Chapter 1026, The Strongest

'key'……

Although Leon didn't know what kind of 'key' it was, as the Lord of the Angels of Death, he knew his birthplace and the place where he fought, namely Knight Star, very well.

That's the Earth's core device of Knight Star, something he discovered after unifying the entire Knight Star.

Why are the forests on Knight Star distorted? Why do they breed ferocious beasts far exceeding the size that normal ecosystems could produce? Why is the awakening rate of psionicists unusually high? Why are there frequent mysterious disappearances of people?

These answers remained unknown during the long period of human colonization of Knights, but after he unified the planet, he was naturally eager to find out.

Especially after the planet returned to Imperial rule and Imperial technology was introduced, he explored it further.

It turns out that at the very core of Knight Star lies a colossal and astonishing creation. Essentially, it is the planet's core. The entire planet may have been formed over countless astronomical ages by this 'core,' which absorbed countless substances.

There is a mysterious power there.

On the flagship of the Empire's founding expedition, he led the Angels of Death away from Knightsworld to conquer the vast universe. Meanwhile, on his home planet, the research department he remotely controlled continued to study the status of the subsurface facilities.

There have been some achievements.

For example, they can channel some of the energy from the Earth's core device to serve as energy for Knight Star's world-building; they can increase the success rate of the Death Angels' transformation surgeries, and even give new recruits who have undergone the surgeries more enhancements; they can make the awakening of psionicists more controllable.

They've even started researching the weaponization of the Earth's core device.

It was also from this period that they began to call it an artifact, and it could be considered a major secret within the Death Angels Legion at that time.

Until Knight Star was destroyed into countless pieces during the civil war, the artifact also disappeared without a trace.

However, despite the fact that the Angels of Death developed many ways to use the artifacts ten thousand years ago, the artifacts in Leon's hands and in the hands of the Angels of Death are not the same as those in Bassol's hands.

He could only use the artifacts in his hands for limited purposes.

But in Bassault's hands, it had countless ingenious uses.

The most important aspect is that it serves as a 'key' to unlock the ancient weapon, allowing Bassol to seize the opportunity to ascend to godhood.

To be honest, if Gu Hang hadn't told him, he would never have believed that the home planet of the Angel of Death was so closely related to the ascension ritual of an evil god.

But that's the reality, and he has no choice but to accept it.

Aside from this most important use, it could be weaponized directly in Bassor's hands.

Using his divine artifacts, He created this planet modeled after Knight Star, and the Death Angels fighting on it have deeply felt the planet's malice. He can also use these artifacts to create a large number of demonic engine war machines and bio-engineered beasts, which is also the source of the enormous challenges currently facing human forces.

In addition to building up the army, the power constructed by the divine artifact also directly strengthened His incarnation.

The influence of the Veil of Reality is immense. Some ordinary beings may not feel it so strongly, but the more powerful the warp individual, the more restricted they are. Given the extreme difficulty for the warp gods to project their power into the real universe, Bassol's greatest strength in breaking through the Veil of Reality and creating countless disturbances in the real universe is actually this increasingly well-developed 'Knight Star'.

And the avatar he is currently using is even more so.

Without the 'Knight Star' and the divine artifact, he could not have maintained such a high level of power in an avatar to fight against Leon.

The sudden burst of power sent Leon flying.

Leon, who had just stood up with the Lion King Sword, was once again bombarded by countless laser beams, particle cannons, and energy molecular lines. He had to try his best to dodge and occasionally counterattack with the guns in his hand, but the effect was not good. At most, he could only hope to have some restraining effect. He could only dance on the edge of a knife and patiently look for another opportunity to break through to Bassor's side.

……

Gu Hang felt that Lionheart was going to lose.

From the very beginning of the battle, he had been closely monitoring the situation on the battlefield.

He had high hopes for Leon Charlie.

Leon's self-perception is at least partly correct: he is indeed the most powerful individual among humans in the real universe at present.

Those who haven't reached the level of "Child of God" need no further explanation; among humans, there are only three beings at that level.

Robert, Martins, and Leon.

Needless to say, Martins, this 'miniature prototype' artificially created by Gu Hang, has indeed reached this level and grade. However, at most, his combat strength is similar to Robert's. His command ability is not as good as Robert's, but it is sufficient; at least he can handle things independently. He also lacks Robert's most outstanding administrative ability.

And Robert? Ten thousand years ago, in an era when the children of gods walked the world alongside the emperor, Robert was not known for his fighting prowess.

His performance in combat is neither good nor accurate to describe it as the worst, but it would be about right to call it average.

Well, anyone with average combat ability will be rated as mid-tier...

Leon, however, is different.

There might be considerable debate about whether Leon is the strongest warrior among all the children of God; however, it's more accurate to say that he is a strong contender for the title of 'strongest'.

According to Gu Hang's assessment, even though the Lionheart King looks somewhat aged and may not be as sharp as he was in his prime ten thousand years ago, if they were to fight, Robert and Mattin together might be able to fight him to a draw.

Gu Hang had high hopes that this powerful son of God would deliver a miraculous performance, destroy Bassol's avatar, and lead the Imperial army to victory in this battle.

However, it turned out to be too much of a stretch.

It wasn't that Leon performed poorly.

Based on Gu Hang's observation of the battle, Leon's performance was largely in line with expectations. There weren't many surprises, but it certainly wasn't a poor performance.

The problem is that the Bassol incarnation on the other side is much stronger than expected!

If they continue playing like this, Leon has absolutely no chance of winning.

Gu Hang had to think of some other way to help.

Looking back at the Alliance's war history, how did the Alliance win when they defeated the so-called strongest greenskin orc, the prophet most beloved by the greenskin gods, the powerful being known as the "Bonebreaker King"?

They won by ganging up on each other.

Can this method be copied?

(End of this chapter)