Chapter 462: Five yuan cashback for good reviews of rat extermination

"Dang dang dang!!! Earth Destruction Bomb!!"

The voice rang out from the wooden door, and a round hand reached out, holding an aerial bomb about the size of a small promethium canister, with a dark green-black casing, seemingly made of enameled aluminum alloy, with circular tail fins.

Earth Destruction Bomb?

Erebus, who saw this scene through the ritual linking the entire planet, was stunned for a moment. His brain, hidden inside his inscribed bald head, failed to understand the meaning of this gift for a moment.

But the round hand had already thrown the bomb toward the ground. The circular warhead pushed aside the air, slammed heavily onto the ground, pushed aside the soil, and inserted itself diagonally into the muddy land, like a thick, heavy sword inserted into Planet Hiroshima.

Subsequently, the round hand retreated back into the wooden door, slammed the door shut, and then disappeared into the air along with the wooden door, as if it had never existed.

Only the bomb inserted in the muddy ground proved that everything Erebus had just seen was not an illusion...

Heat, scorching heat, spewed out from the tail of the bomb, turning into scalding steam that exploded, diffusing in all directions, burning the air on this planet.

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A voice came from the bomb, speaking words Erebus could not understand.

"This bomb will start the rat extermination program after counting to five. Please hide in a safe location as soon as possible to avoid being accidentally injured by this bomb."

Erebus gasped. Although he didn't understand what was going on, he had to stop this bomb quickly————

"Five."

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Eh?

Scorching light erupted on the horizon, like a star rising from the earth. In the blink of an eye, it pierced through the atmosphere, gushing into the void, turning into a wave of light and heat that began to spread to the entire planet.

The firmament, interwoven with four colors of red, green, blue, and purple, was ignited by the fire of rat extermination. Under the rolling heat wave, the labyrinth composed of crystals was burned and melted in the blink of an eye. The bird-headed giant beast that harbored a large number of Tzeentch demons hadn't even had time to resist before it turned into ashes in the sea of fire. Millions of Tzeentch demons let out wails and cries.

In the forest, the Nurgle giant beasts like mushrooms continuously diffused spores into the air. These spores grew from the ground, turning into huge mushrooms, trying to block the divine fire that rose from the far end of the earth and ignited both heaven and earth at the same time, but it was ultimately like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. In the fire of rat extermination, all life turned into ashes and vanished.

In the luxurious palace, the bull-headed, snake-bodied creature held a poisonous wine glass, twisted its body, and stood at the highest point of the castle, following primitive, chaotic hunger and desire. Everything on the horizon was burned out by the raging fire, as if a star were kissing the world. The Slaaneshi giant beast opened its arms, bathed in the raging fire, enjoying the pain and pleasure brought by being burned to ashes by the fire.

Fire, light, and heat were the final themes of this planet. Rocks dissolved, continents collapsed, oceans boiled, the crust was peeled away layer by layer, the mantle was thrown into the void, and the core was submerged by an explosion hotter than itself.

Erebus let out a terrified wail.

Rat extermination, this was just rat extermination?

The voice from before the Earth Destruction Bomb exploded still echoed in Erebus's ears.

How could this just be rat extermination? And rat extermination with cashback for good reviews?!

Such an explosion was incomparable even to the cataclysm that destroyed Cadia.

He had racked his brains, consumed the accumulations of ten thousand years, fulfilled many promises of the gods, consumed a large number of sacrifices, and forged a slaughterhouse, only for it to be destroyed just like that.

Vulnerable, so vulnerable.

A malicious, stinging pain came from Erebus's leg, as if his thigh had been pierced by thousands of sharp blades. He let out a sharp wail, but his will suddenly cleared.

The ritual dagger, made from the Anathame that once created the first murder of mankind and killed Horus's nemesis, was sharply stabbed into Erebus's thigh.

The ancient artifact allowed Erebus to regain his sanity. He understood that he could not be buried with this planet.

No, absolutely not...

Erebus hurriedly stepped to the side of the Khornate giant beast closest to him, pulled out the ritual dagger from his waist, and prayed that this ancient artifact could protect his life.

Then, in the next second, the fire swallowed the entire world.

A few minutes later, the Lightbringer sailed out from the Webway, floating in this dark system, looking down at the burning fire.

Such a powerful explosion directly and thoroughly destroyed this planet corrupted by Erebus. It almost no longer had any solid components, all of which were melted and burned into an ionized or gaseous state, turning into a raging fire floating in the void, and continuously cooling in the cold vacuum.

But it would probably take a long, long process to truly cool down, so long that by the time life even forgot about this planet, it would solidify again.

In the porthole of the Lightbringer, Kharn watched the broken, thoroughly destroyed planet quietly.

He gripped the axe in his hand tightly, his expression twisted with anger, becoming exceptionally terrifying.

"Escaped, that Erebus."

Kharn said in a low voice, his voice devoid of emotion.

"Such a world-destroying blow, and he actually survived?" Titus, standing beside Kharn, was horrified.

He held a chainsword with the Blood Angels mark tightly in his hand.

This chainsword was given to Titus by Dante, the true Lord of Baal (conferred by Sanguinius), Deputy Regent of the Dark Imperium (conferred by Guilliman), and Commander of the Blood Angels Chapter, after they entered the Dark Imperium.

The name of this chainsword was the Innocent, coming from Joll, the Chapter Master of the Blood Knights who sacrificed himself on Baal I.

The Blood Knights fought until only one survivor remained in the battle against the Tyranids and the Khornate Greater Daemon Angrath, and this chainsword was also broken in the battle.

But Dante ordered the chainsword to be reforged. During the reforging process, Sanguinius dripped his own blood into it. After the reforging was completed, Dante listed it as a relic of the Blood Angels and changed the name of this chainsword from the Atoner to the Innocent.

Because the Blood Knights had already proven their loyalty on Baal I, atoned for all their sins, refused Khorne's bewitchment, and walked toward destruction with dignity as human beings; their souls were innocent.

"But this chainsword still longs to fight for humanity, for the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, and for Sanguinius." Dante said this when he gave the chainsword to Titus: "Please wield this sword for Joll."

Titus could feel the scorching, crazy, terrifying machine spirit in the sword. Many people had tried to pick up this sword, but without exception, they could not bear the fear brought by the machine spirit itself.

Everyone who picked up this sword would see the illusion of their own flesh mutating, becoming a mutant monster, not daring to take off their helmet, unable to suppress their bloodlust, and being judged as a traitor by the Empire.

Facing such a future, can you still maintain loyalty? Can you still maintain courage? Can you still fight for the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang?

The chainsword would question like this, awakening the fear in the depths of the human heart.

Unable to face this illusion, feeling fear toward such an illusion, or simply unable to maintain loyalty in front of the illusion, all meant being unable to wield this chainsword.

But Titus would not be afraid; he was just right for this chainsword.

As for why not pick one from the Ultramarines' relic vault... the Ultramarines' relic vault was a bit meager now.

"It's not that he withstood such a blow." Kharn said in a low voice: "Erebus ran away, like a rat."

"Ran away?" This made Titus frown tightly.

"It's the ritual dagger." Zhou Yun, sitting on the command throne and staring at this planet, said softly: "That is an artifact forged by Erebus using the Anathame."

"That weapon once killed the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's father and completed the first murder of mankind."

"That weapon also killed Horus and corrupted him into a puppet of Chaos."

"After that, Erebus used the ancient secret methods in the Davin temple to smash that obsidian blade into eight pieces and forge them into eight ritual daggers."

"One of them was obtained by the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, reforged, and used to kill Horus."

"Having participated in so many murders, that dagger has accumulated incomparable power, not only having the effect of protecting the user's soul and corrupting the greatest heroes, but even being able to cut open the veil of reality and manipulate the structure of reality itself."

"Erebus escaped relying on one of the ritual daggers."

This was completely within Zhou Yun's expectations.

He threw this Earth Destruction Bomb simply because he didn't want to step onto this planet that he knew at a glance was stuffed with a lot of blasphemous things.

Zhou Yun didn't intend to step into the trap Erebus had prepared in advance; he wanted to hold the initiative in his own hands.

So Zhou Yun threw out the Earth Destruction Bomb that he had been hoarding in his pocket and never used.

Of course, another reason was that the Earth Destruction Bomb had been redeemed by him early on, but Zhou Yun had never found a suitable opportunity to throw it.

This time, having a rare opportunity, of course he had to use it.

Zhou Yun moved his hand slightly and took out the Finder Cane from his four-dimensional pocket again.

"Let me see where Erebus escaped to?"

On the Conqueror, a rift appeared from reality, and Erebus rolled out, panting, and fell to the ground.

The Khornate giant beast he had created also crawled out, its size much smaller, its body filled with terrifying burns.

Erebus also had similar scars on his body.

It seemed that this giant beast protected Erebus for a brief moment, allowing Erebus to find the opportunity to teleport away using the ritual blade.

"My ten thousand years of accumulation!!! Most of my family fortune!!!"

Erebus let out a painful wail. All his accumulations as the Hand of Destiny for ten thousand years were piled up on that planet.

But that one, clearly still restrained in a mortal body, clearly still resisting becoming a god like the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang of the past, could still easily destroy everything.

This forced him to leave Planet Hiroshima urgently, and he couldn't go to Lu Se's side to avoid drawing Saint Doraemon's anger to Lu Se too early. He could only come to the help promised by the Blood God————that is, this Gloriana-class battleship, the Conqueror.

Then, he heard a commotion coming from the Conqueror.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 463 =====