Chapter 445: Meteor (2/2)
He was excited when he saw a meteor even though it was not rare to see a meteor appear in space or the solar system. In fact, there were tons of meteors that fall to the Earth every day, but most of them would burn up while entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
Luo Yuan had once entered the Glassians’ dreams before so he had a good understanding of the quality of technology they possessed and because of this, he felt helpless. He knew that he had revealed all of his abilities to the Glassians when he consecutively destroyed two of their aircrafts. It was just wishful thinking to believe that he could appear without being noticed. Perhaps the Glassians were now using all kinds of surveillances to keep their eyes on him - monitoring each and every move he made while analyzing his previous battles. Nevertheless, regardless of how advanced the Glassian's technology was, it was impossible for them to keep track of every meteor that appeared in space.
After a while, Luo Yuan entered the meteor which was nearby. When he was completely hidden by the Moon, he used his Will to propel himself forward. Fortunately, the meteor was 10,000 kilometers away from the Moon and therefore it was unaffected by either the Moon's or the Earth's gravity.
Anyway, it was possible for Luo Yuan to generate forces that were sufficient for the meteor to move against the Moon’s gravitational pull when he was flying with his Will. Meanwhile, the centripetal force was also aiding the meteor as it was revolving around the Moon - allowing it to travel at up to 20 kilometers per second.
Of course, it was relatively slow since it had to travel a distance of 20,000 to 30,000 kilometers. The meteor might have needed 10 days to reach the spaceship if it continued traveling at this constant speed. Who knows if the spaceship would still be there after 10 days.
Luo Yuan wanted to fly through the fourth dimension when his Will had recovered by half. Even though it was dangerous to accelerate when he was in the meteor (as he could easily be identified), he did not care so much about it anymore. However, Luo Yuan had never expected a surprise from his opponent.
The ship was huge and despite the fact that it was so far away from him, he could still vaguely see the ship’s figure through a fist sized hole that he had made in the meteor. Besides, the long beam of light was prominent and certainly visible when it appeared in dark space. It would be difficult for one to not notice it.
The spaceship was now moving towards him at an extremely fast speed. He felt relieved at this turn of event and closed his eyes to speed up the recovery rate of his Will.
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The ”meteor” continued to streak across the dark and silent space. It looked just like an ordinary and unattractive piece of rock flying in space, heading straight towards the spaceship. Luo Yuan was sitting quietly and taking a nap to restore his energy when he suddenly felt palpitations and was awakened by it.
He opened his eyes and saw a glimmer of light passing through the dark sky. In just two hours, his Will had been completely restored and had even improved slightly in the process. Without a doubt, the battle was a good way to train his Will. Luo Yuan could vaguely sense that he was very close to upgrading his Will to 20 points, however, he was not concerned about that now.
He peeked into the near future using his prediction ability and the scene remained the same, showing that he was not in danger. However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, it seemed like there was a strong and powerful energy wave that was coming from behind him. He then looked carefully through the small hole and confirmed it.
Luo Yuan got stunned as he saw an energy wave coming towards him. There was a dazzling white light shining through the Moon which now looked like a glass ball that was being shattered into tiny pieces and scattered across space. Broken pieces that remained on the Moon gradually shrunk and were soon completely vaporized by the high temperature. In just 10 seconds, the remaining core of the Moon had turned entirely red.
Luo Yuan could clearly see that boiling magma had formed which were spewing out flames occasionally. Flying in an arc, he then returned to the Moon once again. The dazzling white light had gradually faded, exposing the damage that had been inflicted on the Moon. Its shape resembled a bitten apple. Almost one-quarter of the regions had been destroyed, forming a massive hole in the Moon. The hole was there only for a while and soon became shallower as it was being filled with magma which tore through the surface of the Moon.
The Moon had become relatively small and was now the size of a soccer ball from where Luo Yuan was situated. He observed everything that had happened absent-mindedly and stood perfectly still. Contemplating what had happened, he was furious and clenched his fists in anger.
The Earth had adapted to the existence of the Moon and thus if there were any changes to the mass of the Moon, the Earth would be significantly affected as well. The ocean tides would become weaker, causing the Earth’s rotation to become faster. There would also be an irregularity in the four seasons and the stability of the Earth’s crust would be affected. Luo Yuan also predicted that volcanic earthquakes would occur more frequently. He could predict that even if he had won the battle, the Earth could be beyond saving. He shifted his gaze and looked at the spaceship coldly.
He had now gotten closer to the spaceship. He stopped accelerating and was moving forward at a constant speed using the inertia which was present. He took a deep breath and tried to remain calm. Luo Yuan had a tendency of acting irrationally when he was angry. All he had to do now was to continue being invisible and deliver a deathblow to the entire spaceship when was closer to it.
This was his usual way to launch an attack and he was good at it. However, this was his first time using a skill since he had acquired the Body Fusion ability. Soon, he had completely calmed himself down again and sat quietly with his legs crossed; waiting for the right moment to attack.
Luo Yuan waited patiently for 10 minutes when suddenly, the opponent stopped. They were now only 10,000 kilometers apart. Luo Yuan’s expression changed slightly and he waited for a while. The spaceship was not moving and he ground his teeth as he was getting ready to fly through the fourth-dimension.
In that moment, a meteor suddenly flew past him and disappeared in just a blink of an eye. He was stunned for a moment and soon discovered that there were many meteors behind him and they were flying in his direction. The meteors were dark red in color, emitting heat from its surface. Apparently, these were the meteors that had escaped the gravitational pull of the Moon when it had exploded.
In his heart, he thought, ”God is helping me!”
The kinetic energy generated during the explosion of the Moon had caused the meteors to travel at an extremely high speed through space. The meteors reached 400 to 500 kilometers per second which were faster than the speed he traveled at in his space-time bubble. At such speeds, the meteors could reach the spaceship in less than 10 minutes.
He knew what he needed to do. By estimating the distance of the meteors’ trajectory behind him, he chose one of the meteors that were nearest to his flight path and slightly adjusted his path using his Will. This particular piece of the Moon was relatively big - resembling the peak of the mountain. It was rolling rapidly and violently towards Luo Yuan.
He stared at the meteor without blinking and braced himself for the collision. After 10 seconds, both of the meteors crashed into each other and the meteor that Luo Yuan was sitting in had been completely crushed.
Before the impact, Luo Yuan had targeted the position of the meteor with his four-dimensional vision and had teleported to the back of it. It would have taken the meteor quite some time to cool down as it was extremely big and Luo Yuan noticed that it was still in its molten state.
He took this opportunity to merge himself into the lava.