I summoned the Fourth Scourge in Warhammer

Chapter 29 Invincible?

The battle inside the chemical refinery is nearing its end. The players, like a pack of excited hounds, are driving the fleeing cultists into chaos. Shouts of battle, the crackling of laser guns, and the desperate cries of the cultists mingle together, creating a chaotic symphony.

Many players were caught up in the chase, almost rushing out of the designated combat area of ​​the chemical refinery. Just then, a player suddenly shouted, causing everyone nearby to stop in their tracks: "Wait! Everyone stop! Someone's run into a pureblood thief!"

"A pure-blooded cunning thief?!" Upon hearing his words, the players instantly stopped in their tracks, halting their pursuit and letting their prey tumble and scramble away. "Where? Where did we find him?"

"How do you know someone encountered a pureblood thief?" another player asked suspiciously. He had just stabbed a cultist to death with a bayonet and hadn't recovered from the thrill of the killing.

The player who first issued the warning immediately explained, "I was browsing the forums when the guy who got wiped out posted about it, right there in the C-3 catalyst synthesis area!"

"Give me a keyword, I'll check it out!" Someone immediately responded and opened the game's built-in forum interface.

A few seconds later, the man's voice was filled with shock: "Holy crap, it's true! The post title is 'Surprise in Zone C-3, brothers come quick!' and the poster even has a gold badge that says 'First Closed Beta Participant'!"

This news was like a depth charge, instantly exploding among the player community.

"Quickly! Everyone, hurry up and go to other places to inform the others!"

"Stop chasing those cultists, they're useless and have no merit! We're going to fight the boss!"

"Assemble in Sector C-3! Assemble in Sector C-3! There's a pureblood traitor! Repeat, there's a pureblood traitor!"

The news that a pureblood gene stealer had appeared in the chemical refinery spread like wildfire through all the players' communication channels. The players who had been scattered in pursuit suddenly changed direction and flocked towards the C-3 area marked on the map.

The first to arrive at the C-3 catalyst synthesis area was Squad 7, led by Oglin [Eagle Police]. They happened to be closest to the area, and among all the players, they were the most eager to engage in a thrilling battle with a powerful enemy.

The entrance to Zone C-3 is a huge alloy gate, which is currently half-open, and the inside is dark and filled with a pungent chemical smell.

"That scoundrel should still be inside. Shall we stay here and ambush him?" A player from Class 7 suggested cautiously, looking at the deep entrance.

"What are you afraid of? Just go in!" Eagle Policeman's booming voice was full of impatience. He slung the huge metal bar over his shoulder and strode in, shouting, "Watch me smash that scoundrel into a pancake with one blow!"

"Hey, big guy, wait a minute!" another player shouted, while quickly operating his system shop interface. "Wait a minute, I'll buy some high-explosive items from the shop and strap them on myself."

Someone nearby immediately joked, "So you're going to turn into a firefly too, huh?"

The scene of the Assassins strapping themselves with explosives and blasting the Chaos Wizard to smithereens with a single "Heaven and Earth Together" attack left a deep impression on every player. Now, with the appearance of another clearly elite-level unit, many players are naturally planning to learn this simple, brutal, and incredibly powerful tactic. After all, for them, death is nothing more than resurrecting on the spot a few seconds later.

Deep within the intricate network of pipes in the C-3 catalyst synthesis zone, Liam, the fifth-generation gene stealer, had already heard the arrival of Class 7.

After all, there was an Oglin in the squad. Each step that colossal figure took on the metal grating walkway produced a heavy, rhythmic clang that echoed throughout the empty factory area. Concealing this noise was virtually impossible, so Squad 7 simply abandoned any attempt at hiding. Liam, meanwhile, quietly huddled in the shadow of a thick exhaust pipe overhead, becoming part of the darkness itself. Soon, Liam saw the human soldiers come into view. The leading giant swaggered around, carrying an extremely heavy-looking metal rod on his shoulder. To Liam, they were now within perfect attack range.

But it did not launch an attack immediately.

It wanted to see whether its discovery by that group of mortals was a coincidence or whether these Astronaut soldiers truly possessed some special detection method unknown to it.

The Seventh Squad quickly approached. They were as usual, the team members were still talking in hushed tones, and Oglin was even humming an off-key tune, seemingly completely unaware that a deadly killer was lurking above them.

Could it have been just a coincidence before? Liam pondered. But out of the caution of a apex predator, it didn't relax in the slightest. The muscles in its limbs beneath its carapace tensed slightly, adjusting its center of gravity, ready to unleash a fatal blow at any moment.

Closer, closer—

The moment the vanguard of the 7th Company stepped into the optimal attack range, the players suddenly launched an attack!

The massive Oglin roared and raised its iron bar, while the others instantly raised their laser guns. All the attacks, without warning, converged on Liam, who was lurking in the top pipe!

"really!"

Liam, who was prepared, easily dodged the attack. His body transformed into a blurry, purplish-black afterimage, weaving through the laser beams and whistling fragmentation grenades, landing unharmed on the ground some distance away. But this time, there was no more hope in his heart, replaced by utter doubt and a hint of vigilance—these mortals did indeed have a way of reliably detecting him.

It seems we must leave one alive for questioning.

"It's coming down! Take it down!" Eagle Policeman roared, his massive body unleashing astonishing force as he swung his giant club, smashing it down on Liam, who had just landed.

However, Liam merely turned slightly to the side, and the massive iron bar of the Oglin grazed its body as it crashed down, its sharp claw flashing across the ground like lightning.

With a piercing metallic snap, the Great Eagle Cop, along with the sturdy iron bar in his hand, was instantly sliced ​​into several pieces. His thick metal armor, capable of withstanding several rounds of laser gun fire, was effortlessly cut through by Liam's claws. Blood and fragments splattered everywhere as Oglin's massive body crashed to the ground.

Other players' attacks were equally futile. The laser beams couldn't catch up with Liam's ghostly figure, only creating a series of charred craters in the walls and pipes behind him.

"Behold my [Heaven and Earth Together]!" roared the player who had strapped explosives to his body beforehand, activated the fuse, and charged forward without hesitation, wanting to replicate the Assassins' glorious achievements.

Unfortunately, Liam was not that foolish Chaos Wizard.

Faced with the oncoming mobile bomb, it didn't even make a superfluous movement. With a slight push from its lower limbs, its entire body leaped backward more than ten meters as if weightless, landing steadily some distance away. Immediately afterward, the player self-destructed with a deafening roar, sending countless steel balls and shrapnel flying in a fan-shaped arc.

Liam crossed his four arms in front of him, and a series of crisp clanging sounds rang out. All the flying shards were easily blocked by his hard carapace, without causing the slightest damage.

(End of this chapter)