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Chapter 631: Death of the Great Sage

"You really make me sick, Varuk."

Gu Hang said this completely from his heart.

He didn't like to scold his enemies, no matter if they were traitors, Chaos or aliens. Although it was Gu Hang's responsibility to ruthlessly kill them all, it was just a matter of position and responsibility.

Even if he encountered the most disgusting enemies on the surface, that is, those plague demons and father believers, Gu Hang would only purify them without changing his expression. Those cysts, pustules, and secretions did look disgusting, but they were only physically disgusting.

But what Gu Hang saw when he entered the cathedral of Varuk really made him feel sick psychologically.

It was only natural that one of Varuk's mechanical arks had a cathedral. In fact, churches were a common facility on the Empire's ships, and many large ships even had more than one.

During long voyages, especially when traveling through astral tunnels, ships are always subject to strong subspace disturbances. Most of them are protected by astral force fields. The part that is left on the ship and affects people's minds is very small, and academically it can be basically determined to be harmless.

But it will still cause psychological pressure after all.

Moreover, are all the Star Realm Stands made to be perfect? ​​Even if there were no problems when they left the factory, wouldn't there be some damage that could not be repaired in time during long-term use?

These will make the intrusion of the subspace stronger during interstellar travel.

Normally, it wouldn't be a big problem. As long as the mental interference was a little higher than the standards set by the Empire and not too extreme, it could be tolerated.

At this time, some spiritual comfort becomes more important. This is why it is necessary to arrange churches and clergy on ships.

Even without this factor, religious life has always been a part of the lives of the people of the empire, especially the boring and dull life on ships, which requires faith to relieve the stress.

In addition, almost every Imperial ship needs technicians to operate and maintain the ship. Most of them are clergy from the Mechanicus, so naturally they need churches to carry out their daily activities.

The above reasons together led to the fact that there must be churches on imperial ships, and even more than one.

This is true for ships in ordinary places, not to mention the mechanical arks of the Mechanicus.

The central church on the Alfonzo I where Varrick was located was built exceptionally magnificently and large. It was even larger than some of the core cathedrals on the ground and in the hives, and the size was only slightly different, but the specifications were definitely higher.

The image of the God of All Things, another incarnation of the Emperor, is everywhere in the church and is presented in various different religious art forms such as sculptures, paintings, stained glass, etc.

If it came to this, it would be fine. All we could say was that Varuk was quite despicable for hanging paintings and statues of the emperor and doing things like joining the aliens, but it was not to the point where Gu Hang would say he was disgusting.

However, this is not the case.

Those portraits and sculptures have all been changed.

The iconic gear with a human skull in the middle, coupled with many electronic eyes, metal pipes and other elements that are very consistent with the Mechanicus, is still there. However, many of the Mechanicus elements on it have been replaced with things such as purple biological eyes, fangs, and claw marks.

The biggest change is that the skull in the middle of the sacred emblem, representing pure humans, has been replaced with a chitinous skull of the Zerg, and even its fangs have been retracted, giving it a compassionate look that is disgusting.

The gears surrounding the skeleton also turned into twisted limbs.

Not only the emblem of the God of Mechanics, but also various statues of the Emperor in the church have undergone corresponding style changes. These things often keep the same dress as the original sculpture of the God of Mechanics, wearing the traditional clothing of the Mechanicus, but the key elements such as the skull and gears are replaced with the head, limbs and fangs of the Zerg, and four arms will extend from the back, forming the appearance of a four-armed God-Emperor.

Those origin religious paintings that depicted the Emperor as the incarnation of the God of All Machines, and the images of the Emperor leading the earliest members of the Mechanicus to establish the Mechanicus from scratch, build huge planetary factories, and develop technology, were all distorted into pictures of the Four-Armed God-Emperor saving the world with Zerg Angels.

Of course Gu Hang would be extremely angry when he saw this.

He is not a staunch believer in the Emperor, and fanatical faith is not his thing. But he is a human being, and the leader of a human interstellar political group. His status and self-awareness undoubtedly stand on the side of the human race.

Everything displayed in the Varuk Church is not only a blasphemy against the Emperor, but also the greatest blasphemy against the human race!

Varuk, you really deserve to die.

And Varuk, who was judged by Gu Hang to be absolutely deserving of death, was now in panic.

Gu Hang’s personal appearance really surprised him to the extreme!

Shouldn't Gu Hang be trapped in his Thunder Kingdom? His main focus should be on not leaving the Storm Kingdom. Otherwise, if his Thunder Kingdom loses his full support, the balance of the confrontation will be broken, and it will suffer irreversible losses...

wrong.

The existence of those imperial relatives liberated Gu Hang!
After the Thunder Kingdom flashed and briefly dispelled the shadow of the subspace, his position was exposed! Therefore, the second flash took advantage of another brief dispersal of the subspace and teleported directly over.

It was precisely because the action was too urgent that the teleportation could not be so accurate, which led to the Space Marines arriving at the scene in a rather scattered manner.

But that’s not important anymore.

Gu Hang came in person!

Even if he cannot call upon the power of his Storm Kingdom now, it does not hinder him, as he always has the power of an Alpha-level psyker.

To exaggerate a little, this is a force that is enough to tear the stars apart!

Of course, this is not a reason for Varuk to surrender.

He turned a deaf ear to Gu Hang's so-called disgusting words. The order to attack was instantly conveyed to every unit responsible for protecting his safety in the cathedral.

Those who could stay inside the cathedral were undoubtedly all powerful units on Alfonzo I's Ark. However, many of them were thrown to the ground by the shock wave caused by Gu Hang's blasting open the cathedral's magnificent gate, and they didn't have time to get up and adjust to a combat posture. Some unlucky ones were even directly crushed to death.

Although the remaining survivors also launched a collective attack on Gu Hang in accordance with the Great Sage's request, the damage that these attacks could cause to Gu Hang was quite limited.

In front of Gu Hang, the protective spiritual energy expanded into a large area, dissipating all kinds of attacks.

Gu Hang doesn’t have the Void Shield, but it’s better than having it.

The characteristics of the two are quite similar, both of them dissolve the incoming attack and transfer it to the subspace. The difference is that no one knows where the firepower of the normal void shield is transferred to. Anyway, the subspace is an endless place. It is as big as the universe. It is a garbage dump that will never be filled up. Isn't it possible to throw garbage into it at will?

The difference between Gu Hang and the others is that he can accurately place these firepower into any area in the subspace that he can reach. Under the current circumstances, Gu Hang will definitely throw all the attacks launched against him into the shadow of the subspace that covers his kingdom of God.

Varuk felt quite uncomfortable.

Isn't this the same as hitting yourself?
But it was impossible to stop the attack.

You can't just watch Gu Hang do whatever he wants, right?
The only way he could think of to turn the situation around now was to use a powerful offensive to suppress the spiritual energy that Gu Hang needed to maintain his body protection.

After all, Gu Hang is now cut off from his divine kingdom. His own strength, even at the Alpha level, is limited and belongs to the human category.

It is said that the Alpha class can tear apart the stars, but the legendary great sage's self-armoring transformation and the cutting-edge technology condensed in his body also make him capable of defeating an entire planet alone.

When it comes to boasting, who is afraid of who?
He has fully deployed his combat state.

To be honest, he hasn't done this for a long time. Even though he would perform a self-inspection every once in a while, his equipment would definitely be in the best condition at all times.

He did not have enough combat experience. After all, being promoted to a Great Sage did not depend on who was better at fighting. But as a Great Sage, he also had a solution. With all the equipment on him, whether it was the old mechanical parts or the newly developed biochemical limbs infused with the will of the swarm, he developed a whole set of preset action algorithms and updated them in real time. As long as the algorithm was turned on, he did not have to worry about not being able to exert his combat effectiveness due to lack of experience.

This algorithm, coupled with the hardware quality of the modified equipment, is indeed top-notch. Even if it is a warlord-level Titan, he can destroy it in a head-on battle!

In other words, the frontal firepower of Varuk is even more powerful than that of a Warlord-class Titan.

Can the psychic shield of an Alpha-class psyker withstand a frontal attack from a Warlord-class Titan?
Maybe.

But can you keep going?
Varuk thought that it shouldn't be possible.

Coupled with the firepower of many elite units of the Crusader Army around him, Gu Hang might be exhausted to death here.

The situation before his eyes was developing just as he had imagined.

Gu Hang was pressed not far from the church gate, maintaining his psychic shield. For a moment, there was no sign of it being broken, but there was no time to do anything more.

Then let's just wait like this.

Anyway, the longer the time goes, the more Crusaders will receive his message and come to help. The attacks Gu Hang suffers will only become stronger and stronger, and in the end, Gu Hang will not be able to hold on and will eventually be destroyed.

Without Gu Hang, Gu Hang’s kingdom of God would not just be trapped, but would completely collapse under the oppression of the shadow of the subspace!
This scene seemed to be happening right before his eyes, and his face, which should not have any emotions, was filled with a smile.

and many more……

This doesn’t seem normal!
He vaguely felt that all this was happening too fast!
How could it be so smooth?

Just as he was thinking this, everything before his eyes suddenly vanished like a bubble.

"Oh? You're awake."

He heard Gu Hang's voice.

However, he could not see anything, only darkness before his eyes.

This is his visual system being removed.

But it doesn't matter. As a great sage, he has many means of perception. For example, the hearing that Gu Hang has preserved for him, and some other electromagnetic induction. He can also connect to the surrounding monitoring probes to observe the situation.

Once connected, he found himself still in the core cathedral of Alfonso I, still sitting on his throne, but his body, which was originally in full combat form and should be the size of a small Titan, now only had a two-meter-long mess of parts left, and the rest had been violently dismantled. And around him, the elite Skitarii units that should have been there had all become a pile of wreckage.

"What have you done!" His voice was trembling, and it was unclear whether it was because of fear or because his vocal cords had been accidentally damaged during the violent demolition.

"Shh, stop making noise." Gu Hang obviously didn't want to pay attention to him. He didn't have time either.

I thought he would sleep longer, but I didn't expect him to wake up too early.

It doesn’t matter, Gu Hang simply removed his vocal part.

Killing Varrick was actually not a difficult task. When entering his cathedral, Gu Hang used his psychic power to interfere with his mind.

If this guy is not dealt with, his cutting-edge equipment will indeed pose a considerable threat, and it is possible that Gu Hang will be suppressed on the spot. However, when Varuk set up the combat algorithm, he obviously did not think about how many things he would have to worry about in a close combat with an Alpha-level psychic.

Or maybe he estimated, but underestimated.

At least he couldn't defend against Gu Hang's mental power.

This also caused him to be killed almost instantly.

Trapped in a dreamlike bubble, Varuk no longer posed any threat. In fact, the firepower he fired was not aimed at the escort as he expected, but hit the elite soldiers of the Skitarii nearby, which saved Gu Hang a lot of effort.

Afterwards, Gu Hang cleared out the crusaders in the church while using his psychic power to guide the Space Marines to gather in the cathedral.

There are at least 450 shadow warriors still alive.

Their mission is to build a defense line here and protect Gu Hang's safety. Gu Hang needs them because now he has to put his energy back into the subspace.

Unlike what he had thought before, Varuk was controlled, but the shadow of the warp did not dissipate.

Is it necessary to kill Varuk to end the warp shadow? Gu Hang felt that it was not the case.

Gu Hang had a hunch that if Varuk died, the situation might become even worse.

At this moment, Gu Hang remembered the long worm shadow that was entangled around Varuk when the Thunder Kingdom flashed.

(End of this chapter)