Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 244 Golden Wings Sprout from the Back
As Nimrod launched his frenzied attack, his mind raced, pondering how to deal with Niyadra Zata the Burner without using extraordinary abilities or artifacts.

To end the battle quickly, you need to strike at his weaknesses.

My "subspace vision" is useless against the Star God; I cannot use this talent to discover his weaknesses.

Weaknesses... "War of Heaven"... Ancient Saints... Eldar...
A thought flashed through Ninglu's mind: psychic energy wasn't exactly a weakness of a Star God in the strict sense, but it did have a special effect on the embodiment of the rules of the physical world.

During the "Battle of Heaven", the Star God suffered a loss when he encountered the Ancient Saint.

Old Man Huang also used his spiritual energy to suppress the Void Dragon fragments.

However, my mental abilities won't be very effective against the Star God.

I received two complete paths from the mind of Eldar Warlord Slaw Da.

The "Way of the Fire Dragon" helps the Burner recover, but the "Way of the Howling Banshee" is different.
Ninglu removed his "war mask" and put on a "howling mask".

The "Howling Mask" is an ability he developed by making initial adaptive adjustments to the "Howling Banshee Way" based on his own situation.

The current "Howling Mask" requires psionic energy to use and cannot be extended to all Order Shadows, but it is perfect for dealing with Star Gods.

The Primarch's eyes flickered with light and shadow as a vast amount of subspace energy converged.

He suddenly opened his mouth, aimed at the back of the Star God, and let out a piercing shriek from the tear in the disintegrating force field.

Although Nimrod did not wear the special mask "Banshee Mask" that amplifies psionic sound waves, which is worn by the Howling Banshee, the piercing shriek he emitted far surpassed that of the Banshee.

The Primarch's powerful psychic energy caused his psychic shriek to surpass even that of Slau Da and the bishops of the Tribal Shrines.

The howl emanating from the Phoenix Lord Jain Zar, the founder of the Howling Banshee faction.

A psychic shriek spiraled into the crack, the sound waves echoing within the golden mechanical eagle's body.

A piercing shriek echoed in the burner's ears, plunging him into agonizing torment.

Fear triggered painful memories, reminding him of the agony of being shattered to pieces by the Silence King's spear.

The already severely damaged Burner is thrown into a state of chaos by the continuous shrieking.

The flames went out of control and ran rampant.

Wearing the "Howling Mask," Nimrod's attacks became even more ferocious, and the Vaal Sword ripped through his golden right wing like a whirlwind.

The golden mechanical eagle lost its balance, spun, and plummeted like a kite with a broken string.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ninglu swung his left arm forcefully and struck the back of the golden mechanical eagle with a powerful blow.

He used the momentum to leap up, trying to pounce on the left wing.

But just as he leaped up, a fireball came crashing down on him.

With a bang, Ninglu was knocked down by the flames and fell into the body of the metal mechanical eagle.

The Primarch felt as if he had fallen into a world of fire, his body enveloped in pure fire energy.

Those were flames hotter than the inside of a star!

The energy of the Star God!
Some of the Necromancers in the Space called it the Essence of the Star Gods.

The Primarch remained calm, landing steadily on the golden living metal and minimizing the flames surrounding his body.

He then determined his location and found that he was quite far from the crack on his back.

He sprinted along the golden, living metal, launching a continuous attack.

The torn liquefied metal, carrying the golden and fiery red essence of the stars, slammed into the Primarch's body.

Metallic spots appeared on the body of the progenitor!

The Primarch suddenly stopped attacking; he clearly sensed that the Star God Fragment had been killed.

Before he could burst out of the crack, the blazing fireball plummeted straight down.

The Medusa were astonished to see the sun, which had just risen in the sky, fall.

Thousands of people knelt on the ground in terror, chanting that the end times were coming and praying for Gorgon's protection.

A blazing fireball crashed into the lava lake, sending up a fire wave several kilometers high.

The Primarch sensed that his body was enveloped in golden liquid metal and golden and fiery red flames.

He tried desperately to break free from the "cage" that bound him, but the essence of the star god and the living metal tightly enveloped his body.

The Emperor and Alphares, along with Phenus Manus, arrived at the lava lake simultaneously from two different directions. The Emperor's golden eyes flashed, his gaze piercing through the layers of lava.

A few seconds later, the golden light in his eyes disappeared, and he smiled at Manus.

"Ninglu, your brother, will gain the same power as your Iron Hand."

Finus Manus's silver liquid eyes returned to their coin shape. "I lost."

The golden mechanical eagle that Nimrod killed possessed the same power as the silver dragon Asimus that he killed.

His genetically engineered brother possesses power that rivals his own.

Alpharis's gaze could not penetrate the magma; he stared curiously at the magma lake.

In the lava lake, Ninglu felt golden liquid enveloping and burning his body.

His muscles, bones, and blood were torn apart, with the pain in his back being particularly intense.

The Primarch felt the Burner's Astral Essence scorching his body; his back was burned away, and his sternum and shoulder blades were melted.

In his spiritual vision, the blood-red chain was dim and lifeless, clearly having reached its limit and temporarily unable to help his body recover.

Ninglu sighed inwardly. Survival was ultimately more important. Even if Old Man Huang was watching him and it would expose the "disorderly country," he had no other choice now.

Just as he was about to flee to the "Land of Chaos," a thought suddenly struck him.

The Primarch sensed that something was growing in his chest and back.

He activated "subspace vision," looking down on himself from a higher perspective.

The Primarch discovered that the essence of the Astral God from his Burner Fragments, mixed with golden living metal, formed a peculiar substance.

These substances are reconstructing parts of his body.

Ninglu immediately recalled that when Fernus Manus killed the Void Dragon Fragment, his carbonized arm was splashed into the silver liquid and reconstructed.

He is now certain that the silver dragon Asimus is a fragment of the Void Dragon.

Having considered this, the Primogen abandoned its plan to flee to the "Land of Chaos" to observe the reconstruction of its own body.

In seconds, his sternum and scapula were reconstructed, and his flesh grew rapidly.

A few seconds later, the Gene Primarch's body was enveloped in golden liquid.

The liquid solidified, coating his body with a layer of golden metal, as if he were wearing a close-fitting golden armor.

The final changes were completed a minute later, and Ninglu murmured in astonishment.

"I have grown a pair of wings, golden wings on my back!"

Ninglu couldn't help but think of Saint Gilles, and thought to himself.

[Having wings on your back is an advantage in battle!]
He then thought: [Manus can concentrate the silver metal in his hands, or spread it to cover his entire arm; I should be able to too.]
With a thought, the metal at his waist instantly liquefied and flowed onto the golden wings on his back.

The lava burned his exposed skin on his waist, but the Primarch felt no burning sensation at all.

Ninglu thought to himself: "After Manus obtained part of the essence of the Void Dragon Fragment, he can be considered the most powerful in terms of physical strength, the most typical example being his arm."

As for me, I received even more Star God essence, and the changes were even greater.

I obtained the essence of the Burning One, the star god; his complete flames were hotter than the interior of a star, and bathing in the lava was no different from soaking in a hot spring.
Ninglu had another idea and tried to make the wings on his back "flow" to other places.

A moment later, the wings did not change at all.

He couldn't help but think to himself: [Manus's hands are always shrouded in silver metal, and I'm the golden wings on his back, the obsession of the golden mechanical eagle, huh?]
Nimrod then recalled that Manus's forging and inventing abilities had become even stronger after he obtained the Iron Hand.

[I obtained the Burner's Fragment, and I also saw a spiritual glow on it; it should be the main material for the high sequence of the "Red Priest" pathway.]

I will definitely gain the ability to use fire!
However, now is not the right time for research.
With a thought, Ning Lu caused the liquid metal to re-cover his waist.

The black armor that the tech priest Malevolus had custom-forged for him was destroyed by flames. Not wanting to be an exhibitionist, he needed golden armor instead.

With a flap of his golden wings, Ninglu's body soared upwards at a speed that shocked even the Primarch.

[Wings formed from the essence of the Star Gods, truly magnificent!]
While he was pondering, he leaped out of the lava lake.

As lava rained down, the Emperor and the others saw the "Golden Angel" fly out of the lake and hover in the air.

(End of this chapter)