The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2544: Battle of the Temple (Part )

2545: Battle of the Temple (II)
Sarris had already drawn his lightsaber and slashed at the statue's feet several times, but he couldn't even leave a trace! The statue's fist, which was bigger than several people, had already smashed down!

In panic, Sarris dodged quickly, but she did not forget to push the Hydra into the corner in her desperation.

At the same time, the reliefs of the alchemical monsters they had just passed by also lit up with strange lights. Then, the shadows of dark alchemical beasts floated out from the reliefs. This time, they did not mind their own business as before, but pounced on them with their fangs and claws bared!
Jerrick and the others also immediately drew out their lightsabers to meet the enemy, but what was surprising was that although the lightsabers could scatter the shadows of these alchemical beasts with one strike, they quickly regrouped and pounced again!

The scene was in chaos, and several of Jerrick's men slashed at the flying alchemy beasts. But just doing this would not solve any problems, and they would eventually die of exhaustion.

However, in this situation, Black Hole and the two judges he brought with him, Jan Droga and Fa-Zor, had no intention of taking any action and just stood aside and watched the show.

Sarris hid here and there, and she found that she could not hurt the huge statue at all. Finally, she thought of a way, and used the powerful force to lift up a huge rock next to it, and swung her hands violently, and the boulder smashed towards the statue!
Boom!!! With a loud bang, the statue was finally knocked to its knees.

Taking this opportunity, Sarris quickly retreated to the corridor. The statue was too big to enter, so she could only lie on the ground and reach out to grab it. Sarris didn't care about anything else, and ran madly with the Hydra, and the huge palm followed behind her.

She finally leaped forward and fell to the ground, rolling several times. After all, the statue's arms were not long enough. It stabbed the corridor several times, but when it found that it could not shake the structure of the temple, it retracted its hands.

Meanwhile, Jerrick shouted, "Destroy these reliefs!"

As he spoke, he raised his lightsaber and fiercely stabbed it into the relief in front of him! The glowing relief flickered, and the light shattered like glass. At the same time, one of the alchemical beasts in the sky suddenly disappeared.

Others quickly followed suit, using lightsabers to attack the reliefs. Finally, after a chaotic scene, all the phantoms were resolved. However, the road ahead was still blocked by the huge statue.

Jerick turned around and asked, "My Lord, I think that statue is of Lucian Dray, the leader of the Jedi Covenant thousands of years ago. It should have been moved here by those people from the Kingdom of Dawn... This statue is made of materials that can resist lightsabers, which is a bit troublesome. Otherwise, how about we take another route?"

He was originally in charge of archaeology in the Jedi Order, so he could naturally make out a lot about these ancient relics, especially those of the Jedi Order itself.

“Hahaha…” Black Hole sneered, “Are you stumped by just this statue? Jerrick. You disappoint me so much.”

Jerick quickly said, "My Lord, that's not the case. I'm just worried that the people from the Kingdom of Dawn might be lying in ambush nearby... maybe even the Angel of Death is here..."

Black Hole said coldly: "Of course I know there is a trap here. That's why I came here. If the Angel of Death is also here... hehe, that would be great. Keep going and get rid of that statue."

"Yes……"

……

Deep in the temple ruins, there are skeletons of various shapes and sizes scattered everywhere, as well as many broken experimental instruments. It looks like this should be the place where the God of Destruction Coleman Law used to experiment with the Dark Alchemy Beast.

"I'm afraid that statue won't be able to hold back the judges for long." It was Judgment who spoke.

She was wearing a black bodysuit, a mask decorated with black feathers, and her long braids hung down her head.

"It's just making the best use of it. It's useless to put it on the Dray II satellite, and the Protoss don't like it either. They think it's garbage." The priestess stood on the other side, observing a broken altar. "The stone statue can block their progress and tell them that we are here. That's enough."

"But there are so many of them that it's hard for us to fight back. If only there was something useful here. This temple... seems to be completely dead. No matter how many miracles once existed in it, they have now disappeared... buried in the ruins of time..." Judgment felt a little emotional, because she was also a person who crawled out of the 'ruins of time'.

"So... the Hydra is the key." Under the mask, the priestess showed a cold and cruel smile, "Black Hole and the others would never have thought that the Hydra, which seemed to have become a cripple, had actually been sacrificed to the God of Destruction..."

Judgment sighed slightly and said: "Such a fate is too cruel for her."

"Hmph!" The priestess snorted coldly, "She was once a Jedi Master. She betrayed the Jedi Order and joined the Inquisition, aiding and abetting the evil. I don't know how many Jedi Knights who escaped from Order 66 died at her hands! Now she is just using her humble life to atone for her sins! You feel pity for her, but what about the countless people she killed? Who can pity them?"

Judgment looked at the priestess and said, "I don't think you were like this when you were in the Jedi Order."

"So it turns out that's wrong." The priestess said coldly, "The dark side is just a key to unlock the shackles for me. Be prepared..."

She obviously didn't want to talk about this topic, so she raised her hand and used the Force to reposition the scattered altar fragments around her. With a flash of green light, a hidden passage appeared in the center.

Looking at the dark and deep stairs, Judgment frowned, "Are you sure you want to go down? Since coming here, I have lost the foresight of the Force. But no matter how I look at it, this passage doesn't look very safe."

"This is the only legacy of the God of Destruction, Coleman Law. He completely disappeared without a trace a hundred thousand years ago, along with the countless believers he created, and this temple was reduced to ashes." The priestess said quietly, "Your Majesty has never been wrong in what he said."

Judgment nodded slightly. She naturally trusted Darth Malthael wholeheartedly. She came to the entrance first, turned on the lightsaber as a light, and walked straight down.

...Boom~~~~~The huge stone sculpture finally collapsed completely under the continuous attacks. The core driven by the Force was completely destroyed. The entire stone sculpture collapsed suddenly, revealing the metal mechanical skeleton inside.

This statue of Lucian Dray, the former leader of the Jedi Covenant, was transported thousands of miles to an unknown star region and was finally blown to pieces.

Jerrick and his men were out of breath and almost half dead.

Faced with this giant force machine that was almost completely immune to lightsaber attacks, they had to use the surrounding environment to lift up the remains of the temple and smash them hard. Fortunately, the material of the temple was very special and was able to break the defense of the statue.

"Take a break, they are just ahead." Black Hole said coldly.

Jerick collapsed to the ground.

After resting for a while, they continued to move forward, following the vague force, and followed the path that the priestess and her companions had taken before to the deepest part of the temple.

And here, they finally saw the true appearance of Coleman Law, the God of Destruction - a statue stood in the center of an altar.

All I saw was a person with two hands and two feet, but his body structure was very different from that of a human, and he had two pairs of three-jointed claws on his shoulders and back. In fact, apart from those claws, this person looked very normal, and he was not wearing the armor full of barbs as imagined.

However, the only very strange thing is that he has no head. In other words, his entire head is a huge eye! And this eye does not seem to grow on the body, but an eye made of energy!
This image makes Coleman Law look full of weirdness.

"Will this statue come back to life?" Senior Judge Jerrick felt his legs go weak as he looked at the statue.

"Of course not. Because this thing is just a statue." A cold female voice came, "If it had any possibility of moving, it would not have survived the catastrophe a hundred thousand years ago."

Two people stepped out of the shadows—the priestess and the judge.

“Hehehehehehe… I was wondering who was hiding here. I didn’t expect it to be you, Depa Billaba, hehehehe…” The black hole laughed strangely, “Why, didn’t Tang Xiao come? That’s such a pity.”

"With your strength, you are not worthy of His Majesty coming in person." The priestess said coldly, raised her hand and a blood-red lightsaber shot out instantly.

Judgment on the side also opened his lightsaber with a yellow light blade.

"Kill them." Black Hole said coldly.

Jerrick and his men rushed forward immediately. There were five of them in total, and the situation immediately became five against two. Moreover, there was Black Hole and two other judges behind them to support them. Even though they had just been consumed by the huge statue, they still had a huge advantage.

Jerick immediately felt confident. He knew Depa Billaba when he was in the Jedi Order. As a disciple of Master Windu, Depa Billaba's lightsaber swordsmanship can be said to be the pinnacle, and he is one of the strongest in the Jedi Order. But so what? There are eight people on his side! And among them is a top dark side expert like Black Hole.

With the addition of the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer parked near the planet, no matter what traps there are on the planet Dawn, they can be crushed head-on! He now understands why Black Hole brought the useless Hydra with him, because bringing her with him can ensure that no matter what hidden problems she has, it will not affect the Hegemony Super Star Destroyer. It can be said that they are directly invincible!
Faced with this obviously trap, the choice of the Galactic Empire is to strike hard! Destroy all the traps head-on! Jerrick also understood that Black Hole might not care whether the message conveyed by Hydra was true or not. His goal from the beginning was to eat up the trap of the Kingdom of Dawn!
And now they have actually found the temple of Coleman Law, the god of destruction, which is an unexpected surprise.

Jerick and the priestess faced off. The priestess had fallen into the dark side for a long time, which made her character more radical and violent imperceptibly, but at the same time, it also made the seventh sword technique she used, Wapad, more sharp!
She attacked frantically, both in strength and speed. On the other side, Mao also joined the battle waving two lightsabers. After his lower body was shattered by Arden Lin's kick, he installed an anti-gravity device on his waist, and the two lightsabers were suspended in the air and swung like propellers.

But even so, the priestess remained unafraid. She was able to gain the upper hand when fighting two people alone, and Jerrick kept retreating.

"Hahahahaha! Here they come! Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill...hahahahaha!" At this time, the pale Twi'lek Bocas-Aika also rushed over. He laughed crazily, even drooling at the corners of his mouth. But in his madness, his strength was actually the strongest among the few people here!

He slashed down fiercely with his sword, and even the ground was shaking under the influence of the Force! He raised his hand and grabbed it, and countless huge rocks flew over from all directions and smashed towards the priestess.

Among the three of them, Mao is the weakest, but also the most flexible. Jerick and Bocas-Aika also have the strength of Jedi Masters.

On the other side, Sarris and Yun teamed up to fight against Judgment, but the situation was not optimistic. Because it seemed that the two were evenly matched, but Judgment fought the enemy with one hand from beginning to end. She always maintained her remaining strength and kept observing the battlefield.

Judgment was now using the second sword technique, Makashi, and his sword strikes were extremely tricky, like a venomous snake. Sarris clearly felt that Judgment was now stronger than Count Dooku back then, even though he was also using the second sword technique! This was something she had always been holding back!
What on earth were they planning? Were they planning to kill all eight of them? Sarris dodged Judgment's sword from his ribs in a slightly awkward manner, and used the Force to block the sharp gravel that suddenly hit him from the other side, feeling more and more uneasy.

The two had obviously arrived at the temple in advance, and they were also very familiar with the place. The reliefs of the alchemical beasts were probably tampered with by them. They also had time to move the huge Lucien Dray statue here, which showed that they were fully prepared.

So here’s the problem…

What exactly did they prepare?
At this moment, Sarris suddenly saw that under the mask, the corners of Judgment's mouth suddenly curled up slightly.

not good!