Chapter 158
The freckles on her face looked so adorable at that moment.
After seeing Fulgrim being sent away.
She gently twirled the staff in her hand, gracefully tapping it onto the metal plate beneath her feet with a crisp sound.
"Sorry I'm a little late, big guy." Her voice was clear and pleasant as she said, "You can't bully an injured person, especially not someone like this... well, he looks like a very honest old man."
With a thought, Reni Vulkan astonished to find her arm back on her body.
How did you do that!
Despite his Vulkan thoughts, all he could manage to say in the end was, "Thank you."
Before the two could exchange more than a few words, a voice appeared in front of them.
"Not bad, not bad, impressive little girl, I didn't expect you could actually hurt me." After suffering a terrible blow, Fulgrim actually came back to the two of them, laughing.
"You..." Reni looked at him, her eyes filled with surprise and uncertainty.
She couldn't believe that Fulgrim hadn't died after taking such a blow. She had personally witnessed that attack blast away his body, and yet he had regenerated it in the blink of an eye?!
"If I were still human, I would surely be dead, but with that blessing, you cannot kill me," Fulgrim said with a smile.
"It's Warp again."
Reni gritted her teeth. This was the hurdle she could never overcome; in this world, this was the only area she was completely unable to master.
Chapter 19: Fulgrim's Sensation [3 Updates]
Reni herself had no Psychic Power whatsoever, and she couldn't comprehend such Distortion thing.
In the eyes of those Reality Bender, what cannot be understood is what cannot be controlled.
What is unknowable is uncontrollable.
Therefore, she could not become the ruler of the Warp.
In other words, if she could control the Warp, then the human Emperor and the four gods would be irrelevant; the entire universe would become her plaything...
At least for now, she cannot analyze a space where the rules are constantly changing.
His four demonic swords hummed once more, their evil light surging, their target aimed directly at Reni atop the wreckage.
"Hehehe..." Fulgrim was clearly holding back a lot of anger; the proud man was truly furious at being attacked like this.
That terrifying speed was displayed once again; almost as soon as he finished speaking, he had already crossed half the battlefield, his Distortion serpentine body leaving a deadly afterimage.
"Watch out!" Vulkan warned, trying to get up and block him, but he was no match for the enraged Fulgrim.
Faced with this terrifying being that far exceeded her comprehension, a hint of bewilderment did indeed flash in Reni's clear eyes.
She could not comprehend this Distortion form of life.
"Uh-huh!!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Reni gracefully drew a perfect pink halo in front of her with her Star Key Staff.
Swish!
A massive barrier composed of countless twinkling stars, rotating hearts, and intricate magical runes instantly unfolded.
The next moment, Fulgrim's blasphemous blade, capable of slicing through the armor of a super-heavy tank, had already struck!
Boom!!!
A deafening explosion rang out again as the dark fel energy collided violently with the pink magical light barrier. The energy shockwave spread out in a ring, clearing away another circle of rubble and debris from the surrounding ground.
But this time, the result was completely different.
Fulgrim's seemingly inevitable quadruple slash was completely blocked by that seemingly fragile pink shield!
Where the demonic sword struck, violent ripples spread across the surface of the shield, yet there was no sign of it breaking!
The powerful recoil even momentarily halted Fulgrim's momentum, leaving his four arms slightly numb, and for the first time, a genuine look of astonishment appeared on his face.
What is this thing?
"Monster, die!" Reni shouted, and before her staff could even spin, a beam of light shot out at Fulgrim.
Fulgrim barely dodged the attack by looking in the direction Reni was looking.
Compared to Vulkan, this girl was clearly more than twice as difficult to deal with.
He could sense that the energy form of the opponent's shield was completely different from all the powers he knew— Psychic Power, physical impact, Warp corrosion.
It is a "foreign object" that is a self-contained system, completely outside the rules of this universe!
Reni stood behind the shield, her skirt billowing from the energy surge, but she remained as steady as a mountain, not even a strand of her hair was ruffled.
She looked at Fulgrim, Distortion close to her, his face contorted in shock, tilted her head slightly, her eyes still holding that pure curiosity and a hint of assessment.
"How did you dodge that? With your speed, there shouldn't be any way you could have dodged it," she said arrogantly, without a single thought of humility.
She said it without even thinking, especially when it came to the fact that Fulgrim's speed was unavoidable.
This kind of analysis, based purely on a different system and with undisguised misunderstanding, was more insulting to the proud Fulgrim, who considered himself one of the ultimate forms of evolution, than any vicious insult.
"You...you..." Fulgrim's anger was almost palpable as he glared at Reni!
"Ah..."
But after a brief moment of anger and a strong feeling of humiliation, Fulgrim laughed, "This feels good, it's my first time trying this."
The rage and astonishment on Fulgrim's face shattered like ice, not dissipating, but melting and Distortion into a deeper, more morbid pleasure.
The purple light in his snake-like eyes flashed intensely, and his arm, which had been numb from the shock, stopped trembling. Instead, he gently stroked the hilt of the sword in an almost caressing manner.
"Heh... heh heh heh..." A low, guttural laugh escaped from deep within his throat, accompanied by a chilling tremor.
"Wonderful, what a wonderful feeling..." He looked up, his gaze refocusing on Reni behind the shield.
That look was no longer pure murderous intent, but a mixture of extreme curiosity, greed, and a Distortion pleasure born from intense humiliation.
Reni spoke up.
"You..."
Before she could finish speaking, Fulgrim interrupted her, "Hmm, wait a minute, you're getting into it!"
His serpentine body writhed under the strange gazes of Vulkan and Reni, the sword in his hand constantly slicing open his own body, bringing even greater sensory stimulation.
"My esteemed master bestows upon me unparalleled pleasure and pain, this entirely new sense of humiliation..."
He stuck out his forked tongue and licked his sharp teeth, his smile growing both brighter and more terrifying.
"This is so exciting! Hahaha!!"
The last syllable transformed into a battle roar!
Fulgrim vanished again, but this time, his attack was no longer limited to a single point.
His speed reached its limit, and in an instant, dozens of purplish-black phantoms emerged from all directions.
Each phantom wielded four demonic swords, launching a storm of attacks from all sorts of extremely tricky angles that defied the laws of physics!
The dark sword light, like a deadly downpour, instantly engulfed Reni and her pink shield!
The explosive sounds of the slashing attacks were continuous, almost indistinguishable from each other.
The shield's surface rippled wildly, flashing at an unprecedented frequency, neutralizing and deflecting the terrifying forces coming from all directions time and time again.
"Useless! Useless! Useless!" Fulgrim laughed maniacally, his voice echoing from all directions, overlapping each other. "Die!"
A combined slash struck the shield.
At the same time, a phantom broke free from the encirclement of Reni like a ghost and rushed straight towards Vulkan, who had just struggled to his feet!
The speed was still terrifying; all four swords were unleashed simultaneously, their targets aimed directly at Vulkan's unprotected torso and head.
He needs to completely eliminate Vulkan before he can break through that annoying shield!
"Drink!" Vulkan roared, relying solely on his Primarchs's fighting instincts and remaining strength to retreat hastily.
Clang!
Sparks flew as new, deep wounds appeared on Vulkan's body, and blood splattered once more.
Chapter 20: Meatball Impact! [1st Update]
Just now.
With a loud thud, she landed on Phobos. Coughing, she stepped out of the drop pod and waved away the dust beside her.
"What's going on?" she couldn't help but complain. "This can't go on like this."
The red-haired Angel raised her head, looked at the Mars above her head, and said that she wanted to help the other person no matter what.
Angela spoke at this opportune moment, and again used the formal "you" (formal).
Xiao Huasheng knew that whenever she used honorifics, it was something she really wanted to try.
[Manager, our energy is full, and do you remember that we'll be leaving this world in half a day?]
"Angela, you mean..." Xiao Huasheng seemed to understand what Angela was trying to say.
[Yes, Supervisor.] Angela's voice was calm and clear, resounding directly in Xiao Huasheng's mind. [Based on the current energy reserves having reached their peak, and the anticipated forced world transfer in 7.3 standard hours, I recommend adopting aggressive tactics.]
Xiao Huasheng dusted himself off and asked curiously, "A radical tactic?"
[There's no need to worry about energy consumption; our teleportation is highly predictable. After half a day, regardless of the outcome, we will all be forcibly transferred.]
Angela's tone was calm, but she clearly seemed eager to try.
Xiao Huasheng's eyes lit up as she looked towards Mars: "So, we don't need to conserve energy, and we don't have to worry about messing things up?"
A series of loud bangs suddenly echoed in the red-haired Angel's mind.
"[Correct.]" Angela confirmed. "[Even in the worst-case scenario, even if you're caught by Slaanesh, you'll only be tortured a little.]"
"But this is really not like Angela. I thought you would say you were going to leave the game running for half a day." Xiao Huasheng said in surprise.
[Reni is up there, we have to bring her back, to be our endless energy source.] Angela finally revealed her purpose.
"I see..." Xiao Huasheng finally understood.
[Although we don't know how she evaded our employee location detection, now is the best time to apprehend her.]
Xiao Huasheng's lips twitched slightly. "He seems a bit like a heartless boss."
[Attention, Supervisor. I'll reserve 5% of my energy to prevent sudden death. We might have to fight a long battle for the next seven hours, so let's try to maximize our endurance.] Angela said.
The next moment, her wings of light unfurled, and she transformed into the most dazzling new star amidst the dim red dust.
She felt the power surging within her, almost overflowing, a reserve she had been carefully holding back.
Now, the shackles are off.
So Xiao Huasheng pushed off with both feet, breaking free from Phobos's restraints and speeding towards the direction of Mars.
On Mars.
Reni had no idea how her opponent had dodged her attack, and the energy contained within her opponent could also subtly resist her Reality-Warping Ability.
With her Reality-Warping Ability, she had no way of overcoming Fulgrim's Warp nature to launch an attack on him.
Even though the other party couldn't do anything to her, Reni couldn't do anything to Fulgrim either.
It wasn't that her Reality-Warping Ability was too weak; it was simply that Reni's inability to comprehend the Warp caused all of this to happen.
Just when Reni was at her wit's end...
The sky was torn apart.
A fiery meteor fell from the interwoven crimson sky.
The next moment, a blazing beam of light, like a spear of judgment, pierced down from the sky!
Its speed far surpasses even the speed that Fulgrim was so proud of!
The target is none other than Fulgrim, who is relentlessly attacking Reni's shield!
At the last moment, Fulgrim's highly acute, Chaos Gods- blessed senses sounded an extremely sharp alarm.
His maniacal laughter froze instantly as he attempted to dodge with ghostly speed.