Chapter 290: Soul Grinder

Meanwhile.

Marquez Wangxing Zone.

Cheslatan Agricultural World.

The planet has entered the evening hours.

The engine roared from far and near.

A Thunderhawk gunboat streaked across the dusky sky.

Inside the gunboat's cabin, there stood several people of different shapes and shapes, a tall bald space soldier in the power armor of the Assault Terminator, two beautiful women in close-fitting robes, and a middle-aged man in the uniform of an imperial administrator. The side hatches of the gunboat were open, and the night wind poured into the engine room, blowing the hair of the two women, and the hem of the trench coat-style robe fluttering in the wind.

"Sir, two ladies."

The middle-aged man pointed to the ground and said:

"As you can see, it has been a long, long time since the sky changed color, and the Chesratan agricultural world has not harvested a single grain of grain. Our crops are getting weirder and our soils are getting weirder. The wheat that had just been sown was fully ripe the next day, and before we had time to harvest it, it all withered on the third day. ”

The four people in the gunboat's engine room were none other than Qiao Shida, the acting commander of the war group, Chen Xinxue, Chen Xinlu, and the governor and director of the Chesratan agricultural world, Calvin.

Calvin continued:

Then strange things followed. Soon, some farmers discovered that some of the fruit trees produced fruit in the shape of baby skeletons, and they would also make hoarse cries. Farm workers who spread pesticides and fertilizers often malfunction, and their mouths are punctuated with inexplicable babbles. The river occasionally changes direction and flows against the current, from low to high. The list goes on and on. ”

The administrator sighed.

Sister Chen Xinxue listened silently.

In fact, they should have discovered the clue a long time ago.

It stands to reason that the agricultural world in the Human Empire is a large-scale and mechanized cyberpunk biochemical farm, with a far higher output than traditional agriculture, and it is not a problem to supply only three planets. Although the route was cut off, the warband had a wormhole bridging device that was sufficient to ensure that food was supplied on time.

But on the table of Gladys, the planetary governor of the nest world, there is still only meringue and ant beef steak, which means that there is a big problem with the supply of the agricultural world, and this scene in front of you is the problem - the vast farm that cannot be seen at a glance is already overgrown with all kinds of strange weeds.

These weeds are fangs and claws, and their leaves are twisted and hideous.

Not even herbicides and flamethrowers can be eradicated.

"Now it's all supported by grain reserves."

Listen to the lamentations and complaints of the agricultural supervisor.

Everyone in the cabin could only be silent.

The Thunderhawk gunboats soon flew over large farms.

Enter the city limits of the colonial colony.

Chen Xinxue stood on the edge of the hatch, holding the handrail with her palms, looking at the huge warehouse below. Low-temperature cold storage, hydroponic storage tanks, fertilizer workshops...... There are also planned living areas for residents. In the center of the neat living area, a three-story villa building is particularly abrupt, incompatible with the surrounding environment, like a nail household, and it is very conspicuous from the sky.

"What's that?"

Chen Xinxue pointed to the villa and asked curiously.

"Oh, that's the former residence of Aoyama Khan."

Calvin said of this with pride on his face:

"Before Aoyama Khan became a Space Marine, he was an orphan in the colony, the house where he lived when he was a child, and we have kept it all the time, and the furniture inside has not changed at all."

"Oh?"

When the Chen Xinxue sisters heard this, they immediately became interested.

I thought I could ask for it later.

Look at what the house Aoyama used to live in looked like.

However, the two didn't know that the single cottage issued to Fu Qinghai by the colonial stronghold had long been bulldozed, and this small villa was the house left to her by Feiyi's parents before her death, and it carried some memories of Fu Qinghai, so it was retained.

The Thunderhawk gunboat continued to fly smoothly forward.

Getting closer and closer to the villa.

From a conceptual point of view, the agricultural world may not be as attractive to the Tzeentch as the Great Library, a relic building in the Hive World, and usually the Nurgle Army will be interested in the agricultural world. But from the actual situation, the agricultural world is about whether the people in the entire star area can fill their stomachs, and this is of course the top priority to defend against demons.

Chen Xinlu kept staring at the small villa.

Looking at it, she suddenly frowned:

"Chief Calvin."

"What's wrong, ma'am?"

The agricultural supervisor hurriedly turned around.

"Is there anyone living in that house?"

Chen Xinlu pointed to the villa and asked.

"How is that possible?"

Calvin hurriedly denied it:

"We sealed the house a long time ago, and no one was allowed to enter it except the Khan."

"But the light inside is on."

Chen Xinlu said calmly.

Everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look at the villa below.

There was indeed a light coming from the windows on the third floor of the villa.

"What's going on?"

The agricultural supervisor was shocked and immediately said:

"I'm going to ask the Planetary Defense Forces."

"No, it's not the light......"

Chen Xinxue narrowed her eyes and said in a low voice.

The light revealed through the window did not change in shape and color, but it gave a completely different feeling, and the light gradually became colder and more intense. The halo felt like a bleeding wound and jagged bones inside. A twisted and pulsating aura formed around the roof, and the light suddenly gathered and spread, like a silent and strange fireworks surging in the night sky.

"Boom-"

Suddenly the ground rises and falls!

It was as if a wave was transmitted around the villa, and the blood-red and white glare scorched the night. A violent explosion suddenly sounded, shaking reality. Colorful flames erupted violently from the villa's gates, multiple strands of flame entwined, merging, twisting, and growing. The roaring flames let out screams and laughter and flew up the spiral staircase to the rooftop, enveloping the small building in a matter of seconds, turning it into a giant torch.

The whole villa trembled like a living thing.

Scream at the nightmare of breaking into the real world.

The boundaries of the real universe have been violently shattered.

Chaos has invaded Chesratan.

The Tzeentch Demon Army actually chose this place!

The expressions on everyone's faces varied.

Choose to invade reality at the former residence of Aoyama.

"What a provocation and blasphemy this is!!"

Chen Xinxue and Chen Xinlu haven't spoken yet.

Josda was already roaring in anger.

The sisters were surprised to find that the usually taciturn and smiling acting war leader with a serious face suddenly became furious like a furry lion at this moment, and turned his head and yelled at the Star Marine, who was in charge of piloting the Thunderhawk gunboat in the front cabin:

"Descend in height, open fire!"

"Yes, sir!"

The Space Marines in the front compartment spoke back.

The Thunderhawk gunboat turned sharply and dived downward.

The two women almost fell one by one.

The roar on the ground grew louder and closer, like a typhoon blowing across the surface. The Thunderhawk gunboat had just descended some distance when a fireball exploded in the door of the villa, and two pieces of door leaf flew out of the hinges. The destructive force of the shock wave was so great that it shook the gunboat. Blazing flames burst out, and the villa was completely reduced to ashes.

"Roar! Roar! Roar—"

Countless subspatial rifts stretched out from the ruins, and everyone in the gunboat could only see some pulsating and disgusting light in the night. Something was roaring angrily, and its roar even echoed throughout the night sky. The roar was accompanied by the clicking and hissing of machinery, then the sound of crashing, exploding and falling masonry, and finally the screams of humans and the gibberish of non-humans.

The Thunderhawk gunboat engine roared violently.

A pull leap into the sky again.

From this vantage point, demons swarm like insects. It's like someone has woven an abominable tattered carpet out of tears. Demons rampage through the streets, pounced on panicked mortals. In the barracks near the outer walls, the planetary defense forces have begun to fight back.

"They won't be able to resist for long."

Chen Xinlu frowned and said in a deep voice.

The planetary defense units trained by Koshvito were brave and disciplined, and in the face of these surreal enemies, they formed tight formations facing the center of the twisted change. Crazy and evil colors surged from the walls, and those pink and blue deformed flesh suddenly spread through the streets, and the terrifying flames of Tzeentch instantly engulfed these mortals.

After a large number of low-level demons poured out of the rift.

The roaring monster finally appeared.

It was a red behemoth, a six-piston-driven metal mechanical spider-legged chassis, its torso seemed to be made of strong muscles, each leg covered with blades and Chaos symbols, higher than the roof of a giant warehouse. One arm is a combination of pincers and cannons, and the other is a giant iron claw. Its slender skull cracked open in an endless roar of rage, full of fangs.

Demon Engine!

Tzeentch has dispatched the Demon Engine!

The Soul Grinder, also known as the Soul Grinder, is a bit of an amplified version of another demonic engine, the Chaos Blasphemer. If Fu Qinghai was here at this time, he would definitely feel unexpectedly when he saw this demon engine - there were indeed not many soldiers under the command of Mi Kryas, and they had already begun to borrow demon mercenaries from the soul furnace of the invisible waste.

The building in front of the Soul Grinder collapsed in the explosion, the Soul Grinder squeezed a path through the support columns, and the roof of the warehouse collapsed, and the ruins covered the ground behind the demon. Six mechanical legs propelled it forward, each step hammering the ground like a cannonball. The demon engine straightened up, shoulders even above the wall, and its roar turned into a bone-chilling roar.

The Thunderhawk gunboat began to circle around the demon engine, the combat cannon on its back was firing continuously, and the twin heavy explosive shells on the flanks were pouring fire frantically. However, the Soul Crusher's twisted metal shell was protected by immaterial supernatural energy, and the heavy bomb hit the steel plate without even a single hole, and the shell penetrated the part of the shell that healed in an instant.

"Deploy the Anti-Subspace Tactical Team now!"

Joshida commanded into the communication channel.

"Bang!"

Another cannon shell pierced the Soul Grinder's shoulder, and the Demon Engine swerved backwards to escape the shockwave, raising the Reaper Cannon on his right arm to chase the Thunderhawk gunboat and fire a barrage of cannonballs, the Space Marine pilot's arm flicking the joystick, and the gunboat's barrel rolled narrowly away from the cannonballs.

"Roar—"

The Soul Crusher raised his head and roared in rage.

The Battle Cannon can hurt the Soul Crusher!

Having discovered this, the Thunderhawk gunboat dived again.

The Soul Crusher attacked again as the Thunderhawk gunboat swept overhead, and the freshly formed psionic substance struck the starboard wing, a terrifying glow that engulfed the Thunderhawk gunship's composite armor. The gunboat's wings were severed, the edge of the breach dripping liquid as the real world dissolved, and the hull shook and trembled.

"Let's jump down together!"

Chen Xinxue immediately made a decision and said loudly.

The two women jumped out of the cabin in front and back.

Fly in the wind and approach the demon engine. Kama Taj has no flying magic, and the sisters are able to fly thanks to their equipment, the middle finger of the right hand in the Ten Rings, the "Vortex Cyclone", and the ability to fly thanks to the Staff of Ibisti.

Missing a wing, the Thunderhawk gunboat began to spin uncontrollably, staggering and undulating, but eventually landed at an angle, plowing a deep trench in the street, and stopping between the ruined façade and the withered fields.

The front hatch crashed to the ground.

Jostar and Calvin walked out of it.

His eyes looked deep at the demon engine in the distance.

"Inform the Chief and the Inquisitor."

Joshida turned his head and whispered.

He had a hunch that this battle would not be so simple.

The Soul Mill continues to wreak havoc, smashing through the warehouse cluster and smashing every wall in its path into powder, and the warehouses where meat and grain are stored are in ruins. Seeing this, the agricultural supervisor knelt on the ground and hugged his head and wailed.

"Whew!" "Whew!" "Whew!"

Seven or eight beams of rose-red energy lit up from the ruins, instantly connecting to the demon engine, and the soul grinder's body suddenly froze and trembled abnormally. The dark red muscular body, which was originally like substance, suddenly began to flicker with vague mosaic fragments. The Anti-Subspace Tactics Team emerges from the ruins of the warehouse, proton gun in hand.

"Whew......"

The Soul Crusher was about to open his mouth and howl.

A spiral, icy chill descended from the sky.

Instantly poured into its mouth, the snow-white magic freezing gas went down the bulging throat all the way down, and a small "click" sound sounded, and the fine ice edge ice crystals spread rapidly from the inside out along the demon's internal organs, the blood instantly froze, and the heart stopped beating...... The entire demon engine was frozen into an ice sculpture.

The roar of the mechanical parts in the chassis of the Demon Engine intensified, trying to shatter the ice crust that covered the joints and surfaces. At that moment, a magical fan outlined in golden lines swirled through the middle of the demon's chest, and the fan intertwined and cut back and forth around the demon, and then the ice sculpture collapsed with a bang.

The mechanical six-legged chassis is still intact, but the wide demon body that is bound to the chassis has broken apart and disappeared into the real universe, revealing the figure behind it:

Chen Xinlu wears a hanging ring in one hand and a small golden crested ibis staff in the other, a black widow-like superhero landing position, and the hem of the split robe will fall.

Chen Xinxue was suspended in mid-air, her head full of black silk and no wind flew automatically, and the ten rings on her fingers were shining brightly, but only one capsule-shaped ring temporarily lost its luster.

The Ice Storm ring goes on cooldown.

The anti-subspace tactical team was shocked.

Thinking to myself, these two non-psionic beings are so powerful?

In fact, the strength of the Chen Xinxue sisters in the Warhammer 40K universe has decreased slightly-because they have not mastered the use of psionic energy to cast spells, and can only rely on the rules to infect. To be able to solve this demon engine neatly, it mainly relies on the two sets of powerful magic equipment of the Ten Rings and the Staff of Ibisti.

The crowd had not yet had time to rejoice.

"Roar—"

A new roar came from the breach.

Everyone turned their heads in shock, only to hear the cracks of the purple and red light changing, the click of machinery and the muffled sound of hammering the ground sounded again, one, two, three...... A full eight soul grinders slowly stepped out of the subspace rift.

A total of nine demon engines have arrived!

Chen Xinxue and Chen Xinlu glanced at each other.

They all saw the look of shock in each other's eyes.

The Tzeentch Demon Army has really made a bloody effort this time.

As soon as the eight demon engines entered the real universe, they couldn't wait to start killing and destroying, eager to pay off the soul debt they owed. The Soul Mills scattered and lunged forward, their claws bombarding the walls, and the anti-subspace tactical team pounced and crept to the sides to dodge its attacks.

The walls split apart in an instant, and in front of the demon engine, the chalk steel walls were as completely inaccessible as air. The Soul Crusher pushed forward angrily, shattering the ground with every step of the mechanical leg.

Behind them, demonic power boiled from the flickering chasms, soaked in the blood of the mortals they slaughtered. A large group of Tzeentch's low-level demons jumped behind the giant demon engine in celebration, and then screamed in a torrent of magical flames. The fire burned away the demon's flesh, leaving behind only the eerie puddles of shapeless, evaporated.

Chen Xinxue withdrew her arm.

On the left index finger, the "Flame Explosion" ring goes out.

Chen Xinxue turned her head to look around at the chaotic scene around her.

She knew that the Great Chaos had begun.

……

"Stay up, Lu!"

Chen Xinxue shouted sharply.

Then he tumbled down and flew into the ruins, dodging the continuous strafing of the Demon Engine's ranged weapons. She attracts the firepower of a Soul Grinder, and Chen Xinlu waits for an opportunity to kill from behind, one move "Bosat Thunder" combined with another "Denark Hand", and the Ibisti Staff provides her with a mana boost, and the Soul Grinder is torn between the golden thunder and the giant hand.

Killed another Demon Engine.

The two mages were already out of breath.

Despite their vast mystical knowledge and powerful magical powers, the two women are mortal after all, not physical monsters like space marines. On the chaotic battlefield, the nerves were always tense and the spells were constantly cast quickly, and Chen Xinxue's and Chen Xinlu's energy couldn't keep up a little.

Chen Xinxue led her sister to chase down the Soul Crusher.

This time, Chen Xinxue didn't waste her precious mana on low-level demons such as the Pink Dread Demon and the Blue Dread Demon, but left it all to the Soul Grinder. Because she also realized that only she and Xiaolu could deal with these demon engines, and other low-level demons could be handed over to the anti-subspace tactical team.

A pink demon tried to sneak up on the two of them, its claws threw a brilliant fireball, which was easily dodged by Chen Xinxue, and could also take time to remind her sister:

"Be careful, don't touch these flames!"

Whether it is the fireball thrown by the demon or the pillar of fire spewed by the fire demon, it is the legendary "Tzeentch Fire". This kind of flame has no temperature and does not incinerate matter, but it will cause the attached body and soul to mutate violently, and the youth will become a dying old man or the flesh will be crazy and deformed.

"Understood!"

Chen Xinlu replied in a deep voice.

Chen Xinxue aimed at a soul grinder in the distance and slammed her palm into a fist, the gravity suddenly changed, and the demon engine was instantly crushed by its own huge mass, turning into a mess of flesh and blood, but still trying to recover, Chen Xinxue immediately replenished another dazzling white lightning, and the arc shrouded the mechanical chassis spread along the metal and burned the flesh and blood into smoke.

With the "white light" of the thumb of her left hand and the "lightning storm" of her right middle finger, Chen Xinxue banished another soul grinder, and her strong strength once again became the focus of the entire battlefield.

Chen Xinxue hooked the little finger of her right hand, and the area she was in instantly lost all light and became pitch black, like a black hole, and the skillful use of the "black light" ring was out of sight again.

Chen Xinxue led Chen Xinlu and quietly circled to the other side of the battlefield, she rotated the golden square gem on the ring finger of her right hand, preparing to use the most powerful "cutting ray" among the ten rings and the one with the longest cooldown time to kill the remaining demon engine in one fell swoop. Chen Xinxue lowered her voice and said:

"You'll cover behind me later."

Another powerful ring in the Ten Rings, the right thumb "Material Reorganization", requires palm contact to take effect. The demon engine was too terrifying, and Chen Xinxue didn't want to get within five meters of the soul grinder, so she just dodged and threw skills from a distance.

The Soul Grinders are wreaking havoc in the distance, and Space Marines are hiding in the ruins trying to maneuver. Several demonic engines suddenly leaned over and opened their mouths, spewing out a tumbling stream of mutated slime, which quickly turned into a flaming torrent of psionic flames that instantly swept away all the ruins around them. This is the soul grinder's strongest weapon, the soul incineration cannon.

This kind of "thick phlegm bombardment" is extremely powerful, all the matter in the real universe melts in this impact, and the special cuirass of the anti-subspace tactical team cannot stop it, the subspace compartment absorbs immaterial energy and then bursts open, and several space marines are wrapped in psionic flames and run out of the ruin bunker in pain...... It was quickly incinerated, and only a few charred corpses remained.

The two sisters opened a dimensional door.

In the blink of an eye, it appeared near the Demon Engine.

The two mages faced the demon army with their backs to back.

Without saying a word, Chen Xinxue directly raised her hand and swept it, a thin golden ray shot out from the center of the ring, and the cutting ray easily cut through the demon's body and the mechanical chassis, the demon's essence was torn apart, and the spiritual energy essence flew into the air drop by drop, but the demon's actions were not affected.

Chen Xinxue struggled to move her arm and wanted to cut all the Soul Grinders to death in one go, but suddenly felt a huge resistance coming, and a Soul Grinder actually raised an unusually huge, constantly changing sword of twisted energy, blatantly blocking the cutting rays, preventing the golden thin line from continuing to sweep and cut.

"Oops!"

Chen Xinxue stretched out her fingers and shouted:

"Seraphim's Shield!"

The shield composed of complex golden and red secret runes blocked the demon engine from turning around and blowing, the demon shield shattered and dissipated, Chen Xinxue took advantage of this gap to rotate her fingers and opened the door of the dimension to escape, and suddenly sensed something wrong in her heart-

Why didn't my sister move?

"Little Lu...... Uhh ”

Chen Xinxue's face was dull and her eyes widened.

The body suddenly froze and did not move.

A staff stabbed out of her chest.

Chen Xinxue lowered her head and stared blankly at her chest, the blood spreading and staining her robe red. The sister behind her, who was back-to-back, had already turned around, with a hideous smile on her beautiful face. Chen Xinlu gently pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose, and her whole body suddenly changed, turning into a high-level humanoid demon wearing a blue sleeveless hooded robe, and the demon's face was hidden under the hood like a fog that could not be seen real.

Change Spirit!

"Chen Xinlu" turned out to be a spirit of change.

This blue humanoid demon was emaciated, holding a Corridor Staff in one arm, the end of the staff was inserted into Chen Xinxue's back and penetrated her body, and three arms grew out of the other shoulder, wielding a blue magic flame in the palm of his hand.

Suddenly, the spirit tilted its head.

The woman it wore on the staff shattered and vanished.

The change spirit jerked his head up and looked up.

Chen Xinxue floated in mid-air again, her face was calm and overlooking the spirit of change, she gently raised one finger to show the ring on the back of her hand, and a blue prismatic gem on the ring finger of her left hand shimmered slightly-"Mind Amplification", a ring that creates illusions and illusions by influencing the minds of others.

The spirit of change has been deceived.

The demon's body suddenly burst into blue flames.

It was far more angry than killing it.

However, the two sisters were prepared.

"Setolak's Crimson Chains!"

A circle of sparks swirled and lit up behind the demon, and just as a small circle was opened, a crimson rope of energy instantly ejected from it, firmly entangled the Tzeentch demon, making it struggle desperately but unable to move. Chen Xinxue in the night sky held high the sword of Emperor Weishan and fell from the sky.

"Huh!"

The Changing Spirit has no time to cast its magic.

was split in half by Chen Xinxue's sword.

"Roar—"

The Soul Mills began to shoot wildly into the sky.

However, the battle has dragged on until now.

Reinforcements from the Iron Float Regiment also arrived.

A warm white light lit up in the distance, Paladin Tristan strode with his hammer held high, the chief priest raised his hand, and the charred black corpse in the ruins rose a pillar of platinum light, the charred shell of the corpse cracked and faded into the warm light, and several new space marines stood up again.

A yellow fiery meteor slashed across the dark sky in the distance, only to find that it was a space soldier wrapped in flames, with a Hot Wheels-like flaming chainsaw sword in his hand and a jet motorcycle also wrapped in raging flames under his crotch.

The Tzeentch Demon Army, defeat is decided.

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