Chapter 74: End and Death?

Deep within the underground palace, the Gene-Swiper Patriarch let out a deafening roar,

filled with both rage and terror.

Through the eyes of the Zhezhu Sect Bishop, it saw the figure hidden within Zhou Yun's consciousness,

a figure of pure white, with wings, that made the Leviathan Song drool with desire.

Having seen that figure for just a moment, the Gene-Swiper Patriarch felt its soul begin to burn fiercely.

The Gene-Swiper Patriarch hastily severed the Bishop's psychic link to the entire brood.

Then it looked down at the biomass pool, which was constantly bubbling,

where a stench of rotting, acidic amino acids and fat was rising from the pool.

Almost all the humans within the underground palace had been thrown into the pool, becoming nourishment for the creatures within.

Some time ago, it had detected traces of that Archangel's activity in a ruined city district,

and to counter that Archangel, the Leviathan Hive Fleet had sent the genetic code of this behemoth.

The Gene-Swiper Patriarch rose from the pipes, spreading four sharp claws,

as the biomass pool immediately erupted with more fine bubbles, and a small hill gradually rose from the thick, dark yellow liquid.

Viscous liquid trickled down the behemoth's body, while sparks of whistling lightning flickered on its four outstretched blades.

The body, protected by thick, deep purple carapace, was revealed within the underground palace as the behemoth reared its head and roared,

its devilish shriek echoing and reverberating throughout the underground palace.

"No!!!!"

The Gene-Swiper Bishop let out a sharp wail,

feeling her link to the hive suddenly severed, her consciousness suddenly becoming utterly isolated.

Not only that, but memories covered by cognitive distortion filters gradually began to resurface,

causing the Gene-Swiper Bishop to suddenly realize what blasphemous acts she had been committing.

Her eyes widened, but what flowed down were not tears, but burning golden flames.

Her mouth opened, but what emerged were not wails, but streams of scorching white smoke.

"Sorry, my consciousness is at full capacity."

Zhou Yun punched her head, sending chunks of burning flesh flying in all directions.

Eight Gene-Swiper Guards stared blankly at this scene,

and in the blink of an eye, three of those Gene-Swiper Guards suddenly widened their eyes as their bodies began to burn.

Golden flames consumed them completely in the blink of an eye.

"The Gene-Swiper Patriarch severed the Bishop's psychic link to the brood."

The voice of the winged figure within the Bai Guang spoke:

"I only had time to burn a small portion of the Gene-Swipers."

"You did well, you did exceedingly well!"

Zhou Yun stepped back slightly, allowing the Plague Zombies led by Malgit to overwhelm the remaining five Gene-Swiper Guards before him.

As for himself, he could not help but gently cover his head.

Just now, the winged figure within the Bai Guang had used Zhou Yun's will as a medium to project its psychic power into the Gene-Swiper Bishop's body,

and then used the Gene-Swiper Bishop to release psychic power to more Genestealers.

Had the Gene-Swiper Patriarch hiding underground not severed the link between the Bishop and the entire brood in time, half of the Gene-Swipers would likely have begun to burn.

In the instant those Gene-Swipers were burned to death by the winged figure within the Bai Guang,

Zhou Yun clearly sensed a surge of power pouring into his body from the Warp.

Perhaps because the deaths of these Genestealers were all counted against Zhou Yun, this blessing was far more powerful.

Zhou Yun almost felt his reaction speed multiply several times, and his stamina also seemed to become considerably more abundant.

He also vaguely saw a certain scene,

where he saw a mysterious gray-white church, with corpses of those who died miserably hanging from hooks on the church's ceiling.

The necks of the corpses were slit, and blood flowed down, sprinkling like raindrops, gathering into rivers of blood.

Among the crimson raindrops, devout female believers stood in rows, walking forward one by one.

On both sides of the human column stood masked priests holding instruments of torture.

They waved the blades in their hands, cutting open the throats of the female believers.

As the believers advanced and died, skeletons piled up within the church to form a small hill.

Zhou Yun's gaze followed the small hill,

and deep within the church, the white bone deity seated on the Wang Zuo was looking down at him.

"Only sacrifice death."

"Only worship the Death God."

The two female priests standing on both sides of the column whispered in Zhou Yun's ears.

Blood spread to Zhou Yun's feet,

and the blood reflected the scene of the Sea of Souls, where Zhou Yun saw his own reflection within the Warp again.

Only this time, that blue, round figure had become much clearer.

"This blessing stimulated you, furthering your recognition of your own Warp nature."

The winged figure within the Bai Guang said with a hesitant tone.

"Are you sure this is not truly the blessing of the Blood God?" Zhou Yun shook his head, pulling his mind back from that strange, bloody scene.

Blood, blood that almost filled the entire church, and the corpses piled up into a mountain.

This sinister scene, no matter how one looks at it, makes one suspect the Blood God Khorne.

But Zhou Yun hasn't provoked anything related to the Blood God, has he?

Moreover, the murmured words of those two female believers: Death and the Death God.

Although the Blood God is the God of Slaughter, he is not the God of Death.

Who the Eldar Death God is, Zhou Yun actually knows.

But the Eldar Death God has not yet been born, and it is impossible for him to bestow a blessing upon a single human like Zhou Yun.

And within the Warp, the one who can be called the Death God...

"It is not the Blood God. If the Blood God had bestowed a blessing, wouldn't I be able to tell?"

The winged figure within the Bai Guang spoke with some hesitation:

"The Death God... the Death God of humanity... hard to say."

"Tsk." Zhou Yun recalled the sinister scene he had just witnessed.

If that truly was a blessing from Hua Di Huang just now,

then calling Hua Di Huang the fifth evil god of the Warp is truly no injustice.

"Lion. Russ."

Malchite's voice rang out; his Plague Zombies had already devoured the remaining Gene-stealer Guards.

"Found the entrance to the underground palace. It's here."

Malchite looked at the deep staircase leading underground before him.

This staircase seemed to be directly modified from parts of a colony ship; it very likely leads to the location of the Warp Engine.

The Gene-stealer Patriarch and that terrifying Tyranid beast are waiting for him down there.

"I have come." Zhou Yun's voice rang out from behind Malchite.

Malchite turned his head to look.

His gaze fell upon Zhou Yun's eyes, and instantly his hair stood on end.

"The Cursed One!"

"Death! End and Death!"

"Worshipper of Death!"

The Angels' terrified cries rang out within Malchite's mind.

In Malchite's eyes, Zhou Yun seemed shrouded in some pale intent of death.

It was pure death with no new life, no slaughter, no joy, and no change.

It made Malchite feel as though he had encountered a natural predator; his body trembled uncontrollably several times.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yun blinked his eyes, looking at Malchite with an innocent expression and asked.

Chapter Three: I haven't managed to squeeze it out yet; wait for me to organize the outline today.

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