Chapter 78: Sickness and Electricity

Watching Malkiet get flung away by the Gene Thief Chieftain’s tail, Zhou Yun’s eyebrow twitched slightly.

With that roar, Zhou Yun had thought Malkiet was about to unleash something big,

Only to find it had merely defecated something massive.

The Gene Thief Chieftain seemed equally stunned,

As if it hadn’t expected that a simple instinctive tail swipe would send Malkiet flying several meters.

Malkiet scrambled to its feet, dazed, and stared in surprise at the Scream Assassin locked in combat with Zhou Yun,

“Monge.” Malkiet whispered under its breath.

Before it could recover, the Gene Thief Chieftain lunged at it like a giant jump bug,

Malkiet hastily raised its curved blade to block,

A stream of corrosive venom oozed from the blade, colliding with the Chieftain’s chitinous claws,

Sssss!

White smoke rose as the Chieftain’s claws began to fume.

“Aaaah!!!”

The Gene Thief Chieftain let out a low roar and swung its arm to shield itself from the corrosive venom dripping from Malkiet’s blade.

Malkiet pressed the advantage; from the rotting wound on its chest, countless fly eggs were secreted,

They hit the ground and hatched instantly into a swarm of black, fog-like flies, buzzing loudly as they surged toward the Gene Thief Chieftain.

The Gene Thief Chieftain extended one hand, raising a finger beside its massive triangular head—

An invisible ripple spread through the air, psychic energy surging as waves toward Malkiet and its swarm,

Each fly burst into blazing sparks, the entire swarm consumed by flame in an instant,

Malkiet, unable to dodge, was struck head-on by the psychic wave; flames erupted across its rotting flesh,

The air filled with the stench of burning carrion and the sizzling crackle of searing tissue.

Zhou Yun, still fighting the Scream Assassin, glanced briefly back at Malkiet,

If it died so quickly, Zhou Yun would have to face both the Chieftain and the Scream Assassin alone—two Titan-genetic beasts.

And

Zhou Yun looked at the blade in his hand, Mingdao. Dian Guang Wan,

Its battery was nearly drained,

But the Scream Assassin wasn’t faring much better,

Its eyes swollen, oozing foul fatty granules,

Several half-visible pustules dotted its body, with worms wriggling beneath its skin,

Purple-red pus seeped from the cracks along its back; its insides were inflamed,

It was sick,

This Titan beast had contracted some supernatural disease,

Zhou Yun could guess what had happened,

It was Monge,

Monge had done something—left a supernatural virus inside this beast’s body.

Zhou Yun swung Mingdao. Dian Guang Wan, deflecting the Scream Assassin’s four blades with ease,

Now, it was a race: would his blade run out of power first, or would the Scream Assassin collapse under its disease first?

Meanwhile, Malkiet changed.

Malkiet, engulfed in flames, made no sound,

As if the fire inflicted no harm whatsoever,

It spread its arms, and chunks of its charred, rotting flesh fell away,

Hidden within its flesh, eggs hatched—yellow-white maggots emerged, filling the gaps left by the fallen tissue,

The maggots wove together into muscle, secreting pus that hardened into translucent skin; in an instant, Malkiet was restored,

This new flesh and skin seemed even stronger,

Malkiet leapt forward and swung its curved blade again at the Gene Thief Chieftain,

The Chieftain repeated its tactic, whipping its tail to fling Malkiet away,

But the instant its tail touched Malkiet’s skin, the flesh dissolved into maggots that clamped down and bit into the Chieftain’s tail.

Malkiet seized the opening, raising its curved blade high,

The Gene Thief Chieftain couldn’t dodge in time—only managed to twist its head aside to avoid the vital spot—

Ssschhh!!

Purple-tinged blood gushed from half the Chieftain’s face; a jagged wound slashed through its eye, corrosive venom clinging to the wound, hissing white smoke.

“Skyaah!!!”

A piercing roar erupted as a sharp psychic wave slammed into Malkiet, hurling it backward,

Malkiet was flung like a ragdoll, crashing to the ground,

The Gene Thief Chieftain clutched its eye, pus and blood gushing profusely,

First rage, then the thought of fleeing took root,

The situation was clearly turning against it.

The Gene Thief Chieftain roared, unleashing a torrent of psychic power from its massive head,

Dozens of powerful psychic hammers slammed into Malkiet, crushing half its body into pulp,

But soon, maggots erupted from within Malkiet, devouring the crushed flesh and writhing into new tissue.

In Malkiet’s mind, the angels’ cheers never ceased,

Within the Father’s domain, countless tiny Nurglings gathered,

One after another, they strained across the barrier between the Warp and reality, pouring power into Malkiet,

When one Nurgling’s strength was spent, another took its place, continuing the flow of blessing,

As time passed, more and more Nurglings were drawn in, joining the ranks to channel power to Malkiet,

Even the largest figures in the Garden of Nurgle cast glances their way, curious what these innocent little Nurglings were doing.

Malkiet drew a deep breath, its fingertip brushing the curved blade,

“The Father’s grace is with me.”

“The angels’ care is with me.”

“My brothers’ sacrifice is with me.”

“Alien! What do you have?”

A stench of decay surged from Malkiet; the Gene Thief Chieftain recoiled a step in fear,

It glanced toward the Scream Assassin and Zhou Yun, seeking aid from the Assassin,

The Scream Assassin roared, swinging its blades—but each strike was calmly parried by Zhou Yun’s Mingdao. Dian Guang Wan,

While on its own body, signs of disease grew more pronounced; foul pus oozed between its muscles.

Didi-didi-didi—

Suddenly, Mingdao. Dian Guang Wan in Zhou Yun’s hand began to flicker, its glow turning red,

The blade was nearly out of power, but the Scream Assassin hadn’t yet collapsed under its disease—

Only its movements had grown slower.

The Scream Assassin’s blade clashed again with Mingdao. Dian Guang Wan,

But the blade flickered once—and turned gray.

(End of Chapter)