Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

Bang——

Leoz swung a backhand, and Li Mingji was struck on the temple by the massive hand, instantly collapsing to the ground, unconscious.

Crack!

As he swung the palm, the sound of a fracture came from Leoz's arm instead. The solidified arm immediately disintegrated, and even in spiritual form, it was almost immobile.

"Has my strength weakened to this extent? Is the curse of the Layer Abyss so powerful that I must have a pathway to share the force of the curse?"

Leoz immediately gained a sobering realization.

However, this way, Xides can be completely annihilated——

Shh!

Just as Leoz turned his head, Xides lunged at him. His face armor opened instantly, revealing two rows of sharp teeth, biting down at Leoz's neck!

Crunch!

The porcelain skin and armor were pierced immediately, Leoz's body trembled as the opponent's destructive divine power quickly poured into his body through the teeth.

"Starry Abyss actually gave you a face and organs, truly favored."

Leoz no longer had the strength to resist.

In fact, there was no need to resist anymore.

"Ohhh! Urrrg!"

Despite clenching tightly onto Leoz's throat, the porcelain skin of Xides was pierced bit by bit by purple crystallized coral, spreading a large amount of void aura from beneath his skin.

Within seconds, Xides could no longer hold on, heavily injured by Leoz and suppressed by the void.

He had no strength left to resist, his condition was even worse than Leoz's.

Thud!

Xides fell to his knees, golden particles of light permeating through his teeth, seemingly something similar to blood from Leoz.

Supporting his body with difficulty, Leoz could still stand in place, looking down at him calmly.

"Did you foresee all of this long ago?"

Xides said painfully:

"Why? Why do this? It's one thing to kill me, but why destroy Li Mingji, that mortal, too?"

"Efficiency." Leoz replied.

"Efficiency?"

Xides sneered disdainfully:

"Everything is about efficiency—do you want Starry Abyss destroyed for efficiency's sake?"

"I've guarded Starry Abyss longer, more effectively than you. I've never prayed for strength or aid from Starry Abyss."

Leoz said calmly:

"Until destruction, I never hesitated. If I wanted Starry Abyss destroyed, I would've joined the Destroyer long ago."

"Then why, why do this?"

Xides angrily demanded:

"You cold-hearted guy! Don't you have any humanity?"

"None."

Leoz's tone was unfluctuating:

"Starry Abyss personally took away my emotions, and it was with the fires of Chaos."

Xides was stunned:

"...What?"

"I was born of the Precision Divine Clan, but that's just a species."

Leoz said:

"Before that, I was a Cannon Fodder Deity, number 10752. If I died, I wouldn't even be retrieved but crushed into star material by the Nether Abyss, used to craft planets or more Cannon Fodder Deities."

"Impossible, impossible—"

Xides was utterly shocked, shaking his head incredulously:

"...You must be deceiving the gods, with this fighting power, this exquisite strategy, the ability to plan strategy while fighting—how could you be a Cannon Fodder Deity?"

Leoz didn't waste words; he merely raised his hand and lightly tapped on the position of his left chest armor.

The next moment, a line of text appeared.

"#10752, supplied to Morphederia Universe"

Xides was dazed.

The line of text couldn't be fake.

Because the Will of the Starry Abyss personally engraves their god names in that kind of text.

"Are you really... a Cannon Fodder Deity?"

"Yes."

Leoz said:

"As a Cannon Fodder Deity, I had no personal will, no individual name, no emotions, no training, no blessings, not even this soul—it was only after I killed enough Destroyer followers that Starry Abyss grudgingly acknowledged me and granted me the qualification of a spiritual body."

"I was born with nothing, I fought for Starry Abyss until death."

"I have no personal will, no personal goal, no dreams or tasks, only blindly adhere to the mission as a Cannon Fodder Deity—to crusade, defeat, and exile the Destroyer and [Society]."

"I have nothing to cherish or loyalty because without self, I have no purpose to betray, I just fight, always fighting, without reason. Even when Starry Abyss repeatedly draws forces from me, I gave in full measure, Starry Abyss refused to let me ascend and be crowned as Chief God, I found a way to defend against the Destroyer and [Society] even without a Chief God. No matter how much Starry Abyss hates me, I never resisted it because I fundamentally don't know what else I can do even if I resist."

When Leoz said this, there was not the slightest ripple, and he spoke of Starry Abyss without any resentment.

"I've never begged for anything from Starry Abyss, I just completed everything I recognized. I don't understand, for a mortal regime, why would someone without nationality, power, name, kin, or friends, who builds, stabilizes, prospers the regime, fighting and laboring until the last moment without personal enjoyment—why would such an existence be called a usurper tyrant?"

"Usurper Tyrant... you are, Leoz—"

Xides collapsed completely on the ground, his entire body convulsing violently, consciousness beginning to fade.

"What I took over was the Main God Morphederia, who refused to awaken and pretended to be asleep to deceive the Starry Abyss for sympathy and strength—I left behind a Pantheon, a thriving mortal world, and a Dominating Universe mocking and slaying a large amount of Society."

Leoz, this guy, is truly Leoz!

Xides instantly realized.

"The usurper tyrant, the usurper of Dominating Universe—"

"Morphederia refused to carry out the suicidal operation, trying in various ways to prove himself not yet awakened, and you treated Him like a pitiful infant."

Leoz said:

"I turned a cannon fodder war that could originally only exist for a few hours into 4.9 billion years, 7 months, 13 days, 18 hours, and 22 minutes before Haines was officially breached by Earthlings—you call me a tyrant?"

"Ha? You think being good at fighting can cover up your atrocities?"

Xides wanted to denounce the other righteously, but he didn't even have the strength to speak.

"Usurper, tyrant, dictator, dominator, letting Evil Gods rampage, tarnishing the reputation of deities, garbage, and a worthless cannon fodder..."

The void was consuming his strength...

"But now, I am already dead."

At this moment, he heard Leoz's tone shift, saying:

"In any case, I have repaid all my past sins and atrocities with death—even if you add together six Chief Gods, none of them have fought against the Destroyer as long as I have, yet the Starry Abyss still refuses to acknowledge me."

He said, turning and slowly walking towards the distant Fertile Village.

"I won't be an enemy of the Starry Abyss, but what the Starry Abyss owes me, I want to take back in full."

Although most of the villagers were already asleep, the recent fight still attracted some people.

"Dad! Are you there?"

A high school-looking teenager ran from the distant village, with black hair and grey eyes, his features exceptionally handsome.

Xides immediately struggled again:

"Cough... ugh! Damn, the intel said that was Li Mingji's son. I can't let that child see this."

"Really?"

Leoz reverted to a spiritual body, glancing at the teenager.

His power had also been severely damaged and needed years of rest.

"Perfect."

Without any hesitation, as always efficient, he directly possessed the teenager's body.

"Hm?"

Li Aozi's eyes went blank, then his grey pupils glowed a deep blue, and he immediately fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Can't stop here..."

Xides struggled hard, crawling bit by bit next to Li Mingji's body:

"Sorry, Uncle Mingji, I can't help you change your family's fate anymore. If I stay here, I can't even protect your body."

The plan, must be changed.

Azure Star can't stay. Leoz, this terrible tyrant, has already obtained his system and memory, and soon he will be consumed by the void.

So, must be decisive!

"Only I can save this Starry Abyss..."

He turned his entire body into purple light particles, converging on Li Mingji.

A moment later, Li Mingji, with blood gushing from his temples, suddenly opened his eyes, and a void, hollow look passed through the purple pupils. He shook his head vigorously.

"No! I can fall here!"

Clenching his teeth, 'Li Mingji' used the remaining bit of divine power to slowly walk to Li Aozi's side. He gently stroked his son's face, bowing his head, and said:

"... Aozi, you must always stay calm. You are a good child, a kind child, you must protect your conscience. No matter what, never lose the baseline of being human."

He embraced his son tightly, holding him firmly, the mortal chest felt so heavy, and there was a persistent salty taste in the air.

This feeling is so strange.

Do mortals live in the Starry Abyss with such weak, strange, mediocre, and ragged bodies?

Logically, he should take this chance to kill Leoz now, completely eliminating the possibility of Leoz's rise.

But... he just couldn't.

Whether as Li Mingji or Xides.

Or perhaps, Li Mingji was already dead, and Xides, controlling his body, had also had his memories taken. The blank thoughts needed Li Mingji to fill them.

Mortals are like this, weak, foolish, soft-hearted.

"I'm sorry, son... I can't afford your college education."

He gently laid down Li Aozi's body:

"Leoz, Li Aozi... your names really resemble each other. For you, it might not be a bad thing. At least you can choose to embark on your own path—Leoz, just you wait, I will eventually kill you, this tyrant, and avenge my child and Elder Morphederia!"

A car honked from afar.

"But, I'm sorry, child, I must leave you. I must abandon you."

Li Mingji sighed, his gaze no longer carrying a trace of mortal sorrow.

"...Dad is no longer a mortal either. I must go fight for this Starry Abyss."

He—He said, turning around and stepping resolutely into the portal.

He must transition into the void.

Leoz, that guy, took away his future, so to reclaim his existence, Xides could only choose a path that Leoz could never match.

The Seventh Path—Void.