The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 2965: Blood Scythe Shatters Divine Power (Part 2)

Lando Gore's reaping scythe cut through the sky, making all life feel the threatening presence of the Grim Reaper.

In that instant, the earth shook, lightning flashed, and thunder roared. Immense power pierced through the clouds and shattered mountains, directly splitting Erohai City and the mountains beneath it in two. The Black Palace, along with the other four palaces, was crushed into fragments by the overwhelming force. Tens of thousands of lives instantly perished in the blood-colored reaping scythe, and Garmose Zejie, who bore the brunt of the attack, let out a miserable scream before his hundred-meter-tall demonic body exploded, disappearing into the dust.

However, with the destruction of the five palaces, four immense warp energy streams surged from the ruins. Subsequently, the entire space, and even the entire planet, began to tremble. This place was originally located in a region where the veil of the Screaming Vortex was thin. Under the impact of such power, huge warp rifts slowly opened from the sky and the ground. The aura of destruction, the aura of corruption, the aura of change, and the aura of temptation rapidly spread. The earth drastically transformed, with blood seas, swamps, crystals, and tentacles replacing the original environment. The sky changed into a mottled and blasphemous purple. At the same time, roars, screams, and maniacal laughter echoed endlessly, and various twisted forms began to appear in the air. Before long, countless hungry daemons would swarm in, devouring this world and all living things within it.

"Is he dead?"

Soshyan, who reappeared in the sky in his Star God form, could no longer sense Garmose Zejie's aura. He slowly descended towards the ruins and then waved his hand. A broken blade tip was embedded in the rubble.

Soshyan took the broken blade into his hand and examined this former relic of the White Templars, eventually letting out a soft sigh.

With his full-powered strike, this scourge should be finished. However, the Phantom Legion wouldn't be so easily defeated, as many Phantom Warriors had fled into the warp when they saw the situation was dire. Clearly, there was also a force helping them escape. Besides the gods of the warp, Soshyan couldn't think of anything else with this ability. Considering that he had just rejected Slaanesh, it was highly likely to be him.

"However, there's still one more."

Soshyan lowered his head, looking at Indiro, whose body had been injured by his power and hadn't yet recovered.

"Since you want to interfere, then I'll return the favor."

With that, he stretched out his large hand to grab the Slaaneshi daemon. Indiro quickly flew up, desperately trying to return to the warp rift, even though his body was still in tatters.

"Trying to escape?"

Soshyan raised his hand, and a blood-colored giant scythe appeared in his hand—the terrifying killing move that the Flayer had used to slay dozens of Old Ones and reap countless blood and lives.

Seeing this, the Dark Prince's favorite was terrified, but he was locked onto by the Star God's aura and couldn't escape back into the warp for a moment. He could only let out a desperate, pleading scream.

"Master! Master!"

"If Slaanesh could come, he would have already."

However, as Soshyan casually swung the scythe, countless purple tentacles suddenly stretched out from the cavernous rift, condensing into a slender, jade-like hand with long fingernails inlaid with exquisite jewels, and gently pinched the tip of the scythe.

At this moment, the entire planet had completely transformed into a daemon world. The earth had become writhing flesh, the powers of the four gods raged wildly, and countless howling daemons poured out from the warp rifts that pierced through the planet's surface and sky. The energy of the warp had already gained absolute dominance here.

"Master!"

Seeing this hand, Indiro felt as if he had been granted amnesty and quickly darted towards the warp rift.

"Not so easy!"

Soshyan let out an angry shout, and his divine power surged again. The Star God's power, which was enough to distort the material world, erupted fully, instantly disrupted by the chaotic spatial rules of the warp, turning into countless invisible blades that slashed at the large hand.

"You will regret this!"

Injured by Soshyan, Slaanesh let out an angry scream, then abruptly retracted his hand, taking Indiro with him.

Retracting the scythe, Soshyan realized that his current power was still unable to stop the Ruinous Powers, especially in a place filled with warp energy. However, the primary objective had at least been achieved. This so-called Phantom Legion had been severely damaged and would have a hard time recovering in the short term. Moreover, they also had many enemies, and the raiders of Commorragh were watching them like tigers eyeing their prey. Once their strength was weakened, these opponents would swarm them.

Suddenly, he noticed some glittering objects. When he brought them to his face, he realized they were deep purple crystals, and he could vaguely see something floating inside.

Eldar!?

"Hmm? Is this the blood left behind by Slaanesh when I cut him? There's... the aura of souls inside. Could it be that... Slaanesh devoured countless Eldar souls during the Fall and hasn't digested them all yet?"

After this unexpected discovery, many conjectures arose in Soshyan's mind, but this matter needed to be verified back at the Royal Court.

He scanned his surroundings and found that daemons were everywhere. There was no point in staying here any longer.

"Bone Lord, gather the troops, retreat, and remember to retrieve the bodies of the fallen warriors."

Valguhl, who was waiting in the ruins of Erohai City, immediately responded upon hearing Soshyan's voice:

"Yes, my Lord!"

Soon, the menacing Bone Dynasty disappeared without a trace, leaving only endless daemons rampaging across the world.

After returning to the Flayer Shrine, Soshyan inquired about Valguhl's losses. However, the Bone Lord might not be good at this, as he only vaguely said that the losses weren't great. But looking at the mountains of wreckage dragged back by the death scarabs, Soshyan felt that the losses were probably considerable. Fortunately, these constructs still had the ability to repair themselves, and the Flayer Shrine seemed to be able to automatically revive the deceased Flayers. This was something that puzzled Soshyan. If normal Necrons used resurrection protocols, what did the Flayer Shrine rely on?

However, he couldn't figure out anything about the Flayer Shrine, and there were other matters that needed to be dealt with, so he let Valguhl recuperate for a while. In any case, this hunt had yielded enough "harvests" for them to squander for a while.

After returning to the Royal Court, Soshyan immediately summoned the six powerful seers, including Star Disaster, and called Veronica. Then, he took out the purple crystals, about a hundred or so.

As soon as he took out these things, the seers were startled, because they contained an aura that terrified them. The power they emitted almost made the two weakest seers faint. When Soshyan explained that these were things taken from Slaanesh, everyone was stunned. If Soshyan hadn't told Veronica in advance about the series of events that occurred while he led the Bone Dynasty to deal with the Phantom Legion, she would have been very shocked—in fact, she still had a look of lingering fear on her face when she learned that Soshyan had directly fought with Slaanesh.