Chapter 188: The Emperor

Captain Finney raised his head slightly and looked at the blue-armored warrior standing in the sand pit.

On the way here, he had already heard some things that happened in the Angel's Well.

A blue-armored warrior who claimed to be an Ultramarines warrior brought a relic stained with Sanguinius's aura and challenged all Sanguinius's descendants.

He even claimed that although Sanguinius's descendants were excellent, they were not as good as the Ultramarines.

If Finney could defeat him, he could not only bring back a relic for Sanguinius's descendants, but also save the reputation of all Sanguinius's descendants to a certain extent.

Finney clenched his fists slightly. Maybe the reputation of the Crimson Angels could no longer be saved, but at least let Commander Dante acknowledge them...

"You will not succeed," Commander Dante seemed to see through Finney's thoughts and said in a flat tone.

Finney lowered his head.

"In the name of Sanguinius, in the name of blood... We defend ourselves."

"I know that no one likes our Chapter now, but I think I still have the right to use combat to maintain my reputation."

"If I fail, then death."

"..." Dante looked at Finney in silence, and then cast his gaze toward the blue-armored warrior in the sand pit.

Zhou Yun turned his head without haste. He heard the winged figure in the white light in the corner of his eye let out a vague sigh.

The Crimson Angels were still his descendants. Zhou Yun tasted this meaning from this sigh.

"As long as you are Sanguinius's descendant and are willing to use a relic as a bet, I don't mind," Zhou Yun said lightly.

Finney nodded heavily, walked down from the high platform step by step.

Yoll glanced at him and consciously exited the sand pit. The two brushed shoulders at the edge of the sand pit.

"Satisfying the blood thirst cannot suppress it," Yoll said in a low voice: "The smell of blood on you is very strong... hidden very deep but very strong..."

Finney's body trembled slightly, and he looked at Yoll beside him with some panic.

He seemed to smell the scent of fresh blood that made nerves excited coming from Yoll, and Finney felt his fangs press slightly against his lips.

Yoll glanced at the hundred-plus Crimson Angels standing on the high platform.

"But the smell on them is very light... Many of them can still be saved."

Finney nodded slightly: "Many of them have not participated in the Ritual of Repentance or have only participated once."

"I often advise the members of my company to try to take as little blood food as possible."

Yoll glanced at Finney and nodded slightly before leaving the sand pit.

Captain Finney walked to Zhou Yun's front. He pulled out his weapon, which was a power axe flickering with swaying blue light.

"Shroud," Finney looked at Zhou Yun and said: "The name of this axe is Shroud. It is a Chapter relic, once belonging to Night Lords Captain Kaelen Ophion."

"Ten thousand years ago, Night Lords Captain Kaelen Ophion's warship, the Dusk Shroud, crashed, and he himself was believed to have died in it. The Crimson Angels recovered the Dusk Shroud and discovered this power axe in it, and believed that this was used by Kaelen Ophion himself."

"If you win, you can take it from my corpse."

Hearing this, Zhou Yun narrowed his eyes slightly: "Absolute blood?"

"Absolute blood!" Finney said firmly: "I heard that you have already defeated several Sanguinius descendants in the first blood battle."

"Maybe the Ultramarines are better at sparring, but Sanguinius's descendants are better at life-and-death combat."

A battle that would only end when one side surrendered or was killed...

Finney did not intend to hurt the blue-armored warrior before him, but if he didn't bet his life and fight to the death, Finney believed his chance of winning was not high.

Regardless of whether this blue-armored warrior surrendered or not, Finney would not take his life.

But Finney made up his mind. If he was at a disadvantage, he would not surrender even if he died.

Maybe his death could shake Commander Dante, who knows.

"Good," Zhou Yun nodded slightly, retreated a few steps, and pulled away from Finney.

Finney did the same thing, gently holding the power axe that had once been used by the Night Lords Captain and produced in 30k upright in front of his chest.

"Roar!!!!" Finney let out a roar that was almost beast-like. The bloody aura on his body surged violently.

That bloody smell almost caught up with Yoll... Although he looked unaffected on the surface, Finney was actually deeply fallen into the blood thirst.

Finney roared and launched an attack on Zhou Yun from the side.

That power axe, which had once belonged to the Night Lords, had been modified, and the bat carving on it had been replaced with blood and wings, but Zhou Yun could still feel the bloody aura rolling in this power axe.

Night Lords 39th Company Captain Kaelen Ophion was once a member of the Night Lords' ruling body, the Night Bat Council.

He had a completely different personality from other Night Lords, and this traitorous Night Lord actually possessed courage that could be called stubborn.

Even after ten thousand years, the influence he left in this power axe still existed, and even influenced Finney in turn, making Finney's charge even more fearless.

But Finney's speed made Zhou Yun feel disappointed.

Even under the influence of the blood thirst, Finney's speed was just a bit faster than ordinary Captains, far from being comparable to Yoll.

Not to mention Zhou Yun's speed was a whole layer faster than Yoll's.

If you have to say where Finney is stronger than Yoll... that would be that relic power axe.

Yoll, as the Chapter Master of the Blood Knights, his weapon was just a somewhat dilapidated chainsword.

The relic dagger Yoll gave Zhou Yun, Zhou Yun looked at it after stuffing it into the four-dimensional pocket. It was the cheapest one in the whole field, and the price difference was several times that of the several relics given by the Tomb Guardians. It was really poor and heartbreaking. Even after fighting Yoll, Zhou Yun felt that he was a bit at a loss, and the income was completely unworthy of the labor.

After Zhou Yun finished complaining about the poverty of the Blood Knights with the thinking accelerated by the acceleration spring, Finney finally approached Zhou Yun.

That power axe roaring and howling was held high and slashed toward Zhou Yun.

Then, hiss, boom, click... The power field on the power axe flickered, and suddenly became much darker.

Finney was stunned for a moment. He felt a strong resistance coming from the power axe, and he could almost not suppress it.

The first blood battle was still a normal sparring, while the absolute blood battle was almost a death battle.

Zhou Yun's affinity with the machine spirit also played a role. That power axe named "Shroud" resisted Finney's swinging.

Zhou Yun seized the moment of Finney's astonishment, and the fist in his hand swung out lightly, hitting Finney's chest heavily.

In an instant, the surface of the ceramite was like being bombarded by a heavy cannon, the whole thing collapsed, and Finney was also flown out, hitting the wall of the sand pit heavily.

The entire Angel's Well shook slightly.

"Blood of Sanguinius above! Is this a small Dreadnought developed by the Adeptus Mechanicus?" Crimson Blades Chapter Master Kaen almost exclaimed in confusion.

The power of that pair of power fists was actually so strong? The strength of this blue-armored warrior could actually control this power fist?

In the previous first blood battle, Zhou Yun almost stopped at the right point.

Sanguinius's descendants only knew that Zhou Yun's strength was great, but didn't know that Zhou Yun's strength was actually so great.

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"Do all Ultramarines do this?" Divine Angels Chapter Master Goron looked at Kaen in confusion.

Kaen had mixed in the circle of Ultramarines before, but Kaen was also dumbfounded: "I only know that Chapter Master Calgar can lift a ten-meter-high Necron anti-aircraft tower with both hands, I haven't heard of this character."

Finney's power armor collapsed, almost shattered, and the whole person was embedded in the wall, and blood also flowed from his body, but it was quickly controlled by the hemostatic organ.

He struggled to stretch out his arm from the broken ceramite, letting out a low roar toward Zhou Yun, his entire body overflowing with angry bloody aura.

"You lost," Zhou Yun said, picking up the power axe named "Shroud" from the ground.

"No!!" Finney struggled to stretch out his arm, tore off his helmet, revealing the blood-red face and terrifying fangs, all of which were characteristics affected by the blood thirst.

"This is absolute blood, I didn't die! And I didn't surrender!"

Zhou Yun couldn't help but shake his head upon hearing this.

Why are these Astartes all stubborn space seeds? The Emperor should have prepared a legion positioned as a psychologist back then... Oh, it's not necessarily that he didn't prepare, it's just that the Primarch of that legion was drugged.

"Finney, did you disobey Chapter Master Mor's order to come here just to die here?" Zhou Yun stood before Finney and said.

Finney's face revealed confusion: "How could you even..."

"Mor?" Standing on the high platform, Dante raised his voice slightly: "Disobey the Chapter Master's order?"

Zhou Yun nodded slightly, glanced at Finney and said: "Chapter Master Chaude is dead, killed by Necrons forty years ago."

When saying this sentence, the corners of Zhou Yun's mouth moved slightly. It was hard not to suspect that this was the Silent King helping his late wife clean up the rebellious son.

Zhou Yun could guess the Silent King's mood when he learned that the Crimson Angels were holding a party with Sanguinius's blood.

"Mor became the new Chapter Master of the Crimson Angels, but he was more extreme and twisted than Chaude."

"Some Captains recognized the problems of the Chapter. They began to resist blood food and the Ritual of Repentance to a certain extent, doing their best to put themselves in combat, longing for death to bring them redemption."

Hearing this, Yoll raised his head slightly, and the look in his eyes toward Finney seemed to become slightly softer.

"When the news of Baal came, Mor refused any Crimson Angels to provide aid to Baal."

"But three Captains, including Finney, still disobeyed Mor

Zhou Yun said slowly.

Sanguinius's scions were stunned for a moment, then immediately understood why Finney had to hide this point.

The Crimson Angels had already earned the disgust of all Sanguinius's scions, but at least they would remember: the Crimson Angels still sent aid to Baal.

If everyone knew that Finney had come against the Chapter Master's orders, knew that the Crimson Angels Chapter was fundamentally unwilling to provide aid to Baal, unwilling to protect their gene-father's homeland—

Finney still hoped to protect the Chapter's reputation.

"Three companies?" Dante's voice became slightly low; he stared at Finney for a while.

There were only a little over a hundred people who followed Finney into the Well of Angels, clearly not enough for three companies.

The next chapter will be a bit late; my schedule has been too chaotic lately.

(End of chapter)