Chapter 974, Falling Like a Meteor

Robert's sword strike that wounded Magnus not only startled the demon prince, but also surprised Gu Jing, who was rushing to the battlefield.

Gu Jing could even guess Magnus's thoughts.

To outsiders, it was nothing more than a son of a god wielding the Emperor's Sword, a creation of his own making, and unleashing a 'sword aura'—it was astonishing, but actually quite normal—wasn't that a declaration of the Emperor's blessing upon his loyal son?
But that understanding comes from a kind of religious reverence. The more profound one's knowledge of psychic powers, the more one realizes that nothing in this world comes from mere imagination. Under normal circumstances, even a combination like the Son of God and the Emperor's Sword could not possibly unleash such a strike.

Robert's subspace nature has nothing to do with psionic energy, and he has never awakened to it, so he wouldn't have this effect.

Could it be that his subspace essence has awakened?
Or perhaps it was truly the supreme power of the emperor that penetrated the barriers of the divine kingdom, yet helped Robert in some way that was imperceptible to others.
It's something that can't be understood, which is why it shocks even the most knowledgeable people.

While shocked, Gu Jing and Magnus had completely different thoughts.

Magnus was angry because of his injury, and fearful and terrified because he suspected that his father, whom he hated and absolutely did not want to encounter, had helped him.

But Gu Jing was simply happy.

The moment the battle broke out, realizing the gravity of the situation, he rushed to the surface at full speed.

He needs to provide Robert with some assistance.

Prior to this, he had not participated in the war, but instead remained aboard the ship as an advisor, fulfilling a role similar to that of a chief of staff, assisting Robert in developing operational plans and managing logistics. While this was undoubtedly a waste of his powerful psychic abilities, it was also a way of utilizing his strengths in another direction.

If possible, Gu Jing would be happy to remain out of the war.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t work.

If it were any other 'divine abomination' that came, it might be a little better. However, Magnus is different. If you include all the divine abominations—no, even if you include all the great demons and demon princes—he can almost be considered one of the most outstanding psionic masters.

Possessing extraordinary wisdom, he was already the most outstanding psionic master before his fall. He not only learned various psionic techniques and control methods quickly, but he could also apply what he learned to other situations, deduce his own path, and make groundbreaking achievements.

After his fall and ascension to demonic possession, he spent ten thousand years immersed in the Warp, the source of psionic energy, and received Tzeentch's blessing. He would likely become far more powerful than before.

Actually, other 'divine abominations' are pretty much the same—except for the fact that Magnus is unique in his ability to specialize in spirits.

And this very point, in Gu Jing's judgment, was extremely fatal for Robert.

Magnus was an enemy that Robert could hardly defeat.

Even if the 'God's offspring' and the 'Son of God' are indeed on the same level, Robert, whose greatest strengths lie in scheming, economic policy, and military command, would probably not have a high chance of winning against Magnus in a life-or-death struggle.

If it were any other 'divine offspring,' Robert would have achieved something as a warrior as well. His swordsmanship and warrior experience were quite rich, although not top-notch, but with the aid of the Emperor's Sword, a divine weapon, he would certainly be able to put up a fight.

However, when it comes to Magnus... Gu Jing is genuinely afraid that Robert will have a hard time even getting close.

That's exactly how things unfolded, until the appearance of that flaming blade that could be unleashed from a distance and penetrate psionic shields.

Magnus was clearly frightened, and he became somewhat hesitant.

There are pros and cons. Robert is clearly not under as much pressure anymore, but similarly, Magnus, who is no longer pushing forward and has even become more cautious and is subtly retreating, is no longer easily threatened.

He was also on guard against the fiery sword energy. In addition, Robert could not always achieve the same effect when he was enraged. This move had a certain degree of randomness...

All things considered, Robert is still no match for Magnus.

But at least he held on until Gu Jing arrived.

Gu Jing was like a shooting star falling from the sky, bombarded by anti-aircraft fire, but to no avail.

Even when Magnus half-raised his head and fired a psionic beam into the sky, he couldn't stop the meteor from crashing to the ground.

The 'meteor' that crashed to the ground released powerful energy, overturning a group of demons while a beam of light enveloped the now dwindling number of Infinite Warriors, preventing them from being harmed.

Countless demons were banished back to the warp by this single blow!
What helped the current situation the most was that this smash closed half of the subspace rifts!

This directly caused a significant change in the situation: First, a large gap appeared in the cleared battlefield, allowing human troops that were previously blocked at the back to quickly advance and provide support.

The Infinite Warriors, whose numbers were dwindling in the battle, received invaluable support and were pulled back from the brink of annihilation. They also provided Robert with significant assistance—at least now Robert no longer had to expend energy dealing with the minions and could concentrate on fighting the effects of the Chaos Spell Magnus had cast upon him.

Another point is that the number of demons surging out has been greatly reduced.

However, it won't be so easy for Magnus to tear open more warp rifts.

Because Gu Jing has arrived.

To be honest, in the past, if Gu Jing were in a battle of this level, facing an opponent like Magnus, although he wouldn't necessarily be completely out of the game, he would most likely just be a bystander.

Although he was a top-tier psionicist, he was just a psionicist.

Although he had a powerful demon who was captured by his father and turned into a combat assistant, which enhanced his power.

But that's all there is to it.

Could a Tzeentch Archdeacon combined with the strength of at most an Alpha-level psionicist really fight against a 'God's Abomination'?

It is quite difficult.

But after Comoros was captured, his father somehow obtained a fragment of a so-called Eldar god.

That's awesome.

With the added power of this fragment, representing the divine power of 'despair' in hand, his individual strength has also crossed a certain threshold, reaching the level of a divine abomination or a son of a god!

Now, he is not only qualified to participate in battles at this level, but he can even have a key impact on the outcome of the battle!

(End of this chapter)