Warhammer 40k: Melee Warriors

But this is by no means a long-term solution. As Yamahar quickly becomes familiar with Komi's movements, Komi will inevitably be beaten to the ground and unable to get up.

Fortunately, Komi wasn't alone. While he was struggling here, the two demons, Gouzi and Mimi, circled around to the corrupted tree from the side. Yamahar couldn't move with this psionic creation connected to the ark's keel yet.

They want to sever the umbilical cord connecting Yamahar and the Ark's infinite circuit, preventing this demon from gaining more power.

Who wants to go first?

Looking at the wet thing in front of him, Mimi really couldn't bring himself to eat it. He couldn't help but glance at the dog, hoping that his colleague wouldn't be a picky eater.

"You really have no luck with food." The dog rolled its eyes at Mimi, opened its mouth wide and bit down on the thick umbilical cord. It swallowed the flesh and blood formed by demonic power and the spirit soul flowing within it. It believed that Gu Jian would not investigate this matter afterward.

Mimi used the dog's back to jump onto the tree trunk, trying to dig Fuda out. Despite being only a half-spirit, Fuda was unharmed in such a high concentration of corruption, and Komi believed there was a reason why Fuda was bound to the tree.

Sure enough, he was distracted while the dog was eating Yamahar's umbilical cord, and as soon as Mimi's hand touched the bark of the tree next to Fuda, it immediately drew a hateful curse from Yamahar.

"Who!" Yamahar turned around abruptly, and was taken aback when he found that it was two unclaimed demons interfering with him.

When did these two sneak in? How come I didn't know?

Taking advantage of Yamahar's distraction, Komi immediately jumped up and slashed rapidly. The critical hit made Yamahar tremble all over from the pain.

"Get out of my way!" The deep, bone-revealing wounds meant nothing to Yamahar. He raised his hand, which was hidden in the hem of his clothes, and slapped it onto Komi's chest. This blow made Komi's soul breastplate as light as air.

Being targeted by a powerful demon is no pleasant experience. Mimi immediately quickened her pace, her shadow-formed claws digging furiously at the tree trunk, but this was still not enough to free Fidel from the tree's embrace.

Yamahar, with a mouthful of saliva in his mouth, spat it out onto Mimi's busy back, instantly piercing through the demon's body.

Mimi screamed, his survival instinct driving him to flee behind a tree. His hasty movements caused his claws to scratch Fuda's body, and the blood of the half-spirit, whose effects even Gu Jian couldn't understand, dripped onto the tree.

In an instant, Yamahar was struck as if by lightning. His body, which had not fallen even when Komi struck him fiercely, staggered and almost knelt on the ground.

"Hmm... what is this feeling..."

Yamahar asked with a ferocious expression, and the only one who could answer him was Komi, who was staring blankly at the Soul Crystal Tree.

What kind of power is this? The blood of that half-spirit Fuda actually caused the souls in the infinite circuits to merge together, unifying complex thought processes and myriad desires.

Komi immediately ordered the dog, who was engrossed in eating the umbilical cord, "Dog! Cut open Fuda's aorta!"

The dog immediately looked up and pounced without hesitation, a stark contrast to Mimi, who was huddled behind a tree licking her wounds.

He swung a claw and sliced ​​open Fuda's throat. A large amount of blood gushed out with the pumping of his heart. More blood mingled with more souls. Yamahar, as if his trachea was blocked, scratched his neck with both hands, trying to get some fresh air.

At the same time, Yamahar's image has also undergone a great change. His body with eyes is degenerating, his superfluous organs are falling off, his demonic symbols are crumbling, and his image is struggling to evolve into a true Eldar.

"No! No! My perfect body! My perfect body!" Yamahar was horrified by his own transformation. He tried to stop the process and deliberately severed the umbilical cord connecting him to the tree.

This move finally ended his degeneration process, but it also left him too weak to withstand Komi's attacks.

Komi stepped on Yamahar's ankle, aiming his knife at Yamahar's shrunken body like a butcher who had been cutting meat for years.

"No!" With Yamahar's scream, Komi pierced his heart, severed his head, and took the demon's soul into the hall to be molded into bricks.

The demon is dead, but the Ark's anomalies have not ended; Fidelity's blood continues to merge with the souls in the infinite circuits.

Komi did not treat Fuda, who had lost a lot of blood. He touched the tree trunk, and two demons squatted beside him, guarding him.

By reaching into it with his own soul in order to obtain more information, Koji discovered that Fuda's blood not only fused the souls of the Eldar together, but also incorporated the lingering poison left behind by Yamahar.

Looking at the aggregate of souls that occasionally rippled with pink and purple light, Koken suddenly felt that the process of its birth was so similar to that of Slaanesh's birth.

The only difference is that one actively devoured the Spirit Race like popcorn, while the other passively merged with them through the special properties of their blood.

Can this thing be moved back into the living room? Is there any danger in doing so?

After hesitating for a moment, Koji gritted his teeth and decided to take the thing into the room for research. If something went wrong, he would have to take out the trade license and burn it.

As he took out the Soul Bricks one by one to form a door leading to the pure white hall, Komi suddenly realized that his inventory was not enough to contain the entire thing.

In desperation, Komi thought of the nearest fortress, the Eye of the Distant.

Perhaps I can use the space within that fortress to contain this thing... As for the method... how about controlling this ark to crash into it head-on?

Koken thought it was feasible, so he immediately used the Forged Throne to contact Phitia and asked her to release the attraction of the Eye of the Faraway Fortress to pull the ark there.

Without asking any questions, Fithia began to draw the soulless, grayish ark towards him. This was not a difficult task for the Eye of the Far East Fortress, which was enveloped by a massive black hole and only needed to adjust a few numbers to cause fluctuations in the balanced gravity.

The fortress's system was displeased with Fithia's underhanded tactics, and he readjusted the altered data. However, the resulting gravitational fluctuations were enough to draw the Ark in.

The ark plummeted toward the Eye of the Faraway Fortress like a sharp thorn. The commotion finally jolted Novia out of her nightmare. She gasped for breath, still shaken, and questioned everything she saw with irrational disbelief.

"What on earth happened here?!"

Komi replied with a slightly manic laugh, "Never ridden a roller coaster before? Then you should definitely experience it!"

Sensing the soul polymer still fusing and expanding within the infinite circuit, Novia sat there speechless, her trembling lips unable to utter the name of any god to save her.

The Ark groaned under the tearing force of the black hole's gravity before disappearing into the darkness that devoured the light.

Chapter 505: The Rational Use of Mechanisms

Koken underestimated the tearing force of the black hole and overestimated the sturdiness of the Eldar Ark. After losing the nourishment of the soul, the grayish-white spirit bones were not much stronger than the low-quality alloy produced by any random imperial world.

Soon, the enormous ancient ark disintegrated from the outside in under the tearing action of the black hole. According to Koken's estimation, the ark could not possibly have survived until it crashed into the Eye of the Distant Fortress.

What should I do now? Scatter the souls and let them return to the infinite loop to stabilize the ark's structure?

As he pondered, Gu Jian felt an unusual heat on his neck. He reached in and touched it, discovering that the ancient coin fragments he had strung on his necklace were emitting a dazzling light, as if reminding him of something.

The passive state of being protected from death!

Komi's eyes lit up. This fragment could block a fatal attack for him, and the protection range was quite wide. When Marcus jumped straight from the warship to the ground, he should have been killed by the fall, but he was not only unharmed, but even his armor was not scratched.

If one can tightly intertwine one's life with this ark, allowing the ark's collapse to threaten one's own life, then could one passively protect the ark's structure by relying on the protection of the Komi fragments?

Komi has always been an action-oriented person who would do anything if he had a bold idea. In order to ensure that Fuda's blood could still influence the fusion of souls, he directly cut off one of Fuda's arms and legs with a knife to splash blood. Then he fed him a mouthful of his own life-saving blood, dug it out of the tree with his hands, and handed it over to the two demons to guard.

Next, Koji shrank into the tree hole prepared for Fuda, releasing his soul onto the crystal tree trunk, which then flowed into the ark's keel.

At this moment, Gu Jian felt as if the Ark was being torn apart by the gravity of the black hole, just like he was being subjected to the torture of being slowly sliced ​​to death.

But this is still nothing! It's far less than the excruciating pain of being scorched by the Emperor's fire!

Koji laughed maniacally amidst his pain. The thought of enduring the suffering required to obtain the trade license made him realize that he was no longer afraid of any physical pain.

No... the tearing is too slow... by the time it reaches a point that threatens my life, the Ark will just be a worthless empty shell.

Koji, in a fit of rage, directly ordered Fithia to continue causing fluctuations in the black hole's gravitational pull. Fithia immediately outwitted the fortress's system and successfully modified several data points right under his nose.

The force suddenly increased, and the outermost solar sails were almost completely torn apart. The exposed spires outside the ecological sphere were also not spared and were swallowed into the black hole.

Just now it felt like being slowly sliced ​​to death; now it feels like having your bones cracked.

Komi felt as if someone had grabbed his index and middle fingers and torn them apart, forcefully splitting his palm, hand bones, and the entire back of his arm.

Isn't that enough? Isn't this enough to cause death?

Koji gritted his teeth and persevered, inwardly complaining about the tenacity of life. Just as his consciousness began to blur, the warmth of the ancient coin fragment on his neck suddenly vanished, and a crisp sound rang in his ears.

Success! The passive skill "Shelter" has been triggered!

Koji was overjoyed. Although his body was still suffering from pain, he did not feel any more trauma. The constantly disintegrating ark had withstood the enormous pressure brought by the black hole.

Thus, the teetering ark finally completed its final journey. Its mottled tip pierced the outer shell of the Eye of the Faraway Fortress. Relying on the impact force brought by its enormous mass, the ark easily pierced through the fortress's outer shell and continued to penetrate deeper.

Komi could sense that the Ark was not only physically connected to the Eye of the Far East Fortress, but that the infinite circuits and soul paths within it were also producing interesting reactions.

He dared not waste any time, so he split one part of his soul into two different bodies. Using Otto's body, which was bound in the crystal tree trunk, and Bai Yuheng's body on the original throne, he exerted his strength together and forcibly sent the increasingly large fused soul aggregate into the intricate soul path of the Eye of the Faraway Fortress.

While busy navigating the sea of ​​data in the fortress, Fetia detected this large, unfamiliar mass of data from outside. Startled, she then took control of all the fortress structures she could currently manage, following Komi's orders, to proactively welcome the arrival of this soul aggregate.

In terms of scale, this is a magnificent project.

This aggregate of souls contains the souls of all the dead spirits that have existed on this ark since its construction. Koken believes that there are at least tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of spirits within it.

The Soul Path, which encompasses the aggregate of souls, is an unrepeatable miracle. The creatures existing in the galaxy today are insufficient to support the construction of this project. If we compare the current creatures with those of the War of Heaven, it's like putting a wasteland and a rainforest together.

Novia knelt to the side, staring blankly at Komi's actions. She felt she should stop Komi, but she couldn't muster any motivation.

Just as she saw and heard in her dream.

Her ark is destroyed. Impurity flows through its infinite loops, and every Eldar living there is destined to be corrupted. Even if they are redeemed today, they will face destruction tomorrow.

Perhaps... dying here isn't such a bad outcome after all...

Novia gave a sad smile, then lowered her head, her hair falling down to obscure her despairing face.

Komi didn't glance at Novia; he was focused solely on his work.

Push and pull, exert force from both ends.

Even so, Koken expended considerable effort to send the soul aggregate into the Soul Path. When he finished, the soul aggregate floated quietly in the Soul Path. The pale purple light it emitted was so conspicuous against the pale and silent Soul Path that even Koken couldn't help but admire it a few more times.

It's in there, so what happens next?

Koken felt that staying here and watching idly wouldn't solve anything, so he approached the aggregate of souls and placed his hand on it.

Seeing that the soul aggregate did not react, Gu Jian tried to squeeze it again, and he easily plucked a small piece of soul from it into his hand.

What use is this thing?

Compared to the solidity of the soul brick, this soul ball was soft and mushy, like mud used for filling gaps. Koji fiddled with the soul ball in both hands, estimating its dilution and viscosity.

The longer he touched it, the more intuition arose in Koken. He brought the soul cluster back to the Ark from the Soul Path and looked at Novia thoughtfully.

"Novia! Open your mouth!" Komi roughly grabbed Novia's hair, pulled her face up, and then forcibly fed the soul ball in his hand into her mouth.

Novia did not resist, nor did she even scream. She endured Komi's brutal actions like a corpse, swallowing the soul fragments of unknown effect one by one.

Chapter 506: Komi's New Product

Novia's obvious suicidal attitude surprised Komi, and he couldn't help but slow down his movements.

Novia consumed the Soul Bomb, and within seconds she began to cough. Her tall, slender Elven body underwent changes, giving her many physical similarities to the half-elven Fuda.

But Koken could still sense that Novia's soul was still what a Spirit should be like, shining and solid, beautiful in color, aroma and taste.

So the only use for this soul aggregate is to create half-spirits whose bloodline leans more towards the spirit race? That's a pretty useless effect...

Koji was too lazy to look at Novia's changes. He was unwilling to accept it and felt that the soul aggregate he had painstakingly transported should not only have this one effect.

He began to continuously extract soul fragments and bring them out, combining them with his own belongings to test their effects.

Treatment effect? ​​None...