The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

Big Head and the other two also took a look and found that this was indeed an arena, and they were sitting in the audience seats of the arena.

"It's about time."

Xianyu's voice drew the three people's attention to the center of the arena.

"Brother Seteface?"

Elio wanted to go downstairs to find the salted fish, but he found that he could not leave this row of seats.

"Why are you here?" Xianyu turned around and saw three people in the audience.

Xianyu originally wanted to scold these three guys, but the venue had been constructed and he was about to start fighting with Scarlet Blood Blade. Moreover, once you enter this barrier, you can only get out after the battle is over.

"Why won't you listen?"

This Khorne barrier not only trapped Xianyu, but he could also feel a force trying to influence his mind, and the whispers in his ears never stopped. However, Xianyu was not affected at all and was sleeping soundly just now.

These methods are useless to Xianyu, but that doesn't mean they are useless to others. Elio doesn't need to worry too much, as the Astartes are not so easily corrupted. Xianyu is more worried about the two big guys. If they are corrupted, he will have to get rid of them as well.

The brass door slowly rose, and a warrior with a scarlet blood blade walked into the venue from another entrance. He was a top-ranked warrior in the warband, and the Chaos Lord sent him out first to test Xianyu's strength.

There was no referee and no whistle.

The Khorne warrior attacked Xianyu directly. After two moves, his head flew high up, and the helmeted head fell to the ground with a crashing sound.

There were no spectators and no cheering.

Xianyu shook off the blood on the power axe and said to the Chaos Lord in the stands with a lack of interest:

"Why don't you all come together? I'm in a hurry."

Chapter 75 The battle resumes

The Black Templar's battle barge, Eryu stayed here temporarily after sending Koslo back. Koslo was still being rescued in the medical room. Judging from the condition when he was sent back, Koslo was probably beyond saving.

Eryu was leaning against the wall in an aisle with his eyes closed, resting, and listening to everyone's next task arrangement. If they wanted to implant the concept of destruction into the ritual, they needed to control three ritual nodes at the same time. The node of the lower nest was controlled by the Chaos traitors, and the remaining time was not enough for everyone to kill the Khorne Demon Army and Chaos War Gang in the lower nest, so everyone's target was the three nodes of the top nest and the bottom nest.

The Word Bearers controlled the Lower Hive and the passages leading into the Base Hive. To be on the safe side, they also set up a Warp Barrier outside the Base Hive to prevent the Imperial Guard from entering from the outside. They thought they could rest easy, but they didn't expect that Dustfall had already escaped from underground and found a way to disrupt the ritual.

It won't be long before Luochen breaks through the subspace barrier and enters the hive city, then uses magic to teleport Apu and Ou Ge over, and the two ritual nodes of the bottom nest will be easily taken by everyone.

The ritual node of the top nest will be seized by Eryu. At this time, Eryu also understood what Lucius said when he left. This guy knew that if everyone wanted to destroy the ritual, they would definitely occupy the node of the top nest. Since they must deal with Lucius, is there a better choice than Eryu, who is also the son of the emperor?

No.

Whether in terms of strength or drama, there is no better choice than Eryu, and now no one except Eryu can go to the top nest.

"Show this precious creature Lucius what it means to be a child of the Emperor, Eryu."

"But I am not the Emperor's son."

Having said that, Eryu has already decided to go to Dingchao to fight Lucius in the second half, not for any other reason, but simply because he couldn't stand Lucius's face. If his sword hadn't been broken and he couldn't connect the second sword, this chosen one of Slaanesh would have been killed long ago.

"The power armor and the specially made Chanabar saber are ready and can be replaced at any time."

Gloria has prepared all the equipment Eryu needs, so this time there will be no situation where the sword breaks during the fight. The power armor is based on Eryu's original armor, with certain modifications, adding decorations and gold proportions to make it look different from the ordinary Emperor's Children power armor.

After a while, the Black Templar's pharmacist came out of the medical room. He told the people on the ship that Marshal Koslo's injuries were too severe and he had missed the best time for treatment. Even after rescue, he would not be able to survive for long. If they wanted to save Marshal Koslo's life, they had to put him into the Dreadnought.

But the idle dreadnoughts of the Black Templars expeditionary fleet were on the strike cruiser that was sucked into the warp. If the strike cruiser could not return within three days, Koslo's life would come to an end.

Eryu, who was about to leave, also learned about the difficulties of the Black Temple. He asked everyone:

"Why can't we just send a Dreadnought to the Black Templars?"

"Things like Dreadnoughts are different from consumables like power armor and weapons. They can't be given away casually. If we want to give Dreadnoughts away, we have to find a suitable opportunity."

Apu explained to Eryu the importance of Dreadnought to the Astartes Chapter. Given the identities that everyone showed to the outside world, it would be a bit inappropriate to give the precious Dreadnought to outsiders easily. Moreover, this was an internal matter of the Black Templars Chapter, and it was not appropriate to take the initiative to help. By making good use of this matter, everyone could make the Black Templar owe them a large favor.

Knowing that everyone had their own plans, Eryu no longer cared. Koslo could still hold on for three days anyway. If they couldn't find any suitable reason within these three days, they would just give Wuwei to him and run away immediately.

When Eryu left, he was once again thanked by the Black Templar. If he had not rescued Koslo, the Black Templar would not even have had the chance to can Koslo.

As soon as the Thunder Eagle left the Black Templar's battle barge, Er Yu was immediately teleported back to the bridge of the Silver Sword.

Apu came over and threw a can of red cola to Eryu. Eryu opened it and took a sip. He found the taste good and looked at the packaging. It was from Laoshan.

Well, at least it's not cherry cola.

"Have you had a good rest? We have to hurry up. If we delay any longer, we won't have enough time." Luochen said in the channel.

Apu: "Almost there. What stage is the ceremony at?"

"Aren't you in space, Ap? Just take a look at the subspace rift and you'll know."

Ap and Eryu looked out the porthole at the subspace rift above Isil. A 'phantom' of a planet the same size as Isil was being pulled out of the rift by the energy beam emitted by the hive city, and was visibly approaching Isil.

This planet is Colchis. The reason it is in a shadow state is because it has not been replaced yet. Once the shadow completely overlaps with Isildur, Colchis will reappear in 40k.

Nine hours have passed since the ceremony began, and Luochen estimates that the ceremony will be completed in less than five hours. It can only be said that the Word Bearers are indeed well prepared, as a ceremony on this planetary scale can be completed in just over a dozen hours.

Ou Ge: "The Word Bearers' wards are fading, and the Khorne army will soon be active again."

In the Lower Lair, the Word Bearers have completed the "strengthening" ritual they imposed on the Khorne Demon Army. The traitors will use this wave of attacks to defeat the loyalists, and the Dark Apostles will offer the perfect Colchis to their genetic father.

"The subspace energy within the demons is going berserk. Their combat power will surge for a period of time, but as long as they hold out for a while, their physical bodies will collapse."

Gloria analyzed the purpose of the strengthening ritual. The traitors wanted to use this method to wipe out the Imperial Guard in one wave. The Imperial Guard would be under great pressure in the coming period.

Ah Wei: "That doesn't sound good. How long do we need to hold on?"

"Within five hours, which basically coincides with the completion time of the ceremony."

Er Yu: "It looks like the other side is also going to speed up. Ah Wei, can you guys hold on?"

Ah Wei: "It's hard to say, you probably have to hurry up."

During this period, Awei quickly repaired the fortifications, so there will be no problems with defense.

In terms of manpower, the Cadian Assault Force did not suffer too many casualties. During the ceasefire, three companies of the Nebula Hammer, two companies of the Black Templars and one company of the Celestial Lions were deployed. More than 500 Astartes were ready for battle, including the Chief Librarian of the Celestial Lions.

Not only that, five cast iron dreadnoughts from the Black Templars and the Celestial Lions were also deployed on the battlefield, and some vehicles were deployed as artillery positions.

Logically, this kind of military force should be able to fight against the traitors, but everyone present had a bad premonition.

As the war was imminent, Ogo used his eloquence as an Ultramarines to give a pre-war speech, which was very effective and greatly boosted the morale of the Imperial Guard.

Er Yu: "So, aren't you worried about the salted fish?"

Apu: "Why should he worry? The Haji fish's reaction is seven times stronger than that of the Brass Milk Dragon. If it feels uncomfortable, it will run back to the boat on its own."

Xianyu: "I think you, Hajip, are in need of love too."

After joking for a while, Xianyu told him about the situation on his side: several vans full of Khorne warriors, a duel arena, and he had already killed the sixth person so far.

Everyone told Xianyu to be careful and not to kill the 88th one, just cripple him and don't complete the Khorne ritual.

"I'm leaving too."

Er Yu was teleported to the armory and changed into his equipment. He looked at the power armor on his body and found that Gloria's modification was quite good-looking.

Then there is Gloria's specially made Chanabal saber (holy relic). Without affecting the weight and feel, Gloria also installed a high-power decomposition field on the saber, and the original disadvantage of weak armor-piercing ability no longer exists.

Eryu boarded the Thunder Eagle alone and headed for the top nest. At the same time, Luochen broke through the subspace barrier outside the bottom nest, and the barrier that stagnates the Khorne army in the lower nest also disappeared.

After being strengthened by the Word Bearers ritual, the Khorne army now only has the desire to kill. The energy of the Warp overflows from the Khorne demons, looking like burning flames.

The Khorne army rushed towards the Imperial Guard's position like a tsunami, and before them, a wave of scarlet energy swept through the defensive position.

During this time, the Dark Apostle was not only strengthening the Khorne army, he also prepared other means just to defeat the Imperial Guard in this attack.

Everyone had long been prepared for this kind of tactic. Tianshi's chief think tank used a spell prepared in advance to deploy a shield, blocking most of the subspace energy.

However, a small amount of Warp energy still entered the position, and the Cadian assault troops within the range suffered a mental shock. Many of them held their heads and used their willpower to resist the corruption of Chaos. If they could not hold on, the unaffected Cadians would help their comrades to get rid of it.

Arthur, who was at the front line, executed a Cadian soldier who had gone insane. He looked serious. The Chaos Corruption did not cause much damage to the position, but it still had some impact on the defense, reducing the firepower of the position for more than ten seconds.

The strengthened Khorne army became more resistant to long-range firepower. These ten seconds were enough for the Khorne demons to close the distance between them and the position.

"not enough."

The Dark Apostle looked at the situation on the battlefield and played his next card.

The spell was released, and the number of Khorne's army began to double in the eyes of the Imperial Guard. The Imperial Guard seemed insignificant in front of such a large number of enemies, but no one was afraid of this.

"The number of enemies has not increased. This is all an illusion."

Arthur reminded the soldiers, but the illusion made it impossible for the Imperial Guard's firepower to determine the enemy's position, and the distance between the Khorne Demon Army and the position was shortened again.

The Tianshi Think Tank Chief was unable to immediately dispel the illusion of this range, so Arthur ordered:

"Load special 'cannonballs'!"

The artillery fire exploded in the illusion of the Khorne Demon Army, and a kind of dust spread among the Khorne Demon Army. The illusion cast by the Word Bearers on the demon army disappeared directly, and the demons that came into contact with the dust were quickly destroyed.

"Anti-psychic weapons?" The Dark Apostle didn't expect that these pseudo-emperor scums were equipped with such weapons.

"Exorcist shells?" Brother Ou also recognized what the round of shells that had just been fired was.

Exorcism weapons are an anti-psychic weapon of the Empire. They are basically grenades or missiles. This weapon is ineffective against non-psychic targets, but can cause devastating damage to psychic units such as demons and psykers.

Exorcist weapons are rare in the Imperium, as their manufacture requires materials from the Emperor's Golden Throne (the ashes of psykers), and the Imperium considers it a waste to use these materials to create anti-psychic weapons. (It is also possible to use the ashes of the Untouchables, but this would be even more wasteful.)

Because the Black Templars had no think tank, they usually relied on their faith in the Emperor to fight against psychic enemies, but this was not always a solution, so the expedition fleet led by Koslo managed to obtain some anti-psychic weapons. As for where they got them from, this was not something outsiders should know.

This round, all the Black Templar's exorcist weapons were used up, which made Arthur feel a little painful, but fortunately, these weapons played their due role.

But this alone cannot eliminate the army of Khorne. Being able to kill some demons after breaking the illusion is a pleasant surprise.

The two cards of the Dark Apostle have forced the Khorne army to approach the position. The firepower of the position can stop some of them, but it cannot take care of the other part. Close combat with the demons is inevitable.

"Are you ready, Arthur?"

Malorian came to Arthur's side, and the Dreadnoughts scattered throughout the camp to welcome the approaching demon.

"I am always ready to sacrifice myself for the Emperor, Elder," Arthur replied without hesitation.

"The number of traitors and demons here is far less than that of Terra ten thousand years ago," said Mallorian. "They couldn't defeat us then, and they can't do it now."

A Khorne bronze bull broke through the firepower and crashed into the position. The Imperial soldiers in front were unable to stop the Chaos beast in the first time. Mallorian rushed forward and pressed the bronze bull with the power fist of his left arm to stop the beast's charge. Then he charged the power fist and smashed the bull's head with one blow.

The surrounding imperial soldiers cheered, but this was just a prelude, as more and more demons entered the position.

Mortals are no match for demons at close range, so now it is the turn of the Astartes to take the stage.

The elite among the Astartes - the Sword Guard veterans stood in the front. They formed an iron wall, and the sharp blades in their hands killed as many demons as possible who tried to pass by them.

Armored vehicles drove out from behind the Sword Guards, and heavy flamethrowers burned the Chaos filth in the position. They cooperated with the veteran Sword Guards to drive the demons out of the position, but at this time a vehicle was twisted and destroyed by a force.

The Word Bearers wizard attempted to use Chaos sorcery to cause more damage, but was stopped by the Tianshi Chief Librarian, and the two sides began to clash psychically.

The Chaos Astartes arrived as expected. They were teleported into the position and began to choose their opponents. The veteran Sword Guards had to disperse to engage the enemy.

The battle entered a white-hot stage.

The next chapter will be around 2 o'clock

Chapter 76 Open!

The ruins of the planetary governor's palace. After Thunder Eagle left, Lucius returned here and waited. He wanted to know whether the brother whose identity was hidden would come back.

While waiting, Lucius tried to contact his subordinates in the hive, but no one responded to him. He guessed that they were all dead. However, Lucius did not care. He knew that the people in the Nashikai Brigade had been replaced countless times in the past ten thousand years.

The news of the defeat in the space battle was told to Lucius when the Crown escaped, which was something Lucius had not expected. The Chaos fleet lost despite having all the advantages, and even the flagship of the Word Bearers wargang was destroyed. This result was caused by a silver-blue battle barge.

This reminded Lucius of the brother's paint job. He remembered it was also silver-blue. Could this be a coincidence?

Lucius was excited. He knew that once the Word Bearers' ritual began, it was irreversible. If they wanted to destroy the ritual, they would have to disrupt its progress. At first, he didn't think the Imperial Guard could think of this method, but now it might be different.

If the false emperor's servants really figured out how to destroy the ritual, they would need to occupy enough nodes, and there happened to be one in the top nest where Lucius was. In order to seize this node, his brother would definitely come back and fight him to the death.

"Don't let me down, brother~"

Lucius stroked the healed wound on his face caused by the broken sword, and recalled his experiences in the real universe over the past ten years.

Initially, Lucius arrived in the Ultramarine on the Crown through a subspace channel. He originally wanted to have fun in the territory of the Ultramarines, but a special astrologer message made him change his mind.

This message would only be received by the followers of Slaanesh. After finding out the source, Lucius headed for the planet called Aitis. On the way, a small warp storm suddenly appeared and trapped him. Thinking that he would not be able to leave for a while, Lucius asked the captain to temporarily close the Geller Stand to see if he could lure two demons up to entertain him. However, before the demons appeared, the navigator discovered a gap in the warp storm, and the Crown returned to the real universe through this gap.

After sailing in the real universe for a while, the Crown arrived at Atis. At this time, the Slaanesh believer on Atis, Flaroni, had been eliminated. Lucius was kind-hearted, so he helped Flaroni fulfill his wish and sacrificed the lives on Atis to Slaanesh.

After that, Lucius was too lazy to go back to the Ultramarine. He thought about going back to the Obscure from the Pacific and sacrificing a few more planets along the way. During an operation in the Pacific, Lucius encountered the Word Bearers warband - the Messengers of Misery.

These Word Bearers originally came to the Taiping Star Region to carry out a mission, but after arriving in the Taiping Star Region, the Dark Apostle had a new idea. He had a long-planned plan that he wanted to try. Although the success rate was very low, failure would not have much impact on the mission.