Chapter 247: Golden Wings Sprouting from the Back

As Ninglu launched his attacks frantically, his brain raced, contemplating ways to deal with the Burning One, Nyadra Zatha, without using extraordinary abilities or divine artifacts.

【To end the battle quickly, I must strike his weakness.

My "Warp Vision" is useless against a C'tan Shard; I cannot discover his weakness through such a talent.

Weakness... "War in Heaven"... Old Ones... Eldar...】

A flash of inspiration struck Ninglu's mind; while psychic power was not strictly a weakness of the C'tan, it did indeed have a special effect against the embodiment of the laws of the physical world.

During the "War in Heaven," the C'tan suffered losses when they encountered the Old Ones.

Huang Laohan also used psychic power to suppress the Void Dragon shard.

【But the Mind-based abilities I have mastered will not be very effective against a C'tan.

I obtained two complete Paths from the mind of the Eldar Exarch, Slau Da.

The "Fire Dragon Path" would only help the Burning One recover, but the "Path of the Howling Banshee" is different.】

Ninglu removed his "War Mask" and donned the "Howling Mask."

The "Howling Mask" was an ability he had developed based on his own situation, after making preliminary adaptive adjustments to the "Path of the Howling Banshee."

The current "Howling Mask" required the use of psychic power to function and could not yet be promoted to all of the Order Shadow, but it was perfectly suited for dealing with a C'tan.

Light and shadow flickered in the Primarch's eyes as vast Warp energy converged.

He suddenly opened his mouth, aimed at the tear ripped open by the Disruption Field on the C'tan's back, and let out a piercing shriek.

Although Ninglu was not wearing the "Banshee Mask"—the special mask worn by Howling Banshees to amplify psychic sound waves—the piercing shriek he emitted far surpassed that of a Banshee.

The Primarch's powerful psychic energy allowed his psychic shriek to exceed even that of Slau Da, and even that of a Bishop of a shrine.

It approached the shriek emitted by the founder of the Howling Banshee shrine, the Fuhuang Lingzhu Jain Zar.

The psychic shriek spiraled into the tear, the sound waves echoing within the body of the Golden Mechanical Eagle.

The piercing shriek echoed in the ears of the Burning One, plunging him into agonizing torment.

Fear triggered his painful memories, causing him to recall the agony of being shattered into fragments by the Silent King's spear.

The already heavily wounded Burning One fell into a state of chaos due to the continuous shrieking.

His flames lost control and ran wild.

Wearing the "Howling Mask," Ninglu's attacks became even more ferocious; the Sword of Vaul moved like a whirlwind, tearing off the golden right wing.

The Golden Mechanical Eagle lost its balance and spun as it fell, like a kite with a broken string.

Ninglu seized this opportunity, swinging his left arm with force to deliver a heavy blow to the back of the Golden Mechanical Eagle.

He used the momentum to leap up, intending to pounce on the left wing.

But just as he leaped, a fireball smashed into him head-on.

With a bang, Ninglu was knocked down by the flames, falling into the body of the metal Mechanical Eagle.

The Primarch felt as if he had fallen into a world of fire, his entire body enveloped by pure flame energy.

It was a fire even hotter than the interior of a star!

The energy of a C'tan!

Some Necron technicians referred to it as C'tan Shard essence.

The Primarch did not panic; he landed calmly on the golden living metal, minimizing the flames surrounding his body as much as possible.

Subsequently, he identified his position and discovered he was far from the tear on the back.

He sprinted along the golden living metal while launching continuous attacks.

Torn liquefied metal, carrying golden and fiery-red C'tan Shard essence, splashed onto the Primarch's body.

Tiny metallic spots appeared on the Primarch's body!

The Primarch suddenly stopped his attack, clearly sensing that the C'tan Shard had been killed.

Before he could rush out from the tear, a scorching fireball plummeted in a straight line.

The Medusan people watched in astonishment as the sun that had just risen in the sky fell.

Thousands upon thousands of people knelt on the ground in terror, chanting that the end had come and praying for the Gorgon's protection.

The scorching fireball smashed into the lava lake, kicking up waves of fire several kilometers high.

The Primarch felt his body being wrapped in golden liquid metal and golden and fiery-red flames.

He struggled to break free from the "cage" enveloping him, but the C'tan Shard essence and living metal clung tightly to his body.

The Emperor, Alpharius, and Ferrus Manus arrived at the lava lake simultaneously from two different directions.

The Emperor's golden eyes flickered, his gaze piercing through layers of lava.

A few seconds later, the golden light in his eyes faded, and he said to Manus with a smile.

"Ninglu, your brother, will gain the same power as your Iron Hands."

Ferrus Manus's silver liquid eyes returned to the shape of silver coins. "I have lost."

The Golden Mechanical Eagle that Ninglu killed possessed the same power as the silver dragon Asimos he had killed.

This gene-brother of his possessed power that rivaled his own.

Alpharius's gaze could not penetrate the lava, and he stared at the lava lake with curiosity.

In the lava lake, Ninglu felt the golden liquid wrapping around and scorching his body.

His muscles, bones, and blood were being torn apart, with the pain in his back being particularly acute.

The Primarch felt the Burning One's C'tan Shard essence scorching his body; his back was burned away, and his sternum and shoulder blades were melted.

In his Spirit Vision, the Blood-Colored Chain was dim and lusterless, clearly having reached its limit and temporarily unable to assist in his body's recovery.

Ninglu sighed inwardly; survival was ultimately more important. Even if Huang Laohan was watching him and would expose the "Kingdom of Disorder," he had no other choice now.

Just as he was about to head to the "Kingdom of Disorder" to hide, a thought suddenly struck him.

The Primarch felt something growing from his chest and back.

Ninglu activated his "Warp Vision" to look down upon himself from a higher perspective.

The Primarch discovered that the C'tan essence of the Burning One Shard and the golden living metal had mixed together to form a peculiar substance.

This substance was currently reconstructing parts of his body.

Ninglu immediately thought of how, when Ferrus Manus killed the Void Dragon shard, his carbonized arm reconstructed after being splashed by silver liquid.

He could now confirm that the silver dragon Asimos was a shard of the Void Dragon.

Thinking of this, the Primarch gave up on fleeing to the Kingdom of Disorder and observed his own bodily reconstruction.

Within seconds, his sternum and shoulder blades had finished reconstructing, and his flesh and blood grew at a rapid pace.

After a dozen seconds, the Primarch's body was enveloped in golden liquid.

The liquid solidified, and his body was covered in a layer of golden metal, as if he were wearing a suit of form-fitting golden armor.

The final changes were completed after one minute, and Ninglu whispered in Shock.

"I have grown a pair of wings; golden wings have sprouted from my back!"

Ninglu could not help but think of Sanguinius, and he said to himself in his heart.

【Having wings on one's back is an advantage in battle!】

He thought again: 【Manus can concentrate silver metal onto his hands, or let it spread to cover his entire arm; I should be able to as well.】

With a thought from the Primarch, the metal at his waist instantly liquefied and flowed to the golden wings on his back.

Magma scorched the exposed skin at his waist, yet the Primarch did not feel the slightest sensation of burning.

Ninglu said to himself in his heart: 【After Manus obtained a portion of the Void Dragon shard's essence, he could be considered the most powerful on a physical level, the most typical representation of which is his arm.

As for me, I obtained more C'tan essence, and the magnitude of the change is greater.

What I obtained is the C'tan essence of the Burning One; the complete flames he burns with are even hotter than the interior of a star, so bathing in magma is no different for me than soaking in a hot spring.】

Ninglu moved his mind again, attempting to make the wings on his back "flow" to other places.

A moment later, however, the wings showed no change at all.

He could not help but complain to himself: 【Manus's hands are always shrouded in silver metal, and I have golden wings on my back; is this the obsession of the Golden Mechanical Eagle?】

Ninglu recalled again that after Manus obtained his iron hands, his forging and invention abilities had both become stronger.

【I obtained the Burning One Shard, and I also saw a spiritual luster upon it; it should be a high-Tier main material for the "Red Priest" pathway.

I will definitely obtain abilities related to fire!

However, now is not a suitable time for research.】

With a thought from Ninglu, the liquid metal covered his waist once more.

The black armor tailor-made for him by the Tech-Priest Malevolus had been incinerated by the flames, and not wanting to be an exhibitionist, he needed the golden armor.

Ninglu flapped the golden wings on his back, and his body shot upward at a Rapid speed that even shocked the Primarch.

【The wings formed by C'tan essence are truly excellent!】

While he was thinking, he had already leaped out of the magma lake.

As magma rained down across the sky, the Emperor and the others saw a "golden angel" fly out from the surface of the lake and circle in the air.

(End of chapter)