Chapter 272: The Whisper Spear of Nikuli

Stepping into the Fortress of the Fulao, it was not the Fulao who launched an attack against them, but a new kind of Xenos creature.

They were slender, humanoid creatures with long, spiky scales extending upward from their scalps.

Their eyes were white slits, they had almost no noses, their lower jaws protruded forward, and two thin fangs hooked up from their inverted mandibles, hanging over their upper lips.

They were all hunched over, swaying as they raised the guns in their hands to launch an attack on the Order Shadow.

When Ninglu saw the Xenos, he confirmed their race—the Nikuli.

【Nikuli, Whisper Spear.】

Ninglu's gaze flashed; sure enough, he discovered that among the Nikuli wielding automatic guns, a small number of elites held a strange weapon.

Its front end somewhat resembled two Chainswords joined together, densely covered with serrated blades, while the rear half was a barrel with grooves.

Its highly complex system of valves, reeds, and resonance chambers was reminiscent of music.

【It really is the Whisper Spear.】

The Whisper Spear is the follow-up material for Sequence 9 "Warrior" and Sequence 8 "Fighter," and the main material for Sequence 7 "Weapon Master"; another main material is the arm of a Visken.

Ninglu knew that both the Visken and the Nikuli were excellent bounty hunter and mercenary races in the galaxy.

The auxiliary material for "Weapon Master" is also related to the Visken: it is their blade.

Ninglu shouted to the members of the Honor Guard: "It's the Nikuli, watch out for the strange weapons in their hands."

"Use your Leman's Ear to filter out the strange sounds."

No sooner had Ninglu finished speaking than the Nikuli aimed their Whisper Spears in his direction.

The Whisper Spears activated, emitting a harsh roar; influenced by it, the Nikuli began to tremble.

The Nikuli's special body structure allowed them to resonate at the same frequency as the Whisper Spear.

The Nikuli mercenaries aimed the Whisper Spears at the members of the Honor Guard, and the sound waves, carrying bullets, shot out.

The sound waves were neither high-pitched nor harsh, but a soft, low murmur, as if whispering in one's ear.

One Honor Guard member reacted a moment too slowly and did not follow the Gene-Father's order to filter out the abnormal sound waves.

As the whisper drifted into his ears, he was suddenly overcome by a sense of dizziness, and his body swayed.

The bullets struck his power armor, leaving a dent.

The other Honor Guard members all operated their Leman's Ears in time to filter out the whispering sound waves, and they launched an attack on the Xenos with bolters.

The roar of the bolters and the sound of the whispers echoed across the battlefield, appearing strangely contradictory.

The dizzy Honor Guard member stood blankly on the spot, as if hypnotized.

The Nikuli mercenaries were surprised to find that their weapons could not harm the black-armored warriors, so they turned their firepower toward the dazed enemy.

Ninglu's ears twitched, and he shut the whispers out.

He flapped his golden wings and flew to the side of his descendant, shielding him within his golden wings.

The bullets struck the golden wings and were immediately deflected.

Ninglu reached out with his left hand, grabbed the descendant by the shoulder, and tossed him backward.

The Nikuli mercenaries launched a charge toward the Honor Guard members, and an elite mercenary holding a Whisper Spear thrust toward the black-armored warrior in front of him.

His attack was swift, so fast that even the Order Shadow could not dodge in time.

The serrated teeth rotated and roared, piercing into the power armor.

The moment the serrated teeth pierced into the Astartes' body, the sound of whispering echoed in his mind.

The Order Shadow's raised arm stiffened, his eyes went vacant, and he fell into a coma.

The roaring serrated teeth cut through his body, yet he had no reaction, and he was sawed into two pieces by the Whisper Spear.

Ninglu flapped his wings and appeared above the Nikuli mercenary who had killed his descendant, his body descending.

The Nikuli mercenary was instantly crushed into a puddle of gore, leaving only the arm and the Whisper Spear that Ninglu had deliberately preserved on the ground.

Ninglu flapped his wings and flew up again; he kept diving downward, using the Sword of Vaul to kill one Nikuli mercenary wielding a Whisper Spear after another.

In the center of the fortress, there was a palace; on a high platform within the palace, the elder general saw that the line of Nikuli mercenaries he had hired at a great price had been completely broken through.

He said to another mercenary leader standing beside him: "Milosh, the Nikuli are vulnerable; now is the time for the Visken to prove themselves the most elite mercenaries in the galaxy."

Milosh gave a ferocious smile and said confidently: "The Visken are the top-tier mercenaries of the galaxy; we will kill every black-armored warrior who has breached the walls."

"Night has fallen, the time of the Visken has arrived."

After speaking, he strode toward the door; before leaving, he looked back at the Fulao general and issued a warning.

"After the battle, I expect to receive my payment; please have it ready."

He drew his blade and performed a flourish: "Fulao Boliren, crystal, and other rewards."

"Of course, I am a man of my word," the Fulao general replied, and as he watched the Visken mercenary leader disappear from sight, his gaze turned cold.

"Despicable mercenary, daring to threaten me."

"If it weren't for the fact that I don't have enough warriors under my command, you damned cold-blooded animals wouldn't even be qualified to beg to serve me."

At the same moment he was speaking, Per Koscielny of the 11th Chapter was leading his Di 5 Rian to launch an attack on the Xenos at the planet's second-largest fortress.

The Xenos he encountered possessed green bodies just like the Orcs, but they were much thinner, though their mouths full of fangs were somewhat similar.

The Xenos did not use any ranged weapons; they used strange, large blades with wooden hilts, four spearhead-shaped blades at the tip, and sharp, vicious fangs at the end of the hilt.

Upon encountering the Xenos, Per saw them using strange bladed weapons and judged that they possessed considerable melee skills.

However, after the battle began, Per discovered that the Xenos were much weaker than he had expected.

They were sluggish, their movements slow, and they posed no threat to the Order Shadow.

The only things that made Per feel threatened were their extraordinary regenerative abilities and their ability to spit acid.

However, when the light began to dim, the Xenos underwent a sudden, drastic change.

Their sluggish movements suddenly became swift.

Per launched a swift slash at the Xenos using the 7th path of the "Osberh-Waya" style of hacking.

The Xenos's sleepy eyes suddenly widened; he raised his arm to lift his blade, and two Spearheads jammed the Charged Blade.

At the same time, he opened his mouth and spat acid at Peier.

Peier was startled; he cautiously pulled back, looking for an opportunity to attack again.

The energy the Visken absorbed from the sunlight during the day had finished metabolizing.

As night fell, they became abnormally strong and abnormally swift.

Two Visken mercenaries rushed swiftly toward the Order Shadow.

The Visken mercenary on the left swung his blade to block the Order Shadow's Power Sword, then he suddenly opened his mouth and spat a large mouthful of acid.

The acid sprayed onto the Order Shadow's armor, crackling and hissing, and the power armor dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Visken mercenary on the right, who had deliberately lagged a step behind, accelerated to strike at this moment.

Three spear tips pierced into the Order Shadow's exposed body, and the Visken mercenary gave a ferocious grin as he drew out his strange long blade.

The suddenly surging strength of the Visken mercenaries caused several deaths and over a dozen serious injuries in an instant.

(End of chapter)