Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

The bright moonlight rippled like water, casting shimmering waves across the land.

A multitude of Void Monsters immediately sensed an indescribable feeling. They lowered their heads, stamped their feet, and facing the moon hanging high in the sky, they momentarily forgot that they were on the battlefield.

Swoosh!

The Headless Beastmen swung their axes, instantly chopping these flesh targets into pieces. Even they felt a hint of confusion at their opponent's sudden cessation of resistance. Yet, unlike their opponents, curiosity did not lead them to look up at the moon.

The moon in the sky emitted a magical nature, both pure and flawless yet filled with a fascinating frenzy. Two seemingly completely contradictory elements organically combined, displaying an unimaginable presence.

"The moon…"

Xides's gaze was heavy:

"No matter how many times you put on a supernatural show, you can't surpass a single level class with just numbers!"

But immediately, Xides paid for his words and deeds.

「Sequence 3: Paradox」

A familiar yet cold voice echoed in space:

「Far, near.」

Xides's pupils shrunk.

The distance to that moon hadn't changed, but in an instant, a large hand appeared in front of him. The hand's pure white porcelain-like skin emitted a faint glow, and before him, the five fingers clenched tightly, aiming directly at his face.

"Fool." Xides tilted his head and sneered, "Do you think such slow movements can hit me? A snail's speed is even faster—"

Bang!

Xides was punched squarely on the face. The dragon-faced mask pressed harshly against his cheek, the Strength permeating through his skull, causing waves in his intracranial tissues.

'Impossible! Such a slow attack, even a mortal could dodge it!'

Xides wasn't injured by the punch, but bewilderment surged in his heart:

'It wasn't the speed, nor was I too slow to dodge.'

He turned to see, that fist had already retracted, still at a distance of 17.03 kilometers away.

No sonic boom, no timelapse, no spatial crack.

It was as if that fist was just randomly thrown in place, yet it traveled 17.03 kilometers accurately to strike his face.

Very far, yet very near.

Xides hadn't yet reacted before another punch rushed toward him, this time he instinctively raised his hand to block, no longer underestimating and instead fully defending.

Bam!

The dragon mask took a deep dent, Xides's face distorted along with the mask, this blow landed fiercely on him.

Was it slower again?

No, that's not it.

Previously Li Aozi had stacked his attack speed to such heights, Xides could still respond, but these two punches, though he could detect them, he couldn't react in time.

Even though the opponent's punch clearly crossed 17.03 kilometers, the initial speed and effort seemed exactly like punching in place.

Unable to determine the opponent's attack path.

'It's the distance. The distance is off!'

Xides realized:

"Leoz, you actually have a Mandate?!"

Clearly just an old relic from Beyond the Abyss.

Bam!

Xides's nose was directly hit by a punch, his actions quickly blocked it out, but the fist still hit him dead on, as if someone were running full speed yet couldn't catch up to a turtle.

"No matter how fast I run, as long as Leoz throws a punch, it will surpass my distance."

Xides's failed block made him more vigilant, constantly shifting his stance, raising his Perception to immediately capture Leoz's attack trajectory.

"He's coming from the right!"

Xides acted instantly, his palm exploded with Void Luminary Variant, rushing directly towards the opponent's trajectory.

Slap!

Leoz kicked at his knee's meniscus from the side, Xides's interception was immediately broken, but he wasn't annoyed, his gaze instead became more serious.

"Still not right—this time from the left!"

He grasped with one hand, the Void Crystal rose from the ground, forming a mountain wall.

—Since he couldn't block it, he wouldn't let him reach him.

Sure enough, as the Void Coral ascended, Leoz's punches couldn't reach him.

"The hardness of Void Crystal is six trillion times that of Diamond, with the traits of the Void, without Kappa's (10) Distortion Curse, regular physical attacks have no effect on it. It exists in a superposition of being and non-being, and the attacks from the Layer Abyss hitting it are like making an electron pass through a gap, causing no damage."

Xides's form submerged in the Void Energy, as if trapped in an ocean of purple-black, he spoke calmly:

"Even though your feeble attacks can leave no mark on me—"

「Sequence 2.」

No sound.

No change.

No touch.

In just an instant, immersed in the sea of Void Energy, Xides couldn't even blink before everything before his eyes changed.

The purple-black world was instantly illuminated. The towering and mighty Void Crystal had been 'deleted' from this space altogether.

Xides's calmness, then solidified.

Even as the bright, holy moonlight fell upon his face, he still couldn't believe this fact.

In Layer Abyss, the Void Crystal, which from a basic physics standpoint couldn't possibly be breached, and with a thickness of 1.4 billion millimeters,

is just gone like that?

No fragments, no impact, no radiation, no burning or reduction reactions.

It doesn't belong to physics, nor is it magic, and it has no connection to metaphysics or the soul.

To put it bluntly, it's as if a programmer tapped the keyboard and deleted the model and substance of the Void Crystal.

If, before this, any ability displayed by Li Aozi was obtained through his own system, knowledge, and memory, whether it's [Canyue] or [Gravity], the Meteor Fall Technique meant nothing to him either.

Xides knew too well the capabilities of the "Starry Abyss."

But what is this?

Xides felt a bout of tinnitus, unsure if it was due to physiological changes from excessive stress, or because after the Void Crystal was removed out of thin air, the world's negative pressure was pressing towards him.

But Xides was certain of one thing, his hearing was fine.

Because he clearly heard that calm voice void of any emotional fluctuation, no matter the circumstance:

"—Void."

Clang!

He raised his hand, and a void spike immediately appeared in front of him, blocking the opponent's advance, the purple crystal struck by a porcelain fist was instantly erased and deleted, turning into nothingness.

"Insolent!"

Xides growled, and a barrage of void missiles quickly rained down, bombarding towards the opponent.

That's when he finally got a clear look at the opponent's appearance.

The silver-white armor faintly glowed with a starry sky-like blue halo.

The entire design of the armor was very ordinary, very pure, full of traces of practicality, the snow-like white robe opened into two outward flares. The helmet was also just an ordinary full-enclosed knight's helm.

Except compared to before, on his—His head, there was now a crown.

A pale gold, thorny crown like spikes.

Just the appearance of this one crown made Xides realize the person he was facing had already changed.

"Leoz!"

Rumble rumble rumble!

A series of void spells thundered down.

Void missiles, removed!

Void Luminary Variant, removed!

The cannon fodder rushing up to throw themselves into death, removed!

As he moved quickly, the white robe seemed to confuse Xides' vision, he couldn't determine the opponent's footwork trajectory.

But does that matter?

"Showy and useless! The only truth in this world is firepower, with oversaturated bombardment, let's see where you can still run!"

He could only release energy in one breath onto the ground, raising wave after wave of void tides like a tsunami.

Time, dimension, space.

Under the impact of the void tides, these concepts were shattered.

"Watch this! This is nihilism, everything about you is meaningless, even if you traverse spacetime, void is your destiny!"

However, even as the overwhelming tides rushed forward, the opponent coldly and swiftly dashed forward, reaching out towards the all-consuming void tides.

The world returned to peace, without a ripple of disturbance.

Void tides—removed.

At this moment, Xides could no longer maintain his calm.

"Damn you! What Arcane Energy is this!!!"

Xides' worldview was profoundly shaken:

"The tidal wave of nihilism... was deconstructed by the void?"

It's like dividing zero by zero.

Leaving aside the outcome, can zero even be divided?

Zero is zero because it is a hollow number; it has no inverse, and any number divided by zero yields an undefined result, only turning the whole expression into an infinite entity.

Snap!

Leoz stepped forward, arriving in front of the opponent.

He didn't launch an attack, merely raised a hand and gently pushed Xides.

"Paradox—"

Leoz said calmly:

"Void and existence."

In the next moment, Xides suddenly found his form abruptly liberated from the image of the Void Overlord, his skin restored to porcelain, his figure shrouded in purple armor.

"—You made two sequential Arcane Energies interact with each other?!"

"While you were smug about your abilities, the moonlight had already become my servant."

Leoz said calmly:

"Moonlight Disciple, step forward."

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