Warhammer 40 A New Hope

“Wuwuwuwu——!”

The Archangel's response was Mortarion's angry roar.

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While Sanguinius was fighting Mortarion, the assault force that had separated from him at the beginning was approaching the core of the Eldar Ark that was infected and controlled by the plague - where the [Infinite Circuit] was stored.

Every Ark event has an [Infinite Circuit], which is where the souls of the deceased Eldar are stored. The [Infinite Circuit] is the place where the Eldar of the Ark go, and it is also the power source of the entire Ark. Not only that, when needed, the living Eldar can extract some souls that have entered the [Infinite Circuit], reload them into the soul stone and then put them into the wraith bone structure, allowing the souls of these ancestors to come alive in another way and fight for the living.

But now, the entire Eldar Ark has been polluted, and the [Infinite Circuit] that stores the Eldar souls is naturally not spared. They have been controlled by Nurgle and manipulated to help Nurgle infect and control more Eldar compatriots.

The mission of the troops that break into the Ark is to destroy it, thereby stopping the entire Ark.

The tall [Star Guard] crashed into the [Ghost Lord] that was blocking the road like a chariot, knocking it to the ground. Then the [Star Guard] tore off its head and smashed the corrupted soul stone on its body.

The [Howling Banshee], whose body was already somewhat twisted, swung the scimitar in her hand towards the powerful [Star Guardian], but was easily blocked by the opponent's arm armor, and then punched the enemy in the face.

Bombs and plasma spheres flew past him at this time, attacking more infected Eldar in front of them, shattering their bodies that had been corroded by the plague.

But more enemies are coming, trying to surround and annihilate them, and the Lizardmen and Space Marines who broke into the Ark tell them with the weapons in their hands and actual actions that it will not be that easy.

On the other side, Master Kua Kuaat, who was on the fortress planet and maintained the portable vortex device and coordinated the overall situation to a certain extent, opened his eyes at this time.

"it's time."

699. No Martial Ethics

Considering the targeting of the Eldar by the Nurgle plague, the Eldar troops participating in the ceremony in this joint fleet were arranged at the final center of the defense circle together with Aisha, so that they only need to concentrate on preparing for the purification ceremony.

Master Kua Kuat of the Lizardmen Expedition was also here. He coordinated the overall situation while strengthening the actions of the Eldar to ensure that the ceremony they were preparing was normal and without any tricks.

And now, with Master Kwa-Kwat speaking, the time has come to initiate the purification ceremony.

A Skink Priest ran to the Eldar prophets who had been waiting for a long time and preached to them, asking them to begin the prepared ceremony.

There are still many elves who are unwilling to follow the command and arrangements of the Lizardmen, even though they were scolded before and could not raise their heads, but the arrogance formed over such a long time cannot be changed in a short time.

But Nurgle's army was outside, and they knew better than anyone what the consequences would be if they disobeyed orders or deliberately delayed. Nurgle would probably not care about finding some companions for Elsa in his garden.

So reluctantly, the Eldar prophet began the ceremony he had been preparing for a long time. Aisha also stood in the center of the venue, and the metal platform under her feet began to slowly rise.

[Attention all troops, [Operation Purification] is about to begin. Ensure the safety of the area you are responsible for according to the action plan]

[All fighters take off, I need this airspace to belong to us completely]

[Notify the ships on orbit and ask them to ensure the safety of the orbit in this area]

The various precious ritual instruments provided by the spirits, plus the materials collected with the help of Zhang Yi, made up this ceremony that ranks among the best in the history of the spirits.

Dozens of prophets surrounded their goddess and began to mobilize their spiritual power. Soon, an extremely obvious life energy appeared.

In order to ensure that the field of vision is not affected, the bare ground is left bare. The seeds dormant in it, regardless of whether they have the ability to germinate, begin to germinate. A touch of green appears on this gray and yellow earth.

As this energy grew, this phenomenon was naturally noticed by Nurgle's people. Although it was not clear what the Eldar wanted to do, judging from the current situation and the reappearance of Nurgle's urging voice, it would not be a good thing.

The Nurgle ground, which had originally planned to advance steadily, began to attack in the direction of the ceremony. Then, on their attack route, one iron wall defense line after another was waiting for them.

The Eldar Ark located near the planet also accelerated its speed once again at this time. It ignored most of the incoming artillery fire and rushed straight towards the Aduk Fortress planet.

"Wooooooooo? Woooooooooooo--?! (You think you can stop me? What does the father of the organization have?!)" Mortarion shouted to his former brother after he distanced himself from Sanguinius again. "Wooooooooo! (You can't stop us!)"

"My mission is only to stop you, Mortarion," Sanguinius responded. "As for the current situation..."

"It was handed over to someone else to handle."

As soon as Sanguinius finished speaking, the entire Eldar Ark that was accelerating forward suddenly slowed down as if it was blocked by something, and gradually stopped in place.

The sudden emergency brake caused many unprepared Eldar infected to fall directly to the ground, rolling all the way until they hit the nearest wall.

Mortarion and Sanguinius used their magnetic shoes to stick tightly to the ground and were not thrown out by the sudden brake, but when Mortarion felt the force that stopped the Ark, an expression of surprise appeared on his face.

“Wuwuwu…wu?! (This power is… from the evil god?!)”

At this time, on the fortress planet, Zhang Yi was standing on another platform. The mark on his left arm symbolizing the Four Gods was glowing, and at the same time a golden light enveloped his body.

"Boss, you're bleeding."

"I'm almost crying, boss!" Zhang Yi raised his left arm high, bleeding from all seven orifices. "Stay away from me! My own magic resistance is already hard enough for me, don't add to my burden!"

This can be said to be the first time that Zhang Yi released the seal on his left arm and used the power of the Four Gods at full power without the supervision of a more powerful psychic.

Although [Son of the Stars], who is a part of the Emperor, assists Zhang Yi in controlling this power, if the power of the four gods tries to counterattack and control Zhang Yi at the same time, [Son of the Stars], which is just a fragment, will not be able to stop it.

Moreover, there is another problem to be faced if the power of four evil gods from different subspaces is used at the same time. The four evil gods mentioned before are hostile to each other, and so are their powers. This means that Zhang Yi needs to work hard to reconcile four different powers. Not to mention making them merge with each other to become stronger, at least he has to prevent them from conflicting with each other.

But this also means that Zhang Yi needs to temporarily reconcile the relationship between the four gods, which may cause the consciousness of the four gods to attack the consciousness of [Son of the Stars] and Zhang Yi at a certain moment.

"I feel like someone is doing square dance in my head!" Zhang Yi gritted his teeth and insisted. "I can't hold out for much longer!"

In the [Infinite Circuit] that serves as energy in the Eldar Ark, the Eldar souls inside are wailing. Nurgle is squeezing these souls through the green plant-like creatures clinging to them, forcing the Eldar Ark to continue moving forward.

The Ark was moving slowly forward under the force released by Zhang Yi. The plant-like tissue wrapped around it was wriggling like blood vessels, and the sound was like the heartbeat of a living creature.

【I’m here to pick you up...】

Because of the mark of Nurgle on his arm, Zhang Yi also heard the voice from Nurgle, one of the evil gods of the Warp. Similarly, Aisha, who was performing the ceremony, also heard the voice.

"I don't belong to you." Aisha looked at the sky and the shadow of the Eldar Ark. "I won't go back either!"

"I purify you of your infection, you bound Eldar souls, with the power of the Goddess of Life! In the name of Asuryan, the chief god of the Eldar, I grant you freedom!"

"Now, follow my orders!"

The next moment, a purification ritual centered on Aisha broke out, and the green life energy at this moment turned into a flame-like existence, spreading in all directions.

Those Nurgle Space Marines and Nurgle believers who were attacking and had obvious symptoms of mutation and infection, after coming into contact with the flame-like life energy, those mutation and infection symptoms began to melt away like snow coming into contact with flames, and at the same time, the power bestowed upon them by Nurgle also began to wane.

The Eldar Ark that was slowly approaching was also exposed to this energy, and the squirming plant-like tissue on it was directly ignited. The Eldar that were infected and controlled were also wrapped in flames and gradually fell down.

At the center of the Ark, the [Infinite Circuit] that was wrapped in layers was ignited by green flames. With a crisp cracking sound, this existence that was extremely precious to the Ark Eldar shattered and fell to the ground with the tissues wrapped around it.

On the other side, a huge Eldar soul stone, also located at the center of the ceremony, emitted a faint light at this time. The souls of the Eldar that were successfully purified and still retained their self-awareness were freed from Nurgle's control.

Control, and gather here under Aisha's guidance.

"Ugh! Ugh! (That damn alien goddess! She purified the gift of the loving father!)" Mortarion, whose helmet was shattered by Sanguinius because of his attack, roared. "Ugh?! (You actually used the power of the alien?!)"

"Would you be more surprised if I told you that Guilliman might marry an Eldar?"

"Ugh?!"

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"Fortunately, this 'Goddess of Tears' didn't let us down." Zhang Yi, who was nearly exhausted and radiating four kinds of light, sat on the ground and looked at the sky. "How is the battle going?"

"Aisha should have completed the so-called ritual, which has weakened the existence of Nurgle near the planet to a certain extent." Technical Sergeant Farr in the Pathfinder checked the information in the recent communication channel and replied. "Nurgle's troops are being defeated... Wait!"

"News from our psychics: a huge subspace fluctuation has been detected!"

"Our psychic in charge of monitoring has died! His last report...some powerful being is breaking through the reality barrier!"

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What kind of scene would it be like when the sky cracked apart?

To be honest, this situation is not uncommon in the Warhammer world. There are always some cultists or nobles who are addicted to a certain feeling. They can use various means to attract the attention of their own masters or other masters, and then use a series of means to send their planets into the subspace, causing countless humans on it to wail, and they can get rewards from the evil gods for their actions.

A more famous one is Axenaya, a female noble on a human planet. She learned the ritual of combining her soul with a Slaanesh demon from a Chaos wizard, and successfully summoned a Slaanesh demon keeper according to the ritual.

What is even more surprising is that after combining with the Great Demon of Slaanesh, she was able to suppress the Great Demon of Slaanesh with her own will and did not lose control of her own body. Then she began to oppress the Great Demon.

Yes, humans squeezed the Great Daemon of Slaanesh, which was outrageous but she succeeded, more than once. After squeezing a demon dry, she threw it back into the warp and then summoned other demons to continue squeezing, in order to maintain her appearance and power.

If her actions had not been discovered by Slaanesh in the end, who knows how many more Slaanesh demons would have been devoured by her. She and her planet were dragged into the warp by Slaanesh, and she was promoted to a demon prince.

Now, Zhang Yi and others can see the huge purple crack in the universe from their planet, with green tentacle-like entities extending from it and heading towards the Aduk Fortress planet.

"Madness! Nurgle has no moral principles!"

Aisha is just around the corner, not to mention Zhang Yi and Sanguinius are also near this planet, so Naogu doesn't want to give up such a good opportunity easily no matter what - a good opportunity to kill three birds with one stone!

So he ignored his own safety and the possibility of attracting the attention of other evil gods, at the cost of the Nurgle believers and demons that were still around, and despite the suppression of the Maelstrom, he tore open the nearby reality barrier and vowed to take back his "things".

Seeing this, Zhang Yi tried to mobilize the power of the four gods in his arms to fight again, but the increasingly noisy and chaotic voices in his head and the warnings from the [Son of the Stars] made him stop - continuing to use their power would not only fail to stop Nurgle's actions, but might also get himself involved.

Just when Zhang Yi asked [Son of the Stars] if there was any other way, O'Neill, who was far away in another world, sent a message through [Son of the Stars].

It’s time

700. Achievement achieved - Burning the Garden

The ritual from the Eldar successfully inflicted heavy damage to the attacking Nurgle forces to a certain extent. While they became healthier, the power given to them by Nurgle was also weakened to a certain extent.

But soon, as the Father forcibly tore open the reality barrier and opened a warp rift that was large enough to drag the entire planet into it, the power of Nurgle returned to them, and the battle situation, which had just changed a little, was pushed back again.

Nurgle's followers shouted Nurgle's name madly, praised their power and existence, and continued to charge towards the enemy in front of them.

At this time, Kua Kuaat and several magic toad priests were still trying their best to maintain the existence of the Great Vortex, although the Great Vortex's inhibitory effect on the subspace energy could only be effective in a circle around the fortress city where they were.

Dozens of missiles were launched from the fortress and flew towards the enemy warships in the universe behind the front line of fierce fighting. Some high-powered weapons that had not been used before were also activated at this time.

But these are just a drop in the bucket. The forcibly torn open Warp rift is releasing endless Nurgle demons, and the human empire is rapidly losing piece after piece of land.

"Wooooooooooo (It's over)." The panda-like Mortarion said. "Wooo ...

"Woo woo woo woo! (Everything you have done so far is in vain!)"

"...That may not be the case!" Sanguinius, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up. "Turning over the table is not exclusive to you."

"?!"

At first Mortarion did not understand Sanji

Les didn't know what he meant, but when that familiar psychic energy appeared on the planet, he understood.

"How can it be?!"

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Further mutations occurred, and the Chaos Space Marines who grew fly-like wings broke through another line of defense. The Ultramarines Space Marine who was covering the retreat of his friendly forces was knocked to the ground by the attacking Death Guard Space Marine, and the plague-tainted sword pierced his chest.

"Soon, you will be like us!" the Nurgle Space Marine said. "You and your teammates will join the Father's arms, and we will become brothers again!"

The Nurgle Space Marine twisted the hilt of his sword, enlarging the wound while giving the fatherly gift to the Ultramarines Space Marine in front of him, regardless of whether the other party was willing or not.

The [Ultramarines] who were pierced by the enemy's curse and plague tried their best to hold the piercing blade, trying to stop it from spinning, but he could still clearly feel that his consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred.

boom--!

Suddenly, an explosion occurred on the Nurgle Space Marine and a plume of black smoke rose.

Boom boom boom——!

A series of explosive shells hit the enemy, shattering his power armor and forcing him to loosen his sword hilt and step back, but then the power from Nurgle healed his wounds and rebuilt the power armor with his flesh and blood.

The next moment, the Nurgle Marine pulled out the weapon that was stuck in the Ultramarines Space Marine and stalked past him in the direction he was thinking of attacking, and the sounds of grenade launchers firing and weapons swinging could be heard.

The Space Marine who had been severely injured before struggled to stand up. The curse from Nurgle was eroding his body and mind, but even so, he could not sit idly by and watch his brothers from other legions/chapter fight alone.

However, when he finally stood up half-kneeling on his chainsword, the head of the Nurgle Space Marine rolled in front of him.

Looking up, he saw a Space Marine with the [Pathfinder] logo walking towards him from not far away.

"You're hurt, bro."

The Pathfinder Space Marine said this, took out a test tube of blood, opened it and poured it on his wound. The green flesh that had begun to twist immediately became dry and fell off his body after coming into contact with the blood.

"This is a certain concentration of [Regeneration Ampoule]. You should know how to use it." The [Pathfinder] said. "The rear is about to bomb this place. We must leave quickly."

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"So, you've been in the ring world for so long and you've held it back for me... 100 'kids' who are two meters tall or taller?"

"There are still nearly a thousand Primaris Space Marines for each Chapter." O'Neill said. "If some facilities had not been severely damaged in the previous battle, some things have not been installed yet, and the specific functions of some equipment are still unknown, and..."

"Stop, stop, stop—" Zhang Yi hurriedly stopped O'Neill from continuing, and pointed to the subspace rift in the universe. "Deal with this first."

After taking a look at the cracks in the universe that were emitting green and purple light, a flaming sword appeared in O'Neill's hand, and then...

"You come." O'Neill handed the bronze-colored [Emperor's Sword] in his hand, which could really kill demons, to Zhang Yi.

"what?"

"You are the leader of the human empire now, you handle this issue."

"... I won't ask you about the deeper meaning of what you did for now." Zhang Yi pointed at his left hand. "Why do you think I can do it?"

"Let me make it clear first, they were already close to losing control before, who knows what will happen if they do it again."