Chapter 588: Courage

"... No, I didn't know who he was at first, nor did I know what his purpose was. In short, someone challenged, so naturally I would accept the challenge. There's nothing more to say..."

"... No, I absolutely do not admit to this accusation. It is absolutely not that I wanted to covet the souls of my dynasty and then use this to coerce you into crowning me. I don't need to use such despicable methods. I am the Stormlord! I am the right-hand man under the Savior! It is only natural for me to obtain this throne and crown!"

"... No, he didn't state his attitude and thoughts at the beginning. I didn't even know what he wanted to do. He just recited a poem when he came out..."

Wu Pifu stood in the center of the battlefield, surrounded by dense metal skeletons and various vehicles in skeletal form. Under his feet was an awakening-level tomb complex he had just dismantled by hand... a war fortress that served as both a Necron barracks and a mobile weapon platform, with firepower so immense it could suppress Titans. It was the most terrifying land war technological weapon in the Warhammer Dream World, bar none.

But such a terrifying weapon was as fragile as paper in front of Wu Pifu now, and it had no meaning at all.

With just a slash out of thin air, without even needing to trigger the multiple defense reduction judgment within five steps, just by combining martial arts, human-immortal martial dao, internal energy, and Haki, Wu Pifu recited a nursery rhyme about monks carrying water, and with one slash, it pierced through 50,000 meters away. The power of the blade light couldn't even be resisted by the Necron alloy; it was cut in two and then exploded into ruins.

As for the dense Gauss weapon fire from the surrounding Necrons, Wu Pifu just stood still. These long-range weapons from beyond five steps weren't even enough to scratch an itch.

As for those metal skeletons that rushed up... there was really nothing to be done about that. Wu Pifu held the Heroic Spirit Shattering Blade and directly turned on "Musou" mode. These metal skeletons couldn't even capture his movements. In a flash, a large area of metal skeletons fell. It was truly a case of "touch and perish, strike and die."

The key was that attacks within five steps carried the "Pifu" title effect, directly ignoring the Necron resurrection protocol, and even the metal frames were turned to ash.

In less than ten minutes, at least over a million metal skeletons were turned to ash. This kind of total death that even the resurrection protocol couldn't restore was by no means a simple program error, and it finally attracted the attention of the Necron high command.

When Wu Pifu first came to the Warhammer Dream World, he obtained a method for non-Warp faster-than-light travel from the combination of the Magic Conch and the Whispering Skull, which was to obtain matter-folding jump technology from the Necrons.

Later, with the explanation of the Eldar Farseer Ifrane Uslan, he learned the general origin of the Necrons in this Dream World.

In short, this was a high-tech race that once possessed physical bodies, but because of problems with the essence of their life origins, their lifespans were extremely short, so short that their entire civilization structure revolved around death.

At the same time, there was another civilization, the Old Ones, who were the overlords of the entire galaxy at that time. This was a race that achieved longevity, perhaps even immortality, based on the use of Warp psychic energy. According to the Eldar Farseer Ifrane Uslan, the Warp at that time was a pure and flawless resting place for souls, not as terrifying as it is now, and the four Chaos Gods did not exist.

The predecessors of the Necrons, the Necrontyr, learned of the existence of the Old Ones, and were envious and jealous of their lifespans, civilization, and psychic technology, and begged the Old Ones in a very humble posture to help them get rid of the pain of short lives.

The Old Ones' emissaries initially agreed, but later reneged and humiliated the Necrontyr.

Thus, with envy, jealousy, and hatred, as well as humiliation and despair over their short lives, the war began.

The result was naturally that the Necrontyr were beaten to a pulp, almost to the point of extinction.

Then, the Necrontyr luckily (or unluckily) encountered a super-life form that existed in reality, the C'tan. These were things that were originally ignorant and unconscious, wandering between stars, existing by feeding on stars.

Through their super-technology, the Necrontyr condensed metal bodies for the C'tan, thereby establishing communication with these super-existences. Later, with the help of the C'tan, a war that affected the entire galaxy and the Warp began. That war changed everything in the entire galaxy and also caused the first roar of the Warp. Countless souls who died in the war, massacres, negativity, etc., poured into the Warp, leading to a drastic change in the Warp.

The first Chaos God, Khorne, was born, then the second Chaos God, Tzeentch, was born at the end of the War in Heaven, and the third Chaos God, Nurgle, was born after the destruction of the Old Ones. It can be said that the reason the Warp is so terrifying today originates from the War in Heaven.

In short, the combination of the Necrontyr and the C'tan defeated and exterminated the Old Ones.

However, the Necrontyr did not become the winners. Among the C'tan, there was a C'tan titled the Deceiver, who possessed the power of deception. He deceived the Necrontyr, using their fear of death to carry out a plan: to turn the entire race into mechanical bodies and upload their consciousness into the central control protocol. In this way, they achieved mechanical ascension and eternal life.

Unfortunately, this was a conspiracy of the C'tan. This ascension of consciousness was actually just using intelligent programs to simulate the memories of the Necrontyr. The higher the Necrontyr, the higher the simulation protocol, but their physical bodies died, their spiritual consciousness was gone, and their souls were all devoured by the C'tan.

Since then, the Necrontyr have turned into Necrons. Except for high-level generals, leaders, and lords who possess simulated consciousness, all other Necrons are just simple machines, using a thing called the resurrection protocol to reconstruct their simulated consciousness. But this is just a simple program. Long-term operation leads to data errors, and these data errors lead to the total destruction of Necron units.

The Necron high command knows that the true Necrontyr have been completely destroyed and died. They are just simulated program consciousnesses. They have no souls, and souls... are also what the Necrons crave most.

Wu Pifu came from Gaia to the Warhammer Dream World, and the landing point was this planet where the entire earth was metal, and the surrounding sky and ground were full of Necron armies and vehicles. Naturally, he had nothing to say... start killing, until the enemy's leader comes out.

With millions of Necron troops completely destroyed, their high command naturally noticed all this. They were observing, thinking, and doubting, and then they saw the human who had cleared a large area of basic Necron units actually raising the broken blade in his hand and shaking it at the surroundings.

This was almost a universal challenge posture in the universe, and this posture happened to be the dueling posture used by the Necrons when they were still the Necrontyr.

In the phase space, Imotekh the Stormlord saw this scene. It couldn't help but let out a low laugh, and at the same time began to prepare its weapons and armor, including its legendary weapon, the Staff of the Destroyer, and another legendary weapon, the Phase Sword.

Imotekh the Stormlord, who was 3.5 meters tall, wore neat armor and carried decorative ornaments sufficient to represent its status and glory. With a staff in one hand and a long sword in the other, even though it was just metal bones, it looked quite majestic and imposing.

Seeing that Imotekh the Stormlord was about to step out of the phase space, a low-level Necron lord beside it advised: "My Lord, this human's weapon is strange and can destroy our resurrection protocol. Although he is weak, be careful."

Imotekh the Stormlord shook its head and said: "That only applies to these soulless resurrection protocols. As the King of the Necrons, even the Silent King cannot sever or destroy my resurrection protocol... And this is war. Since the enemy dares to challenge, wouldn't it be too rude not to respond? No matter how weak, as an overlord, I must give a response!"

The low-level lords all bowed. As Imotekh the Stormlord stepped out of the phase space, more than a dozen low-level lords also followed. Behind them were the Necron high-level royal guards, a full 100,000 in formation, and at the same time, a large number of high-level aircraft, high-level combat vehicles, and even more vast tomb scarabs poured out from behind.

This was a super-combat cluster capable of easily destroying any planet in the galaxy today!

Imotekh the Stormlord stepped forward and said in a playful, synthesized metal voice: "Human, as you wish, I have come to fight you. I permit you to face the glorious and great Stormlord. Depending on the status of this battle, you must make me enjoy it, otherwise I will give you a punishment more terrifying than death, and completely destroy everything where your kin and clan are. Although you are truly excessively weak, this courage is worth rewarding..."

Wu Pifu listened to these words and nodded, roughly knowing that this metal skeleton possessed a certain intelligence, likely viewed glory as life, and also liked to challenge powerful enemies.

He had just blown up that awakening tomb complex with one slash, killing millions of metal skeletons. Anyone could see his strength, right?

Wu Pifu forgot that this was no longer the Lost World. For the Dream World, the meaning represented by his "Pifu" title was...

At that moment, Wu Pifu clasped his hands together and said loudly: "The Pifu shakes the tree in defiance of heaven, the eternal night sinks into frost to prove the lonely star. The tiger roars over a thousand mountains to burn the desperate situation, the Pifu's anger slashes the long darkness."

"Wu Pifu... Before the fight, I'll also say one thing. Your courage is truly sufficient, actually daring to challenge me. Then, let's meet!"

The next second, Wu Pifu had crossed a distance of 10,000 meters to reach a distance of 100 meters from Imotekh the Stormlord. Borrowing the chanting effect brought by the poem title just now, he started by drawing a circle with one palm, and a "Flying Dragon in the Sky" move was blasted out. A visible dragon-shaped Qi energy roared out, and the giant dragon bit down, crushing Imotekh the Stormlord and the metal 100 meters deep into the earth where it stood, piercing through it and heading straight into the sky.

That wasn't all. Wu Pifu swung the Heroic Spirit Shattering Blade in his hand and slashed out, using the movement path of the "Galaxy Profound Origin Cannon" he had just obtained.

Boom!

A dark light pillar rose from the ground, blasting against the sky, directly exploding at the mouth of the dragon-shaped Qi energy in the sky.

Bang bang bang...

After a series of violent explosions, the entire sky's dark clouds were completely torn apart. Wu Pifu saw that in the 10,000-meter sky, Imotekh the Stormlord's metal body was only slightly shattered, and it actually remained quite intact.

"As expected of the King of the Necrons, impressive!"

Wu Pifu laughed, raised his blade and rushed into the sky. Qi, blood, internal energy, and Haki merged into one. A thick layer of lightning-covered metal blackness solidified on the Heroic Spirit Shattering Blade in his hand, and he slashed straight at Imotekh the Stormlord.

At this moment, Imotekh the Stormlord was stunned. Its armor was shattered, which meant that the phase protection layer capable of resisting at least ten consecutive bombardments from maximum-power naval guns was gone. Then its mechanical pupils saw Wu Pifu rushing over with the blade, and that was clearly a slash with even greater power...

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

No, no, no, is this thing in front of me a humanoid C'tan??

Me?

A duel with a humanoid C'tan?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 589 =====