounded. He clenched his teeth and swung dozens of vines, uprooting them from the mountains and smashing them down towards Li Aozi!

"Let’s see me turn you into fertilizer!"

Vines came from all directions, covering all angles from land, sea, and air. Li Aozi could not dodge.

In response, Li Aozi just stood still, as if calmly awaiting death.

Whizz, snap!

The first vine struck down, and Li Aozi merely raised his index finger.

"Shh."

Bam!

The next moment, his body was instantly crushed, blood splattering.

"Got him!"

Gaden was overjoyed.

"That feel, I surely hit him, and solidly too—ha-ha, I knew it, such immense power, the body must be as fragile as glass."

Weak Interaction Force—activated

Universal Gravitation—activated

Just as the vine struck, both mandates took effect. Gravity distorted spacetime, and under Weak Force’s intervention, he could accurately modulate boson shifts to select a different timeline.

Yes, faced with such an attack, for this instance of Li Aozi, evading was impossible.

In that case—

Li Aozi walked away from the "waiting to die" timeline, wandering at the crossroads where countless timelines met. His immense Charm drew the safe timeline towards him.

With a slight sidestep, he entered another timeline.

[Overseer’s Militant Spirit - Effect C]: "Civilizing Mission"

——timeline jump.

In this timeline, Li Aozi was not locked by Gaden’s all-around attack and easily walked to the back of Gaden’s bud-form body.

Standing behind Gaden, Li Aozi raised his hand and gently pointed into the air.

[Do you wish to learn—]

[You have learned "Meteor Fall Technique: General School - Meteor Fragments"]

Li Aozi aimed at Gaden’s spine and made a light swipe.

Weak Force & Gravity activated!

——Timeline convergence

Gravitational pull, Weak Force pinpointing.

The power of the two mandates drove him to forcefully fall from his current timeline into the main world timeline, achieving convergence.