Chapter 998, There's no need to be this close.
Chapter 998, There's no need to be this close.
Upon seeing the Imperial Guards of the Alliance, Yan Xin was deeply shocked!
Although the armor styles were slightly different and the color schemes were completely different, he was all too familiar with the postures of these warriors!
How should he approach these so-called "Imperial Guards"? How did Gu Hang manage to do it? What were his feelings? What should he say? ...
Countless questions were swirling in his mind.
But the situation developed in a way that gave him no chance to react at all.
Under the protection of forty Imperial Guards, Gu Jing charged straight toward the rotten throne!
After the mass sacrifices, the number of Nurgle demons and plague zombies on the battlefield has been greatly reduced, and they are now sparse and can no longer form any significant obstacle.
Furthermore, the location where Gu Jing chose to launch his attack was between the Rotten Throne and the absence of any powerful demons!
This was the opportunity he had seized, the space that had been created for him when Qi Bodu sacrificed a low-level demon legion to strengthen the Great Unclean One!
Forty Imperial Guardsmen advanced with unstoppable momentum!
Although Yan Xinzhen had other enemies to deal with, he couldn't help but be drawn to those forty familiar figures.
He discovered that these—the Imperial Guards, let's call them that for now—while they couldn't see anything else, in terms of combat performance alone, they were even more perfect than the Imperial Guards under his command!
Of these forty men, even the worst among them had reached the level of a flag bearer in the Imperial Guard; more than ten of them had reached the level of a company commander in the Imperial Guard; and the three or four of the best were fully qualified to be civil protectors.
This level of Imperial Guard was already incredibly formidable. Even Yan Xinzhen would find it difficult to assemble such a force from his own Imperial Guard. He would have to draw a third of the civilian protectors from various companies, and then another tenth of the company commanders from the entire Imperial Guard…
While the number may seem small, it's important to understand that each protector and company commander has their own responsibilities. Removing them would be easy, but it would significantly limit the functions of the Imperial Guard.
The forces he has brought with him to participate in this decisive battle are not as strong as this Imperial Guard that was suddenly teleported here!
And it was only natural that they were able to break through the Nurgle army's defenses, which had been thinned by sacrifices.
Is this enough to send Gu Jing to the behemoth on the rotten throne?
can.
But are they capable of killing that hateful monster that the former Imperial Prime Minister has become?
It doesn't look like it will work.
Even though Qi Bodu had not been personally involved in the battles before, just looking at his body, which was even larger than that of an ordinary Great Impure One, and the demonic power swirling around him, one could tell that he was definitely a very difficult opponent.
More importantly, Qibodu is not only powerful, but also possesses a characteristic shared by all Nurgle demons—it is difficult to kill.
They may not have as many tricks up their sleeves as Tzeentch, as good at disguising and bewitching as Slaanesh, or as ferocious as Khorne... but Nurgle has one major characteristic: it is extremely resilient to life!
These great impure beings exemplify this to a very high degree. Their vitality is so tenacious that the battle would have been over long ago—regardless of victory or defeat.
Qi Bodu, the demon prince, is even stronger and receives more blessings from the evil god, which means he is even more difficult to kill.
Killing him wouldn't be a simple matter of a raid or beheading.
Moreover, if it cannot be killed in one go, it will quickly recover, which will prolong the entire battle.
Forty Imperial Guardsmen were indeed formidable, but based on Qi Bodu's understanding of their strength, even the most powerful of them wouldn't be capable of taking down a Demon Prince in a single attack.
Gu Jing, of course, is a powerful psychic master.
Unfortunately, even with the combat power of a son of God, he still lacked the strength to instantly kill Nurgle, the Demon Prince.
Even severe damage won't work.
If Qibodu isn't killed quickly, the Nurgle power within him will rapidly heal his wounds. Furthermore, the surrounding Greater Unclean will swiftly rush back to defend and rescue the Demon Prince who sustains their existence.
At that time, Gu Jing and the forty Imperial Guards he summoned will most likely die in the siege.
Even if others wanted to rescue him, it would be very difficult. But Yan Xinzhen didn't believe that Gu Jing was courting death.
He believed that Gu Jing must have a backup plan.
He was expecting something to happen.
It's not just about winning this battle, but also about proving something.
Some of the things he wanted to verify were things he had thought about himself, and some were things Robert had told him.
But whatever it is, he has to see it with his own eyes.
His expectations were not disappointed.
Qi Bodu felt threatened.
He was not afraid.
He believed that these humans were reckless. They were too eager for quick success and victory, and set their sights on an object they could not handle.
And he will teach them a profound lesson.
In particular, under the protection of those strange, silver-armored warriors, Qi Bodu recognized who they were.
The face that bore a striking resemblance to the person he hated filled him with immense excitement.
Although I can't kill Gu Hang, killing his son would be a very satisfying thing.
With a casual wave of his hand, a giant plague scythe appeared out of thin air. The three Imperial Guards soldiers who rushed to the front reacted and tried to dodge, but the giant scythe was too big and the sweeping area was too wide, so they couldn't dodge it at all. They could only try to block, but in the end, their weapons were knocked away, and they were also sent flying into the air along with their armor.
Upon landing, a deep mark was already visible on the armor—the fact that it hadn't been severed by the scythe proved the formidable power armor worn by the Imperial Guards.
Unfortunately, it still couldn't save its owner's life.
The fallen Imperial Guard soldier was already lifeless.
But it was too late, and Gu Jing figured that the current position was enough.
As Qi Bodu's giant scythe swung down for the second time, heading straight for him, Gu Jing suddenly opened his arms wide.
A corner of the subspace was torn open from another direction, and a figure appeared in front of Gu Jing.
Qi Bodu thought he was seeing things.
What did he see?
He actually saw Gu Hang!
That's too much...
"There's no need to be this close." Gu Hang chuckled, and myriad thunderbolts bloomed before him.
The massive scythe was dismantled, and then all the expressions on Qi Bodu's fat face, where only his eyebrows and features could be vaguely discerned, froze.
But before his expression could change, his enormous, seemingly invincible body was electrolyzed into a cloud of gray smoke.
(End of this chapter)
