A searing sensation spread across every inch of Cheng Mingrui's skin. Khaine was using his immense divine power to wear away Cheng Mingrui's mind and strength until he burned him to ash.
Layers of carapace grew from Cheng Mingrui's skin. The legacy left by defeating Dorn had retained its value better than anything else: Rogal Dorn's divinity had become Cheng Mingrui's finest protection and shield.
Defeating Dorn back then had been excruciatingly difficult. Cheng Mingrui had spent twenty years chipping away at him! Twenty years in the mental realm!
But the rewards had been enormous, too. Dorn's defenses were the strongest of any demigod.
Protected by this carapace, Cheng Mingrui suffered far less damage from the heat and divinity, feeling only a faint, negligible sting.
Seemingly realizing that his flames had failed to burn Cheng Mingrui to ash, Khaine immediately gathered his power and created vast numbers of Fire Daemons, Blood Daemons, and clones of himself, sending them charging at Cheng Mingrui.
Slipping his longsword onto his back, Cheng Mingrui flicked both hands, sending a pair of Chain Blades flying out.
Dark red energy swirled around the blades. This was a power he had acquired in another trial, the dark-aspected power of annihilation, perfect for mowing down masses of fodder.
The chains extended, and every sweep of the dark red blades traced a great circle of death. Fire Daemons and Blood Daemons alike were sliced in two on contact, killed in a single strike.
The tide of Fire Daemons and Blood Daemons could not get anywhere near Cheng Mingrui. The rank-and-file troops seemed to be throwing their lives away for nothing.
But a closer look revealed that the unstoppable dark-aspected power on Cheng Mingrui's chain blades was slowly weakening.
How could killing enemies with power come without a cost? Khaine