Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 780 - 386. Going to the capital with a sword

Chapter 780: 386. Going to the capital with a sword

Overall, the data was actually a bit low, mainly because the Blacksmith’s body was not of the [Sovereign] type, [Strength] was high, [Constitution] was strong, but only [Charm] was lacking, all depending on [Perpetual Love Hunting] to hold it up here.

Under normal circumstances, the [Charm] of an Iota Rank [Bishop] should be around 1200-1400. After the Kappa Rank, it’s descending into the Starry Abyss, data inflates vastly, and the basic data can’t be referenced anymore.

After all, in the later stages of the Starry Abyss, everyone was practically Giant Gods tens of thousands of meters tall and living fortresses the size of several stars altogether, in short, none of them were human—though they were on the path to godhood, they still had to maintain human forms, which sounded quite funny.

Li Aozi didn’t care about his image change at all. No matter what he turned into, the world favored him the same.

Moreover, as he ascended gradually, his body had become much better than a mortal’s, and unnecessary troubles were mostly gone. Even if he occasionally missed the humanoid form, he could easily find a piece of implant gear and upload his consciousness.

Besides, at three times the height of a mortal, doing many things was much more convenient, after experiencing it once, he would never want to turn back into a human shape again.

The Attribute Panel was a bit of a letdown, but as long as the [Bishop]’s passive skills could stack attack speed, higher attack speed meant higher critical hits, and higher critical hits could keep stacking [Charm].

As a spell assassin with high burst and high attack speed, the [Bishop] profession had a fatal weakness: all its strength depended on passively stacking and releasing Meteor Fall Technique.

The difficulty for ordinary players using a [Bishop] was mainly in key points of positioning and time-line jumps, as well as suitably chanting Meteor Fall Technique to strike the opponent.

But Li Aozi didn’t have this concern.

With [object resonance], his spells had no casting delay. This didn’t mean he didn’t need to chant, but that during chanting, he could continue doing other actions, even casting another Meteor Fall Technique.

"This was the only period the [Sovereign] type could land in T0 class. Once it’s transferred to the [Pope], it would turn into a spell turret again... But what can I say? It’s a blessing in disguise?"

Li Aozi shook his head. According to his plan, he was supposed to ascend to [Lunar String Archbishop] at Zeta Rank (6), but he wasn’t qualified to confront Lord Entropy.

But now, the situation was different.

The Blacksmith directly gave him an Iota Rank (9) body, reaching top-tier combat power in the Layer Abyss after his ascension.

As long as he returned from the Starry Abyss, completing the Third Transformation to [Pope], he would have the capital to confront Lord Entropy head-on.

The only pity was that the powerful phase of the [Lunar String Archbishop] wouldn’t last long now.

But it didn’t matter. For Li Aozi, as long as he had Meteor Fall Technique, even the T2 profession of [Pope] could be well-handled.

"Speaking of which, after directly learning two Meteor Fall Techniques, my experience is almost spent. Only when the new version for the little piggies is released can I earn some more."

Li Aozi stroked his chin and opened the skill tree interface.

The skill tree of Meteor Fall Technique was very special. Its branches divided different spells according to different schools, with some overlap between the Meteor Fall Schools.

According to Li Aozi’s years of understanding, in general, Meteor Fall Technique was divided into:

Universal School (the most basic school, wielding Power of the Stars, connected with all other schools, the origin of all Meteor Fall Techniques.)

Planetary School (focused on production and home construction)

Satellite School (enhancing national defense and guerrilla troops)

Stellar School (scale bombing and energy supply)

Meteorite School (combat skills and physical impact)

Black Hole School (unlocking special black hole skills)

Dimensional School (space fold jumps and time abilities)

Nebula School (unpredictable and stealth abilities)

In his previous life, Li Aozi followed the Extreme Path, specializing in the Planetary & Satellite Schools, balancing sustainability and invasion capability. The downside being its lack of versatility and a fragile body, easily getting caught and killed by solo duel professions like [Twilight Sword Saint].

But now, Li Aozi focused his gaze on the Universal School.

In his previous life, due to limited time and resources, he didn’t have the energy to dabble in multiple schools. Most Extreme Path [Meteor Fall Masters] also felt they couldn’t diversify and begrudgingly accepted it.

The Universal School had everything, whether it was something like "Shining Sword" related to the Stellar School, or "Meteorite Fragment" and "Meteor Impact" that clearly belonged to the Meteorite School, it had it all.

And the Universal School had a lot of skills.

In a strict sense, the cost to stack up the Universal School far exceeded other schools.

"But for me, it’s not a problem. As long as players are on my side, experience will keep flowing in. I can aim for an all-around school."

——Though he could only choose the Universal School for now.

Li Aozi calculated his experience. Exchanging for Meteor Fall Technique wasn’t cost-effective. Besides, he already had "Meteor Impact," "Meteorite Fragment," and "Shining Sword," enough for now, so he directly opened the [Lunar String Archbishop]’s skill tree and learned a passive skill—"Sleepless Heart".

"Sleepless Heart"—Passive: When you are out of combat, gain 60% Mental Resistance. Deactivates upon entering combat.

"With this, whether dealing with the Void or Leo’s consciousness fusion, I have confidence."

Though Leo wouldn’t harm him, considering how the efficiency-obsessed man interfered with his actions each time, Li Aozi didn’t plan to let him have his way entirely.

Having done all this, Li Aozi had no experience left.

"Next..."

Li Aozi’s figure flickered, and the next moment, he appeared in the burning Valley Peak Village.

He had held back earlier to avoid the battle between two Iota (9) Rank combatants from destroying the entire village, but even though the village wasn’t completely obliterated, the corpses of elders and children and the desolate ruins...

Li Aozi knew that no matter what he did, it would be to no avail.

He walked to the burnt-down mansion of Polina’s grandfather. It had turned to ashes. He fired an Arcane Missile of [Eye of Truth], instantly scanning for the information of the grandfather’s corpse.

"My condolences, Polina."

Li Aozi placed his hand over his heart and said to himself.

His comeback was all thanks to Polina, the Blacksmith, and others, but sadly, Li Aozi had no chance to repay them.

He picked up a shard of glass from the roadside. Activating [Weak Force], he converted the silicon element to carbon element, slowly molding it bit by bit into a white flower, placing it before the incinerated mansion.

"Thank you for taking care of Polina... If she had died too early, I wouldn’t have had a chance to be resurrected."

Although his resurrection was tied to Polina’s death.

He shook his head and turned to the burnt-down blacksmith shop.

The damage here was even more severe than Polina’s home.

With a lift of Gravity, he overturned the debris on the ground, lifting his ceramic fingers, he lightly dug a hole and, following the Blacksmith’s memory cue, dug out a massive leather chest from three meters below the shop.