Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 264 The Spirit Exorcism Dead Zone is Activated
Tzeentch, who had been secretly carrying out his grand plan, had no intention of actually fighting the Emperor, the cursed one, even if the Emperor was only in a possessed state.

In the event of a conflict, whether he wins or loses, he suffers a huge loss!
The Emperor's Sword that Guilliman held aloft seemed to emanate a power that could incinerate everything.

The holy flames spread, and the crystals that made up Tzeentch's labyrinth began to shatter.

And Tzeentch was decisive enough...

He immediately began to cut off the demonic realm that belonged to Guilliman's body, which was a part of Tzeentch himself.

The losses from this separation were arguably greater than the previous conflict between the clone and the Emperor; it was an act that truly damaged the very essence of the matter.

However, this is the option that would result in the least loss for Tzeentch.

The power that sustained this part of the demonic realm began to dissipate, and it was as if a portion of Tzeentch's demonic realm had been forcibly cut off by a pair of scissors capable of tearing through space.

Guilliman, possessed by the Emperor, was forcibly pulled out of Tzeentch's Demon Realm.

The Emperor also felt it was a pity. After all, there weren't many opportunities to directly find Tzeentch.

With Guilliman's departure from the warp, the Emperor's possession also ended.

Guilliman also regained control of his body.

But Guilliman was still in shock.

He had always firmly believed that the emperor was not a god... but how could he explain everything that had just happened?

When Guilliman looked at Magnus, Magnus's expression was exceptionally complex.

He sensed the emperor's arrival and considered many possibilities, but this was the only one he hadn't considered.

Before the two could even react...

From beneath the Blackrock Plains, a force began to expand outward at an extremely rapid pace.

Magnus immediately felt his power severely weakened, and the warp was being shielded by this force.

This power comes from the Black Stone Obelisk, and Kaul has successfully activated it!

The operation of the Exorcism Zone caused the surrounding Tzeentch demons to lose their ability to maintain their bodies, and the Thousand Sons wizards began to lose control of their psychic powers. The Thousand Sons Red Letter warriors even stood frozen in place.

Magnus felt incredibly weak. Artanis and the Protoss before him felt the same way.

Artanis tried his best to remain standing, but most of the Templars couldn't help but kneel down, and even the Immortals and other Protoss machines were brought to a near standstill.

The psionic blades on Artanis's arms also disappeared.

The Protoss are in slightly better condition than these demons, but not by much.

Their only advantage is that they have flesh and blood, but the Protoss, who rely purely on psionic energy for their vitality, are also in a state as if they have been starving for ten or fifteen days.

"Get out of here, Magnus!"

Tzeentch's reminder prompted Magnus to immediately begin communicating with the magic circle on the Tizka Revenge while he still had some psionic energy available.

Meanwhile, Guilliman, unaffected, charged toward Magnus with the Emperor's Sword.

Magnus had no desire to fight Guilliman without having a psionic advantage.

Guilliman was ultimately too late.

The psionic teleportation sent Magnus and the Thousand Sons around him back to the Tizka Vengeance.

“Guilliman, you won’t always be so lucky!” As Magnus finished speaking, the last remaining Primarch left Cardia.

Once back on his Silver Tower warship, Magnus ignored the remaining Chaos fleet and led his own fleet back into the warp.

The emperor's appearance made him dare not linger any longer; he had to accept the fact that he had failed this time.

The effects of the Exorcism Zone have spread into the void, severely impacting the Chaos fleet, and the Warp's blessing upon them is weakening.

Even the massive subspace storm that enveloped the Cardia system was being weakened.

Under normal circumstances, the remaining black obelisks on Cardia would not be able to produce such an effect; otherwise, Chaos would not even be able to enter the Cardia system.

However, SCV repaired all the obelisks on Cadia that had been destroyed or damaged over the years, and with the help of Talasi, all the obelisks were successfully activated.

Underground, Kaul and Pavian watched the Black Stone Obelisk come back to life.

"Great Sage! We succeeded! We succeeded! This thing is really starting to work!"

However, unlike Pavia, Kaul was not excited. He stood silently, recording and analyzing all the guiding actions that Tarasin had just performed on him.

However, Tarachin clearly had a trick up his sleeve; Kaul was unable to connect some key processes and operations seamlessly.

This means he still needs to spend a lot of time cracking and perfecting the technology to activate the Black Stone Obelisk.

Kaul turned to look at Tarasin.

"Karl, you don't think mastering the Anti-Immortal Matrix is ​​that simple, do you? Do you think I didn't anticipate your little tricks? Even I can't fully master this technology; only those guys from the Technical Hermitage can. I've done my part, and I hope you can keep your promises too."

"Once this matter is resolved, I will go and see the Lord Gao Yi you mentioned."

After saying that, Taracin tore open a dimensional rift and went inside, and Kaul could no longer sense his presence on the detector.

As the Spirit Exorcising Dead Zone continued to spread, both the Chaos faction and Gao Yi's troops began to be affected to varying degrees.

All the Chaos Demons were banished, and the Black Legion led by Abaddon lost the blessing of the Warp Powers. Even Abaddon himself lost the grace of the Four Gods at this moment.

However, even after losing the blessing, he and his Chaos Astartes remained powerful warriors. On Abaddon's front, the appearance of the Necropolis even reversed the tide and established an advantage!
Gao Yi was originally heading towards Magnus's location, but after the Exorcism Dead Zone was deployed...

Even with his subspace projection ability, he felt a little uncomfortable. The Night Guards around him, however, seemed completely unaffected.

Artanis informed him of Magnus's departure and the impact of the Exorcised Dead Zone on the Protoss.

Gao Yi immediately ordered Artanis to lead the Protoss away from the battlefield, and Spear of Adun also temporarily led the Protoss to warp away from the Cardia system. The colossi fighting the Chaos Titans were also affected by the existence of the Exorcism Zone, which affected their psionic energy supply.

The Crystal Tower's hub network began to lag, forcing Gao Yi to have Artanis command the Colossus to warp away as well.

The colossi that keep getting stuck are no longer suitable for continued combat. Leaving them here would be a waste, as these colossi were created at great cost.

While the traitorous Titan Legion was also affected, they fared much better than the Colossi. Although their machine souls were influenced or possessed by demons, their technology was still based on the real universe, and they were still able to fight and operate.

Even more critically, the swarm's psionic network began to fluctuate, and one by one, the cerebrates lost control of the Zerg.

Some of the Zerg began to fall into chaos and lost their leader.

Kerrigan did her best to control the remaining Zerg.

Before the Exorcism Dead Zone reached its maximum power, Gao Yi quickly had Kerrigan gather the Zerg and even used the Nydus Worms to leave Cardia.

(End of this chapter)