Eternal Night

Chapter 581 "Courage"!
"...No, I didn't know who he was or what his purpose was at first. Anyway, if someone challenges me, I will naturally accept the challenge. There's nothing more to say about that..."

"...No, I absolutely refuse to accept this accusation. It is absolutely not about me coveting the soul of my dynasty and then using it to coerce you into placing the crown on my head. I don't need to resort to such despicable methods. I am the Storm King! The right-hand man under the Redeemer's banner! It is only right and proper for me to obtain this throne and crown!"

"...No, he didn't state his attitude or thoughts from the beginning, and I had no idea what he wanted to do. He just recited a poem as soon as he came out..."

Wu Pifu stood in the center of the battlefield, surrounded by densely packed metal skulls and various skull-shaped vehicles. Beneath his feet lay an Awakened-level tomb that he had just dismantled and hoisted... a war fortress that served as both a barracks for the undead and a mobile weapon platform. Its firepower was so immense that it could suppress Titans, making it the most terrifying land warfare technology weapon in the Warhammer Dreamworld, bar none.

However, such terrifying weapons are as fragile as paper in front of Wu Pifu now, and are completely meaningless.

With a single strike, without even triggering the multiple defense weakening effects within five steps, Wu Pifu combined the four elements of Chinese martial arts, immortal martial arts, internal energy, and domineering aura. He recited a rhyme about "one monk carrying water, two monks carrying water together," and with one strike, he pierced through the air to a distance of 50,000 meters. The power of the blade's aura was so great that even the alloy of the undead race could not withstand it. It was cut in two and then exploded into ruins.

As for the dense barrage of Gaussian weapons from the surrounding undead race, Wu Pifu stood still, unmoved. These ranged weapons, more than five steps away, weren't even enough to tickle him.

As for the metal skeletons that rushed up... well, there was really no way to deal with them. Wu Pifu, wielding the Heroic Spirit Shattering Blade, immediately activated his Musou mode. These metal skeletons couldn't even catch his movements. In the blink of an eye, a large number of metal skeletons fell down. It was truly a case of annihilation upon contact and death upon being hit.

The key is that the attack within five steps carries the "commoner" title effect, completely ignoring the rebirth protocol of the space undead race, and even the metal frame is reduced to ashes.

In less than ten minutes, at least a million metal skeletons were reduced to ashes. This complete death, which even the regeneration protocol could not restore, was not simply due to a program error causing the regeneration protocol to be invalid. It finally attracted the attention of the high-ranking members of the undead race.

When Wu Pifu first arrived in the Warhammer Dreamworld, he obtained a method for faster-than-light travel in non-subspace from the combination of the Magical Conch and the Whispering Skull: obtaining the matter folding jump technology from the Necromancers.

Then, with the explanation of the Eldar prophet Evelan Uslan, he learned about the general origins of the undead race in this dream world.

In short, this was a high-tech race that once possessed physical bodies, but due to a fundamental problem with the origin of their life, their lifespan was extremely short, so short that their entire civilization revolved around death.

At the same time, there was another ancient civilization that was the dominant power in the entire galaxy at that time. This was a race that achieved longevity, and possibly even immortality, based on the use of warp energy. According to Eldar prophet Evelan Uslan, the warp at that time was a pure and flawless place for souls to reside, and it was not as terrifying as it is now, nor did it contain the four evil gods.

The predecessors of the Necromancers, the Fearful Ones, knew of the existence of the Ancient Ones and were envious and jealous of their lifespan, civilization, and psionic technology. They even humbly begged the Ancient Ones to help them escape the suffering of short lifespans.

The messenger of the ancient sage initially agreed, but later went back on his word and humiliated the one who feared death.

Thus, fueled by envy, jealousy, hatred, humiliation, and despair over a short lifespan, war began.

The result was that the cowards were hung up and beaten, almost leading to the extinction of their race.

Then, the Fearful Ones were fortunate (or unfortunate) to encounter a super-life form that actually exists in reality: the Star God. This is something that is originally ignorant and mindless, wandering among stars and existing by consuming them for sustenance.

The Fearful Ones, through their advanced technology, condensed a metallic body for the Star God, thus establishing communication with this super-being. Subsequently, with the Star God's help, a war engulfing the entire galaxy and the warp began. That war changed everything in the galaxy and caused the first roar in the warp. Countless souls that died in the war, massacres, negativity, and other negative influences flooded into the warp, leading to a dramatic change in the warp.

The first evil god, Kongn, was born, followed by the second evil god, Tzeentch, who was born at the end of the War of Heaven. Meanwhile, the third evil god, Nurgle, was born after the destruction of the Old Ones. It can be said that the current terrifying state of the Warp is the origin of the War of Heaven.

In short, the union of the Fear of the Dead and the Star Gods defeated and annihilated the Ancients.

However, the Fear of Death did not emerge victorious. Among the Star Gods was one whose title was Deceitful, who possessed the power of deception. He deceived the Fear of Death, exploiting their fear of death to execute a plan: to transform the entire race into mechanical beings and upload their consciousness to the central control protocol. In this way, they would achieve mechanical ascension and immortality.

Unfortunately, this was a conspiracy by the Star God. This ascension of consciousness was actually just using an intelligent program to simulate the memories of those who fear death. The higher the level of the fear of death, the more advanced the simulation protocol. However, their physical bodies died, their mental consciousness disappeared, and their souls were completely devoured by the Star God.

Since then, the Fearless have become Space Necromancers. Except for high-ranking generals, commanders, and lords who possess simulated consciousness, all other Space Necromancers are merely machines. They use something called the Rebirth Protocol to reconstruct their simulated consciousness, but this is just a simple program. Over time, data errors will occur, and these data errors will lead to the complete annihilation of Necromancer units.

The high command of the Necromancers knew that the true Fearful Ones had completely destroyed death; they were merely simulated program consciousnesses without souls, and souls... were precisely what the Necromancers of space craved most.

Wu Pifu arrived in the Warhammer Dreamworld from Gaia, landing on a planet entirely made of metal. Surrounded by armies and vehicles of the Necromancers, he had little to say… he began to slaughter, until their leader appeared. After the complete annihilation of a million Necromancer troops, their high command naturally noticed. They observed, pondered, and wondered. Then they saw the human who had wiped out a vast swath of Necromancer units raise his broken sword and wave it around.

This is a provocative stance that is almost universally applicable throughout the universe, and it is precisely the stance used by the Space Necromancers when they were still the Fearless Ones in a one-on-one duel.

Within the Phase Dimension, Imotek Stormlord, witnessing this scene, couldn't help but let out a low laugh, while simultaneously preparing his weapons and armor, including his legendary weapon, the Staff of Doom, and another legendary weapon, the Phase Sword.

Standing at a full three and a half meters tall, Imotek Stormlord is clad in neat armor and adorned with ornaments that signify his status and honor. Holding a staff in one hand and a longsword in the other, even though he is just a metal skeleton, he exudes a sense of majesty and power.

Just as Imotek Stormlord was about to step out of the phase space, the low-ranking undead lord beside him advised, "My lord, this human's weapon is strange; it can break our rebirth agreement. Although he is weak, we must be careful."

Imotek Stormlord shook his head and said, "That only applies to these soulless rebirth agreements. As the king of the undead, my rebirth agreements are so powerful that even the Silent King cannot prevent or destroy them... Besides, this is war. Since the enemy dares to challenge us, wouldn't it be too impolite not to respond? No matter how weak they are, as the overlord, I must respond!"

The lower-ranking lords all bowed. As Imotek Stormlord stepped out of the phase space, more than a dozen lower-ranking lords followed suit. Behind them was the Necromancer's high-ranking guard, a full 100,000 strong, along with a large number of high-ranking flying vehicles, high-ranking combat vehicles, and an even more vast swarm of tomb worms.

This is an overwhelming force capable of easily destroying any planet in the galaxy today!

Imotek Stormlord stepped forward, speaking in a mocking, metallic voice: "Human, as you wish, I have come to fight you. I grant you permission to face the glorious and great Storm King. Depending on the status of this battle, you must satisfy me, or I will inflict a punishment far worse than death, and utterly destroy all your kin and relatives. Although you are far too weak, your courage deserves praise..."

Upon hearing this, Wu Pifu nodded, realizing that the metal skeleton in front of him possessed a certain level of intelligence, probably valued honor above all else, and enjoyed challenging strong enemies.

He cleaved the Awakened Tomb in two with a single strike, and killed a million metal skeletons. Anyone can see how powerful he is, right?

Wu Pifu forgot that this was no longer the Lost World. In the Dream World, his title of "commoner" meant...

Wu Pifu then clasped his hands in a fist salute and proclaimed loudly: "An ant shakes a tree against the heavens, the eternal night is covered in frost, a lone star shines. A tiger roars across a thousand mountains, burning the desolate land, a commoner's anger slays the long dark abyss."

"Wu Pifu... Before the battle, I'd like to say something too: you're incredibly brave to actually dare to challenge me. Well then, we've met!"

The next second, Wu Pifu had already traversed a distance of ten thousand meters and arrived within a hundred meters of Imotek Stormlord. Taking advantage of the chanting effect brought by the previous incantation, he immediately made a circle with one palm and unleashed the Flying Dragon in the Sky. A visible dragon-shaped energy roared out, and the giant dragon bit down, crushing Imotek Stormlord and the metal a hundred meters deep on the ground where it stood, and then shot straight into the sky.

That's not all. Wu Pifu swung the Heroic Spirit Shattering Blade in a wide arc and slashed out, using the energy path of the newly acquired Star River Profound Origin Cannon.

boom!
A dark beam of light rose from the ground, blasting against the sky and directly hitting the mouth of the dragon-shaped energy blast in the sky.

bang bang bang...

After a series of violent explosions, the entire sky and clouds were completely torn apart. Wu Pifu saw that Imotek Stormlord, thousands of meters in the sky, had only suffered minor damage to its metal body, and was otherwise completely intact.

"As expected of the king of the undead race, impressive!"

Wu Pifu laughed heartily, raised his sword and soared into the sky. His qi, blood energy, inner strength, and domineering aura merged into one. The Heroic Spirit Shattered Blade in his hand solidified into a thick layer of metallic black with lightning. He slashed straight at Imotek Stormlord with one strike.

Imotek Stormlord was completely bewildered. Its armor was shattered, meaning its phase protection layer, capable of withstanding at least ten consecutive bombardments from a naval cannon at maximum power, was gone. Then, its mechanical pupils saw Wu Pifu charging towards it with his sword, a strike that was clearly far more powerful...

who I am? where am I? What am I doing?
No, no, no, this thing in front of me is a humanoid star god??

I?
A one-on-one battle against a humanoid star god?

(End of this chapter)