Chapter 702

“Father.” The four-armed being’s lips moved slightly, producing a standard human voice from its alien vocal cords.

“.?” Ryan gripped the Sword of Loyalty, his body freezing in place.

All his battle intent, all his rage, were abruptly crushed by the four-armed being’s words; confusion rose in his heart.

The four-armed being stared at Ryan, its lips moving again: “Son!”

The air fell into deathly silence; the Lion’s temples twitched with veins, his fingers clenched the Sword of Loyalty, fury and killing intent surging over him.

Azriel, Zabriel, and Hrael rose from the ground, staring at the four-armed being with identical bewilderment, unsure what trick it was playing.

“Isn’t that right?”

“Is it that hard to understand?”

The four-armed being tilted its head and asked.

“My genetic sequence was forged from twenty-one Gene-Primarchs.”

“You are clearly one of my twenty-one wild fathers.”

“My genes are identical to those of the Emperor and Eldar, so I am also your father and mother.”

“I even possess partial genetic memories of the Emperor and Eldar.”

“The Emperor, Eldar, and Orpeson—what a trio of tragic lovers.”

The four-armed being sighed, looking upward.

The Lion lowered his body, the blade of the Sword of Loyalty thrusting straight toward the four-armed being’s throat.

But the Lion’s blade sank as if into mud, its forward momentum slowing, the kinetic energy seemingly devoured by invisible forces in the air.

The four-armed being extended one hand, flicking it lightly to push the blade aside.

“If you can kill me, destroy this body, then so be it.”

The four-armed being whispered.

“It would interrupt my ascension instinct—but only for a time.”

“This vessel is an Immortal; even if slain, it will revive swiftly.”

“I am now akin to... the Emperor who walked among mortals in your memories.”

“Can you defeat the Emperor?”

As he spoke, the four-armed being slowly extended a clawed arm toward Ryan El Jansen.

The Lion’s beast instinct drove him to dodge swiftly—but his movements were painfully sluggish.

He felt his muscular strength being slowly devoured, his body weak and powerless—a sensation he had never known before.

“You see, I consume much: strength, energy, spirit, will, soul—I can devour them all.”

“But my hunger is endless, and the food in this world is finite, much of it wasted.”

As he extended his hand toward Ryan, the four-armed being murmured on.

“Did you know? By humanity’s third millennium, your species had already produced more food than needed to feed every human.”

“Yet even today, countless among your civilization remain hungry—how extravagant.”

“Those hungers are being absorbed into my domain; I feel their hunger as if it were my own... how bitter it is...”

“Hm?”

The four-armed being seemed to sense something, stepped back sharply, putting distance between itself and Ryan El Jansen.

The void trembled; countless miniature Doraemons surged from the emptiness, swinging their round fists at the four-armed being.

The four-armed being swung all four arms, attempting to devour the Doraemons’ energy.

Some Doraemons did slow down—but more poured from the void, their combined energy so vast that the Hive Mind could not consume it all.

Indeed, within the Kinetic Aether, there existed a divine entity that governed energy.

Zhou Yun appeared before the four-armed being, surrounded by countless miniature Doraemons, with Saint Guilliman standing behind him.

A low growl echoed through the Warp; the gods stirred with excitement, having waited for this moment—for Zhou Yun and the Hive Mind to clash, for Zhou Yun to be too occupied to guard Fulgrim and Guilliman.

Tides surged through the Warp; the shifting blue and the obscene purple began piercing into the material dimension.

Yet when Zhou Yun and the four-armed being faced each other, no battle erupted.

Zhou Yun gazed at the four-armed being with solemn reverence, his expression almost moved—he raised both hands before his chest in the Eagle Salute.

“I knew the Four-Armed Emperor was the true faith.”

“The Four-Armed Emperor will instantly obliterate a Two-Armed Emperor.”