A massive axe, carrying a foul-smelling wind, lunged toward him.
Sith, his body radiating the God-Emperor's golden light, retreated in a panic, watching the giant axe graze his body and slam violently into the ground.
The ground, made entirely of steel, cracked with sparks under Angron's strike, the giant axe embedding itself deep within.
Then, right before Sith's eyes, Angron, having missed his strike and seeing neither the blood and skulls he craved nor the God-Emperor's light he loathed, roared in even greater fury, his muscles bulging as he forcibly wrenched the giant axe from the steel floor.
Shards of steel flew out like cannonballs, spinning into the surroundings; the various factions fighting like mad on the ground broke into a cold sweat at the sight and scrambled to disperse.
Units unable to dodge, even the Astartes, could not withstand the immense force, their forms caving in under the weight of the massive steel.
The surrounding crowd watched the enraged Angron in terror, while hurriedly retreating in all directions.
Only Sith leaned on his red sword, slightly hunched and panting as he looked at the Daemon Primarch before him.
He then raised his hand, gritted his teeth, and lifted his black gun, firing a continuous stream of Bolter fire at Angron's massive frame.
Violent explosions erupted across Angron's body, but he only leaned back slightly; not only did they cause no damage, but the pain instead fueled his rage, and he glared at Sith with even more fury.
Immediately after, he transformed into a crimson 'tank,' spreading his wings and charging toward Sith.
"Is this never going to end?!"
Sith cursed, then tried to retreat again, but as he attempted to channel his divine power, he only felt a sense of complete exhaustion.
Even with a Mortal body a hundred times stronger than normal, Sith was fast, but against a Daemon Primarch, he still wasn't fast enough!
The giant axe swung down violently from above.
This time, facing an attack far more terrifying than Vashtorr's, Sith no longer had any divine power left to block it.
As Sith stared at the giant axe, before the icy chill of death could rise, it was six pairs of burning eyes that had long been unable to wait that instantly stopped his breath.
Even as Sith closed his eyes in resignation, those six pairs of eyes had already begun to stir up massive waves in the Warp!
Ships sailing in the Warp watched the sudden, surging waves in terror.
They had never seen such violent turbulence, and looking outside the Geller Field, they saw the five-colored divine lights suddenly brighten and compete with each other, wondering what on earth had gotten into these Chaos Gods!
After the six gods hindered each other and confirmed they could not break the balance, facing Sith, who was about to be crushed by Angron, the six gods still gritted their teeth and channeled a bit of divine power first.
However, before the divine power could arrive, the first one to act was actually not the six gods.
The Lion El'Jonson, who had been quiet for a long time, raised the Emperors Shield and turned his body into a projectile, knocking aside Angron's giant axe.
The giant axe grazed Sith's body and struck the side; Sith looked at the Lion El'Jonson, who had stopped attacking him and instead stood before him, protecting him with the Emperors Shield, and asked subconsciously with the same confusion as all the onlookers:
"Why?!"
Sith asked, but Lion ElJonson in front did not look back, still holding the Emperors Shield firmly before Sith.
Only after dodging Angron's attack again did he take the chance to look back and speak:
"You have the God-Emperor's power within you, which is of the same nature as my Emperors Shield, so I believe that perhaps you are not..."
Lion ElJonson spoke as he turned his head, then before he could even finish, he saw Sith's eyes lower slightly, his lips twitching as he tried to force a smile for the Lion El'Jonson who had saved his life.
If one only looked at the scene before them, it would seem like a perfect ending where they would shake hands and face the enemy together.
But that was only if Lion ElJonson could ignore the glowing divine light on Sith's body—light that every Chaos God possessed, except for the Emperor's light!
Seeing that Sith even had the blessing of Gork and Mork on him, but absolutely nothing from the Emperor.
The words at the tip of Lion ElJonson's tongue twitched a few times before turning into pure rage:
"Tzeentch!"
"It must be Tzeentch again!"
With that, the Lion El'Jonson swung his greatsword violently, striking down at the Sith he had just saved.
Having been replenished by the six gods, Sith channeled his divine power and instantly vanished from sight.
Then, the Lion El'Jonson, whose attention had shifted, was sent flying by Angron.
The Lion El'Jonson, eyes blazing with fury, struggled out from the giant factory wall he had crashed into; seeing Angron, who had knocked him back and was now fighting Sith, he joined the three-way brawl in a rage.
The three evenly matched sides, right before the eyes of all onlookers, were constantly being knocked back, using their bodies like cannonballs to collapse the endless factories rising automatically on Longlin Star.
Until Sith was sent flying again and crawled out of a three-story collapsed wall under the numb gazes of the crowd; seeing that the various factions around him no longer even had the desire to attack him, Sith checked the time, stopped joining the fight out of habit, and instead used his divine power to speed toward Bayer's direction.
Any faction along the way, seeing Sith transformed into a rainbow, chose to step aside.
Even the Dark Angels and Blood Angels readily lowered their weapons.
After all, witnessing these three fight to such an extent—a scene they viewed as earth-shattering—they truly had no desire to get involved.
Realizing Sith was gone, the distant Lion El'Jonson and Angron actually continued to hack at each other while following after Sith.
Seeing the two behind him being so persistent, Sith was truly speechless.
He simply lowered his head and drove his divine power without reservation, putting distance between himself and the two madmen behind.
Then, under the covering fire of his subordinates, Sith returned to the defensive line.
Ignoring the completely awestruck looks of the soldiers around him, he strode up to Bayer with his sword in hand.
Before he could even ask, he saw Bayer sitting upright, looking at the ancient relic that had been completely pieced together.
"Is it ready?!"
Sith's eyes lit up, and he even reached out to pick it up impatiently.
Seeing this, Bayer looked up but did not reply.
"How do I use it?"
Getting straight to the point, Bayer suddenly let out a sigh:
"Stab it into your own heart."
Sith: "?"
Looking up at Bayer, Bayer simply gestured with a helpless shrug for Sith to return the relic.
"Or you could wait for me to study it more."
Sith's mouth twitched, then he looked at the earth-shattering battle in the distance as Lion El'Jonson and Angron drew closer; Sith turned back to the short dagger in his hand, and after a brief pause, he suddenly raised the dagger high.
Meanwhile, under the suddenly wide-eyed stares of Bayer and everyone else, Sith looked at the raised short dagger and gritted his teeth:
"Even though you can't understand me."
"But you'd better pray that the next time I open my eyes..."
"It's not in the Warp!"
With that, the short dagger plunged down, and the heart that had been beating constantly stopped instantly!
Sith froze in place, his life signs rapidly fading as his heart stopped beating.
Beside him, Ana's eyes widened instantly, and the various augmetics on her body aimed at Sith like crazy.
Then, upon Sith's death, the undisguised light of the six gods suddenly tore through the Warp; under the horrified, wide-eyed gazes of all the combatants, in the moment when even Lion El'Jonson and Angron only dared to freeze up, it transformed into countless giant hands that crashed toward...
The deceased Sith!
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