Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

"Phew, it's really not easy, encountering a High-Rank Apostle of Entropy here. Is it luck? Or misfortune? Either way, the end is destined, right? Beings like you, humans can't kill."

Her legs trembled, overcoming the instinctive fear bit by bit, forcing themselves straight.

"I, well, have been a dead person for a long time. I don't know which kind-hearted person, one day, suddenly pulled me back from hell."

Nomi murmured, self-deprecatingly, standing up little by little.

"You know, humans are particularly uninteresting creatures. Even in the face of destruction, they seek a dignified way to die for the sake of dignity..."

She grinned, straightened her back, faced that immense and terrifying being, and displayed a contemptuous smile:

"Come on, hit here. Your Grandpa Nomi has died countless times and lived almost sixty years. Being able to take down so many Apostles of Entropy, hey, my life is worth it."

The shapeless Apostle of Entropy stood quietly, with countless peculiar radiances surging all over its body, its imposing aura steadily rising, clearly accumulating some dreadful power.

The ground continually trembled, and the magnetic fields were stirred into chaos. Nomi could imagine that one strike's power was enough to wipe out a large city or even a province of Frost Plated.

―― Oh dear, to deal with a no-name character like me, they actually have to use such powerful skills.

"Of course, even as I say this, I believe in one thing."

Nomi grinned, standing upright without hesitation:

"I will not die."

Facing the constantly rising power, Nomi harbored no fear, standing straight, neither calmly awaiting death nor giving up resistance, but firmly believing in one thing:

"Once, my life was devoured and torn apart by countless Mutants, my soul split, and my Arcane Energy ended up in others' hands—yet I still survived."

The Ersha sky constantly trembled, heavy clouds floating uneasily as if something was about to emerge.

"Someone doesn't want me to die, at least the person who saved me doesn't want me to die."

Nomi grinned contemptuously at Ersha and the lackeys of Lord Entropy:

"My aunt once told me, a few years after my death, a madman wanted to go to the cosmos and ask aliens to solve Azure Star's problem. Then, this idiot detonated a hydrogen bomb, blowing himself into the sky."

"Although people didn't know what happened to him afterward, likely died, at least at the moment of the hydrogen bomb explosion, people saw the sky he brought."

"Without your pollution or blockade, a completely pure blue sky."

"At that time, we realized for the first time, that this world indeed has light, the universe exists, and we had lost so much that we forgot humanity had charged towards the unknown countless times."

Nomi took a deep breath, her white hair swirled in the wild wind, the determination in her purple eyes surged forth:

"Kill me at will. Even if I'm killed thousands and hundreds of times, I, Nomi; I, humanity; I, the life on this planet! We will crawl out of hell again and again, fighting against Lord Entropy that seals our freedom!"

"Nomi can't be killed! And humanity's exploration of the vast unknown world will never stop."

"I, well, believe in this one point!"

Nomi laughed loudly, then roared towards the other side:

"Even if Nomi is dead, there will be humanity, and if humanity is gone, new life will evolve on this planet. Even without Azure Star, the entire vast Starry Abyss will be ready."

Buzz————

The earth trembled, the vast power annihilated the rules of spacetime, the whole space completely solidified.

"Come kill me, come destroy humanity, come obliterate this planet, come fight against the entire universe! The possibilities of life will never be annihilated by the whims of Lord Entropy!"

"No matter how many times, you cannot imprison those who stride towards the abyss."

Finally, the power of the Apostle of Entropy reached its limit, it raised its head and limbs like a sea star, blasting out dazzling aurora rays, the ground instantly vaporized, and endless destruction swiftly expanded.

Facing the impending attack, Nomi's face was quickly illuminated, yet she remained calm, saying calmly:

"Let me go through such things again."

Whoosh!

The aurora's rays instantly engulfed the whole world. Between the continents of Frost Plated and Sky Ring, an unprecedented explosion surged up rapidly, unspeakable terrifying energy swiftly spread, the entire planet immediately erupted into an earthquake, affecting every area of Azure Star.

The 15.965×10²⁴kg Azure Star was heavily struck once, deviating from orbit by a full meter.

Very light.

Very warm.

Very familiar.

Is this the feeling of death?

The burned retinas slowly regenerated, refocused, she raised her hand, clenched it tightly, and said blankly:

"...Am I not dead?"

Warmth?

Her skin reflecting unfamiliar light, her whole being wrapped in blazing yet gentle light.

This warm feeling.

She suddenly realized something.

Nomi raised her head, looking upwards, the red-black Ersha clouds were forcefully opened into a massive void.

And in that void was a patch of clear pure azure, a white blazing circular fireball, so unfamiliar yet so familiar.

Nomi gazed at the other side for several seconds until her eyes grew dry, and two streams of tears unconsciously fell.

That word...

Since she was born.

No.

Since humanity entered the ruinous period, never spoken.

"The Sun."

She raised her head, looking ahead, the presence before her made her slightly stunned, then said the same word once more:

"Sun...?"

Roar————!

The Magic Wand of Flame stuck into the earth, unending flames endlessly erupted outwards, the massive form surpassing mountains and peaks, He stood here with blazing and passion, eternally.

〖How many more times will you defy my Lord...〗

The terrifying Apostle of Entropy spoke for the first time. Just approaching that Giant God opposite, under the immense pressure and high temperature, its body already began to collapse and disintegrate, the wails of its furious resentment echoed throughout:

〖Li—Ao—Zi!!!〗

「You are not worthy to call my name.」

The raging flames coalesced into a ring, the grandly worn Crown of Tokamak upon the noble Giant God's head. He wielded the Magic Wand of Flame, and brilliance illuminating the earthly realm radiated from his entire being:

「Call me the Corona's Pope—call me Your Excellency.」

「Then die for me, kneel for me, serve tirelessly in my stead.」

「Until all memories of you in the earthly world turn to ashes, only then will I allow your souls to be liberated from Blazing Heavenly Light!」

The blazing sun tore through the eternal night, only then did people realize that the prologue of dawn had turned a new page.

「Primordial Entropy Lord, come out and face me. Embrace your purification and liberation!」

(End of Layer Abyss Chapter)