Chapter 286: Star Calamity Solaria

Mu Yi and the two others moved very quickly, soon directly reaching the position of the Star Mage, directly ignoring the two guards near them that were like iron tortoises.

The two iron tortoise guards, though non-elite heroes, possessed survivability comparable to the heroic spirits of elite heroes; if there were no alternative, probably no one would want to waste time on them.

"Shall I go, or will you?" Mu Yi turned his head to look at Lily and asked.

"You go ahead; star magic has no reference value for me anymore!" Lily shook her head.

Even without being employed as a Star Mage, his understanding of star magic is not inferior to any Star Mage, and even surpasses them.

"Then I'll go!"

Mu Yi activated the full effect of the Thousand-Mile Eye Divine Ability, intending to strike from a distance and directly deal a heavy blow to the defenseless Star Constant Calamity.

Instantly, a blinding golden light shot out from his eyes!

The dazzling golden light instantly illuminated the Star Calamity Solaria, and a strong sense of insight instantly awakened the dormant Solaria.

Almost instantly, countless complex auras erupted from her body!

At that moment, a huge black shadow descending from the sky directly enveloped Mu Yi!

"Boom!!!"

As that black shadow smashed onto the ground, the entire surface trembled slightly!

Dragging a long tail of flame, a meteor falling from the sky heavily struck the battlefield; after the earth was riddled with countless cracks, a speck of starlight appeared at the core of the impact crater.

"What tremendous power!"

Mu Yi casually dodged the comet's impact attack, standing beside the crater and watching the starlight within it.

This speck of starlight exudes an aura of calamity and destruction; if it truly struck, it would definitely inflict considerable harm on him.

Seeing Mu Yi so easily dodge her comet attack, Solaria became somewhat irritable.

"I am a follower of the myriad stars; the stars will grant me power!"

"The stars will destroy you! Foolish junior! You will pay the price for challenging the stars!"

Solaria hoarsely roared.

Day and night instantly inverted, and beneath the dark night curtain, countless stars twinkled.

"Heaven's Canopy? A half-step Legend Star Mage?"

Lily looked somewhat surprised at the sky that suddenly shifted between day and night.

Under normal circumstances, without the sun's interference, a non-Legend Star Mage beneath the starry sky can unleash their full awe-inspiring power.

Of course, this is based on idealistic sentiment; every star that can emit radiance is actually a sun-like star, and some of them are even more frenzied than the sun.

However, from a materialistic perspective, perhaps the farther the light, the weaker its power, and the easier it is to grasp.

However, these limitations apply only to non-Legend Star Mages; upon entering the Legend rank, Star Mages can begin to command solar power, which will elevate their abilities to a higher level.

Star Mages are divided into Comet Grade, Bright Moon Grade, and Blazing Sun Grade.

Before reaching Blazing Sun Grade, even a Star Mage capable of controlling a portion of sunlight is still limited by day and night.

Therefore, Star Mages have developed a secret art called 【Heaven's Canopy】, specifically for switching between day and night, allowing them to unleash their strongest power.

At this moment, all the stars in the dark night sky began to twinkle.

Countless specks of starlight transformed into comets with long flaming tails, plummeting down toward Mu Yi.

Mu Yi's form turned into a phantom, and he sprinted at high speed toward the Star Calamity Solaria.

After feeling the power of star magic, Mu Yi had no intention of standing still and taking hits, for that destructive force could breach his defenses.

Faced with such a mighty spell, the best approach is to charge straight in.

"Wind? Howling?"

All sounds were flung behind Mu Yi; he resembled a phantom, appearing instantly before the Star Calamity Solaria.

"How recklessly brave!"

The Star Calamity Solaria, looking at Mu Yi appearing before it, murmured softly, closed its eyes, clasped its hands, and began to cast a new star magic, completely disregarding the Mu Yi right before it.

"Pfft~"

Nothing could describe the feeling of the Star Calamity Solaria; pain surged continuously from its chest, and a fierce burning sensation violently spread from the chest to the limbs.

"Impossible!"

At the moment the pain in its chest intensified, the Star Calamity Solaria realized it had been attacked, and moreover, struck by a killing blow that pierced its heart.

She could not comprehend how Mu Yi had done it; she had clearly set up three layers of defense—not only formation node spells, but also shield spells, and even the defensive spell attached to her robe.

Yet these defenses, sufficient to bluntly resist meteor impact damage, were at this moment like a sheet of paper, mercilessly pierced by Mu Yi's broadsword.

Her entire body instantly burst forth with endless mana, as if trying to repel Mu Yi; the mana permeating the air allowed her to clearly sense his every move.

Yet she could not shake off Mu Yi; even relying on the surrounding endless mana and the subtle connection between her and the defensive barrier, she could easily perceive him.

However, this perception provided no substantive help for her to escape her current situation; time seemed to have frozen at this moment.

But the next instant, an anomaly erupted: a Zongwang Player burst from the void, face ferocious, wielding a dagger behind Mu Yi, launching a merciless stab.

Mu Yi's body barely dodged the dagger's backstab, and a holy sword appeared in his hand, which he swung at the suddenly appearing player.

In just an instant, the missed Zongwang Player vanished directly before Mu Yi, and the holy sword swung at empty air.

"The taste of the Abyss… truly a lingering grudge!"

Mu Yi smelled from the air the distinctive aura of the Abyss Demon, never expecting the opponent to choose this moment to suddenly strike.

The concealment method was extraordinarily clever, perhaps also involving an artifact in hand; not only did the city's detective eye fail to penetrate it, but at such close range, even his perception could not capture the opponent's movements.

If not for the Soldier Lord's Divine Ability spontaneously activating heart-eye avoidance, he would definitely have taken that blow.

The cold light flashing from the dagger, together with its strange color, could tell that it was absolutely a blade laced with deadly poison.

After missing, the opponent directly teleported away, possibly already having fled to the depths of the dungeon.

One missed strike, fleeing a thousand miles—this clean and efficient assassin's style left Mu Yi completely unable to grasp any trace left by the opponent.

The spectating Lily's face turned solemn as she drew her staff and prepared for battle; like Mu Yi, she too had not detected the movements of the Abyss Demon player.

After realizing the other party had fled, Lily began to track their escape direction.

The maid Aili immediately released her full perception, realizing that in this challenge dungeon she had no advantage whatsoever; the enemies they faced were all top-tier Transcendent beings of the Multiverse.

Even if she died, it wouldn't matter, but if Lily came to any harm, she could not absolve herself even with ten thousand deaths!

As Lily reverse-tracked the landing point of the Abyss Demon player's teleportation from the spatial ripple of her own departure, two figures suddenly appeared beside Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya.

"My comrades! I need your help!"

Because a fourth Zongwang Player had appeared, Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya began calling for her comrades.

Although Suolaliya was pierced through the heart, she did not die; instead, starlight filled her chest, and at this moment Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya looked less like a human and more like a star-being akin to an elemental giant.

Starlight surrounded her entirely, with no sign of death.

Mu Yi didn't find this particularly surprising either; for a half-step Legend or even Legend-level mage, having life-prolonging spells was quite normal.

If it weren't for the Abyss Demon's interruption just now, even ten more life-prolonging spells would have been useless for Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya.

Naturally, the two Heroic Spirit guards closest to Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya appeared, and the moment they surrounded her, a barrier like a domain unfolded.

The protective barrier formed by the three figures standing at the three corners covered the three of them.

"Are you targeting this kind of thing?"

Mu Yi also understood why the Abyss Demon player acted now—he wanted to exploit the challenge dungeon's special mechanism to kill using another's hand.

Only with the guards did the star mage truly deserve the title of Stellar Calamity.

The Abyss Demon–origin Zongwang Player knew this well, for Stellar Calamity was the name the Abyss Demons originally used to address Suolaliya.

No one knew the destructive power of Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya better than the Abyss Demons—a power not Legendary, yet surpassing Legend.

As many as ten or more Legendary demons had died at their hands; if the Abyss Demons had invaded a few years later, truly letting them reach Legend, they might have slain even more Legendary demons.

With the guards, Suolaliya instantly relaxed her vigilance, stretched out both hands and began chanting a spell; Mu Yi could sense that it was surely a super-terrifying spell.

His perception frantically warned him to flee at once—this spell would truly be deadly!

Mu Yi's choice was equally direct—if he couldn't solve the problem, he would solve the one who raised it.

In an instant, his back wings unfolded, and a killing wind swirled around him.

At that moment time stretched, distance was instantly crossed, and Mu Yi, moving at an uncapturable speed, surpassed the two Heroic Spirit guards' defenses and appeared before Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya.

The protective barrier was easily pierced by the blade's light, offering no defense whatsoever.

The next instant, Mu Yi's head loomed infinitely large in Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya's eyes.

"Bang!"

A thunderous head blow like a storm, accompanied by excruciating pain, completely overwhelmed Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya!

For Mu Yi, who had a bronze head and iron forehead, the victory of the headbutt was obvious.

——Ten Thousand Armies Take Head

In the moment Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya was dazed, Mu Yi's broadsword in hand tore her neck and most of her body, splitting her in half.

Immediately thereafter, the Hell Path's infernal flames ignited the shattered corpse, sealing off any last resort in the void.

"Zongwang Prompt: Congratulations, player, for defeating the elite Heroic Spirit—Stellar Calamity-Suolaliya; you have met the basic clearance conditions and may exit the challenge dungeon at any time when not in combat."

"Zongwang Prompt: Your challenge reward has been increased!"

Looking at the prompt on his retina, then at the corpse on the ground turning into light and beginning to dissipate, Mu Yi nodded.

After fighting for so long in Jiuzhou against those heaven-defying beings, he had almost forgotten that he was practically a natural enemy to mages of this sort.

He was indeed a mage-slayer who could easily pierce mages' protective spells.

At least mages below Legend could not face his slaughterblade……Mu Yi glanced at Lily, who was tracking the Abyss Demon's position, unsure whether he could pose a lethal threat to her.

But he firmly believed he would not lose.

Though the Multiverse never lacks geniuses and monsters, there is no doubt he is among them—being able to slay a Legend across ranks is the best proof.

Without the star mage's firepower, the two guard Heroic Spirits skilled in defense were nothing more than free kills.

When Lily's Comet Technique came crashing down, the two guard Heroic Spirits instantly turned to light and vanished; their deaths protecting the star mage upon the star magic were, in a way, fated.

The two Heroic Spirit guards died without dropping Heroic Spirit Fragments, but instead an epic-grade shield burst forth—nothing remarkable; Mu Yi merely glanced at it, tossed it into his bag to gather dust, planning to later throw it straight into the Nine Cauldrons as an offering.

The Heroic Spirit Fragment of the Stellar Calamity also fell into Mu Yi's hand; this also counted as the agreement between Lily and him—Lily only wanted the Legendary mage's Heroic Spirit Fragment, while everything else belonged to Mu Yi.

"Too bad, I couldn't catch that sewer rat!"

Somewhat vexed, Mu Yi gazed in the direction where the Abyss Demon's aura had faded; abilities involving space, time, and causality always left one feeling helpless.

"We'll meet him again!" Lily smiled mysteriously, her finger tapping the center of the map.

"This is the battlefield against the Abyss Demons—how could their signature spatial teleportation possibly lack defenses!"

And at the center of the battlefield city, beneath the great Eye of Surveillance, the Abyss Demon stared in horror at the enemy before him.

King of Justice-Crossed, the human king, and also the strongest being in this plane.

"Sewer rat, you'll regret coming here!"

Gazing at the Abyss Demon player appearing before him, Crossed's face showed an irrepressible killing intent.

The power they left behind was meant to aid the next generation, not to let the damned demon taint it.

A terrifying aura surged skyward, instantly pressing the Abyss Demon player face-down to the ground.

"Spatial teleport!"

The Abyss Demon wanted to repeat his old trick, but the moment the spatial fluctuation arose, an unknown force interfered and it instantly collapsed.

"In the name of humanity, I sentence your death!"

The earth trembled, and the Abyss Demon dissipated into nothing under the powerful slash.