Chapter 451, Death of the Ash Dead
The chief wizard of the Ashes of the Dead warband is indeed quite powerful.
If you really count it, he has to be at the level of a normal S-class psychic, only slightly worse than Gu Hang's normal level.
But at this moment, Gu Hang has undoubtedly torn open the gap between reality and the subspace, and the power of the Storm Kingdom has been revealed.
In this form, Gu Hang, who is almost at the Alpha level of strength, can actually defeat this war gang wizard quickly.
He can strip a warband wizard of some of his ties to the Warp, rendering the Chaos Boons ineffective; the weakened wizard then becomes a toy in his hands.
But Gu Hang didn't do that.
Getting rid of a war gang wizard is not a top priority for Gu Hang.
He is now doing at least three things at the same time, each of which is very important.
In addition to fighting with this powerful warband wizard, Gu Hang was also dealing with those rebellious Space Marines.
Especially those Terminator armors.
Gu Hang intentionally allowed the Phoenix to fight to the death with the Ash Dead, even if it would cause some avoidable damage, but this was the Phoenix's own wish.
Before departure, when Gu Hang conveyed the order of action to Martins, the Phoenix Chapter Leader burst out with strong subjective initiative. He mobilized almost all the mobile forces of the entire chapter and invested in this battle.
Moreover, he strongly expressed a wish to Gu Hang, the savior and loyalist of the regiment: the blade that kills the ashes should preferably come from the Phoenix.
Gu Hang could understand his thoughts and agreed to this request.
But this does not mean that Gu Hang will allow the battle group and the battle gang to fight one-on-one, as that would only increase the losses.
The Phoenix's current number has just recovered to 500. Can they defeat the Ash Dead on both sides? They should be able to, even though the other side is full of veterans, while the Phoenix is almost entirely made up of new recruits. However, the Phoenix's new recruits are different from what most people imagine.
Before becoming a Space Marine, every Phoenix Space Marine had first been trained by Gu Hang's [Soldier Card] system and raised to the T1 level. In terms of combat experience and skills alone, they had already reached the level of a normal Space Marine.
This level is still not as good as the veterans, but the gap is definitely not as large as twice the number, and they still cannot beat the opponent.
However, the sacrifice will not be small.
Even on the ship, there were a considerable number of special warfare elites from the 10th Brigade wearing feedback power armor. However, although they could pose a threat to the Space Marines, their combat effectiveness was too poor, and if they were allowed to participate in the battle, there would also be huge casualties.
Not to mention sacrificing the Phoenix, even if it was the sacrificing of the special warfare elites of the 10th Brigade, Gu Hang would be heartbroken.
It would be fine if he wasn't here, but now that he is here, he will still take action personally to significantly reduce the casualties of the Phoenix.
Clearing out the Terminator team among the dead in the ashes is what Gu Hang has to do.
This team of a dozen or so Ash Dead Terminators are all elite veterans. If they really encounter each other at close range, the Phoenix will have to kill many people before it can kill them all.
That's not necessary.
Gu Hang couldn't use the psychic torrent to crush all the ashes on board. The Space Marines had strong bodies and their souls had certain special characteristics, which came from their bloodline and the nature of the subspace that almost no one would admit, but Gu Hang could vaguely see.
It would take a lot of effort to use psionics to kill one Space Marine, let alone two hundred veterans in one go.
However, using psychic energy to escort the phoenixes and calling upon psychic protection, which is similar to an energy shield but is actually much more convenient, is relatively less laborious.
This helped the Phoenixes a lot in the shootout. Otherwise, in the narrow passage and lack of cover, facing a group of Terminators with more than ordinary tactical power armor, the Phoenixes would definitely suffer a great loss.
After the group of Terminators on the opposite side started charging, Gu Hang used extremely concentrated lightning spears to bombard the enemy.
He is still able to destroy a Terminator with one blow.
During the charge, Gu Hang was doing this kind of thing of calling out names one by one.
The two sides were only a few hundred meters apart, and with the Space Marines' charging speed, it only took a few breaths for Gu Hang to launch six lightning spears.
Under the current circumstances, the terminators of the Ash Dead could not be avoided. Even if one of them dodged, the one behind him could not.
Six lightning spears mean the death of six elite Terminator veterans.
But the ashes of the dead finally reached his face.
During this process, in addition to the six Terminator veterans who were killed by Gu Hang, there were also dozens of rebellious Space Marines from the Ashes who died from attacks by various long-range weapons.
At this moment, the distance between the two sides is very close, and close combat is inevitable.
"For the Emperor!" Pastor Rizzo, holding the gravity scepter, shouted and rushed forward first.
He chose his target, the leader of the rebellious dead, Ankeny Ben.
The Gravity Scepter collided violently with the Flesh-Tearing Axe, and Rizzo suffered the loss.
The output of the Terminator power armor is far stronger than that of conventional power armor.
Anconi was completely excited.
He seemed to have returned to those days.
In the past, he had practiced with Rizzo in the Warband Arena more than once.
At that time, he was no match for Rizzo, who never tired of correcting his movements again and again.
Of course, combat practice was not the mainstream in their interactions. They spent more time studying classics and the Emperor's profound teachings together in the church of the chapter's flagship.
He was born into a family of state church priests on the chapter's home planet. He should have followed the same path as his father and grandfather, becoming a respected believer in the world who spread the Emperor's gospel and became the spokesperson for the God-Emperor.
However, he did not like those since he was a child, and preferred some heroic legends and stories.
This is normal. On the Phoenix's home planet, the Phoenix's reputation is unmatched. Every chapter of the Chapter's history and every warrior's heroic name are spread across the planet. Everyone on the Phoenix's home planet grew up listening to such legends. It is normal for young people to have aspirations.
And in another Phoenix recruitment, he naturally signed up.
This was also supported by parents.
Shouldn't it be? It was only natural for the child of the God Emperor's priest to sign up when the God Emperor's angels were recruiting new ones. After being rejected, this experience would help Anconi Ben a lot in his future priest career, proving that he was indeed a loyal believer of the God Emperor.
What if I get selected?
Don't be ridiculous, the probability is too small.
Among hundreds of thousands of carefully selected young people, the regiment only recruited fifty. How low is the probability?
Just a formality.
But that was his parents' idea. Young Anconi wanted to succeed so badly.
Becoming the Emperor's Angel would not only allow him to practice his family's long-standing belief in the God-Emperor, but would also allow him to escape from the many boring religious texts, making him the hero he admired most since childhood and allowing him to pursue the glorious honor he longed for most.
And he did show amazing talent during the training and selection. Although he was not among the best, he at least had hope of success.
However, he was ultimately eliminated.
In the last and most important competition, he ranked only in the 70s. This was of course a very high score among all the candidates, but compared to the few places available to the Phoenix, there was still a certain gap.
This gap is a world of difference.
His next fate should be that his dream would be shattered, and he would return to his home, and be sought after by various forces on the planet based on his excellent performance in the Phoenix selection. After all, even if he was eliminated by the Phoenix, since he had this ranking, it proved that he was one of the most outstanding young people on the entire planet.
But no one understood the pain in his heart.
However, in the end, a man wearing a skull helmet saved him.
Rizzo personally selected Anconi as a replacement to join the Phoenix.
That was almost the happiest day of his life.
But after joining the Phoenix, he found that many things were different from what he expected.
Space Marines do not live in glory all the time; boring training is the norm.
Especially the new recruits.
If it were just this, he could still bear it.
But Rizzo chose him as an extra member of the regiment, not because of his good or strong fighting talent. No matter how good he is, it is only relative. If he is so good that he can be selected as an exception, he would not be ranked only in the 70th place in the previous ranking.
Rizzo is the chief chaplain of the Phoenix Chapter. He wants to expand the number of chaplains in the chapter, and Anconi is the candidate he chose.
Before becoming a phoenix, he had to bury his head in scriptures. After becoming a phoenix, he still had to bury his head in scriptures. Wasn’t it a waste of time to become a phoenix?
The only reward he got from his resentment was that he could occasionally practice with Pastor Rizzo in the arena for his good performance. At this time, Rizzo would finally put aside his serious teacher's face and sweat with him as a fighting brother.
He thought he would never be able to go back.
Of course, there is no going back.
When he knew that the Phoenix had been reborn in the League, that his mentor Rizzo was not dead yet, and that Zhong Jihua had ordered the team to deal with the newborn Phoenix, he had imagined this scene.
Since there's no way back, let me bury you with my own hands.
"Mr. Rizzo, you're slowing down!"
Rizzo said nothing, but just used his gravity staff with all his strength to block Anconi's powerful blows one after another.
Each of Anconi's strikes was accompanied by a sarcastic remark. His emotions were getting more and more intense, and his eyes in the helmet had already turned blood red. His movements were sharp and precise, and every swing of the battle axe carried the threat of death.
But Rizzo's eyes remained calm, and his movements were slow but steady. The gravity scepter danced in his hand as if it had its own rhythm.
"Teacher, your movements are still so old-fashioned."
"Have you made no progress at all over the years?"
"Have you learned nothing from the false emperor's nonsense?"
"That's really pitiful. Why not worship the Blood God? He will grant you true power!"
Anconi taunted, his axe creating gusts of wind that almost tore the air apart.
He was almost toying with his opponent.
The power of the Blood God was boiling within him, and if he had wanted to, he could have chopped off Rizzo's head with one axe.
He didn't do that. He just turned on the Gravity Scepter again and again, leaving wounds on Rizzo's body one after another, which made him feel satisfied.
With the next axe, I will chop off the teacher's hand.
He thought so.
Suddenly, lightning flashed around Rizzo's body!
The lightning gathered on the gravity staff, making this already heavy weapon even more terrifying.
Anconi sensed something was wrong, and his taunting stopped abruptly. He tried to speed up his attack, but it was too late. Rizzo's counterattack finally came, and he wielded a scepter surrounded by lightning, like a god descending from heaven, with unstoppable power.
"This is..." There was a flash of fear in Anconi's eyes. He tried to block it with his battle axe, but the power of thunder seemed to be able to tear apart all defenses.
Thunder erupted, and a hammer hit Anconi's helmet directly. It was a force that could kill with one blow, the perfect combination of lightning and gravity, instantly shattering Anconi's helmet, followed by the shattering of his head.
Anconi's body trembled a few times in the thunder, and then like a puppet with its strings cut, it slowly fell down and died.
The old priest was pinned down for the entire fight, but it only took one counterattack to kill Ankeny.
It was like a miracle.
There is an insurmountable gap between Space Marines in conventional power armor and Terminators.
But this time, Rizzo's counterattack was so powerful that even the Terminator captain could not react or block it. The explosive thunder was even more deadly.
Rizzo was breathing heavily, but he could feel that the power rising in his body had not dissipated. Instead, it became stronger and stronger, to the point that the wound left by Anconi no longer hurt.
He turned around to look at Gu Hang, but saw the governor behind him, still standing there, but the blue light in his eyes was even brighter.
Rizzo nodded slightly and pointed the Gravity Staff at another enemy.
He was not the only one who carried the power of thunder in every move. Almost every phoenix was strengthened in the battle and displayed this magical power.
Of course it was Gu Hang who did it.
After the two sides entered into close combat, it was no longer convenient to use thunder spells to destroy the enemy, so he did this instead.
On the one hand, cut off the power of the evil god as much as possible, and on the other hand, give the power of thunder to the phoenixes.
After Ankeny's death, the situation on the battlefield became basically clear.
Although the Phoenix still has to pay a certain price, there is no doubt that they will kill all the Ash Dead present.
Gu Hang, who had a little free time, finally increased his strength and stopped fighting with the warband wizard. The powerful psychic power instantly increased the output. The warband wizard standing behind him had his helmet goggles burst instantly, blood spurted out, and his huge body fell down.
After defeating another opponent, Gu Hang finally had time to focus all his energy on the third thing he had actually been doing: tearing open the curtain between the subspace and the real universe and sending more Heroic Warriors into the 'Ghost Spike'!
(End of this chapter)
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