Chapter 23: Hall of Champions
Taiyue remembered that golden pupils appeared after he killed the psychic psyker, and Phoenix had warned that he might be noticed by Tzeentch.
The chimera beast's worm tongue is highly mutated, and the power of chaos it carries becomes the medium for the blessing of chaos.
Because Taiyue himself possesses mutated psionic powers of the nature of the shadow of the warp, Tzeentch did not directly affect his brain thinking, but seduced the Alpha psyker into falling into Chaos through physical mutation and cunning.
Body and soul are one, and together they support an unyielding warrior.
The demonic tomes of the fortress monastery record the first Battle Sister of Slaanesh, Mirial Sabathiel. She was captured by the Chaos Lord Barzaro during a battle to eliminate the Chaos Cultists.
As a Sister, her will was extremely strong, but after the Chaos Lords subjected her to multiple rounds of painful torture and induced the mutation of flesh and blood, she finally collapsed and turned to Slaanesh.
Sabatier, who abandoned the Emperor's faith, was later freed from the clutches of Chaos by the Battle Sisters, who deceived the Planetary Governor and carried out three massacres as a Battle Sister, just to please the evil god.
After her heretic identity was discovered, she also killed the Battle Sisters who came to destroy her.
The corruption of Chaos is everywhere, and souls and bodies are toys of the evil god of the warp. No one can say that they will not be corrupted. They can only take precautions and resist corruption with devout faith.
This is why many departments in the Empire are religious orders, and the Space Marines are also called Brother Astartes.
"Glorious Omnissiah, I usually use the power of the mechanical heart. The metal cells can not only kill parasitic alien cells, but also kill subspace energy mutated cells. I will also monitor your left hand every time I check your body in the future. The mutation situation!”
Della gave suggestions. The original intention of the two metal organs was to help psykers resist the corruption of chaos in the future, one to protect the body and the other to protect the soul.
"Lord Taiyue, I hope you can bring more research materials! Reversing flesh and blood mutation is a worthy subject!"
Della changed the topic and revealed her interest in subspace beasts. The servo head put the chimera beast corpse brought back by Taiyue into the embalming fluid.
She is becoming more and more fond of Uruk now. When she was on Mars, related research was conducted secretly.
Here, Taiyue not only supports relevant research, but also proactively provides research materials. The most important thing is that he can have academic exchanges with him.
After Taiyue left the research room, he went to the bridge, and now he needs to return to Titan to participate in the next trial.
Astropath Su Jingrong stood quietly at the entrance to the bridge. She wore the red robe of the Astropath and held an Astropath's staff. The top of the staff was in the shape of an eye and decorated with a winged head.
"Your Majesty the God Emperor, Master Tai, welcome back!"
After arriving on the Uruk, she could no longer be as casual as she had been on the merchant ship.
"Just call me Taiyue like before, and you don't need to wear a blindfold on the Uruk."
Su Jingrong took off her blindfold after hearing this, and relaxed when she looked at the Astartes monk in front of her who was smiling at her.
"Any news from the war group these days?"
"Lord Koyal asked about you yesterday afternoon."
Soon the Uruk returned to Titan, and Taiyue returned to the fortress monastery to make simple repairs before going directly to the Hall of Champions.
In the middle of the hall is a circular dueling arena. A paladin wearing power armor is already inside. There are three rows of statues outside the dueling arena.
These marble-carved Paladins are lifelike and spotless under the care of their servitors.
Taiyue glanced at these statues one by one, full of respect in his heart. They were the battle champions of the war group and the heroes of the empire.
The statue in the middle of the third row belongs to the high-level paladin Koyal. His handsome face with clear features was originally younger than it is now. He faced the duel with his head held high. A date was written on the base of the statue: 41.
Tai Yue walked straight to the duel field. Koyal had already arranged the fifth trial task for him. The trial content was small but not simple:
Fight three battles with the current Paladin, each battle lasts for 1 hour, and there is no limit on the use of psychic powers.
You must pass the trial if you do not lose three battles within the specified time.
The first battle requires both sides to duel in Aegis power armor; the second battle requires both sides to duel in electronic muscle beams; the third battle requires both sides to fight naked without wearing any equipment.
"Paladin Daniel, Master Koyal has arranged for me to be your opponent!"
"Tai Yue, Grand Master of the Ninth Brotherhood, is honored to fight against the Paladin!"
"Oh, in that newly established brotherhood, can newcomers directly participate in the Paladin trial?"
Although Daniel has doubts, he is not ready to let go. Going all out is the way for the Paladin to win.
The protective force field quickly covered the entire duel field, and the first battle began directly. This time, both sides were fully armed.
Daniel flew over directly, holding the same Vengeful Goddess Sword as Tai Yue in his hand. Without any fancy hand movements, he just struck Tai Yue with a slash.
The power of the slash was so great that Tai Yue reluctantly released the force, secretly sighing in his heart that Daniel's power was at least twice as strong as his own.
The second slash came in a moment, and the sword blade cut directly across. Tai Yue hurriedly took two steps back, then strode forward, stabbing out with the psychic sword in his hand.
After Daniel dodged the attack sideways, he bumped into Taiyue at close range, and took the opportunity to grab Taiyue's sword-holding right hand and throw him away.
"This is not a battle between new recruits. If you don't use your full strength, you will only lose!"
Tai Yue immediately stabilized his body. The mechanical heart pumped the metal cells throughout his body, which doubled his strength and began to receive Daniel's sharp blows.
Their movements were flexible and changeable, and in a flash of lightning, different parts of the sword blades had come into close combat more than 10 times.
The mechanical-neural interface efficiently transmits the nerve impulses of the two people. The simulated action unit predicts the action taken by the armor owner at the moment the nerve signal is sent out. The cooling system keeps the servo system in optimal condition in advance, and the latter stores energy in advance. force, and finally unleashed a perfect attack.
It's not so much the power armor as the exoskeletons they've grown!
"happy!"
After Daniel laughed wildly, his eyes became sinister and his sword swing speed became faster.
After many rapid slashes, Tai Yue's hands were numb from the shock.
The two sides fought hard and the hour passed quickly.
"The two additional organs for a newcomer are not easy. I have killed a lot of demons, but I can't defeat you in an hour!"
Daniel began to accept the two metal organs. When he first learned about these two organs, he was also opposed to them.
After a 20-minute rest, the second battle began. This time, you could only fight wearing electronic muscle bundles.
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