Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 381 The "Ferryman" Mask

The mythical creature detonated most of its body, releasing a shockwave from a colossal "flesh and blood bomb" that struck Nimrod's body directly.

Caught off guard, he was thrown into the air and tumbled several times.

Ninglu folded his golden wings to steady himself; his armor was pitted and covered in blood and flesh.

Large sections of his chest armor were corroded and crumbled into pieces.

With a thought, Ning Lu's golden wings rapidly spread across his entire body, sweeping away all flesh and blood.

The black armor was instantly covered in living metal, its wings flapped, and the Primarch's consciousness spread out.

A moment later, the Primarch captured the three heads.

The mythical creature form has ended!
Its mythical creature form is incomplete and is not Sequence 2.

It should be above sequence 4, therefore it should be an extraordinary organism at the sequence 3 level.
Nimrod thought of Sequence 3 of the "Hanged Man" pathway, "Three-Headed Sanctuary," which has three heads.

[Strange, I haven't seen it use its herding ability.]
Nimrod's consciousness followed the three rolling heads, and as the mythical creature form ended, the two protruding heads retracted.

The entire head tumbled inside the Void Whale's body, its three mouths opening wide as flesh and blood surged into them.

The neck, which had been severely damaged by the explosion, began to heal rapidly.

Ning Lu flapped his wings, thinking to himself.

There are three possibilities.

One possibility is that there are no souls inside the Void Whale that it has its eye on. Although I haven't encountered any other powerful monsters along the way, the Void Whale, with its body that is 3,200 kilometers long, may contain countless creatures.

Moreover, something is better than nothing.
Ninglu believes this possibility is very small.

Another possibility is that it hasn't developed any abilities other than flesh and blood, just like Black Wolf, who only possesses the ability to "forcefully pull people into dreams".

The final possibility is that these mythical beings only possess a subset of the abilities, unlike extraordinary beings who possess all of them.
While Ning Lu was pondering, he had already caught up with the rolling head.

One of the mythical creatures happened to see the approaching golden figure.

[I just detonated most of my body to create a giant bomb, but it had no effect.]
After being shocked, it tried to detonate its body again.

This time, its goal was not to kill the enemy, but to escape.

It is "immortal" and can recover even if only one cell remains. As it prepares to detonate its body, it disperses countless cells to escape.

Just as it was about to make its move, Ninglu raised his power boxing gloves and pushed them forward.

A viscous, transparent liquid completely enveloped the three heads.

The faint crimson glow that emanated from the weakened three heads was instantly frozen before it could erupt.

After using "imprisonment" to bind the three heads, Nimrod moved the "amber"-like object into the "Land of Chaos".

Ninglu did not immediately return to the real world. He went to the third layer of space and picked up the bone mask.

He obtained the mask from the Temple of the Great Wolf Morkai in Fenris some time ago, but never used it.

By using the third layer of space and establishing a connection with the bone mask, Ninglu knew that the mask corresponded to the "Ferryman" of the "Death" pathway sequence 3.

Although he gains access to an army of the dead, everything around him will slowly wither away, as if wading through a river of death.

The cost is too high; it's not worth the effort.

Now is a good time to use the mask. The Void Whale is home to many creatures, a significant portion of which are powerful and not ingredients for potions.

Most importantly, there are no other living beings around, and since the extraordinary properties are immortal, the potion ingredients will not become ineffective due to death.
While Ninglu was pondering, he picked up the bone mask and put it on his face.

The mask covered the upper half of his face, and he immediately felt a chill spread from his forehead and temples to other parts of his body.

However, the "ferryman's" mask did not have any impact on the surrounding space.

Ninglu then returned to the real world, and a cold wind blew up without warning.

The primordial organism could keenly sense that the surroundings were rapidly becoming cold and damp.

The flesh and blood of the Void Whale turned grayish-white and began to slowly decay.

With its golden wings flapping, Ninglu flew forward at high speed.

In the blink of an eye, he had already covered five kilometers at high speed, and a group of toad-like monsters with a bright blue body appeared in his sight.

In Nimrod's sight, they possessed no trace of spiritual radiance. The spirituality of the "Corrupted Baron" spread to the bone masks.

Whoosh whoosh!
The chilling green mist spread rapidly, enveloping the entire population of Azure Toads.

Within the green mist, the pitch-black eyes were devoid of any life, sending chills down the blue toad's spine.

An invisible, gigantic claw appeared out of thin air and slammed down on the toads' feet.

Accompanied by a terrifying shriek, green mist rose up and transformed into a strange gate.

Crunch!

The illusory gate opened, and green vines stretched out eagerly.

The vines wrapped around the bodies of the blue toads, pulling them toward the gate.

The green toads struggled in panic, their forelimbs gripping the flesh tightly.

More vines spread over and tightly wrapped around them.

Accompanied by screams of terror, one blue toad after another was pulled through the gate.

Bang!

The illusory gate closed, and all the blue toads were dragged into it.

Ninglu flapped its wings and flew forward for four kilometers.

He hovered in the air, below him a group of crab-like creatures.

They also lack any spiritual radiance.

Nimrod's spirituality spread once more toward the bone mask, green mist rose, and the illusory gate opened.

Countless vines spread out, reaching towards the crab creature.

The crab-like creatures, moving in a straight line, emitted piercing screams as they swung their claws, stabbing viciously into the rock-like flesh of the Void Whale.

Dozens of crab-like creatures were pulled up by vines and dragged through the gate.

But there were many more crabs, their claws creaking as they stubbornly clung to the fleshy rocks.

At that moment, a toad with grayish-white skin jumped out from the void gate.

As they jumped, they sprayed green slime at the crab claws.

With a crackling sound, the crab claws were corroded and melted, and the crab-shaped creature could no longer resist the pulling force of the vines.

Amidst the howling sound, they were pulled into the illusory gate.

Ninglu continued flying forward, collecting potion ingredients while using the "Ferryman" mask to gather undead creatures.

At the same time, the Void Whale lost a large amount of flesh and blood, and was also affected by the withering power of the "Ferryman", rapidly heading towards death.

He charged all the way to the tail of the Void Whale and pierced a path with the Spear of Dionysus.

After flying out of the Void Whale's body, he turned around and looked at the Void Whale.

The original genome was discovered, and the Void Whale was already dead.

He flew to the tail of the Void Whale, ascended to the seventh level of Magnus's mental state, and his mental power surged forth.

The seventh state of mind created by Magnus can directly use mental power to lift heavy objects.

Ning Lu's eyes flickered with light and shadow, his mental energy surging.

The Void Whale's massive body began to move, propelled by the warp tides and Nimrod, emerging from the Caligum Gate.

The Fifth Fleet dispersed in accordance with the Primarch's orders.

To their astonishment, they saw a colossal object fly out of the warp gate.

The entire process lasted for two full sidereal days.

The final scan of all the ships showed that the whale-like creature was 3,205 kilometers long.

With the Void Whale blocking the gate, the Caligan Gate can finally be put into use.

(End of this chapter)