Warhammer Cultivation: Cultivating the Tao Te Ching in the 40K Universe

Immediately following, a visible white circular ripple spread wildly in all directions from the point where the two clashed.

Wherever this ripple passed, the hard, iron-like black basalt ground of the Urgar Lowlands was instantly compacted.

The originally rugged ground was smooth as a mirror, as if it had been ruthlessly wiped by a giant hand.

Beneath the mirror-like surface, the black rocks, unable to withstand the terrifying pressure and high temperature, underwent lattice restructuring.

It transformed into a black glass sea with a diameter of over ten kilometers!

Only then did the belated roar sound, like a death knell, ring out ten kilometers away.

"Crack...knock..."

The earth's crust emitted a mournful cry of unbearable strain; the entire landmass trembled, fractured, and wailed!

Amidst the swirling crystal dust and energy storm, Horus gripped the tip of the Spear of Bigong tightly.

His power claw armor was creaking, and the adamantite armor covered with black and gold patterns was cracking little by little.

But he blocked it.

His mountain-like, imposing body was pushed back hundreds of meters by this blow, his feet carving two furrows in the glassy ground, but he ultimately managed to block it.

"Not bad strength, my brother."

Horus grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth. His face showed no pain, but rather a fanatical intensity.

"But is this your limit? Is this all the power your so-called 'Dao Heart' can bring you?"

"If that's all... then you're still too lenient!"

Horus swung his left-hand "Boundarybreaker" warhammer with a vengeance.

The hammer did not strike Saint Gilles directly, but instead slammed down at the feet of the two men.

"Give me—kneel down!"

With Horus's roar, a black-gold ripple exploded from the point where the warhammer struck.

To be precise, Horus used the power of the warp to forcibly modify the physical rules of this region, amplifying the concept of "gravity" a hundredfold!

"The increase in entropy of the universe is an irreversible fate! Just as an apple will eventually fall to the ground, just as a star will eventually go out!"

Horus's voice was like a spell, carrying an irresistible majesty.

"This is 'reason'! This is reality! Do you think you can defy the most fundamental laws of the universe with your idealistic will?!"

This force was so great that it even caused light to distort visibly.

Saint Gilles' enormous wings of light suddenly sank, and his previously suspended body was forcefully pressed to the ground.

The golden-red armor on his body emitted a teeth-grinding, twisting sound, as if it would be crushed into a pancake at any moment.

Even the radiance of the angelic image behind him seemed to be dimmed by this gravity.

Saint Gilles closed his eyes.

At this moment, his consciousness entered a mysterious state.

The inherent power of containment, combined with his long-standing contact and understanding with the Daoist Master, the Daoist Academy, and the Daoist Canon, has merged into a new method for using power—

"The heart is not in the intention".

That's just the transmission of nerve signals; it's the body interfering with the soul. Cut it off.

Those are merely the rules of the material world, shackles that bind the body. Ignore them.

If my heart believes I can fly, then nothing in this universe can make me fall.

"The mind is the master of the body..."

Saint Gilles silently recited the mantra in his heart.

When he opened his eyes again, the two divine flames in his golden pupils burned even more fiercely, as if they were about to burn a hole in this turbid world.

"Horus."

"You keep talking about 'reason' and 'reality'."

"But in my eyes..."

Saint Gilles' spear trembled violently, its shaft surging with golden light and transforming into a tangible fluid that flowed down the shaft toward Horus's clutches.

"The way you talk is really un-warriorly!"

The golden fluid had no temperature, but when it touched the black-gold subspace energy surrounding Horus, it reacted violently, like hot oil poured into snow.

"what?!"

Horus's pupils contracted.

He felt a piercing pain that went straight to the depths of his soul.

The golden light was burning his "authority"!

It is dissolving the warp power he used to suppress reality!

"This is impossible! This is the truth of the universe! How could you possibly..."

"Because there is no principle outside of the mind!"

With a sharp shout, Saint Gilles straightened his spine, which had been bent by gravity.

The twelve pairs of light wings behind him flapped with a roar.

This time, it's not about defying gravity.

It negates gravity!

"Get up for me!!!"

The archangel released his spear, and in the instant Horus was distracted by the excruciating pain in his soul, he transformed into a blur and instantly pounced on Horus.

Instead of using a weapon, he simply opened his arms and, in a powerful and impactful gesture, grabbed Horus by the waist.

The immense kinetic energy, combined with the thrust of the light wings, propelled the two directly off the ground.

Chapter 537 Angel vs. War General (Part 2)

"This land cannot bear the weight of our battle..."

Saint Gilles will use his aerial advantage to forcibly change the battlefield!

Saint Gilles, with Horus atop him and the sky filled with black and gold lightning, shot towards the heavens like a rocket traveling in reverse.

"...Then let's go to the sky!!!"

Another huge crater was blown open in the ground.

Two intertwined figures, like a shooting star going against the current, tore through the atmosphere of Istvan V.

The air here is thin and cold, but at this moment it is stirred up like boiling water by the energy fields of the two people.

Horus, recovering from the brief burning of his soul, felt immensely humiliated to be carried and flown by Saint Gilles like a mortal wrestler.

Horus roared, unleashing his black-gold divine power, which formed a visible repulsive ring.

Saint Gilles was thrown back by the force and rolled hundreds of meters backward.

But the wings of light behind him only fluttered slightly, and he regained his balance.

Ten thousand meters above the howling winds, above the rolling thunderclouds.

The archangel reached out and drew the sword from his waist.

This famous sword, which had accompanied him in his conquests across the galaxy, was now completely crimson, its blade trembling and resonating with joy.

If Bi Gong's spear is a divine weapon used to "dispel illusions," then this sword is a sharp weapon used to "take lives."

Saint Gilles held his sword in one hand, and the light wings behind him left dazzling trails in the thunderstorm.

Horus was not to be outdone. He raised his destructive power claws and warhammer, his black cloak fluttering in the gale.

"Today I'll show you what true despair is!"

boom! boom! boom!

The sky cracked open.

The mortals on the ground—if they exist—would look up and see a sight they would never forget.

The originally gloomy and dark sky seemed to have been ripped open with a terrifying wound by a giant claw.

Within that wound, golden lightning and black thunderbolts were frantically intertwining and colliding.

Each collision creates a hole several kilometers in diameter in the clouds.

Each clash between the blade and the claws would unleash a rain of fire, a powerful force that would eventually engulf the entire area.

That was no longer a battle.

It is a reenactment of a myth.

It is a battle between angels and demons in the ninth heaven.

Saint Gilles' sword was incredibly fast, unleashing thousands of strikes in a single second, each aimed precisely at the weak points of Horus' armor, each strike imbued with the conviction of "it will hit."

Horus also demonstrated his formidable strength.

The Breaker wielded his weapons relentlessly, each block carrying a shockwave that shook the very fabric of space, and each counterattack forcing Saint Gilles to change his tactics.

"Your sword is fast! But it's not heavy enough!"

Horus laughed wildly, deflecting Saint Gilles's thrust with his hammer, and then ripped the archangel's shoulder armor off his left shoulder with a claw, leaving three deep, bone-revealing bloodstains on that perfect body.

"You're fast too! But your mind is in turmoil!"

Sanguiles completely ignored the excruciating pain in his shoulder and, with a backhand stroke, sliced ​​off a layer of Horus's scalp, leaving a charred sword mark on his forehead.

Neither of them was on guard.

In other words, at this level of combat, offense is the best defense.

They were like two storms devouring each other, frantically destroying each other's bodies while healing their wounds at a visible speed.

Pure gold and black gold blood splattered in the air, turning into burning flames before even hitting the ground.

With a final, deep, and unsettling sonic boom.

Two beams of light broke through the outermost diffuse layer of Istvan V.

The sound completely disappeared.

They entered a vacuum.

This is near-Earth orbit.

Against the backdrop of countless brilliant yet cold stars, beneath one's feet lies the planetary surface of István V, displaying its graceful curves.

Against the backdrop of this vast universe, where one feels so small.

Two godlike figures faced off across a thousand meters of void.

Horus was surrounded by dense black gold subspace energy, which twisted and collapsed behind him, vaguely forming a domineering small black hole that greedily devoured all the light and heat around him.

The end of despair, the embodiment of entropy increase.

It is an irreversible, dark fate in this cold universe.

And Saint Gilles.

He floats in a vacuum, needing neither to breathe nor to have any medium.

The golden light emanating from its body did not dim in the vacuum; on the contrary, it became even purer and more dazzling because there was no atmosphere to obstruct it.

The twelve pairs of light wings behind him stretched to their limit, almost obscuring the view of half the universe.

It's like a newly born, fiercely burning young star.

Warm, fiery, and imbued with an indomitable vitality, it freely radiates its light and heat in the dark void.

Black holes and stars.

This is the most spectacular astronomical phenomenon in the Eastfan Galaxy at this moment.

"The Emperor is above..."