Warhammer 40 A New Hope

The Necrons' phase blade works by allowing the blade to constantly enter and exit two spaces, thus achieving the ability to cut through everything. Even the hardest armor cannot defend against this attack which is almost equivalent to cutting through space.

However, the phase blade that was now flashing green light was actually blocked by the glowing unknown tattoo on Balder's body - Freya's blessing to Balder was resisting the attack, preventing it from cutting Balder's flesh.

“Not strong enough!”

Snap--!

The phase blade flashing with green light was interrupted by a blow from Balder's powerful body. Then the powerful Norse god grabbed the mechanical servant in front of him that was attacking him and twisted his head off, splashing oil and blood everywhere.

Just like that, this experimental servitor that embodied a lot of the Mechanicus's efforts and various cutting-edge technologies was easily dismantled by Balder, and it is still being dismantled further.

"It's not that the phase blade attack didn't work." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the small wound on Balder's waist that was healing. "It's just that the power is not enough to cut it open..."

"But considering the information we have, I think we can only injure him, not kill him."

Just as Zhang Yi guessed, when the phase blade successfully hit Balder's side, he felt an obvious stinging pain from the hit point. This weapon could cause damage to him, but that was all. Freya's blessing still protected him.

"It's not strong enough!" Balder yelled again as he dismantled the servitor in front of him. "It's totally not enough!"

"Next~" Ignoring Balder's roar and the wailing of the Mechanicus members from the other side of the air portal, Zhang Yi shouted. "Huh? This thing..."

Sizzle－－!

A green Gaussian beam shot out from the portal and hit the raging Balder. He was instantly engulfed and a tingling sensation appeared throughout his body.

“Uooaaaaaaaa——!”

For the first time, Balder screamed, but he soon held on and began to walk towards Zhang Yi.

"Preliminary confirmation: The blessing Freya gave to her child Balder is not completely invincible."

"In addition to using Qui Parasite to break it as in the original work, you can also try to use substances that are not within the range of his prayer to cause damage to him, but it is estimated that a large amount will be needed." Zhang Yi said as he looked at Balder, who had gradually become familiar with the Gaussian beam attack and began to approach at high speed. "Conservatively speaking, it is at least the power of a Titan."

Bang--!

Facing the attack of the Gaussian beam, Balder jumped towards Zhang Yi.

Phew－－!

A blood-red spear stood upright, and then the force of Balder's fall pierced through it, causing him to spit out blood.

[Gáe Bolg Alternative]

"Divine Special Attack." Zhang Yi said as he looked at Balder, who had obviously taken considerable damage and was impaled on the spear. "Is this powerful enough?"

The blessing Freya gave him was still working wonders, but for this weapon that came from another world, another pantheon, and was specifically used to kill gods, his blessing could only protect Balder from death.

"Still...still..." Balder, who had not been hurt at all, murmured as he grabbed the spear that had pierced him with both hands. "It's not enough!"

Click!

The spear that pierced through Balder's body was broken by him, and he pounced directly towards Zhang Yi who was only a few meters away from it.

thump!

However, when Balder really came into contact with Zhang Yi, he passed right through him - it was just an illusion.

"It's so fucking exciting." Zhang Yi, who had already moved to another location, patted his chest and said, "These attacks have weakened it a lot. Let's stop the experiment here."

The floating rocks around began to smash towards Balder, and Balder, who was the target, also used his strong body to fight back as he did before.

This was actually correct. Balder, who was able to punch through a mountain, would naturally not be afraid of a few small stones. However, that was when he was not injured. Now that he has suffered certain injuries and is recovering, his physical strength has declined.

Soon, a large amount of rocks bound his limbs, making him temporarily unable to move and he could only twist among the layers of rocks.

In fact, this is not a problem. Even if he is surrounded and buried by a large number of stones for a while, he can smash them out directly after fully recovering. The blessing given to him by Freya, which he regarded as a curse, made him fearless.

However, just a few seconds after he was tied up, Zhang Yi came directly behind him through the portal, and the mark symbolizing Tzeentch on his left arm began to glow.

Zhang Yi stretched out his left hand and grabbed Balder's head. The blue stripes extended across his head almost instantly.

The unknown tattoo on Balder's body also began to glow, resisting the invasion of this power, but the severe injury Balder suffered before made him unable to concentrate on this.

"You won't die for now. According to the old man, your 'destiny' does not depend on me." Zhang Yi's voice sounded in Balder's ears. "See you next time."

A powerful force rushed into Balder's brain, causing him to faint briefly. Then a portal appeared under him, and Balder, who temporarily lost consciousness, fell into it.

"Although, with the information and design known in advance, Bard's brute force was not used to its full potential." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the disappearing Bard. "But this guy is really strong."

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Zhang Yi did two things to Bader: First, he confused his mind and made him think that he had been to the village where Zhang Yi and others were; second, when someone asked about this matter, he said, "I have killed all the people, there is nothing special about it."

And his current ability is not enough to change the memory of a god on a large scale, especially when he has blessings and local bonuses, and the power of the Four Gods is weakened in other worlds.

Moreover, large-scale memory modification might be discovered by Odin and others - after all, they are bad, not stupid.

Now Bader's situation is a bit like Thor in the movie "Men in Black 4": he thinks he has completed the task, and will only repeat that sentence when others ask about the details. As long as he doesn't think about it carefully, he won't notice the problem.

Zhang Yi was not worried that Balder would have problems just because he thought about it too much, because the game had already shown the characteristics of this god very thoroughly - I don't listen to anything except what Odin says, and I won't use my brain for things that can be solved with my fists.

Bader's subsequent performance also proved that Zhang Yi's guess was correct. After he woke up, he did not have any other reactions and left directly. Zhang Yi's interference with him worked.

After a while, they discovered an unusual bird appearing nearby, circling in the air before leaving - it was Freya.

It was obvious that the blessing on Balder also allowed the goddess to sense the status of her child to a certain extent. The damage caused to Balder by weapons from different worlds allowed her to receive the information, but the Human Empire, which had been prepared for this, did not let the doting mother find anything wrong.

Afterwards, the entire empire's camp in the God of War world fell into silence for a while to eliminate the attention of the Norse gods here - if the Warhammer dwarves hadn't clamored to come over, Zhang Yi and the others would have planned to wait until Kratos came out before taking any action.

The dwarves in the Warhammer world have always hoped to get their hands on new forging methods, while the dwarves in the Nordic world of God of War are also famous for their forging technology. They forged Mjolnir (Thor's Hammer), and other famous Nordic artifacts. On the other hand, they are quite dissatisfied with Odin's persecution of the dwarves in the Norse world of God of War, and they clamor to make the one-eyed old man pay the price.

A more important reason is that Zhang Yi once commissioned them to forge a replica of a weapon - the magical weapon from another world, the Yamato, which was once used to separate the emperor's original body from the current emperor.

576. Setra prepares to become a god

Yamato

This sword comes from the Devil May Cry world and runs through several works. It is the father of the protagonists Dante and Vergil - the [strongest magic swordsman] - Sparta.

Although Sparta is a demon, he possesses intelligence that other demons do not have. This is also the reason why he finally swung his sword at his own kind in order to protect humanity.

Considered a traitor by his own people, he expelled most of the demons from the human world and used the Yama Sword to separate the two worlds. From then on, the humans in their world would no longer be harmed by large-scale attacks by demons.

The Yama Blade is the first weapon used by this powerful demon (the Rebellion Blade is the last, and the Spartan Sword is his most commonly used weapon), which has the ability to cut through space and separate originally integrated entities.

Previously, Zhang Yi used this knife to separate the emperor's original body from the current emperor, which also facilitated the subsequent plan to seal the four gods.

Before returning the Yama Blade, the Emperor summoned several trusted members of the Adeptus Mechanicus to record as many of its values ​​as possible, as the Yama Blade was still activated due to Nero's blood, for later replication.

But it is obvious that this weapon that can be used as a weapon by world-class strongmen is not so easy to replicate. Even though the technology of the Human Empire has undergone wave after wave of improvements, the research progress on this weapon is still slow.

When the Ancient Dwarves joined the Human Empire, the Emperor handed over the corresponding data and game content to these Dwarves, asking them, the forging masters, to see if they could copy them.

While the dwarves were drinking and rubbing the handles with their thick fingers, they were also very optimistic about the Spartan weapons in the game, but when it came to wanting to replicate them using existing technology, not to mention whether they were willing to do so (replicating other people's weapons was a shame for some dwarves), even a degraded version was unlikely, at least not with the technology they already had.

This is not something that can be accomplished solely by technology. It should also involve materials, magic, and the characteristics of the special existence of demons that exist in the world itself.

The dwarves, who are masters of forging, believe that although the Yama Blade does not seem to have runes or anything, it is definitely not easy to create such a artifact, and it is very likely that it cannot be replicated.

"The various weapons made of demons in that world are likely to be forged in a way that is completely different from what we know. Their manufacturing methods are likely to be similar to that of the so-called Monster Hunter world."

"But considering that there are demons and magic in that world, it's worth pondering how much of a similarity there is."

"And... why are there so many left? Are you raising fish? Drink!"

This undoubtedly further raised the level of the Yama Sword, and also made Zhang Yi and others more convinced that this weapon could handle many problems.

The forging technology in the world of God of War, even if we don't mention the Thor's Hammer Mjolnir forged by the dwarves before, the Spear of Dropnir that was later made for Kratos by the mermaid craftsman and can be copied continuously shows that the forging technology is not bad - although some dwarf craftsmen think that it cannot be considered forging, it is more like a weapon made with magic.

Considering Odin's vigilance and persecution of the dwarves (making the dwarves build factories and pollute their land so that they cannot grow food), the dwarves from the Warhammer world cannot appear openly in the public eye. People stationed in the God of War world can only search for the elusive Sindri and Brock first, and then consider allowing the two sides to meet and communicate.

This won't be easy. After all, these two dwarves have the ability to teleport and transfer space. If Odin hadn't disguised himself as Tyr and sneaked into their base, Brock wouldn't have been killed so easily by him.

While the exploration of the God of War world had made some progress, a piece of news came from the Halo world.

The ruler of the Tomb Kings, Emperor Settra, has successfully fought his way through the infected zone, located the Gravemind, and is now leading his army forward.

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Halo World

The Flood is the enemy of almost all intelligent life forms in this world. Not only can they infect and control intelligent creatures, but they can also control the machines they create after a certain amount of learning.

Even the Forerunners who once ruled the entire galaxy had no way to deal with them and could only destroy them by a mutual destruction. This is enough to show how powerful and difficult they are.

But now, the Flood demons in the infected area of ​​​​the 05 ring are being suppressed, and the suppression is very thorough.

The Tomb Kings, a force composed mostly of dead people, showed the Flood a completely different existence and allowed them to glimpse an outrageous corner of the 40K universe.

. . . . . .

Armed with all kinds of weapons seized from the Covenant, groups of Skeleton Warriors collided with the Flood infected creatures, and for a moment, broken bones and flesh flew all over the battlefield.

The Flood are actually somewhat similar to the Orcs. As the war goes on, they will gradually master the weapons of the enemies they fight, from various firearms to weapon vehicles. They can gradually learn how to use them and control them in a special way.

On the other hand, the combat effectiveness of individual Flood fighters will also change due to the duration of the battle and the physical fitness of the infected creatures themselves. Every fallen intelligent creature, every abandoned or damaged weapon and vehicle will become one of the Flood's combat forces in the future.

But now, the battle with the Tomb Kings has overturned this point - the Flood's troops are constantly suffering losses and cannot be replenished, and their combat effectiveness is constantly declining.

The Tomb King's army was something they had never seen before, whether it was the sea of ​​skeletons that were only left with skeletons, or the structures that were clearly piles of stones but could move freely, all made them doubt the "demon body" and suffered heavy losses.

It was not easy to see anything with metal, so they spent a lot of manpower to destroy it. But when they disassembled it, they did not find any wires or circuit boards - it was just a piece of metal that could move for some unknown reason!

(Flood: What the hell!)

The Tomb Kings' troops almost completely defeated the Flood. Although the Flood themselves could also undergo certain paired targeted evolutions, they couldn't make muskets from scratch.

As for cold weapon combat, are you sure you can use cold weapons with the Magic Tomb King without knowing how long the war has been fought with cold weapons?

The Corpse Vulture, with burning grenades tied all over its body, fell to the ground at high speed in the air and pierced into the group of flood monsters like a missile, and scorching flames rose from the ground.

Reborn and strengthened by magic, the [Tomb Guardian] holding a scimitar collided with the infected body of the Flood and attacked the enemy in front of him in the most primitive way; the tall [Ushabit (Gravity Hammer)] smashed the Flood into small pieces with the heavy weapon in his hand; the [Skeleton Chariot] equipped with a flamethrower, relying on its inexhaustible warhorse, sprayed hot flames on the periphery, burning groups of Flood after groups.

Whoosh—boom boom boom!

Several [Soul Coffins] in the rear released deadly spells towards the flood demons in the front line; the "skulls" thrown by the [Screaming Catapults] destroyed groups of enemies; groups of [Skeleton Giants (Mass Projectors)] provided considerable firepower coverage for their own side.

This is not the end yet. As several [Lich Priests] waved their staffs, several vortexes of fire rose up among the Flood demons, and groups of Flood demons turned into ashes.

"It's just a ghost..."

The UNSC humans joined the cleanup of the infected area on the pretext of "working together to fight the enemy of civilization" - although they were only assigned to defend the safe zone, when they saw groups of skeletons passing by them and the disdainful look of the Tomb King in charge of the battle here, they realized that the Human Empire was far more powerful and outrageous than they had imagined.

On the other side, the Blue Team led by the Master Chief followed Emperor Setra who went into battle in person, and rushed directly into the location of the Corpsemind to carry out a decapitation operation.

It was hard to tell how to evaluate Emperor Settra, who looked no different from an ordinary mummy but was able to cut a huge Flood-infected creature in two with the cold weapon in his hand - all this was beyond his and Cortana's cognition.

The elite troops led by Settra advanced triumphantly and arrived at the area where the Flood corpse-brains were located. Here were larger and more dangerous Flood infected creatures.

However, in the eyes of Emperor Settra, it was not worth mentioning.

577. Settra has become a god!

Deep in the infected area

The air is filled with spores released by the Flood mother, which means that any intelligent life form that enters without protective equipment will be infected and controlled by the Flood.

But this is of no use to the Tomb King and his troops who are already dead. They don't need to breathe, and they have no flesh and blood for demons to infect.

More mature infected and previously infected Covenant forces attempted to stop Settra's assault force, but because most of the Flood forces were pinned down, and the Tomb King's forces could not be controlled by the parasite, this meant that although the Flood forces in this area were elite, they were relatively small in number.

The [Jackal Gods] (elite + modified) are obviously more gorgeously decorated and larger than ordinary [Ushabits]. The magic weapons in their hands that can directly burn the enemies make them like a living meat grinder, turning piece after piece of Flood into ashes.

In response, the Flood attempted to outnumber this powerful force, but when they did gather and attempted to attack, magical lights lit up above their heads.

[Utherhope's Withering Curse]

Unlike the game where it only reduces the enemy's attack and defense, when this spell is released, the flesh and blood of the enveloped Flood demons begins to dry up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and some small Flood demons even turn directly into sand on the ground.

This caused heavy losses to the Flood's gathered troops, and then the [Ushabit (long-range)] using the mass projector annihilated the participating enemies with covering firepower.

Like a beetle with a hard shell charging through a swarm of ants, the elite troops led by Emperor Settra advanced through the Flood and approached the building where the Corpsemind was located.

Groups of infected Covenant soldiers armed with guns appeared in front of this force, firing various long-range firearms.

The [Jackal God] with metal armor and magical protection suffered damage for the first time. Several structures that were directly hit by the fuel cannon lost their limbs.

However, as several tomb technicians following Setra cracked their whips, a green light appeared on the construct in the front, and the fragments and metal plates that fell to the ground returned to the construct as if time had gone back.

Woo--!

At this moment, a deep horn sounded, the earth began to shake, and a huge dragon construct took off from the army and flew towards the Flood troops that were blocking their advance.

Bear--!