Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 86 - 069. ’Professor

Chapter 86: 069. ’Professor

Li Aozi taunted, his figure ghostlike, as the Infant Eater couldn’t catch him.

He changed directions in the air, landed smoothly with a sliding tackle, and after dodging the Infant Eater’s claw strike, he picked up the chains from the ground, twisted his body, and swung them again in a sweeping motion. The chains, tense from gravity, turned into a blade and instantly slashed at the gap in the Infant Eater’s shoulder armor.

That was exactly where Nimotin had just broken through its defenses.

Swooosh—

The Infant Eater’s right arm was cleanly severed, blood gushing out like a fountain, but it calmly spread its hand, and the severed arm flew back. The flesh rapidly healed, sprouting numerous buds and mucus, which re-adhered to the smooth, flat cross-section.

Li Aozi’s arcane energy was depleted, and he immediately rolled to the ground, distancing himself and hiding.

[Spiritual World Sprint]

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Agent Yawen arrived just in time, dual pistols in hand. She looked incredibly focused as she pulled the triggers, bullets precisely hitting the Infant Eater’s severed arm.

The military bullets, which would have been easily deflected by armor, finally showed their true power against pure flesh.

Blood splattered, and flesh shattered as the Infant Eater spoke in a frivolous tone,

"So that was your plan... You had this all figured out from the beginning, didn’t you?"

Before he finished speaking, Nimotin suddenly erupted, swinging a recurve knife towards the ragged edge of his severed arm.

Hiss!

Finally... Nimotin clenched her teeth, her blade charged with Qi energy sank into the Infant Eater’s shoulder flesh but could not penetrate further than an inch.

This was no ordinary flesh—it was like reinforced concrete.

Without hesitation, she directed her Qi energy, injecting two streams of completely opposite nature into the wound of the Infant Eater.

Qi explosion!

BANG!

Blood blossomed, the Infant Eater staggered a few steps back, while the blast threw Nimotin, not only that, but her left thigh was slashed by the Infant Eater in passing, tearing out the synthetic bones, and when she landed, she was left dismembered and disabled.

"—Yawen? Li Aozi?"

Although Nimotin’s mind couldn’t keep up, unable to ponder how those two suddenly appeared together, she simply yelled,

"Don’t let it move anymore! Kill it now!"

"Yes!" Agent Yawen followed the order, but her pistols struggled to effectively damage the Infant Eater, so she only managed to draw its attention first. She glanced at Li Aozi out of the corner of her eye.

"Li Aozi, what are you waiting for?"

"Don’t rush."

Li Aozi casually opened his panel, Nimotin’s earlier Qi burst had taken away a quarter of the Infant Eater’s health points.

Combining the damage he and Yawen had dealt earlier, the total damage inflicted on the Infant Eater had reached 50%.

Even though the Infant Eater’s health points were still rapidly recovering, as a Biochemist, it couldn’t fully restore those camouflaged health points.

The time for mission settlement had arrived.

[Emergency Event—"Infant Eater"]

[Type]: Event

[Time Limit]: 25 min 47 sec (Counting Down)—Extended by 50 min

[Mission Difficulty]: A

[Settlement Conditions]:

A——For every 10% damage inflicted on the "Infant Eater," reward 20,000 experience points and extend the mission time by 10 minutes; (50% damage done, rewarded with 100,000 experience and 50 minutes extended mission time)

B——Working alongside Nimotin, proactively retreat the "Infant Eater" within a 30-minute time frame, reward with the specialty [Desperate Counterattack]

[Mutant Exclusive]——Facing your arch-enemy, you are truly worthy of being called a warrior. Complete all settlement conditions, and you will definitely encounter a high-level rare mutation option in your next mutation.

If it were a player, this would be the time to cut and run.

100,000 experience, adding to the previous gains from killing the members of the White Fang Guild, was just enough for Li Aozi to uplevel to level 13, settling the sub-missions afterwards would bring him to level 15 without a problem.

But, Li Aozi did not want to give up that specialty and the high-level rare mutation rewards for mutants, nor did he want to just let the Infant Eater go.

Li Aozi invested the 100,000 points of experience into [Basic Combat] and [special agent gun fighting technique], intending to make his movements steadier and more agile.

[Basic Combat]——lv.MAX

[special agent gun fighting technique]——lv.MAX

Movements honed and etched into his muscles and nerves like forge-hammered steel, Li Aozi shook his neck, still left with 60,000 experience points, he simply threw them into his level, allowing himself to uplevel.

This way, he could minimize some of the gap.

He glanced at the progress of the side mission "Distinct Love and Hate":

[Settlement Conditions]:

1: At least six kidnapped medical staff members’ lives and safety salvaged. (Completed)

2: Escort the hostage away from danger, ensuring they remain unharmed for at least 30 minutes with no one’s Health Points dropping to zero. (17 minutes remaining)

3: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth—eliminate as many White Fang Guild thugs as possible, with an extra 20% Experience awarded for each thug killed. (All White Fang Guild thugs eliminated, task completed)

4: If the settlement conditions are met within 24 hours, you will receive an additional reward. (Completed)

5: Kill 5 White Fang Guild thugs using a vehicle (Completed)

6: Infiltrate the White Fang Guild camp without being detected the entire time (Completed)

[Mission Reward]:

Complete the mandatory conditions, settle the basic reward: 5 Free Attribute Points.

For each challenge completed, reward Main Attribute +1, as well as 600 Experience Points.

"Except for option 2, including the mandatory tasks, all completed—5 Free Attribute Points in hand, all added to [Charm]!"

[Based on Specialty, you gain the following benefits: Charm +10]

[You completed a challenge, reward issued: Main Attribute +1, as well as 600 Experience Points.]

[Based on Specialty, you gain the following benefits: Charm +2, 600 Experience Points]

[You completed a challenge, reward issued: Main Attribute +1, as well as 600 Experience Points.]

[Based on Specialty, you gain the following benefits: Charm +2, 600 Experience Points]

[You completed a challenge, reward issued: Main Attribute +1, as well as 600 Experience Points.]

[Based on Specialty, you gain the following benefits: Charm +2, 600 Experience Points]

Apart from the rewards for kills with the vehicle already issued, the attributes for the other three challenges are now fully accounted for.

Since the mechanism of settlement is segmentation of benefits, along with the previous 5 Free Attribute Points, Li Aozi’s Specialty [Perpetual Love Hunting] was triggered eight times in succession, totaling a gain of 16 points!

Thus, his [Charm] surged from 23 to 39 points, with additional adornments adding 3 points, bringing the total attribute to 42 points.

The Perpetual Effect triggered again—if the Main Attribute is [Charm], increase Main Attribute benefits by 30%.

The actual [Charm] attribute benefit is 54.6 points.

Li Aozi took a deep breath, and the next moment, his eyes were overlaid with a layer of red and black.

Exhale...

The surrounding sand and frost snow swirled around him like a tornado protecting him.

The surge in attribute caused a near loss of control in his [Gravity] Arcane Energy, but it was quickly regained by his adept Control Force.

His face remained handsome, with three-dimensional features filled with a mysterious air, and his expression radiated an indiscriminate Attraction, so much so that even the Infant Eater, having lost an arm, found it hard to harbor any dislike towards Li Aozi.

No, it was more than that.

He stretched his body, and even without exerting his Arcane Energy, gravity felt comfortable and light.

The air of the Outer World, not at all bitterly cold, felt gentle and effortless during the exchange with his lungs.

Snowflakes landing on his skin felt as comfortable and friendly as a blanket.

Even the surrounding sands and flying stones seemed reluctant to harm him, parting around him reluctantly.

The whole world seemed to be doting on him.

Drip...

Blood seeped from his eye sockets.

[Notice: Your Main Attribute ’Charm’ has entered the supernatural realm.]

[You have gained a Specialty—Extraordinary Physique]

"Agent Yawen, you may leave now,"

Gravity driven, he flung the distracting Yawen away.

Li Aozi clenched his chains, and with eyes red and black oozing blood, he grinned, his gaze filled with the Arrogance and madness of one who commands all:

"The combat now is not for Mortals to intervene!"

Clang—

Reversing gravity, his body burst forth hundreds of meters in a second, the chain in his hands stretched taut like a spear, piercing through the body of the Infant Eater.

"Hmm..."

Li Aozi landed, stepping on the Infant Eater below him, who tilted its head slightly, seemingly unconcerned.

"It seems, you have improved again."

However, the next moment, a single statement from Li Aozi made the four eyes of the Infant Eater dilate sharply:

"Kneel before me—Mingji Professor!"

Li Aozi leaped up suddenly, arms spread, as an invisible Gravitational Field instantly enveloped the entire space below.

Gravity Compression—forty times!