Chapter 521: Know Not, Know Not

"Liar!!!!"

The Blood God's furious roar echoed throughout the entire Warp, boundless rage igniting the tides of the Empyrean.

Countless Khornate demons and countless mortal Khornate devotees simultaneously let out enraged howls.

Their eyes bloodshot, boundless killing intent surged within their hearts as they wantonly slaughtered everything around them, even their own comrades and brothers.

The entire universe seemed to become scorching in this instant; starlight glowed with a bloody hue, the air filled with choking grit, the ground became rolling hot as if molten lava flowed beneath, and even human blood felt a surge of restlessness and unease.

In the Empyrean, Slaanesh and Nurgle, who were currently ravaging Tzeentch's domains, were slightly surprised and cast their gazes toward the roaring Blood God.

They had not seen the Blood God this angry in many years, and they did not understand what had happened to cause such a reaction from him.

Within the Garden of Nurgle, Mortarion placed three twenty-sided dice into the snail shell in his hand, then lifted the snail shell and shook it in his palm, muttering incantations under his breath:

"Numerology holds true meaning; let me explain it clearly to you."

"If one speaks of numerology, the holy numbers can make it plain."

"Seven comes before, nine follows after; step into stagnation and rot to cultivate transformation."

"Eight comes after, six stands before; wage war year after year and enjoy eternal pleasure."

"Reveal!!!"

The three dice fell from the snail shell; Mortarion glanced at them, then turned his head and held the snail shell over the nearby furnace fire to roast it until its surface cracked.

Mortarion carefully counted the cracks on the snail shell, then combined them with the numbers shown by the three dice to perform a calculation with his fingers.

"Hey!"

"The Blood God has lost Angron!"

The Blood God did not understand how Kharn and Zhou Yun had done it; he only felt that he had been defrauded, blinded, and deceived.

He felt his trust and respect had been defiled, feeling that a battle that should have been filled with courage, slaughter, and blood had turned into an outright fraud.

He would not accept it!! He absolutely would not accept it!!!

The Blood God let out successive battle cries; he intended to bestow upon the liars the punishment of the Blood God.

Screech——————

A sharp vibrating sound suddenly rang out, piercing and grating like countless blades being unsheathed simultaneously.

The massive brass sword leaning beside the Blood God's throne seemed to sense its master's fury, roaring, howling, seething with anger.

Before the brass giant sword was even drawn, reality was already split and torn apart ahead of time.

The entire star system where the Blessed Lady was located was torn asunder, a hideous rift spanning across the sky above the system.

A giant sat enthroned upon a brass throne, clad in hideous black armor, bathed entirely in blood, one leg twisted and crippled, gazing down upon the entire star system.

Almost the moment he appeared, every Astartes and mortal within the entire star system felt their lungs burning with pain, as if a fierce fire was raging within, about to spit out wild flames at any moment.

Then, a Fallen Angel who caught sight of Khorne's figure felt fear; he trembled and retreated backward, but before he could take more than a few steps, a fierce fire ignited within his body, the raging flames directly engulfing this Fallen Angel until nothing remained.

After the first death occurred, more Astartes and mortals were swallowed by the Blood God's wrath; any cowardly person would bear Khorne's boundless fury.

"Pray to the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang! Do not fear!"

"The Hua Hua Hua Di Huang is with us! Lion is with us!"

"We are the Dark Angels, the foremost among Astartes; we fear not the darkness within the galaxy!"

Ezekiel's psychic power flowed along the pervasive incense smoke, spreading in all directions to every Dark Angel, protecting the minds of every Astartes. Aboard the Lord of Light, Xiang Leina, who had been continuously accumulating psychic energy deep within the ship's cargo hold, slowly opened her eyes; beside her was engraved a complete set of complex psychic arrays, the masterwork of Mephiston and Astropath Transcendent Kaelaprin.

The sole purpose of this array was to amplify Xiang Leina's psychic power, allowing her psychic energy to resonate with every warrior of the Saint Doraemon Chapter.

Almost all Astartes and mortals of the Doraemon Chapter felt their minds become clear and flawless.

They knew no fear, knew no dread, knew no confusion; like Xiang Leina, they knew not, knew not, knew not.

On the Conqueror, Captain Sarine manipulated a servitor to punch Korsarakas unconscious.

Logically, the appearance of the Blood God's figure should only awaken the Butcher's Nails in the World Eaters, leaving only rage in their hearts with no room for cowardice.

But Korsarakas was different; back when he had faced Angron at close range, he had managed to flee despite the Butcher's Nails, even retaining significant sanity.

Therefore, the moment the Blood God's figure appeared, Captain Sarine hurriedly knocked Korsarakas unconscious, fearing that under the Blood God's influence he might still display cowardice and be burned to ashes by the Blood God's wrath.

The Blood God's gaze did not linger on these Astartes and mortals; it landed upon the Blessed Lady, falling upon Angron, Kharn, and Zhou Yun.

"Liars!!! Shameless liars!!!"

"I do not accept this!!!"

A roar filled with the scent of blood erupted; Khorne raised that massive brass sword, the blade piercing the firmament winds of the Warp, violent tremors occurring simultaneously in the galaxy and the Warp, while the towering skull-towers behind the Blood God instantly collapsed and disintegrated.

The skulls dedicated to the Blood God burned; children, the elderly, youths, adults, men, women, mortals, Astartes, demons, dwarves, Eldar, Necrons, Orks, Tau—skulls of countless races and countless living beings turned into a burning wasteland, overlapping with the massive brass sword to provide power for this giant blade.

Eight thousand stars flickered within the sword, eight thousand races were destroyed within the sword, eight thousand worlds ran rivers of blood within the sword.

In an instant, every living being in the entire galaxy instinctively looked up; they discovered the sun in the sky had dimmed, the original position of the stars replaced by a giant sword of blood.

Then, this sword fell toward reality.

The very structure of reality was crushed, the veil burned into thorough ash; the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's psychic power stubbornly flickered within the Warp, forming the final barrier to resist the sword light of the Blood God.

But only the star system where Zhou Yun and the others were located received no protection; this star system would face the majestic radiance of the Blood God directly.

Hiss——————

A sound of electric current rang out as a brightly shining toy short sword was ignited.

Compared to the Blood God, his figure so infinitesimally small, Zhou Yun stepped forward and swung a strike toward the massive brass sword falling from the Empyrean——————

Every living being in the galaxy saw it: a golden light like lightning flashed and vanished, then extinguished turning gray, reduced to ash within the Blood God's fierce fire.

But in the moment before that toy-like short sword dissipated, the Blood God's giant sword was deflected, forcibly pushed back.

"Good!!!!"

Even amidst his fury, the Blood God could not help but let out a sound of praise.

But this did not mean he would give up just yet.

The God of War laughed heartily, blood flowing incessantly from his thigh.

"I am Khorne, the Blood God!"

"I am the God of Slaughter, the King of Blood, the Huang Tong Hound, the Wrath of Fire, the Great Butcher."

"Mortals fear me, addressing me by eight hundred eighty-eight million eight hundred eighty-eight thousand names, yet I have but one name: WAR!!!"

"WAR!!! WAR!!! WAR!!!"

(End of this chapter)