Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'-Chapter 1270 - 269: Empire Line: Toward the [Spiritual Deer] Ending (63)

It's over.

Meganiros muttered to himself in his heart.

He had acted so extravagantly, yet he still couldn't stop Li Aozi from stepping into this trap.

No, that's not right, this wasn't falling into a trap, it was having a pit dug right in front of you; a normal, clear-eyed person would see it and think, oh, there's a pit here, I should go around it.

But when it's Li Aozi, he watches as someone digs the pit with a shovel and repeatedly emphasizes: there's a pit here, and he still wants to jump in.

Now it's bad; with Zhang Fulong dead, the news will go straight back to the Secret Council, reported to Emperor Anpolo, and the next moment, all the secret citizens from the Earth's faction of the Council will mobilize to eradicate Leoz and the newly born Yuanyuan Formation.

"This is what happens without strategic patience, too hasty!"

Meganiros shook his head:

"If you can't endure small annoyances, you'll ruin big plans. It's all over now; if it really were easy to kill secret people, I would've done it long ago..."

However, just as Meganiros was feeling dejected and lamenting Leoz's inability to achieve anything, the decapitated body of Zhang Fulong remained standing in place.

Not only standing, but its posture was quite natural.

This immediately caught Oshen's attention. He cautiously stared at the headless body, his face serious.

Suddenly, the body moved.

The body slowly raised its hand, reached into its pocket, fumbled for a bit, and pulled out a cigarette, tossing it into the void.

The cigarette flew high, spinning a little in the air, gradually being tinged with a light gray hue as it fell.

What... just happened?

For a moment, everyone present experienced a mysterious stirring feeling in their hearts.

Li Aozi turned around, holding a slender blade, drawing an arc through the air. Just as the sword tip was about to cut into the body, intense waves suddenly echoed in his ear.

Oshen felt a wave of familiarity; instinctively, he shouted:

"Lord Leoz, beware!"

Boom!

The sky shattered, thunder roared, and a pitch-black figure abruptly descended like a city wall, blocking the path in front of the headless body while stirring up billowing dust. At the same time, it raised a tower shield to meet the incoming sword.

Clang.

Li Aozi's blade halted.

Since the battle began, it was the first time someone could block his attack.

The dust clouded everything, yet it couldn't obscure Li Aozi's vision. His eyes were covered in silver-white, perceiving the truth. A shadow quickly passed by him, and with a hurried glance, all he saw were a few crow feathers drifting down from the sky.

The next moment, the shield bearer tilted the shield slightly. Li Aozi's blade met a strong repulsive force, and he was flung back, retreating five steps before stabilizing himself.

"Lord Leoz?!" Oshen quickly asked, "Do they have reinforcements? Are you okay?"

"Quite strong; almost managed to hurt me."

Li Aozi said casually, gazing into the dust:

"The current system can no longer detect enemies of this caliber. Compared to Apostle Arthur, these guys are the real opponents."

The dust was torn open by a dark hand, revealing the figure of Engineer Zhang Fulong. He had a cigarette in his mouth, flanked by two people, one tall and one short.

The taller one, dressed in simple attire with a Heart Protecting Mirror, had knotted muscles all over his body, hair as black as ink, and eyes pale white. Li Aozi recognized him immediately:

"Gretto Yegg."

"Long time no see, Li Aozi," Gretto Yegg said indifferently. "I never expected that after nearly a century, we'd meet again as enemies."

"Then I also know who this other person is."

Li Aozi glanced at the tall and slender avian, dressed in garments made of feathers, hunching his back:

"Narrow Space Mirror, it's you, isn't it?"

Narrow Space Mirror didn't speak, only emitting a 'caw' like a crow.

Compared to the relatively rational Gretto Yegg, Narrow Space Mirror had his personal will completely devoured by Ether Blood, losing even his humanoid form.

It's not surprising.

Li Aozi understood the mechanism between professionals and Ether Blood; they were originally created by Gaia to mimic those legendary creatures. Ether Blood continuously erodes the host, transforming them into the likeness of legendary beings, so they can serve the secret well.

The higher they level, the more reforging, and the easier secret citizens succumb to this brutal transformation and the influence of legendary creatures, leading to mental breakdowns. In severe cases, they morph into beastly monsters and can be killed by the Secret Council, taken back as important material reserves.

"The President and Prime Minister of the Sky Ring Republic, once the most progressive revolutionary warriors of Azure Star, now reduced to the lapdogs of the Secret Society—how is this surprising at all?"

Li Aozi spoke calmly, while Gretto Yegg only shook his head:

"There are no more Prime Ministers or Presidents; I am now the Black Knight of the Jury, Mirror is the Thief among the citizens." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Gretto Yegg raised his hand, pointing at Li Aozi:

"You, the Blacksmith Senator, aren't you planning to return?"

Oshen gripped his weapon tightly, his expression grave.

The situation around them was on the verge of erupting, and it was extremely unfavorable to their side.

Three demigods far surpassing Arthur... No, their true strength was certainly above demigod level; he was sure he saw Zhang Fulong's death kill notification just now.

But even so, Zhang Fulong now stood fine before them, puffing a cigarette, absent-mindedly spinning a lighter in his hand, and said: