316: Though You Keep Milking the Bloodline, It Really Tried Its Best

"Surrender?"

Li Aoz didn't stop; he hooked his five fingers back, and gravity instantly distorted spacetime.

Time and spacetime are frozen.

Unlike ordinary Space-Time Ability, Li Aoz's spacetime abilities are entirely governed by the gravity inherent in his nature.

Spacetime within a radius of nearly 300 meters instantly froze, the movement of all molecules stopped, the surface temperature of objects reached absolute zero, and the air, like a rigid body, ceased to circulate, choking in the throat.

Magic, physical strength, electromagnetic effects—all actions that require the flow of time to produce results—have come to a halt in this stagnant area.

Only Li Aoz, as the master of gravity, possesses a natural gravitational pull, allowing him to move freely through this space.

This is something that ordinary spacetime systems cannot achieve.

Ordinary spacetime abilities, at best, only interfere with the 'units of time experienced by humans'. Rather than static movement, they merely alter perception, specifically the unit of 'minutes/seconds'.

But Li Aoz doesn't need to do that.

Unlike force fields and telekinesis, which tend to Twisted Reality, the advanced effects of gravity are more inclined to interfere with the laws of the macroscopic world. In simple terms, it means that when an object has an extremely large mass, it can bend the spacetime around it, which not only affects the movement of surrounding objects but also slows down the passage of time.

The best example of this ability is a black hole.

Of course, Li Aoz doesn't need to create a massive celestial body directly; he can simply distort spacetime using the properties of Aoneng.

This is the Aoneng. When you know nothing, you simply follow whatever Aoneng you. But when you understand the essence of Aoneng and the principles behind its phenomena, it means you have a complete and thorough understanding of how Aoneng is developed.

Then the universe is not far from destruction.

The more ignorant one is, the less one realizes how terrifying one's own power can be.

Just like now, Li Aoz froze time and space, slowly walking step by step to ' Ice Demon ' Duggen Golas, casually taking the Staff Sword and Magic Guidebook from the other's hand, which were the greatest value of this person.

Expecting these degenerate mercenaries to drop gold coins is like hoping the duck necks in the cafeteria aren't rats.

Having obtained the item, Li Aoz turned and left, snapping his fingers to unfreeze it.

Ping Pong —

Dugen blinked, his whole body shuddered, and his body temperature rose rapidly. His stagnant blood started flowing again, almost bursting his blood pressure tube. Fortunately, he was a practitioner of ice magic, and after shivering a few times, he realized that his hands were empty.

"You..."

He looked at Li Aoz, who only showed him his completely unguarded back.

"Get lost."

Li Aoz casually remarked that killing the opponent was a waste of time, and the experience gained wouldn't be more than that of other Zeta-rank.

Instead, let's treat them as elite monsters and leave them for the players to train.

Dugen knelt on one knee, watching helplessly as the other person turned his back to him and swaggered away.

Despite having such a good opportunity, he didn't even have the slightest thought of launching a sneak attack.

Only after Li Aoz disappeared from sight did he shake his head, glance around at the Blood River, and sigh, "Is this what youth is... What kind of monsters are these younger generations?"

He became increasingly certain that Nalia had lied to him.

Even in Narrative-level Civilization, someone like Li Aoz would be considered an excellent seed. He would either ascend to godhood on the Ascension Platform and take charge of the narrative, or join the Deep Abyss Squad and explore its deep potential.

"The Abyss may be about to welcome a new legendary figure."

What Dugen thinks is none of Li Aoz's business.

He strolled leisurely through the colossal structure of the Tomb Stars, where the Blood River expanded in all directions, relentlessly eroding life and bringing him abundant experience.

Strictly speaking, Final Scarlet is not his most terrifying ability. The core of this ability is based on bloodline, and for those higher beings who rely on bloodline, being tainted by blood is like being injected with a deadly poison.

It's not that the [bloodline] destroys or harms them; in fact, the [bloodline] simply assimilates and transforms their bloodline into an equally supreme one.

As for the immune system's rejection response after blood degeneration? If organs aren't modified, will they be directly devoured and dissolved by the aggressive blood...?

Then it has nothing to do with bloodline.

Li Aoz walked slowly, not in a hurry to settle scores with Nalia; in fact, he was hoping things would escalate.

As a victim, public opinion naturally sided with him, not to mention that as a hero of the Abyss, a warrior who repelled "society", and the president of a sovereign nation, he was kidnapped by Narrative-level Civilization, and then he even killed the kidnappers and took the opportunity to wipe out human cancerous communities like the Tomb Stars Cluster.

What does this mean? For those news media, this free breaking news is a gift from God! Li Aoz wasn't in a hurry, and even went so far as to escalate the battle. He activated [Calamity], cursing the planet equally, so that more people would encounter him by chance because of 'bad luck'.

Moreover, when those scumbag criminals from the Tomb Stars saw Li Aoz, their first reaction wasn't to run away. Under the influence of [Calamity], they believed that Li Aoz was weak and vulnerable and would be easy to bully.

Then, Li Aoz, in self-defense, used gravity to crush him into a pulp, tears streaming down his face.

Even with past examples to learn from, people continued to flock to Li Aoz for various reasons, essentially offering themselves up for slaughter.

Later, Li Aoz simply used gravity to gather a steel tower, sat on the throne at the top, and leisurely waited for people to come and challenge him.

"Is that the guy who messed up our megastructure? Damn, that's insane! I'll kill him!"

"He's alone, which gives us the advantage in numbers!"

"A mere Zeta-rank dares to act arrogantly on our turf! Let's take him down!"

Gravitational pressure forces them to kneel, gravity gathers them together, forming a cage, and then they are launched into space in one smooth motion.

Even science fiction wouldn't dare to write something like this.

"Unfortunately, the Tomb Stars are a bunch of chickens and dogs; such trash can't possibly test the limits of my strength."

Li Aoz sat on his throne, the corpses piled up at his feet. He sat there brazenly on the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, his chin resting on his hand, waiting for those who didn't know what was going on to come and challenge him.

However, even though the "scourge" continues to have an impact, not everyone is a fool.

After repeatedly challenging and collecting piles of corpses, even the criminals and thugs of the Tomb Stars gradually came to their senses. Those who were unlucky enough to run into Li Aoz because of [the scourge] ran away at lightning speed without saying a word.

Li Aoz had no interest in pursuing them; after all, he was already busy enough harvesting the stubble in front of him, and there was no need to lose sight of the bigger picture.

Five years of recuperation and preparation have left Li Aoz with no idea of his current strength. However, given the current situation, the Zeta-rank is no longer of any significance to him.

As long as they don't exceed the Zeta-rank, they'll all die no matter how many come.

The ultimate control and overwhelming output of [Gravity], combined with the time-space freeze and the instantaneous movement of [Echo], grant him extremely high mobility.

As long as you have enough mana, [Calamity] can continue its pursuit and killing function.

The Bloodfiend Style, which has reached its pinnacle, makes Li Aoz's survivability reach its limit, and his tankiness is seriously excessive. Five years ago, as long as an attack could not kill him instantly, it would be able to heal back up in no time.

Now, even the abilities that could theoretically kill him instantly have been distributed through the [Death Link], which has been developed to the Dominator level.

Even if someone is evenly matched with him, the [Crescent Moon]'s Dimensional Strike, jump between dimensions, shift layers, and Dimensional Barrier is enough to drive his opponent crazy.

Even if we are not afraid of dimensional attacks, well then it's time for [Dark Light] to make a move.

In short...

Those with higher damage output than Li Aoz definitely don't have his mobility.

Those with higher mobility than him certainly don't have his tankiness.

Those who are tankier than him don't have his wide-range damage output.

Even more outrageous than his damage radius is the lack of a summoning ability like [Dark Light].

What? You said someone called for backup? Okay, then their damage output definitely isn't as high as his.

Six years of accumulation, thanks to the support of the players, has resulted in a large influx of experience points and a rapid increase in Aoneng Development, completely catching up with the disadvantage of [Echoes] being unable to learn skills.

Moreover, the vast amount of experience and the profits from the loan of Aoneng have allowed Li Aoz to transform himself into a perfect all-rounder.

Combined with the Berserker template, it triples the boost.

Looking at it this way... Li Aoz realized that [Bloodline] was still his weakest ability. Not only were the attribute benefits low, but the effects were also mediocre.

At best, it only provides some interaction with [Dark Light].

"It seems that this is all the planet can offer."

After reaping more than 400 Zeta-rank (6) enemies, Li Aoz's interest gradually disappeared. After all, he was not a bloodthirsty tyrant. The next ones to come were just some weak Delta-rank (4) and Epsilon (5) enemies. High-class enemies fighting low-class enemies did not yield any experience gains.

As for settling scores with Nalia, Li Aoz guessed that if Nalia had any sense, she would have run away by now.

In fact, he never intended to kill her in the first place, after all, Nalia was backed by a company, and he didn't dare to act rashly.

He couldn't possibly find a narrative to follow—just kidding, Lioz had just told him about ' Red King's ' connection to the ' Hidden Society,' he'd have to be crazy to pick a fight with the group.

We'll collect some interest from the Tomb Stars, and when the opportunity arises, we'll uproot Verrazzi Security Company completely.

"That's enough, it's time to leave."

Li Aoz turned on his communicator and contacted White Candle Star.

"This is Li Aoz. How are things going on your end?"

Bang! Dia Lan kicked open the ship's cabin door, and the rescue team immediately rushed into the Civil Aviation cabin. Under the cover of smoke grenades and magic, they opened fire and suppressed the pirates.

"Just arrived."

Dia Lan picked up the headset and said something.

The next moment, the Zeta-rank aura emanating from him was instantly released, and the pressure of the Dragon Blood Titan enveloped the battlefield. A large number of pirates trembled and immediately realized that something was wrong:

"This aura—"

"Damn, Zeta-rank here!"

"Run! We're no match for them!"

"What about these hostages? We accepted the job..."

"Are you stupid? Your life is your own. You can't have money if you're not alive to spend it."

Under Dia Lan's leadership, the White Candle Star's assault team quickly broke through the pirates' defenses. Under the encirclement of warships, a large number of pirates eventually chose to surrender, with only a small number taking advantage of their ships' speed to break out of the blockade.

After finishing the job, Dia Lan reported to Li Aoz, "The hostage rescue is complete. There's no need to worry for now, Your His Excellency the President."

Li Aoz wasn't pleased; instead, he frowned and asked, "Hmm? Don't you have Zeta-rank over there?"

"There is no Zeta-rank aura here. Even if there is, they should have left a long time ago."

As soon as Dia Lan finished speaking, Li Aoz's armor immediately felt a jolt.

"Oh, this feeling is..."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Li Aoz smiled knowingly and looked up at the sky.

"I was just saying that the previous games were too boring, and then they immediately sent me a real challenge."

A blinding Fire Meteor streaked across the sky, within which a figure clad in silver armor could be vaguely discerned.

Nefthys Cleopatra! Li Aoz slowly stood up, looking at the trajectory of the falling object above him, his fists clenched, his bones cracking and popping.

"I hope you can test my limits, dear Miss Nefes."

He hasn't even finished warming up yet.